Chapter 58
Chapter 58
Ken Noma sat on the bed like a living corpse.
Clink.
I was measuring drugs on the workbench. Based on the data copied from the Imperial Guard’s database, I combined several drugs required to enhance cognitive ability. I didn’t know if it would be effective, but there was nothing to lose.
If Ken died because of my mistake—well, that would be the end of it. No one would hold me accountable.
I injected the combined drug into the back of Ken’s neck. As the drug began to take effect, the trembling in his fingers stopped.
Ken had been tortured in virtual reality. According to Aleph, the perceived duration would have amounted to several years.
One could not dismiss it just because it was virtual reality. Because it was indistinguishable from actual reality, it was even more horrifying. He couldn’t die. Instead, his mind was torn apart as he repeatedly died and revived.
Just imagine: humans are originally meant to die only once. Our brains cannot endure repeated deaths. Even a single death is enough to place an unbearable load on a human brain.
But thanks to technological advancement, we could artificially kill and revive a human repeatedly. Few people could withstand this.
“Ken Noma, do you recognize me?”
Ken was a man who had barely passed half a century. But the condition of his brain was no different from that of a man over a hundred. He had numerous memory gaps and reduced cognitive abilities.