Chapter 1821 The Lucky Ham <TOC> Chapter 1823 Actor’s Script
Translator: SumTLMan
Aside from Angel, everyone present was perplexed and eager to know just how Sanders managed to extract the Live Wire.
So, when Sanders took the initiative to broach this topic, everyone fell silent and watched him intently.
Sanders wasn’t one to keep people in suspense, he candidly revealed, “The parasite calamity that befell Shadow Demon City years ago was actually quite similar to the current situation. The way I drove out the parasites then is the same way I’m driving out these Live Wires now.”
“As for why it didn’t work before but does now, the reason is quite straightforward, the aura of the Nightmare Plane.”
The aura of the Nightmare Plane, released from the Nightmare Stone, was completely absorbed by the Live Wire.
In Sanders’ view, the Live Wire that absorbed the aura of the Nightmare Plane was a different entity from the original one.
The initial Live Wire was almost unrelated to the Nightmare Plane and didn’t need the aura of the Nightmare Plane for its survival; it wouldn’t be incorrect to say it was indigenous to the Wizarding World.
However, once it absorbed the aura of the Nightmare Plane to saturation, the Live Wire seemingly transformed into a true creature of the Nightmare Plane.
Sanders was unable to handle an ordinary Live Wire, but dealing with a creature of the Nightmare Plane was quite simple for him.
Just as he dealt with the parasites in Shadow Demon City, he dealt with this Live Wire. The results were, quite evidently, successful.
The Live Wire was removed without any impediment.
To some extent, Old Ham also regained his primary consciousness.
It could be said that the key to all this was actually the aura of the Nightmare Plane.
While Sanders was explaining, Angel was also nodding frequently in his mind; he had distinctly felt the difference. The previously uncontrollable Live Wire, due to the absence of the Nightmare Plane’s aura, was beyond his influence. Now, however, having absorbed the aura of the Nightmare Plane, Angel felt a noticeable change.
The Live Wire now felt much more “familiar” to him; within a limited scope, Angel could exert some lateral effects on it.
For example, like Sanders, Angel could now cause the Live Wire to leave a patient. Moreover, he could do so more effortlessly than Sanders, who had to coerce the Live Wire to reveal itself through his own power. In contrast, Angel could compel it to depart as a matter of “hierarchical suppression.”
Besides, Angel could also command the Live Wire to perform simple actions, albeit limited to being stationary or in motion. Asking it to attack, reproduce, or divide was beyond his capability. This might be because the Live Wire has an ultimate mission that exceeds Angel’s level of interference; or perhaps, the intelligence of this particular Live Wire was low, limiting the actions Angel could dictate.
Nevertheless, for now, the issue with the Live Wire has reached a phase of victory.
“Since Old Ham can be treated, what about the others?” Gloria raised a critical question that concerned everyone.
Sanders pondered: “This still requires experimentation.”
“What can be confirmed at the moment is that the duration of infection affects the outcome. As for why, my personal speculation is that it might be due to the compatibility between the Live Wire and humans.”
Compatibility? While everyone was still contemplating the implications of this term, Sanders abruptly shifted the conversation: “Why was the Live Wire created? What is its ultimate purpose?”
Sanders did not wait for others to ponder and directly voiced his own conjecture:
“I had previously contemplated many scenarios for the creation of Live Wire, but later, when I saw the dancer, I overturned my past thoughts.”
“Just as I discussed with Angel before, the thoughts of Nightmare Plane creatures might be bizarre and straightforward, but they are certainly unexpected. Everything they do and say carries a trace of absurdity, like reading a stream-of-consciousness novel that centers on solipsism.”
“Therefore, the various conspiracy theories I had speculated on before might be put aside for the moment. The reason they created Live Wire might be very, very simple, simply wanting to——”
“Transform this world.”
This transformation might differ from anything anyone has imagined, more absurd and preposterous, like a madman’s ravings——
“Turning the world into a stage, and those controlled by Live Wire, into actors.” This was spoken by Angel, who understood what Sanders was trying to convey while others were still pondering his words.
Sanders nodded slightly to Angel and then continued: “This hypothesis may not be complete, there could indeed be some conspiracies involved, like their plan to control humans through Live Wire and invade the Wizarding World, especially since Nightmare Plane creatures, despite their bizarre behavior, have a terrifying queen whom all creatures of the Nightmare Plane revere and worship.”
“However, these goals are not important, because Nightmare Plane creatures are naturally xenophobic, so humans and they are naturally opposed. As long as we know the original intent behind their creation of Live Wire, it becomes easy to deduce their ultimate goal.”
“Turning all the infected into utterly mad actors,” Sanders paused: “This is very likely their purpose.”
According to the information Sanders received from the tree spirit, it is certain that as time goes on, the ‘actors’ will only become more proficient in their performance.
Clearly, this is the Live Wire becoming increasingly ‘integrated’ with the infected, the longer the infection lasts, the deeper the embodiment.
With this said, the others finally understood the content Sanders wanted to express.
“The more an actor delves into a Character, the harder it is to detach from that character,” Gloria whispered. “In other words, the more the Live Wire resonates with the actor, the harder it is to detach from the state of acting.”
Old Ham had just been infected; he hadn’t had the chance to comprehend the role he was supposed to play, let alone to ‘delve’ and ‘integrate’, so Sanders could quickly extract the Live Wire.
On the other hand, the dancer had been infected for a long time and had essentially merged with the role of the dancer. Relatively speaking, it was certainly more difficult to detach the Live Wire from her role than from Old Ham.
Perhaps, it would take a longer time to detach the Live Wire from the role and to absorb the saturated aura of the Nightmare Plane.
Sanders said, “Of course, this is just my speculation, maybe after becoming an actor, the Live Wire can never detach again.”
After listening, Gloria muttered softly, “Why not try and find out.”
Sanders replied, “I intend to do just that.”
In the following time, Sanders selected two patients, one being the previous dancer, and the other was Iva’s sister, whose infection time was not particularly long either.
Sanders decided to conduct a control group experiment to determine the relationship between the time of infection and the detachment of the Live Wire, as well as the related ratio.
Chapter 1821 The Lucky Ham <TOC> Chapter 1823 Actor’s Script