Riding back home, Lin Li wasn't tired and took out his phone to check the appointment availability at the radiology department of Nansang County Hospital. Seeing that there were free slots in the afternoon, he booked an appointment online using the examination order he had from before.

——Because the previous order was for a brain scan, which didn't require fasting or water abstinence.

After successfully making the appointment, Lin Li continued to focus on expanding the space of the "Qiankun Ring" and enhancing the refinement of the "Invisible Sword" before heading out.

As for the "Duck Blood Bottle" and the "Substitute Jade-faced Buddha," Lin Li, ever the one to favor the new and dismiss the old, temporarily put them aside.

When it was about time, in the afternoon, Lin Li took a taxi to the county hospital.

After getting his number from the self-service machine, Lin Li headed to the floor where the MRI machine was located.

He had reserved some buffer time, so even though he walked leisurely, there were still more than ten minutes before his turn. Lin Li sat on the waiting chair by the door, playing on his phone while waiting.

"Young man, what's your illness?"

Hearing this, Lin Li turned his head. It was a patient wearing a hospital gown beside him, who looked to be in his late fifties, with a smiling face.

Older people generally aren't too into electronics and prefer to pass the time by chatting.

But coming to see the doctor alone at such an age? His family doesn't seem very filial.

"Grandpa, I'm not sick; I'm just here for a check-up," Lin Li said politely.

"Oh, oh." The old man nodded, said nothing more, and Lin Li continued scrolling on his phone.

"I'm a bit thirsty, young man. Do you want some water?" After a few quiet minutes, the old man turned to Lin Li again to ask.

"Grandpa, where's the water dispenser? Let me get you a cup," Lin Li thought the old man was hinting at him, so he stood up and said.

"No need, no need, Grandpa was asking if you wanted some," the old man quickly shook his head.

"I'm not thirsty, thank you, Grandpa." Lin Li waved his hand.

"No need to be polite," the old man nodded, then stood up, raised a hand towards a nurse not far down the corridor and loudly called out, "Vite! Bring me a bottle of glucose with ice, and get this young man a bottle of saline on my tab!

By the way, young man, do you want ice in your saline?"

Lin Li "?"

"Cough! Cough!"

Lin Li almost coughed and dropped his phone.

Lin Li looked foolishly at the old man, who waved his hand and emphasized the question again, "It's on me, come on, with ice or without?"

"No, no ice?" Lin Li replied somewhat mechanically.

The called nurse came running over, bowed with a smile to the old man, and nodded, "Okay, okay, I'll prepare it for you right away."

"My glucose with ice, his saline without ice, remember!" The old man instructed.

"Got it," the nurse nodded and left.

Lin Li: "?"

Really going to do it?

Lin Li now fully understood that saying.

If the hat doesn't have a blue stripe, it's a nurse; one blue stripe indicates the head nurse, who can scold the nurse; two blue stripes are for the department nursing head, who can scold the head nurse; three blue stripes are for the chief of nursing, who can scold the department head nurse, but this one beside me, with blue stripes all over, can scold anyone.

Can he really give such an order? And the nurse actually agreed?

But soon, that nurse came back, without bringing iced glucose and saline, but instead came with a middle-aged man.

"Sorry, sorry, my dad injured his brain in a fall. I just went to the restroom. Didn't interrupt you, did I, young man?" The middle-aged man came up immediately, concernedly asking Lin Li.

"No, no problem," Lin Li waved his hand, a bit of realization appearing on his face.

"Lin Li, Lin Li, is that you?" The diagnostic room door opened, and the doctor came out, scanning the room while calling Lin Li's name.

It was Lin Li's turn.

"Here, here."

"Please take out everything from your pockets and place it in this basket. If your clothing has any metal while scanning the brain, you need to change into a hospital gown," the doctor followed up with routine questions when Lin Li approached.

"No, I confirmed it before coming," Lin Li answered while stepping forward to put his things down.

At this point, the last patient who'd done an MRI came out of the control room, passing by Lin Li.

Lin Li turned to look at the departing figure, frowning and muttering, "This guy's illness is serious."

"Young man, can you diagnose patients?" Inquired the doctor, who was using a metal detector to check Lin Li's clothing.

"It's obvious; his limbs are already black. Feels like he needs amputation," Lin Li replied with knotted eyebrows, regretting his observation.

Doctor: "..."

The doctor glanced at the departing foreign black patient and fell into silence.

No wonder this kid's MRI is for the brain, makes sense.

"Young man, he's black," the doctor said.

"I know," Lin Li nodded.

"And yet needs amputation?"

"Yes."

Doctor: "?"

Huh?

Wait a minute.

So regardless of whether there's a disease, you purely want to amputate him?!

"Alright, lie down, follow our instructions, about twenty minutes," the doctor said with a bit of annoyance.

"Got it."

The MRI machine, worthy of being a medical device costing millions or even tens of millions, certainly seemed more advanced than a CT or an ultrasound. Lin Li lay down, removed all his labels to prevent affecting the results, and then the MRI began.

Didn't feel much, just staying in a confined space for half an hour.

[Seek and personally experience at least a hundred advanced detection arrays, with at least four types (100/100; 4/4).]

[Mission four completed]

[You have received rewards: Physical Improvement: 50% increase in Array Talent, 100% increase in Divine Sense perception range; 1 random complete array; 5 random array materials; 100 system currency]

[You have obtained "Spirit Gathering Celestial Array" *1; "Star Array Plate" *1; "High-grade Array Core" *1; "Low-grade Spirit Stone" *1; "Vermilion Spirit Sand" *2]

When Lin Li exited the machine, a string of notifications appeared before him.

The items given were quite flashy, but the current situation wasn't suitable for manifesting and checking them; he'd have to wait until he got home.

Lin Li thus went to the control room.

The doctor operating the machine, at that moment, was staring seriously at the control room's machine screen, murmuring softly, "Brain issues…"

Lin Li: "?"

Although the voice was low, Lin Li's six senses were sharper than the average person, allowing him to hear clearly.

Lin Li, who was initially about to speak, closed his mouth again, swallowing down a mouthful of saliva, his pupils contracting tightly.

The morning check-up didn't show anything, but now something was caught on the MRI?

Did he have brain problems?

Damn, could it be that he had some hidden terminal illness, supposed to have died two months ago to transfer to the Cultivation Realm, just delayed onset?

A terminally ill self seems more in line with qualifying for the system.

But this is concerning!

Lin Li didn't want to leave modern times!

No, no, there's still hope, money's not an issue, there're several millions left to access, and he could still cultivate...

The more Lin Li thought, the more chaotic his mind became, swallowing another mouthful of saliva, his voice slightly anxious, "Doctor, please… where's the problem?"

The doctor turned to look at Lin Li, his expression slightly confused, "What problem?"

"Eh? Weren't you saying there was an issue with my brain?" Lin Li was stunned.

"Oh, no, your results won't be ready for half a day yet. I was talking about our director, there's an issue with him. The lights are this dim, and I've reported it twice already, still no one comes to fix it, it's giving me a headache," the doctor pointed to the ceiling light, grumpily saying:

"Using a bulb worth dozens to light up a machine worth millions, doesn't that make his brain questionable?"

Lin Li: "(;☉_☉)?"

For fuck's sake.

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