A Hospital in Another World?

The source of this c𝓸ntent is fr(e)𝒆novelkiss

On his way home, excitement enveloped Garrett.

He even braved the night to fetch a few buckets of water, split firewood, took a proper hot bath, using up half of the stored wood at home. Ancient life was quite a hassle. If only there was running water, a water heater, or heck, if he knew magic, he could just use it to heat bathing water directly...

Sigh, even to elevate his living standards, he needed to become a mage apprentice quickly!

Garrett sighed while soaking in the tub. Regardless of the hassle, bathing was necessary. To enhance the success rate of meditation, bathing and changing were essential processes. He cleaned himself up, climbed into bed, and sat cross-legged.

This body's flexibility is an issue! At just 16, he couldn't manage to cross his left leg over his right, right leg over left, the proper lotus position!

Though... even though 'Basic Meditation' doesn't mention sitting in the lotus position, as a Chinese person, not trying this posture before starting meditation always felt unsettling, like a -5, -5, -5 in success rate...

Garrett tried crossing his left leg over his right, struggling repeatedly, but to no avail. He attempted relaxing his feet, forming a loose quadrilateral shape, but he couldn't maintain balance. Trying to straighten his legs into a triangular shape resulted in him tipping backward.

With no other choice, he collapsed onto the bed, rolled against the wall, propped himself up, legs extended.

Ah, comfortable.

Now, closing his eyes, clearing his mind. Inhale... exhale... imagine being in total darkness, shutting off sight, sound, smell...

Following the steps outlined in 'Basic Meditation,' Garrett mentally prepared himself. Quiet down... be still... relaxed... serene...

Perhaps due to self-hypnosis or maybe a result of crossing into this world, he seemed to have gained some boost for learning magic. When he focused his mind, much like casting a healing spell, there seemed to be an actual light in the darkness.

What's this?

Neither above nor below, left nor right, inside nor outsidethis is... me?!

Garrett trembled violently, nearly losing the current state of clarity. He shut his eyes, struggling to calm himself for a while before finally steadying his mind once more. Into meditation, and then the next step!

According to 'Basic Meditation,' to train mental power, one needed to construct a virtual 'self.' Then, draw in external forces, steadily solidifying this 'self.' After reaching a certain strength, mental power could be emitted, starting to influence the external world...

At this thought, the pinpoint of light in the darkness began to change, following the illustrations in 'Basic Meditation.' A small figure with limbs, a head, facial features, muscles, and flowing blood depicted by points of light and lines, silently stood in the void.

In the next moment, like a stone dropped in water, concentric ripples emanated from the light figure, spreading into the darkness and quietly reverberating back. With each feedback, the light-formed figure became a bit more solid.

Is this me?

Is this illusory light figure my mental power?

Garrett felt a bit bewildered. As if some connection informed him: Yes, this is you, this is your mental power. It condenses based on your physical form, fluctuates with your will, and when it becomes strong enough, it can nurture the physical body and intervene in the present world!

But, this light figure, the details are off!

Muscles are off!

Blood flow isn't right! No separation between arteries and veins, no depiction of left atrium, left ventricle, right atrium, right ventricle, or blood ejection direction!

Nerves! Lymphatic system! Capillaries! None of these are depicted!

Garrett grew irritated. The illustrations in 'Basic Meditation' were too crude, missing many details, and depicting many things inaccuratelystake his honor as a medical student, he could easily find seven or eight, even a dozen errors!

This won't do! Garrett focused his energy, starting to recall anatomical diagrams from his previous life. Unknowingly, the light-formed figure began to change with his recollections:

206 bones, linked from bottom to top via over 300 joints, firmly and flexibly connected;

640 muscles, attaching to bones via tendons or directly connected to other muscles;

The heart beat powerfully, pumping blood into arteries, recovering it through capillaries, then returning it to the heart through veins;

Nervous system, respiratory system, digestive, urinary, endocrine, lymphatic immune, reproductive...

In the end, the skin covered everything, hair grew, nails emerged...

Every detail, even if he hadn't personally dissected or treated, he had studied, drawn, and memorized countless times. At this moment, these memories were crystal clear.

It's just like this, even in an alternate world, the structure of human beings must be like this. Garrett thought firmly.

He had healed patients himself, opened abdomens, stopped bleeding at the liver, cut into the trachea, pierced the chest cavity. Every successful treatment assured him that his understanding was not wrong!

When he snapped out of it, the light-formed figure in the void had become infinitely more refined than the illustrations. Upon closer inspection, it was exactly like the human anatomy he had studied in his previous life.

The heart made of white light beat strongly. Thump, thump, thump, one after the other. With each beat, an intangible halo emanatedyet this newly constructed figure, its emitted halo was more than twice as powerful as before!

Is that so?

Does mental power need to closely align with the body to resonate maximally, receive support, and simultaneously provide feedback to the body?

Garrett wasn't sure. But he had an inexplicable feeling: his mental power was significantly stronger than when he first constructed it.

So, the next thing to attempt would be to perceive this world with mental power... How would the world appear to his mental power?

Following 'Basic Meditation's' instructions, Garrett actively controlled the ripples emitted by the light-formed figure, extending them outward. Then, under the perception of mental power, the entire world... changed.

Steady, solid power, bearing this world;

Light, ethereal power, free and joyful, never resting for a moment;

Fiery, restless power, unconstrained yet bringing the greatest force;

Gentle, dense power, quiet and nourishing, silently spreading vitality...

"Earth, water, fire, wind? The four major elements?" Garrett was extremely surprised. With his fluctuating emotions, the light-formed figure in his meditation environment shook violently again, almost dissipating:

"This... is the world perceived by my mental power?"

After the initial shock, Garrett was ecstatic:

"According to 'Basic Meditation,' being able to faintly sense the four major elements means my mental power has reached the level of a mage apprentice?"

"From today onwards, can I start deciphering magic!" 𝖋𝔯𝔢𝔢𝔴𝖊𝔟𝔫𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖑.𝔠𝔬𝔪

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