Chapter 23 (2/2)

Once the skin was peeled back, Zheng Ren plunged the scalpel deep into the adipose layer. His movement was confident and firm even as the scalpel handle disappeared beyond the layer of fat.

This maneuver shocked the audience as if the scalpel was aimed at their own hearts.

Old Chief Physician Pan’s frown deepened. At the same time, the livestream exploded with comments.

[Are we witnessing a murder?]

[Is he that confident? Logically speaking, no matter how much presurgical prep was done, there would be changes when the patient is supine. This maneuver is too risky. A minor miscalculation and there will be damage to the intestines.]

[I’ve been shocked into respiratory arrest. If I don’t turn up tomorrow, please inform my colleagues to pick up my corpse.]

Zheng Ren was oblivious to the whole discourse surrounding his method.

He pulled out the scalpel and asked for an iodoform gauze from Xie Yiren. Wiping his left middle finger with it, he then plunged the digit into the small incision. At the same time, a pair of large curved forceps held in his right hand followed suit.

The operative view became blank.

No matter how impressive the System was, it would not livestream the happenings in the patient’s cavity. If it did, Zheng Ren would probably be called up for a chat by some department.

Old Chief Physician Pan, Chief Surgeon Liu, and the audience were silent as they watched Zheng Ren’s imperceptible maneuvering of his finger and the forceps.

No one had expected this to happen.

As quick as it happened, Zheng Ren took out his finger and the forceps. He motioned for a sterile gauze and covered the incision to prevent contamination from pus.

It turned out he had been slowly separating the adipose layer, muscle, and fascia to reach the peritoneum.

Everyone was speechless as they watched Zheng Ren push two pieces of sterile gauze into the incision. No one could tell what was happening inside the patient, no matter audience or the surgeon.

Zheng Ren’s next move stunned everyone.

He disinfected the same finger and reached in again, this time with a pair of extra-long curved forceps.

[I… am speechless. If the first surgery was anything like this, I would have called the cops and told them that someone was livestreaming a murder.]

[Is this the legendary blind operation? Can someone enlighten me?]

[What is the surgeon doing? Such outrageous stunts have blinded my fragile eyes.]

Countless messages flashed across the stream as Zheng Ren asked for another pair of extra-long curved forceps. The two pairs of instruments occupied the open incision—it was difficult for even a finger to enter.

What was the significance of the two forceps placed inside the abdomen? That was the question on everyone’s mind.

In the short period when the operative view turned blank, the surgeon had managed to make an educated guess based on his clinical experience and proceeded to ligate the ligaments and arteries.

The livestream was silent now—not a single comment came on the screen.

The unimaginable and the impossible just happened. This man must be possessed by the devil.

Comments? They were nonexistent as everyone stared dumbfounded.

Even the anesthesiologist beside Zheng Ren was wide-eyed. His jaw hung open as he watched Zheng Ren operate.

Only the lionhearted Xie Yiren disregarded what Zheng Ren was doing. She just followed her instincts, predicted what Zheng Ren would do next, and handed him the appropriate instruments.

She had faith in him.

There were no dazzling magic tricks in this operation. The doctors were familiar with every step Zheng Ren took. What step he would take next was also very clear, and yet, it was all completely unbelievable.

This was because he was performing the surgery blind.

The next step would be to cut the appendicular artery…

They then saw Zheng Ren hold the smallest scalpel with the tip of the extra-long curved forceps and plunge it into the abdomen.

Then…

Then…

If that was successful, the operation should be over.

As the audience wondered about the outcome, Zheng Ren retracted the forceps.

A blind operation without any visual a.s.sistance. Was the appendix removed? Was the appendicular artery ligation secure? Would there be bleeding?

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