Chapter 171: Blind Man Touching Bones
There was no professional advisory group, just Ryan and Canossa, who tinkered and listed hundreds of contract clauses.
In this dark temple that had been silent for who knows how many years, they finalized a business cooperation that could be regarded as the largest business cooperation in the history of this era.
Moreover, what they signed was not an ordinary chamber of commerce entry contract, but an alliance cooperation contract.
This contract completely binds the new city and the "Black Gold Chamber of Commerce" together.
When one prospers, all prosper; when one suffers, all suffer.
As a professional businessman, Canossa can better understand the impact of the regime on the Chamber of Commerce. Although their Chamber of Commerce will spend a lot of resources in the early stages of betting on the new city that has not yet been seen.
But for businessmen, venture capital is essentially gambling, especially for businesses with greater profits, it is more like gambling.
If this investment is successful, the profits will be huge!
In the future, their "Black Gold Chamber of Commerce" will own a huge market connecting both sides of the Alcolon Mountains.
Moreover, the geographical location of the pass has given the city the potential to become the second Glorious City. Now with her Black Gold Chamber of Commerce, the Princess's people, and the Coleman people with amazing combat power... everything is ready.
This is countless times better than the innate conditions that Master Kavo had when he built the Glorious City.
The future is promising.
…
After signing the contract, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Canossa seemed to have thought of something and added: "So... the basis of our cooperation is that you must be the city lord! If you are not the city lord, this contract will be automatically torn up. And I will re-evaluate our cooperation and weigh whether our 'Black Gold Chamber of Commerce' will settle in that city..."
"No, no, no... Your Highness Ymir and I have no intention of establishing a traditional private territory."
Ryan was a little surprised when he heard it.
This lady seems to have great confidence in herself.
He explained: "Our plan for that city is to make it a real 'free city'. Although theoretically, I have half of the rights of the city lord, there may not be a private lord in that city. I am not one, and neither is Ymir. Moreover, both the Coleman people and the princess will recognize the covenant that I signed as a representative with your 'Black Gold Chamber of Commerce'..."
"Liberty City?"
Canossa didn't understand what .
Like the Glorious City, now known as the "City of Freedom"?
Haha, the five major families didn’t give her much favor.
However, she did not ask in detail, after all, it sounded like a "utopian city".
She still insisted on her point of view and said, "I don't know what kind of system you want to establish in your territory. But if you are the city lord, I will do my best to support you in building the city according to the contract. But if the city lord is someone else..."
After a pause, she said affirmatively: "I will definitely re-evaluate the possibility of cooperation."
Ryan was a little surprised: "Even if there is a city lord, it's either me or Her Highness Ymir. She's not someone else, aren't you friends?"
Although Ymir has said that she will not be a private lord, in reality, even if there is a city lord, only the two of them are qualified.
“…”
Canossa smiled and didn't explain much, "I don't care, it's like this anyway."
…
The two signed a contract, and Ryan's fighting spirit was almost recovered.
Then he began to use the "Gang Thread" to suture Canossa's broken muscle fibers.
This is a delicate job that cannot be rushed and requires a great deal of time and energy.
Fortunately, Canossa had her own emergency magic core, which saved Ryan a lot of time in meditation to recover his fighting spirit, allowing him to treat his injuries more efficiently.
Moreover, Ryan was not yet a third-order extraordinary person, and had not yet reached the level where his fighting spirit could leave the body. Therefore, in order to sew efficiently and accurately, he had to touch the lady's body inch by inch, find the location of the torn muscles, and then let the "gang line" penetrate the epidermis to pull and sew the torn muscles.
Well... it feels a bit like a blind man touching his bones.
However, almost all parts of the human body are covered with skeletal muscle.
This kind of "stitching" is not like a surgical operation with a cold scalpel. It's a bit awkward to do it yourself. After all, arms and limbs are fine, but some places are a little more private.
For example, the pectoralis major and pectoralis minor muscles are the main force of punching...
The hamstring muscles on the back of the thigh, the inner collection group...
And the gluteus maximus, known as the "human engine"...
These are the large muscle groups that mainly exert force in close combat, and they are also the muscle groups with the highest degree of muscle damage in Canossa's body. They must be carefully repaired bit by bit.
"Um... Madam, I'm going to help you sew up your torn pectoralis major muscle. It will be from the greater tubercle of the humerus to your first to sixth costal cartilages."
Ryan roughly gestured at the general direction of the muscle fibers on his chest, trying to use professional terms to express the places he was about to touch, in order to dilute the indescribable embarrassment brought about by the operation.
"Well, you're a doctor, just do whatever you want."
Canossa behaved calmly and still had a lazy and indifferent expression.
Then, Ryan stopped hesitating and went straight to work.
Wisps of lavender "energizing lines" lingered between his fingers, and he gently touched it.
If this was a hospital operating table, the two of them probably wouldn't have felt anything. But this was an underground temple with only two living people.
Moreover, the [Divine Healing Technique] causes cells to divide faster to heal wounds, and there will be a very strong numbing feeling as if ants are crawling on the body.
Even if they hold back, the injured will occasionally feel strange.
No one spoke for a while, and the empty temple seemed especially quiet.
Both of them could clearly hear each other's heartbeat, fast or slow.
As her fingers moved across her skin, Canossa's eyebrows knitted tightly together. The healing sensation throughout her body made her feel very comfortable, but... it was really itchy.
It seemed that she also realized that it would be a little awkward if no one was talking, so she took the initiative to start a conversation.
"By the way, Dr. Ryan, why don't you wear a gas mask? The poison gas here is so strong..."
"I am a doctor in the Transcendental Sequence. I have the ability to heal the toxins in my body. Moreover, this is not a toxin, but the 'demon energy of the abyss'. Legend has it that the ancient gods and demons practiced in this kind of environment. However, this 'black energy' is too violent for the bodies of ordinary Transcendents, so it is considered to be a toxin. But if the body can absorb it, it will be of great benefit..."
"Oh...I see. I was wondering why the Colemans were so tall and strong. It turns out this is the reason."
"Yes. My teacher has a topic that has in-depth research in this area. He said that people's physical fitness will change with the environment... The ancestors who once lived on this land did not have gas masks. Although their living conditions were poor, according to various records, their physical conditions were much better than modern people..."
"Oh, who is your teacher?"
"Ilubek Nieto."
"Ah? Are you Dr. Irubek's disciple?"
"Um……"
The two of them had something to talk about, and suddenly it wasn't so awkward anymore.
In the end, Canossa felt like she was getting a massage and enjoyed it quite a lot.
Mainly, it was the feeling of being reborn that made her feel great.
She had been devastated , but she was unexpectedly saved by a young doctor and regained her extraordinary path.
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Although there is no clear concept of the passage of time in the temple, thousands of years seem to pass in an instant.
But the intelligent computer clearly showed Ryan that more than ten hours had passed since he had dealt with the muscle groups in front of Canossa.
After advancing to the extraordinary level, one will have a lot of energy and it won’t be a big problem to stay awake for several days and nights.
He worked hard to recover his fighting spirit, and then began to repair his back muscles.
"Okay, ma'am, you can turn around now. I'll help you with the muscles in your back."
"oh."
Canossa naturally turned around and lay there, allowing Ryan to treat the torn muscles on her back.
With her back to the young doctor, she felt she could finally say something.
Thinking about it, she said with emotion: "Dr. Ryan, if I hadn't met you this time, I might not be able to open the door of this temple at all, and I would probably foolishly look for clues for a long time..."
She suddenly felt that she had been a little foolish. She had been looking for clues for two whole months, but it turned out that all her guesses were wrong.
That bronze door is actually "voice-controlled"!
This made her, who didn't know the ancient Monk language at all , trapped for the rest of her life and she couldn't find the correct way to open the door.
As he thought about it, a slight smile appeared on Canossa's lips, and his words became more and more emotional.
"And even if I open it, I will definitely die..."
As she spoke, she looked up at the eight gargoyles that had nearly killed her on the spot, and pursed her lips with resentment . The darkness concealed her little girl's posture, and the playfulness disappeared in an instant.
Suddenly, she asked.
"Dr. Ryan, you saved me. How can I thank you?"
"Cash it in. "
"Ah...are you short of money?"
"I'm just kidding. If I hadn't met you, I would have died on the way to Glory City..."
Ryan didn't really care about getting any reward.
The cause and effect of the bond they formed on the train, like the "butterfly effect", also brought about a dramatic change in his destiny.
If Ryan had not met Canossa on the train, he would have followed a strange hunting group to the City of Glory and might have encountered the beast tide GG.
And if it wasn't for Canossa, he wouldn't have formed a bond with Udo, wouldn't have been able to translate [Threading the Needle], wouldn't have been able to save Bazel, and wouldn't have formed a bond with the Coleman family later...
If Ryan had not met this lady, he might be like an ordinary low-level wasteland hunter now, either hiding in the mechanical city or dying in the battle of land reclamation.
As the two chatted, they suddenly felt very familiar with each other.
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Because his injuries had not fully recovered, even though the "Crystal of Divine Power" was right in front of him, Canossa did not take it for the time being.
But just when Canossa's injuries had not yet fully healed, there was suddenly a noise outside the temple.
She frowned and stood up quickly: "Someone is coming!"
When Ryan looked closely, he saw a few guys in bright red wizard robes tentatively walking in from the bronze door of the temple.
