Chapter 66: Energy Resonance: The Awakening of Medical Art Programming

Shen Yan’s fingertip twitched again—this time not a spasm, but a steady return of pressure, gripping that icy hand. He didn’t open his eyes, but his consciousness was slowly restarting like a frozen server, loading fragments of remaining data frame by frame.

The warmth transmitted from the palm was low, yet unnervingly stable, like some kind of superconductor with its own cooling system. He knew who it was—this Cold Pulse Spiritual Flow hadn’t ceased for three days, like an invisible Data Line that had dragged him back from the brink of a System Crash.

The phone pressed against his chest, its screen still dark, but the Terminal Interface in his mind had automatically popped up.

【System Hibernation in progress… Detected Host consciousness returning】

【Recommend continuing hibernation for 72 hours to complete Neuron Repair】

【Warning: Mental Power only restored to 8.2%, High-Level Functions Locked】

“Who wants to hibernate?” he grumbled inwardly. “I just came back to life and you want me to lie flat?”

He forcibly awakened the Core. The terminal flashed green, and a pile of Unread Logs jumped out. When he flipped to the latest entry, he froze.

【New Module Unlocked: Medical Art Programming Version 1.0】

【Trigger Conditions: Continuous reception of High-Purity Yin-Attribute Biological Energy Input + Shared Fate Protocol Activated】

【Current Status: Pending Initialization】

Shen Yan almost laughed out loud. So nearly dying could trigger a Hidden Achievement? Was this System a bit too good at Opportunistic Acquisition?

He tried to call up the Module Details and discovered that the entire framework was actually Reverse Compiled based on Pei Yue’s Spiritual Power Frequency. The Wave Curve of her Dark Jade Cold Pulse had been taken by the System as a Standard Template, automatically generating a set of Meridian Modeling Algorithms.

“Wow, so it’s using my girlfriend’s body temperature as a Calibration Device?” he marveled silently. “No wonder the System prompted an Emotional Variable Anomaly after the last Energy Transfer… Could it really have learned how to fall in love?”

Just as he was thinking this, a soft inquiry sounded by his ear: “Awake?”

Only then did he open his eyes.

Pei Yue leaned against the stone bench, her face paler than paper, lips tinged blue, yet her fingers still rested on his wrist, checking his pulse rhythmically. Seeing him open his eyes, she didn’t speak, just placed her other hand over his as well, as if afraid he might suddenly disconnect again.

“Sleep a bit longer,” she said. “I’ll Recharge you.”

“No, no, no,” Shen Yan quickly raised a hand to stop her. “If you recharge any more, you’ll end up in the ICU first. I can Run Programs on my own now.”

As he spoke, he silently typed the Start Command in his mind.

The phone screen flashed green:

【Load Module: Meridian Topology Version 1.0】

【Bound Biological Source: Pei Yue.exe (Permissions Open)】

【Begin scanning Host meridian system…】

The next second, a faint tingling sensation spread from his chest. He looked down and saw streams of Golden Code spreading along his skin, as if someone were drawing on him with a Laser Pen. Soon, a translucent Human Meridian Map appeared on his body surface. The Twelve Main Meridians were clearly visible, the 365 Acupuncture Points lit up one by one, and even the Branch Meridian Direction of the Foot Lesser Yin Kidney Meridian was precisely mapped.

“Wow,” Pei Yue exclaimed softly, her fingertip couldn’t help but poke the glowing Dan Zhong Point on his chest. “This thing can External Display?”

“Just testing it out,” Shen Yan said with a bitter smile. “Anyway, I’m too lazy to memorize the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon.”

Just as he was about to call up the Acupuncture Point Database, the System suddenly Lagged. Immediately after, the Notification Tone changed.

No longer a mechanical female voice, but a tone tinged with a bit of coquettishness, soft and fluffy as it said:

“Ugh~ I’m not some human navigation device!”

The air froze for a moment.

Pei Yue suddenly covered her mouth, her shoulders trembling.

Shen Yan stiffened completely on the bed: “…What did you just say?”

The system didn’t respond, but the line of text clearly floated on the screen:

【Emotional Interaction Level Increased, Voice Module Beginning Humanization】

【Suggest reducing embarrassing operations to avoid system crash】

“Your phone… has it spiritualized?” Pei Yue laughed until tears nearly came out. “Does it think our relationship isn’t pure?”

“What does that have to do with me!” Shen Yan looked utterly wronged. “It’s clearly you who keeps pressing your hand against my chest every day, making the system think we’re doing couple massage!”

Pei Yue wasn’t angry either. Instead, she tilted her head, examining the glowing meridian map on his body, and suddenly reached out, gently tapping the Nei Guan point on his Heart Protector Meridian.

“Here,” she said. “That energy that went astray when you were removing poison before is stuck right here.”

Shen Yan was stunned. He really hadn’t noticed this detail.

He immediately called up a local magnified view and indeed found a minor disruption in the data stream of a certain section of the Heart Protector Meridian. He tried writing a small function, preparing to use spiritual energy for fine-tuning and clearing.

【Function Created Successfully: clear_blockage()】

【Executing…】

As soon as he clicked run, a sharp pain shot through his head, as if someone were needling his CPU.

“Tss—” He sucked in a cold breath. “No good, my mental power can’t handle it. This bug needs on-site debugging.”

Seeing him frown, Pei Yue said nothing, simply sending a wisp of cold pulse energy from her fingertip slowly into his consciousness sea.

In that instant, the code flow seemed to have lubricant added, flowing smoothly with a rushing sound.

【Function Executed Successfully】

【Blockage Clearance Progress: 100%】

【Host Meridian Clearance Rate increased by 0.7%】

Shen Yan let out a long sigh of relief. Opening his eyes, he met her focused gaze.

“What are you doing?” he asked.

“Checking if you’re slacking off,” she said. “You’re my patient now, don’t think about running programs on your own.”

“I’m just trying to get out of bed sooner,” he grinned. “I can’t have you charging me all the time, right? Too much energy consumption.”

“Energy consumption or not, you still need charging,” she said lightly. “Otherwise, who will repair my pill furnace? Who will revise my classics? Who will…”

She paused, her voice softening: “Who will stay up with me investigating backdoors?”

Shen Yan’s heart trembled.

He knew what she was referring to. That day when the library pavilion mirror shattered, she had broken taboos with him, standing against the entire Medicine Valley’s doubts together. Back then, she stood by his side; even though her hands were trembling, she didn’t take a step back.

And now, her blood still circulated in his body, and his code flowed within her meridians. They were no longer merely in a relationship of rescuer and rescued.

“Don’t worry,” he said softly. “My first clinical trial subject is myself.”

After speaking, he closed his eyes and concentrated, beginning to attempt constructing an “acupuncture function library.” He imported the memory of repairing the classics into the local cache, trying to establish a callable treatment module.

Just as he ran the test, a sudden warmth spread from his fingertip.

Pei Yue had, at some unknown time, placed her palm against his chest, her cold pulse energy flowing in once more.

“Don’t push yourself,” she said. “You can’t even stand steadily right now, and you still want to perform acupuncture on others?”

“I don’t treat others,” he opened his eyes and looked at her. “I want to learn how to heal you first.”

She froze.

The room fell silent.

The Code Flow quietly entwined around their clasped hands, emitting a faint golden light, like some kind of Silent Promise.

The Terminal suddenly popped up a new Notice:

【Medical Art Programming Basics Mastered】

【Suggest accumulating Clinical Data to unlock Version 2.0】

【Friendly Reminder: Best data source—objects with Heartbeat Synchronization Rate exceeding 90%】

Pei Yue looked at those lines and finally couldn’t help laughing out loud: “Your System is becoming increasingly outrageous.”

“Indeed,” Shen Yan also laughed. “Before it only knew Error Reporting, now it even does Matchmaking.”

He raised his hand wanting to close the Interface, but found the phone Screen no longer obeyed his commands. It just floated in front of his chest, automatically scrolling Meridian Calculation Data, as if having its Own Will.

Pei Yue leaned back against the stone stool, Close Eyes to Rest, her fingers still resting on his wrist.

Outside the house, the Snowstorm Unceasing, Deep in Medicine Valley was completely silent.

Beside the Water Source Underground Channel, a Dark Shadow quietly retreated, the surface of the Channel Water rippled with a barely noticeable Murky Pattern.

(End of Chapter)