Chapter 229: Biology Practical Exam (3)
Gurgling.
Squirming.
The tentacled monster continued to grow, absorbing the surrounding rat, frog carcasses, and pig heart.
” W, What the hell is that monster…… “
Yoo Seol-ha asked in a trembling voice from behind.
Of course, Kyung-joon didn’t know exactly what this bizarre tentacled monster was.
But he could guess.
” It’s probably a delomel. “
” Delo-what……? “
Delomel.
An ancient creature in the form of an octopus or tentacle that inhabits the depths of the Dragon Palace Sea.
It has lived for hundreds of thousands of years without dying and has retained its youth from that time.
The reason it was able to do so was because of the delomel’s infinite regenerative abilities.
No matter how much you cut, burn, or fry it, new flesh will continue to grow and it will constantly recover.
Its ability to recover is far superior to that of a slime, which simply expands its liquid form with mana.
” Dragon Palace Sea……? Slime, mana……? What the hell are you talking about…… “
Yoo Seol-ha couldn’t understand Kyung-joon’s explanation at all.
It’s no wonder.
After all, this place wasn’t the game world, World, but the real world, Earth.
However.
Kyung-joon had already completed a ‘realistic’ interpretation of the delomel.
When he was dissecting and researching the delomel with Teina, he hadn’t just been dissecting it.
” Telomeres. “
” Huh? “
” You know, the number of cell divisions, the DNA related to aging. It’s in a state of infinite runaway. Hundreds of thousands of times more than cancer cells. “
” Ah. “
Unlike before, Yoo Seol-ha understood immediately.
As expected of the best daughter ever.
” So just now, BIVS…… KYAH?! “
Shreeeeeek!
A tentacle arm thrust towards Kyung-joon and Yoo Seol-ha!
Chak! Chak!
Thud!
Kyung-joon swung the scalpel twice to the left and right, cutting it cleanly in two and deflecting it.
” ……Just what are you. “
Yoo Seol-ha opened her closed eyes again and was speechless at Kyung-joon’s movements.
Movements like watching an action movie.
Kyung-joon was making movements that a real human could never make.
” What do you mean? You’re the granddaughter, don’t you know? “
” Granddaughter? “
Yoo Seol-ha really seemed not to know.
The influence 『Infinite Knowledge Seeker』 had on his real body was something even the granddaughter of the Seolha Group didn’t know about.
‘There’s no need to explain it if she doesn’t know.’
Kyung-joon was thinking of keeping Infinite Knowledge Seeker to himself for now and researching it on his own.
And another reason why he couldn’t explain.
Shreeeeeek!
There was no time for that in the first place, as the situation was urgent!
He gripped the hand holding the scalpel tightly, as if he were using 『Ultrasonic Vibration Mana Dagger』.
His eyes widened, as if he were using 『Deterministic Worldview』.
There was no mana coming out like in the game, nor could he see the trajectory of the projectile.
But.
Kyung-joon finally saw it.
And he moved again.
Chaaaak!
The tentacle arm was split cleanly in half and torn to the sides.
━Kyaaak!
Squirming.
However, the severed tentacles were simply absorbed back into the monster and regenerated.
It was much weaker than the real delomel he had seen in Teina’s lab, but the very existence of such a thing in reality was an absolute monster.
━The way to easily subdue a delomel is surprisingly simple. You just have to cast the reverse magic of healing magic, healing suppression magic~ That’s why I, a graduate of the healing department, am researching the delomel.
Teina’s teachings flashed through Kyung-joon’s mind.
The easiest way to subdue a delomel was to cast healing suppression magic on it.
But this was Earth, not World.
There was no way magic existed.
But instead.
” Yoo Seol-ha. Use your Seolha Group power to get me a massive amount of cisplatin right now. “
Kyung-joon had science.
” Cisplatin……? You mean the one used in chemotherapy? “
” Yeah, that one. That’s the only way to stop the telomere runaway. “
Simply put, cisplatin was a cell division inhibitor.
There was no better medicine for stopping endless regeneration and recovery.
” How much? “
” Just get me enough to spray it all over the damn thing like a fire extinguisher. “
Tadaak!
Yoo Seol-ha didn’t answer and immediately started running out of the science lab.
” Secretary Oh! Get me what I’m talking about right now! It’s called cisplatin, it’s a drug used in chemotherapy…… “
At the same time, she was trying to get him what he had asked for.
It was refreshing that she didn’t hesitate and acted immediately.
━Kiyack!
Shreeaak!
Of course, the tentacled monster wasn’t going to just stand there and watch her.
Chaak!
” Where do you think you’re going. “
And Kyung-joon wasn’t going to just stand there and let the tentacled monster do as it pleased.
Screech. Bang.
Fortunately, Yoo Seol-ha was able to get out of the science lab safely.
━Kiyaaaak!
” How come even its cries are exactly the same as a delomel’s? “
Clank.
Kyung-joon faced the tentacled monster head-on.
Strangely, he wasn’t afraid.
On the contrary, he was full of confidence.
Baseless confidence?
No.
Kyung-joon had a clear conviction.
As long as he had a single scalpel like now.
” Fairy-style Magic Body Enhancement, Kai. “
The conviction that he could slaughter all the monsters in front of him.
🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷
The hidden ability of 『Infinite Knowledge Seeker』 that reproduced the sensations of the game in reality.
That ability allowed the real Kyung-joon to transcend reality.
The first time he realized this was when he accurately felt the temperature of the grill with his fingertips at Silla Ribs.
And then when the experience of studying in the game, and the study buffs he had experienced there, began to be applied to reality.
Kyung-joon was convinced.
That all the experiences he had in the game were having a direct impact on reality.
So it was the same now.
‘Up. Left. Slightly down.’
Chajuck! Chajajak!
The 3.76x Time Dilation, which he had become accustomed to over the past few months, allowed Kyung-joon to see the path.
‘Right. Floor. Dead center.’
Chak! Chak! Chajak!
And the split-second battles he had experienced many times in real life gave Kyung-joon agility that transcended reality.
And finally.
‘And up again…… No, behind!’
The martial arts he had recently copied and learned while fighting Azuaz.
Chaak―!
It allowed Kyung-joon to make impossible movements.
Thud! Thud!
All the tentacles that had been attacking from all directions fell to the floor like rain.
It was an overwhelmingly dominant display by Kyung-joon, but.
Crack! Crack!
” Ugh…… “
The muscles in his entire body were screaming.
Even though his body remembered the sensations of the game, his real body was that of an ordinary high school student who didn’t exercise.
He was just forcing himself to keep up with the sensations of the game.
Squirming!
The tentacled monster regenerated as if it had never been cut.
How long would he have to hold out……
He didn’t even have to think about it.
About 5 minutes after Kyung-joon had trapped the tentacled monster in the science lab.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The science lab windows were rattling as if they were about to break.
He could see a helicopter outside.
It was emblazoned with the 『Seolha Group』 logo.
” Hey!! Open the window!! No, get down!! “
Yoo Seol-ha’s cry pierced through the sound of the helicopter.
” As expected of the Seolha Group……! “
Chak! Chajak! Chalak!
Kyung-joon gritted his teeth through the muscle pain and continued to swing the scalpel.
He began to distance himself from the tentacled monster.
Taat!
As he threw himself behind the lab table that was fixed to the floor at the very front of the science lab.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaa!
An enormous amount of water pressure poured in through the window.
The pungent smell of unfamiliar chemicals.
What the Seolha Group helicopter had just unleashed was no ordinary liquid.
Cisplatin.
An anticancer drug that inhibits cell division.
━Kiyaaaak?!
A water cannon made up entirely of cisplatin crashed into the tentacled monster.
It was a very short amount of time, less than a second.
In that split second, Kyung-joon rolled across the floor behind the desk and out the other side.
If Teemo had been there, he would have probably said this.
Right now, this instant.
Fairy-style Magic Body Enhancement’s Kai.
A technique that momentarily stops the circulation of mana circuits to allow for extremely fast bursts of speed.
Of course, there was no mana in reality, so he couldn’t do it exactly the same way.
But he could mimic it very similarly by 『holding his breath』.
” Heup! “
He took a deep breath.
” ―. “
And then he stopped completely.
With his breath held like that, he fed all the oxygen he had just inhaled into his muscles.
How?
With the same sensations he had already engraved in his body from the game!
Gulp! Gulp!
Blood vessels popped up all over his skin as his muscles contracted momentarily.
And then they expanded!
Bang!
At that moment, Kyung-joon’s instantaneous speed had long since surpassed that of Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world.
━Kiyaaaak……!
The tentacled monster, its regeneration drastically slowed by the cisplatin water cannon.
Chak!
Chajak!
Chalak!
He slashed and diced at it as if he were butchering it.
Time seemed to slow down just then.
His goal was only one.
To stop this infinite proliferation.
The way to do that was.
━But even though you can weaken a delomel with healing suppression magic, you can’t completely finish it off. So how do you finish it off, you ask~? It’s simple. Here, on the upper left side of the delomel’s heart……
To destroy the 『sinoatrial node – which makes the heart beat with electrical stimulation – 』 located on the upper left side of the heart!
Chaak!
A large horizontal slash from right to left.
Chuwak!
Then, a vertical slash from bottom to top, forming a cross.
Whirl!
Finally, using the spin of his finger, he reversed his grip on the scalpel.
Push!!
He plunged the scalpel down into the very center of the cross, along with gravity.
━Kiyaaaaaaaaaaaak!!
The tentacled monster’s entire body trembled.
It tried to attack Kyung-joon, but it was already too late.
Slump.
The tentacled monster went limp, as if its nerves had been severed, like a squid.
” Oh, my aching body. “
Splash!
And Kyung-joon collapsed on top of the bloody mess.
🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷
” Lee Kyung-joon!! “
” M, Miss?! “
Thud!
Yoo Seol-ha jumped out of the helicopter without fear.
Thud!
She landed inside the science lab, through the broken window.
She immediately ran over to the collapsed Kyung-joon.
” Hey! Are you okay?! “
Yoo Seol-ha shouted as she quickly flipped over the prone Kyung-joon.
” O, Ow, ow, ow. “
Kyung-joon groaned in pain as she did so.
Kyung-joon, who had been moving for over 5 minutes, pushing his muscles beyond their limits.
Naturally, he was suffering from muscle pain all over his body.
” Ugh. “
He couldn’t move his body at all.
Fortunately, he could still move his mouth.
That.
He had to tell her that.
There was one very important thing left to do that he could only do now.
” Yoo Seol-ha…… Use the phone in my pants pocket to call…… “
Kyung-joon decided to have Yoo Seol-ha, who was next to him, make the call for him.
” Call? “
She was momentarily confused as to why he suddenly wanted to make a phone call.
” Ah, 119? “
But then her expression changed as she realized what he meant.
” Never mind. You get the best medical team from our Seolha Group…… “
” No. “
Yoo Seol-ha had the wrong idea.
119 or 112.
They were of no importance to Kyung-joon right now.
They were by no means the ones he needed to contact first.
” Then who? “
When Yoo Seol-ha asked, Kyung-joon put on the most serious expression she had ever seen.
” …… “
Gulp.
Yoo Seol-ha couldn’t help but gulp at his intensity.
Then.
” Call my dad…… “
Kyung-joon’s mouth slowly opened.
” Call my dad and tell him to sell all of his BIVS stock right now. No matter what. “
He had to sell it all before the news got out and the stock price crashed completely.
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