Chapter 00160: Circle of Life
# Circle of Life
Chapter 160
Novel: Above Destiny
Chapter 160: Circle of Life
The crimson hue rose like rain, accompanied by feeble wails and mournful cries.
This time, even the ghostly howls carried a tone of grief and indignation.
Amid the gradually thinning flow of blood, the strength to struggle or glare had completely vanished.
Only choked sobs remained, mixed with faint pleas, so subtle they were almost imperceptible.
It was hard to understand.
Everyone had come here for a feast, but before the feast could even begin, they were on the verge of becoming the main course themselves.
Stop draining us! Stop! The lives of the family members matter too! Tears welled up in their bloodshot eyes, almost choking them as they cried out: Does your hospital only care about the patients and completely disregard the lives of others?!
Unfortunately, reality was often disappointing.
Sorry, but yes.
"No..."
Before Ji Jue could even finish speaking, Director Qian waved his hand dismissively: "Transfuse!"
At this moment, on his blood-stitched face, which was usually filled with malicious exaggeration, a trace of relief and admiration actually appeared.
Watching the figure fighting on the operating table to save the mother and child, it was as if he was seeing a radiant future rising before his eyes! With doctors like this, what incurable disease could not be eradicated? What patient could not be cured? This was the kind of fighting spirit that was needed! He couldn't help but let out a sinister chuckle.
If not for his position and the setting, he would have already raised his arms in encouragement and cheered them on!
"Alright, Director!" When Ji Jue's shout rang out, Director Qian waved his hand again without hesitation: "Transfuse!"
But when the blood and souls of the family members were almost completely drained, he suddenly realized something was off...
"Done?" He frowned: "Are you sure? For such a difficult procedure, isn't it better to be safe than sorry?"
"It's fine, we're almost there anyway."
Ji Jue tilted his head, signaling to Tong Hua, who was completely numb beside him, to wipe his sweat.
His eyes were already illuminated by the glow of spiritual essence.
At this moment, in his perception, he had completely tuned out the outside world, focusing entirely on the biological furnace within.
Invisible and tangible hands seemed to intertwine and overlap within the flames, merging into one.
Through repeated trial and error, the two spiritual ghost fetuses had been completely transformed beyond recognition.
Amid the endless torment and abuse, their original ferocity and madness had completely disappeared.
Now, their eyes were filled with tears, purer and cleaner than a freshman stepping into a new school.
After enduring enough of Ji Jue's slaps, they no longer dared to resist in the slightest.
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 thin, thread-like yet razor-sharp strands of vibrating spiritual essence extended from his fingertips, weaving a thousand threads to envelop the creation.
For a moment, he felt as if he had touched upon the essence of spiritual primacy.
The core of ascension lay in the soul's unquenchable thirst for transcendence.
Yet, the foundation of spiritual existence was the presence of will and thought.
Now, as he immersed himself completely in this grueling refinement, after countless attempts and constructions, he once again felt... the existence of his own soul, the existence of his self, or rather... the existence of the being named Ji Jue.
As the spiritual essence surged, his thoughts and considerations, his will seemed to expand from within the essence, converging on his hands, and even extending outward! Following the myriad threads of spiritual essence, it truly transformed into an invisible hand.
There was no need to painstakingly search or feel; at this moment, everything became so real.
All he needed to do was think, and the spiritual essence would change according to his will, extending and shaping according to his thoughts!
To truly grasp those two completely different souls in his hands!
*Snap!*
At that moment, a crisp hallucination appeared in his consciousness.
The old world shattered, and a new world emerged before his eyes, born from the omnipresent fluctuations of spiritual essence.
Everything became so clear.
Everything was within his control!
Within Ji Jue's soul—with the matrix as the main body, flanked by the two blessings [Divine Hands] and [Spiritual Primacy]—a new spiritual circuit and structure had formed, linking the two together!
It worked! Ji Jue's eyes lit up: This was what Professor Ye had mentioned, the synergy between blessings! Though it was just a faint connection between embers and ascension, the effect of Spiritual Primacy had extended to Ji Jue's hands.
The complete integration of will and body had caused the interference effect of Divine Hands on spiritual entities to undergo a qualitative leap and enhancement!
At the same time, the synergy between the blessings also made the refinement of non-aggression faster and more efficient.
The operation between the blessings and the matrix became unprecedentedly smooth and efficient, as if dust had been washed away and shackles broken, returning to how it should be!
And at this moment...
"—Mission accomplished!"
With Ji Jue's cheer, he raised his hands high.
Bathed in the sacred light of the surgical lamp, the newborn in his hands, finally free from torment and abuse, let out a loud cry!
The cry was piercing.
At this moment, whether it was the mother under the light or the family members lying on the ground, completely unable to get up, they could no longer hold back their tears of joy and relief!
Though, looking at the scene of the baboon holding up a lion cub, if not for the inappropriate setting, Tong Hua felt she might as well sing a song of endless life to accompany the moment.
It wasn't easy, truly not easy.
A surgery that tortured the opponent physically and mentally polluted the teammates had finally been completed.
But when she took a closer look at the newborn in Ji Jue's hands, her eyelids couldn't help but twitch—the mother had been carrying twins, so how did it end up as just one in his hands? Wait, no, it's still two...
Both had been stitched together by Ji Jue!
The two ferocious spiritual ghost fetuses, after Ji Jue's extensive modifications and refinements, were still constantly biting each other, making it impossible to complete one without the other retaliating.
In that case, why not just treat them as one! Of course, the fact that Ji Jue's work was so rough that a lot of material was wasted was also a significant reason...
But now, at least the bizarre baby covered in black stitches looked somewhat intact.
It was just that the stitching made it look eerily similar to Director Qian, especially with Director Qian's joyful smile at the moment, making one seriously doubt the blood relation between the two.
"Not bad, not bad at all! To have such an outstanding performance on your first time on the operating table!" The eerie doctor approached, examining the baby in Ji Jue's hands—the left side of the ghost fetus's face was filled with anger and despair, while the right side bore a hungry smile and madness.
As the expressions shifted, a translucent spiritual head would occasionally be squeezed out of the flesh, appearing in the air, so bizarre.
Even now, the two were still constantly fighting within the same body, like two whirlpools colliding.
But this time, they could no longer damage the now complete body.
On the contrary, no matter which one fed or grew, it would become shared nourishment and spiritual essence.
The more they ate, the stronger they became, and the stronger they became, the hungrier they grew, never satisfied.
Under the refinement of non-aggression, they had become a state of half-living, half-object.
Half were monsters born from the temporal ruins, and half were insane spiritual alchemical products.
"Hmm, five kilograms, mother and child are safe!" Director Qian nodded in satisfaction: "The surgery was a complete success!"
Yes, yes, everyone's safe, everyone's still breathing! Tong Hua thought numbly: Being able to catch a breath under that dog Ji Jue's hands could indeed be considered a complete success!
And Ji Jue was now playing with his new creation.
With a casual squeeze, a crimson frost wind spewed from the ghost fetus's mouth, causing the temperature in the room to plummet.
"Wow, baby, you're a hairdryer!" Ji Jue exclaimed in amazement.
With another squeeze, four eyeballs flashed with light, and gray mist spread, accompanied by a piercing cry that shook the soul and caused tremors of unease: "Wow, baby, you're a smoke bomb!"
And as the remaining spiritual essence was devoured by the ghost fetus, it grew two more arms, and two split, incomplete faces opened, revealing gaping mouths with sticky drool dripping down.
Ji Jue called out in delight: "Baby, you're a refrigerator! A double-door one!"
"Hmm, not bad, not bad."
Director Qian nodded in approval: "Since you personally delivered it, the care of the newborn will also be entrusted to you. Make sure to get along well with the patients, hehehe..."
In the eerie laughter, the stitched doctor melted into the darkness and disappeared.
When the operating room doors opened, the remaining family members scrambled out on all fours, desperate to escape the hellish place before they were forced to donate more blood.
Watching the bizarrely shaped nurses wheel the mother away, Tong Hua, who had been drenched in sweat countless times, finally let out a sigh of relief.
Turning around, she was met with a sight that made her vision darken.
The newly born 'newborn' was now crawling all over the floor at an astonishing speed, with a chain around its neck, pulled taut by Ji Jue.
"Tong Hua, look, it's so weird!" Ji Jue exclaimed as he walked the baby around, marveling: "Shoo~ shoo~ It's so lively when it's chained up!"
"Who's the weird one here, you or it?!" Tong Hua instinctively backed away, dodging, but the more she feared, the more excited the ghost fetus seemed, crawling towards her... croaking wildly.
What can I say? Watching the silly young lady panic and dodge around was quite entertaining!
Considering her teammate's mental endurance, Ji Jue eventually tightened the chain after having enough fun, holding the squirming ghostly thing in his hand.
"Phew, that was close. We barely made it through that one."
Ji Jue sighed, turning to ask: "I'm all sweaty, 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 seriously.
In the operating room, Tong Hua had been present the entire time.
Ji Jue had seen her touch various things, including surgical instruments, and the Ether Eye had been quietly activated several times.
The matrix of Yesterday's Echo was most adept at reading the records and messages left on objects, tracing history and the past.
For gathering intelligence, nothing was more convenient than the Ether lineage.
"I figured it out."
Tong Hua nodded, saying: "They're all dead."
"..."
For a moment, Ji Jue was stunned, not expecting her to have made such a significant discovery.
He couldn't help but sigh in admiration: "Well observed. Next time, don't observe."
Who couldn't tell that?!
"I mean, they died before the temporal ruins formed. To be precise... they've been dead for at least several decades."
Tong Hua, suppressing her dizziness, grew paler: "They died in agony, extreme agony."
As if they had fallen into the abyss...
From the torment of purgatory, they returned to nothingness, leaving only their shells to wander the temporal ruins, becoming ghosts.
"See for yourself."
She reached out, touching Ji Jue's forehead.
And so, the remnants of the past rushed forth, roaring like a tidal wave.
Crashing down!
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