Every step of the underground tunnel was about three meters long, one meter wide, and half a meter tall.
Every step was a giant boulder. It was made from the same material as the walls. The surface of the boulder was covered in a strange dark red pattern that looked like blood vessels. The staircase led underground. The walls on both sides and the ceiling that was about ten meters tall were also made from the same stone. There was not a trace of soil, and there was no sign of life like fungus or plants.
It was as if the whole tunnel was carved out from the rock. All the stones were one, but how could the surface be so flat? It was like a natural creation.
After the Demon Hunters entered, they stopped ten meters away from the entrance. In other words, there were ten steps. There was still light coming in from the outside.
Some guarded the entrance, and some guarded the tenth step. Xue Ba stood on the tenth step. He shone the flashlight down into the tunnel. The group saw a staircase that seemed to extend endlessly. The end of the staircase was covered up by the descending ceiling.
They did not bring any equipment for environmental monitoring. However, for the operation, the patient, Lin Mo, two doctors, and a nurse had to remove their heavy protective gear, or else they would not be able to perform any delicate surgery.
"Uncle Dan … I …"
Earlier, the team had placed several flat equipment boxes in the middle of the fifth step. They covered them with a dark green sterile cloth and had Lin Mo lie flat on it.
Lin Mo's refined face had already turned pale, and his voice had also become weak. However, the morphine had taken effect, and his mental state was fine. There was a needle poked into the back of his left hand, and it was being dripped with antibiotics. A Type 09 sniper rifle was placed next to him, and the medicine bottle was hanging on the tip of the rifle. The blood bag was still thawing, and it would be transfused later.
Uncle Dan, Gu Jun, and Zhang Huohuo were already prepared for the operation. First, they used mineral water to disinfect their hands. The water that had been washed was stored in the protective gear. If necessary, they would have to drink it. Then they changed into sterile clothes, caps, masks, and gloves. Even though this did not guarantee a sterile operation, it would at least minimize contamination.
"I suggest amputation of both lower limbs." Uncle Dan was never a pessimist, but this time, he did not have high hopes for Gu Jun's plan.
Lin Mo glanced at the unusually serious Uncle Dan and then at Gu Jun, who was staring at him with determination in his eyes. He smiled bitterly and said, "I have some medical knowledge, so I understand the current situation. My life is in danger. If I get infected, I will suffer. I will give it my all. Perhaps I will succeed …"
"Alright." Even though Uncle Dan was frowning, he respected the patient's opinion. As usual, he turned to ask, "Captain Xue, what do you think?"
"Lin Mo's life is his to decide," Xue Ba replied. "An hour isn't much. Ten minutes have passed. Hurry up."
The other team members were silent and looked at each other. In fact, they didn't really support Gu Jun's plan. Would Uncle Dan be able to handle such a difficult task? As for Gu Jun, he was just a rookie who had just become an official G-rank. No matter how talented he was, it was still just talent, right?
Gu Jun nodded at Lin Mo. He did not give the patient any promise of success. He merely said, "I will try my best."
With a thought, he accepted a mission from the system in his mind.
"Difficult Mission: Complete two-star surgery (success) within three days and accumulate a personal contribution of 150 percent. Mission Reward: One Carlop Scalpel.
Accept Mission
"Mission accepted!"
The reason Gu Jun insisted on this plan was due to the help of the system — the surgical career list that could determine the success or failure of a surgery.
So far, the mysterious power of the system had a way to accurately determine the success or failure of a surgery, and that provided him with crucial information at a time like this.
If the surgery ended and the result showed 'failure', then it would not be too late to amputate the right leg.
Due to the urgency of the situation, under Uncle Dan's command, the four members also put on masks. They each held a flashlight and shone it at the surgical site from four different directions. They formed a simple shadowless effect to reduce the interference of the shadows. It gave the two doctors a passable surgical field.
Lou Xiaoning, Yang Henan, and the rest of the firepower players were still guarding the front and back, ready to engage at any moment.
"You have forty-eight minutes," Xue Ba shouted as he glanced at his watch. He was not trying to pressure them, but they had to know the time.
Gu Jun opened and closed his hands. The sense of urgency from the rubber gloves allowed him to get into the groove of the surgery.
He felt like the stones around him had morphed into the bright walls of the surgery room. There was a cantilever system with shadowless lights above him, and below him was an electro-hydraulic surgical bed …
No matter how harsh the conditions were, this was still a surgery.
Let's begin.
Zhang Huohuo had already placed the mineral water, sterilization equipment, and other surgical tools to the side.
Uncle Dan first asked for a skin suture device. He stapled some of the bleeding points on Lin Mo's left leg to reduce the bleeding. This leg had to be amputated no matter what. After stapling it, Uncle Dan left it alone and turned to work with Gu Jun on the right leg.
The injury on the thigh of the right leg was relatively light. There were only four bite marks left by the giant worms; the calf and foot were more seriously injured, with more than ten wounds.
At the start of the surgery, Uncle Dan, who lacked experience, was responsible for the thigh while Gu Jun, who had just completed the surgery for thirteen hours yesterday, was responsible for the calf.
Water was very precious at the moment, but before the surgery, the surface of the wound had to be cleaned first. Both of them tried their best to minimize the use of water.
"Cotton." Gu Jun accepted the sterile cotton from Zhang Huohuo. He bent over to wipe away the blood. With the help of the light and the retractor, he could clearly see that there were some small earthworm-like parasites crawling inside the soleus muscle. They covered the wound like rotten maggots.
They wiggled slightly as they drilled into the surrounding tissue … Some of them had already crawled halfway into the flesh.
This scene made the surrounding team members who were holding the flashlights frown. Those strange bugs were also drilling into their hearts.
"They are indeed subterrain giant worms," Gu Jun said, but he was happy to see this ugly thing.
This proved that it was indeed the subterrain giant worms that had bitten Lin Mo earlier. These larvae were ejected from the giant worm's mouth when it bit Lin Mo. They would not move initially, so there would not be any in the deeper tissue. The cyst had not formed yet, so they only needed to remove these worms from the surface.
"Surgical scissors." Gu Jun accepted the surgical scissors and clamped a worm into the wound. He pulled it out and placed it into the stainless steel container next to him. The lack of adhesion told him that the worms had not found their footing yet. Most of them could be removed easily. This was good, very good.
After he removed one, he moved on to the next. If he could not move it, he would cut it out along with the tissue.
The surrounding team members watched closely. They saw Gu Jun remove the worms with great dexterity, then they turned to Uncle Dan …
They were confused. How come it appeared like Gu Jun's operation was faster than Uncle Dan's? Was there something special happening on Uncle Dan's side?
"Hmm?" Uncle Dan could not help but be surprised. 'How is this kid's technique … so good?'
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