The Great Doctor Girl

I held Huang Junze's hand tightly. The word "Heng" on the wedding ring and the dragon scale pattern on the back of his neck shone simultaneously. The protons of my past life and the Purple Star Emperor of this life, perfectly fused within my genetic chain.

We smiled at each other, our eyes full of determination and tacit understanding.

Along the way, we've weathered countless hardships and dangers, uncovered the secrets of past lives, and understood the destinies of fate. Now, new challenges lie ahead, but we no longer fear them. The true course of cause and effect has only just begun, and we will face it together.

The submarine's quantum communicator suddenly emitted a shrill chirp, and the holographic image from Wall Street distorted in the violent shaking. Jing Shuo's face was half submerged in the blood-red data stream. His eyes were bloodshot as he spoke rapidly, "Mom, there's been an outbreak of 'financial mania' in New York. Stock codes are appearing in the patient's eyes. The situation is critical!"

My heart tightened, and I quickly exchanged glances with Huang Junze. His gaze was deep and resolute, and he gently squeezed my hand. The word "Heng" on his wedding ring and the dragon scale pattern on the back of his neck simultaneously shimmered, as if silently conveying strength.

"Jing Shuo, what exactly is going on?" I asked in a deep voice, already having a bad feeling in my heart.

Jing Shuo's holographic image swayed slightly, and noisy shouts and alarms could be heard in the background. "The patient suddenly became mentally unstable, with stock codes flashing in his eyes, his behavior becoming uncontrollable, and he even engaged in self-harm. We suspect this is a new virus, but we are currently unable to determine its source and transmission route."

Huang Junze frowned and whispered, "Financial mania...it doesn't sound like an ordinary virus. It sounds more like some supernatural force at work."

At this moment, Yining, who had been quietly sitting by the side, opened her big watery eyes, tugged at the corner of my clothes with her little hands, and said timidly, "Mom, will those people my brother mentioned be very painful?" I touched Yining's head and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, baby, Mommy and Daddy will find a way."

Huang Junze's wedding ring suddenly glowed with a searing light, the word "Heng" on the inside of the band glowing red like a branding iron. He yanked down his collar, revealing the dragon scales on the back of his neck—those scales were multiplying madly, their fine lines seemingly connected to the stock market ticker symbol in Jing Shuo's description of the patient.

"It's the quantum entanglement plague!" I threw out three silver needles to pin down the holographic projection. The needle tails instantly condensed into ice crystal hexagrams. "Xia Ruoxi, quickly connect Lin Chen's brain waves to the cloud platform!"

A sharp, tearing sound emanated from the medical cabin. Tumor-like growths suddenly sprouted from the armrests of Lin Chen's wheelchair. The withered deep-sea algae, exposed to the patient's information, suddenly glowed with a faint blue fluorescence. As Qing Yao's Azure Dragon Ruler touched the edge of the wheelchair, the oracle bone script on the ruler suddenly spun counterclockwise, spelling out the hexagram "Gu" from the Lianshan Yi in mid-air.

The submarine suddenly tilted violently, and Xin Xin clung to the star map control console tightly: "Master, the underwater ruins are reorganizing the meridians!" On the AR star map, the originally three-dimensional living meridians were being distorted into a Dow Jones index chart, and each acupuncture point corresponded to a skyscraper in New York.

"Look, Luo Shu!" Huang Junze's fingertips slid across the quantum communicator, and the Wall Street patient's genetic chain unfolded in a purple light. The jumping stock codes completely overlapped with the proton ciphertext in Xiao Heng's memory. "The chance to start over that Yuwenxue mentioned... is the superposition of time and space!"

I suddenly felt the blood lotus birthmark on my lower back begin to burn. A clone of the ice coffin girl appeared in the corner of the command cabin at some point. The flutter of her eyelashes flashed in sync with the fluorescent light of Lin Chen's wheelchair, projecting the longitude and latitude coordinates of Manhattan onto the cabin wall.

"Qingyao, use the Qinglong ruler to cut open the Sanjiao meridian!" I injected moxibustion energy into the Suzaku Feather on the girl's heart, "Xia Ruoxi, prepare to inject Lin Chen with the Star Marrow Vein Extract!"

The moment the lavender mineral solution flowed into Lin Chen's veins, the entire submarine suddenly fell into absolute silence. The lights in the command cabin dimmed one after another, leaving only the dragon scales on Huang Junze's neck glowing faintly in the darkness. Those scales suddenly detached from his skin, interweaving in the air to form the jade totem that Xiao Heng had once worn.

“I saw it!” Xin Xin suddenly pointed at the platform and screamed, “The star map meridians in the underwater ruins... are exchanging data with the quantum computer on Wall Street!”

The AR star map suddenly zoomed in, revealing a perfect overlap between the living meridians of the Mariana Trench and the underground fiber optic cables of the New York Stock Exchange. The girl in the ice coffin suddenly raised her hand and tapped Huang Junze's brow. The purple starlight in his pupils suddenly shone, projecting the glazed dome of the Great Zhou Imperial Hospital onto the roof of the submarine.

"So that's how it is..." I trembled as I stroked the girl's face, which looked exactly like mine. "The soul that Yuwenxue stole wasn't a clone at all..."

Suddenly, a dull thud echoed from outside the submarine. Tens of thousands of silicon-based poisonous insects, swarming with the energy of the Star Marrow Mineral Veins, coalesced into the phantom of Yuwenxue outside the porthole. Her fingertips entwined the stream of Wall Street financial data, a strange smile playing on her lips. "Heavenly Doctor Star Girl, do you think reincarnation is a new beginning? It's just a re-play of the chessboard."

Huang Junze suddenly groaned, and drops of blood began to seep from the dragon scales on the back of his neck. Instead of falling, the drops hovered in mid-air, forming the large seal-script character "Xiao." The moment the bloody characters touched the quantum communicator, Jing Suo's holographic image suddenly let out an inhuman roar—his eyes were completely filled with green code, and his entire face was disintegrating into digital form!

"Mom... the code is rewriting my gene chain..." Jing Shuo's voiceprint was already mixed with electronic noise, "Living meridians were discovered in the basement of the Wall Street building... Ah!!!"

Yining was frightened by this sudden change and started crying: "Mom, what happened to my brother?" I suppressed my panic and comforted her: "Baby, don't be afraid, Mom will save your brother."

The communication suddenly stopped. I slammed the Seven Star Moxibustion Box onto the console, and seven clusters of moxa flames spread rapidly along the meridians of the star map. When the flames touched the girl in the ice coffin, she suddenly opened her mouth and uttered a voice identical to Yu Wenxue's: "Who do you think Lin Chen's key is?"

The submarine vibrated violently, and the instruments inside the cabin issued a shrill alarm. My eyes were fixed on the girl in the ice coffin. Her voice was like a sharp knife, piercing my heart. Lin Chen's wheelchair suddenly made an eerie humming sound, and the fluorescence of the deep-sea algae suddenly surged, illuminating the entire command cabin in a dark blue.

"Lin Chen...whose key is this?" I murmured, countless images flashing through my mind. His genetic chain, the deep-sea algae, the mysterious symbol on the wheelchair...everything seemed to point to a shocking truth.

Huang Junze suddenly grabbed my wrist, his palm was burning hot, and the dragon scale pattern was beating violently under his skin: "Luo Shu, look!" He pointed to the armrest of Lin Chen's wheelchair. Those tumor-like hyperplasias were spreading rapidly, forming a complex rune pattern.

"This is... a forbidden rune from the Great Zhou!" My pupils suddenly constricted, and memories flooded back. In my previous life, at the Imperial Hospital, I'd seen a similar rune in an ancient book. It was a forbidden spell used to seal ancient evil creatures.

The girl in the ice coffin had a strange smile on her lips. Her body began to become transparent, as if to blend into the surrounding air. "Lin Chen is the key to unlocking the 'Return of the Falling Stars'. Yuwen Xue had already refined her soul, waiting for this moment..."

"No!" I rushed towards Lin Chen, the silver needle in my hand piercing his Baihui acupoint. However, before the needle tip touched his skin, a powerful force knocked me away. Huang Junze caught me in time, but his expression also became extremely solemn.

"It's too late..." The voice of the girl in the ice coffin became increasingly ethereal. "The star-falling return has already started. You... can't stop it."

At this moment, Lin Chen's eyes suddenly opened, a faint light flickering in his pupils that didn't belong to him. His lips trembled slightly, and he uttered a low, unfamiliar voice: "A thousand years of karma, finally returning to its origin. Heavenly Doctor Star Girl, you have finally reached this point."

"Yuwenxue!" I gritted my teeth and called out the name. Lin Chen slowly stood up from the wheelchair, deep-sea algae entwined around him, forming a strange energy field.

Huang Junze protected me behind him. His dragon scale pattern had spread to his entire upper body, emitting a dazzling purple light: "Luo Shu, we must stop her!"

I nodded and quickly pulled the Seven-Star Moxibustion Box from my waist. Seven clusters of moxa flames danced in the air, forming a complex formation. However, before we could make a move, Lin Chen—or rather, Yuwenxue—raised his hand, sending a powerful wave of energy towards us.

"Bang!" The entire command cabin was overturned by the energy wave, and the instruments and equipment exploded one after another. Huang Junze and I were thrown against the cabin wall, blood oozing from the corners of our mouths.

"You think you can stop me with this little trick?" Yu Wenxue's voice was filled with sarcasm. "Once the Starfall Return to Origin is activated, the entire space and time will be reshaped. Your efforts are in vain."

I stood up with difficulty and wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth: "Yuwenxue, you are wrong. The cycle of cause and effect cannot be controlled by you. Even if you reshape time and space, you cannot change the predetermined outcome."

"Really?" Yu Wenxue sneered, "Then let me see what other cards you have."

At this moment, a deafening roar suddenly erupted from outside the submarine. Outside the porthole, the swarm of silicon-based Gu insects suddenly ceased their attack, as if summoned by some kind of force, and quickly gathered towards the underwater ruins.

"What...is going on?" Huang Junze looked at me with a frown.

I took a deep breath, feeling the burning heat of the blood lotus birthmark on my lower back. "It's the Star Marrow Vein... It's answering our call."

Before he finished speaking, the entire submarine was suddenly enveloped by a powerful energy. The instruments within the cabin miraculously returned to normal. On the AR star map, the living meridians of the underwater ruins began to vibrate violently, forming an eerie resonance with the quantum computer on Wall Street.

"Luo Shu, look!" Huang Junze pointed at the girl in the ice coffin. Her body was gradually dissipating, turning into tiny specks of starlight. And those starlights were slowly merging into Lin Chen's body.