Free Web NovelChapter 250: Chapter 194: Doomsday World’s First Prosthetic Implanter (Part 2)
As for disinfection?
It’s the apocalypse. We don’t have the luxury.
After surgery, just pop a Crimson Crystal Stone under your tongue. It’s better than any disinfectant.
No one’s going to die!
The so-called operating table was just a surgical bed and a shadowless lamp, but the other instruments and equipment were all there.
The Mo University Camp’s infirmary only had one rule, anyway.
Once you walk through the Door, we won’t let you die on the table.
After entering, the first thing Ding Yang’s eyes fell upon were several large boxes beside the operating table.
Metal arms, metal legs, all with a design steeped in the violent aesthetics of cyberpunk.
Besides the arms and legs, there were also two strangely shaped spherical creations.
"Could this be..."
Recalling the Exoskeleton Equipment that Lin Qi had developed, Ding Yang immediately thought of scenes straight out of a sci-fi movie.
’Is this human augmentation?’
Wang Ziru, who was standing to the side, explained on Lin Qi’s behalf, "These are the Mo University Camp’s new mass-produced products and weapons—implantable Prosthetic Bodies. Once a set of these Prosthetic Bodies is fully installed, the user can achieve L-Class combat strength, which is equivalent to a Tier Two monster."
Tier Two!
An individual can reach Tier Two combat strength, and they’re mass-producible!
If all the Warriors in the camp had Tier Two combat strength, who would need to worry about defense?
A counteroffensive! We must launch a counteroffensive!
A purge! We must purge the monsters!
Ding Yang’s eyes were gleaming. Lin Qi had brought him to this infirmary, which meant that as long as the price was right, these Prosthetic Bodies were on the table!
But Ding Yang didn’t speak up just yet. The medical students in the infirmary—holding chainsaws, power drills, and sutures—clearly had something to say to Lin Qi.
"Boss, we’ve failed you. We can’t do it!"
"Boss, we really can’t do it! I’m afraid my hand will slip and I’ll saw Liu Wei’s head off."
Liu Wei: "?"
Lin Qi, however, had no intention of blaming them.
In peacetime, a Prosthetic Implantation surgery would be classified in the highest-risk tier.
Throwing this group of medical students, along with an old professor who’d spent years in basic medical research without any clinical experience, straight into a Prosthetic Implantation was truly asking too much of them.
Theoretically speaking, if Lin Qi was willing, it wouldn’t be difficult for him to teach them hands-on.
After all, Lin Qi came from a Prosthetic Doctor Family, and since he was a child, he had often helped his old man dispose of medical waste like severed arms and legs.
When his old man was busy, Lin Qi had also performed implantation surgeries, generating income for the Prosthetic Clinic.
But Lin Qi couldn’t possibly take time out every day to teach in the infirmary. The surgical experience had to be accumulated by these newly minted Prosthetic Doctors themselves.
"You can inject more anesthetic. Don’t be afraid. If you fail, just try a few more times. With me here, you have nothing to fear."
With Lin Qi present, backed by his Rapid Growth Ability, even novices could proceed without worry.
However, when Liu Wei, lying on the operating table, heard this, his head began to spin.
’What do you mean, ’if you fail, just try again’?’
’Painful! Too painful!’
Lin Qi gave the medical students an encouraging look. He had already given them the implantation manual, after all.
Besides, the Prosthetic Body’s internal chip had a neural auto-splicing program, so it didn’t require exceptionally delicate work.
As long as it wasn’t installed too crookedly, the Prosthetic Body could correct itself.
This was also one of the reasons why underground black clinics existed in the Cyber World. Except for certain organ-type Prosthetic Bodies, implantation wasn’t troublesome.
Hearing Lin Qi’s words, the old professor—the infirmary’s authority on basic medicine who hadn’t seen clinical practice in years—stood up. "In that case, fine. Let’s give it a shot."
Immediately after, the old professor came to Liu Wei’s side. "Student, do you have any last words? If there’s nothing you need to get off your chest, we can administer the anesthesia."
Liu Wei’s eyes widened slightly.
’What?’
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’Why does that sound so much like I’m being jinxed?’
’Should I really say anything?’
After a moment, he steeled his heart. Liu Wei opened his mouth and said, "If I die, please bury me with her. On the tombstone, carve..."
He was clutching the Crimson Crystal Stone pendant, but before he could finish, Liu Wei drifted off to sleep.
The old professor turned his head and looked at the medical student who had just injected propofol into Liu Wei’s saline drip.
The medical student looked awkward. "With the boss here, I... I got nervous. I heard the professor say ’administer the anesthesia,’ so I just... did."
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire infirmary fell silent.
Ding Yang and Jiang Shangyang, the two visiting camp commanders, were even more silent.
What a ragtag crew!
But this very same ragtag crew was in the middle of accomplishing something groundbreaking.
It was hard to believe that the implantable Prosthetic Bodies were the work of such a ramshackle team.
Ding Yang looked at Lin Qi and thought, ’It seems not all university students are this incredible. The Mo University Camp managed to get a foothold in the apocalypse mostly thanks to Lin Qi.’
After this interlude, the chatter in the infirmary ceased.
Wang Ziru, Ding Yang, and Jiang Shangyang all stood quietly, adding to the density of bacteria near the operating table.
Lin Qi wasn’t wearing a mask either, offering occasional verbal guidance from the sidelines.
The medical students performing the operation were doing so while simultaneously flipping through the instruction manual.
Two teams worked simultaneously. Despite their inexperience, their movements weren’t slow. The student with the chainsaw, in particular, sawed through Liu Wei’s bone in just a few quick passes.
An arm and a leg were successfully removed.
Next came the Prosthetic Body implantation.
The process was surprisingly smooth.
Of course, the self-correcting program in the L-Class Prosthetic Body played a huge part. In just over an hour, a third of the surgery was complete.
One arm and one leg had now become implanted Prosthetic Bodies.
The other arm and leg were just a repeat of the process, and it also went without a hitch.
Lin Qi’s "Rapid Growth" Ability was completely unneeded.
Just over two hours after the surgery began, they reached the final step: implanting the prosthetic kidney.
After turning the arms and legs into Prosthetic Bodies, the prosthetic kidney was a mandatory installation.
It served to mitigate neural erosion and leach metallic elements from the body.
To a certain extent, before neural erosion reached the point where a Suppressor needed to be installed, the prosthetic kidney could greatly slow down the process and provide the body with a more powerful metabolic capacity.
Three and a half hours after it began, the massive operation was finished, just like that!
Lin Qi had done nothing but offer verbal guidance; he hadn’t lifted a finger.
’Are these Mo University’s students? They might be a ragtag crew, but their practical skills are unbelievable.’
Behind Lin Qi, Ding Yang seemed to have gained a new perspective on the Mo University Camp.
At the same time, Ding Yang was extremely envious of the Mo University Camp, and extremely envious of Wang Ziru.
Managing a camp like this must be much easier than his own.
"Lin Qi..."
Ding Yang was about to discuss the matter of the implantable Prosthetic Bodies with Lin Qi.
He wanted to discuss what kind of resource exchange would be required to gain their support.
Lin Qi responded, "Director Ding, don’t be in such a hurry. We still need to wake him up and run diagnostics. It’s not too late to talk after we have all the data."
You had to show off the full extent of your capabilities. This would make it easier to haggle with Ding Yang later.
Ding Yang nodded and continued to watch the operations in the infirmary.
About twenty minutes later, Liu Wei slowly woke up on the operating table.
"Alright, he’s awake. Immediately have him hold a Crimson Crystal Stone under his tongue. It can temporarily boost his immunity and prevent wound infection."
"Professor."
"Yes?"
"I was too nervous today, I forgot to prepare one."
"Hmm?!"
"Professor, he happens to have one hanging around his neck. Maybe..."
"Yes!"
Seeing this, Lin Qi quickly cut in, "I wouldn’t do that."
The old professor asked, "Why not?"
Lin Qi remembered Liu Wei. There weren’t many people in the entire camp whose names Lin Qi remembered, but Liu Wei happened to be one of the oddballs.
Lin Qi said, "That’s not just a Crimson Crystal Stone. That’s also his ex-girlfriend."
The old professor: "Huh???"
Liu Wei had just regained consciousness. The sensations in his arms and legs felt strange, and then he heard the two words "ex-girlfriend."
His consciousness was still fuzzy as he mumbled, "I knew you still loved me!"
