Restricted Death

Chapter 87: Squad Competition: 2300 Spirit Chains!

What was recorded in Yamada Seinosuke's notes were all his own understandings, and the content was loose and inconsistent, and had not been systematically organized. It was completely different from regular pharmacology and Huido books, which made it even more difficult for Shin to fully understand it.

For this purpose, Xin found many books as references. In the following days, Xin spent most of his time working on this notebook.

Not only for this competition, the contents of this notebook are indeed extremely useful and rare.

The one-week period set by Unohana passed quickly, and the day of the official evaluation arrived.

The letter was notified one day in advance and arrived at the most spacious courtyard of the Fourth Division's barracks that day.

Many people gathered here early, and near the inside were a group of officials.

Xin saw the familiar Iemura and the fan from Shingyoji Temple.

Although he is now in the first-level rescue team under the leadership of Shingyoji Ogisho, he does not have much contact with the team leader. He is led by Iemura on field missions.

Zhenxingsi Shan's expression was calm. He did not react much when he saw the letter. He just glanced at it indifferently.

Xin took the initiative to walk over and greet a few people he knew, but few responded to him.

"Shingyōji-senpai."

After hearing this, Shingyoji Shan slowly nodded. After a moment's hesitation, he looked at the letter and said, "I heard that you've been studying the Dao behind closed doors these past few days. I asked Iemura to grant you leave. How are your preparations going?"

He still showed the magnanimity that a senior should have and did not show any anger at being challenged.

Xin grinned and said, "It's just so-so. I still need Senior Zhenxing Temple's guidance."

The many soldiers of the Fourth Division surrounding them saw that Nobu and Shingyoji Ougi were still able to talk normally, and they couldn't help but talk about it, and the noise at the scene was a bit chaotic.

But soon, the sound died down, and it was Unohana Retsu who came with Totetsu Yuune.

At the same time, several team members brought in two long tables and placed two hollow white balls on them.

Xin stared at the strange sphere. He was told yesterday what the content of today's evaluation was. This sphere was a special device made by the Technical Development Bureau of the 12th Division.

Without any polite words, Tohru Yuugin spoke directly in a loud voice.

"Today is the competition for the officer position between Squad Leader Nobuyuki Tachigawa and Third Officer Shingyōji Ougi. The competition consists of three items. The results will be jointly judged by Captain Unohana and all officers up to the tenth position, witnessed by all members of the Fourth Division."

"The first evaluation item is Hui Dao, which is the 'Spirit Particle Healing Instrument'. It contains 2,300 spirit particle chains that simulate the veins of the soul and spirit body. 2,000 of them are broken. Within one hour, you must use Hui Dao to repair them. The result will be determined by the number of repairs and the time it takes."

As soon as Totetsu Yuune finished explaining the rules, the surrounding players suddenly became noisy.

Two thousand?!

Such a number made countless people's scalps tingle. Normally, repairing damaged meridians in a person's body is an extremely delicate and troublesome task. But this "Spirit Particle Healing Instrument" was supposed to repair a full two thousand meridians. Is this something a human could do?!

Everyone secretly sighed in their hearts, saying that this was indeed a battle for the third position.

Then they all looked at Tachikawa Nobuyuki who was standing there, wondering if this kid who had just graduated from the Spiritual Arts Academy understood what spiritual body meridians were.

Kotetsu Yuune then signaled to Shin and Shingyōji Osamu to go forward and check the "Spirit Son Healing Ceremony" first.

Xin walked slowly forward to the white sphere. Only when he looked closely could he find that inside its hollow surface were many thin lines that were so thin that they were difficult to detect with the naked eye.

This is the Spirit Chain...

Xin stretched out his hand and pressed the "Spirit Particle Healing Instrument", then input the spirit particles into it, and suddenly the white sphere shone brightly.

He had never operated this kind of instrument before, so he immediately tried to change the way the spirit particles were output, and switched to Huidao. The red light of the "Spirit Particle Healing Instrument" immediately converged. Xin held his breath and concentrated, carefully feeling the flow of spirit particles in this instrument.

The inner wall of the sphere is covered with countless pores smaller than sesame seeds. These are the entrances and exits of the "thin lines". When Xin injected the spirit particles into it just now, the magnified "spiritual meridians" emerged from these pores. It takes a return path to construct the "thin lines" connecting these entrances and exits, which is the spirit particle chain.

Connecting these lepton chains while making sure they don't touch each other is a mind-numbing task.

Two thousand...

After a few minutes, the man next to him, Shingyoji Fan, took the lead and said, "It's OK."

Xin then withdrew his hand.

The two of them exchanged and checked each other's before it was over.

Upon hearing this, Kotetsu Yuine glanced at Unohana Retsu, and seeing her nod slightly, he immediately placed an alarm clock on the table between them.

The people watching around suddenly became dead silent, and no one dared to speak.

I saw Tohru Yuune gently tapping the button on the alarm clock, and the hands started to move "click-click", which could be clearly heard in the scene.

As the pointer began to move, both of them immediately began to perform the "Spirit Healing Instrument".

Xin first tried to repair it and found that it was not too difficult. After all, this was just an instrument for cultivation. Unlike real healing of the human body, it did not require consideration of other factors of the human body.

Based on his current Huidao level, if he could maintain full concentration for an hour, he could repair five to six hundred of them.

In fact, the time required to repair a lepton chain is extremely short, but there is more to consider than just repairing the lepton chain. It is necessary to avoid other lepton chains and calculate the path of the next lepton chain.

The more lepton chains that need to be repaired, the more space will be occupied inside, and this work will become more complicated and difficult as time goes on.

If we only focus on speed and do not calculate all the paths in advance, it will be impossible to repair these two thousand paths. The lepton chains repaired in the front will block the paths behind.

After using Huidao to repair the letter for several minutes, it suddenly slowed down.

There is no doubt that Shingyoji Sen's Kaido skills are better than his. If they really compete in speed, he will definitely lose.

Xin's thoughts raced in his mind, and he suddenly dispersed his palms and replied, using ordinary spirit particles to inject. In an instant, countless red "spiritual veins" visible to the naked eye emerged from this "Spirit Particle Healing Instrument".

As he did this, the two hundred spirit chains that were originally intact and those that he had repaired all collapsed.

Everyone around was shocked and confused when they saw this. They had no idea what Xin had done.

The red light attracted the attention of Shingyoji Shan for a moment, but he ignored it and continued with his work.

Unohana Retsu narrowed his eyes slightly, but Kotetsu Yuune couldn't help but feel nervous when he saw it.

It's over! Is Xinjun not familiar with the operating procedures, or does he lack practical experience in Huidao? This time, everything is messed up!

Xin took back the spirit particle again, looked at the "Spirit particle healing instrument" which became empty, and switched to Hui Dao again.

And his own Zanpakutō abilities.

He wanted to build a lepton hub here to directly connect all entrances and exits, so that he would not have to estimate the path of each lepton chain.

But this is easier said than done.

The lepton chain is extremely fragile, and there must be a certain distance between the two lepton chains. Once they touch each other, both will be destroyed.

If we want to build a "transit station" for them, we must consider how to stabilize these spirit particle chains.

Normally, this is something that is impossible to do. Not only can Xin Huidao not do it, but the man next to him, Shingyoji Sen, can't do it either.

During the time when the spectators were watching, the "Spiritual Healing Instrument" in front of Tachikawa Nobuo emitted red light several times in succession, which made everyone secretly doubt that this guy couldn't even make one?

Otherwise, why has there never been a single red light coming out from the Zhenxing Temple fan?
Fortunately, after a few flashes of red light, it seemed to stabilize, and only the returning light appeared on the "Spirit Son Healing Instrument".

Everyone kept looking at the time on the alarm clock, and then at the "Spirit Healing Instrument" in front of the two people. Unfortunately, they were a little far away and could not see the details inside.

When Tohru Yuyin saw that Xin's condition had stabilized, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter what, it’s good to be able to continue. If in the end not a single one is repaired and instead all the previous ones are destroyed, that would be a huge shame.

"Jingle Bell--"

The alarm clock suddenly rang rapidly, which was particularly harsh.

"time up."

Xin and Zhenxingji Shan both withdrew their hands tacitly and took a step back.

The members of the Fourth Division around them all held their breath. They seemed to be even more nervous than the two people standing in the middle.

"Now we will begin the inspection and assessment of the results."

Kotetsu Yuune walked forward. She first came to the "Spiritual Son Healing Ceremony" of Shingyōji's fan, looked inside, and pursed her lips.

Then she reached out and gently turned a knob under the "Spirit Healing Instrument".

The next moment, cracks suddenly appeared on the surface of the white sphere, and it broke apart with a "pop" sound, hanging in the air in a larger circular shape, revealing its entire interior.

The crowd of onlookers could now clearly see the specific situation inside the "Spirit Son Healing Instrument". Thousands of thin lines emitting white light crisscrossed and woven into a large net. It was intricate and beautiful at first glance.

There were bursts of exclamations from all around. There were definitely a thousand of them visible to the naked eye!

Worthy of being one of the three seats in Zhenxing Temple!

The officials around came forward one after another and began to count the specific number of these spirit chains. After a few minutes, they confirmed a number after verifying with each other.

"1573, plus the original 300, a total of 1873!"

The crowd was noisy again.

Zhenxingji Shan's expression was calm. If he hadn't been pursuing speed, he could have completely repaired these two thousand pieces.

In fact, in the last ten minutes, there was very little usable space left inside the "Spirit Particle Healing Instrument", and his speed was greatly reduced.

Until now, he couldn't help but think that if he spent ten minutes calculating the path, he could achieve more in the remaining fifty minutes.

"As expected of you, Senior Shingyoji." Xin couldn't help but speak at this time. This was a sincere compliment.

Upon hearing this, Zhenxingji Shan just nodded slightly to him.

Kotetsu Yuune then walked in front of Shin again. She first took a look inside Shin's "Spiritual Healing Instrument" and suddenly her eyes widened.

"Vice Captain Kotetsu?"

Hu Che Yong Yin did not move for a long time, so Xin called out to him softly.

The others also felt strange, and some couldn't help but wonder if this guy really didn't repair any of them?
Kotetsu Yuin raised his head and saw Nobumasa looking at him with a smile.

She stretched out her somewhat stiff hand and turned the knob below the "Spirit Healing Instrument".

Snapped!
A white sphere was suspended in the air and spread out in all directions. Different from the crisscrossing spirit particle chains on the fan of Shingyoji Temple, the spirit particle healing instrument had each chain arranged extremely neatly. They were densely packed, yet clearly visible at a glance, and all connected to a white object from the outside to the inside.

It was a heart, made of spirit particles, and it was even beating!
Everyone was speechless when they saw this scene. Unohana Retsu couldn't help but be stunned, her beautiful eyes fixed on the heart that was emitting white light.

In fact, by using the "Spirit Sonic Healing Instrument" for the competition, Unohana gave Shin an advantage. She had previously guessed that Shin's Zanpakutō had the ability to "rewind", and she had broken the two thousand spirit particle chains in the "Spirit Sonic Healing Instrument" before it was sent here.

If Shin uses the power of his Zanpakutō here, it would be easy to win.

but now……

How did he do that? !

Everyone was puzzled, especially those who knew something about the "Spirit Particle Healing Instrument". They all knew how fragile the spirit particle chains were and that it was impossible for them to touch each other!

Unohana Retsu's mind raced for a moment.

Impossible, this can't be just Huidao's ability!
Her understanding of Kaidō was deeper than anyone else present. The others might have thought that Nobu was performing some advanced Kaidō that they did not know or understand, but Unohana could tell that this was definitely not Kaidō.

Could it be that his Zanpakutō doesn't have some "rewind" ability?!
"Deputy Captain Kotetsu?" Xin called out again.

Kotetsu Yuyin suddenly came back to his senses and looked at him blankly.

"Shouldn't we count them?"

Tohru Yuin looked at the "Spirit Particle Healing Instrument" spreading in the air. The neatly arranged white spirit particle chains formed a dandelion-like shape, which made her eyes shine brightly.

Do I still need to count?

All entrances and exits are equipped with spirit particle chains, 2300 in total!
(End of this chapter)