Ling Cage, pick up Lu Mingfei at the start.

The first light of dawn had not yet completely dispelled the chill of the night when Lu Mingfei was awakened by a slow, deliberate knocking on the door.

"Get up."

A cold, clear sound penetrated the door panel.

"Hey, hey, get up, get up!" Lu Mingfei jolted awake, saw Bai Yuekui standing against the light at the door, and hurriedly got up.

"Boss Bai, what's up?" he asked, rubbing his sleepy eyes.

Bai Yuekui glanced at his frizzy hair. In the past, when this kid saw her after waking up, he would tidy it up, but now... well, business is business.

"Go to my place and have breakfast first." Bai Yuekui's tone was calm, yet carried a hint of seriousness. "I have important business to attend to later."

Watching her turn and leave, Lu Mingfei scratched his messy hair, muttering to himself, before quickly washing up and heading towards Bai Yuekui's residence. "Not eating well, there's something wrong with his thinking."

As soon as I opened the door, a rich, fresh, and warm aroma wafted over, instantly dispelling the last trace of morning drowsiness.

"You're here?" Bai Yuekui brought out two bowls from the kitchen, one of which was filled with noodles. She handed it to Lu Mingfei and said, "These noodles are cooked in chicken broth made with rice. Eat them while they're hot."

Lu Mingfei looked down and saw the milky golden broth glistening like flowing warm jade. The thin noodles were soaked in it, and several pieces of tender, boneless chicken were neatly arranged on top. The bright green scallions were scattered among them, making it extremely tempting.

He eagerly picked up a mouthful with his chopsticks, slurped it up, and the warm broth and smooth noodles entered his mouth at the same time. The delicious flavor exploded on his taste buds, and an expression of utter satisfaction immediately appeared on his face.

"Delicious! It smells so good!" he mumbled incoherently, slurping his noodles even faster.

"Slow down, no one's going to take it from you." Bai Yuekui sighed and rubbed his forehead, but in reality, he was quietly wiping away a drop of soup that had splashed onto his forehead when he was slurping noodles.

She watched silently as the noodles in Lu Mingfei's bowl dwindled. She had fed him quite often before, so why was he still in such a hurry?

After finishing his meal in a whirlwind, Lu Mingfei put down his bowl with satisfaction, only then remembering his business: "Boss Bai, what did you want to see me about? Is there a new assignment?"

"There is a mission." Bai Yuekui looked at him, his eyes carrying a deep meaning that Lu Mingfei couldn't understand. "But this time it's very simple. You just need to... say a few words."

"Say something?" Lu Mingfei was taken aback, completely baffled.

"You'll find out soon enough." Bai Yuekui's lips curled up slightly, revealing a faint yet mysterious smile.

……

A moment later, the two stopped in front of a relatively tidy building.

"arrive."

Lu Mingfei looked up at the sign above the door—[Longgu Village Medical Center].

He was taken aback at first, then an unbelievable thought flashed through his mind like lightning. He turned his head sharply to look at Bai Yuekui, as if he understood why she had brought him here.

"Come in." Bai Yuekui pushed the door open first, and when he looked back at him, his eyes were filled with encouragement and a deep expectation. "Let me see the limits of your abilities."

Stepping into the medical center, the smell of disinfectant mixed with a faint stench of blood and medicine filled his nostrils. The scene before him made Lu Mingfei's heart feel as if it were being tightly gripped by an invisible hand.

The spacious room housed dozens of patients.

Some lay motionless on hospital beds, their bodies wrapped in blood-soaked bandages, their breaths faint; others had large, grotesque, twisted burn scars on their exposed skin, a shocking sight; and still others... their bodies were no longer whole, their empty sleeves or trouser legs silently telling the tragic story of their encounter with the Devouring Beasts.

"Boss Bai!"

"Boss Bai, you've arrived!"

Upon seeing Bai Yuekui, those who were still able to move struggled to their feet to greet him, their eyes filled with respect, yet unable to conceal the deep pain and numbness within them.

Bai Yuekui's gaze slowly swept over each sickly or disabled face, his cold eyes surging with undisguised pity and heartache.

"Boss Bai, what is this...?" Lu Mingfei's voice was a little hoarse. The scene in front of him was more suffocating than any battlefield wreckage he had ever imagined.

These are living, breathing people, yet they are enduring visible suffering.

"Our village only has a few hundred people," she explained to Lu Mingfei in a low voice, with a barely perceptible hoarseness, "medical resources have always been scarce. Some people here are suffering from serious illnesses, but we don't have the corresponding medications, and we can only barely keep them alive."

Her gaze shifted to the wounded warriors, her tone growing increasingly somber: "Many more were injured by the Devouring Beasts during missions, suffering lifelong disabilities. They... were all outstanding warriors who protected the village, the backbone of Dragonbone Village."

At this point, she suddenly turned her head, her gaze fixed intently on Lu Mingfei, as if she had grasped the only light in endless darkness: "But your appearance has given us new hope, and may change all of this. Lu Mingfei, I want to ask you... to save them."

Before he finished speaking, Bai Yuekui bowed deeply to Lu Mingfei and gave him a solemn bow.

Lu Mingfei was completely flustered. In his mind, Bai Yuekui had saved his life, so how could he accept such a great gift?

"Hey! Boss Bai! No! Don't do this!" He frantically tried to help him up, but then felt it was impolite. In his haste, he returned Bai Yuekui's bow even deeper. "I have the ability, it's only right that I do this! Besides, it's just... just a matter of saying a few words, you really don't need to do this!"

He raised his head, his face full of sincerity and determination: "Leave it to me."

"Please." Bai Yuekui straightened up, his eyes filled with unprecedented hope.

"Boss Bai, what brings you here?" At this moment, a woman with two buns in her hair came out from the inner room. She was one of the main people in charge of the medical center, Jiu Ge.

"I brought Lu Mingfei here to see if he can treat them," Bai Yuekui said, pointing to the wounded in the ward.

"Lu Mingfei?" Jiu Ge looked at the young man, who was not unfamiliar to him, with a puzzled expression.

She had heard about Lu Mingfei's heroic deeds in turning the tide of the mission a few days ago, but this was a hospital. What could a combatant like him do? She was unaware of the miracle of "not dying."

"Just watch." Bai Yuekui didn't explain much, but said softly, "His ability... is similar to your awakened healing potential in some ways, but perhaps... it's stronger."

Upon hearing this, Jiu Ge's eyes flashed with surprise and resentment.

Her ability is to rapidly heal wounds by accelerating human cell division; she is the only wet nurse in Dragon Bone Village.

Better than her, a professional nanny? She wanted to see what kind of miracles this young man, already known as the "God of Games" in Dragonbone Village, could create.

"Let's begin, Lu Mingfei." Bai Yuekui stepped back, leaving the stage to him.

Lu Mingfei took a deep breath, his gaze sweeping over his compatriots who were suffering from pain, his chest filled with a heavy sense of responsibility.

He slowly closed his eyes, seemingly adjusting his breathing and focusing his mind.

What is this for? Is it a prayer? The doubts in Jiuge's heart deepened.

The next second, Lu Mingfei suddenly opened his eyes!

A molten, crimson-gold hue replaced his original eye color, like a dormant volcano suddenly awakening, majestic, ancient, and carrying a soul-chilling sense of oppression.

As Jiuge met those inhuman eyes burning with golden flames, a sense of dread, originating from the depths of her life and soul, instantly swept over her, causing her to involuntarily take half a step back, her face turning pale.

"Boss Bai, what is he...?" she asked, her voice trembling slightly, feeling as if she were looking directly at some ancient god.

"Look carefully." Bai Yuekui's voice also carried a hint of barely perceptible tension and anticipation.

Lu Mingfei slowly raised his arm, like a king raising his scepter.

He spoke, his voice not loud, yet it seemed to carry some ancient, law-like power, echoing clearly in the silent medical center, imprinted deep within the souls of every listener:

"Don't die."

When the power of words is uttered, the laws of nature are shaken!

"Buzz—"

A clearer and more powerful tremor resounded deep within everyone's soul, and an invisible domain unfolded around him, gently yet irresistibly enveloping the entire space.

Time seemed to thicken at that moment, the light strangely distorted and focused, and the dust particles in the air danced in the golden glow, like spirits given life.

Then, a miracle occurred.

On the hospital bed, the injured man, who had suffered extensive burns all over his body and was tormented by excruciating pain day and night, let out a soft groan of disbelief.

He watched helplessly as the gruesome, deep wounds on his body writhed and multiplied wildly, like a fast-forwarded video, healing and closing at an illogical speed, leaving only a faint pink patch of new flesh!

Another soldier, who had been paralyzed for years due to spinal nerve damage and had long given up hope of standing, suddenly felt a long-lost warm current surge up from his tailbone and spread rapidly along his spine. His long-numbed legs twitched violently, and his toes felt an incredibly clear sensation of touching the ground!

He stared incredulously, trying, trembling, to bend his knees.

A series of "crackling" sounds came from the fracture site, as the broken bones were precisely aligned, reshaped, and healed by an invisible force!

In the corner, the man who lost his left arm in the battle, whose wound had healed but who still experienced phantom pain at the cut, stared intently at his empty sleeve.

There, the slight tingling sensation of bone growth was clearly felt, muscle fibers wriggled and extended like living things, nerve endings reconnected, and a brand new, slightly pale but intact arm slowly, but incredibly realistically, grew back, like a 3D print!

On the monitoring equipment of critically ill patients, the previously weak and fluctuating electrocardiogram curve suddenly became strong and powerful, and the various numbers representing vital signs rapidly rose back to the safe threshold.

Their ashen faces regained their color with astonishing speed, and the rise and fall of their chests became deep and steady.

"My hand... my fingers are moving! Oh my god!" A soldier who had lost his right arm years ago looked at his new arm, which had grown back to his wrist, and was so excited that he cried and screamed almost like a madman.

"It doesn't hurt anymore...it doesn't hurt at all! It's warm and comfortable..." A critically ill patient who had been tormented by pain for months and was on the verge of death had his painful contortions replaced by unbelievable comfort as he dazedly stroked his now flat abdomen.

"I can see! Light! I can see light!" A blind man stretched out his hand blankly into the air, tears streaming down his face.

"This...this is..." Jiu Ge covered his mouth, his pupils contracted violently due to extreme shock, and his body trembled slightly uncontrollably.

Her prized healing abilities paled in comparison to the power to reverse life and death and reshape the body—like a firefly before the moon! This wasn't healing; this was… a miracle!

The light gradually faded, and the domain slowly dissipated.

The crimson gold in Lu Mingfei's eyes receded like the tide, replaced by emptiness and bewilderment.

For some reason, when he had the idea of ​​healing everyone here, he shouted "Don't die!"

Lu Mingfei felt all the power in his body being rapidly drained away. A tremendous sense of exhaustion and weakness engulfed him like a tsunami. He swayed, his face was as pale as paper, and fine beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Lu Mingfei!" Bai Yuekui rushed forward and steadily supported his body as he was about to collapse. She could feel that the energy in his body had been almost completely drained in an instant, and he was as weak as a piece of paper.

"I...I'm fine..." Lu Mingfei forced a smile, his voice weak, "I'm just...a little tired..."

Treating dozens of people at the same time not only exhausted his physical strength, but also made him feel that another force in his body had been completely drained away.

Lu Mingfei felt that it must be the power hidden in his body, but he didn't think too much about it in the current situation.

His gaze passed over Bai Yuekui's shoulder and looked into the medical center.

At this moment, the ward was no longer shrouded in despair; exclamations, sobs of joy, and incredulous murmurs mingled together.

The people who were just moments ago on the verge of death are now struggling to sit up, touching their restored skin, moving their newborn limbs, looking at each other with eyes bursting with the ecstasy of surviving a catastrophe and hope for the future.

Sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating Lu Mingfei's pale face and the faces of those who had been given a new lease on life.

Jiu Ge walked to Bai Yuekui's side, looking at the exhausted Lu Mingfei, her eyes filled with unprecedented awe and gratitude. She took a deep breath, her voice still trembling:

"Boss Bai...who...who exactly is he?"

This is not a cure at all!

This is clearly a miracle!

She finally understood the meaning of Bai Yuekui's words "stronger".

This is a difference in dimensionality, the difference between a firefly and the bright moon!

She looked at the figure in the arena, her eyes filled with endless shock, awe, and a hint of indescribable...admiration.

Bai Yuekui didn't answer immediately. She simply held the exhausted boy in her arms even tighter, gazing at the scene before her that seemed like a miracle, and whispered softly, as if answering Jiuge, or perhaps telling herself:

"He is...our hope."