BXBX NOVEL Chapter 220: Experimenting
Vesa also suggested some ideas before using the ERx chip surrounding his brain to process all the information.
It's possible, but Alex doesn't want to do this. No matter how much he trusts Vesa, it's still external help.
Who knows what might happen in the future. An enemy at the level of a progenitor or like that eye being could probably separate him from Vesa if they wanted.
Alex then starts his experiment.
The cerebral cortex is the outer part of the brain, further separated into four parts.
The frontal lobe is responsible for cognitive functions, and the parietal lobe is at the back of the brain for processing language and mathematics.
The occipital lobe processes information from the eyes, and finally, the temporal lobe has a crucial function in the creation of memory.
Alex thought to do the process step by step, but after some thought, he decided it's better to do it all at the same time. What he will do will affect his mind; he would not be able to focus and evolve everything slowly.
Giving control to Vesa is an option, but he doesn't like the idea.
Alex focused his mind, then started controlling his life force energy, putting it around his head. The energy will quickly react, automatically healing him the moment something goes wrong.
He starts taking a few breaths, trying to calm himself down. His lips then curled into a smile. 'If Emily and others knew about this, I am sure they would think I am crazy.'
A brain is the core of a human being, anyone will tell him he is insane to even try this. Even if they know they could regenerate, a question will arise; will they be the same person afterward or not?
He has asked Vesa about this before.
[It will be the same person, King. Theoretically, you are not dead. For humans, when their brain is destroyed, they will die, so it won't work. But King, you are not human anymore. Your consciousness is etched in your soul.]
This makes Alex feel relieved and then realize, A cultivator will still have their soul if they die after they reach the Nascent soul stage.
Remembering how the process works makes him realize this is the same as etching their consciousness into their soul.
While Alex makes sure everything is in place, Alice has finished reading in the library. She didn't read all the books there, only the most important ones.
Like history, distribution of power, mana, dungeons. She already gets the gist of the situation. But all this information only leaves her with more questions. So she decided to look for Alex.
After asking around, she found out where Alex was. Walking through the hallway, it doesn't take long for her to reach the place; as the door is not locked, she enters and finds Alex deep in meditation.
She took a seat on a nearby couch, not wanting to disturb him.
She looks at Alex, wondering what he was meditating for.
BOOM!
The upper part of his head exploded like a watermelon, making her eyes widen as her mouth gaped open.
Before she could even react, the head regenerated back. It then exploded again. The process repeated multiple times before it stopped.
As for Alex, he feels dizzy. The moment he pumps mana and Qi into his cerebral cortex, he feels like his head is under heavy pressure as if it's being squished from all sides.
He tries to hold in, but it's useless; his head explodes.
After recovering, he doesn't feel any pain. Instead, he feels numb inside his skull.
He then does it again; on every try, Alex will lower the energy amount while keeping going with the same amount of mana and Qi.
After many tries, he finally starts getting the amount of Qi and Mana required to avoid triggering the explosion.
Alex decided to do this because he wants to use the maximum amount of Qi and Mana possible since the beginning.
Based on many experiments, he has found out making things adapt bit by bit will produce worse results compared to doing it right to the utmost limit.
Alex then starts fusing more and more Qi and Mana, waiting for it to adapt before injecting some more. After some time, he stopped the process and clicked his tongue in annoyance.
It's not working. It has results but only makes the organ stronger, not giving him the ability he wanted.
Alex opened his eyes, in front of him was now a large window giving him a good view of the night sky. Seeing the stars and moon, his mind starts thinking, 'What am I missing, this is not working.'
[King, just to remind you, Alice is sitting behind you now. I didn't tell you before since you were too focused on the experiment.]
'What?' Alex was surprised by Vesa's message.
He turned his head, seeing Alice looking at him with a pale face. Her eyes glistened with fear as if she had seen a monster.
Her mouth still gaped open all this time. She had never seen someone regenerate their head like that.
As a Fairy princess, it's not like she had never seen regeneration or healing abilities. But regenerating a head is something she had never seen before on a humanoid creature.
Neither Fairy nor Felidaen ever do that.
"Alice, since when have you been here?" Alex asked as he stood up.
He then took the brain matter and blood around him, putting it in his storage ring.
Alice was still in a daze, not responding to what Alex said. She only regained clarity when Alex arrived right in front of her.
"Hey, are you hearing me?"