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"Are you feeling better?" Bai Yuekui walked slowly to Lu Mingfei's right, observing his condition.

Lu Mingfei didn't rush to answer her. Instead, he burped. He had eaten too much at Jiu Ge's house, and now he really suspected that the secret recipe Jiu Ge mentioned might have contained poppy shells.

Bai Yuekui was speechless for a moment. She was worried about Lu Mingfei's health, but then the kid let out a burp in front of her.

"I think I'm recovering pretty well. I feel much better after eating," Lu Mingfei finally answered. Actually, he had been carefully feeling his body and didn't expect to hiccup, but since he was eating at Bai Yuekui's house every day, he wasn't too embarrassed.

"Come to the lab for a check-up in a bit." Bai Yuekui was still a little worried. Lu Mingfei's face was still very pale. Actually, she didn't expect Lu Mingfei to use "Don't Die" on everyone else in the medical center at once. So when Lu Mingfei collapsed, she felt a pang of anxiety.

"Another blood draw?" Lu Mingfei suddenly took a step back. The last blood draw experience was not good. Just because he had physically clung to Bai Yuekui's coattails, those old men practically wanted to drain him dry.

"I'll take the draw." A soft sigh preceded his words. Bai Yuekui glared at him and walked ahead. "Follow me."

Lu Mingfei felt that Bai Yuekui never procrastinated in anything she did, and her walk was like her Alaya consciousness, slashing straight forward.

He followed along eagerly, and suddenly felt that the two of them were like a big sister and her little brother, except that the one in front was the biggest big sister in the village.

When he arrived at the laboratory, it was still filled with all sorts of instruments that Lu Mingfei couldn't understand. Last time, he was lying on that cold experimental table when an old man... well, he should have been more respectful and had his blood drawn by Xia Dou's father.

This time he lay down on it willingly; Boss Bai wouldn't be so rough with him.

Bai Yuekui took out a disposable syringe and tore open the outer packaging.

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Just then, a noise came from the doorway. An old man opened the door and came in, panting, but his eyes immediately fixed on Lu Mingfei.

"Tianlai? What brings you here?" Before leaving the medical center, Bai Yuekui called Xia Tianlai to help him explain and comfort the patients and their families.

"I've finished everything on my end, so I came over to check on things," Xia Tianlai said, but his gaze was still fixed on Lu Mingfei.

"Is this for Lu Mingfei's examination? Let me do it, boss, you can rest here." Xia Tianlai took the syringe from Bai Yuekui's hand, walked to Lu Mingfei's side, and tried to show a kind smile.

Lu Mingfei jumped up as if on cue, his voice tinged with panic: "No need, Uncle Tianlai, let Boss Bai handle it."

Xia Tian remained unmoved and said, "Don't trouble Boss Bai with such a small matter, I can handle it."

As he spoke, he took the syringe and walked towards Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei retreated step by step, feeling that Xia Tianlai was acting very strangely today. He used to play games with Xia Dou in the arcade all the time. When Xia Tianlai saw him walking with Xia Dou, he was always stared at by an inexplicable gaze.

But now, Xia Tianlai seems like a different person. His eyes look kinder than ever, and there's even a hint of pleading that Lu Mingfei can't understand.

Lu Mingfei continued to retreat until he was almost against the wall, at which point Bai Yuekui finally couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up.

"Tianlai, just say what's on your mind."

Bai Yuekui frowned slightly as he looked at Xia Tianlai, vaguely guessing his intentions, but could he really do it?

That wasn't her body, after all.

"Yes, yes, Uncle Tianlai, just tell me what's wrong. I'll definitely help you if I can." Lu Mingfei straightened up and nodded repeatedly, hoping that Xia Tianlai would put down the syringe he was pointing at him.

Xia Tianlai looked at the boy in front of him, who was only a few years older than his Xia Dou. He had heard his Xia Dou talk about the scene where Lu Mingfei displayed great power in the shielding tower, and he thought that Lu Mingfei had awakened a powerful potential. However, what he saw when Boss Bai called him to the medical center this morning shocked him greatly.

One by one, the acquaintances who had been injured were now standing up unharmed. When he heard about Lu Mingfei's abilities from them, he was shocked and suddenly had a hope: could this ability save his wife?

So after finishing the task Bai Yuekui had given him, he immediately went to find Lu Mingfei.

Xia Tianlai stopped being coy and said to Lu Mingfei, "I...I want to ask you to save my wife."

"Auntie isn't..."

Lu Mingfei had never met Xia Dou's mother, and he knew that many children in Longgu Village had lost their parents, so he subconsciously assumed that Xia Dou's mother had also passed away long ago, and he had never asked Xia Dou about it.

Xia Dou's internet addiction is actually the worst in the whole village. Whenever you see her, she's either playing games or on her way to play games.

Lu Mingfei felt that Xia Dou was like him, using games to escape reality in addition to her love of playing games.

But now, according to Xia Tianlai, Xia Dou's mother is still alive?

Why not at a medical center?

However, for Lu Mingfei, it was just a matter of saying "Don't die," and he agreed: "Uncle Tianlai, it's just a matter of saying a few words, I will definitely help you."

"Thank you, thank you Lu Mingfei." Xia Tianlai's eyes shone.

In the end, it was Xia Tian who drew blood from Lu Mingfei, but this time his technique was much gentler.

After a series of examinations, Bai Yuekui confirmed that Lu Mingfei was indeed fine, but his body was temporarily weak due to excessive physical and mental exertion.

Xia Tianlai breathed a sigh of relief. If there were any huge price to pay for using this ability, he wouldn't have dared to ask Lu Mingfei for help.

Lu Mingfei looked relaxed. Bai Yuekui and Xia Tianlai stayed behind, saying they wanted to analyze his blood test report.

Before leaving, Lu Mingfei made an appointment with Xia Tianlai to visit Xia Tianlai's house the next day.

After Lu Mingfei left, only Bai Yuekui and Xia Tianlai remained in the laboratory.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Bai Yuekui asked.

"This might be an opportunity, a chance for her to return to normal!" Xia Tian said.

"Boss Bai, although I didn't see it with my own eyes, you did. So many people, those with severed limbs, those who were blind, were all saved by Lu Mingfei. So... so can my wife also recover?"

Later in the story, when he mentioned his wife, Xia Tianlai's voice trembled slightly.

"Tianlai, it's not that I want to discourage you, but... you know, her life essence is incomplete, and even her body was 3D printed by us. Lu Mingfei's ability is very strong, even to the point of reversing life and death, but we still don't know how his ability works. What if something even worse happens?" Bai Yuekui knew that Xia Tian was eager to save his wife, but he also had to make his concerns and doubts clear.

Summer came, head bowed, silent for a long time.

The two fell silent at the same time. Just as Bai Yuekui was about to persuade him to reconsider, Xia Tianlai raised his head, his eyes moist and red.

"If things get worse, then... then let her rest in peace." His voice trembled uncontrollably, choked with sobs. He didn't need to hide his emotions in front of Bai Yuekui, who was like a mother to him.

Bai Yuekui was taken aback. Xia Tianlai loved his wife so much that everyone in the village had seen it over the past ten years. Now, had he finally decided to let go?

"Tianlai, have you thought it through?" she asked again, uncertainly.

"If it succeeds, that would be best. But if... if it fails, I don't want to see her suffer like this."

Summer came and sat down, covering her head.

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault. I was so stubborn and made her suffer for so many years. I insisted on keeping her here. The outside world is already bad enough, but she still has to live in pain because of me."

Xia Tian raised her head, as if she had made up her mind: "Boss Bai, I'm old, and she's old too. I don't know when we'll be able to perfect the life iteration system. Since the Source Essence Cang can't accept her, let her leave."

Seeing that Xia Tianlai had made up his mind, Bai Yuekui stopped trying to persuade him and instead turned to look at the progress of Lu Mingfei's blood analysis on the screen.

"Since you've already made up your mind, I won't try to persuade you anymore. But we'll have to wait a couple of days to see how Lu Mingfei is recovering. Also, remember to make it clear to Xia Hua and Xia Dou that the two children have the right to know."

Xia Tian nodded silently, starting to struggle with how to tell the two children about it.

Meanwhile, Lu Mingfei had already returned home and was sleeping soundly.

Three days later, in the early morning, Lu Mingfei got up groggily, still sleepy-eyed, quickly washed up, and prepared to go to Bai Yuekui's house next door for breakfast.

As soon as Lu Mingfei reached the door, he smelled the aroma. He couldn't wait to go inside, but instead saw an old man with white hair and a ponytail sitting at the table with Bai Yuekui.

"How's your recovery going?" Bai Yuekui beckoned to him, gesturing for him to come and sit down.

"It's alright," Lu Mingfei replied.

"Are you sure?" Bai Yuekui asked again, still uneasy about Lu Mingfei's reckless behavior last time.

"Not bad." Lu Mingfei estimated the strength in his body. He had enough to save one or two people, and even more.

Seeing Lu Mingfei's confident words, Bai Yuekui nodded and felt slightly relieved. Over the past three days, Lu Mingfei had indeed been recovering at a certain rate that was visible to the naked eye.

"Uncle Tianlai, you're up so early." Lu Mingfei turned to greet Xia Tianlai, then suddenly noticed Xia Tianlai's dark circles under his eyes. "Uncle Tianlai, have you not slept at all these past few days?"

"It's okay, it's okay, you eat first." Xia Tian waved his hand.

Looking at Xia Tianlai, Lu Mingfei was somewhat puzzled. He sat down with some doubt, but then suddenly remembered that he had promised Xia Tianlai a few days ago that he would save his wife.

"Oh, Uncle Tianlai, look how soundly I've been sleeping. I almost forgot about something important. I'll go with you right after I finish eating."

"No rush, no rush, eat well and we'll go when you're feeling better," Xia Tian said hurriedly.

Despite saying that, Lu Mingfei still sped up a bit.

"Eat slowly, no rush." ​​Bai Yuekui handed a glass of water to Lu Mingfei.

After finishing their meal, Lu Mingfei followed Bai Yuekui and Xia Tianlai to a special room in Xia Tianlai's house.

After arriving here, Xia Dou and her sister Xia Hua were both here, as was Shan Shihui.

Various medical devices are displayed here, with a curtain in front blocking the other side.

"Lu Mingfei." Xia Dou walked over, her eyes shining with anticipation.

Everyone was watching him at that moment.

Xia Tianlai led Lu Mingfei to the curtain, lifted it, and a terrifying face appeared before Lu Mingfei.

The sight behind the curtain made Lu Mingfei gasp. A woman lay on the hospital bed, but her appearance was extremely horrifying—her right cheek and neck were covered with grayish-white, hideous growths, like twisted tree roots clinging to flesh, and her remaining left cheek was lifeless.

"This is……?"

"She is my wife." Xia Tianlai sat on the edge of the bed, holding the hand that was also covered with abnormal tissue with extreme gentleness, as if it were a fragile treasure.

"How could Auntie..." Lu Mingfei said in disbelief.

"More than a decade ago, to cover my and the other team members' retreat, she lured away the Devouring Beasts by herself." Xia Tianlai's voice was low as she reminisced. "When we found her... all that was left was her corpse."

Lu Mingfei was even more confused: If he was flesh and soil, then who was this person in front of him?

Bai Yuekui calmly added from the side: "Later, we used the bone vibration device to retrieve the remaining life essence signal from a Mana flower, and used the old world's biological 3D printing technology to rebuild this carbon-based body, attempting to reverse-infuse life essence."

She paused, her gaze complex: "The result is what you see here. The life essence remained in the Devouring Beast's body for too long, causing it to dissipate severely and become incomplete. Reverse infusion could not be completed, and it even triggered severe rejection and distortion of the body."

A chill ran through Lu Mingfei's heart. He was once again grateful that he had saved Mai Duo and Fang Yuan in time, but the current situation seemed to be more complicated than severe injuries and amputation. "Don't die." Could the incomplete source essence be repaired? He was not sure.

"Lu Mingfei, please, save my mother." Xia Dou grabbed his arm, her fingertips icy cold.

"Boss!" Shan Hui Shi also looked at him expectantly.

Lu Mingfei felt immense pressure. Reason told him he couldn't make promises lightly, but his incredible feat of saving a group of people a few days ago gave him a lot of confidence.

"I... will try my best." He patted their hands, giving the most cautious answer.

He walked to the bedside. Xia Tianlai looked deeply at his wife, silently stepped aside, and clenched his hands tightly, his knuckles turning white.

Lu Mingfei closed his eyes and slowly inhaled. When he opened his eyes again, a point of blazing gold, like molten lava, surged from the depths of his warm, black pupils, instantly igniting his entire eyes and turning them into a burning crimson gold!

Golden Eyes!

This was the first time summer had come that I had faced those eyes directly, and a strange tremor ran through the depths of my soul. It wasn't fear of Lu Mingfei personally, but rather the instinctive awe and dread that a lower-level life form feels when facing a higher-level being.

Could it succeed? His heart was pounding in his chest.

"Don't die."

The majestic, ancient, and law-like syllables that came from Lu Mingfei's mouth were no longer human language, but a manifestation of some kind of authority.

An invisible force gently unfolded, enveloping the hospital bed. The chilling ashen white on the woman's face began to recede slowly like a tide, revealing a pale but normal human skin beneath. The fibrotic tissue on her neck also seemed to soften and shrink somewhat.

However, the changes stopped there and stagnated.

Lu Mingfei's heart skipped a beat. Not enough? He gritted his teeth, trying to squeeze out more power, and the light in his golden eyes shone even brighter! The grayish-white color continued to fade, and the proliferating tissue shrank further, but... there was still no fundamental reversal, as if some invisible barrier was blocking the complete repair.

What's going on?! He felt a blockage in his strength, and the concerned yet confused gazes of those around him made him feel uneasy.

Isn't he a good guy who lets you down when it matters most?

"Brother, it's no use."

A boy's voice, both youthful and mature, suddenly resonated in his heart.

In an instant, everything around him froze. Bai Yuekui's gesture of raising his glass, Xia Tianlai's tense posture, Xia Dou's expectant eyes... all were frozen into a still image, with only Lu Mingfei's thoughts flowing.

"Who?! It's you again, what a useless person! I saved so many people just a few days ago!" Lu Mingfei shouted in his mind.

"I'm Lu Mingze, brother, your younger brother." The voice carried a hint of amusement.

"Lu Mingze?!" Lu Mingfei couldn't connect the mysterious voice in his heart with his chubby cousin.

"Don't compare me to that chubby kid, we just happen to have the same name." The owner of the voice seemed to read his mind. "I told you, I'm your brother."

"I don't remember having a brother like you!" Lu Mingfei had no time to dwell on blood relations. "Tell me quickly, why isn't 'Don't Die' working anymore? Isn't this my own power?"

"Because you squandered all your stored power that day, brother. You've touched the power, but you haven't truly mastered how to store it, how to release it, or how to raise your limits." Lu Mingze's tone was as if he were talking about an interesting toy.

"It's all used up?! What do we do then?" Lu Mingfei panicked; it would be too embarrassing to fail at this crucial moment.

"What's wrong? You've tasted the power and influence, and now you can't bear to part with it?" Lu Mingze chuckled.

"This isn't a matter of being reluctant to part with it!" Lu Mingfei was practically going crazy. "It's a matter of saving face! I've already started!"

"Your strength will gradually recover, like a reservoir. But for now..." Lu Mingze's voice turned sly, "I can... help you 'borrow' some."

"Borrow? From whom? How?" Lu Mingfei felt inexplicably uneasy.

There was no answer. Lu Mingze's voice disappeared, but the state of time and space remaining frozen persisted.

A few minutes later, a powerful and unfamiliar warm current suddenly flowed into Lu Mingfei's nearly parched body, instantly replenishing his strength! But at the same time, a vast, chaotic, and inhumanly malicious thought, like the roars of billions of people converging into a cold tide, violently crashed into his mind:

"Outsider...leave!"

Interference...prohibited!

"Return...the stolen...destroy..."

It was not any known language, yet it directly imprinted its meaning deep into the soul, filled with extreme rejection and anger towards "others".

Lu Mingfei was shaken to his core, almost overwhelmed by this thought.

"Brother, hurry up! We need to return it to its rightful owner!" Lu Mingze's voice rang out again, unusually urgent and with a hint of barely perceptible weakness. "Borrowing this little thing is such a hassle... I need to... take a nap..."

The stagnation is lifted, and time resumes its flow.

Lu Mingfei didn't have time to think about the warning and Lu Mingze's condition. He seized the "borrowed" power and used all his strength to activate "Don't Die!"

The grayish-white skin and proliferating tissue on the woman's face visibly peeled away and disappeared at an accelerated pace, her skin regained its softness, and her breathing became steady and long. Summer and others' faces were filled with ecstasy.

However, just when it seemed that success was imminent, the woman's body suddenly began to convulse violently!

"Wife!" "Mom!" Exclamations rang out from behind.

Bai Yuekui swiftly reached out to stop Xia Tianlai and Xia Dou from rushing forward, shaking his head sharply. At this moment, any interference could trigger disaster.

Lu Mingfei was experiencing a strange tug-of-war. He felt that he was using this "borrowed" power to reassemble the woman's fragmented and scattered life essence in some invisible way, trying to reassemble and put them back in place.

But after so many years, Lu Mingfei could only vaguely search for the woman's dissipated life essence. Within the area that Lu Mingfei could control, he could sense almost nothing, and he could only sense a trace by relying on the power he had stolen.

At this moment, an even larger and more chaotic will was obstructing it, as if the entire world was rejecting this "reversal".

"Outsiders... are forbidden from interfering with... order..."

That chilling warning struck his consciousness once more. At the same time, the "borrowed" power within him rapidly dissipated like a receding tide, forcibly reclaimed by the invisible rules!

The moment the power completely vanished, the woman on the bed stopped convulsing, her eyes closed, and she fell into a deep, dreamless sleep. All abnormal physiological signs disappeared, and she looked like an ordinary person who was just sleeping, even regaining a little healthy rosy color on her face—except that she did not wake up.

Bai Yuekui noticed that something was wrong with Lu Mingfei and moved forward. Sure enough, he saw that Lu Mingfei's face had turned pale again. This kid is at it again...

Sigh... Bai Yuekui sighed inwardly.

Lu Mingfei felt a bit weak, his body swayed back and forth, and he fell into Bai Yuekui's arms, which were already prepared. His vision went black.

The others couldn't pay attention to him for the time being. Xia Dou glanced at Lu Mingfei with concern and then immediately gathered around the bed.

Summer arrived, and with trembling hands, I checked my wife's pulse, breathing, and temperature... All her physiological indicators were unexpectedly stable and normal, even much better than her previous state of being "alive" but in pain and agony.

However, she remained in a deep sleep.

"This...this is..." Xia Tianlai looked at Bai Yuekui blankly.

Bai Yuekui supported the exhausted Lu Mingfei, carefully observed him for a moment, checked the monitoring equipment beside him, slowly exhaled, and said to Xia Tianlai in a deep voice: "The incomplete state of the life essence seems to have been stabilized by some higher-level power. The distortion and pain have been eliminated, but consciousness... cannot recover based on the incomplete essence. She is now in a deep, protected dormant state, similar to... a vegetative state, but more stable, with no risk of distortion."

She looked at Lu Mingfei: "This is probably the limit that can be achieved at present. That power seems to have repaired the wound and stopped it from getting worse, but it cannot create something from nothing and make up for the missing essence."

Xia Tianlai was stunned. He looked at his wife's peaceful, sleeping face, devoid of the pain and distortion of the past. For the first time in more than a decade, he had seen her so "calm." A great sense of loss and a different kind of relief overwhelmed him.

He walked up to Lu Mingfei, whose face was even paler than before, almost translucent. Xia Tianlai bowed deeply, his voice choked with emotion: "Mingfei... thank you, really... thank you for relieving her pain. This... this is already the best outcome. I was too greedy..."

Xia Dou and Xia Hua also thanked Lu Mingfei with red eyes. Although their mother had not woken up, she was freed from that terrible pain, which was a relief for them.

Lu Mingfei forced a smile. Although he still had the strength to speak, he was too tired. The terrible warning and Lu Mingze's weak voice were still echoing in his mind.

Whose power did he "borrow"? And what was that "existence" that warned him?

This attempt seems to have touched upon deeper and more dangerous rules of this world.

Bai Yuekui's gaze swept over the sleeping woman, then fell on the exhausted Lu Mingfei, and finally looked out at the gloomy sky, his eyes deep.

She helped Lu Mingfei up and nodded slightly to Xia Tianlai's family: "Let her rest well. Lu Mingfei is overexerted. I'll take him back first. Let me know if there are any changes." After saying that, she left.

On the way, Bai Yuekui supported Lu Mingfei and whispered angrily in his ear, "What's wrong? Didn't you say you were recovering well this morning? Why are you being stubborn again!"

Lu Mingfei didn't dare to turn his head to look into Bai Yuekui's eyes. He didn't know why he was being willful again. He could have stopped, but when he noticed the hopeful eyes of the Xia family, he still did it. He didn't want to disappoint everyone.

He said weakly in a low voice, "I didn't know the situation was so complicated. I thought it would be similar to last time, and that it would work."

"Besides, the last blood test results showed that there was nothing wrong. At worst, we can just be a little tired, but Xia Dou's mother suffers every day she lies down."

Speaking of the blood test results last time, Bai Yuekui was indeed shocked. A person with such a pale face had all his physical indicators normal. Based on the observation over the past three days, Lu Mingfei was indeed recovering slowly at a certain rate. This became the reason for Lu Mingfei's confidence and also made Bai Yuekui believe his statement that "it's okay".

But as for the result... Bai Yuekui looked at Lu Mingfei, who was pale-faced, and wanted to say something, but seeing his weak and powerless appearance with his eyes half-open and half-closed, he sighed inwardly and said, "Go back and get some rest later."

New mysteries, like dark clouds, quietly enveloped Lu Mingfei, while the lighthouse on the other side was not having an easy time either.