Free Web NovelChapter 1079: Chapter 1079: Immersed in the Operation
Ding! High-Potency Stabilizing Elixir redeemed successfully, 50 Glory Points consumed.
Ding! High-Potency Stabilizing Elixir taken, effect lasts 3 minutes. Gained 8 points of Mental Value, comprehension, memory, and concentration increased by 57.14%. Gained 8 points of Strength, instrument mastery and instrument effectiveness increased by 81.40%.
This was already the sixth bottle of High-Potency Stabilizing Elixir Liu Banxia had chugged; the surgery was even more difficult than he had anticipated. But now he was finally seeing the dawn of victory—just a little bit more and he’d be able to completely peel the mass off.
Normally, Liu Banxia barely broke a sweat during surgery. For him, even though he wasn’t a robot, his operation state was pretty much the same.
It was just that today was too nerve‑racking. Starting from the third bottle of elixir, he had to wipe his sweat once, and by now he’d already wiped four times.
"Beautiful, that was really beautiful."
Seeing Liu Banxia remove the tumor and carefully stuff it into the protective sleeve, Wei Yuan couldn’t help shouting out.
This surgery had two major difficulties: one was resection of the tumor, the other was extraction of the specimen. Now they’d already crossed the first big mountain; the difficulty of the remaining one was slightly lower.
And for other people, intracavitary suturing might be a very serious test. But for Liu Banxia, it was really just routine.
"Because the mass is relatively large, in order to achieve the principle of asepsis and no tumor spillage, I chose a slightly longer protective sleeve. But because it’s closer to the anus, we also need a process of feeding the sleeve inward."
"This process also needs to be careful, because right now the tumor is right at the edge of the mouth of the sleeve. Although we’ve sealed the protective sleeve, you never know—if the tumor ruptures, there could still be some juice leaking out."
"We need to be careful when inserting into the protective sleeve and pushing the tumor, and try our best to protect the specimen. Slow work makes fine work; even if it’s a bit slower, it’s worth the wait."
"This kid, this surgery’s basically in the bag." Zhou Shuwen, who was watching, said with a smile.
Chen Zhenxing also nodded, the smile on his face very broad.
The two of them knew Liu Banxia very well. The moment they saw him start talking more, they knew he’d truly relaxed. This was confidence in the subsequent steps—otherwise he’d still be as tense as before.
Liu Banxia’s movements weren’t very fast, but those who noticed his expression were a bit puzzled. Because even though he was wearing a mask, his eyes looked like he was really enjoying himself.
This guy is a lunatic, genuinely insane.
Sure, surgeons are all a bit obsessed with surgery, but there’s a time and place, right? And people who can immerse themselves and enjoy it as much as Liu Banxia are really rare.
"OK, we’ve pushed it to the bottom now. Next we’re going to be very gentle, very, very gentle, and slowly pull the protective sleeve out." Liu Banxia’s voice came again.
"Don’t be fooled by this short distance—we can only rely on the tactile feedback that comes through our hands. Move slowly, and pull the protective sleeve out through the gaps between these instruments."
"Just a little bit more, just a little bit more... tsk... this is bad. We have to send it back in and adjust the position of the specimen inside."
Liu Banxia muttered under his breath as he worked, his hands never stopping, leaving the people watching even more speechless.
Because they all knew Liu Banxia wasn’t clowning around—he was completely immersed in the surgery, and what he was saying was just subconscious.
This was the first time they’d seen someone throw themselves into a surgery this completely; no wonder he’d looked so pleased just now. This wasn’t showing off, it was genuine emotion.
He had already forgotten that others were watching; the only thing on his mind was how to perform this surgery.
"Hahahaha, trying to run, showing off, look at you now, you’re done, huh? Be good, come out for me. Haha... uh... Huang Bo, catch it, I’ll take another sample and send it together with the swept lymph nodes for pathology."
At first Liu Banxia was laughing smugly, then his laugh turned awkward.
It wasn’t until he put the protective sleeve onto the instrument tray that he came back to himself—this was an actual surgery, and there were a lot of people watching.
In fact, this was one of the aftereffects of dream‑space training. He had gotten so absorbed that he hallucinated for a moment, thinking he was in the dream space.
It was too boring in there, just him alone, so he often muttered to himself to pass the time.
Everyone clearly saw his reaction right now, and they all found it both amusing and enviable. They also wished they could get into a state like Liu Banxia’s, but that’s not something you can achieve just because you want to—it’s really hard.
The rest of the work was simple, but Liu Banxia didn’t continue; instead, he stood up, moved around a bit at the side, and took a sip of water.
"Director Liu, this exhausting?" Zhang Yun pressed the intercom button and teased.
"I was too nervous just now. Now I feel like my whole body’s been electrified, all tingly, gotta ease up a bit." Liu Banxia said.
This was exactly how he felt. Even though he’d only been operating for a short while, because his mind had been hyper‑focused, and even with the elixir supporting him, he still felt mentally overdrawn.
This kind of fatigue was different from physical fatigue; he could only recover slowly.
Everyone was actually very understanding of this.
After all, the difficulty of the operation just now was too high. Being able to hold out for so long and complete it safely was already a remarkable thing.
"OK, next is intracavitary suturing. No more talking, once we finish suturing we have to hurry and rest for a bit, there’s a second case waiting." Liu Banxia said, then leaned back in.
Ding! Surgical mission completed
Gained 700 experience points, 500 points of Suturing skill proficiency, 500 points of Dressing Change skill proficiency, 700 points of Intestinal Surgery skill proficiency, Glory Points +5
This mission is rated as Perfect, gained 1000 experience points, 800 points of Suturing skill proficiency, 800 points of Dressing Change skill proficiency, 1000 points of Intestinal Surgery skill proficiency, Glory Points 10+5, one Solidification Stone
Ding! Congratulations, host level has risen to Level 61, 218415/225130. Gained 1 attribute point, 5 Glory Points
Liu Banxia sighed in his heart; he really took a huge loss this time.
Just from how many rewards this stingy system gave out, you could tell how insanely difficult this surgery was.
The system doesn’t care what kind of technique you use; it only looks at your surgical outcome. No matter how novel the technique, if the outcome isn’t good, you were playing for nothing.
Liu Banxia rolled his neck again. "Doctor Xu, wake him up."
Xu Jie nodded and started operating.
"Teacher Liu, just now I didn’t even dare to take a deep breath." Liu Yiqing said.
"Yeah, I was really too nervous. Teacher Liu, when you were pulling that specimen out, what exactly did it feel like?" Xu Yino asked.
"How should I put it, the feeling was that you think you can pull it out, but you have to be even more careful at the same time—a very complicated feeling." Liu Banxia thought for a moment and said.
"Didn’t you see me stuff it back inside once? That was because with the position of the mass inside the bag at that moment, it was very hard to drag out. The second time was also quite difficult. Anyway, dragging it out made me just as nervous as when I was doing the resection."
"In the future, tumors this big still have to be approached cautiously. In theory it was hovering on the edge of the standard line. But in reality, patients’ conditions differ, so you need an extra layer of consideration."
The six little ones all nodded together. The fact that they hadn’t gotten it out in one go already proved how hard this operation really was.
"The surgery was very successful, and we didn’t make any incisions on your belly." Seeing the patient wake up, Liu Banxia leaned over.
"Alright, we’ll send you back to the ward right away. Just lie still today and let the anesthetic metabolize. Tomorrow you can try getting out of bed and walking. That’ll be great."
Seeing that the patient understood, Liu Banxia waved his hand and pushed the patient out.
"Director Liu, shall we go straight into the next case in a bit?" Xu Jie asked.
Liu Banxia nodded. "Everyone, bear with it a little, it’s also to buy them some time. This afternoon they still have an emergency teaching task at the school. Let’s try to finish before they have to leave."
"The next case is very simple, just a routine one, nowhere near this level of difficulty. Let’s aim to finish within an hour and a half. Once we tidy up the OR we’ll go eat, rest up, then keep going."
"No wonder Li Liwei told me that going on stage with you is exhausting, especially when it’s back-to-back surgeries." Xu Jie nodded.
"This isn’t on me, blame them." Liu Banxia started shifting the blame.
Xu Yino and the others were very helpless, but didn’t dare talk back. Otherwise the Demon King would definitely prepare "small shoes" for everyone, and what size they’d be depended on his mood.
"Teacher Liu, this surgery was really a big success." After mulling it over for a bit, Xu Yino scooted up beside him.
"What? There’s not much money left on my cafeteria card." Liu Banxia said warily.
"However much is fine, it’s just about the sentiment. We’re actually not picky." Xu Yino said with a straight face.
"Get lost. Every time you take my cafeteria card you go crazy ordering meat dishes. I should suggest to Manager Zhou that they cut back on meat and serve more vegetables. Vegetables are good for you." Liu Banxia said.
Also, because he’d just pulled off such a high-difficulty surgery, his mood had brightened quite a bit, so he was in the mood to crack jokes.
"Oh right, Teacher Liu, that patient’s contrast-enhanced CT results should be out too, right?" At this moment Li Hao asked.
"My nice mood just got wiped out by that one sentence of yours. You go check first, then come find us in the cafeteria." Liu Banxia said.
The surgery side was fine now, and the next case was just routine work. But that patient he admitted yesterday with painless lymph node enlargement was a bit of a headache.
Because the probability that this patient’s malignant tumor had already metastasized was too high. This kind of condition is very dangerous and very likely already beyond effective treatment.
Still, it all depended on the final test results. After all, the tumor markers screening was negative, so there was at least some hope.
What comes next also depends on the patient’s luck. Sometimes, there’s really not much you can do.
