Chapter Seventy-Five: Parasites
"There is a well-established treatment. Cerqi syndrome is a disease first discovered by Dr. Serqi in 6945, which was the only case in the world at that time, and later reversed the search for the case in historical medical records, and finally confirmed that there were a total of 42 confirmed cases. From 6945 to 7682, six more cases were confirmed, for a total of 48 cases, and no new cases have been recorded since 7682. While studying the directory listed by Ressa in the air, Ressa and several people listened to Ressa's introduction: "...... among these forty-nine patients"
"Wait, isn't it forty-eight cases?" Although it is said that they are researching, in fact, Pannis, Vivien, and Freya are being tortured by all kinds of obscure ancient goblin characters, Lina and Catherine are watching from the sidelines, and hearing Ressa's words, Lina can't help but ask: "I said it was forty-eight cases just now, why is it forty-nine cases now?"
"It's now forty-nine. Ressa gestured in Vivian's direction before continuing, "Among these forty-nine cases, due to the emergence of the whole-body repair automatic treatment device, the cure rate of patients after 7431 years is 100%. ”
"What kind of healing device is there, is it here?" Finally hearing the point, Catherine jerked her head up, stared at the half-virtual Ressa and asked, "If so, do we have permission to use it?"
"It's a full-body repair automatic treatment device, I'm just the manager of the information processing terminal, and there is no record of the central equipment list in the database, I'm sorry. Ressa once again said regretfully: "As for permissions, since you have the permission to use me, you have the right to try all the equipment in the center, that's for sure." ”
"Will Seri know about the records of the equipment list?" asked Catherine.
"Cyri?" Ressa replied affirmatively, "All the conditions in the center will eventually be summarized by each terminal to Seri, so she will definitely know the answer." ”
"I'll ask later, big sister. Freya shook her head at Catherine and said solemnly, "Let's take a look at these materials first, and after understanding the content of the disease, even if there is no healing device here, maybe we can cure it ourselves." ”
"Not necessarily, I'm afraid. Pannis pointed to the illusory text floating in the air and said: "Look here, here and here, these three articles have all mentioned the whole body repair automatic healing device, depending on the author's meaning, other treatment methods have failed, and only the whole body repair can be carried out through the healing device." Rissa, you go on, we're all listening. ”
"According to the records of Dr. Selqi, Selqi syndrome is a progressive systemic nervous system collapse disease, first of all, the motor nerve is affected, the body is paralyzed and incapacitated after motor nerve necrosis, and then enters a period of stability, the length of this period of stability is related to the physical condition of the individual, may be years or even decades, or only a dozen days. "After the stabilization period, the syndrome enters the second stage, and the location of necrosis is metastasized, spreading from motor nerves to autonomic nerves, slowly eroding autonomic nerves, and eventually leading to the death of the individual," Ressa said. ”
"What are motor nerves?" Vivien asked, looking up from the data, "And autonomic nerves, which sound like vegetative nerves." ”
"The motor nerve is the nervous system in the body that can be controlled by consciousness, for example, if you want to lift your hand, you need to use the nerve to control the hand muscles, which is the motor nerve. Ressa replied: "But you can't control the heartbeat, you can't control the peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract, these organs are controlled by the body, just like a plant, so it's called autonomic nerves." ”
"But we can control the beating of the heart, we can interfere with how fast it beats. Pannis asked, "That doesn't seem to be the case you said." ”
"It has been recorded that a small number of individuals who are sensitive to energy can influence the autonomous movement of organs through the energy in their bodies. Ressa nodded: "But it has nothing to do with the nervous system, you can use energy to slow down the beating speed of the heart, but when you withdraw the energy, the heart will return to its original beating frequency, in fact, you are only interfering with it, not controlling it." ”
"Well, you have a point. Pannis sighed and said, "Go on, what is the cause of this disease?"
"Parasites?" Vivien suddenly asked, pointing to the words in the air, "This word means parasitic, that is, there are other creatures in my body that are parasitic, which is causing my current condition?"
"Yes, parasites. Ressa replied affirmatively, "Cerchi's syndrome was previously thought to be caused by unexplained necrosis of the nervous system, but in 7391, Dr. Hawke discovered by chance that it was actually caused by parasites. These creatures are very few in number, with bodies somewhere between physical and energy organisms, but more inclined to energy beings, and therefore almost impossible to observe, and their larvae will parasitize in the nervous system of the more fragile individuals of intelligent beings, which are generally also larvae, and in our case may be the brain, but more likely the cervical vertebrae, and then immobilize themselves. Studies have not found a cause for their parasitism, but Dr. Hawke suspects that they may be because they depend on certain non-physical energy streams conducted within the nervous system. However, this unilateral claim will lead to the gradual inactivation and necrosis of the nervous system of the parasite, and finally lose the ability to move and enter the stable stage of the disease. If the vitality of the parasite is tenacious enough, and the stable period is maintained for a long enough time, the larvae of the parasite will enter the maturity period, and will detach itself after maturity, although the motor nerve that has been necrotic cannot be restored, but there will be no more autonomic nerve damage, but if the parasite cannot support the day when the parasite matures, the parasite will break away after the parasite dies and look for a new parasite. ”
"Actually, I don't understand very well, but I probably do. Vivien was calm, as if the patient she was talking about was not her at all: "In other words, even if we don't rely on the help of a whole-body repair autotherapy machine, if we take out the parasite ourselves, my illness will be cured?"
"Necrosis of the nervous system is irreversible. Ressa shook her head and said, "According to records, even if the parasite is removed, it is impossible for the inactivated autonomic nervous system to be reactivated. ”
"But at least the so-called autonomic nerves won't continue to be affected, right? Vivien was the calmest one now, so her mind was sharper than everyone else's, and she quickly grasped the point: "If the disease doesn't get worse, it can buy time to find other treatments, and even if there are no other treatments, it can keep me where I am, right?" ”
Ressa was silent for a moment, if you look closely at her eyes, you can see countless words flowing in her eyes at a speed that is almost invisible to the naked eye, and after a few seconds, Ressa looked up and said: "According to the content of the data search, the feasibility is very low, and the parasite is difficult to observe, so it is difficult to take it out alone." The usual treatment method is to remove and kill the parasite by directly replacing all the nervous system through the treatment device, but there is no way to remove the parasite without replacing the nervous system, so if the user understands this method, please enter the database record as soon as possible. ”
"Yes, I see. Vivien turned her head and smiled at Catherine and Lina, "You see, you really don't need to be so nervous, you know the general content, even if you really can't find that full-body repair automatic healing device, there are other ways to alleviate it." At that time, the worst result is nothing more than maintaining the status quo, I can still run and jump to survive, although it is a little harder. So you guys take back that crying expression, it looks like I'm going to continue to annoy you for the rest of my life, hehe. ”
"Don't think it's that simple. Freya stared at Vivien very seriously and said, "Even if we are sensitive to energy and it is easier to find energy creatures, do you know how complex the nervous system is? The complexity of the nervous system is simply beyond the reach of a human being to decipher on its own, and performing a specimen dissection can be a headache, not to mention keeping you safe. ”
"But it's always a viable backup, you can't deny it. Vivien said, "Of course, if you can find any kind of healing device, Ressa, this twisting name is just spelled out by the inventor himself, sure enough, it is." It would be better if you could find that treatment device, but it would be safer to have a backup plan, otherwise everyone will be nervous. ”
"That's true, it really can't be denied. Freya seemed to have read everything, rubbed her forehead and leaned back on the back of the chair, and said weakly: "The goblin text is too headache, and their technology is also a headache, I read all the information once, and I almost didn't understand anything." ”
"There's a lot I don't understand. Vivian said helplessly: "Most of the words can be translated, I know what they mean, but I can't understand them at all, and those academic terms don't even know how to translate, is this the difference between the two generations of civilizations?"
"Just like we read your paper?" Perhaps Vivian's words before did make sense, Lina and Catherine finally regained their usual calm a little, and Lina was also in the mood to laugh, and teased Vivien: "I think your expressions are the same as when I read your papers." ”
"Wait for me to beat you up. Vivien glared at Lina and found that Pannith was still looking at the words intently, and couldn't help but ask, "Pannis, can you read this?"
"Actually, I don't understand it. "But I found an interesting little detail. (To be continued.) )