Author’s Note: This is a male-lead romance told primarily from the male protagonist’s perspective. Please read with that in mind. Lu Chen was born unwanted—ignored by his powerful father, raised in the slums by a mother the world refused to save, and betrayed until he had nothing left. But when a brutal setup leaves him dying in an alley, a dormant force awakens inside him: The Last Life Protocol, a cold, intelligent medical–combat system tied to an ancient healing sect. Suddenly, the boy the world dismissed becomes the man it should fear. With pulse-reading powers, surgical qi techniques, and a body honed for both healing and destruction, Lu Chen rises from the edge of death to challenge the empire that tried to erase him. As he uncovers buried secrets, exposes medical corruption, and redefines what it means to save a life, one truth becomes clear— He isn’t just a healer. He isn’t just a fighter. He’s the medical demon god fate tried—and failed—to bury.