Super Doctor - Chapter 172

Bathed in the warm golden morning sun, Xu Ze’s smooth skin glowed with a faint radiance. His handsome face, with its long, elegantly arched eyebrows, remained serene, eyes gently closed, exuding a natural calm.

Within his Ren and Du meridians, the energy mass circulated slowly and steadily, continuing its ascent along the spinal column…

The immense accumulation from the entire previous night had not been in vain. The highly refined energy mass surged upward like a splitting bamboo, reaching the Dazhui point in just over twenty minutes. As it passed through Dazhui, a light sweat finally began to form on Xu Ze’s forehead, yet his expression remained utterly composed. He now understood one thing clearly: haste makes waste. With his substantial energy reserves and his spiritual energy, primed from the previous day’s efforts, ready to burst forth, he faced no real obstacle.

Based on past experience, the stretch from Dazhui to Baihui was the most challenging. Once he cleared this hurdle, success would be officially his.

So, Xu Ze wasn’t anxious. He gently guided the energy mass forward. After all, both his energy reserves and spiritual energy were ample. A steady, measured approach should see him through. His previous failure had been due to insufficient energy accumulation and rushing the process.

The energy mass climbed millimeter by millimeter. Beads of sweat on Xu Ze’s forehead grew denser. As time ticked by, the energy mass gradually approached its apex. Xu Ze lightly furrowed his brows, channeling his spiritual energy to push the energy mass upward with all his might. Success was within reach.

Finally, at his Baihui point, there was a soft pop. The energy mass instantly broke through the barrier and then slid joyfully downward toward the dantian (energy sea)…

With that soft pop at Baihui, the energy particles surrounding Xu Ze suddenly found a vent and swarmed toward his Baihui point. A massive influx of energy particles instantly poured into his Ren and Du meridians, filling them completely…

Due to this massive influx, the energy mass began to expand wildly, further enlarging the dantian as it swirled within…

Gradually, the dantian expanded to its limit and could grow no more. Yet, the energy mass continued to swell rapidly until it filled the entire dantian.

But the energy particles kept pouring in relentlessly. Compressed by these particles, the energy mass suddenly burst apart. Waves of powerful bio-energy rushed toward Xu Ze’s limbs and throughout his body.

Whew… The impact of this vast bio-energy felt like an injection of pethidine—his whole body felt light and buoyant. Xu Ze couldn’t help but let out a long, comfortable sigh.

This tremendous bio-energy continued to seep into the cells of his muscles, bones, and skin, settling in and slowly strengthening them.

As this strengthening process unfolded, Xu Ze felt a tingling numbness all over his body. Standing on the balcony, he took a few light breaths to suppress the deeply penetrating sensation.

Fortunately, the tingling numbness gradually subsided. Xu Ze felt refreshed and invigorated, as if brimming with boundless energy.

Suddenly, the voice he had long awaited rang in his mind: “Host has successfully established a Level 2 energy cycle. Physique: Grade E. Knowledge Level: 1. Meets upgrade requirements. System upgrade commencing…”

Beep… “System upgrade complete. Time elapsed: 60 seconds. Energy consumed: 65%. Level 2 permissions activated…”

Finally, upgraded… Both Xu Ze, outside, and Xiao Dao, in the virtual space, broke into wide smiles.

Xiao Dao, looking at the Galaxy Microcore running even faster now, was thrilled, muttering to himself, “Excellent… Look at this processing speed! The virtual space simulation function is further enhanced. Now we can officially begin comprehensive virtual training for Xu Ze…”

Xu Ze, meanwhile, was extremely satisfied with his current state. He could feel his strength had increased by at least ten percent. His sensory perception and sensitivity had also greatly improved. When Xu Ze focused his hearing, he could even hear the sounds of people downstairs waking up…

Chuckling happily, Xu Ze walked back into his room, entered the bathroom, washed off the sweat, and then lay down on his bed to enter the virtual space and see if Xiao Dao had any changes.

Inside the virtual space, Xiao Dao didn’t look noticeably different, but the smile on his face made it clear he had gained significant benefits too.

Seeing Xiao Dao’s joyful expression, Xu Ze didn’t beat around the bush. “Xiao Dao… show me my Level 2 permissions…”

Hearing the request, Xiao Dao laughed. “You’ve pretty much figured out your Level 2 permissions yourself already. There’s not much new to see, really…”

“Even if I have, let me take a look… I worked hard to level up, I deserve a consolation prize or something!” Xu Ze said with a grin.

“Alright, alright… here you go…” Xiao Dao waved his hand, and a light screen appeared before Xu Ze.

Xu Ze took a look and couldn’t help but pout. It displayed: “B-mode ultrasound, renal function, liver function, electrolyte analysis, blood glucose, blood lipids…”

Indeed, they were all very common routine tests and lab work. However, two other system functions caught his fancy: the ring and glasses now had a 4D projection and a physical object simulation function. Additionally, the ring and glasses had gained a shape-shifting ability.

Xu Ze roughly understood what 4D projection was, but he was extremely curious about the physical object simulation function. He couldn’t help but ask Xiao Dao, “What’s this physical object simulation function?”

“It means you can conjure up any object you want, but it’s just an illusion. The virtual projection is similar to a thought projection…” Xiao Dao explained with a chuckle.

“Oh?” Xu Ze was now intrigued and wanted to try it out immediately.

He concentrated, and sure enough, an object appeared in his right hand—it looked exactly like a real pistol, except his right hand didn’t actually feel anything holding it.

“Ha… looks just like the real thing!” With a wave of his hand, another Xu Ze suddenly appeared in the direction he pointed. Looking at the identical copy of himself, Xu Ze couldn’t help but laugh. “This 4D projection is really fun!”

With another wave, he retracted the illusion and then tested the shape-shifting function. With a flick of his wrist, the tiny ring on his finger instantly transformed into a long, slender dagger.

This time, however, the dagger was a physical object, though extremely light. Xu Ze tried bending it—its hardness was quite good, comparable to a real steel knife.

It seemed this was just a change in form; its overall mass remained the same, but the strength was remarkably good.

Next, Xu Ze took off his glasses and placed them on his wrist. Following his intention, they instantly melted and reformed into a stylish, luxurious watch, its second hand ticking away steadily.

Looking at these functions, Xu Ze couldn’t help but ask Xiao Dao happily, “Xiao Dao, these effects in the virtual space… will they work the same outside?”

“Of course. You have to understand, everything in the virtual space simulates reality. These functions will naturally be usable in the external world…”

Reassured by Xiao Dao’s words, Xu Ze smiled with relief. Then, he asked with a grin, “I’ve upgraded to a Level 2 medic, and the system has upgraded too… any new features? I’m getting tired of practicing the violin every day…”

“Of course… so let’s practice dancing instead. You seem to be going to some birthday party? I don’t know if there will be dancing at this so-called banquet, but you’d better learn a bit… mustn’t lose face…”

“Huh?” Xu Ze was stunned. The new function includes this?

But it was true he didn’t know how to dance. What if it was like those foreign parties with actual dances? That would be disastrous!

So, he didn’t refuse. Might as well learn… mustn’t lose face…

Fortunately, it wasn’t Xiao Dao teaching him to dance—that would have been awkward. Instead, it was a blonde beauty who guided Xu Ze step by step through the most basic slow waltz and foxtrot, following the music. Poor Xu Ze had zero experience… he stepped on the virtual coach’s feet countless times…

Thankfully, the coach was a virtual character and couldn’t be injured, otherwise, Xu Ze would have given up in embarrassment long ago.

Xiao Dao, watching from the side, secretly chuckled. He naturally knew that most so-called birthday banquets domestically didn’t usually involve dancing. People mostly gathered to eat, talk, and discuss business…

As for Sun Lingfei’s family, it was probably more about networking and building relationships… Dancing was generally rare…

However, learning it wouldn’t do Xu Ze any harm. Xiao Dao’s thought process had completely changed now. In his era, his main purpose was to assist in combat. But in this modern age, wars were very few, and it was highly unlikely Xu Ze would ever see a battlefield.

So, Xiao Dao’s current principle was to help Xu Ze live a better, more fulfilling life in this society. These necessary social etiquette skills and the like were things Xiao Dao absolutely wanted to cram into Xu Ze’s brain.

Just in case this banquet did have some social dancing, they couldn’t let Xu Ze lose face, could they?

Thus, under Xiao Dao’s subtle pressure, the diligent Xu Ze practiced extremely seriously. Anyway, time in the virtual space was long. Even if he couldn’t master it perfectly, he should be able to manage well enough to get by…

And so, Xu Ze practiced hard for dozens of hours, only emerging from the virtual space in the evening, his head full of dance steps and music, almost walking in a catwalk… But overall, his progress was quite good…

Waking up the next morning, Xu Ze checked the time. Tomorrow is the day of departure. Tang Zhi should be sending the necessary items over soon.

Sure enough, just after breakfast, he received a call from Tang Zhi saying the required things had been delivered. Xu Ze hurried to open the door…