Chapter 374 - Reviving The Dead (1/2)

Zheng Ren switched modes instantly at the news of an emergency rescue, abandoning his discussion with the professor.

The news of a patient with a stopped heart turned Zheng Ren into an athlete. He chased after Su Yun and the two doctors ran through the hospital corridors.

The elevators were too slow, so they went down the fire escape stairwell.

As they reached the first floor, they heard the sirens of the 120 ambulance approaching.

“You head to the emergency response room, I’ll bring the patient,” Zheng Ren shouted over the din.

Without saying a word, Su Yun changed course and ran toward the emergency response room.

The 120 ambulance pulled up in front of the emergency entrance. The stretcher trolley was already on the move.

Zheng Ren caught sight of the patient and looked at the System display in the top-right corner of his vision.

Instead of flas.h.i.+ng a warning red, it was pale white.

‘F*ck!’

Zheng Ren cursed under his breath. Was the patient dead?

Not even a diagnosis! There was no color indication of the patient’s vital signs.

This was a first for Zheng Ren.

At this moment, the System notification bell chimed.

[Emergency Mission: Reviving The Dead

[Mission Details: Rescue the multiple stab wound patient undergoing cardiac arrest.

[Mission Reward: One Master-rank emergency rescue skill book and one golden chest.

[Mission Duration: Three hours.]

There was no time to read the fine print, but the issuance of a mission gave Zheng Ren hope.

It meant the patient still had a fighting chance, or else the System would not have given him a mission.

His past engagements with the System were always fair and balanced. Thus far, he had yet to encounter a mission that was impossible to complete.

A 30-year-old woman came down from the 120 ambulance.

Her hair was a mess as she ran alongside the stretcher trolley. She was shrieking and crying as the emergency response team wheeled the patient into the hospital.

At some point, Zheng Ren joined the foray. He guided the stretcher trolley to the emergency response room. Amidst the chaos, the woman, who was in heels, tripped as she tried to keep up.

No one noticed her fall.

Once the patient was inside the emergency response room, a nurse approached with a pair of scissors. The patient’s clothes were removed.

One by one, the stab wounds appeared before Zheng Ren’s eyes.

There was one stab wound below the left pectoral.

Time was running out! The heart would have stopped beating for at least four minutes now—brain hypoxia would have set in.

There was not enough time!

Zheng Ren put on a pair of sterile gloves and plunged one hand into the stab wound while his other hand reached out. “Scalpel!”

Su Yun had a scalpel in hand and intended on stepping up to the table when he heard the urgency in Zheng Ren’s tone. He relinquished the scalpel.

Zheng Ren’s fingers probed the wound and came into contact with the heart.

He suspected the patient had a pericardial tamponade!

He recklessly poured some iodophor over the patient’s wound and, scalpel in hand, he cut into the patient.

“Ah!” A shriek sounded from outside the room.

Zheng Ren ignored the shout as he pushed the scalpel deeper. There was no time to perform a blunt dissection or address potential issues, like pneumothorax.

“Prep the operating room!” Zheng Ren shouted as he spread open the muscles underneath.

The gory heart sat in the chest cavity, two fists large.

Zheng Ren made a nick in the pericardium.

The sudden relief of the pent-up pressure caused a spray of red liquid, splattering the room and ceiling.

Blood was everywhere!

The patient’s family, bystanders, and even the medical staff on duty were shocked as they watched the events unfold.

Zheng Ren tossed the scalpel aside and put his hand into the patient’s chest cavity. With his fingers, he began to ma.s.sage the heart.