Seeing the creature on the first page, Gu Jun frowned. It was not that kind of monster.
The creature in the picture was not a humanoid creature but a giant earthworm-like creature, the subterrain giant worm, that was the name given to it.
The adult worm could reach 10 meters in length and half a meter in width and height. It was a giant worm. Its habits were similar to earthworms. It usually lurked several meters underground and had the ability to crawl up at lightning speed to attack other animals like humans.
The information did not describe the subterrain giant worm's history or distribution, instead, it focused on the surgical treatment for the patients who were bitten by the worm.
Scanning through the surgical pictures, Gu Jun felt a chill in his heart and a stomachache.
The subterrain giant worm's attack could not only cause severe external injuries, but when it bit, it would bring a large number of parasitic larvae to the wound. These larvae would grow rapidly in the wound to form cysts. If they were not removed, they would multiply until the patient died from multiple organ failure.
In one of the autopsy pictures, the cysts and earthworm-sized parasites looked like they were going to devour the whole body.
If it was someone with trypophobia, they would have thrown the information away screaming.
Even though Gu Jun was a medical student, he really did not want to look at this picture again …
But as a doctor, their mission was to remove the parasites from the patient's wound before they could spread and then perform the usual treatment on the wound. They had to make sure that not a single worm was left behind because once there was one, it would grow into thousands of worms.
"Phew." Li Hualong put down the document and held his arms with both hands. His skin was covered with goosebumps.
Gu Jun finally understood why his colleagues from the Action Department were so heavily injured despite having heavy firepower. It must have been a very tragic scene …
No wonder the patients were lying on the specially made beds. They were all covered in glass covers, it was a sterile quarantine. For the patients, it was to prevent infection from other germs and for others, it was to prevent infection from the parasites.
The lamellar bone monsters, subterrain giant worms, and the ghouls, Deep Ones, and Devouring Worms that appeared in the system's abyssal mission …
He wondered how many "unusual creatures" there were in this world. Phecda's definition of "unusual creatures" was "unable to determine which phylum, family, genus or species they belonged to".
The World Phylum, Family, Genus and Species was a biological classification, and the system's definition seemed to be the same. Therefore, the jinmenken was not considered an alien, but the subterrain giant worm should be.
"Chief surgeon, how is our experience in this field?" Gu Jun asked this question because he was concerned about the surgery, but he also wanted to get some information out of him. If he had more experience, it would mean that the subterrain giant worm was not a rare species.
"Not much." Surgeon Zhu's chubby face darkened. "I've only learned about it from books before. Today is my first time doing it. However, I have a lot of experience in removing parasites. Let's take a look at the video first. The headquarters just sent it over. "Zeng Yizhu was also doing it for the first time.
This was not what Gu Jun wanted to hear. This meant that the abnormal forces had really become active recently …
At that moment, everyone gathered in front of the TV screen and looked at the video.
They all felt that the situation was not optimistic. This surgery was difficult. Not every larva was so obvious. Some had not formed cysts and were just tiny dots that could not be seen with the naked eye. Normal irrigation could not wash them away, so they needed to be found with a microscope before they could be removed.
If the wound was on a limb, and the condition was urgent, it could be directly amputated.
Due to this consideration, their team was assigned a patient with an injured right upper limb. If they could do it well, then the patient's right arm would be saved. If not, then it would be amputated.
This time, out of 56 patients, they were only assigned to this one. They only needed to do this patient's surgery well.
This was an emergency rescue, so they had to hurry. After they looked at the video for a while, Surgeon Zhu decided to try to save the limb first. If that did not work, then they would amputate it. They immediately changed and disinfected before heading to the operating room. To prevent the patient's wound from getting infected, this surgery used a sterile operating room with equipment such as microscopes and screens.
When the four of them walked into the operating room, it was as usual. The anesthesiologist was already sitting behind the anesthetic machine, and the nurses were also ready.
The patient was already lying on the operating table, under general anesthesia. He was as still as a corpse. This was probably the only place better than the Malformed Banyan Disease surgery.
The rugged and strong man's face was pale. From the shoulder to the palm of his right upper limb, there was not a single piece of good flesh. It was as if his hand had been forcibly pulled out from the mouth of a giant worm that was full of fangs. On the way to the hospital, the military doctor only performed some simple sutures to stop the bleeding. Now they needed to dissect the tissue to check if there were any parasites.
As soon as the surgery began, Surgeon Zhu's forehead was covered in sweat, and he asked the circulating nurse to wipe it.
Zeng Yizhu was 120% focused, and Li Hualong was trembling a little nervously.
Gu Jun also felt that it was difficult. In fact, during this period, thanks to the "surgical career list" function, his surgical skills had improved rapidly, but now he still felt that he was powerless. It was not easy to remove those tiny cysts and larvae.
And looking at the layers of tissue filled with cysts … his S value dropped again.
This surgery tested their patience and meticulous technique, as well as their stamina and mental strength.
The surgery started at 10: 32 am, and it lasted until 23: 45 pm. They cleaned, removed, and stitched at the same time. After more than 13 hours, they finally completed the surgery without any mishaps. The patient's vital signs were stable, and his right hand was saved.
"Done, done." Surgeon Zhu let out a long sigh and quickly sat down on the bench. Zeng Yizhu, who was the oldest among them, almost collapsed.
In these 13 hours, the four doctors had been standing by the operating table without a single minute of rest. At most, they would stretch their limbs.
"Ah …" When Li Hualong sat down on the bench, his voice was practically a moan.
Gu Jun was so tired that his legs were numb. It was not that he was weak, but anyone would be weak after standing for more than 10 hours. He also sat down on his own bench. In his mind, he looked at the surgical career list. The result of this surgery was a "success". His personal contribution was 23%, and he was ranked second.
After a short rest in the operating room, they came out into the corridor.
A nurse came with several 500ml bottles of iced Coke. The four pulled off their masks, grabbed a bottle each, and drank to their hearts' content.
There was nothing more satisfying than having a bottle of Coke after a surgery. Not a canned one, but a 500ml bottle.
"Ah Jun contributed a lot to this surgery!" Surgeon Zhu raised the Coke bottle in praise. "Give him a round of applause."
Everyone smiled and clapped. Indeed, this time, Gu Jun had done more work than the first assistant.
Gu Jun raised the Coke bottle in return. This kind of surgery result was the happiest. The 13 hours of hard work was completely worth it.
Right then, another nurse came to report, "Surgeon Zhu, people from the Investigation Department are here. They've been waiting in the lobby for a few hours. They're here to see Ah Jun."
Gu Jun was startled when he heard that, but he was already mentally prepared. It could be said that he had been waiting for this day to arrive recently …
"What?" Surgeon Zhu and the rest were confused. Immediately, they hurried to the lobby. They saw a team of three people from the Investigation Department sitting on the waiting chairs. There were two men and one woman, and they were all wearing the black uniform of the Investigation Department.
Once they saw them, the three stood up and stared at Gu Jun. The man with the square face walked forward and said, "Hello, Doctor Gu. Nice to meet you. I am the leader of the Abnormal Energy Investigation Team, Wang Ke. We need you to come with us for a while. "
"What's wrong? What's going on?" Zhu Ruiwen was displeased. "Gu Jun is my second assistant! He has only been in surgery for ten hours, and it's almost midnight. No matter what, you should at least let him eat and sleep first! "Zeng Jianguo chimed in." Are you trying to murder him? "
"Doctors, our investigation is confidential," Wang Ke said seriously. "Forgive me for not being able to go into detail, but Doctor Gu can rest in the car."
"It's fine, Surgeon Zhu, Assistant Zeng, it's fine!" Gu Jun tried to calm down the agitated Surgeon Zhu and the rest. He was grateful for everyone's kindness, but he knew more than that. "We are just doing our job. Leader Wang, I will go with you, but I need to wash up and change first."
"Of course." Wang Ke nodded and followed Gu Jun to the washroom and changing room. He followed closely like he was watching a criminal.
Then, the crowd watched helplessly as Gu Jun was taken away by the three investigators …
Zhu Ruiwen quickly took out his phone to call Team Leader Qiu to ask about the situation, but Team Leader Qiu sounded quite depressed. "It's all because … Sigh. In any case, the Investigation Department is suspecting something very funny. Let them be. They should send the man back in two days. "
What was it? Zhu Ruiwen knew he should not ask, so he did not ask. But he was really confused. They had just been in surgery for ten hours, and they had just saved a man!
And he was taken away by the investigators! And it was like they were escorting a criminal.
Be it Zeng Jianguo, Li Hualong, or the nurses, everyone was indignant.
They would not believe that Gu Jun had done anything bad.
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