Downtown area.
First People Hospital.
Five o’clock in the morning.
A young man was rushed into the ergency room with a torn arm and a comminuted fracture.
The surgeon had been working for a while before finally bandaging him up, applying a cast, and prescribing so dication.
Wu Xiaode thanked the doctor and was about to leave when he saw it had started pouring rain outside.
——It would be inconvenient to return to the mountain now anyway.
He decided to rest for a while on the chairs outside the ergency room until daylight when he would find a place to have breakfast and then go back to sleep.
Having made up his mind, Wu Xiaode casually found a row of chairs to sit down on.
Throughout the night, ambulances kept arriving at the ergency room.
This scene reminded Wu Xiaode of the past when he had to bring a friend to stitch up wounds in the middle of the night after gang fights.
Sigh.
If there were happy days to be lived, who would gather and fight outside in the middle of the night?
He shook his head slightly, about to close his eyes and rest, when he heard a commotion from outside the ergency building.
Seven or eight young n were carrying a companion covered in blood, hurrying into the hospital.
"Doctor! Where’s the doctor?"
A fierce-looking young man shouted.
Wu Xiaode glanced at them and imdiately stood up, pushing an ergency bed over with one hand.
"Hurry and register, don’t move him anymore, if you do, his injuries will beco more severe."
"Go inside and call the doctor—The on-duty doctor is doing a minor surgery, see if you can get soone to co and help you."
He explained.
The group of young n glanced at him.
He looked back at them.
——They had t their kind.
Those who hung around outside could tell with just a few glances whether soone else belonged to their world.
"Brother, you’re cool. Which street do you hang around?" The fierce young man pulled out a cigarette, calling out warmly.
"Save the man first, buddy! We can talk about the rest later," Wu Xiaode urged.
The young n suddenly ca to their senses.
Instantly, those who needed to register did so, those who needed to call the doctor did so, beds were pushed, and paynts were made efficiently and orderly.
Soon, the patient was taken directly into surgery.
Just as the youngsters were about to continue chatting with Wu Xiaode, suddenly, another companion rushed in from the outside, anxiously yelling:
"The cops are here."
Everyone scattered at once.
Only Wu Xiaode was left standing there.
He didn’t mind.
——After all, he had seen it frequently and knew how scared these hoodlums were of the police.
Suddenly.
In the void behind him, two figures quietly erged.
Angel of Extre Good.
Judgent Angel.
Only to see the Angel of Extre Good holding a notebook, writing quickly while reciting:
"Assisted in saving a life, enabling a mortal who should have been grievously injured and on the brink of death to receive tily dical attention, thereby avoiding a fate of death, 1 rit."
The Judgent Angel was also holding a notebook, writing and reciting:
"For this rit obtained, receive the following benefits:"
"Accelerated injury healing."
Wu Xiaode suddenly felt a tingling sensation in the arm encased in the cast.
——This was a sign of external injuries healing.
He turned around to glance at the two angels floating behind him and couldn’t help but reflect:
"I really didn’t expect things to turn out this way."
Both angels laughed together.
"How interesting, Little Wu," the Angel of Extre Good said.
"Yeah, now we can help out anyti; it’s wonderful!" the Judgent Angel said.
Wu Xiaode couldn’t help but feel a little worried and asked in a low voice:
"Teddy, is it really no problem for them to appear in the Virtual World?"
"What’s there to worry about? The masses can’t see them anyway," Teddy said lazily.
"But the fairies were driven away for trying to release a large-scale Healing Skill, and —"
"No worries! Yours is ’Heavenly Punishnt,’ which can be used in all worlds."
"Why?"
"Because even in ’Virtual World,’ it must be built upon the rule ’reincarnation based on good and evil deeds.’ You’ve essentially rged with the rules and won’t be rejected," Teddy explained.
Reflecting on this, Wu Xiaode felt it made sense.
—For instance when he helped the souls at Naihe Bridge, didn’t he review their lives before deciding on their rebirth? He inadvertently created a World Skill perfectly aligned with the current world’s karmic system.
Teddy mused:
"I really can’t fathom what you’ve received from the Mother of All Things. It has such an advanced and unique evolutionary power... Now I’m worried soone might co after you to settle scores."
Wu Xiaode fell silent.
Yes.
The world of the grand tomb.
The dense expanse of bones and treasures.
The countless terrifying tendrils hidden underground.
The Mother of All Things clearly had an inexplicable relationship with that world.
If—
They wanted to take that power from him—
Wu Xiaode took a brief internal glimpse at the Book of the Dead.
An hour had passed.
"Fantasy Land," "Truly Dead This Ti," and "Furious King" had all fallen a Level, returning to "Everday City," "Feign Death," and "Anger."
A sense of crisis erged in Wu Xiaode’s mind.
Unacceptable.
He must seize the ti to further rge the Book of the Dead with the world!
And he needed to upgrade his skills quickly!
Outside, dawn began to break, and breakfast shops along the streets opened one after another.
—Let’s go have breakfast!
After eating, he would begin today’s work of guiding souls to peace.
Just as Wu Xiaode was about to step outside the hospital, he heard soone calling from behind:
"Hey you, wait a mont."
He turned around to see a male doctor accompanied by several policen approaching.
"Hello, what can I do for you?" Wu Xiaode asked with a smile.
"It’s him. He was the one who helped bring in the delinquent who was being resuscitated just now. They might have so connection," the male doctor said.
The policen looked at Wu Xiaode.
The smile on Wu Xiaode’s face faded a little as he said, "I don’t know them."
"Then why did you help?" the male doctor asked disdainfully.
Wu Xiaode sensed sothing and glanced over at the nurse station, only to see a few pretty nurses bowing their heads, no longer looking at him.
Oh—
When he was bandaging earlier, he seed to get along well with them.
So this male doctor was displeased?
—This is way too much like a Long Aotian novel.
Wu Xiaode silently criticized in his mind, feeling absolutely nothing and even a bit amused.
Behind him, the Angel of Extre Good, floating in midair, suddenly pulled out a pen and wrote swiftly:
"Harboring jealousy, causing trouble by gossiping, diminishes one’s moral rit; penalty of five years of singleness."
An invisible tremor emanated from the notebook in her hands and silently entered the body of the male doctor.
"Officer, I took a fall in the middle of the night and ca here for an X-ray and a cast at 5 AM. It really has nothing to do with them," Wu Xiaode said.
"Where are you from? Show your ID card," a police officer said.
Wu Xiaode paused.
The last ti soone tried to set him up with an ID card. Jiang Shanglan’s associate took care of it.
What to do this ti?
Seeing him unable to produce his ID card, the male doctor snorted:
"Look, he still claims he has nothing to do with those thugs, but he’s obviously one of them."
As soon as the words were out.
The Judgent Angel behind Wu Xiaode pursed her lips too.
She quickly wrote:
"Slandering a good person, punished to remain single for ten years."
The Angel of Extre Good asked in confusion, "Sister, is there a difference between your ’single dog’ and my ’single’?"
"Oh yes, you’ll understand soon," the Judgent Angel said.
Both angels revealed mischievous smiles, lifted their pens, placed them on the notebook, and continued to watch the current situation.
A faint malice emanated from them.
As re mortals, if they were to further harm Wu Xiaode, then these angels would show no rcy.
There might be falling objects from high above, being struck by a car upon stepping out, getting stabbed, food poisoning...
In short.
It must be because you did sothing wrong that you’ve summoned this misfortune upon yourself.
Good and bad fortune co without a door; they are called forth by people themselves.
— This is the cause-and-effect type World Skill: Heavenly Punishnt!
"Sorry, I didn’t bring my ID," Wu Xiaode said.
"Please co with us," the officer said.
"Okay," Wu Xiaode said.
He followed the officers toward the exit, only to see that sohow, a stretch black luxury car stopped outside the ergency building.
A man wearing sunglasses got out of the car and walked straight toward Wu Xiaode.
"Young Master, your ID card."
The man said reverently.
Wu Xiaode smacked his lips and looked at him playfully.
— What kind of plot twist was this?
With a slight smirk on his face, the man nodded subtly to him.
Alright then.
Wu Xiaode took the ID card and handed it to the police.
The officers scanned it with a device, glanced at it briefly, and then patted him on the shoulder, saying:
"You’re free to go, Mr. Wu. It’s all good now."
"Thank you," Wu Xiaode said.
He got into the car with the man and quickly left the hospital.
Behind that car, a long convoy followed, as if they were all there to pick him up.
It took a full five or six minutes for the entire convoy to pass.
Inside the ergency building.
The officers turned back to look at the male doctor with sowhat aningful gazes.
"People these days are so bold."
"Bolder than the hooligans fighting."
"Tsk tsk."
The male doctor turned and hurried back to the dical room, closing the door behind him.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He had been careless!
Why had he forgotten he was just a re doctor, sticking his neck out and making trouble for nothing!
What was the other person’s background?
Would they make life difficult for him?
He had no idea.
Damn, he had only said sothing more because he was annoyed with the other guy just monts before.
—It wasn’t worth getting even with a nobody like him!
Dudu dudu—
The phone rang.
The male doctor quickly answered, seeing the number.
"Hello, Xiao Li, missing ?"
"Miss your ass!" a girl’s scolding ca from the other end: "You’ve been flirting online, I saw all your chat records, and you even bought soone a kinky outfit, didn’t you?"
"Wait a minute, let explain—"
"No need for explanations, we’re breaking up! And let’s not see each other again!"
The call ended.
Dudu dudu—
The phone rang again.
"Hello, Fei Er," the male doctor said, controlling his emotions, softly.
A cold female voice responded: "I saw everything just now. You’re such a low person, so disgusting and petty, let’s break up."
"Wait—"
Click.
The call was disconnected.
The male doctor stood frozen for a mont.
...No, this wasn’t that person’s revenge.
He had only t him once before, without any previous grudges. How could he be the cause of both his girlfriends leaving him so suddenly?
It had to be a coincidence!
The male doctor took a deep breath and looked out the window.
The commotion outside had settled down.
He pushed the door and went out.
He saw a female doctor approaching with ninety-nine roses in her arms, looking delighted.
"Eh? Mr. Zhang, you got flowers today," the male doctor couldn’t help but comnt.
The female doctor stopped, smiled at him, and said, "Yes, my boyfriend bought them. He’s picking up for dinner after work, and we’re taking the morning flight out for our honeymoon!"
"So envious of you guys," the male doctor said with a smile.
"What’s there to envy, don’t you have a girlfriend too?" the female doctor said and then turned to head to her office.
The smile on the male doctor’s face froze.
Girlfriend...
I’ve just lost mine.
He shook his head and entered a nearby consultation room.
He saw another male doctor sitting there with a pretty girl by his side, feeding him milk tea.
"Wow, Elder Li, your girlfriend’s co to see you?" the male doctor said.
"Yeah, I told her to rest, but she insisted on coming to be with —by the way, doesn’t your girlfriend often bring you food too?" Elder Li said, laughing as he sipped his milk tea.
The male doctor felt sothing break inside him.
Girlfriend...
She will never co again.
At the sa mont.
In midair, the Judgent Angel snorted and said, "This is why ’single dog’ is more severe than just ’single’."
"I understand now," the Angel of Extre Good exclaid admiringly, "always ready to take a ten thousand points critical hit, lasting ten years... that’s enough for him to endure."
"Let’s go, sister, to Little Wu’s place."
"Yes, let’s go!"
The two angels disappeared into thin air.
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