I've gotten used to that feeling

Chapter 79 I've gotten used to that feeling

Ji Xiang was certain that the system NPC had given him another backdoor; how much reward he would receive depended on that bizarre martial arts tournament.

Even a basic reward is already quite good, and Ji Xiang has high expectations for it.

It was daytime, and Ji Xiang needed to conserve his energy for surgery and writing medical records, so he didn't do any surgical training. He said goodbye to the system NPC and left.

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"Tianjiao, you need to take this martial arts competition seriously."

At the same time, Zhao Tianjiao, who was undergoing a residency rotation in orthopedics, received a call from his father.

"Dad, isn't this taking up too much time?"

"You can't just make things up to enhance your resume," Dean Zhao patiently explained to his son. "Even though the competition was low-level, who will remember it years from now? But the fact that you won first prize in a city-level competition on your resume is real, and even if others have objections, it won't matter."

"I understand, Dad," Zhao Tianjiao replied.

"Back then, I was assigned to a hospital in a lower-level area, but I never gave up and seized every opportunity," Dean Zhao began recounting his hardships. "In the big skills competition, nobody else went, but I did. I won first place, and to this day, my knot-tying speed per minute is still the provincial record!"

"Dad, you're awesome!" Zhao Tianjiao said with a smile.

"Your knot-tying skills are average, but you're still better than most people."

"I'll keep practicing, Dad. Professor Deng has already performed emergency surgery on my broken clavicle!"

Dean Zhao did not praise Zhao Tianjiao for this, but simply gave a few instructions and hung up the phone.

He knew his emotions were a bit off. After hanging up the phone, he thought about it for a long time before realizing what the knot in his heart was—that sunny young man during the residency entrance exam!

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Ji Xiang focused on completing the medical records in the ward, inquired about the competition events, and went on stage with General Manager Wu in the afternoon.

Mr. Wu has a strong muscle memory, and Ji Xiang is not in a hurry. This must be the legendary saying that it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to change one's nature.

Just performing one surgery requires using [Superior Doctor's Gaze] once, consuming one surgery point, which is a bit painful for Ji Xiang.

Over the course of three days, General Manager Wu admitted all patients with surgical indications, performed emergency surgeries after completing the necessary examinations.

Finally, after one surgery, Ji Xiang heard the pleasant sound of the mission being completed.

[System Task: Emergency Rescue Completed]

Task: Perform 20 stone removal surgeries.

Task duration: 7 days.

Task Rewards: 30000 experience points, +1 free attribute point.

Without a second thought, Ji Xiang added his free attribute points to his luck stat.

Basic endurance can increase the time you can train in the system space, comprehension can improve your ability to understand surgery, and agility can increase the speed of surgery, but none of these are as good as luck, which allows you to silently play the background role.

Although basic luck hasn't shown its effect yet, Ji Xiang believes that luck is the most important basic attribute.

Ji Xiang was satisfied with his 17 points of basic luck.

Good things come in pairs.

As the next surgery was completed, the sound of another mission accomplished rang out.

[Triggering quest: Mission accomplished.]

Task objective: Upgrade Chief Resident Wu Qingshi's lithotripsy and stone removal skills to LV4.

Task duration: Unlimited.

Task Rewards: 1. Within 3 years, you will receive a certain amount of experience points for each type of surgery performed by this doctor.

Second: Gain 30 surgery points.

Ji Xiang was quite satisfied with the 30 points he had gained from the surgery.

In the past three days, Ji Xiang has used up 25 surgical points for 25 lithotripsy surgeries. Now, after replenishing them, he still has 5 points left.

As for Mr. Wu...

Ji Xiang briefly summarized his gains and carefully observed General Manager Wu.

He stood before the mirror, his expression, framed by his mask and sterile cap, seemed somewhat somber. This somberness shifted rapidly, changing from moments of joy to moments of contemplation.

"Mr. Wu?" Ji Xiang nudged him with his shoulder.

"Huh?" Mr. Wu was woken up. He looked at Ji Xiang in confusion. "Dr. Ji, I think I've grasped the key points of inserting the zebra guidewire into the ureteral orifice."

"That's great." Ji Xiang smiled.

Mr. Wu raised an eyebrow, looking radiant.

His stone-breaking technique had improved to level 4, but he didn't know if it had any skills. That was what Ji Xiang was thinking about.

But Ji Xiang estimates that it is highly unlikely.

"Dr. Xiao Ji, I'll do the surgery myself after this procedure. Could you take a look at it for me?" Mr. Wu's voice was very low, but his joy and happiness were overflowing.

"it is good."

Ji Xiang knew this wasn't a case of discarding someone after they'd served their purpose, but rather a sign of eagerness to try something new after a surge in technical skill.

I am like this, and so is Mr. Wu.

When the next patient was brought in, Ji Xiang positioned the patient, then went to scrub and disinfect his hands, cooperating with General Manager Wu throughout the process.

Mr. Wu performed the surgery with remarkable skill, especially when the zebra guidewire was moving through the bladder and searching for the ureteral orifice, a performance that was vastly different from his previous procedures.

"Wow! Xiao Wu's surgical skills have improved a lot these past few days."

After the zebra guidewire was inserted into the ureteral orifice, Mr. Wu was about to proceed with the next step, Director Liu said from behind.

Because he was so focused, Director Liu's words startled General Manager Wu.

"Director, is your surgery still not finished?" Mr. Wu asked, patting his chest.

"Eight units, it'll take until after 8 pm. Come and take a look, did you manage to insert the guidewire in one go?" Director Liu asked.

"Hmm!" Mr. Wu nodded vigorously, somewhat pleased with himself.

Director Liu nodded, said nothing more, and turned to leave.

Mr. Wu performed the surgery independently, and his heart was filled with joy and happiness. He then focused on the surgery.

When the surgery was completed, Ji Xiang saw a number of 2000 floating above Mr. Wu's head.

And his Laser Stone Shattering skill also gained two thousand points.

Wow... that's a lot of experience points.

Ji Xiang only gets 300 experience points for completing a surgery in the system space, but when he teaches General Wu how to perform surgery, he gets several times that amount of experience points.

Ji Xiang thought happily that the 25 surgical points hadn't been wasted.

"Ding-dong~"

A system notification sounded.

[Long-term mission: Preaching.]

Task objective: Improve the skill level of other doctors.

Task duration: Unlimited.

Task Reward: 1. During the period after the completion of the residency training, you can receive a certain amount of experience points for the type of surgery performed by this doctor.

Second: Each doctor who advances their skill level will receive 30 surgical points.

There's a long-term mission!

Ji Xiang's eyes were a little red.

He envisioned a scenario in his mind—doing nothing all day but sitting in the office in a daze, and gaining experience points for every surgery he completed in the operating room.

Ji Xiang didn't think life of just eating and waiting to die was particularly good, but getting something for nothing always made him happy.

The only downside is that this long-term project has a deadline, otherwise, hehe!

After taking the patient downstairs, General Manager Wu, beaming with joy, pulled Ji Xiang to his duty room.

The chief resident stays in the hospital every day, and has two days off a month to go home and visit, so they have their own duty room.

After closing the door, Mr. Wu sincerely thanked her, "Dr. Ji, thank you so much! My skills have improved rapidly during this time. Especially today, I feel that my surgery has made great progress."

These words were quite direct, undisguised, and even carried a hint of humility.

General Manager Wu was already used to the effect of the "gaze of a senior doctor," so he didn't think much of saying a few kind words to Ji Xiang, a junior resident trainee.

"Mr. Wu, what are you saying?" Ji Xiang tucked his tail between his legs, even using honorifics. "I only did some auxiliary work, and still..."

"Haha, I'm not just being polite, I'm just stating the facts," said Mr. Wu. "Dr. Xiao Ji, I truly admire your talent."

Ji Xiang smiled.

"I have something serious to tell you." General Manager Wu was already used to the stern gaze of a senior doctor, and was very obedient and docile. He didn't treat Ji Xiang as a resident trainee at all, and even seemed to be speaking to his mentor.

At this moment, he looked at Ji Xiang with a serious expression, as if he were reporting the patient's condition to a senior doctor.

"What's wrong, Mr. Wu? Please have a seat."

"I know you're going to the big skills competition this weekend, so I made some inquiries," said General Manager Wu. "I think you should take this seriously. The director has high hopes for you!"

Ji Xiang remained silent.

"If the head of the department wants you to stay at our Second Affiliated Hospital after your residency training is over, you'll have to have something to offer."

"oh."

Seeing Ji Xiang give a nonchalant "oh," General Manager Wu became somewhat anxious.

"I barely managed to stay on after graduating with a PhD; even a master's degree isn't enough! Dr. Ji, you need to be more careful."

"Thank you, Mr. Wu, I understand," Ji Xiang said earnestly.

This is a backdoor opened by the system NPC, so I have to get a good ranking no matter what.

Ji Xiang didn't feel much about staying at the Second Affiliated Hospital, but he cared a lot about the reward.

"A few years ago, I also wanted to participate in the competition," said General Manager Wu. "But the only event with comparable value in the provincial medical system competition was knot tying."

"..." Ji Xiang was speechless when he heard General Manager Wu mention the knot.

That makes sense, though. The most basic skills competitions are definitely not real combat, and they are completely different from surgical competitions at all levels.

"The record for surgical knots was set by Dean Zhao more than 20 years ago, and no one has broken it since then."

"How many per minute?"

"Surgical knots, 138 per minute." Mr. Wu shook his head. "I've been practicing for a few months, and I'm lucky if I can get 100 per minute. Some of the knots aren't even strong because I'm tying them too fast."

"That's all just wishful thinking, it's unattainable." General Manager Wu said earnestly, treating Ji Xiang as a friend, "Don't dream of 138 knots per minute. I've inquired, and the highest speed in recent years is only 108 per minute. If you can reach 110, you'll leave a deep impression on everyone."

"Thank you, Mr. Wu."

"No need to be so polite," Mr. Wu waved his hand and opened the drawer.

There were more than thirty packs of opened surgical sutures in the drawer.

"I've been saving these up for you these past few days," said General Manager Wu. "Finish all these lines! Get a good result in the big competition."

After he finished speaking, he looked around, worried that even in his own duty room, there might be eavesdroppers.

"Based on my understanding of Director Liu, he genuinely believes in you. Seize the opportunity and stay on!"

(End of this chapter)