Only I Have the Law: A Fantasy Daily Life

Chapter 134 System: I'm here to help you!
West China Hospital of Sichuan University (Main Campus)

The main building, like a towering white pagoda, gleams with a metallic sheen under the blazing sunlight.

The massive glass curtain wall relentlessly swallowed and reflected everything around it, including Chen Baiyu's gaze.

This is a crucial medical center in the entire Southwest and even the whole country, and one of the final battlegrounds between life and death.

Chen Baiyu squinted slightly; his eyesight, nine times that of an average person, allowed him to see a miniature of the ceaseless, surging crowd at the entrance of the main building in the distance.

Anxious and tired faces, staggering or hurried figures, anxious or numb eyes...

His uniqueness stems entirely from the system's transformation; this is an indisputable ironclad rule.

So, besides him, do the rules of this world itself allow the existence of extraordinary information entities like "souls"? If they exist, what form do they take? Do they dissipate or flow away? Do their obsessions linger or are they reclaimed by some kind of rule?

A strong sense of curiosity is not unfounded.

After reaching the fifth level and awakening his divine sense, he sensed the nascent form of his primordial spirit and pondered this ultimate question several times.

This is of great significance for judging the feasibility of various future decisions.

Now, standing before this vast terminal hospital of West China Hospital, is the perfect opportunity to unveil this mystery. It is a natural, highly concentrated observation window through which the "soul" may exist!

Once the idea was clear, the gears of my mind, as calm as a precision instrument, immediately started spinning at high speed.

Chen Baiyu speculated.

If the soul exists, it must be extremely difficult to observe; otherwise, it should have been frequently captured by modern scientific instruments or the experience of ancient people.

The ordinary naked eye is unlikely to be able to observe the soul, and the divine consciousness that is born from the rudimentary form of the primordial spirit is the only tool he can think of at this moment that may be able to touch that ethereal "soul" realm!

While pondering, he first brought up the familiar data panel on the system interface, his gaze lingering briefly on the small print of 【Divine Sense (Active)】.
The system's description of this ability clearly surfaced in his mind: "An infinitely extended perception after the mind has reached a high level of concentration, forming a spherical perception field centered on oneself. It possesses an information density and clarity surpassing the five senses; upon reaching a certain level, one can perceive all the subtle dynamics of the world."

The current radius of divine sense is locked at about 6 meters, which is the enhanced range after the upgrade.

However, a radius of six meters is still too small. Considering the issue of energy consumption, the location must be carefully selected and the energy used sparingly.

Divine sense must be used where it is most needed.

The area most likely to witness the end of life and is easily accessible and not easily obstructed needs to be selected to screen the point of death and plan the optimal route.

Think of this.

His gaze, like an invisible probe, fell upon several pictures near the hospital entrance.

Most of them are promotional materials for the personal resumes of various experts, such as a cardiologist who recently returned from overseas.

The largest map showed the entire hospital and its layout. Chen Baiyu quickly scanned the massive hospital complex.

The emergency room is crowded and noisy, and the locations of deaths are random, scattered, and have a low probability.

exclude.

General wards are widely distributed, and deaths are relatively scattered. Entering different wards, such as respiratory, oncology, and geriatric departments, may require identification or adherence to strict visiting time regulations, which is inefficient.

exclude.

Although the risk of death exists in the operating room area, the surgical procedure is highly enclosed, and the location is usually independent on a certain floor or underground, with strict access control.

Not optimal, pending.

The ICU/CCU/Intensive Care Unit is where the lifeline is most strained, where critically ill patients are most concentrated, and where the mortality rate is highest!
The locations are relatively independent and concentrated. Although there may still be access control and nurse supervision, one can easily sneak in by taking advantage of the crowds during shift changes of medical staff and limited family visitation times, using physical fitness and perception.

Whether observing from the doorway or the corridor, it has extremely high potential value.

As for morgues, the "freshness" of the souls is questionable, like leftover bread. Their remote locations, long and time-consuming routes, and potential security or psychological barriers make them only an alternative.

Think of this.

Chen Baiyu then had a general idea of ​​what to do next.

While one's spiritual sense is strong, maintaining it continuously consumes a great deal of mental energy, leading to dizziness, fatigue, and even cold sweats. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the areas requiring close observation and plan the route to the core area with the shortest possible time.

Right at this crucial juncture of meticulous planning.

Just as Chen Baiyu's right foot had completely stepped over the cold marble threshold of the imposing main building of West China Hospital...

【drop! 】

[Special environmental factors detected: 'diffuse field enriched with end-of-life information' and 'high-concentration unobserved energy interference source'! Triggering conditions met!]

[Task generating...]

[Special Exploration Mission: Whispers of the Boundary Between Life and Death has been released!]

[Task Description: Mortal beings yearn to glimpse the ethereal echoes called 'soul' behind the veil of chaos? Curiosity! What a foolish yet delightful quest! This system generously parts the fog for you. This is the place where the sea of ​​life and eternal nothingness intersect, where consciousness either sinks or dissipates. Ancient riddles resound throughout the realms: Is that invisible shadow the embers of information when thought collapses? Is it a fleeting projection of cross-dimensional consciousness? Or is it the final lament before utter annihilation? Go! With your [divine consciousness] eye, originating from the primordial spirit and touching the true dimension, on this altar of life and death built of flesh and blood, seek, examine, and personally confirm—the very existence of the soul!]

【Mission Objective: 1. Use the [Divine Sense] ability (current effective perception radius 6 meters, within which confirm the existence or non-existence of a "soul-like entity" (i.e., a non-physical entity with weak residual consciousness/memory information, and an energy/information aggregate directly and strongly related to a recently deceased organism).】

[Task Reward: 200 Experience Points]

[Mission Evaluation: Trying to listen to the whispers behind the veil of life and death? Ha, courage is commendable, but beware... that absolute silence itself may contain the deepest madness. (Note: Regardless of the final observation result, existence or nothingness, as long as a reliable conclusion is reached, a generous reward can be claimed.)]

boom!
The cold, fantastical notification sound exploded in Chen Baiyu's mind like thunder!
Coincidence? Fate?
A gaze from an unknown narrative layer?

As an online novelist, he immediately had countless ideas pop into his head.

He had tried to trigger the mission many times before, stopping to watch whenever there was something interesting to see, but he had never been able to trigger many missions. Now, however, a new mission has seamlessly started.

It can only be said that he hasn't fully figured out the nature of the system yet.

And the most important thing is.

This task was like a godsend, practically a free gift.

Just like when he first killed that thug, he received a mission just before he was about to take action.

While thinking.

Chen Baiyu shook his head.

Many of these things are just meaningless wild thoughts.

As he walked through the hospital gate, he shifted his thoughts in another direction.

The quest reward was insignificant, a mere 200 experience points. Although it meant he was one step closer to level 7, it didn't excite him too much.

He cared more about something else.
The most crucial sentence in the task description struck a chord with him: "Regardless of the final observation result—existence? or nothingness? As long as a reliable conclusion is reached, a generous reward will be awarded."

What does this sentence mean?
It signifies authoritative verification from the system!
Chen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat uncontrollably, and a huge wave of emotion mixed with enlightenment swept over him.

"If I exhaust all my spiritual power in this 'rich field' where life is closest to withering away, and ultimately gain nothing, yet the system determines that I have completed my mission... then wouldn't this be using the system's own power to irrefutably prove that in this real world where I have lived for more than twenty years, there is no such thing as a 'soul' entity outside of the scientific definition?!"

Yes.

If he received the mission reward, it would mean that his conclusion had been verified, which was what Chen Baiyu cared about most.

Whether the system issues rewards.

It can be used to check answers.

In a trance.

Chen Baiyu seemed to see someone reaching out to him and shouting: I'm here to help you!

At that moment, he felt his thoughts were clearer and more transparent than ever before.

Find your soul? Then open the door to a new world! With this system, you can get a hundred steps ahead of others!

Can't find a soul? Then use the system rules to "prove" the "pure" nature of the world: I am still the only god!

Regardless of winning or losing, he is a winner.

You also gained 200 experience points for free.

After some thought, Chen Baiyu made no further hesitation.

A confident smile, brimming with a sense of adventure and certainty of victory, curved the corners of his mouth.

He took a deep breath of that unique air, a mixture of the pungent smell of disinfectant, the smell of sweat, the smell of medicine, and the smell of anxiety and hope—the air of life, aging, sickness, and death.

Their gaze precisely locked onto the location of the inpatient department.

He moved slightly, without displaying any exaggerated speed or posture, and his pace remained at the average level of the hurried crowd around him.

However, after taking that most ordinary step, he seemed to instantly feel a strange "alienation" from the noisy and chaotic crowd around him.

The body no longer feels like a grain of sand being swept along, but rather like a top dancer who anticipates the flow of the water, or a fish that has slipped into the stream.

Her shoulder and the hem of her clothes brushed past the arm of a man looking down at his phone, she slipped sideways through the narrow gap between a mother holding a crying child and her anxious husband, and just as a caregiver pushing a heavy medical cart awkwardly turned around, she stepped perfectly over the gap that appeared after the back of the cart had just moved away...

It did not elicit any collisions, stares, or even a murmur of dissatisfaction.

He approached the metal door of the inpatient department with an indescribable efficiency.

Like an ink droplet merging into the water, it silently slid behind that door.

An atmosphere even more oppressive and somber than that of the outpatient clinic descended like an invisible veil, enveloping Chen Baiyu's advancing figure.

Without pausing, he walked straight toward the elevator lobby.

His gaze swept over the elevator floor indicator high up; the number "8" was flashing a soft green light. He pressed the up button on the wall and stood quietly.

In the brief moment of waiting for the elevator, the surrounding silence was amplified.

He closed his eyes slightly.

This is called closing your eyes to rest, just like a technician adjusting a precision instrument.

"Ding!"

A crisp notification sound broke the brief silence.

The cold, silver elevator doors slid open slowly to the sides, like an entrance to another dimension.

Chen Baiyu's eyes were calm and unwavering as he stepped into the sedan chair and precisely pressed the flashing "8" on the wall.

The numbers on the elevator floor display climbed coldly and steadily, like the beating of a heartbeat: 3…4…5…heading toward the floor called the blurred boundary between life and death, the door to the mystery of the soul.

(End of this chapter)