Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 867 - 622: The Most Dutiful Son in History—Phoenix Mountain (Part 3)
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Darn it, I thought you were gonna ask me some deep question, but suddenly you’re chatting with me about mythology, what’s the deal with that?
"Also, also, in Journey to the West, does the Second Deity actually know the Seventy-Two Transformations or Seventy-Three? Some say Sun Wukong ate one of his transformations, so he can’t do it anymore, is that true?" Misaka Tsuchiemon seemed to have flipped some weird switch, promising one question, but then rambling on with several, and not a single serious one among them.
Li Zheng rolled his eyes: "I don’t know either, the stuff you’re talking about wasn’t written by me, why don’t I introduce you to someone, see if you can find him."
"Who?"
"An online novel author, pen name Yue Luohong." Li Zheng said with a straight face.
"..." Misaka Tsuchiemon was silent for a few seconds: "Dude, are you kidding me?"
Looking for an online novel author to solve puzzles?
Isn’t there some kind of misunderstanding?
Li Zheng, annoyed, said: "You started joking with me first.
What the heck is going on in your brain? Why are you curious about this stuff? It’s all mythology!
What’s mythology?
Isn’t it just like online novels, all fictional stories?
Just like those tales of millions of deities in your Nihong Country, they’re all folk tales made up by people!
Different people using similar themes to create different stories, passed down to modern times, isn’t it natural that there are several versions now?
By the way, if your tiny Nihong Country really had a million deities, they’d have sunk the whole island by now!"
"Yeah! I also think a million deities is too exaggerated!" Misaka Tsuchiemon nodded in agreement.
Li Zheng rubbed his forehead, feeling that the boy had a logic leap he couldn’t reel back in.
For a moment, he had no desire to continue the exchange with Misaka Tsuchiemon.
Luckily, at that moment, Phoenix Mountain finally awoke, and the first words as he opened his eyes were: "Yan Guang, watch out!"
Then he seemed to realize something, his expression shifting from anxious to desolate, his whole presence exuded a disheartened vibe.
Li Zheng watched Phoenix Mountain, wanting to speak a few comforting words, yet not knowing where to begin.
He could understand Phoenix Mountain’s feelings. Yan Guang was not just Phoenix Mountain’s partner, but also a friend of Li Zheng and others.
Not long ago they were chatting in a group, joking around, and now suddenly parted by life and death.
The wild girl who pulled Phoenix Mountain, saying, "Come on, let’s go inside!" still seemed vivid in their minds, yet when they wanted to say a few words to Yan Guang, they realized she had truly left.
There was a sense of melancholy in their hearts, wanting to change something, yet feeling so powerless.
"Kiddo, I know you’re not feeling well." Feng Qiwu, not wanting Phoenix Mountain to keep sinking, began advising: "But you have to pull yourself together. Yan Guang saved you with her life, and if she knew, she wouldn’t feel good seeing you like this."
"I understand all these things." Phoenix Mountain’s voice was hoarse: "You don’t need to persuade me."
"Dad Feng, Little Phoenix is just feeling bad, give it some time and he should come around." Li Zheng spoke, "Phoenix Mountain is stronger than most people; I believe he won’t just sink like this."
"This..." Feng Qiwu sighed again, lamenting: "It’s a pity we’re in this crappy Matrix place. If we weren’t suffering here, and something happened to my daughter-in-law Yan Guang, I would even break the law to find an expert to clone her from her cells!"
Li Zheng was initially looking at Phoenix Mountain, but upon hearing this, he sharply turned to Feng Qiwu: "What did you just say? Clone?"
"Yes." Feng Qiwu didn’t know why Li Zheng’s reaction was so strong, thinking he was questioning his ability, he proudly said: "Don’t judge me by my ordinary old man’s appearance, back in the day I was a prominent figure in the military, with a significant position.
If it hadn’t been for Phoenix Mountain’s mom not liking me always staying in the military, barely seeing each other all year, I wouldn’t have resigned and come home."
Given Feng Qiwu’s connections, sparing no expense to leverage cloning technology to create someone, wasn’t impossible, just with many obstacles.
Li Zheng didn’t hear the latter part of Feng Qiwu’s words, momentarily stunned: "Could a deceased person really be ’revived’ through cloning technology...?"
"Theoretically, yes."
Suddenly, Misaka Tsuchiemon spoke up: "As long as the cloning target did not die of natural causes, and the cells in their body didn’t immediately die, if you extract viable cells before that, there’s a chance to clone a person."
But the cloned person would have no memory, a blank slate, equivalent to a brand-new individual,"
Upon hearing this, Li Zheng turned and looked at him: "Is this really feasible? Has there ever been such a precedent in the world?"
"Uh..." Misaka Tsuchiemon awkwardly pondered for a few seconds: "So, theoretically feasible, because currently, no country in the world has such technology, all successful cloning examples limited to cells extracted from living bodies, as to whether this could be used to ’revive’ the dead, it’s still unknown."
"If it’s just a matter of insufficient technology, perhaps..." Li Zheng grabbed Phoenix Mountain’s shoulder eagerly: "Where is Yan Guang’s body?"
"In... in my capsule residence." Phoenix Mountain, caught off guard, replied mechanically.
"Great!" Li Zheng urged: "Quick! Give her body to me, maybe it could work!"
"You... you mean?" Phoenix Mountain finally understood Li Zheng’s implication, becoming excited: "You have a way to clone Yan Guang?"
"I don’t know if it’ll work, but it’s the only hope for you to see Yan Guang again!" Li Zheng didn’t dare to make promises, as Yan Guang had been dead for days, and no one knew if any cells in her body were still viable.
He also didn’t know if someone deceased could indeed be revived through cloning technology.
But since there’s hope, he could only try, leaving the result to fate.
"If... if it could succeed..." Phoenix Mountain released a transparent coffin from his capsule residence, inside lay Yan Guang’s body, so serene as if just asleep.
He stroked the coffin, his eyes filled with deep affection as he looked at Yan Guang: "Old Li, if you can really bring her back to life, from now on, I’ll be like Lu Li and call you Dad! You’ll be my real dad!"
"???" Feng Qiwu roared in anger, kicking him from behind, knocking him to the ground: "Damn it, I’m your real dad!"
