Chapter 00154: Rebirth with a Job Show Your True Skills in Obstetrics
# Rebirth with a Job: Show Your True Skills in Obstetrics
Chapter 154
Novel: Above Destiny
Chapter 154: Rebirth with a Job: Show Your True Skills in Obstetrics
"What department?"
Ji Jue was momentarily stunned, even forgetting the drooling patients around him, his mouth agape.
"Obstetrics."
Director Qian repeated, his tone flat and emotionless.
Obstetrics? Seriously?
He had thought that with his rebirth and a new job, he could show off his true skills once he arrived at the Time Ruins.
But now, just after entering, he was assigned as a resident doctor in obstetrics? No salary, and straight to obstetrics?
Me?
Are you serious?
Do I look like someone who can help with childbirth?
And with such a group of monstrous patients...
But in this Time Ruins Hospital, all outsiders had been given the title of intern doctors.
According to the rules, Director Qian was now his superior, and Ji Jue had no way to resist this arrangement.
Still, he wanted to try...
"Ahem, actually, I'm quite good at fixing things. Doesn't the maintenance department need people? I can fix boilers, refrigerators, TVs, air conditioners. If not, I can even do masonry and plastering work. Don't underestimate me, I have plenty of experience."
"Maintenance department? What's that? Our hospital doesn't have such a thing."
Director Qian looked at him coldly, his expression growing dangerous.
"Do you have a problem with the teaching department's arrangement?"
"No, not at all!"
Ji Jue shook his head decisively, without hesitation, his expression full of sincerity.
"I love obstetrics! I came here just to join the obstetrics family. I'm truly honored, Director!"
"..."
In the brief silence, Director Qian's cracked face seemed to show a hint of a satisfied smile.
"Good, dedication and professionalism are the prerequisites for becoming a good doctor."
He reached out again, his cold hand patting Ji Jue's shoulder, leaving behind a chilling aura that lingered.
"You must not disappoint me."
He gave a final warning, "Don't be like the others."
With that, after leading Ji Jue to the obstetrics department and pointing to the door, indicating that he should report himself, Director Qian disappeared into the bloodstained, broken corridor.
Only distant wails echoed.
Under the cold stares of the many eerie patients in the corridor, Ji Jue didn't dare hesitate and pushed the door open.
The office inside wasn't spacious, with just a few desks and a restroom.
In the office, two doctors looked up.
One was as numb as a puppet, glancing at him before looking away, silent.
The other's eyes were bloodshot, and upon seeing Ji Jue enter, they lit up with a kind of manic joy.
Though, the expression was more like someone half-paralyzed, twitching but unable to form a proper expression.
The spiritual energy fluctuations were also fragmented, chaotic.
"New guy?"
The one who had been here for who knows how long pounced on him, scrutinizing him.
"Indeed, that look of not knowing the immensity of heaven and earth... I can tell at a glance!"
"Do you have any spiritual supplements?"
He started rummaging through Ji Jue's pockets, urgently demanding, "Hand them over! And the equipment on you..."
The man paused, then his eyes lit up, drawn to Ji Jue's ring and the bell in his pocket, unable to contain himself.
"Such good stuff."
Without waiting for Ji Jue's reaction, he grabbed the ring and bell.
Then, he felt his wrist being gripped.
Like a vice.
Not allowing any movement.
"Since when do newcomers get groped right after arriving?"
Ji Jue held his hand, glancing back at the other doctor, who was as still as a wooden statue, then smiled at the man before him.
"Is this the hospital's rule?"
"Ha, you've got some nerve."
The man was momentarily stunned, then sneered.
"From today, that's the rule! Better hand over your stuff, or you'll regret it!"
"Alright, then you better hold on tight."
Ji Jue smiled, releasing his grip.
But before the man could pull his hand out of Ji Jue's pocket, Ji Jue raised his hand.
Bang!
A dull thud erupted.
The man was sent flying, crashing into a cabinet in the corner, his eyes wide in shock, vomiting blood, and slowly sliding down.
In that instant, spiritual energy surged, enveloping Ji Jue's right hand.
Then, the material properties of the Ember series were adjusted, hardness and toughness maxed out in an instant, making his fingers stronger than metal.
Then, the blessing of Heavenly Hands amplified his strength and speed to their peak, and Ji Jue unleashed a terrifying force capable of tearing through steel with a fluid slap directly to the man's face.
No holding back.
"You bastard..."
The enraged chosen one tried to get up, but his neck was immediately stepped on.
With just a slight movement, Ji Jue cut off the weak flow of spiritual energy, suppressing him instantly.
"If everyone can set rules, then I'll set one too," Ji Jue said solemnly, stepping on his neck.
"During work hours, seniors are not allowed to stand and talk to newcomers. Just lie down, it's perfect."
With that, he took out a mutated bullet from his pocket, bent down, and waved it in front of the man.
"I suggest you don't move. If I were you, I wouldn't want to taste this."
The spiritual seal made of mercury was momentarily released, and a terrifying aura spread from the bullet, freezing the man in place, trembling, instantly obedient, not daring to move.
"I ask, you answer."
Ji Jue said, "If I'm not satisfied with your answers, I'll shove this bullet into your mouth. Then, the mutation will start from your stomach, and you can enjoy watching your soul collapse and mutate into a new form. Understand?"
The man nodded frantically, not daring to delay.
The newcomer he thought he could easily handle had now turned into a life-threatening demon, scaring him to the point of nearly wetting himself, let alone resisting.
In the next few minutes, without Ji Jue even asking, he spilled everything.
Zhao Zhou, male, thirty-five, from Chaocheng, a chosen one from the Wasteland Ruins, hired by the Security Bureau as an outsourced worker.
Originally a member of the patrol team outside the Quancheng Caverns, he was suddenly pulled into this place.
Earlier than Ji Jue.
According to him, the flow of time inside was completely different.
Though they had entered the Time Ruins only a few hours apart, inside, weeks had passed.
And his discovery? Nothing.
Because aside from holing up in the office, following the hospital rules, and never going anywhere else, he did no work, pushing all his responsibilities onto others.
Obstetrics was one of the least busy departments, with few patients.
As long as you followed the rules, the patients wouldn't attack.
As long as you stayed in the office, the things outside couldn't touch you.
By sheer stubbornness and cowardice, he had survived until now.
One had to admire both his will to survive and his level of uselessness.
From Zhao Zhou's trembling confession, Ji Jue learned: after entering here, the chosen ones seemed different too.
They didn't need to sleep or eat, feeling no hunger or fatigue.
Similarly, they couldn't die...
Even if they lost a hand, had their heart ripped out, or lost their legs or internal organs, they could still live, with almost no pain.
Unfortunately, this wasn't good news.
Because here, both the other doctors and the patients were all eager to prey on the new doctors.
They would constantly look for any mistakes or rule violations, then strip them of flesh and soul.
In the end, after losing all flesh and soul, they would be sent to the morgue.
Then, a few days later, they would reappear among the waiting patients, with different faces...
He had seen several chosen ones torn to shreds by the monster called Director Qian for breaking the rules or making mistakes.
Running was useless, as there was no escape.
Begging was useless, only making the monsters more ravenous and greedy.
They were already in hell.
"That Director Qian, and the other doctors, do they show up often?" Ji Jue asked.
"I... I haven't seen them much."
Zhao Zhou trembled, his face twitching.
"Before, I heard from someone in another department... the attending physicians from each department aren't usually here. They only show up occasionally or give tasks. Most of the time, they seem to be in another building."
Outside the window, in the hazy mist, stood a low inpatient building.
It seemed perpetually shrouded in wails and screams.
Like a living thing, the walls pulsed with flesh.
The windows resembled weeping eyes, with dim crimson streaks slowly dripping down.
"Alright."
Ji Jue shook his head, seeing no more clues to extract, and asked one final question: "When did you die?"
"What... what do you mean..."
Zhao Zhou's face twitched again, his pupils dilating.
"I... I..."
"Think carefully, senior."
Ji Jue sighed, releasing his hold.
"After hiding here for so long, are your memories really continuous? How much spiritual energy do you have left? Is your soul even intact? Your heart, your lungs, your right eye, and your... brain, where are they?"
"..."
Zhao Zhou's eyes widened, his expression suddenly freezing.
On his face, as if an illusion shattered, revealing the broken face beneath the instinctive disguise, the empty eye sockets.
And, the gap in his skull covered by a wig, and the hollow inside.
"I... I... died?" He stared straight at Ji Jue, full of shock and pleading.
"How could I be dead? I'm clearly alive, I..."
Then, he finally remembered.
Days ago, no, how long ago was it? A week? Or longer?
In the delivery room, a woman's shrill cries.
"My child is dead, you owe me my child, you owe me my child..."
The blood-soaked delivery bed, the eerie woman, gripping his hand tightly, her狰狞 expression gradually softening, smiling, but sending chills down his spine.
"You can be my child, my child, come into Mommy's belly, good baby..."
What happened after that?
Zhao Zhou couldn't remember.
The only thing echoing in his fragmented consciousness was the continuous sound of chewing, wailing, laughter, and, growing louder, the cries of a baby.
He finally remembered.
He had already...
In that instant, the last remnants of the chosen one Zhao Zhou's will dissipated.
His terrified, twisted expression gradually calmed, becoming numb and dull, like a wooden puppet, no longer breathing or thinking.
Like a puppet, he got up from the ground and returned to his workstation.
Once again, he immersed himself in his work.
Just like the 'senior' beside him.
They had already been assimilated by the Time Ruins, becoming part of it.
The more flesh and soul they lost, the more severe the assimilation, until they completely merged with it.
Wait, is this really the Time Ruins?
Or is this just an ordinary Time Ruins?
Ji Jue had never been to one before, but he had at least heard of them.
Ordinary Time Ruins were just distortions formed by the conflict and mixture of benevolent forces, but they shouldn't have such a strong aura of corruption!
Mutation.
Genuine mutation, right here in the hospital, from the moment he entered, he could smell it.
Too much, way too much, abnormally so.
His cousin had been reminding him constantly.
But strangely, there was no prompt for extraction, no reaction at all.
Based on Ji Jue's experience—his cousin's mutation extraction had two types.
One was for himself, where he could confirm it anytime, anywhere, even turning back dragon blood infusion.
The second was for others, but the conditions were much stricter.
From the first life-stealing old man to Zhu Hong, and subsequent attempts, it had to be when the other person was dead, or near death, having lost self-control and mastery over their spiritual energy.
But he had just tried it.
From the moment he pinned Zhao Zhou to the ground, to when Zhao Zhou's will shattered and he completely broke down, his cousin showed no reaction.
Unless, the other person wasn't the main body of the mutation.
But where was the main body of the mutation?
Or perhaps, the mutation was the hospital itself, or even the entire Time Ruins?!
Lost in thought, he fiddled with the room's equipment, turned off the water valve, removed the faucet, pulled out a section of pipe, and with the skill of Heavenly Hands, dismantled the air conditioner's internal unit.
After some searching, he also took apart two oxygen tank valves.
Non-Aggression activated, manual crafting.
No, he didn't even need the alchemy steps, just processing the materials, cutting, assembling, riveting, welding.
Finally, when he let go, a makeshift handgun made from a faucet and pipe, powered by a battery, wires, and a small motor, all wrapped together with medical tape, was complete.
Ji Jue grinned, whistling.
He loaded the mutated bullet into it.
Then, raised his hand.
Pointing at the empty office, more precisely, at the swivel chair that seemed to have moved in the faucet's reflection.
"Now, we can have a proper talk."
He smiled, his eyes cold:
"Come out!"
In the dead silence, the office remained still, only distant wails echoing.
Ji Jue's expression didn't change, his finger slowly pressing the motor's trigger, not caring if he was just fighting air.
According to Director Qian, there should be at least one more chosen one who hadn't been taken.
Ji Jue didn't think it was just an oversight, especially considering the way Director Qian had bid farewell earlier...
The pronoun he used—'you all'!
Perhaps referring to all the chosen ones who had entered this time, or perhaps, from the beginning, there had been an invisible person following him?!
And in that instant, the air seemed to blur.
A suppressed breath finally came from nearby, and a familiar figure appeared in the corner, looking awkward, nervously raising her hands.
Eyes red, face pale.
It was Tong Hua.
"Don't be rash, Brother Ji Jue," she tried to keep her voice steady.
"It's me, it's..."
Boom!
A loud explosion.
Ji Jue, without hesitation, pulled the trigger.
From the start of hiding until now, if she had used any other unfamiliar face, Ji Jue might have believed her sincerity.
But to use the face of someone he knew to deceive him...
You're kidding, you bastard!
Last day, asking for monthly votes~!
Yesterday's offering of a new book was indeed useful, today's inspiration came a bit.
I need to kill one more, hehehehe!
Offering a friend's new book—"Achievement System: I Ascend to Godhood in the Supernatural World"
(End of Chapter)