200: Chapter 200: No Solution?

A healer frowned.

"What can a Stand that can't even defeat a Tier-1 beast do?"

Lin Xiaoman shrank her shoulders slightly.

She had heard this sentence many times.

Before awakening her Stand, she also used to have expectations.

Qin Ye was able to win the national championship relying on [The World].

Even if she couldn't awaken a Stand of the same level, as long as she possessed a little combat ability, she might be able to change her originally ordinary life.

But after [Suture] appeared, all expectations turned into disappointment.

It couldn't make her stronger.

It couldn't make her a high-tier professional.

It couldn't even raise her status in the Song Family.

Quite a few people thought she wasted a test quota for the Stand Arrow.

But now, looking at the thirty-eight sets of broken contracts in the treatment area, Lin Xiaoman felt for the first time that [Suture] might not be completely meaningless.

"It indeed cannot defeat a Tier-1 beast."

Lin Xiaoman said in a low voice.

"Nor can it heal mental injuries."

"But it can sew broken things back together."

The attending physician immediately asked:

"Can it repair contracts?"

"No."

Lin Xiaoman did not exaggerate her ability.

"It can only temporarily connect the two broken ends together."

"Once the threads disappear, the contracts will still break."

"How long can it last?"

"I don't know."

"I have never sewn such complex things before."

The attending physician's brows furrowed even tighter.

Ability unverified.

Duration unknown.

The user is only Tier 2.

Under normal circumstances, he would absolutely not allow Lin Xiaoman to touch the contracts of high-tier Beastmasters.

Any single mistake could cause the wounded to die on the spot.

But now, thirty-eight sets of contracts had been judged incapable of being treated in time.

The worst result would be maintaining the status quo.

Gu Tianheng looked at the silver Suture needle beside Lin Xiaoman.

His golden giant dragon mental projection unfolded accordingly.

High-tier Mental Power swept across the surface of [Suture].

The test results were the same as what Lin Xiaoman said.

[Suture] does not possess repair capabilities.

Those translucent threads were essentially just an extension of Lin Xiaoman's Mental Power.

It could not restore damaged contracts to their original state.

Yet it possessed an extremely special property.

It could touch different Mental Powers simultaneously.

Without suffering from attribute repulsion.

Under normal circumstances, although the Mental Power of a Beastmaster and their beast was connected through a contract, they still belonged to two independent lives.

If external forces wanted to connect them, they would inevitably encounter instinctive repulsion from both sides.

Yet [Suture] seemed to have no attributes of its own.

It does not intervene in the contract.

It does not change the mental structure of both parties.

It is only responsible for pulling the two ends together.

Gu Tianheng's gaze changed slightly.

"How many breaks can you see now?"

"All of them."

"Including the internal nodes frozen by [The World]?"

"Yes."

"How many misalignments are there in total in the first set of Silver-Horned Earth Dragon contracts?"

Lin Xiaoman looked at the treatment formation.

"Three hundred and twenty-seven."

The attending physician immediately checked the test results.

What was displayed on the instrument was three hundred and fourteen.

"The number is wrong."

He said.

Lin Xiaoman pointed to the top of the Silver-Horned Earth Dragon's head.

"There are still thirteen hidden beneath its mental defense."

"The instrument didn't penetrate the defense, so it didn't see them."

The golden lizard on Gu Tianheng's shoulder opened its eyes.

An almost imperceptible mental fluctuation passed through the Silver-Horned Earth Dragon's mental sea.

After a moment, Gu Tianheng spoke:

"She is right."

"There are indeed thirteen more."

The attending physician suddenly looked at Lin Xiaoman.

The Song Family's Tier-6 contract detection formation had not discovered those hidden nodes.

Yet a Tier-2 nurse reported the exact quantity with just a glance.

"Let her try."

Gu Tianheng said.

"Master, the first group is undergoing core treatment."

"Not the first group."

Gu Tianheng looked toward the periphery.

"Choose someone whose mental sea is on the verge of complete collapse and who no longer has time to enter the treatment formation."

This statement was somewhat cruel.

Yet it was the safest.

If successful, they would obtain a new temporary handling method.

If it failed, it would not affect the three people who could originally be saved.

However, Lin Xiaoman shook her head.

"There is no need to choose."

"Save Young Master Song Quan first."

Everyone's gazes fell upon that young Beastmaster.

[Mental Sea Integrity: 19%]

[Contract Stability: 2%]

[Estimated Collapse Time: 1 minute and 9 seconds.]

Indeed, there was no possibility of waiting for treatment anymore.

"Begin."

Gu Tianheng personally walked between Song Quan and the Blue Water Fox.

"I will monitor the mental states of both parties."

"Once your Stand triggers repulsion, I will immediately cut off the contract."

Lin Xiaoman nodded.

She squatted between the two and slowly raised her right hand.

The silver Suture needle floating beside her shoulder fell between her fingers.

Thirty-six translucent threads unfolded behind her.

The contract structure between Song Quan and the Blue Water Fox also became clearer and clearer in her eyes.

[The World]'s targeted Time Stop froze all the breaks.

To sew them together, Qin Ye had to first release a tiny fraction of the Time Stop.

Lin Xiaoman raised her head.

"Champion Qin Ye."

"I need the first break to resume flowing."

"How large of a range?"

"Just the two outermost thread lines."

Qin Ye could not see the complete scene in Lin Xiaoman's eyes.

But [The World] could sense the position pointed to by [Suture].

The dark golden fingers lifted gently.

The Time Stop on the outermost layer was released by a trace.

Snap!

The two thin contract lines instantly snapped apart in opposite directions.

Just as the mental backlash accumulated within them was about to erupt, the silver Suture needle had already passed through the first thin line.

Then the second one.

Lin Xiaoman's fingers pulled gently.

The translucent threads tightened rapidly.

The two originally separated contract lines were forcibly pulled back to their original positions.

There was no fusion.

Nor was there any repair.

They were simply bound together by an external thread.

Hum!

The Blue Water Fox's body trembled slightly.

Song Quan's breathing also became rapid.

Gu Tianheng's Mental Power locked onto both parties.

"No repulsion."

"Continue."

Lin Xiaoman dropped the needle again.

The second place.

The third place.

The fourth place.

The Suture needle shuttled rapidly in the air.

Its speed was not fast at all.

It was even far inferior to the attack speed of ordinary high-tier professionals.

Yet every time the needle fell, it precisely passed through the original connection positions of the two broken contracts.

[The World] was responsible for releasing the Time Stop on the breaks.

While [Suture] pulled them back together before the backlash erupted.

One.

Ten.

Fifty.

As the number of Sutures increased, Lin Xiaoman's complexion rapidly turned pale.

Her Mental Power was only Tier 2.

Every single Suture needed to be maintained by herself personally.

What was even more troublesome was that those contract breaks were not stationary.

Differences always existed between the mental fluctuations of the Beastmaster and the beast.

Both ends constantly pulled against each other.

All the pressure would be fed back into Lin Xiaoman's mental sea through [Suture].

When the one hundredth thread was sutured, her hands had already begun to tremble.

The Grand Elder of the Song Family asked in a deep voice:

"Can you still hold on?"

"Yes."

Lin Xiaoman bit her lip.

The Suture needle continued to fall.

The one hundred and fiftieth.

The two hundredth.

Between Song Quan and the Blue Water Fox, the originally completely severed contract outline gradually recovered.

It was still covered in cracks.

The internal structure hadn't truly healed either.

Yet under the pull of [Suture], the mental fluctuations from both parties were transmitted again for the first time.

Song Quan's fingers moved slightly.

The Blue Water Fox's tightly closed eyes also trembled slightly.

Lin Xiaoman suddenly stopped.

Gu Tianheng immediately asked:

"What's wrong?"

"A set of contract lines is unwilling to connect."

"Wrong position?"

"No."

Lin Xiaoman looked at Song Quan.

"He is rejecting the Blue Water Fox's Mental Power."

Song Quan in a coma could not answer.

But his mental sea was instinctively closing.

The pain brought by the previous backlash made his soul view the Blue Water Fox as a source of danger.

Even though his consciousness still trusted the beast, his mental instinct was repelling this contract.

"Can it be forcibly sutured?"

The attending physician asked.

"No."

Lin Xiaoman shook her head.

"[Suture] can only connect things that both parties are willing to retain."

"As long as one party completely repels it, the thread will break."

Gu Tianheng raised his hand, preparing to temporarily suppress Song Quan's mental defense.

However, Lin Xiaoman shook her head again.

"External force suppression won't work either."

"What gets sewn up that way is only the surface."

"After your power leaves, the contract will immediately break."

Gu Tianheng's movement paused slightly.

Stand abilities were not omnipotent.

[Suture] could ignore attribute differences, but it could not ignore the wills of both parties to the contract.

To reconnect, Song Quan had to actively accept the mental fluctuations from the Blue Water Fox.

"Wake him up."

Gu Tianheng said.

A mental card landed on Song Quan's glabella.

Song Quan's consciousness was forcibly pulled back from the coma.

The intense pain caused his body to tremble constantly.

"Song Quan."

Gu Tianheng's voice entered his mental sea directly.

"Your contract is rejecting the Blue Water Fox."

"If you continue to close your mental defense, both of you will die."

Song Quan opened his eyes with difficulty.

His consciousness was still hazy.

He could only see that blue outline not far away.

"Is it..."

"Still alive?"

"Alive."

Lin Xiaoman said.

"But I need you to accept it again."

Song Quan was silent for a few seconds.

He could not raise his hand.

He could only remove his mental defense bit by bit.

On the other end of the contract.

The Blue Water Fox, which had originally fallen into a coma, seemed to sense a familiar aura.

Its Mental Power no longer fluctuated violently.

The two mutually repelling contract threads finally approached each other slowly.

The silver Suture needle fell.

The last critical break was connected.

Hum!

The complete contract outline reappeared between Song Quan and the Blue Water Fox.

It was still not that original contract.

Over three hundred broken positions were all barely fixed by the translucent threads.

As long as Lin Xiaoman dismissed her Stand, the contract would split apart again.

Yet at least at this moment, the Mental Power of both parties recovered the most basic flow.

The Blue Water Fox's life fluctuations entered Song Quan's body along the threads.

Song Quan's chaotic Mental Power also found a vent channel again.

No longer accumulating at the breaks.

The detection screen above the treatment area flickered violently.

[Target Mental Sea Integrity: 19%]

[Target Mental Sea Integrity: 20%]

[Target Mental Sea Integrity: 22%]

[Contract Stability: 2%]

[Contract Stability: 17%]

[Contract Stability: 31%]

The collapse countdown, which originally only had a dozen seconds left, suddenly stopped.

Following that, the bright red warning gradually turned into a stable green.

The attending physician stared fixedly at the test results.

He knew that [Suture] did not truly repair the contract.

But the mental backlash that was originally about to erupt had indeed found a path to flow again.

Song Quan's rapid breathing gradually stabilized.

A light blue glow re-emerged on the Blue Water Fox's transparent body.

The last line of detection information slowly appeared.

[Mental backlash has stopped.]

[Mental backlash has stopped.]

Cold detection text floated above the treatment area.

The life curve that had been continuously dropping finally stopped its descent.

Song Quan's chest heaved violently, panting heavily as if he had been fished out from the bottom of the water.

Not far away, the Blue Water Fox likewise opened its eyes.

Its body was still transparent, and the contract was still covered in cracks.

But in those azure blue eyes, the light belonging to life had reappeared.

"Did it succeed?"

A Song Family healer asked in disbelief.

No one answered.

Everyone stared fixedly at the contract floating between Song Quan and the Blue Water Fox.

The contract that had originally completely broken was forcibly pulled back to its original position by hundreds of translucent threads.

Those threads were so slender they felt as though they could break at any moment.

Yet they indeed connected both ends.

The mental fluctuations of Song Quan and the Blue Water Fox also resumed their most basic flow.

This meant they would not die simultaneously due to the contract breaking, at least temporarily.

"It's only a temporary connection."

Lin Xiaoman raised her hand to wipe away the cold sweat on her temple.

Her voice was somewhat trembling.

"The contract itself has not been repaired yet."

"[Suture] can only let them maintain their current state."

"If I dismiss my Stand or my Mental Power is exhausted, the contract will still break again."

"How long can it last?"

The attending physician asked hurriedly.

Lin Xiaoman looked at the contract between the two.

"Three minutes."

"Only three minutes?"

"Currently yes."

She nodded.

"If there is no external interference, after three minutes, the first batch of Sutures will begin to collapse."

The attending physician's expression did not become ugly because of this.

On the contrary, intense light burst forth from his eyes.

"Three minutes is already enough!"

"Immediately transfer Song Quan and the Blue Water Fox to the second treatment formation!"

"All healers prepare to take over!"

"As long as there is a stable contract channel, we can conduct a true repair!"

"Understood!"

Several healers acted swiftly.

Spatial-type professionals dared no longer teleport the Beastmaster and the beast separately, instead keeping both at the same spatial coordinates.

Song Quan and the Blue Water Fox were simultaneously sent into the second treatment formation.

Dozens of healing cards lit up simultaneously.

This time, the silver contract no longer shook violently.

The healers' Mental Power slowly entered the mental seas of both parties along the temporary channel built by [Suture].

The potions finally took effect as well.

The Blue Water Fox's transparent body gradually solidified.

The color of blood on Song Quan's face also recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"The first group has successfully taken over!"

"Contract stability has risen to forty-one percent!"

"Mental backlash has not appeared again!"

"Hurry!"

The translucent threads behind Lin Xiaoman suddenly tightened completely.

She turned her head to look at the remaining wounded.

Thirty-seven groups.

Those thirty-seven sets of contract breaks still floated quietly within the Law of Time.

Some Beastmasters had already fallen into a coma.

Some beasts even had life fluctuations that became faint and indistinct.

They did not have three minutes.

Not even thirty seconds.

Lin Xiaoman gritted her teeth and turned to walk toward the second group of wounded.