"No! Wife!"
Wang Zizai watched his wife come back to life. Although he couldn't be sure if it was a reanimation or a true revival, it was enough to stir a flicker of hope in his despairing heart.
And now, that nascent hope was about to be shattered by a bullet.
How could he accept this? But what could he do? Could Wang Zizai transform into Superman and catch the bullet to save his wife?
"..." Even the police officer who fired the shot hadn't expected this.
His eyes showed deep shock and guilt.
If he had known Wang Zizai's wife would sit up, he would never have fired the shot!
But it was too late. The bullet had left the chamber, and fate was sealed.
Whether Wang Zizai's wife had truly come back from the dead or was merely reanimated was no longer important.
Because Wang Zizai's wife was about to die for a second time!
An eerie silence descended upon the scene.
Everyone's eyes were wide open, mouths agape, with a hint of sympathy for Wang Zizai in their depths.
Elder Dong and Professor Li, who had been happy for less than a second, suddenly plunged into an icy abyss.
They had calculated everything, but they had never accounted for such an unforeseen event!
This single shot had doomed all their efforts and dashed any possibility of Wang Zizai joining the Xunfeng Laboratory!
Elder Dong and Professor Li closed their eyes in pain.
Almost everyone had lost hope.
Only Ying Chen, inside the ward, seemed completely oblivious to the approaching bullet.
His expression was calm, his demeanor unmoving.
He even had the spare time to continue the final qi and blood massage for Wang Zizai's wife.
But what was the point of performing qi and blood massage on someone about to be shot?
No matter how good or diligent Ying Chen's massage was, it couldn't stop a bullet from piercing the skull!
Wang Zizai's wife, however, did see the bullet inching closer.
Her pupils dilated, her face a mask of horror and shock.
She hadn't even figured out what was happening, whether her recent death was a nightmare or reality, and now she was about to return to the gates of hell?
She was unwilling!
But utterly powerless.
For the bullet had reached her brow, less than a finger's width away from piercing her forehead!
"Close your eyes, relax."
"Even if the sky collapses and the world ends, it has nothing to do with you."
Ying Chen's voice suddenly reached her ears.
But the words sounded absurd. How could anyone relax when their head was about to be shot?
A tear rolled down Wang Zizai's wife's cheek as she closed her eyes.
Not because she heeded Ying Chen's words, but because closing her eyes meant she wouldn't have to witness her own death, nor see the agony on her husband's face outside.
But the moment Wang Zizai's wife closed her eyes, something happened that made everyone gasp and inhale sharply.
Ying Chen's finger, at some unknown point, had appeared at Wang Zizai's wife's brow. With a flick of his finger, he gently nudged.
The bullet, which was moments away from entering Wang Zizai's wife's head, was instantly deflected!
*Crack!*
The bullet ricocheted off the wall, shattered the glass at the doorway, and then grazed the ear of the police officer who had fired it.
The officer, terrified, collapsed onto the ground, his face ashen!
"This..."
Everyone stood frozen in disbelief.
Some rubbed their eyes hard, suspecting they were hallucinating.
Because this scene, even in a movie, would be considered mind-blowing!
Flicking away a bullet with one's finger, was this something humans could do?
Was this even happening on Earth?
It took nearly a minute before the stunned crowd began to recover.
What followed was a wave of cheers.
Because regardless of how Ying Chen had done it, he had saved a life!
No, not just one, but two!
Wang Zizai's wife was, after all, a dead person. Ying Chen had first brought her back from the dead, and then he had shielded her from a fatal blow.
It was as if he had saved Wang Zizai's wife twice!
"Wife!"
Wang Zizai could no longer contain his emotions. He stumbled into the ward.
"I... I'm not dead?"
"Husband!"
Wang Zizai's wife opened her eyes in confusion, realizing she was alive.
Then, tears streaming down her face, she embraced Wang Zizai tightly.
Some reunions are beyond words, expressed only through action, through overwhelming emotion.
This kind of reunion was a meeting across life and death.
Watching Wang Zizai and his wife embrace, many onlookers couldn't help but shed tears.
Only those who have experienced it can truly grasp the vast distance between life and death.
Only those who have experienced it can understand how moving a meeting across life and death can be.
After a long, long time...
Wang Zizai finally separated from his wife.
Wang Zizai caressed his wife's cheek, feeling her warmth, and finally confirmed one thing.
He wasn't dreaming!
His wife wasn't reanimated!
She had truly come back from the dead!
Most importantly, even if his senses could deceive him, the instruments wouldn't lie!
The monitoring equipment attached to Wang Zizai's wife hadn't been removed, and the digital curves on the monitor were now beating with vigorous vitality!
Heart rate, blood oxygen, blood pressure – all vital signs had returned to normal!
"How... how is this possible?"
The attending physician stared at the monitor, murmuring.
He couldn't help but slap himself, trying to confirm if he was awake.
The pain on his cheek confirmed it – he was wide awake, not dreaming!
The person he had declared dead had indeed come back to life!
If this news were to spread, it would astound not only the medical community of Longguo, but the entire global medical community!
"You... how did you do it?"
The attending physician looked at Ying Chen with utter disbelief, stammering the question.
Ying Chen glanced at him calmly and said, "It's nothing difficult. The patient suffered from depression. The stagnant qi invaded her internal organs, reaching the marrow, making her beyond help."
"The only way to save her was through 'great grief surpasses the death of the heart,' causing her internal organs to enter a state of temporary death."
"This way, the stagnant qi would dissipate along with the temporary death of the organs, curing her without medicine."
"Then, by reawakening her organs, she would naturally recover."
After hearing Ying Chen's explanation, the attending physician was not only shocked but also bewildered.
He understood every word Ying Chen said, and even found it logical.
But upon careful consideration, it seemed utterly absurd!
To cure an illness, one had to first cause death, and then bring the patient back to life?
Was this a normal operation a human mind could conceive of?
Did this align with normal, common-sense logic?
The attending physician wanted to argue.
But he found himself utterly speechless!
Because the facts were laid bare before him, Ying Chen had succeeded!
Wang Zizai's wife had indeed returned from the dead!
The attending physician suddenly recalled a movie he had recently watched.
In the movie, humanity, faced with attacks from alien technology, not only failed to recognize it but eagerly helped the alien technology descend upon Earth!
This was because their understanding operated on different levels.
The attending physician felt that his understanding was perhaps not on the same level as Ying Chen's.
Ying Chen was like heaven, while he was like earth!
Ying Chen was like the founding ancestor of medicine, while he was merely a novice apprentice!
*Thump!*
The attending physician suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Ying Chen.
At the same time, he shouted, "Greetings, Ancestor!"