Upgrade

Chapter 37 Upgrade (Part 1)

Mr. Wu ignored Ji Xiang and didn't say anything irrelevant.

He's just a resident trainee, it's a three-month rotation period. What can he do if he doesn't like you? We'll all be scattered in the future, there's no need to say too much to him.

This little guy is a bit strange. He seems indifferent, but when he explains the patient's condition to him in the morning, he is very thorough and even more professional than himself.

Mr. Wu suppressed his doubts and began to concentrate on suturing.

Ji Xiang watched quietly as General Manager Wu stitched up the needle. It only required one stitch. After the stitching was finished, Liu Yunqing, who was also undergoing standardized training, seemed to be still a little dazed, while Lu Kai felt that there wasn't enough stitching and he hadn't had enough of watching.

Was it fun? Ji Xiang didn't think so.

The bloody scene caused by my own operational mistakes in the system space was simply too horrible. Only needing one stitch is the best thing ever.

After reading it, Ji Xiang turned and left, taking out his phone to say hello to Mo Chenggui as he went. He was in a hurry to get home to his system space; the new stamina potions he had bought were still warm. Ji Xiang calculated that these potions were almost enough to help him raise a certain spell to LV6.

"Why is that child so indifferent?" The nurse noticed that Ji Xiang didn't even greet Mr. Wu before turning and leaving, so she asked.

Interns, trainees, and residents with zero emotional intelligence are not uncommon.

"Who knows?" Mr. Wu also noticed Ji Xiang's hurried departure and was completely baffled as to why this young man had come to the emergency room. Not wanting to appear petty, he changed the subject and asked, "Do you have a boyfriend now?"

"Got it," the nurse said with a smile.

"How is he?"

"That's good, high emotional intelligence."

"Oh? For example?" Mr. Wu asked while bandaging the patient.

"For example, when I'm on my period, he tells me to drink more hot water."

"..."

"..."

Mr. Wu and the two resident trainees looked up in astonishment.

"This is acceptable?" Mr. Wu asked. "Women in love are truly unreasonable."

"Hey, he transferred 10000 yuan to me and added a note in the transfer description: 'Drink more hot water.' How about that, pretty high EQ, right?"

……

……

Ji Xiang made a phone call to Professor Mo and then rode his bicycle home.

"Dad, I'm back," Ji Xiang greeted as he entered the house.

Ji Xiang's father held two walnuts, making a crackling sound, and silently watched Ji Xiang return.

Seeing that he had a rosy complexion and was full of energy, Ji Xiang's father was relieved.

"Have you had dinner yet?"

"I ate. Today, I went to a private hospital with Professor Mo for surgery, and we had barbecue after the procedure."

Ji Xiang's father was still a little worried. He looked Ji Xiang up and down, and seeing that there was nothing wrong with him, he nodded.

"I'm going back to my room to rest," Ji Xiang said, immediately returning to his bedroom and closing the door.

Ji Xiang's father sighed and went to his study to make a phone call.

"Sakura, Yoshihiro is definitely acting a bit strange right now."

"How so?"

"When he got home, he went straight into the bedroom, acting suspiciously, which was different from before. However, he said he was having surgery with Professor Mo today and was busy all day, but he seemed to be in good health."

"It's being monitored, the data is normal, don't worry."

"Okay, I'll check the night session. Call me if anything comes up."

……

……

Ji Xiang was unaware of the countless worries and confusions he was causing his parents.

Back in the bedroom, Ji Xiang changed into his pajamas and lay down on the bed without washing up.

Upon entering the system space, Ji Xiang first bowed to the system NPC, saying, "Teacher, I've arrived."

"Um."

"Teacher, you asked me to exchange for 13 stamina potions. I calculated that it can raise one spell to LV6, almost to LV7."

Looking at the system NPC, Ji Xiang asked impatiently, "When I level up to LV7, I'll get the level 3-4 skills, right?"

"Yes." The system NPC nodded.

Although it wasn't hard to guess, Ji Xiang was somewhat relieved that he could figure it out.

"The new skill is—the gaze of a senior doctor."

The gaze of a senior doctor?

Ji Xiang scratched his head, wondering what kind of strange skill this was.

"Have you ever done emergency resuscitation?" the system NPC asked when Ji Xiang didn't understand.

"I saw it. I wanted to help, but the teacher who was doing the emergency turned around and we bumped into each other. I got scolded."

"What made him different back then?"

Ji Xiang listened to what the system NPC said and tried hard to recall.

It was an unpleasant memory, but Ji Xiang, who had no masochistic tendencies, had long forgotten about it.

When the system NPC asked him, Ji Xiang thought for a long time before answering, "He's short-tempered, speaks very loudly, and starts yelling at people if something is wrong. It's not just me; even the nurses are the same."

After finishing speaking, Ji Xiang added, "Before the patient arrived, the teacher, the nurse, and I were chatting and laughing. But when the emergency resuscitation began, the nurse failed to insert the needle on the first attempt, and I saw the teacher's expression was as if he wanted to strangle the nurse."

"This... is indeed a bit too aggressive. Peripheral veins are indeed difficult to access in cases of hemorrhagic shock or traumatic shock. Why not do a deep vein puncture instead?" the system NPC muttered.

Ji Xiang didn't speak, but quietly looked at the system NPC, waiting for his explanation.

"That's basically the idea," the system NPC continued. "When faced with difficult surgeries or emergency situations, the surgeon will involuntarily enter a certain state, which we call the pressure of a senior doctor, mainly manifested in the 'knife-like' look in their eyes."

"Just a bad temper?" Ji Xiang was somewhat disappointed with this skill.

As a resident trainee, if I yell at Professor Mo, Colonel Wang, or even a nurse, I'll probably have to report to the Science and Education Department the next day.

"Of course not," the system NPC said. "All kinds of abilities have been improved, hand speed has increased, and the error rate has decreased. There are many benefits."

Ji Xiang's DNA stirred.

If there are so many benefits, a skill level of 6-7 sounds pretty good.

"Let's begin training," the system NPC said.

"Wait!" Ji Xiang said quickly, "Teacher, I have two questions."

"you say."

"First, which technique should I upgrade?"

Without a second thought, the system NPC said directly, "Of course I suggest you improve your manual suturing without instruments."

"Why? Because using a suture device has so many advantages, and the surgery is less stressful and less laborious, so patients are more accepting of it."

"Standardized products are rarely suitable for everyone," the system NPC explained. "Truly top-tier surgeries require specific analysis and execution based on individual circumstances. If you want to complete the long-term main quest..."

Ji Xiang had almost forgotten about that unreliable long-term main quest, but when he heard the system NPC mention it, his ears perked up.

"It can't be done with just a stitcher."

Is it really that rigid? Ji Xiang didn't quite understand what the system NPC was saying, but he followed orders and listened to whatever the system NPC said.

"Okay." Ji Xiang smiled, his eyes narrowing. "Teacher, the second question is my guess."

"Wouldn't it be more cost-effective for me to train for surgeries in the real world than to upgrade within the system space?"

The system NPC expressed regret that Ji Xiang used the word "cost-effective".

"The advantage of surgical training in reality is that you have enough endurance to do more. However, the disadvantage is that training is just training and cannot replace surgery."

Ji Xiang had come to regard the system NPC as his close teacher. After a brief discussion, Ji Xiang even went so far as to be stingy as to train in the real world when his stamina was about to run out, and to wait until he had completely used up his last bit of stamina before drinking stamina potions.

The system NPCs were helpless against this "stingy" guy. Although Ji Xiang's suggestion was a bit troublesome, it was indeed the most efficient way.

After discussing the plan, they began surgical training.

With an endurance rating of 8+1, you could run three to five full marathons in real life; you have plenty of stamina.

Within the system space, Ji Xiang performed surgery after surgery.

Having a system NPC as an assistant is much more comfortable than having Professor Mo or Colonel Wang as assistants.

With 6000 experience points in hand, Ji Xiang felt utterly exhausted, as his remaining stamina was no longer sufficient to sustain him through a single surgery.

He bid farewell to the system NPC and went to the real world to do skill training, exhausting his remaining stamina so that the stamina potion could reach its maximum effect.

Back in his bedroom, Ji Xiang felt aches and pains in his back and legs.

He struggled to his feet, picked out a sewing kit from the equipment his mother had brought, found some thread, and began sewing up the banana peel.

The banana peel felt infinitely worse than the simulator, but Ji Xiang could see his experience points gradually increasing, which comforted him.

Despite the physical exhaustion, Ji Xiang trained almost entirely out of muscle memory.

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……

In the distant metropolis, the 58th floor of the landmark CBD is brightly lit.

The innermost hall was isolated, and people entering and exiting were all dressed in white, making it look like a biological experimental base, completely out of place with the prosperity of Shanghai, the lights of the CBD, and the colorful men and women on the Bund.

"Beep beep beep~~~"

On the big screen, the data began to change, and the data curve rose sharply, as steep as a cliff.

"Holy crap!" A researcher who had been staring at the big screen was interrupted by the alarm sounding.

Looking at the steep data graph, his coffee cup wobbled slightly, spilling coffee onto his white coat.

However, he, being a germaphobe, did not notice.

"What's wrong!" Another person ran over, but was also instantly shocked by the steep curves.

"The boss's son is inhuman, his hand speed is incredible!"

"That can't be right. Is there something wrong with the information gathering system? The boss's son is only in his early twenties; his typing speed couldn't be that fast."

The steep data graph continued to climb, only stabilizing when the APM value reached around 310.

Several researchers stared in disbelief at the graph, their mouths practically watering.

"With that kind of hand speed, she could totally go to an esports league, why..."

"Young people, it's normal for them to lose control when they get excited. I passed by the boss's office and overheard her on the phone; it sounded like her son was completely drained."

"Tsk tsk, with such fast hand speed, anyone would be hollowed out. Let alone a person, even a mountain would be hollowed out."

"That's about it, I'll go call the boss."

Indeed, an APM310 would be about the same for anyone; it would probably be worn down to the point of sparks.

If people had such fast hands when they used to make fire by rubbing wood, they could have eaten hot food a million years earlier.

Five minutes later, Ji Xiang's mother, dressed in white, walked in quickly.

However, the data on the screen is still hovering around the peak APM, even slightly higher than 310.

"Uh, it's not over yet? You're truly gifted." The researcher said in astonishment.

……

Was it fate, affection, childlike innocence, or an accident? There were tears, guilt, and sacrifice...

Ji Xiang's father's phone rang.

"Sakura, what did you find?"

"What is Ji Xiang doing?!"

(End of this chapter)