The scalding heat radiating from the amulet against his chest was so intense that the agony in his shattered ribs seemed to go completely numb. Lying in the dark, freezing puddle of mud, Calvin Hudson felt his heart hammer violently, synchronized with the sharp cracks of lightning that split the sky above the city of Bacca.
[Ding!]
A cold, mechanical voice, echoing with an ancient and sovereign resonance, suddenly reverberated directly inside the center of his consciousness. It did not enter through his ears; rather, it vibrated from the very depths of his soul.
[Detecting the pure bloodline of the Hudson family. The rightful heir has been identified. Activating the family heirloom: Sovereign Phoenix Amulet.]
[Synchronizing with host soul... 10%... 50%... 100%.]
[Ding! Congratulations, Host. The "Divine Medical System" has been successfully and permanently bound to your soul.]
Calvin gasped, his eyes—previously blurred by a mixture of blood and rainwater—snapping wide open. The burning heat from the amulet suddenly transformed into a torrent of pure, warm energy, rushing through his veins like a tidal wave. He could actually feel every single inch of his broken body being systematically reconstructed from within.
[Detecting physical trauma to the Host: Three fractured ribs, a severe fracture in the right wrist, internal organ bleeding from blunt force trauma, and acute hypothermia.]
[Commencing automatic restoration using basic-tier pure Qi energy...]
Crack! Snap!
The unsettling sound of bones shifting and fusing back together echoed within the narrow, silent alleyway. Calvin clutched the muddy ground beneath him as an intense, tingling warmth replaced the agonizing torture that had consumed him seconds ago. Within moments, his shallow, bloody gasps turned into deep, incredibly powerful breaths. He pushed himself off the ground. This time, his wrists didn't buckle. He stood perfectly upright in the middle of the pouring storm, feeling a surge of raw physical vitality he had never possessed in his entire life.
"What... what is this?" Calvin murmured, staring down at his palms. They were completely clear of bruises. His skin looked vibrant, and his muscles pulsed with a rhythmic, foreign energy.
[Ding! The Divine Medical System is a repository of ancient medical lore and energy cultivation accumulated by the ancestors of the Hudson family over thousands of years. As the Host has unlocked the seal, you are granted a Starter Package:]
[1. "God’s Gaze" — The ultimate diagnostic and sensory ability. Allows the Host to see through physical objects, track energy flows, and scan any disease or poison within seconds.]
[2. "Nine Yin-Yang Needle Technique" — Instant, master-level comprehension of a legendary acupuncture technique capable of defying fate and reclaiming life from the jaws of death.]
[3. A foundation-tier circulation of pure Qi inside your dantian.]
In an instant, an overwhelming wave of information flooded Calvin’s brain. Millions of ancient medical recondite formulas, the exact layout of human meridian pathways, and the incredibly complex methods of manipulating acupuncture needles etched themselves into his memory as if he had been practicing them for a century.
Calvin closed his eyes briefly to stabilize his head, which throbbed from the sudden influx of knowledge. When he reopened them, his perception of the world had transformed entirely. He could see individual raindrops falling slightly slower. When he looked at the brick wall ahead, his vision pierced through the surface, mapping out the internal stress fractures in the concrete.
God's Gaze... it's real!
Suddenly, a terrifying realization struck his mind like a lightning bolt.
Elara!
Calvin frantically pulled out his phone, its screen shattered into a spiderweb pattern. The digital clock in the corner read 11:02 PM. He had less than an hour before the administration at Bacca Central Hospital pulled the plug on his little sister.
"Julian Sterling... Tiffany Vance..." Calvin whispered the names, his voice dropping to a temperature so sub-zero that the ambient rainwater around him almost seemed to freeze. "You want my sister dead just to satisfy your petty arrogance? I swear, from this moment on, your lives will become a living hell."
Without wasting another second, Calvin pivoted and bolted toward the main road. His current running speed was entirely superhuman. Thanks to the pure Qi circulating through his legs, each stride propelled him forward by several meters, leaving high plumes of muddy water in his wake. He moved like a spectral shadow beneath the dim streetlights of Bacca.
Meanwhile, inside the VIP Intensive Care Unit on the 7th floor of Bacca Central Hospital.
The atmosphere inside the sterile, chemical-scented room was suffocatingly tense. On a luxury medical bed surrounded by advanced monitoring equipment lay a seventeen-year-old girl. Elara Hudson looked incredibly frail, as if a sharp gust of wind could shatter her into dust. Faint, dark purplish-black veins branched out subtly beneath the skin of her neck—the unmistakable mark of the post-war genetic toxin eating away at her internal organs.
Outside the glass partition of the room, two middle-aged men in white coats stood conversing with cold, indifferent expressions. One was Dr. Harrison, the head physician of the VIP ward. Beside him stood a stern-faced representative from Sterling Pharmaceuticals.
"Dr. Harrison, have all the funding termination documents been fully processed?" the Sterling representative asked, checking his expensive watch.
"Everything is taken care of, sir," Dr. Harrison replied, showing absolutely no remorse. "Per Young Master Julian's explicit instructions, at exactly midnight, we will cut off the oxygen flow and halt the administration of the vital nutrient fluids to patient Elara Hudson." To a man like Harrison, in a ruthless city like Bacca, the lives of the poor who couldn't pay were nothing more than meaningless statistics.
"Excellent. Young Master Julian does not want any complications or lingering loose ends from the Hudson family disrupting his comfort now that the marriage contract is dissolved. Ensure her passing looks entirely like natural organ failure caused by her condition," the representative continued with a sinister smile.
"You don't need to worry about that. Without the specialized suppressant drugs manufactured by Sterling Pharmaceuticals, the genetic toxin in her system is guaranteed to compromise her cardiac function within minutes once the machines are offline. Even a deity of medicine wouldn't be able to deduce that we accelerated the timeline," Dr. Harrison stated with absolute confidence.
Through the glass window, they both stared at Elara’s helpless form, counting down the final minutes of a tragic girl's life, completely unaware that a devastating storm was tearing toward the hospital at breaking speeds.
Latest Chapter
Ch. 51
The elderly auctioneer’s hands were shaking so violently he could barely hold his wooden gavel. "The... the Grandmaster from the Heavenly Phoenix Clinic has bid eighty million dollars! Eighty million in liquid capital and strategic maritime logistics assets! Do I hear a counter? Going once—""Eighty-five million!!"Julian Sterling’s voice didn't just ring through the amphitheater; it shattered into a cracked, bleeding screech. He lunged over the stone railing of the VIP box, his torso practically hanging over the edge as he slammed both palms onto the cold masonry. His hair was wild, his eyes bloodshot, and a thin thread of dark fluid leaked from the corner of his swollen lip where his internal chest meridian had spatted."Julian, no!" Tiffany Vance screamed, her voice cracking in pure, visceral terror as she grabbed the back of his dark military coat. She dragged him back by a fraction, her face completely translucent beneath her black lace veil. "Eighty-five million?! That is everyt
Ch. 50
"A... a triple-veined Soul-Cleansing Pill... This is an artifact of the legendary echelons. It doesn't just renew the flesh; it purges ancestral defects from the meridian core..."Up in the high, crimson-curtained VIP box, Julian Sterling’s face had turned from a mottled purple to a sickly, translucent white. He leaned so far over the stone balcony that his chest pressed painfully against the iron railing. "No... No! That’s impossible! He’s a street dog! Where would he find the formula for a divine-grade pill?! Auctioneer! The Imperial Trade Exemption Seal is a macroeconomic asset! It grants your clan a fifty-year legal loophole! You cannot let a single piece of medicine override a territorial legacy!"Tiffany Vance stood frozen beside him, her fingers numbly catching the edge of her torn crimson gown. She wasn't listening to Julian's frantic screaming. Her eyes were locked onto the gold phoenix mask below.Calvin didn't look up at the balcony. Instead, beneath the sharp, elegant line
Ch. 49
The freezing mist rolling off the translucent petals of the authentic 1000-Year-Old Snow Lotus cascaded over the stage edge like a silent, ghostly waterfall, blanketing the front rows in a crisp, mountain-air frost. BANG! The auctioneer slammed his heavy wooden gavel against the bronze gong, the metallic echo vibrating through the obsidian columns. "The final lot is open! The untamed core of the southern ridges, a flora that can cleanse the marrow and renew the breath of a dying master. The Hermit Clan declares the baseline value: Five million dollars in raw material equivalent, or its matching spiritual worth! Let the market speak!" "Five million five hundred thousand!" a masked martial merchant from the eastern sectors roared, throwing his wooden bidding paddle into the air. "Three high-grade spiritual stones and a century-old iron ginseng!" "Six million!" an elder from a southern mercenary syndicate countered from the dark rows, his voice raspy. "Six million in refined gold bul
Ch. 48
The air deep beneath the Bacca Old Quarter was entirely different from the ozone-scented upper levels of the city. Down here, in the sprawling subterranean amphitheater known as the Shadow Pavilion, the atmosphere was thick with the scent of burning ambergris, old parchment, and the heavy, electric hum of ancient Qi-disruption arrays.Massive columns of uncut black obsidian supported the vaulted cavern ceiling, where thousands of low-burning tallow candles cast long, flickering shadows across the crowded arena. This was the sovereign territory of the Hermit Clan.Step. Step.Through the heavy iron archway of the main entrance, Calvin Hudson walked into the arena. He didn’t wear his signature corporate blazer tonight; instead, he wore a deep midnight-blue silk robe that billowed softly around his ankles, matching the exquisite, gold-leaf Venetian mask that concealed the upper half of his face. The mask’s design was sharp, mimicking the predatory eyes of a rising phoenix. Through the ey
Ch. 47
Tiffany stood by the desk, her crimson silk gown feeling like a shroud. She stared at the gold-trimmed paper, her hand trembling as she reached for it. "Not so fast, girl," the old man rasped, his bony, age-spotted hand slamming flat over the document before her fingers could touch the edge. He let out a wet, rattling cough that shook his frail frame, his cloud-filmed eyes narrowing into two sharp slits of ancient malice. "Grandfather Sterling?" Tiffany’s voice cracked, her throat tight with a wave of intense nausea. "We... we agreed on the terms. You signed it." "I signed a piece of paper, Tiffany," Old Master Sterling whispered, his breath smelling heavily of stale medicine and decay as he leaned forward, gripping the edge of the desk. "But the Vance family hasn't earned it yet. Do you think ten million dollars from my private offshore reserve comes simply because you knelt by my knee and looked pretty?" "What more do you want from us?" Tiffany stepped back, her knuckles turning
Ch. 46
"You want me to do what?" Tiffany Vance’s voice rose to a shrill, hysterical pitch, echoing off the bare wooden walls. She stared at her parents, her eyes wide with a mixture of horror and disgust. "He is eighty-two years old, Mother! Julian’s grandfather is a ruthless, senile tyrant!" "Do you think we have the luxury of choice, Tiffany?!" her mother, Victoria Vance, screamed back, her perfectly manicured hands shaking as she slammed a stack of red-stamped foreclosure notices onto the empty desk. "Look at these! The Hudson Medical Trust has frozen our assets, our real estate, even our personal bank accounts! By tomorrow morning, the guards will throw us out onto the street like common beggars!" "Your mother is right, Tiffany," her father, Richard Vance, groaned, slumped in a corner chair with a glass of cheap whiskey. His face was pale and hollow. "The Sterling family still controls the secondary pharmaceutical reserves in the outer sectors. If Old Master Sterling signs a line of cr
You may also like

Cheated No More: The All-in-One System
WillyCatchFish72.8K views
My Rich Squandering System
NOVEMBRE23.3K views
Cultivation Sign-In System
ShadowKatake55.4K views
System Super Daily Login
Khusayni36.5K views
The Broke Billionaire's System: Spend to Survive
Putri Arsyila355 views
KINGDOM OF ASH AND SCREAM
Adeola 79 views
System: I Can See Investment Returns
rkarahan8361 views
The Shameless Urban System: Chaos and Laughter
Rain (angg_rainy)801 views