The Strongest Brain in the Interstellar

These two guys, who are collectively seventy or eighty years old, were standing outside, each feeling sentimental about this and that—honestly, it was a bit embarrassing…

Nie Erqi patted his friend’s shoulder and said, “Don’t worry. The kid is pretty lucky. With the old man treating her, it’s way better than all those so-called ‘experts’ in the central star system.”

Stark gave a faint nod, though it was unclear if he truly took it in.

“But how did this child end up knowing Senior Healer Michael? The old man’s been super busy these past years, hardly ever seen. My grandfather has tried to invite him over several times with no success, so I didn’t expect him to be out here in this star.”

Stark shook his head; he didn’t really know either. By the time he met Jiang Hui, she already seemed to be in contact with Senior Healer Michael.

He hadn’t thought much of it initially. Who would have guessed that the apprentice of such a renowned advanced healer would be working as a school doctor on a remote planet? It really is a small world.

But who could say if Jiang Hui was truly “lucky”? She was so young, not even old enough to fully awaken, yet her brain domain had endured repeated trauma. If this twist of fate brought her to the attention of such an accomplished healer, perhaps, in the end, it was a blessing in disguise.

These two veterans, who had once faced death countless times, fell into a reflective silence.

Time passed in this unusual stillness, long enough that the sounds from upstairs, already quiet, dwindled almost to silence. It was now deep into the night when Michael finally emerged from the special diagnostics room with Jiang Hui.

The old healer held a thick document in his hands, his brows furrowed as if he had no time for pleasantries. Jiang Hui, on the other hand, couldn’t hide her exhaustion; it was hard to tell if she was more tired or sleepy.

Just from this situation, it was clear that the test results were likely worse than they had anticipated. The two exchanged glances and quickly followed Michael into the nearby conference room.

Michael slammed the thick documents onto the table and used his fingertip to bring up a segment of data on the shared system in the conference room.

Jiang Hui glanced at the screen, which was filled with dense data and written explanations, including many terms she completely didn’t understand, as well as images and models constructed from the data. It was all quite incomprehensible to her.

Of course, Michael had no expectation that outsiders would be able to understand such complex data, so he got straight to the point in explaining it to everyone.

“Ms. Jiang, you shouldn’t have forgotten what I told you over a month ago.”

Jiang Hui nodded. That was the first major issue she had faced since coming to the Interstellar realm, and it was directly related to her own health, so the impression was very strong.

Michael sighed deeply, looking like an ordinary elder concerned for the younger generation, with a hint of helplessness crossing his brow.

“You’ve been quite cooperative and restrained as a patient. I reviewed your follow-up files, and you’ve recovered well on your own. There are no signs of further mental strain, which shows that during that month you indeed followed medical advice to address the issues with your brain domain.”

“However, it seems you lack a bit of luck, as it appears you’ve developed some other problems.” Michael opened one of the graphs that resembled a multi-line chart, enlarged it, and pointed to one of the prominent points. That marked the onset of abnormality in Jiang Hui’s brain domain—she had been diagnosed with an internal closure of the brain domain.

In fact, when Michael conducted tests on Jiang Hui more than a month ago, he did not find any symptoms related to the internal closure of her brain domain. There were only slight impacts on the brain domain’s function, but after a month of adjustments, there should not have been any major issues.

Furthermore, the data from Jiang Hui’s two subsequent follow-up appointments were relatively normal, with her mental power even slightly increasing, and she was still doing well up until the start of school.

The start of school marked a turning point. The data collected from Lu Jin clearly showed that on the day of the test, the state of mental power reception and transmission, along with various data changes in her brain domain, indeed presented symptoms of internal closure of the brain domain, and the severity was not low. Even with high-precision instruments, it was impossible to accurately measure the upper limit of the mental power reserves within Jiang Hui’s brain domain.

She was a partially awakened individual with extremely high mental potential. However, her current condition did not seem optimistic and appeared to be somewhat precarious due to the unknown factors involved.

At that time, Michael had already returned to the central star system due to work commitments. While reviewing urgent reports from students regarding this matter during his free time, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of concern.

Michael had dedicated his life to the field of medicine, treating countless military personnel. For such a talented individual—a partially awakened person who was likely to embark on a similar path in the future—he felt a deep sense of responsibility. He couldn’t bear to see her fade away in an inconspicuous corner before she even had a chance to shine, so he left a message for Lu Jin, stating that he would find time in a month to visit Star 732 for another consultation for Jiang Hui.

Little did he know that in less than a month, the child encountered many more issues. Although it couldn’t be said to be adding insult to injury, it thoroughly disrupted the state of her brain domain. The internal closure of the brain domain was still under discussion, but he was certain that she would need another round of adjustments to balance her mental power and brain domain in order to treat the damage caused by mental power exhaustion.

Michael couldn’t help but want to scold her, but he remembered that the incidents described by his student seemed to be beyond her control, so he ultimately refrained from making things difficult for her with his words.

He began to analyze the peak points of mental power data for the group.

From all the peaks and trends, it was clear that her mental power showed a rising trend. Although the overall increase was not significant, for someone who had already completed a second awakening and was still partially awakened, this was abnormal, as it represented an unstable mutation.

The graph showed that the highest points aligned with several incidents, including the school opening test, the training exercises, and the ambush incident. Among these, the peak corresponding to the ambush displayed the steepest slope, rising sharply before plummeting off a cliff. The highest point even exceeded the A-level range, indicating an extremely notable explosive power.

This data was collected using a data capture device, so it should be very accurate.

It was precisely because the data was accurate that Michael felt puzzled. According to the test conducted at the start of school, Jiang Hui’s brain domain had already formed a magnetic field consistent with an internal closure. She even needed assistance from instruments to release mental power that corresponded to her level.

However, both during the training exercises and the ambush incident, there were clear traces of significant mental power release, with the strength of the released mental power not being low. This clearly contradicted the typical symptoms of an internal closure of the brain domain, as nearly all clinical cases of internal closure had characteristics that limited the release of mental power and restricted mental power levels.

Could it be that Jiang Hui did not actually have an internal closure of the brain domain… but rather that Lu Jin misdiagnosed her?