Chapter 26

In the demonstration room, Director Pan couldn't hold on any longer, and went to rest right after the last appendectomy surgery ended.

At this moment, only Director Liu and Cen Meng remained in the room; the air was solidified and oppressive, giving a feeling of suffocation near death.

Because of that remark that such an appendix has no soul, Director Liu angrily scolded Cen Meng for half an hour; he still hasn't calmed down, lounging on the sofa with no trace of fatigue.

Cen Meng, dazed from the scolding, felt as if the water in his brain had spilled out; staring at the pitch‑black night, he was dark and expressionless.

A silence that makes the heart race.

"Director, I have an idea." After a long while, Cen Meng raised his head and said.

"Speak quickly if you have something to say." Director Liu's patience had been worn thin. Since inviting Professor Sen Yu Yi Lang to perform the surgery, one accident after another kept occurring, driving him near collapse.

"I admit Zheng Ren's skill is high; even appendectomies in mid‑pregnancy and in obese patients he does very well." Cen Meng said: "But a person's energy is limited; I think we should use a fatigue tactic to solve this problem."

"Fatigue tactic?"

"Yes." Cen Meng originally had only a vague idea; the more he spoke, the clearer it became, and he felt energized. "Zheng Ren said he would do ten appendectomies in three days; I estimate his energy can only manage that. Like tonight's surgery, which looks simple, but his energy has already been completely drained."

"Then what?"

"Let me make a call to confirm." Cen Meng felt he had grasped the opponent's weakness, picked up the phone, and first dialed General Surgery Department One.

After inquiring about the postoperative patients' conditions and learning that all four were stable with no complications, Cen Meng then asked where Zheng Ren was.

The nurse on the other end of the phone had no idea where Zheng Ren had gone.

After hanging up, Cen Meng called the Emergency Department; upon learning that Zheng Ren had returned to the duty room to rest, his face showed the expression I had long guessed would appear, and he hung up.

"Director, Zheng Ren is completely exhausted." Cen Meng felt a little pleased.

"Speak of the matter." Director Liu had sunk into a state of fatigue, irritability, and blame‑shifting, with no patience left.

"We can send acute appendicitis patients from other sister hospitals; we don't need to specifically seek high‑difficulty appendicitis. Since quality can't overwhelm him, using quantity to overwhelm him is also good."

Director Liu fell into thought.

"Is there anything more difficult than acute appendicitis?" He pondered for a long time but couldn't find a surgery more complex than pregnancy‑related or ectopic appendicitis.

"It's just appendicitis; how much more complicated could it get?"

"From the surgeries already performed, Zheng Ren's appendectomy has reached the level of perfection; therefore intermittently tackling high‑difficulty acute appendicitis is meaningless, and what Cen Meng said makes some sense."

He nodded, and Director Liu came to accept Cen Meng's suggestion.

Afterward, he picked up the phone and began making call after call.

Using the reputation he had built over several decades, he asked the heads of the General Surgery departments and hospital directors of all hospitals in Haicheng to send acute appendicitis patients within 24 hours.

Moreover, he also called the hospitals in the surrounding counties and towns with which he had contacts.

Then let Zheng Ren work without rest, performing appendectomies until the ends of the earth.

I just don't believe you can produce a flawless appendicitis case while in extreme fatigue!

Director Liu also decided to stay awake all night.

After all, the patients are coming of their own accord; if any problem really arises, there's no way to explain it to doctors from other hospitals.

Just watch—Zheng Ren won't be able to hold up, and I and Cen Meng can step in at any time.

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At 2:11, Zheng Ren's phone call woke him up.

It was the General Surgery Department One calling, saying there was an appendicitis patient ready for surgery.

Zheng Ren already knew from the system notification that this was a "conspiracy," but he didn't care.

It's just one night without sleep; I'm absolutely fine.

Moreover, when the novice task was given, a bottle of energy potion was also provided, now stored in the system space. Zheng Ren doesn't know the effect of the energy potion, but since it's a reward from the system, it certainly won't be bad.

Full of confidence, Zheng Ren got out of bed.

The night‑shift doctor on the neighboring bed, annoyed at being woken by Zheng Ren's phone call, expressed dissatisfaction and then turned over and went back to sleep.

Zheng Ren donned his white coat and went to the General Surgery Department One.

The patient's pre‑operative preparations were complete; Zheng Ren glanced at the patient, and the system indicated it was a simple appendicitis.

Not bad; an estimate of ten minutes should be enough.

These ten minutes also need to include the time for laying the sterile drapes before surgery and moving the patient afterward. More time is consumed by the anesthesiologist's continuous epidural anesthesia, but Zheng Ren cannot control that.

Thinking of this, Zheng Ren suddenly recalled the Chu sisters; he didn't know their anesthesia level. In his mind, he had forgotten what the sister duo looked like, only remembering that Chu Yan zhi had said they were graduate students in critical care medicine at Huaxi, had studied anesthesia, and could work as anesthesiologists.

In the country's ICUs, most are first established by the anesthesia department of the operating room. Therefore, critical care medicine and anesthesia are two branches of the same trunk.

The Chu sisters possess the license to practice as anesthesiologists; Zheng Ren finds this not at all strange.

But now it's definitely hopeless to rely on them; I'll do it myself. These are still too far off; Zheng Ren thought it over, then stopped thinking about that pair of sisters, and began to ponder the system quest.

After confirming the patient, Zheng Ren gave the pre-operative instructions, and brought the patient into the operating room.

Waking Xie Yiren, Zheng Ren began to scrub his hands and lay out the sterile drapes.

The surgery began again.

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Xinglin Yuan's anonymous account immediately began to livestream the surgery.

Doctors who had already followed that anonymous account, no matter where they were, were all awakened at the same time by the noisy ringing sound from their sleep.

No alarm was set—how could there be a ringing? The already dazed doctors were furious.

When they saw that Xinglin Yuan had a new message notification, they all looked bewildered—when had Xinglin Yuan added this reminder call function?

Seeing that it was that account again starting a livestream, some people perked up, opened their phones, and lay in bed happily watching the surgery.

【Great master, are you going to do an appendectomy all night?】

【It's just an appendectomy, no need to work so hard.】

【I'm really looking forward to it, I don't know what fresh surgical technique I can learn.】

I lie down while others stand; I fall asleep while others work.

This is undoubtedly a kind of happiness.

Miserable doctor, still have to do an emergency appendectomy Shou Bing in the middle of the night; I'm better off, able to lie in bed and warmly watch the livestream.

But the happy time is very short; after laying out the sterile sheet, the shiny Shou Bing scalpel cuts the skin, and a fresh appendix pops out in just a few seconds, utterly unremarkable.

The only highlight is the small incision, as well as the operator's skilled, Stability operation.

The duration of an acute Appendectomy is only 4 minutes 12 seconds; some doctors merely glance at the patient's initial case record, and the Appendectomy is finished.

【Do we really have to be this fast?】

【Although I say there's nothing to see, I still have to say, this Shou Bing is done too fast. If it were our director, even a simple acute appendicitis would take about 10 Minute to finish. Note: Located at the well-known tertiary Hospital in Di Du.】

【Really skilled, huh? Could it be that the operator spends their whole life doing appendectomies?】

There are not many comments in the Xinglin Yuan livestream room; after watching a few previous typical, extremely high-difficulty Appendectomy livestreams, the doctors' appetites have become picky, and this simple Appendectomy cannot satisfy their curiosity at all.

The patient is lifted off the Shou Bing bed; many doctors watching the livestream prepare to turn off the stream, looking for where to disable new video notifications, to get some sleep in Silence.

At that moment, the livestream room's notification page shows the next patient's case.

【Doing appendectomies back-to-back?】

【Where did he find so many cases?】

【Is this the legendary appendectomy night? I was about to sleep, but suddenly all sleepiness vanished. Oh heavens, have pity on me; tomorrow I still have to perform five Shou Bing.】

The Shou Bing preparation time is not long; another patient is sent onto the Shou Bing bed.