13 13 301 Hippocrates But unlike connecting with Ascendants, they are still harmonic. 1
14 14 301 Hippocrates Liv is completely corrupted. If you connect with her now, your Mind Beacon will be lost as well. 1
15 15 302 (Telling her about Huaxu) 16
16 16 301 Hippocrates Oh? Are you saying that... Huaxu hacked into Spear of F.O.S. and your Commandant link to forcibly project your Mind Beacon onto the M.I.N.D. of a Corrupted somewhere nearby? 1
17 17 302 Yes. That is exactly the reason. 18
18 18 302 Huaxu recognized my ability to connect with Ascendants. 19
19 19 301 Hippocrates I see. Everyone has been talking about your ability to connect with Ascendants. I thought you came to that conclusion after giving it a test. 1
20 20 301 Hippocrates How did it feel like being in the M.I.N.D. of a Corrupted? 1
21 21 302 It was filled with chaotic thoughts and discordant information. 22
22 22 301 Hippocrates Are you confident that you can find Liv's M.I.N.D. shards in an environment like that? 1
23 23 302 At least let me try. 24
24 24 301 The two researchers look at each other, but neither says a word.
25 25 302 Please let me try. 26
26 26 301 Hippocrates I'll level with you. This isn't like going on a battlefield. When you had people backing you up, we didn't mind letting you try. 1
27 27 301 Hippocrates Now, things are different. Even if this is just a test, you can lose your mind completely should things go sideways. 1
28 28 301 Hippocrates Think about it. Why have we discovered only one Commandant with the ability to connect with Ascendants after all this time? It is exactly because this test is far too dangerous. 1
29 29 302 Please have faith in me.
30 30 202 1 2 1
31 31 201 1 500404 -450
32 32 201 2 500004 450
33 33 301 1 Asimov & Hippocrates ... 1 2
34 34 301 Hippocrates Huh... 1
35 35 301 Asimov I can use the Spear of F.O.S. to partially visualize the data turbulence. 2
36 36 301 Hippocrates ...That's a good idea. 1
37 37 302 Give me a chance, and I'll find her. 38
38 38 301 Hippocrates Young one, are you sure you want to put someone else before yourself? 1
39 39 302 All I want to know is how this will affect Liv if I succeed. 40
40 40 301 Hippocrates That will depend on "how" successful you are. 1
52 52 301 Thanks to the data turbulence visualized by Spear of F.O.S., the first shard is directly within reach. It looks like, in that memory, Liv is wandering.
53 53 301 This isn't a miracle or an event of good luck. Instead, it is the memories of Gray Raven connected and weaved together.
54 54 301 According to Asimov, this is like finding your most familiar thing in a messy image: memories of the past will guide you as a beacon of light.
55 55 301 Perhaps... Constructs feel the same way when they are searching for Mind Beacons to calibrate their M.I.N.D.
56 56 301 Having uncovered the first clue, you start searching for similar things and follow the chaotic data until a new place comes into view.
59 59 301 The next M.I.N.D. shard is on a gruesome battlefield.
60 60 301 Civilization is shut down, stagnant, and falling apart.
61 61 301 The Central Purification Filters people worked hard to build now lie in ruins. The new batch of experimental farms has been burnt to ashes.
62 62 301 Countless dead bodies are buried in the burning ruins. The stench of corpses utters their most painful cry in silence.
63 63 301 This isn't a nightmare you imagined. It is a reality that actually happened. It is part of her memories.
64 64 301 Liv is in this living hell, trying to save those severely injured survivors.
65 65 301 The girl is as fragile and vulnerable as a spiderweb hanging in hell. Even though her frame has pretty much worn out, her energy depleted, and her legs ruptured, she still carries on.
66 66 301 You try to catch up with her, but a dying Construct grabs you by the leg.
67 67 301 You know there is nothing you can do to change this memory, but you cannot bring yourself to break free from the dying Construct desperately seeking help.
68 68 301 This is her second M.I.N.D. shard.
69 69 301 After his last remaining drip of life fades away, you find yourself merging with Liv...
72 72 301 Following the trail of her memories, you return to an old field hospital and meet the people she knew.
73 73 301 Time flies by very quickly in this memory. It's like being in a time-lapse film. You see people go in and out of the hallways and sickrooms.
74 74 301 Sunlight shines through the window and projects a shadow on the floor as if it is a clock ticking.
75 75 301 Some patients don't live to see tomorrow, and some patients are lucky enough to leave this place. The only person who always stays here is her.
76 76 301 The girl was abandoned here by the flow of time long ago and is still trapped in this cage, bound by her duty and the guilt of not being able to save her mother.
