I became Superman

The little girl pointed to her head and smiled sadly, "There's a tumor here."

"It's not big. I heard it's only about the size of a jujube, but the location is terrible. It feels like a big rock has been shoved into your head."

"I see double, and my heart stops beating every now and then. The doctor said that if I'm unlucky, it might stop beating one time and I might never be able to recover."

"We've spent so much money and suffered so much over the years, but nothing has cured us."

"I heard there's a very special person here who can cure any disease, so I came here secretly."

"I just saw that person step into the brazier and get completely unharmed. You have no idea how excited I was."

"I don't understand it at all. How can a person not be afraid of fire? But the more I don't understand, the more excited I get."

"Because of my fate, only miracles that people cannot understand can save me; all the methods that can be understood are useless."

"But my joy didn't last long; he died, killed by your hand."

"If a miraculous person dies at your hands, then you are an even greater miracle. Now you say you believe in the existence of God, that God is watching over humanity from that direction."

"I want to try. If I am saved, it means my belief is real and God does exist. If I die, it's not a loss."

After the little girl finished speaking, she walked to the window without hesitation and jumped down without thinking.

Zhou Ming watched her drift down from the window.

In his perception of time, the little girl fell extremely slowly, like a balloon floating in the air.

Zhou Ming sighed helplessly, and his figure disappeared through the window.

He didn't want to provide people with false beliefs, but it would be too pedantic to just watch such a young person die because of it.

Although Gu Pan jumped with a resolute mindset, the feeling of weightlessness still filled him with immense panic.

She closed her eyes in fear, waiting to slam herself to the ground and turn into a rotten tomato.

But the thing I was worried about didn't happen.

She felt a force enveloping her, slowing her descent.

When she opened her eyes, she was already standing in the bushes next to the hotel.

That "greater miracle" was standing right beside her.

Gu Pan was momentarily stunned; she felt that she had undergone a significant change.

After a moment of stunned silence, she realized that the "big stone" in her mind had disappeared. She no longer felt that heaviness, the double vision in front of her eyes had also disappeared, and her heart was beating strongly.

"You really are a god!"

Gu Pan looked at Zhou Ming with unwavering determination.

Zhou Ming shook his head and said, "There are indeed people in this world who think they are gods, but I am not. I just have some strange powers that allow me to destroy cancer cells by focusing my vision at the cellular level, that's all."

Gu Pan said, "Saving lives and giving people hope—how is that any different from God? Why won't you admit it?"

Zhou Ming said, "The difference is that I won't always focus on you, or on other people who are unhappy in life."

"In fact, I spend more time daydreaming than paying attention to others every day. It's purely by chance that you were able to get help from me."

"In the future, you will suffer many misfortunes, and then you will find that no one or no god will answer your prayers."

"Human beings need to find their own inner strength to overcome the hardships in life and give themselves true hope. Neither I nor any other self-proclaimed god can replace your own strength."

"I hope you focus more on your own strength, rather than placing your hopes on some so-called god."

Gu Pan stared at him stubbornly and asked, "Is this a divine message from God?"

Zhou Ming was both amused and exasperated, and said, "No, this is someone a few years older than you. Although it sounds a bit preachy, it's genuine advice from the bottom of his heart."

Gu Pan shook her head and said, "If you are human, then you are also like a god, so you don't understand the fragility of humankind."

"Humans will always have hurdles they can't overcome."

"Have I not discovered my own strength over the years? But that thing in my head can't be overcome by faith alone. That thing not only erodes my life, but also erodes the hope of my whole family."

"You know, that day Dad got drunk and cried as he told me that he really wished I would die soon, so he could grieve and start a new life, instead of being stuck in this half-dead state, with the whole family trapped in a hopeless predicament."

"Even so, the next day he still tried everything he could to contact better doctors, deceiving himself that there was still hope and doing everything he could."

"This is what happened to my family."

"Belief is actually very powerless; it can't change anything. It was you who saved me."

"If there is no God, no miracles, and everything is accidental, who can maintain faith in dire straits?"

"Only you, as God, can give people hope in any circumstance."

"You said you wouldn't always pay attention to people or respond to their prayers, but even so, you still saved me. A miracle can happen again."

"In the years to come, when I encounter difficulties, the thought that there is a miracle in this world who may appear before me at any time gives me enough strength to maintain hope until the very last moment."

Zhou Ming looked at her face, which was excessively young but had already lost its childishness, and said, "What you say is very good, but it's not the truth. I am neither an incarnation of a miracle nor the god you understand."

"The truth can sometimes be despairing, but the truth is the truth."

"Go home. No matter what happens in the future, at least for now, you should share this good news with your mom and dad."

The light in Gu Pan's eyes faded, and she walked away thoughtfully with her head down.

Why not give her a glimmer of hope?

Su Cheng said, "Tell her you are a god, at least give her something to look forward to."

Seeing Gu Pan's dejected appearance, she felt a little sorry for her.

Seeing Gu Pan and Zhou Ming jump out of the window one after another, she immediately dragged her injured leg and took the elevator downstairs.

She hadn't heard the whole story of Gu Pan's experience, but through fragments of conversation, she could roughly guess the whole picture.

Zhou Ming shook his head and said, "Things like gods are like crutches. Sometimes they can help people walk, but if you believe in them, they will only turn a healthy person into a cripple."

"I don't want to give people false hope."

He is willing to provide a safety net for humanity, but he doesn't like to be ahead of everyone and become a spiritual idol who leads people forward.

That kind of role is neither healthy nor interesting.

Su Cheng looked at Zhou Ming suspiciously and asked, "You seem very cautious about affecting people's lives. Is there someone more powerful in this world that you're wary of?"

Zhou Ming laughed and said, "I do have concerns, but not because there are stronger people out there; on the contrary, it's precisely because there aren't any stronger ones."