Chapter 29: line with translation of chapter title

Zheng Ren, who was performing Shou Bing, suddenly heard a 'ding dong~~~' sound in his mind, clear and pleasant, especially moving.

Huh? Is the mission done?

The system's cold, emotionless mechanical female voice appeared.

【Hostility from peers, mission completed. Remaining time 16 hours 23 minutes 43 seconds. Overcompleted mission, host can obtain Experience Points 2332, mission reward……system calculating.】

Indeed, Zheng Ren's mood was great.

But what the hell are Experience Points? Isn't the setting to climb the technology tree with Skill Points? Why are Experience Points appearing now?

Zheng Ren suppressed the joy and excitement deep in his Inner Mind, earnestly completing the Appendectomy he was performing.

Just an ordinary simple appendicitis patient; at most it won't take long.

After 2 minutes 15 seconds, Zheng Ren finished continuous subcutaneous suturing, dressed the wound with auxiliary materials, and together with the anesthesiologist and doctors from the General Surgery Department lifted the patient onto the operating bed.

"I'll rest; you anesthetize the next patient first," Zheng Ren said.

The anesthesiologist who had just finished his shift was still in a stage of abundant energy; estimating that Zheng Ren had performed about forty appendectomies and should be exhausted, he nodded.

Zheng Ren came to the corner of the Operating Room, took off his deep-green Sterile surgical gown, didn't throw it into the red contamination bin, but threw it directly onto the floor and lay down without regard for appearance.

When doing emergency duty at night, this situation often occurs; the doctors and nurses in the Operating Room have long been accustomed to it, and no one would consider it particularly tragic.

Having something to eat is already good; can one still be picky?

Zheng Ren closed his eyes and entered the System Space.

After performing about forty surgeries, the System Space had completely returned to its original appearance; even the fox statue in front of the Thatched Hut had become a bit more vivid. The Pond seemed to have expanded a bit; the air……was still as fresh. Zheng Ren, accustomed to breathing hazy air, involuntarily coughed twice.

【Mission reward calculation complete, System Mall will be opened to the host; please consume reasonably.】Mechanical female voice said: 【This mission's reward: Skill Points 150, one opportunity to enter the System Operating Room for training, time 20 days.】

After speaking, the system's mechanical female voice immediately disappeared, leaving only an echo reverberating by the Pond beside the Thatched Hut.

This reward……is awesome.

Zheng Ren, who had undergone one session of System Operating Room training, knew how great an opportunity this was.

Every experimental subject in the System is more suitable for practicing surgery than the precious cadaver teachers of medical schools.

The training time for this mission's reward is also longer than practicing Appendectomy; the system is indeed generous, truly worthy of being my Zheng Ren's system.

After the voice disappeared, Zheng Ren didn't seek its source; he first went to observe the Skill Tree.

One night of about forty emergency surgeries, like efficient farm fertilizer, spurred the Skill Tree to grow.

General Surgery Department skill was 1005 points, now it's 1067 points, a pleasing increase. However, distance to the expert-level peak of 5000 points still seems far; the 150 points of Skill Points from the mission reward aren't enough to do much.

Other Skill Trees also grew somewhat, just not as noticeably as the General Surgery Department Skill Tree.

Mall, what the hell is that? After looking at the Skill Tree and gaining an intuitive concept of his abilities, Zheng Ren began to look for the Mall the system mentioned.

With a thought, the light curtain opened, displaying the so-called Mall before Zheng Ren.

"……" Really just a sham, Zheng Ren muttered to himself.

Besides Shou Bing, the system simply doesn't want to put on some grandiose formalities for show.

This is a very practical, utilitarian system.

Zheng Ren began to appreciate the Mall's items; first catching his eye was a set of General Surgery Department Surgical Instruments, priced at 15000 Experience Points behind.

So Experience Points are the currency for buying items in the System Mall, Zheng Ren sweated profusely; could he just use gold ingots instead? He almost got himself mistaken.

Continuing to look, behind the price is the item description.

General Surgery Department Surgical Instruments have various functions, for example they can auto‑disinfect, for example they have a slight repair function when separating connective tissue, etc.; moreover, the Surgical Instruments contain all kinds of equipment, many of which Zheng Ren has never seen.

Good stuff is good stuff, but the price is too high; Zheng Ren simply can't afford it now.

Pulling down the menu, besides General Surgery Department, Surgical Instruments from other departments are also available.

Although they are largely similar, they cover various surgical branches; once surgical skills become proficient, there will be deeper demand.

For example, Zheng Ren now has a profound concept of the elongated large forceps; the elongated large forceps in the Operating Room of City First Hospital are not easy to use, and twice they almost affected the completion of the surgery.

Still, let's wait until we have money; even having instruments isn't enough—how to bypass the Operating Room's regulations to bring one's own instruments for surgery is also a problem.

But Zheng Ren doesn't need to worry about this for now.

The final reward, and the one Zheng Ren most desires—20 days of training in the System Operating Room.

He searched for a long time but still didn't know how to properly unlock this reward; it's basically illusory, with no tangible form.

"System deity, how should I obtain the training reward?" Zheng Ren searched the entire tiny System Space, couldn't find where the Operating Room was, and could only ask the system.

Unfortunately, the system remained as aloof as ever, responding to Zheng Ren's question with indifference.

Looks like that's all he can do; Zheng Ren pondered a bit, and the 150 Skill Points from the reward were not invested in the General Surgery Department Skill Tree.

What if the system goes crazy again and gives him a mission he must complete or die? Having a small reserve of Skill Points might come in handy.

The System Space was desolate; after looking once more at the goods in the Mall, Zheng Ren left the System Space drooling.

"Hey, stop playing dead, get up and do surgery." The anesthesiologist lightly kicked Zheng Ren's leg with his foot and woke him up.

After resting ten minutes, Zheng Ren found that normally, the time flow speed in the System Space equals that of real space. During previous training, maintaining a time‑stop state seemed to consume a lot of energy for the system, an emergency condition.

Having gotten up from the floor, Zheng Ren felt his whole body full of strength; perhaps resting in the System Space could quickly restore mental energy—worth a try.

"All right, I'm up." Zheng Ren said.

"Are you still capable?" the anesthesiologist asked.

After all, performing about forty surgeries in one breath is something he's never seen in his life; by experience, Zheng Ren should have long been worn out to the point of being a mere laborer.

"If you can't, I can; a man can't say he can't." Zheng Ren said with a hearty laugh.

His words carried a bit of lewd humor; this is also a special culture of the Operating Room, lacking theoretical basis—anyway, Operating Rooms everywhere are just the same.

Scrubbing hands, disinfecting, laying the sterile sheet, donning the surgical gown—another brand‑new Appendectomy began.

As always, it was quick; under Zheng Ren's scalpel the appendices became very obedient, cut off in a few minutes and tossed into the specimen basin.

In the livestream room of the Xinglin Yuan Website, a new day, more people poured in.

Sleepless all night, broadcasting forty Appendectomies; such a feat was a first on the Xinglin Yuan Website.

Don't even mention the website live broadcast; in reality, all medical professionals who are currently watching the surgery live broadcast have never had such an experience.

There are many people who can perform seven or eight appendectomy surgeries within 24 hours.

Having had such an experience once, when sitting at a roadside barbecue stall during break time, drinking beer and eating skewers, one has the capital to boast with saliva flying everywhere; sometime, on some date, I did ten cases of appendicitis in one Evening.

Just ten cases of appendicitis are enough to evoke an aura of billowing gunpowder and flying blood.

But in the Surgery Livestream Room, all this seems so insignificant.

The number of Shou Bing recordings has already risen to 41, and the surgeon keeps increasing that number, making it ever larger and more terrifying.