The Great Doctor Girl

The afterglow of the old year has not yet dissipated. At midnight on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, red candles flicker and warm lights cast a soft glow, making the room warm and quiet.

Huang Junze and I sat opposite each other, the aroma of tea curling in the air, covering this warm place with a veil that isolates us from the world.

We rarely immerse ourselves in this leisurely atmosphere and chat about everything in the world.

However, the sudden ringing of a cell phone suddenly pierced the tranquility.

The sound was particularly sharp and piercing in the middle of the night, just like the cry of an owl in the dense forest on a cold night, which made people's hearts tremble violently.

I picked up the phone, and the unfamiliar number on the screen seemed to be poking out from an endless abyss. A chill instantly jumped up from my fingertips to my heart, and my intuition was like a taut bowstring, tense to the extreme.

"Luo Shu, it's me, Zhen Lingyue." A familiar voice came from the receiver, but in its low voice, there was an unprecedented anxiety. "Something big has happened."

"Team Leader Zhen? What's going on?" I sat up straight, feeling a surge of unease. "From your tone, this sounds like quite a problem."

"The country is facing a crisis. A secret organization codenamed 'Rose' is operating in the shadows. Their methods are as ruthless as the demons of purgatory, and their whereabouts are as secretive as ghosts in the dark night, making them impossible to guard against. The elite troops we sent before were all skilled and battle-hardened, but once they stepped into the 'maze' they set, they were all defeated, their lives uncertain. Now, only you can help us turn the situation around. You are our last hope."

I held my phone tightly, my brain working fast, and my mind was full of thoughts.

I usually delve into difficult and complicated cases, but this sounds like a supernatural event. What can I do? "Me? Team Leader Zhen, do you think I can solve it?"

"It's not convenient to talk over the phone. 'Rose' has spies everywhere, and they'll pick up on any slight disturbance. I've carefully arranged the contact details, and you'll understand everything when you arrive. Luo Shu, this mission is absolutely essential for you, please."

After hanging up the phone, I stood alone at the window, looking at the night sky.

The few stars are hidden behind the dark clouds, as if covered by a mysterious veil, but the night seems to be hiding countless hidden crises and undercurrents.

An indescribable feeling of heaviness weighed heavily on my chest. Team Leader Zhen hadn't contacted me for a long time. Now he came to me in such a hurry. It must be a big deal.

"What's wrong?" Huang Junze keenly noticed my anomaly, put down his teacup, walked quickly to my side, and asked with concern, "You look so bad, who called?"

"Zhen Lingyue came to me and said there was an important mission. It sounds... very difficult." I sighed deeply, my expression solemn.

Then, I said seriously, "He said the country needs me, but he also knows that this is probably a difficult problem, more difficult than he imagined."

"Then I refuse!" Huang Junze's face changed, and his tone was firm. "How can a girl like you get involved in national affairs? Don't go anywhere now. Don't push yourself into the fire pit!"

"When the country needs it, someone has to take it up." I smiled bitterly but with great determination. "Since you've come to me, maybe I can really solve it."

Huang Junze was silent. In that moment of silence, he slowly reached out his hand and patted my shoulder. Although his tone was overbearing, it was full of endless concern: "Luo Shu, I will support you in whatever you want to do. If you need anything, just let me know. I'll always be behind you, waiting for you."

"Junze, I must go." I looked at him with determination in my eyes. Some things are not only responsibilities but also missions that I cannot escape.

"No matter what time, life comes first. I can't live without you." He looked at me affectionately, feeling very reluctant to leave.

The next morning, a black car quietly stopped in front of the clinic.

The car body is like a cold mirror, flashing a cold luster and exuding a solemn and murderous atmosphere that keeps strangers away.

The young man who got off the bus was wearing a dark suit, standing straight, and his expression was as cold as the ice in the coldest days of winter.

The National Bureau 749 badge on his chest shone coldly in the morning light, like the only lonely star in the cold night. Although faint, it exuded a mysterious and majestic power.

"Doctor Luo Shu, please follow me." He spoke briefly and his voice was flat without a trace of ups and downs, like a precise yet emotionless machine. Every word seemed to pop out from between his teeth, stiff and cold, and could bounce back and echo if it hit the ground.

After getting in the car, it drove away from the city and sped towards a dense forest. The scenery outside the window quickly retreated like a slide, gradually blurring into a green shadow.

In the silent carriage, only the low roar of the engine echoed in my ears.

Eventually, the vehicle stopped in front of a white building disguised as a nursing home.

The white wall is hidden in the dense shadows of the trees, like a mysterious beauty in green gauze, exuding a mysterious aura that seems to be hesitant to speak, but in this silence, there is a different kind of strangeness hidden.

Zhen Lingyue had been waiting in the lobby for a long time. His expression was so cold that it seemed as if he could freeze people to death, but his eyes still showed anxiety.

"Luo Shu, thank you for coming." He strode forward and handed a document to me. "This is all the information we have at the moment. Time is short, please familiarize yourself with it immediately."

I opened the file and saw a set of shocking cases: the patients' organs were failing at an incredible rate, and their vitality seemed to be drained away by some external force, as if they were being pulled and rubbed by an invisible and evil hand until their life force was exhausted.

What's even more bizarre is that they all have one thing in common - a dark rose pattern on the back of their shoulder blades.

The pattern looked like a brand, dark in color, exuding a cold aura. The lines were so fine that they seemed to have been carefully carved. The petals were slightly curled, as if silently telling a mysterious past, or as if some unknown power was dormant. Under the light, it emitted a creepy black light, which was incompatible with the healthy skin around it.

"This doesn't look like a common illness," I said coldly, staring at the medical records. "It's more like a human experiment. What do they want to do?"

"Is it about creating an 'artificial host'?" Zhen Lingyue asked doubtfully.

"Their goal is to use the human body to carry some kind of energy or force, breaking the boundary between life and death. Our mission is to find their weakness and put a stop to this. Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous."

"This sounds too bizarre." I frowned, full of doubts.

"Luoshu, only you can do this. Your medical attainments, coupled with your profound understanding of numerology, yin and yang, and the five elements, are the key to unlocking all this. We believe in you."

Hearing his trust in me like that, I felt a huge invisible pressure.

Over the next few days, I embarked on a difficult battle spanning science and metaphysics.

I use modern medical methods to precisely analyze the abnormal energy fluctuations in the patient's body. Those fluctuation curves jump and twist on the instrument, like dancing silk threads controlled by evil forces.

At the same time, the patients' Qi and blood are regulated with the help of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, and the meridians are dredged with acupuncture. When the silver needles are inserted into the acupuncture points, it is as if awakening the dormant vitality and trying to repair their destroyed life balance.

However, the breakthrough came from a common dream among the patients - a "door where light and shadow intertwine."

This nightmare-like image repeatedly lingers in the patient's mind, as if it were a mysterious implanted suggestion.

I infer that what is involved behind this is the mysterious holographic theory of the universe that spans scientific cognition and the mysterious unknown.

They try to use the human body as a "carrier" to open the door to unknown areas and connect to a power beyond human cognition, just like gathering pieces of a mysterious puzzle in an attempt to open the forbidden box hidden behind the world.

Zhen Lingyue's latest news confirmed my suspicions: "We discovered a laboratory, but there's a device there that's beyond our current technological understanding, and all attempts to shut it down have failed. That device is a complete freak, incredibly strange."

"Take me there." I said resolutely, "If this device is related to holographic theory, perhaps I can find a way."

A duel of life and death has quietly begun, and I am ready to step into the unknown abyss and face the trial of fate.

The black car sped along the rugged mountain road.

The scenery outside the window became increasingly desolate, with sparse shadows everywhere. Even the sky was dark and gloomy under the clouds, as if the world was shrouded in this haze and fell into a hopeless silence.

Zhen Lingyue sat next to me without saying a word. The only sounds in the car were the low hum of the engine and the rustling of papers. I was concentrating on studying the brief description of the experimental equipment in the document.

"This device... doesn't conform to any known laws of physics or biology," I frowned, my finger pausing on a page of blueprints. "Its core structure appears to simulate a kind of 'field resonance,' but the control method resembles some... ancient rune array. Could it be a fusion of modern science and metaphysics? It's simply challenging the boundaries of human cognition, like forcibly splicing together the rules of two different dimensions."

"It's possible." Zhen Lingyue nodded, his eyes a little complicated. "We sent a team of experts to try to analyze it, but whether it's cutting off the power supply or destroying the structure, this device doesn't seem to rely on conventional energy to operate. Even stranger, every time we try to approach, the energy fluctuations around the device interfere with the equipment and the human body, causing intense discomfort, as if countless invisible hands are pulling at your nerves and drilling into your bones."

My heart sank. The device described in the document wasn't just a technological marvel; it was something beyond the boundaries of cognition, a mysterious creation from another world, brought to Earth with an unknown and dangerous mission.

I whispered, "This isn't an ordinary experiment; it's an attempt to touch upon a technology that's forbidden to humanity. If it succeeds, it could trigger unforeseen consequences. That would be a catastrophic disaster, enough to upend the entire world order."

Zhen Lingyue's expression became even gloomier: "So we must stop it."

The car stopped at a hidden entrance in the mountain.

From a distance, there is almost no trace of any buildings. There are only a few moss-covered rocks hiding a hidden steel door. The door is like the mouth of a giant beast, quietly hidden in the wilderness, exuding a gloomy atmosphere.

Zhen Lingyue led me into the entrance and walked along a narrow passage extending downwards.

The passage was cold and damp, with water droplets dripping from the walls from time to time, making a "ticking" sound in the silence, like a countdown clock.

We took one step at a time and finally came to a spacious underground hall.