Chapter 66: Xiao Wu, your level has improved

"Holy cow!" the CT Room Doctor exclaimed, "Chief Resident Wu, you're something else. How did you spot that?"

Wu Zong felt ashamed.

The CT Room Doctor's praise made it even harder for him to accept.

Two instances of bloodline suppression, encountering two abnormal patients—this proved that the hateful, familiar feeling had a basis.

But where the logic lay, Wu Zong couldn't fathom at all.

The other person was just a Standardized Training Student, while he himself was the... Urology Department's Chief Resident of the Second Affiliated Hospital; he was the one!

"Impressive! With your diagnostic level, I reckon you'll be promoted to Attending Professor soon."

The CT Room Doctor sped up, operating the machine as if someone had pressed the fast-forward button, "This is damn lucky to have been caught early. If it were any later, and the membrane ruptured and bled out in the dead of night, it would be a case of Medical Malpractice."

As he spoke, he had already uploaded the imaging data and printed the films immediately.

"Chief Resident Wu, I'll have the report out in a moment; you take the Patient back first."

"Hurry and get the emergency treatment started."

"I must say, your level is improving fast! The position of Chief Resident really trains a person. With this diagnostic level of yours, I'm impressed!"

The CT Room Doctor kept speaking words of admiration and awe, expressing his surprise at Chief Resident Wu's clear diagnosis.

Wu Zong really wanted to take off his underwear and stuff it into the CT Room Doctor's mouth.

But seeing the CT Room Doctor's sincere expression and his raised thumb, a little flower gradually bloomed in his heart.

"Hurry back," the CT Room Doctor urged.

With a hematoma that large, it could rupture at any moment, leading to a major emergency rescue.

Detecting it early was only the first step; there was still follow-up treatment to come.

Wu Zong instructed Lu Kai and Liu Yunqing to pull the gurney gently, so that a bump wouldn't cause the membrane to rupture due to external force, sending blood directly into the Retroperitoneal space.

While jogging, Wu Zong called Liu Zhuren.

"Director! High-2 Patient has a Spontaneous Renal Rupture!"

After the call connected on the other end, Wu Zong skipped the pleasantries and stated the matter concisely.

Liu Zhuren fell silent.

A few seconds later, he asked in a trembling voice, "Is the Patient in Shock? Are you resuscitating them now?"

"Just finished the CT; the Patient's blood pressure is normal, and they look fine for now."

"..."

Liu Zhuren remained silent for even longer.

"Director, what do you think..."

"I'm coming right now. Who is on second-line duty today? Keep a close watch on the Patient. If it can be managed conservatively, do so; if not, prepare for surgery. I'm heading over; you notify the operating room to be ready for an emergency opening at any time."

Liu Zhuren instructed.

After reporting to Liu Zhuren, Wu Zong began to get busy.

Diagnosis was only the first step; there were too many, far too many things to do next.

How to handle conservative treatment. And if conservative treatment failed, how to assess the Patient's status at the first opportunity to get them into emergency surgery.

If going to the operating room for an emergency, all those trivial tasks had to be done in advance, and communication with the Family Member had to be handled well, even if the Patient was familiar with Liu Zhuren.

These tasks were numerous and fragmented, but they couldn't stump Wu Zong.

The most critical thing was that Wu Zong couldn't face Ji Xiang; he had no idea what to say upon seeing Ji Xiang, and didn't even know whether to step with his right foot or his left.

An hour and a half later, Liu Zhuren stood at the head of the Patient's bed; the bedside Ultrasound determined that the hematoma area in the Patient's right Kidney region was increasing, while the blood pressure on the Cardiac Monitor was gradually dropping.

At the same time, the Patient began to exhibit cold, clammy skin.

"Notify the operating room, let's operate!" Liu Zhuren waved his hand.

The Patient was wheeled to the operating room; although Liu Zhuren felt somewhat depressed, he was immensely relieved.

He had examined the Patient that afternoon and hadn't thought there would be any major problems.

But the facts had slapped his old face.

Losing a bit of face was nothing; what was meant to happen couldn't be hidden. That was the rule of the medical industry.

Timely treatment, stop the bleeding, save the person first; as for other matters, they could be discussed later.

Liu Zhuren changed his clothes, and after Wu Zong sent the Patient in, he also rushed off to change.

"Xiao Wu, after I talked to you about Renal Auto-amputation a few days ago, you've been much more attentive. The Patient had no clear indications, yet you were able to judge that there was a Renal Rupture. Not bad," Liu Zhuren said, looking at Wu Zong with gratification.

Wu Zong fell silent once again.

He realized that he had been silent too many times in the last few days; it seemed as if everything in his life that left him speechless had happened in these few days.

"Spontaneous Renal Rupture after Lithotripsy is very rare. Precisely because it is rare, it is especially dangerous," Liu Zhuren said slowly while changing his clothes.

He didn't offer thanks; when speaking to his own subordinate doctors, offering thanks would actually cause problems.

Liu Zhuren merely praised Wu Zong twice.

"Director, actually it was... that... it was..."

"Hahaha." Liu Zhuren laughed, "Why are you stuttering after I praised you twice? Pride makes one lag behind, but excessive humility is also wrong; it's too hypocritical. Prepare for surgery; you take someone to position the Patient."

Wu Zong, face flushed red, changed his clothes to make preoperative preparations.

He felt very ashamed; the truth wasn't like that, but the Director wouldn't listen to his explanation, and he couldn't bring himself to say it.

While working, he pondered: should he give that "unprofessional" little Standardized Training Student a chance, as a way of showing his gratitude?

That seemed possible too.

After positioning the Patient, Wu Zong went to scrub in.

When he saw Ji Xiang's tall figure, the words filling his stomach were stifled once again.

That figure was bright and sunny, but no matter how Wu Zong looked at it, he felt awkward!

Although Ji Xiang was not currently using the "Superior Doctor's Gaze" idiot skill, this skill had already caused irreparable trauma to Wu Zong's heart.

Lu Kai followed him onto the stage.

The surgery went very smoothly; although Wu Zong was somewhat absent-minded, the Laparoscopic Surgery did not require him to do much, just hold the Endoscope steady.

Liu Zhuren successfully found the ruptured blood vessel and performed Ligation, then checked again; there was no active bleeding, and the surgery ended.

The moment Liu Zhuren stepped off the stage, a crisp sound reached Ji Xiang's ears.

Task complete!

Ji Xiang was somewhat happy.

It seems one still needs to run around and observe more in the Clinical setting.

His own stamina was limited; exhausting it in the System Operating Room every day and replenishing it through sleep was the limit.

To obtain more Experience Points, he had to take on more tasks in the department.

"Ding-dong~"

Just as one task ended, a notification sound for a new task reached Ji Xiang's ears.

【System Task: Emergency Rescue

Task Content: Complete 20 cases of Stone Removal Surgery.

Task Duration: 7 days.

Task Reward: 30,000 Experience Points, Free Attribute Point +1.】

The task provided content that had never appeared before—a Free Attribute Point.

As the name suggests, this point could be added to Basic Endurance to increase the daily Surgical Training Time, bringing Ji Xiang one step closer to completing the Long-term Main Quest.

It could also be added to other attributes.

In short, the reward for this task was truly excellent.

Beneath his mask, the corners of Ji Xiang's mouth revealed a smile.

He didn't care whether he actually performed the surgery himself or whether he would get to practice Tying Knots.

Unknowingly, Ji Xiang's mindset was already a hundred and eight thousand miles away from that of a proper Standardized Training Student.

As for tasks, he would just find a way to do them; Ji Xiang was not in a rush, as his Luck was so high that he didn't need to worry at all.

Ji Xiang also did not think Liu Zhuren's skill level was poor just because of one misdiagnosis.

He focused his attention on watching the surgery.

Establishing the pneumoperitoneum, entering the abdominal cavity, opening the Retroperitoneal space—Liu Zhuren completed every step clearly and distinctly.

One surgery brought Ji Xiang 128 Experience Points.

This was even higher than the Experience Points from a Circumcision Ji Xiang performed himself!

After watching the surgery, Ji Xiang was satisfied.

Through the tempering of the System Operating Room, the entire surgical process was very clear in Ji Xiang's world, and there was no situation where he could not understand something.

After sending the Patient back, Ji Xiang also changed his clothes, preparing to go home.

He still had Endurance Value left to consume today, so Ji Xiang hurried home to "hand in his homework."

"Doctor Xiao Ji!"

Just as Ji Xiang was about to step out of the ward area, he heard Wu Zong calling him from behind.

"Chief Resident Wu." Ji Xiang stood still and smiled.

Wu Zong felt somewhat awkward, but he overcame the various discomforts he felt toward Ji Xiang in his heart and made an effort to walk up to Ji Xiang.

"Doctor Xiao Ji, thank you for today's matter," Wu Zong said, "thickening his skin."

"I didn't do much; it was you, Chief Resident Wu, who discovered the abnormal situation," Ji Xiang said.

Wu Zong let out a breath; he didn't feel the aura of bloodline suppression coming from Ji Xiang, and his own DNA didn't stir either.

Compared to those two encounters, this was a very strange feeling.

"Doctor Xiao Ji, I heard your Circumcision skills are quite good," Wu Zong said in a deep voice, "Do you need me... to help you contact other professors to observe their surgeries?"

"Observe surgeries?" Ji Xiang looked at Wu Zong.

"It's better for a Standardized Training Student to get on the operating table more."

Wu Zong tried hard to suppress his awkwardness and extended an olive branch.

He knew that today was thanks to Ji Xiang being there; otherwise, this pitch-black night would have been hell for him.

"Chief Resident Wu, are you in charge of the department's Emergency Rescue?" Ji Xiang asked.

Wu Zong was startled and nodded.

"The Laser Lithotripsy for stone Patients..."

"Are you interested in getting involved?" Wu Zong asked.

Ji Xiang nodded.

However, he was not at all surprised by Wu Zong's olive branch; with his Luck so high, it would be the strangest thing if the system gave him a task and no one scrambled to offer him a pillow.

From childhood to adulthood, Ji Xiang had long since grown accustomed to this and was not particularly surprised.

"That's good!"

Wu Zong was also straightforward and agreed directly.

"I'll admit the more serious Patients, and after completing the relevant examinations, I'll submit the emergency order, and I'll take you to do them."

"Thank you."

Bidding farewell to Wu Zong, Ji Xiang walked with light steps downstairs, found his bicycle, and rode home.

"Dad, I'm home!" Ji Xiang entered the house and greeted his old man.

At this hour, the old man should be asleep; his daily routine has always been very regular.

But to Ji Xiang's surprise, the old man was still in the study, staring intently at the computer screen.

Ever since Ji Xiang could remember, the old man would watch the market for over ten hours every single day, without fail. Even during the Spring Festival, when the whole family gathered for a reunion, the old man would still be watching those dull, meaningless 1-minute K-line charts.

Ji Xiang had learned about it too and understood a little, but he wasn't interested.

"Back so late, there must have been an emergency at the hospital," the old man asked without turning his head.

"Mm."

"Have you eaten?"

"I've eaten, don't worry, Dad." Ji Xiang took a careful look at the old man's screen; it wasn't the domestic stock market, so he didn't pay it any mind, went back to his room to wash up, and after lying down, entered the System Space.

(End of chapter)