Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 373 - 368: I Now Completely Believe You Are the Commander!

Chapter 373: Chapter 368: I Now Completely Believe You Are the Commander!

The operating room at the first base rivals an A-class laboratory.

In Nanling, warriors often get injured by mutant beasts or come into contact with pollution sources inside the Pollution Zone.

Therefore, the medical facilities here are relatively comprehensive, and many herbs are available.

Ye Xingyan was quite satisfied. Looking at the freshly produced brain CT of Pan Qing, he pointed to a shadow on it and said to Ji Ning, "This surgery is not easy to perform."

Ji Ning had used her spiritual power to sense Pan Qing’s brain structure. The biological chip had already connected with Pan Qing’s brain nerves, and it could not be easily moved.

If it were moved, Pan Qing was very likely to become an idiot or a vegetable.

The two had previously designed several plans for Pan Qing’s situation, each requiring the assistance of Ji Ning, a high-level healing ability user.

But even so, the risk of the surgery remained very high.

"Actually, there’s another way." Ye Xingyan wore a playful look as he turned the chair under him and looked at Ji Ning.

"What is it?"

"Replace it with a new biological chip."

"No way!" Ji Ning refused without even thinking.

Ye Xingyan wasn’t in a hurry and reminded, "You should know that as long as we remove the chip from her brain, it will definitely damage her brain structure. What will you use to replace the empty brain tissue? Moreover, these chips are connected to the smart brain network. Removing them will alert the smart brain, and do you think the chip will not self-destruct?"

But Ji Ning still refused.

"Let’s proceed with the surgery directly. I’ll figure out the empty space."

"Are you sure?" Ye Xingyan was quite surprised. After looking at Ji Ning for a moment, he revealed a playful smile, "I also want to see how miraculous high-level healing abilities can be."

***

Late night—

A red light lit up in a neurosurgery-dedicated operating room.

The glaring light on the operating table made the tightly closed-eyed Pan Qing look pale.

Ye Xingyan, holding a scalpel, glanced at Ji Ning across the table, took a deep breath, and focused on Pan Qing, whose hair had been shaved in one area.

His hand was steady, the scalpel in his hand felt like a warrior’s weapon.

Precise incisions, each cut was on the planned surgical path.

"Stop bleeding... drill... tweezers... hemostatic clamp..."

Each command received a quick response.

This gave Ye Xingyan more confidence in the surgery.

No wonder he was the legendary S-class military doctor.

"I see the chip, but it’s surrounded by a neural network. Forcibly removing it carries the risk of massive bleeding," Ye Xingyan reminded again.

Ji Ning acknowledged with a hum, as a warm white light suddenly emitted from her fingertips, directly covering the surgical instruments in Ye Xingyan’s hand.

A vibrant energy invigorated everyone.

This was the first time Ye Xingyan had seen such a dense healing ability.

"Quick, retrieve it!"

Ye Xingyan focused his mind, quickly using the small knife to cut open the brain tissue wrapping the chip, swiftly slicing and pinching out the chip inside.

He was ready for the chip’s self-destruction and massive bleeding from Pan Qing’s brain.

But then...

What did he see?

A layer of transparent light film covered the bloodied chip, it didn’t smoke, didn’t self-destruct, silently lying there like an ordinary metal piece.

And the brain tissue cut open on Pan Qing rapidly healed under the white light, with brain nerves and blood vessels reconnecting as if they had a life of their own, filling the previous gaps in the brain tissue, as if there had never been a chip there.

Ye Xingyan’s pupils gradually dilated, from shock to fear.

Was this still human capability?

...

Opposite, Ji Ning was focused and cautious.

Sweat covered her forehead.

Combining strong spiritual power with healing abilities, she meticulously repaired each nerve, blood vessel, brain cell, and brain tissue of Pan Qing.

It was like piecing back together a shattered jigsaw puzzle in the correct order, a task requiring immense spiritual power.

Thankfully, the energy from her earrings was rapidly channeling her inner superpower, allowing her to use it with such precision.

And the extent of this superpower usage was no less intense than battling a sixteenth-rank superpower user.

Time ticked by second by second...

Ye Xingyan kept his eyes glued to the dome mirror, only feeling the soreness in his eyes when he saw the last layer of brain cortex on Pan Qing’s brain healing clearly.

He looked up at the electronic clock on the wall; since the surgery began, they had been in the operating room for fifteen hours.

No wonder his body felt waves of fatigue.

"Ji Ning, I now fully believe you are the Commander!" Ye Xingyan’s voice was hoarse, but his eyes were exceptionally bright.

Right now, he urgently needed a fierce cathartic release to dispel the indescribable, complex emotions in his heart.

"Please come with me to Beizhou!" Ye Xingyan said.

Ji Ning withdrew her superpower from her fingertips, wiped the sweat off her forehead, looked him in the eye, and calmly said, "So your stronghold is in Beizhou..."

"Yes, as long as you come back with me, I can give you all of Beizhou, and the Ji Family Army’s right-wing forces will follow your commands!"

Ye Xingyan no longer hid his identity, his eyes filled with fervor for Ji Ning.

It seemed as though the woman in front of him had transcended human limits and ascended directly to deity.

Ji Ning pursed her lips, leaned back, sat on the ground, took off her gloves, and pinched her fatigued brow.

"Are you so certain of my identity?"

"Certain, no other superpower user in this world possesses healing abilities as advanced as yours. These are my great-grandfather’s words. So now I’m very certain, you’re indeed the Commander. You’ve truly returned!"

Ye Xingyan swayed slightly, then suddenly knelt on the ground, eyes filled with reverence for Ji Ning.

Ji Ning only felt her headache intensify and changed the topic, "Did you develop the hallucinogen that Anhe used?"

"Yes, the initial version of S20, which can stimulate human potential and increase the superpower awakening rate by about 1%."

Ji Ning thought of You Le’s condition at the time, her expression turned slightly cold, "The side effects are severe..."

Ye Xingyan did not deny it, his gaze fixed intensely on Ji Ning, "But if you could help me, this Superpower Awakening Agent could be upgraded further, it could absolutely achieve stability, benefiting humanity."

"Stop it."

"What?"

Looking into Ji Ning’s clear and cold gaze, Ye Xingyan’s fervor felt like a bucket of cold water had doused it, gradually bringing him back to rationality.

"I think you understand what I mean."

"Why?" A trace of emotion flickered in Ye Xingyan’s eyes.

Ji Ning’s gaze was calm, as if looking through him at someone else, "Humans are ultimately not gods. We need to follow the laws of nature."

"But didn’t you consider that humans need to evolve to break free of this realm?" Ye Xingyan’s eyes were filled with suppressed insanity, seemingly disagreeing with Ji Ning’s viewpoint yet yearning for her approval.

He then added, "Come with me to Beizhou, perhaps then you’ll understand our perspective."

Ji Ning sighed a little in exasperation, "Aren’t you afraid I’ll destroy all your hard work?"

Ye Xingyan’s face turned serious, "If after seeing it, you still don’t agree, then let it be destroyed!"

Ji Ning was momentarily stunned, seeming to see in Ye Xingyan that once obstinate figure.

"Sister Ning, if this experiment succeeds, we’ll have a way to deal with mutant zombies."

"Sister Ning, every plan needs someone to try, to sacrifice, otherwise we can never defeat them..."

"Sister Ning, for our ideals, I am willing to be the first to sacrifice!"