103: Chapter 103 I can help you stop the bleeding, but I can't bleed in your place.

[Maintenance Position Lin Jin right hand wound]

[Damage attribution: Pending confirmation]

[Damage transfer interface residue detected]

[Original target: Maintenance Position right hand]

[Transferrable target: Most recent Lockdown support provider]

[Default candidate: Lockdown Role Shen Tingxue]

[Transfer Maintenance Position right hand injury to Lockdown Role to ensure complete use of Maintenance Position tools? Yes/No]

In the Medical Area, all sound ceased for a moment.

The pale white light point in Shen Tingxue's palm looked like a needle embedded in ice.

It didn't hurt.

At least, no pain was visible on her face.

But Lin Jin's expression sank instantly.

"No."

He didn't hesitate at all.

White text flickered.

[Maintenance Position rejected]

[Reminder: Right hand injury will affect rule tool usage efficiency]

[Reminder: Lockdown Role's low-temperature circuit possesses the ability to bear fine-line damage]

[Reminder: Squad maintenance capability can be kept intact after transfer]

Chen Ye was sitting on The Hospital bed, his throat still raspy. Seeing these lines, he laughed in anger.

"It really makes it sound like it's for our own good."

Zhou Heng said coldly:

"It's always like this."

"First, it breaks people down into positions, then it distributes wounds based on position efficiency."

Shen Tingxue looked down at the white dot in her palm.

She didn't move to freeze it immediately.

Because this time, the bill asked a "yes or no" question.

As long as she acted in haste, even if it was to help Lin Jin, it could be written as accepting the transfer.

Lin Jin placed his right hand on the table.

At the edge of the wound on the back of his hand, the white line residue was extending outward bit by bit, attempting to connect with the white dot in Shen Tingxue's palm.

The Medical Instructor looked grim.

"It's simulating a treatment interface."

"If Student Shen uses ice-type lockdown on the wound, it might interpret the lockdown action as accepting the injury."

Shen Tingxue raised her eyes.

"Then we won't seal it for now."

Lin Jin glanced at her.

"Not sealing it won't work either."

"The damage transfer interface in the wound will keep looking for you."

Chen Ye grew anxious.

"Then what do we do?"

"Can't treat it, can't leave it untreated?"

Lin Jin stared at the wound.

The Hand of Rules popped up a prompt.

[Target: Maintenance Position right hand wound damage transfer interface]

[Fault: Incorrectly defining "treatment assistance" as "damage transfer"]

[Danger: If Lockdown Role stops the bleeding directly, it may be judged as accepting the damage transfer]

[Maintenance Plan 1: Establish treatment boundaries to distinguish between treatment, lockdown, and damage transfer behaviors]

[Maintenance Plan 2: The injured party confirms the attribution of the wound, then the healer confirms they are only providing treatment and not assuming ownership of the damage]

[Maintenance Plan 3: Forcefully excise the interface using a rule correction wrench; not recommended, current mental load is too high]

Lin Jin finished reading the prompt.

Shen Tingxue said immediately:

"Don't use the wrench."

Zhou Heng also looked at him.

"If you dare to use it, I'll knock you out right now."

Chen Ye raised his hand.

"I'll be responsible for holding him down."

Lin Jin twitched the corner of his mouth.

"I wasn't planning on using it."

He picked up the chalk with his left hand and wrote on the record board beside the medical bed:

[Treatment Boundary]

Line 1: [Treatment is to handle a wound, not to receive a wound.]

Line 2: [Lockdown is to prevent the spread of contamination, not to acknowledge ownership of the contamination.]

Line 3: [Stopping bleeding, pain relief, debridement, suturing, freezing, and purification do not automatically constitute damage transfer.]

Line 4: [Damage transfer must be clearly confirmed by both the injured party and the bearer while in a conscious state, free from pollution coercion, and without billing inducement; current conditions are not met.]

Line 5: [Any default transfer based on "ensuring complete use of maintenance tools" is considered billing inducement.]

After writing the fifth point, Lin Jin paused.

Then he looked at his right hand and said word by word:

"This wound was caused by the White Tower curriculum's white line attack on my right hand."

"It belongs to Lin Jin."

"It is not Shen Tingxue's."

"Nor is it material that the squad should share to maintain maintenance capability."

The white line on the wound contracted sharply.

As if pinned down by these words.

Shen Tingxue walked to the bedside, reached out, but did not immediately touch Lin Jin's wound.

She looked at the bill text, her voice calm.

"Lockdown Role Shen Tingxue confirms."

"I can help Lin Jin stop the bleeding, suppress the contamination, and stabilize the wound."

"But I am not accepting this injury."

"I will not bleed for him."

She paused, then added:

"He also does not need to transfer his injury to me just so he can continue using his tools."

The white text flickered again.

[Lockdown Role rejection of damage transfer detected]

[Reminder: Maintenance Position tool usage completeness decreased, may affect squad's subsequent survival]

Zhou Heng sneered.

"Using survival to scare us again."

He stepped forward and leaned his Thunder Spear against the bed.

"Barrier Breaker Position Zhou Heng confirms."

"A right-hand injury will affect maintenance, but it does not constitute a necessary condition for transfer to a teammate."

"The Maintenance Position can temporarily reduce efficiency; the squad can adjust its pace."

"We do not use teammates' bodies to replenish tool completeness."

Chen Ye also spoke up, straining his throat:

"Protection Role Chen Ye confirms."

"I was injured earlier, and they didn't take my injury to share it."

"Now that Lin Jin is injured, we can't let Shen Tingxue take the hit for him just so he can keep repairing like nothing happened."

"A team is not meant to be used as spare parts for each other."

The four badges lit up simultaneously.

The three reward sealing imprints on the outer ring of the Mutual Verification Contract also glowed slightly.

Especially the second one, where the right to pursue Lin Shoushan's qualification to return home was located; the grey screw turned gently.

It was as if it were acknowledging this boundary.

The Medical Instructor immediately followed up with the operation.

"Medical behavior recorded."

"From now on, if Student Shen Tingxue participates in freezing, it is only as treatment assistance."

"The academy medical team will handle debridement and suturing."

"The damage attribution remains with Lin Jin himself."

Gu Changye's voice came through the communication talisman.

"Abyss Processing Bureau record: Treatment assistance does not constitute damage transfer."

Inspector Han Su's surveillance projection also spoke:

"Department of Education surveillance seat record: The bill must not default treatment behavior as damage transfer."

After the three-party records were finalized, Shen Tingxue raised her hand.

The frost was extremely fine.

It wasn't freezing the wound completely, but circling the edge of the white line residue, separating it from the white dot in her palm.

The Medical Instructor synchronized the debridement.

Lin Jin gritted his teeth, the blood line on the back of his right hand being cleared away bit by bit.

The white damage transfer interface was like a thin worm, trying to drill into the frost, but it was blocked outside the wound by the ice line.

Lin Jin pressed his left hand against the edge of the bed, cold sweat seeping from his forehead.

Shen Tingxue looked at him.

"Tell me if it hurts."

Lin Jin took a breath.

"I'm fine."

Chen Ye rolled his eyes from the side.

"Your 'I'm fine' usually means it's not fine at all."

Zhou Heng looked at the wound.

"The interface is shrinking."

Sure enough, under the suppression of the treatment boundary, the damage transfer interface gradually lost its connection target.

It struggled one last time and popped up a line of text.

[If not transferred, Maintenance Position right hand recovery time will be extended]

Lin Jin said in a low voice:

"Accepted."

Shen Tingxue looked at him.

Lin Jin raised his eyes, his voice steadier than before.

"I accept that my own injury affects me."

"This is not a failure of the team."

The white light at the edge of the wound finally shattered.

The white dot in Shen Tingxue's palm disappeared along with it.

[Damage transfer interface: Severed]

[Damage attribution: Lin Jin]

[Treatment behavior: Does not constitute damage transfer]

[Maintenance Position right hand status: Minor injury, requires three days of low-load usage]

Chen Ye let out a long breath and leaned back onto The Hospital bed.

"You scared the hell out of me."

"It almost turned treatment into signing a debt."

Zhou Heng said coldly:

"This is only the second item direction."

"It hasn't been officially submitted yet."

Shen Tingxue withdrew her hand, her expression also not relaxed.

"It will keep looking for wounds."

"Looking for treatment."

"Looking for who is helping whom."

Lin Jin nodded.

"So starting tonight, all treatments must have boundary records."

He looked at the Medical Instructor.

"Please write 'treatment does not equal damage transfer' into the temporary rules for the isolated Medical Area."

The Medical Instructor nodded immediately.

"I'll go apply for it."

Qin Shanhe's voice came from the doorway.

"No need to apply, I approve it."

Everyone turned around.

Qin Shanhe stood outside the door of the Medical Area, his expression heavier than usual.

Behind him were the projections of Gu Changye and Inspector Han Su.

Qin Shanhe raised his hand, and the academy seal landed on the door frame of the Medical Area.

[Jiangcheng First Combat Academy isolated Medical Area temporary rules]

[1. Treatment behavior does not constitute damage transfer.]

[2. The attribution of the patient's wound is based on the original damage source record.]

[3. Any application for damage transfer, compensation, or injury shifting must be confirmed by the individual, squad mutual verification, and medical team, through three-party records.]

[4. The bill must not disguise itself as medical advice, treatment plans, or rehabilitation optimization.]

[5. Any default damage transfer based on team efficiency is considered pollution inducement.]

After the rules were established, the lighting in the entire Medical Area stabilized significantly.

Chen Ye couldn't help but say:

"Finally looks a bit like a hospital."

Lin Jin glanced at him.

"We were staying in a hospital in the first volume too."

Chen Ye's expression changed.

"Don't mention it."

"My legs go weak now whenever I hear the word hospital."

The brief relaxation didn't last long.

Because the grey fire in the sealing box moved again.

This time, it didn't burn out a complete detailed list directly.

Instead, like it was bookkeeping, it listed out the content they had just blocked, one item at a time.

[Candidate Item 1: Maintenance Position right hand injury transfer to Lockdown Role]

[Status: Failed]

[Reason for failure: Treatment boundary established]

[Candidate Item 2: Protection Role injury shared by the three people on the field]

[Status: Failed]

[Reason for failure: Wound attribution record established]

[Second official item being regenerated]

Chen Ye looked at those lines of text, his face darkening again.

"It really holds a grudge."

Zhou Heng said coldly:

"It's not holding a grudge."

"It's looking for a bill that can be established."

Shen Tingxue looked at the grey fire.

"It will find a scenario where we cannot refuse treatment and cannot refuse support."

Lin Jin's heart sank.

This was the most troublesome part.

As long as the squad continued to rescue each other, the bill would always have an opportunity.

They couldn't stop helping each other just to avoid damage transfer.

That was exactly what the White Tower wanted to see.

Just as Lin Jin was about to speak, rapid footsteps suddenly sounded outside the Medical Area.

An academy instructor rushed in, his face pale.

"Dean!"

"The aftermath of the course in Dungeon Hall No. 3 just now didn't close completely."

"It followed the pressure lines of the medical observation chamber and contaminated the Low-Grade Training Hall in reverse."

Qin Shanhe's expression changed.

"Are there students inside?"

The instructor gritted his teeth.

"Yes."

"Seventeen students from the first-year ordinary combat class."

"They are trapped inside the training hall, and the entrance pressure field is unstable."

"It can be saved for now, but..."

He stopped there, his gaze subconsciously sweeping over Chen Ye, Lin Jin, and the others on The Hospital bed.

"But the pressure field will prioritize harming whoever enters."

"If we want to save them, someone must go in first to bear the opening pressure for them."

Inside the Medical Area, the grey fire in the sealing box flared up violently.

This time, the text it burned out was clearer than ever before.

[Second official item submission]

[Event name: Who takes the injury for whom]

[Scenario: Low-Grade Training Hall rescue]

[Rule: If Rule Maintenance Special Class participates in the rescue, one member must be designated to bear the opening pressure]

[If designation is refused, the pressure will fall randomly on the trapped students]

[Countdown: Five minutes]