Hidden Mission: Complete two-star surgery (success) within three days. Accumulated personal contribution of 150%. Mission Reward: 1 blurry old photo.
Current Cumulative Contribution: 0%. Remaining Time: 71: 59: 59]
Gu Jun looked at the mission description, and his heart skipped a beat. A blurry old photo? What photo?
The system had its own rules. Normal Quests gave potions, which did not seem to have any illusionary connection; Difficult Quests gave items that had once belonged to an owner, which had an illusionary connection; Hidden Quests seemed to be about the same difficulty as Difficult Quests, but since they were so rare, the items they gave should also be rare in some way.
"I couldn't figure out who wrote the drawings and diary that I got earlier, whether they were written by a human or not, and whether they were things from this world."
Gu Jun pondered, and his eyes lit up. "But if it's a photo … if there is a person in the photo, then it is definitely an important clue. And the illusion that is triggered might be able to reveal something … "
150% contribution, and there were 19 surgeries left. Based on the 76% success rate of local anesthesia, perhaps only 15 surgeries would be successful.
Then to complete the mission, he had to get an average of 10% contribution per surgery, and his contribution for the previous surgery was 7%.
This mission was difficult, but it was not impossible. Gu Jun felt that he could give it a shot because the longer the 19 surgeries went on, the more tired Surgeon Zhu and the rest would be. If his performance improved, then he would be given more work, and the contribution would be higher.
As long as he performed well, he could fight for it! Gu Jun, I'm going to start working overtime again.
But now, there was still a question in his mind. "Will I accelerate the development of the Malformed Banyan Disease patient?"
If so, he would soon be taken away by the Investigation Department.
With this doubt and anxiety, Gu Jun followed Surgeon Zhu and the rest to the antechamber to rest for a while. Then he went to the disinfection room to redo the preoperative preparations before setting off again. They used the other surgery room in the corridor because the previous one still needed to be cleaned up.
The anesthesiologist, Yan Haizhe, had already arrived. He administered local anesthesia to Patient 56, who was waiting for them on the operating table.
This young female patient was going to have her right shoulder amputation. Her condition was slightly less severe than that of patient No. 25. Her shoulder girdle could be saved, but she was also crying and screaming.
"Everyone, get into position. This time, we will try to complete the surgery within two and a half hours." Surgeon Zhu led the way again. Zeng Jianguo and Li Hualong nodded in agreement.
Gu Jun silently followed behind, holding his breath. When he reached the operating table, he saw that the female patient's eyes were not covered by the blindfold, so he deliberately looked at her. Her confused and painful eyes also looked at him …
One second, two seconds, three seconds, nothing happened.
The female patient did not fall into delirium, but she was still crying and begging them to give her general anesthesia.
Gu Jun secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Perhaps after the illusion of the sacrifice to the banyan tree was triggered, he lost that ability. Perhaps … it was just a coincidence?
However, the feeling in his heart told him that it was not a coincidence. There was no way he could rely on luck. What was the reason?
What did the "thing in the banyan tree" mean?
…
The pitch-black curtain of night shrouded the earth. Finally, a thunderstorm washed over the buildings of the Medical Department, and the sound of thunder rumbled.
The Surgical Building was still brightly lit, and every floor of the more than twenty floors was still bustling with activity.
In a simple and elegant office on the 19th floor, Team Leader Qiu was reporting the day's situation to Professor Qin, who had come to inspect.
"Professor Qin, so far, the entire surgical department has performed surgery on 90 patients. 71 were successful, and 19 died … The success rate has increased by 78%."
Team Leader Qiu's tone did not have any intention of claiming credit, but he was proud of his subordinates who were fighting on the front line of the operating table.
"Hmm, that's good." Professor Qin listened and nodded slightly. "This batch of patients was treated early, so most of them should be saved. However, the situation is a little worse. The laboratory is still far from producing results, so you have to be prepared to deal with this kind of situation at any time. "
"Always," Team Leader Qiu said.
At this time, Professor Qin's old face seemed to be thinking about something, but his voice was still calm. "How did the group of interns perform today?"
"Not bad! The quality of this group of interns is really high. " Team Leader Qiu instantly praised, "Sun Yuheng and Wang Ruoxiang were especially helpful, but as for Gu Jun, he's on a different level." Team Leader Qiu was very satisfied with this matter. "Zhu Ruiwen reported to me that in the three surgeries they performed, Gu Jun performed better than the last. He fought to do all the work, and he did all the work that he could. There was nothing to nitpick! It didn't feel like his first day as the second assistant. "
"Good …" Professor Qin nodded again. "It's good that he can do this. The faster he grows, the sooner we can send him to the Special Mobile Force. "
"Professor Qin, isn't it too early to talk about the Special Mobile Force?" Team Leader Qiu quickly said. He still wanted to keep Gu Jun, and it would be best if he could keep him. "That kid hasn't even finished training yet. I think Old Zhu is exaggerating. Old Zhu likes to exaggerate when he speaks."
Professor Qin did not answer but asked, "What do you think of the three patients whose conditions suddenly worsened?"
"This should be a new clinical symptom of the Malformed Banyan Disease. There is a possibility of sudden transformation in the second stage." Team Leader Qiu had thought about it. Today's situation was the scariest. Both patients 128 and 143 could not be saved. Only patient 25 from Zhu Ruiwen's group survived.
"The psychology team has a different opinion." The wrinkles on Professor Qin's face deepened. "The psychology team believes that this is because the patients were stimulated by the outside world and had a very intense stress response. Their psychology affected their physiology, which accelerated the progression of the disease."
"That's possible …" Team Leader Qiu thought in this direction. "Then what does the psychology team think the stressor is?"
Professor Qin stood up from his chair and walked to the window. In a low voice, he said, "After watching the surveillance footage of the three patients, they found a common situation. Gu Jun was there, and all three patients were screaming at Gu Jun."
It was raining heavily outside, and the windows were spluttering from the rain. They could not see far. Beyond that, there was only darkness.
"Gu Jun may be their stressor, the 'thing in the banyan tree' mentioned by the Malformed Banyan Disease patients," Professor Qin said slowly.
"What?" Team Leader Qiu was stunned. "Gu Jun is a stressor? Why? Do they know him? Why is there a grudge between them? "
Team Leader Qiu did not take it seriously. The psychology team always came up with some fancy stuff, but nine out of ten times, it was all nonsense and ineffective.
"Gu Jun has been in contact with so many patients today. Why are they the only ones who are stressed? Elder Qin, you also know that the psychology team is always suspicious of this and that … "
"This time is different. We are not clear about the implications of this matter." Professor Qin sighed. Some information was not known by Team Leader Qiu's level of authority. He said, "I have not informed the Investigation Department of this situation. What I mean is to observe and let the psychology team do some more analysis. This matter is confidential. Don't reveal it to Gu Jun. Let him do the surgery in peace for the next few days. "
"Understood." Team Leader Qiu nodded. After thinking about it, he still did not want to believe such a thing.
…
In the second surgery, the shoulder amputation, Gu Jun's contribution was again 7%, and he only did some suturing work.
In the third surgery, the hip amputation, Gu Jun's contribution rose to 9%, and he was allowed to participate in some operations to pull the tissue.
In the fourth surgery, the hemipelvic amputation, Gu Jun's contribution broke through 10% for the first time. This was because he participated in the separation of tissue for the first time.
In the fifth surgery, the scapular amputation was 12%. In the sixth surgery, the double hip amputation was 15%.
Everything seemed to be going in a good direction, but in the seventh surgery, Gu Jun received the word "failure" for the first time.
This was just a scapular amputation, much less difficult than a double hip amputation. However, the patient was an elderly female patient in her seventies. Her body was weak, and she could not endure the inhumane pain of local anesthesia. During the bone sawing process, the old woman's heart stopped. They tried their best, but they could not save her.
In this surgery, Gu Jun did not accumulate any contribution points. Everyone could only swallow this bitter fruit. Some of the young nurses secretly cried.
It was not that they had never seen life and death, but the old woman's desperate cry for death constantly echoed in their ears and hearts.
Gu Jun's eyes also welled up with tears. He wanted to hold them back, but in the end, they fell down.
At this time, he strangely missed dissection. No matter what kind of creature was dissected, it was already dead, and with the glare of formalin, even if he wanted to cry, he could cry to his heart's content.
"It's like this." Zhu Ruiwen comforted Gu Jun and Li Hualong, the two rookies who faced death for the first time. "We can't save everyone. This is the kind of thing doctors have to face."
Gu Jun immediately wiped away his tears. There was not so much time for him to be sentimental, because the eighth surgery was about to begin.
The second failure occurred in the thirteenth surgery. This time, it was a little boy less than five years old, who had a scapular amputation. This time, the atmosphere in the operating room was even heavier. The death of the old woman could give them psychological support that they were not young anymore, but this time, life had just begun.
But this time, Gu Jun did not shed any tears. He merely mustered his courage silently.
On the morning of the third day, their team carried out the twentieth surgery as scheduled. The last surgery was a double hip amputation. This was the longest surgery they had done in the past few days, nearly six hours. Fortunately, it ended successfully.
The orthopedics department assigned 20 surgeries to Zhu Ruiwen's team were all completed. 18 were successful, and 2 failed.
The success rate of 90% was much higher than the previous average of 76%.
For a team consisting of a new primary surgeon, a rookie second assistant, and three rookies, this was the most satisfactory result.
At this time, Zhu Ruiwen, Zeng Jianguo, Yan Haizhe, Gu Jun, Li Hualong, Sister Chen, Brother Wang, and the other nurses and caregivers all breathed a sigh of relief. Their faces were very haggard. In the past three days, under such intense exhaustion, their rest and sleep time added up to less than 10 hours.
"Ah …" Zhu Ruiwen had just walked out of the operating room when he could no longer support himself at the door. He almost collapsed to the ground, leaning against the wall of the corridor.
"Primary Surgeon Zhu!" Gu Jun hurried over, and the others also rushed over.
"I'm fine, I'm fine …" Zhu Ruiwen mumbled, pulled off his mask, and breathed weakly. "I'll be fine after sitting for a while, just a while …"
Seeing the primary surgeon like this, Zeng Jianguo's spirit relaxed. He could no longer support himself and also sat on the ground. "I have to sit for a while too. I'm old, really old."
Li Hualong also sat down, and so did Gu Jun. They were all leaning against the wall of the corridor. The doctors were too tired to sleep, so they just sat there.
Compared to them, the anesthesiologists and nurses still had some stamina, so they did not disturb them and let them sit.
In three days, 20 amputation surgeries.
Gu Jun closed his eyes slightly to rest. At this time, he did not want to think about anything. Just like Primary Surgeon Zhu said, sit for a while, just sit for a while.
The system popped up in his mind, but he did not have the energy to pay attention to it.
"You participated in a successful two-star surgery. Personal contribution: 15%/Rank: 3."
"Your Hands of Dexterity proficiency increased by + 500. Current level is second tier (20000/30000 proficiency)."
"Current cumulative mission contribution: 156%. Hidden mission – mission completed!"
"Mission reward waiting to be received: 1 blurred and dilapidated photo. Click to receive your reward."
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