Chapter 115 - One Tree Does Not Make A Forest (1/2)

“Good day, Chief Zheng. This is Feng Xuhui speaking,” the voice buzzed from the phone.

Zheng Ren could hear his youth cracking through.

“What did Professor Pei say?”

“He is up for it. I have already booked the flight for tomorrow. He should reach Sea City at 1.30 pm,” Manager Feng said cheerfully.

“Good. Thank you for your help.” Zheng Ren was relieved.

All was going well. Zheng Ren had worried the Sorcery Capital professor’s schedule was full. A delay of one or two weeks could see changes in Miss Yun’s liver tumor.

Hepatocellular carcinoma was one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths.

Zheng Ren shared the good news in the WeChat group.

Once that was done, he took his book and went to the on-call room to rest.

He was up too early and his body bemoaned the injustice. The lack of surgeries had made his body lethargic, so he decided to rest in case of emergencies coming in at night.

Zheng Ren found Su Yun sound asleep in the on-call room.

He laid down and entered the System.

It was time to check on his skills and missions.

As the morning surgery had been done by Su Yun, Zheng Ren doubted the System would mark it as one of his own. When he scrolled through the details, he saw a new mission had appeared without any announcement.

[Continuous Side Mission: One Tree Does Not A Forest Make

Surgeries are not meant for a single surgeon. Even the best surgeons need to rest. Therefore, it is time to develop an a.s.sistant surgeon.

Mission Details: a.s.sistant completes ten surgeries.

Mission Reward: Master ranked 3D Reconstruction of CT Scans skill book.

Mission Duration: One week.]

The mission completion bar had one point in it from this morning’s appendectomy.

One tree does not a forest make…if only Zheng Ren could pick another a.s.sistant. Although Su Yun was well-equipped to accomplish such a mission easily, Zheng Ren was still not fond of him.

He was somewhat curious about the mission reward, though. This was the first time the System had offered a book for a specific skill branch. Zheng Ren had not thought of a use for 3D CT scan reconstruction, but an additional skill was never a bad thing.

It was peaceful inside the System. The lake was crystal clear and the traces of blood on the lifelike fox statue had disappeared. Its eyes gleamed as if it was alive and Zheng Ren could feel its gaze.

Without distortion and stench of blood in the air, Zheng Ren felt at peace in the System.

He browsed through the System Shop. A look at his remaining experience points made him close the Shop menu.

It had been a few days without any missions, so this continuous side mission was better than nothing, although he was still more interested in getting his general surgery skills to Master rank.

With a slight taste of disappointment, Zheng Ren left the System.

He took an hour-long nap before being woken by a phone call. There was a case of acute appendicitis that needed his consultation.

Zheng Ren quickly rolled off the bed and put on his shoes. Su Yun was already awake, his eyes bright and aware.

‘He really does look like a protagonist,’ Zheng Ren thought.

The two went to the emergency department. After the consultation, they decided surgery was necessary. The patient was brought to Chang Yue and Yang Lei for registration and preoperative preparations.