How Many Steps Does It Take for a Healer to Mutate?

Upon opening his eyes in an unfamiliar world, Jiang Hanqing was forced onto the path of becoming a healer.

"Our whole team is B-rank. Looking for a healer!"

"Join us as our healer, and you'll get first pick of the spoils!"

Jiang Hanqing looked at his status panel: [Rank: A]

"Hello, I'm a healer. Can I join?"

"Of course! What rank are you?"

"Um... B-rank."

"What? Oh my god, you're a high-rank healer? Of course, welcome aboard! Here's the contract. Just sign here..."

After eerie instances suddenly appeared in the world, countless people awakened special abilities and chose to become hunters. But the scarcity and monopolization of healers left hunters in great danger inside the instances.

[Why are all the high-rank healers refusing to enter instances?]

[Quacks are killing people: Exposing the shameless behavior of influencer healer XXX!]

[A new healing potion is on the market! Our slogan: Better to rely on medicine than beg for help!]

Having chosen to enter an instance to investigate his origins, Jiang Hanqing became not only a thorn in the Healer Association's side, but also the target of a fierce tug-of-war between all manner of factions.

The upright, dignified Sword Saint: "Hunter Jiang Hanqing, whether or not you join us, the Hengyao Guild will always have your back."

The wild and unrestrained Berserker: "A softhearted person like Hunter Hanqing wouldn't leave me to die, even if I tied you up and dragged you away."

The mysterious Formation Master: "Jiang Hanqing, we're the only ones in this world who can understand each other... You belong at my side."

Faced with invitations from one major organization after another, Jiang Hanqing chose to...

Reject them all.

Because...

"Human, you need to keep your abilities hidden. Who could survive having their magic flow in reverse, let alone awaken two opposing powers?"

Looking at the white flame in his hand, capable of consuming all life, Jiang Hanqing made the decisive choice to don a cloak and take up his weapon. As a mysterious combat-class hunter, he roamed through the various instances.

But how did he accidentally become the legendary great villain?

And how did he end up kidnapping himself?

A blade wreathed in dark light pointed straight at him. "What exactly did you do to Brother Hanqing?"

Jiang Hanqing: "..."

Put the dagger down. Hear me out first.

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[Before You Read]

1. The male protagonist has no romantic pairing. He's a strong, tragic, beloved character, with supporting characters who have one-sided crushes on him.

2. The setting is entirely fictional, with no real-world model.

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"What Kind of Cat Is the Final Boss?"

"Wumi, come eat your canned food!" a girl called.

The black cat curled up by the window slowly rose and stretched languidly, then ambled over to its bowl.

[Boss, let's teach those ungrateful cats to the east a serious lesson today!] a noisy voice rang in its mind.

[Shut up. Keep making noise and I won't play games for you today.] Wumi licked the food in its bowl with dignified restraint.

The voice in its head immediately fell silent.

The Tower suddenly descended upon Earth, and it took humanity a full sixty years to conquer the third floor. As the final Boss of the ninth floor, Wumi was constantly drained by the Tower to keep it running. It had no days off all year, and it was bored out of its mind.

Finally, one day, it took the System that was monitoring it hostage and secretly slipped out of the Tower to Earth. After observing things in secret, it discovered that a creature called a cat could have servants fuss over it without having to do anything at all.

So it disguised itself as a black cat, shamelessly ingratiated itself with a kind girl, and smoothly settled into the retired life it had always dreamed of.

But the girl had a terminal illness. To protect the happy life they'd found, Wumi had no choice but to return to the instances and search everywhere for miraculous medicine.

Worse still, the girl's older brother was a high-rank hunter who charged into dangerous parts of the Tower every day. Wumi had to keep an eye on him too, making sure he didn't die on a whim.

Who would have thought that Wumi's casual interventions would spread its fame far and wide? Every hunter was proud to have seen the legendary "Cat God," and they even established a huge Cat God fan club.

Wumi yawned lazily and thought, Retirement really isn't easy.

Theme: Saving others is a path to saving yourself.