Volume 1: Induction Section 3: Soul Tearing
"Here we are."
Lu Sen had already come to the front of the dilapidated factory, and said with a look at Zhang Su, who was lying on his back.
Zhang Su raised his head in response, looked at the dilapidated factory in front of him, this is indeed the soul hunting company he had just come to interview, and then raised his eyes to look at the big-character signboard hanging obliquely on the top of the factory, the broken and rusty big-character signboard is still crumblingly hanging on the shelf at the top of the tower, in order to prevent the signboard from falling, someone used iron wire to wrap it around it randomly, and the original bare frame was tied into a mess.
"Hu Xi?"
Lu Sen walked into the hall on the first floor, shouting a man's name inside, and a rough voice echoed through the hall.
After a while, the sound of the door opening came from the corridor near the hall, and a young man with a young face came out of the room closest to the hall at the end of the corridor.
"Brother Lusen, didn't you just leave, why did you come back again?" The young man greeted as he approached.
"Hu Xi, do you know this little brother on my back?" Lu Sen pointed to Zhang Su behind him and asked.
This young man named Hu Xi looks about the same age as Zhang Su, from the appearance of a delicate-looking young man, with short Korean hair, eyebrow bangs, and an unusually smooth face, as if he has been wearing makeup and powder, plus a simple tone but slightly fashionable in the matching, much like the coffee in the modern idol boy group, Zhang Su still has an impression of people, because Zhang Su was the guide of this young man when he came to the interview before, plus that exquisite appearance, Zhang Su recognized it at a glance.
"What is this?" Hu Xi first recalled it in his mind, and also felt that the Zhang Su on Lu Sen's back was a little familiar, and looked carefully up and down, left and right, and suddenly there was more suddenly brightness in his expression, "Oh, I remembered, isn't this the little brother who came to the interview just now, what's it called, I want to think about it, Zhang Su, right?" ”
Zhang Su was not particularly surprised to hear Hu Xi say his name, he had already reported his name when he came last time, and he also had his own personal information on the resume he handed in, so Zhang Su just nodded indifferently to indicate that he was sure.
"What's wrong with him?" Hu Xi asked Lu Sen.
"I've been attacked by a ghast on the way, take him to the infirmary." Lu Sen replied succinctly.
"I know, it just so happens that Lin Yan is there, so I'll take you over."
As soon as Hu Xi heard that Zhang Su had been attacked by a ghast, his expression, which was still giggling, suddenly became heavy, and he hurriedly walked to the front to lead the way, walking towards the depths of the corridor where he came out, and Lu Sen followed behind with Zhang Su on his back.
The corridor is very long, like a secluded path, through the glass that is still a mirror, Zhang Su can see the appearance of the adjacent abandoned factory, the factory, from top to bottom, is covered with green and verdant, and the abandoned city in the apocalyptic movie is not much different, visually, far more shocking than Zhang Su saw from the broken window outside the door, that is to say, this factory has been abandoned for I don't know how many years, in stark contrast to the factory is this office tower, pink and white smooth walls, green paint painted wall skirt, a few pipes walking overhead that I don't know what they do, although they are quite old, but they show that the tower has always been used.
The infirmary was in the deepest part of the corridor, and the three of them came to the door of the infirmary, and Hu Xi took the lead in following up, slamming the door with the infirmary sign a few times with his hand.
"Who?" A woman's voice came from inside the door, and it sounded crisp.
"I'm Hu Xi." Hu Xi replied.
"What's the matter?" The crisp voice continued to ask.
"Lin Yan, don't talk nonsense, hurry up and open the door." Hu Xi urged, and slammed the door twice.
"I'm not free, I'm busy, if you want to talk about life, find someone else!"
The woman named Lin Yan seemed to be very impatient and directly rejected Hu Xi's request.
Zhang Su heard the conversation between the two, and he could analyze it from the meaning, Hu Xi must have often harassed the woman in the infirmary, or that Hu Xi was pursuing this woman named Lin Yan.
Hu Xi wanted to continue talking, but Lu Sen interrupted Hu Xi and spoke first: "Sister Yan, I'm Lu Sen, that's right, I have an injured person here to please help you treat it." ”
"Brother Sen, wait for me, I'll come."
As soon as the woman heard Lu Sen who was speaking, her voice suddenly became a lot softer, and Zhang Su felt that Lu Sen should have a certain prestige in the Soul Hunting Company.
After a while, the door of the infirmary opened, and the door was opened by a girl who was about the same height as herself, at least more than 1.7 meters, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, neither cold nor charming, but giving people a hearty and free feeling, which is very temperamental in the popular words of the moment.
Although she works in the infirmary, the woman who opened the door did not wear the same white coat as the doctor or the same nurse's outfit as the nurse, from top to bottom was a set of body-shapes that are often worn during sports, outlining the woman's bumpy figure to the fullest, but the woman put on a fat and thick sports coat on her body before opening the door, which did not make Zhang Su, an old virgin who has been more than 20 years old, want to breed, and the woman who opened the door should be Lin Yan in the mouths of Hu Xi and Lu Sen.
"Come in quickly, who's hurt?"
Lin Yan let Lu Sen and the others into the room, and saw that Lu Sen was still carrying a person with blood on his knees behind him, Lin Yan quickly cleaned out a bed with sundries, found a clean pillow and spread it on it, and put the person Lu Sen was carrying behind him.
As soon as Zhang Su entered the infirmary, he simply glanced around, the so-called infirmary was more like a common laboratory in the university from the furnishings, the room was very large and spacious, more than twice the size of the conference room that Zhang Su entered during the interview earlier, there were several large windows full of one person high on the north side of the infirmary, and the light that came in illuminated the infirmary very brightly, which formed a sharp contrast with the gloom of the factory.
The door of the infirmary is facing east, and in the room, opposite the door is a row of cabinets made of iron and glass, and there are a large number of bottles and cans with various labels, most of which contain medicinal powder and reagents, and some empty bottles that seem to be nothing, are also placed with other bottles, of course, there are also a few common medical items such as gauze and thermometers in the corners of the cabinets.
The bed on which Zhang Su is now lying is close to the south wall of the infirmary, this bed is not the kind of medical bed in a big hospital, but more like an old-fashioned wooden bed used in a small clinic, with one or two layers of cushions that are not soft or hard, Zhang Su is lying on it, although he does not feel Simmons-like soft and comfortable, but it is not too stiff and uncomfortable.
In addition, there is an old-fashioned test bench in the infirmary, the beaker, test tube, and microscope on the table are all complete, and under careful inspection, Zhang Su found that the beaker and test tube on the table are not exactly the same as those in the ordinary laboratory, although they look smooth and transparent, but the beakers and test tubes in this infirmary are not like ordinary glass products, from the perspective of light transmission on the surface, they are more like glass and crystal products.
Just when Zhang Su was looking around, Lu Sen introduced Zhang Su to Lin Yan, and by the way, he carefully recounted the incident of Zhang Su's attack by ghasts like Hu Xi and Lin Yan, and the content of what he said was basically the same as what Zhang Su actually experienced.
When Lin Yan heard Lu Sen say about Zhang Su's interview and escape, she couldn't help laughing, and threw a look of pity at Zhang Su from time to time, and then heard that Zhang Su was attacked by a ghast in broad daylight, Lin Yan's face was a little more worried, and she, like Lu Sen and Hu Xi, didn't seem to understand why a ghast dared to attack humans in broad daylight.
After Lu Sen finished telling the general situation, Lin Yan walked to Zhang Su's side and carefully examined Zhang Su's legs with two eyes, just like Lu Sen looked at Zhang Su's injuries at the beginning.
Zhang Su was wearing a pair of gray-black denim trousers when he went out, and when he was pulled out of the well by Lu Sen's big hand, the pants were torn from the knee to a huge opening, almost tearing off Zhang Su's entire trouser leg, and only a few strong silk threads were connected, so that the trouser leg hanging down at the calf position was not completely broken, the wound on the knee was exposed, the blood marks were clearly visible, and the surface of the blood stains had begun to coagulate and scab.
Lin Yan's focus was not on the blood marks on Zhang Su's legs, her eyes wandered back and forth on the ten blue-black finger prints on Zhang Su's knees, her brows slowly furrowed, as if she saw the clues of Zhang Su's leg injury, and then raised her hand and rubbed it on the ten blue-black marks a few times, until she heard Zhang Su's painful screams, Lin Yan retracted her hand again.
When Lin Yan pressed the wound, Zhang Su felt not the pain of broken skin or broken bones, but a burst of pain that pierced the heart, when Lin Yan just pressed the wound, Zhang Su was still trying to endure it, gritted his teeth and did not shout, but when Lin Yan pressed many times, Zhang Su felt that the green tendons and blood vessels on his head were about to split, and the sweat droplets the size of beans began to flow down the corners of his eyebrows to the back of his head.
"Lu Senge's judgment is right, Zhang Su's leg soul was torn open by that ghast, causing the soul to be damaged, and now there is still the soul power of the ghast in the mouth, so that his soul cannot be healed." Lin Yan seemed to confirm Zhang Su's injuries and informed everyone in the house of the situation.
After listening to Lin Yan's diagnosis, Zhang Su understood why Lu Sen said that he would take himself back to this soul hunting company for treatment instead of going to the hospital, soul damage must not be treated with common sense, but the term soul damage, Zhang Su heard of it for the first time, and he was completely in a fog.
Seeing that Zhang Su didn't understand very well, Lin Yan once again explained to Zhang Su about the problem of soul damage.
The soul of the soul master is trained with a certain intensity, and it will not be easily damaged, even if there is damage, the soul master can also use his own soul power to force out the invading soul power, most of the injuries can be slowly healed within a certain period of time, only when the soul of a certain soul master is seriously damaged, it will be necessary for a medical soul master like Lin Yan to use medical soul skills and some drugs to repair and continue.
The soul of ordinary people has not been trained, and the strength is not enough to protect themselves, and usually the soul in the body container can be exempted from the invasion of the dead soul and evil ghosts, but once there is accidental damage, the soul of ordinary people cannot repair itself, even if they go to the hospital for routine examinations, they will not get an exact diagnosis certificate, which is why some people can't find out which part of the body has a problem in the hospital, but they have been paralyzed and bedridden.
Because the hospital always treats the human body, the body is damaged, and the doctor can diagnose and repair it, but if the person has soul damage, no matter how clever the doctor's medical skills are, he cannot heal the damaged soul from the body, just like Zhang Su's current situation, the skin injury is very shallow, and it is not the root cause of the unbearable pain in Zhang Su's legs, but when the hospital can't find the real reason, it will definitely give a proposal for amputation to lose the pawn and protect the car, in Lin Yan's words, It is to remove the pain permanently by removing it along with the part of the container that carries the soul of the leg, and the price paid is the reduction of Zhang Su's ability to act in the future.
Fortunately, Zhang Su was saved by Lu Sen who was passing by, and was taken directly to this place where he could heal his soul, so that he would not become disabled at a young age.
"How can I treat it?" Lu Sen asked.
"It's not difficult, I'll drain the soul power of that ghast from Zhang Su's leg first, and then use the soul weaving needle to sew it up for him." Lin Yan replied.
Zhang Su understood a little, and felt like he had been shot, and he had to take out the bullets that had entered his body first, and then sew them up with a needle.
"Zhang Su, the trauma on the leg is not a big deal, I'll ask Hu Xi to help you with some ordinary ointment later, it doesn't hurt the bones, but this soul trauma is not easy to treat, what I said is not easy is because you are not a soul master, the soul strength is not enough, and when you treat the soul, it will make your body have a strong sense of pain at the same time, I hope you can try to be patient." Lin Yan made the final instructions before the treatment.
Zhang Su knew that the result of not receiving treatment would definitely be to become disabled and disabled, since there was still a chance to keep his body intact, what was a little pain, Zhang Su nodded at Lin Yan and said that he could start.
After Zhang Su agreed, Lin Yan rolled up the sleeves of her coat, put her two hands on the knees of Zhang Su's legs, and covered the blue and black fingerprints on it with her palms.
Lin Yan's hands continued to be applied to the wound, doing the reverse circle action to rub, each time he rubbed, Zhang Su felt the pain raised a level, a few times, Zhang Su directly felt the pain to faint, but after that, the new pain woke Zhang Su from the state of suspended animation again, fainting and sober repeatedly, Zhang Su experienced for the first time what it means to die and live.
About a minute or so later, Zhang Su felt Lin Yan's hands taken away from his legs in a daze, and the pain in his legs was gradually subsiding, although the pain did not disappear completely, but Zhang Su felt that his legs had become much easier and more comfortable than before, presumably the first round of treatment had taken out the soul power of the ghast.
"Can you still hold on?" Seeing that Zhang Su's expression had recovered from the pain and distortion, Lin Yan asked with concern.
Zhang Su looked at Lin Yan, barely squeezed out a smile, and nodded.
"Next is the stitches, it's not easier than just now, you have to hold back." Lin Yan saw that Zhang Su did not pass out and continued.
Zhang Su directly closed his eyes, lay down on the operating table like a patient was injected with anesthetic, and completely entrusted his life and death to the doctor who performed the operation, with a hint of righteousness and awe-inspiring taste in his aura.
Seeing that Zhang Su closed his eyes and waited for the operation, Lin Yan began the stage of stitches.
Lin Yan first raised her hands to her chest that was bulging like balloons, her arms curled up, her palms forward, her mouth facing each other, and she held a breath in her chest, like a character in a fighting game with a strong amplification move, and then, Lin Yan's right thumb and index finger stretched out and gently pinched it in the center of her chest, as if she was pinching something.
Lin Yan put the nothingness pinched between her fingers in front of her eyes, stared at it carefully for a few times, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, she stabbed the wound on Zhang Su's leg with the pinched nothingness, and her two fingers also pressed against Zhang Su's knee.
At the moment when Lin Yan pressed her fingers against herself, her eyelids rolled over in pain, but she still endured it, biting her lower lip with her teeth, and rubbing the sheets under her tightly with both hands, like a pregnant woman in labor.
Lin Yan's fingers continued to maintain the previous movements, and after the thumb and index finger touched Zhang Su's leg, they gently slid along Zhang Su's blood stains, and the slender nails on the fingers left two lines of scratches on Zhang Su's legs, just framing the blue-black fingerprints, and the fingerprints finally extended from one end of Zhang Su's knee to the other.
Next, Lin Yan pinched the nothingness between her fingers again, stabbed her fingers on Zhang Su's other leg again, and repeated the action of threading the needle and thread on the other leg, after finishing, Lin Yan took the nothingness back between the two, and rubbed it gently, and the nothingness that Zhang Su couldn't see seemed to have disappeared.
The duration of Lin Yan's stitches was not long, Zhang Su closed his eyes, and it was already so painful that he felt like he was in another world, and he always held a breath in his mouth to prevent himself from fainting, and he barely persevered until the end.
"Sister Yan, you're getting more and more skilled at using soul knitting needles." Lu Sen looked at Lin Yan's technique from the side, as if he could see what the void thing she was holding in her hand was, and admired from the bottom of his heart.
"Brother Sen has won the award, Hu Xi, then you can do some emergency treatment for his trauma."
Lin Yan wiped the sweat that came out of her head, as if she had consumed a lot of physical strength, and sighed.