Chapter 1364: Chapter 1273: Interstellar Life 44

"Someone come quickly! Come save him!"

Pei Shuangshuang had just finished treating a patient. Rubbing her aching head, she was about to go out for a drink of water and then continue treating when she saw a group of soldiers pushing in another man in uniform, running as they came.

These soldiers were the ones responsible for rescuing people from C524 Star and sending them onto the Cosmic Carrier for treatment. Because the poison gas had spread across C524 Star, everyone who went down to rescue people wore a Protective Suit. They shouldn’t have been poisoned.

Right now, Pei Shuangshuang was the only Genetic Repairer in the hall who was free. Since she was wearing a Genetic Repairer’s uniform, the soldiers pushed the man directly to her.

"Doctor, please save our captain, he’s been poisoned, his condition is very serious now." The soldier, whose face was covered in sweat and dust, looked anxiously at Pei Shuangshuang.

Although Genetic Repairers were already completely different from traditional doctors, the title "doctor," representing the duty to heal and save, was still retained as a general term for Genetic Repairers.

While checking his condition, Pei Shuangshuang frowned and asked, "What’s going on? Weren’t you all wearing Protective Suits when you went down to save people? How did you end up poisoned by the gas?"

"The captain was saving someone. Someone had an accident and got stuck in a crevice, and you couldn’t get down there wearing a Protective Suit. The captain took his suit off to go down and save them, and ended up getting poisoned himself."

Saving people—this was a soldier’s duty, risking their life without hesitation. Pei Shuangshuang said nothing more, closed her eyes, and focused on treating him. She was not going to let such a respectable soldier die here.

This soldier’s Spiritual Power Map was extremely vast and precise; it was clear that his spiritual power cultivation was not low.

For a patient like this, she had to be extra cautious. Pei Shuangshuang first carefully soothed his spiritual power, making sure the Spiritual Power Map did not attack her, then slowly opened his Genetic Map bit by bit.

The soldier was heavily poisoned; many of his gene chains were damaged. After a thorough examination, Pei Shuangshuang quickly wrote out a prescription, and the Nurse waiting at the side rushed off to get the medicine.

As Pei Shuangshuang began treatment, only one of the soldier’s comrades stayed behind; the rest wiped their sweat, hearts full of worry, and went back out to continue rescuing people.

Pei Shuangshuang spent a full four hours before finally pulling this deeply poisoned soldier back from the brink. Without even having time to accept his comrade’s thanks, she moved straight into the next emergency case.

One patient after another was brought back from death’s door by Pei Shuangshuang. Under such high-intensity operation, her spiritual power was being consumed at an alarming rate.

The Nurses ran around with bottles of Spiritual Power Nutrient Liquid in their arms, feeding a bottle to whichever Genetic Repairer started to look unwell.

Spiritual Power Nutrient Liquid could quickly soothe spiritual power exhaustion and speed up the recovery of spiritual power. Each bottle was very expensive, but at this moment the Federation was distributing them free of charge, to help the rescuing soldiers and Genetic Repairers restore their spiritual power.

Pei Shuangshuang’s spiritual power was severely overdrawn; her head was splitting with pain. Two Nurses surrounded her, one massaging the acupoints on her head to ease the pain, the other feeding her Spiritual Power Nutrient Liquid.

This was the first time Pei Shuangshuang had experienced the agony of spiritual power exhaustion. The spiritual power of this reincarnated body of hers was extremely high, and she had never needed to overdraft her spiritual power in previous spiritual power courses.

The spiritual power she possessed as the Main God was all being used to suppress the Heart Demon Seed and could not be used. Right now, Pei Shuangshuang’s spiritual power relied entirely on the strength of this body’s own spiritual power, and on the fact that she cultivated properly, which was why she could squander it like this.

After downing two bottles of Spiritual Power Nutrient Liquid in a row, Pei Shuangshuang stood up with the Nurses supporting her, and was practically carried by the orderlies over to rest.

The rest room was just an ordinary room that had been cleared out and expanded, with a row of beds inside. When Pei Shuangshuang entered, several Genetic Repairers were already resting there.

Although her headache had eased a bit thanks to the Spiritual Power Nutrient Liquid, the overdraft had been too severe, and it still hurt badly. Exhausted and in pain, Pei Shuangshuang picked an empty bed and collapsed onto it.

This sleep didn’t last long. In a half-dreaming, half-awake state, Pei Shuangshuang was shaken awake by an orderly. When she opened her eyes, she saw that several other resting Genetic Repairers in the room were also being woken up.

The orderly’s eyes were bloodshot, clearly also worn out. He was apologizing to Pei Shuangshuang in a hoarse voice. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"I’m really sorry to disturb you again. A whole group of children were just rescued from a school on C524 Star, and several of them are on the verge of death. They must be treated immediately.

But all the Genetic Repairers are already busy saving people and can’t spare a hand, so we have no choice but to trouble you who just lay down for a rest, and call you back up."

Pei Shuangshuang took a deep breath. She had already slept for about two hours and her spiritual power had recovered a lot; at least her head didn’t hurt as much anymore. She got up and followed the orderly out.

The hall outside was crowded with beds lined up in every direction, all filled with children. Children’s endurance was weaker than adults’, and right now the hall was full of their wails and cries.

Pei Shuangshuang pulled the nearest child toward her and began treatment right away. The Nurse beside her held pen and paper ready to jot down the prescriptions Pei Shuangshuang dictated, then went off to get the medicine.

By the time Pei Shuangshuang finally stopped again, the sky had brightened and darkened once more. She drank Spiritual Power Nutrient Liquid, leaned against the wall, and dozed off with her eyes closed.

That night, Pei Shuangshuang slept for barely three hours before dragging herself up to continue treating patients. Though countless Genetic Repairers came and went around her, no one had the energy to chat.

The great disaster on C524 Star went on for a full seven days. Only then were all the people brought aboard the Cosmic Carrier, and the poisoned treated as much as possible. Even so, quite a few still died tragically.

When the seven days finally ended, Pei Shuangshuang fell straight onto a bed and slept like the dead. Those seven days had really put her through the wringer.

Because of what happened on C524 Star, Pei Shuangshuang perfectly missed the two missions of the practical combat exercise.

Since that was already the case, after consulting with her mentors Gu Yue, Wei An, and Sun Jie, Pei Shuangshuang decided not to participate in the practical combat exercise anymore, but to go intern at the hospital where Gu Yue worked.

Because Pei Shuangshuang took part in the C524 Star operation, the later news reports even did a special feature on it. Now Pei Shuangshuang already had the title of youngest Genetic Repairer.

The hospital, considering that Pei Shuangshuang could already handle things on her own, directly skipped the internship stage and hired her as a full Genetic Repairer.

Pei Shuangshuang passed the Intermediate Gene Repairer exam on her first try. Three years later she became High-level, and another three years after that, she became the Federation’s youngest Special Level Genetic Repairer, and also the Federation’s most gifted Genetic Repairer.

By now, the immaturity had faded from Pei Shuangshuang’s face; her features were increasingly striking, her figure tall and slender. Dressed in a long Genetic Repairer’s coat, she was eye-catching just standing there.

Early this morning, Pei Shuangshuang was cornered by Lan Ling at the hospital. Over the years, her contact with Chi Ruiqiu had grown less and less frequent, while her relationship with Lan Ling and Chi Rui Ming had grown increasingly close.