Bam, bam, bam.
The sound of the ball hitting the ground echoed in the cement basketball court. The old cement floor was cracked and potholed. The rusty basketball hoop shook as the ball hit the backboard. The paint on the basketball hoop was peeling off, and the net was long gone.
Around the basketball court were low-rise rural houses.
Gu Jun felt a sense of déjà vu …
This was not a regular basketball court. It was just two basketball hoop erected on an empty plot of land in front of the village.
Usually, the villagers would set up stalls on this plot of land to do business. During the busy farming season, they would also dry the harvested grains here.
However, the twisted and flashing scenes that Gu Jun saw were always related to basketball.
A group of children were playing basketball. A group of teenagers were playing basketball. They were running, jumping, shooting, colliding, shouting …
During the New Year, a basketball competition was held in the village. The youngsters who were the best at playing basketball formed teams to fight for glory for their respective villages.
The side of the basketball court was filled with villagers. They cheered and applauded for every goal scored. They celebrated and rejoiced for these youngsters.
That handless figure was always standing alone in the crowd, looking in the direction of the basketball, looking.
Gu Jun felt a kind of desire, hope, and imagination. He reached out to pick up the ball and hit it. He wanted to do what those people did. He wanted to throw the ball up high, sprinkle his own sweat, and laugh loudly with his companions. However, he did not have hands. He did not have hands … He could not pick it up. There was no way … He tried, but there was no way …
He could only stand at the side and watch as if nothing had happened.
Only during the New Year, when there were so many people watching, did he not have to be afraid to show his love and desire for basketball.
At this time, no one would notice it. No one would think that he was here to join in the fun. What did it have to do with him …
Suddenly, Gu Jun felt that the desire was like a dark cloud that had been accumulating for a long time. It exploded into a storm and turned into a myriad of pain. It wanted to tear his heart and liver apart and turn it into ashes. He wanted to turn himself into ashes in his sleep, as if he had never come to this world.
"Hello, Dr. Carlop …"
He heard someone say that. The child in the crowd looked over, and a strange smile appeared on his young face.
In an instant, the freak turned into a crazy color. Every blood vessel on its face was protruding, and black liquid was flowing inside. The two incomplete arms under its sleeves suddenly extended countless thread-like tentacles. "The Life Association of Negative Choice sends its regards to you!"
Gu Jun also felt a sudden pain in his head, and his mind was pulled out of the illusion uncontrollably.
The children with their countless tentacles flew away. The lively basketball court and the small village went far away …
It was also at this moment that he suddenly understood where the sense of déjà vu came from. He had been to this village before. He had breathed the air there and walked through the alleys there. When he escaped from the world of the King in Yellow and returned to this world, Eastern State was there, that village.
Negative choice of life will, negative choice of life will …
Is this an organization … an organization that worships Shub-Niggurath … That voice of negative choice … Is it them …?
Suddenly, all the illusions shattered. Gu Jun felt his eyes being illuminated by the shadowless lamp. He was still in the surgery room. Chen Yunping and the rest of the group's gasps echoed in his ears. Uncle Dan was calling him anxiously, "Ah Jun!"
It was not because he was lost in thought. He had already seen the injured limb on the small operating table. The surgical team was making a circular incision of the periosteum at the osteotomy level. It was struggling stiffly. The severed muscles, nerves, blood vessels, and skin flaps in the operating area were being dragged, lifted, and struggled.
Even though they were mentally prepared for this, Chen Yunping, the second assistant, and the anesthetist were stunned. Cold sweat poured down their backs.
The experienced scrub nurse almost knocked over the table. Chen Yunping's right hand that held the scalpel was shaking.
"Doctor Gu … something's wrong …" Chen Yunping wanted to remove the periosteum distally but he could no longer complete that step. His muscles were no longer under his control. He told himself not to panic. From an intern to an attending physician, from the third assistant to the main surgeon, he had been through many surgeries. A strange arm was nothing to be afraid of.
Chen Yunping didn't think he was afraid, but his heart was palpitating and aching. He couldn't keep the muscles in his hands steady, as if it was an instinctive reaction of his body.
"Head Chen, please move away!" Gu Jun recovered. He calmed himself down and hurried to the surgery table. "Leave the rest to us."
There was a chill in his heart. The middle-aged patient was lying there under general anesthesia. He did not do anything. The Ancient Seal Stone that they had brought over did not respond.
But just like that, so quickly and without a trace, the injured limb was infected and controlled by an unknown force …
'Even the City of Dusk said this was the power of the Great Enemy, negative choice of life will … '
"Uncle Dan, come over here and hold this arm down!" Gu Jun's heart was filled with complicated emotions. Even he could not tell what he was feeling. But for now, he had to complete this surgery. This patient really needed this surgery …
At the same time, Chen Yunping and the rest retreated to the side. Uncle Dan, Zhang Huohuo and the rest of the Phecda members took over.
The biggest difference between a Phecda member and a normal member was not their medical skill but their ability to maintain their composure despite the pressure from the abnormal force.
"Don't panic, we'll cut it off in a minute!" Uncle Dan pressed heavily on the strange hand, but the strange hand struggled so hard that he had to rely on the cooperation of the others to keep it steady.
After retreating to the side, the mental pressure on Chen Yunping and the rest was greatly reduced. Their brains worked faster. Therefore, when they saw Gu Jun take out a strange-looking scalpel, they were not as startled as before. Instead, they were filled with confusion and anxiety.
They were familiar with Gu Jun's reputation but they had not heard of him being an orthopedic surgeon and the tool he used was strange …
Gu Jun gripped the Carlop knife in his hand. It was a scalpel but it could also be used as a scalpel.
It had been a long time since he last performed orthopedic surgery. He took a deep breath and steadied his hands. He suppressed the agitation in his heart and peeled off the periosteum that had been incised on the osteotomy surface.
Doctor Carlop, Doctor Carlop …
The surgical area of the arm was rapidly changing. The severed muscles, nerves and blood vessels appeared to be coalescing into a ball and were about to regrow.
"Bone saw!" Gu Jun shouted.
Zhang Huohuo passed over an electric bone saw. Gu Jun gripped it with both hands and started it. The whirring sound of the saw echoed in the surgery room.
Gu Jun's grip was firm. Under the watchful eyes of Chen Yunping and the rest, he cut the humerus horizontally. Crack crack crack …
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
