The Geared Immortal

Chapter 1254

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The woman opened her eyes and found herself inside a white room with the odor of disinfectant stinging her nose. After regaining her composure, her face suddenly showed a hint of panic as she shifted her gaze to her surroundings.

Then when she saw the familiar face of a small figure lying on the other bed on her side, she heaves a heavy sigh of relief.

She really thought that it was the end and that she and her son would finally meet her husband in the afterlife. At the same time, she also feels a bit agitated as she wanted her son to still grow up and also lived his own life.

But now that she could see her son, she feels a bit relieved.

Seeing the woman waking up, a doctor was called and then approached her along with a nurse on tow.

"How are you feeling?" the doctor asked.

"I'm… I'm feeling fine… I don't have any problem with my body…" she said but then stopped as she realized something is wrong.

"Umm… How… How long was I asleep?" she asked subconsciously.

"Oh, you've been asleep for about four hours…" the doctor replied with a smile.

She did not say anything and just looks at the doctor in contemplation.

"I might have been rescued by an awakened…" she thought.

She heard that there are those that are awakened with the power to heal others' wounds. But she also heard that those people are rare. With her being healed just like that, she could not say anything but thank that person deep in her heart.

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2 hours before the woman woke up… Xin Ja opened his eyes and found himself once again in the emergency ward.

He has been there since those demon imps began to cause trouble in the city. Then he saw a mother and a child being hit by a rushing car.

Before a demon imp could even hurt that mother, he has already decapitated it with his black short sword. He then checked the condition of the woman and the child.

The woman suffered a lot from that hit, but the child only passed out and has some minor concussion on his body.

Without hesitating, he quickly takes out some needles and began applying them to the woman's body. This stopped the internal bleeding. He then uses his Ki to fix her broken ribs, and then her internal bleeding organs.

Xin Ja just stabilized the woman's condition and did not fully heal her because he could already see a couple of demon imps closing in on them.

Plus, the reason why Xin Ja wanted to attack the demons is when he killed the first demon imp. When he killed the demon imp, he felt an amount of Ki suddenly entering his body.

It was not a large amount, but it is enough for him to notice the strange sensation.

"Will killing these things make me stronger?" he thought.

But if he just thinks about it, he would not discover anything. That is why he decided to try and kill a few more and see if he would really grow without even consciously absorbing Ki. So he wanted to really try his conjecture out.

After stabilizing the woman's condition, he quickly takes out a few bone runes and spread them on the ground. This would keep those things from attacking the woman and her child.

Then he quickly dashed towards that group of demon imps.

But before he could clash with the group, he suddenly saw from afar a large group of awakened wearing cool-looking clothes and armors. Some look like people mysterious beings with long hooded cloaks, while others look like futuristic fighters with their black armors inlaid with colorful patterns that look like neon lights.

So he quickly grab a few exploding bombs and threw them at the demon imps.

The demon imps were startled and became disoriented, at the same time, the group of awakened spotted them.

Then the clash between the awakened and the demon imps began. Meanwhile, Xin Ja quickly finished healing the woman.

He wanted to escape after that, but he immediately noticed that there are some strong awakened amongst the group that had just arrived.

He has no other choice but to pretend to be one of the lucky victims.

And so, he pretended to have collapsed and was taken to the hospital along with the woman and her child.

After he looks around, he has already realized that this is the same hospital that he was in a few hours ago. And now, he is once again back in it. He is feeling a bit dejected this time as he could not try his theory.

But then a glint of an idea came into his mind. He will have to do his work first on the other side once the portal opens, and then he would return to this place and try to figure things out.

The portals are already opening, and it seems that the demon is already starting their plan ahead of time. In fact, he thought that he still has a few more years until he turns 30 and that is the time of the invasion.

But, from what he could see, those bastards are already starting things early.

He began to think of ways how to become strong faster when his attention was interrupted.

"Hey, welcome back…" a familiar voice reached Xin Ja's ears.

He turns to the side and saw the same doctor that helped him.

"Doctor… Young…" Xin Ja greeted with an awkward smile.

"It seems that one unlucky thing after another is happening to your life today, young man…" Doctor Young patted Xin Ja's shoulder.

"But you are still in luck as you did not suffer anything…" Doctor Young added.

"Thank you for helping me again Doctor Young…" Xin Ja cupped his hands.

His action made Doctor Young show an awkward expression. The kid's reaction is a bit weird… he is like those from the stories in the books that Doctor Young has read... especially that way of cupping his hands.

"I will advise you to stay in the hospital for a while… This way you will be safe…" Doctor Young suggested.

Xin Ja did not know how to retort to that because, in truth, he also did not know where to go this time. So he decided to listen to the good doctor's advice.

Xin Ja stayed in the emergency ward and observe the situation in the ward.

Not long later, he feels that the patients coming inside the ward are becoming sparse. From the flow of the patients, it seems that the incident has already been controlled by the awakened outside.

"We are just lucky that there are no casualties on our part… I heard that in other hospitals some of them received patients that are declared DOA by the doctors." A nurse said to her companion standing beside her.

"Yeah, we are just lucky I guess…" her companion answered.

"Well, even though that is the case… I heard that there are a number of casualties this time…" someone from behind the two interjected.

"Ah, I heard of that too… The people bringing them in said that they could only see parts of the body on the ground…" a nurse cringed while saying such a thing.

"That is very horrible and scary…" another one chimed in.

The nurses in the ward became animated as they discussed the situation outside.

Although such a thing is not that common, it is not that unique either. The only reason why the people are showing fear in their eyes is that they are not sure where the void portal would open up next.

And this unknown made them feel really scared and unable to calm down.

"Alright, you ladies go back to your post now… We would not know when a patient would suddenly arrive…" a doctor criticized the young nurse.

The group immediately scuttle while giggling. They knew that the doctor did not really want to scold them for real, so they just run back to their stations.

Soon it was already an hour have passed. The only ones left in the emergency department are the nurses and some of the intern doctors.

All of a sudden, an ambulance arrives and carried a patient inside. The patient looks like an awakened, but the large gash on his stomach is really scary to look at.

"We have an emergency! The patient has lost a lot of blood! But the wound seems to be not closing… We have already applied first aid, but something is not right…" shouted one of the medical personnel pushing the ambulance stretcher where the patient is currently lying.

The interns quickly rush to help in the emergency room and quickly checked the condition. Then they were immediately stumped at the situation of the awakened on the ambulance stretcher.

This is because they could clearly see that the wound has been closed but the bleeding is still not stopping. If the guy is just an ordinary person then he would have already died.

But the guy is a bit resilient as he keeps on holding to his dear life.

Silence pervades the air as everyone looks at each other.

They just shook their heads as they did not know what to do next. They knew that only by operating can the patient be saved.

Some of them have already rushed out to call for a doctor.

At this time, Xin Ja is watching this scene in one corner with a slight pout.