Chapter 11 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Thus, his intensive training for appendectomy officially began.

Zheng Ren used everything he knew—whatever it was what he had learned, seen or heard previously—and even made some creative modifications to the treatment techniques of various surgical case scenarios to confront the different inflamed appendixes and countless tricks thrown at him by the System.

He had subscribed to many sources of medical literature due to his insatiable hunger for knowledge.

He was also creative and had countless thoughts and ideas.

As he entered this land of bliss in his mysterious world, he completely forgot about the imminent danger threatening his life like a knife on his throat.

He devoted himself entirely to improving his skill in appendectomy and even put various creative and unorthodox theories into practice.

In the end, Zheng Ren made a flower out of a plain and simple appendectomy.

From fifteen minutes for a simple appendectomy at the start, he was able to treat a complicated case of phlegmonous appendicitis within five minutes. Everything else in his mind was cast aside as he immersed himself in an inextricable, addictive mire.

The System’s rating was updated from Good to Excellent.

With only two days left on the training program, it finally concluded that Zheng Ren could perform an appendectomy perfectly.

Even so, he did not dare to slack off and tried his best to improve every surgical step as much as possible, since his life was at stake.

When the timer finally reached zero, the operating theater started dissipating and, without warning, Zheng Ren was immediately flung out of the mysterious world.

The world was etched in shadow as if the sky was a blanket of gray and a storm was about to hit. Even the air was no longer fresh, as the faint, metallic scent of blood lingered in the atmosphere.

Splash… The sound of running tap water snapped Zheng Ren’s mind back to reality.

Time in the real world had remained stationary but Zheng Ren had a strange feeling that he was at least twenty years older at present.

He had performed almost 2300 appendectomy surgeries within that split second, which were basically all the appendectomies he would do in his entire life.

After rinsing the surgical instruments thoroughly and quickly, he placed them into a sterilization box and opened the procedure room door.

“h.e.l.lo, Doctor Zheng.”

The voices were thunderous and simultaneous.

Those brutes were nowhere to be seen; instead, Elder San was standing there leisurely along with two rows of ten men in the corridor, who bowed and greeted in unison as soon as the door opened.

“Cool!” Surrounding bystanders were excited to see such a spectacular scene.

“I’m sorry, Doctor Zheng. Ms. Bu has some issues to attend to and can’t visit you personally. May I ask if you are free tonight?” asked Elder San courteously.

Time? That was exactly what Zheng Ren lacked at the moment.

Thus, he answered instinctively without the slightest hesitation, “No.”

“…”

There was a moment of awkward silence.

Elder San, who was briefly stunned, smiled and replied without losing his manners, “We shall visit you again next time, Doctor Zheng.”

“That’s… That’s very kind of you.” Zheng Ren realized his mistake immediately, but how could he waste time for leisure when his life was being threatened by the System? If he missed an appendectomy because of this… Well, he would be one step closer to h.e.l.l.

He had no choice but to go with the flow, so he explained apologetically, “I’m really busy these few days. I’ll be free after this.”

Instead of continuing the conversation, Elder San summoned Little Six to apologize to Zheng Ren and departed.

Once Elder San and his people had left the hospital, the doctors and nurses of the emergency department surrounded Zheng Ren immediately to ask about the incident just now.

“Zheng Ren, come to my office.” A voice reached Zheng Ren’s ears, which saved him from getting overwhelmed by the situation.

He recognized it as the voice of Old Chief Physician Pan and squeezed through the crowd quickly. “Chief Physician Pan, you’ve returned.”

“Yes, we’ll have a chat in my office.”

After they entered the room, Chief Physician Pan immediately sat on his swivel chair and said, “Do you know what I did today?”

Zheng Ren was at a loss for words as he was still unaccustomed to Chief Physician Pan’s speaking style.

“I demanded hospital management transfer some staff for my plan to establish an emergency operating theater,” said Chief Physician Pan, who was staring at Zheng Ren intently with a piercing gaze, as if he was a general in an expeditionary warfare. “Do you feel confident?”

He cut straight to the point without any greeting or prior warning.

Zheng Ren fell in love with Chief Physician Pan’s disposition instantly.

Chief Physician Pan’s words nearly made him weep and he was willing to dedicate himself entirely to this elderly man for saving his life.

What troubled Zheng Ren the most? Before this, it had been performing ten appendectomies perfectly within three days. After that fifteen days in h.e.l.l, this mission was not a problem any more.

Zheng Ren figured that his surgical technique for appendectomy had reached a Master rank or higher after performing thousands of appendectomies of different variations within the System. He could still potentially fall short of perfection, but the chances of that were very minimal.

The real problem was… Where the h.e.l.l was he supposed to find patients with acute appendicitis? The operating theater? A surgical team—nurses for both the operating theater and patients’ postoperative care, anesthesiologists, clinicians—would be required as well.

In other words, an appendectomy was one of the simplest minor surgeries in the general surgery department, but at least twenty more staff would be required if this simple surgery was to be performed in the emergency department.

Where else would he perform an appendectomy apart from the emergency department? It would be unwise to return to the general surgery department, and there was not enough time for him to change his workplace, either.

If he were honest with himself, his initial plan was to perform the surgeries in some random, illegal clinic.

Chief Physician Pan furrowed his eyebrows, which radiated the austerity of two intimidating black dragons, when he noticed Zheng Ren’s peculiar expression.

Zheng Ren snapped out of his thoughts and answered immediately, “Chief Physician Pan, I can start performing surgeries as soon as the team is a.s.sembled.”

Zheng Ren’s words softened Chief Physician Pan’s stony expression slightly.

“Any thoughts?”

“In order to train the team and speed up the adaptation process, I’m going to perform all available appendectomy cases first,” said Zheng Ren confidently.