Chapter 159: Circle Of Life

Blood-colored rain rose up, amidst the weak, listless wailing and sorrowful cries.

This time, even the ghostly howls and wolf-like shrieks turned sorrowful and indignant. Amidst the gradually thinning flow of blood, there was no longer even the strength to struggle or glare in anger.

Only choked sobs arose, mixed with sounds of pleading, so faint.

Incomprehensible.

Everyone came here to attend the funeral feast, so how come they hadn't even seen the banquet table before they themselves were about to become the main course?

Stop drawing it, stop drawing it!

The lives of the family members are lives too, damn it!

Tears welled up in one scarlet pupil after another, almost choking out the words: "Does your hospital only care about the patients and completely disregard the lives of everyone else?!"

Unfortunately, reality is often very regrettable.

Sorry, yes.

"No..."

When Ji Jue's voice sounded again, Director Qian didn't even wait for him to finish, waving his hand directly: "Transfuse!"

At this moment, on his stitched face covered in blood, a trace of gratification and admiration actually appeared within his exaggerated, malicious smile.

Gazing at that back fighting on the operating table to save the mother and child, it was as if he were seeing a radiant future rising steadily!

With a doctor like this, why worry that incurable diseases cannot be eradicated?

Why worry that patients cannot be cured!

This is exactly the kind of fighting spirit one should have!

He couldn't help but let out a strange, cackling laugh. If not for the constraints of his status and the occasion, he would have been unable to stop himself from waving his arms to cheer and shout encouragement right now!

"Alright, Director!"

When Ji Jue's shout rang out, Director Qian waved his hand again without a second thought: "Transfuse!"

But only when the family members' blood and souls were almost completely squeezed dry did he realize that something seemed wrong...

"Alright?"

He frowned: "Are you sure? For such a difficult procedure, wouldn't it be better to be safe than sorry?"

"It's fine, it's about enough anyway."

Ji Jue tilted his head, signaling Tong Hua, who was already completely numb, to wipe his sweat.

His eyes were already illuminated by the radiance of spiritual quality.

At this moment, in his perception, he had completely ignored everything in the outside world, focusing entirely within the biological furnace. Invisible and visible hands seemed to interweave and overlap from within the flames, completely merging into one.

Through repeated trial and error and reconstruction, the two original spiritual ghost fetuses were now completely unrecognizable.

And amidst the endless ravaging and torture, the original ferocity and madness had completely vanished. Now, the two pairs of eyes were filled with tears, even more innocent and clean than a college student who had just stepped into a new campus.

After having had enough of Ji Jue's heavy slaps, they no longer dared to have the slightest bit of resistance.

If told to spread their legs, they spread their legs; if told to turn over, they turned over.

And now, Ji Jue's ten fingers were suspended in mid-air, no longer moving. Only bundles of oscillating spiritual quality, as thin as threads but as sharp as knives, extended from his fingertips, weaving in thousands of strands to shroud the creation within.

For a moment, he felt as if he had approached the essence of the "Spirit First" trait.

The core of metamorphosis lies in the never-extinguishing thirst for transcendence within the soul.

But the foundation of spiritual existence is the existence of will and thought. At this moment, as he forgot everything, immersed in this agonizing refining process, and after experiencing countless attempts and constructions, he actually felt it once again...

The existence of his own soul, the existence of self, or rather... the existence known as Ji Jue.

Along with the triggering of his spiritual quality, his thoughts and considerations, and his will seemed to expand from within that spiritual quality, gathering upon his hands, and even spreading outward!

Following the thousands of threads of spiritual quality, it truly transformed into invisible hands.

There was no need to rack his brains to search or feel; at this very moment, everything became so real. He only needed to think, and the spiritual quality would change with his will, extending and shaping itself according to his intent!

To truly grasp those two distinct souls in his hands!

Snap!

At that instant, a crisp auditory hallucination emerged from within his consciousness.

The old world shattered, and a brand-new world appeared and was born before his eyes. Enveloped in the omnipresent fluctuations of spiritual quality, everything became so clear.

Everything was within his control!

Right within Ji Jue's soul—with the matrix as the main body, between the two blessings 【Miraculous Hand】 and 【Spirit First】 that surrounded and guarded the soul, a brand-new spiritual circuit and structure actually appeared, linking the two together!

It's done!

Ji Jue's eyes lit up: This is what Professor Ye spoke of, the linkage between blessings!

It was merely a thread of fusion between embers and metamorphosis, causing the effect of "Spirit First" to spread to Ji Jue's hands. The thorough implementation between will and flesh caused the interference effect of "Miraculous Hand" on the spiritual body to undergo a qualitative leap and improvement!

At the same time, the linkage between blessings also made the refining of "Non-Aggression" increasingly swift and rapid.

The operation between the blessings and the matrix became unprecedentedly smooth and efficient, as if washing away dust and breaking free from shackles, returning once again to how it ought to be!

And at this very moment...

"—Mission accomplished!"

Accompanied by Ji Jue's cheer, his hands were raised high.

Facing the sacred light of the shadowless lamp, the newborn, finally freed from torture and ravaging in his hands, finally let out a loud cry!

The cry was resonant.

At this moment, whether it was the mother under the lamp light or the family members crawling on the ground who could no longer get up, they could no longer hold back their emotion and joy, and instantly, their eyes filled with hot tears!

It's just that, looking at this scene of a baboon holding up a lion cub, if the occasion hadn't been so inappropriate, Tong Hua felt she would have had to sing a song of "Endless Life" to provide some background music.

It wasn't easy, truly not easy.

The surgery, which involved physically torturing the opponent and mentally polluting the teammate, was finally completed.

And just as she fixed her gaze on the newborn in Ji Jue's hands, the corners of her eyes couldn't help but twitch—the woman was pregnant with two, so how come there was only one left in your hands?

No, it was still two...

Ji Jue had stitched both of them together, damn it!

The two incredibly fierce spiritual ghost fetuses were still constantly biting each other amidst Ji Jue's massive transformation and smelting, to the point that no matter which one was completed individually, the other would never let it go.

Since that was the case, it was better to just treat them as one!

Of course, because Ji Jue's work was too rough, wasting a lot of materials was also an important reason... but looking at it now, the strange baby covered in black stitches at least looked whole.

It was just that it was stitched up just like Director Qian, and combined with Director Qian's joyful smile at this moment, it made one very suspicious of the blood relationship between the two.

"Not bad, very not bad. To have such an outstanding performance on your first time in the operating room!"

The strange physician approached, examining the baby in Ji Jue's hands—at this moment, the left half of the ghost fetus's face was full of rage and misery, while the right half wore a hungry smile and madness.

Amidst the constant shifting of expressions, a translucent spiritual head would occasionally be squeezed out from the flesh, revealing itself in the air, so bizarre.

Even now, the two were still constantly fighting within the same body, like two whirlpools constantly colliding, but this time, they could no longer damage the now-complete body. On the contrary, no matter which one ate or grew, it would become common nourishment and spiritual quality. The more they ate, the stronger they became, and the stronger they became, the hungrier they were, never satisfied.

Under the transformation of "Non-Aggression," they had become a state of half-living creature and half-object, half of which was a monster bred by the Time Ruins, and half of which was a deranged spiritual alchemy product.

"Hmm, five kilograms, mother and child are safe!" Director Qian nodded with satisfaction: "The surgery was a complete success!"

Yeah, yeah, they're all safe, they're all still breathing!

The numb Tong Hua thought to herself: Being able to breathe under the hands of a dog like Ji Jue, isn't that a complete success?

And Ji Jue was now playing with his brand-new creation.

He just gave it a casual squeeze, and a scarlet frost wind spat out from the ghost fetus's mouth, causing the temperature in the entire room to plummet.

"Wow, baby, you're a hairdryer!"

Ji Jue exclaimed in surprise. He gave it another squeeze, and the four eyeballs suddenly flashed with light, gray mist spread out, and the crying was loud, causing people's souls to tremble: "Wow, baby, you're a smoke bomb!"

And as the remaining spiritual quality was swallowed up by the ghost fetus, it actually grew two more arms, and two parted, incomplete faces split open, revealing a bloody mouth, with viscous saliva dripping down.

This drew Ji Jue's surprised call: "Baby, you're a refrigerator! Double-door!"

"Hmm, not bad, not bad."

Director Qian nodded in approval: "Since you assisted in the delivery yourself, the care of the newborn will be left to you. You must get along well with the patients, hee hee hee hee..."

Amidst the strange laughter, the stitched physician dissolved into the darkness and disappeared.

And when the operating room doors opened, the remaining family members crawled out one by one, using both hands and feet, scrambling and jostling, terrified that if they took another breath in this hellhole, they would be forced to donate blood.

Watching the strange-looking nurse push the mother away, Tong Hua, who didn't know how many times she had been soaked in sweat, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Turning back, she saw a scene that made her eyes go dark.

The "newborn" that had just been born was now crawling all over the floor, moving incredibly fast, with an iron chain tied around its neck, pulled taut and held in Ji Jue's hand.

"Look, Tong Hua, it's so strange!"

Ji Jue walked the baby all over the floor, exclaiming in surprise: "Suck~ suck~ it's so lively after being tied up!"

"Is it you or it that's strange!"

Tong Hua subconsciously moved backward, dodging, but the more afraid she was, the more excited the ghost fetus seemed to be, constantly crawling toward her... quacking and screaming.

How should she put it?

Watching the silly eldest miss being shocked, terrified, and hiding everywhere, it was actually quite fun!

Considering the teammate's mental tolerance, Ji Jue finally locked the chain tight after having had enough fun, holding the constantly moving ghostly thing in his hand.

"Hmm, that was thrilling, finally got through one hurdle." Ji Jue sighed, turning back to ask: "I'm sweating, how about you?"

"What do you think, you dog!"

Tong Hua rolled her eyes, carefully keeping her distance from the thing in Ji Jue's hand.

"So, did you figure it out?" Ji Jue asked solemnly.

In the operating room, Tong Hua was present the whole time, and Ji Jue saw her reach out and touch many things, including surgical instruments, and the Ether Eye was quietly activated several times.

The matrix of "Yesterday Replayed" is best at reading records and information on objects, tracing history and the past.

For gathering intelligence, nothing is more convenient than the Ether lineage.

"Figured it out."

Tong Hua nodded and said: "They are all dead."

"..."

For a moment, Ji Jue was actually stunned on the spot, not having expected her to have such a major discovery. He couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration: "Very well seen, don't look next time."

Who the hell couldn't see that kind of thing!

"I mean, they were dead before the Time Ruins were formed. To be precise... they've been dead for at least several decades." Tong Hua endured the dizziness, her face becoming increasingly pale: "They died very painfully, very, very painfully."

As if falling into an endless abyss...

From the torture of purgatory, returning to nothingness, leaving only shells, wandering in the Time Ruins, and turning into ghosts.

"See for yourself."

She reached out and tapped Ji Jue's forehead.

And so, the afterimages of the past galloped and roared, vast as a tide.

Whistling toward them!

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