Healing Doctor

Chapter 96: Review of Rewards (New book released, please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)

Take your time?

Ji Xiang doesn't think so.

Confucius, standing by a river, said, “Time flows on like this river, never ceasing.”

He seizes every minute.

Back home, Ji Xiang quickly ate a bite to eat, then went upstairs to his room to lie down and quietly reflect on his gains.

140 is a separate mission reward that grants 3000 experience points, 30 surgery points, and 1 point of random base attribute.

There were 173 mission rewards from missions 141 to 313. The experience points and surgery points remained the same each time, but the random base attribute was 0.1 points.

The rows of system task rewards were quite ceremonial. Ji Xiang clicked on them one by one, watching his experience points and surgery points increase rapidly, and he was overjoyed.

It also has a random base attribute of 1+17.3.

At the very end, the color suddenly changed, and the final mission reward was revealed.

Before Ji Xiang could take a closer look, he was almost blinded by the bright, warm colors.

[System task competition completed, excellent rating!]

mission rewards:

1. Passive skill: Deathwing.

This skill can absorb X-rays and convert them into endurance.

2. Passive skill: Steel Body.

This skill reduces the rate at which stamina is consumed by 20%.

3. Active skill: Keen Observation.

When using this skill, the visual resolution is improved, as are the overall resolution and refresh rate.

Ji Xiang stared in astonishment at the two passive skills and one active skill, reading the descriptions word by word.

But he still couldn't understand it.

Especially the last active skill—Insightful Observation—does the human eye even have a refresh rate? Or does it have some other meaning?

What exactly is this "observant and discerning" thing?

Although the final mission didn't give experience points or surgery points, it did give three skills, one active and one passive, which Ji Xiang was quite satisfied with.

Upon entering the system space, Ji Xiang wanted to find a system NPC to get to the bottom of things.

Normally, when you come to the system space, the system NPCs just stand at the door of the operating room, looking lonely and isolated.

Today was a bit of a surprise; Ji Xiang didn't see the system NPC at first glance.

"teacher!"

Ji Xiang shouted loudly.

The echo reverberated through the empty operating room corridor.

"Where's the changing room?" came the voice of the system NPC.

Ji Xiang smiled, guessing the system NPC was enjoying a smoke. But could one smoke in the system space? Ji Xiang didn't understand the design principles and didn't know if it was possible or not.

Upon arriving at the changing room, Ji Xiang saw the system NPC sitting on a stool, holding a white Ganoderma lucidum in front of his nose and smelling it intensely.

"Teacher, why don't you smoke?" Ji Xiang asked.

"Just take a sniff and have a taste," the system NPC said. "The operating room clearly has a 'No Smoking' sign, can't you see it?"

Ji Xiang was used to seeing doctors smoking under "No Smoking" signs before surgery, so the system NPC's comment surprised him.

This is the system's operating room. Don't the system NPCs have the final say? Why be so serious?

However, Ji Xiang didn't think about it carefully. He asked, "Teacher, I received a lot of rewards today."

"Scrambling for rewards..." The system NPC's expression was quite interesting. "You young people are really good at finding loopholes."

Ji Xiang suddenly remembered that the system seemed to have crashed when he broke the record for the second time.

"Teacher, is it allowed? You won't take the reward back, will you?"

"You're not allowed to get so many rewards?" The system NPC looked at the white lingzhi, occasionally bringing it to its nose to smell it. "I have a neutral opinion on this behavior, but Zhou Congwen thinks you're not too rigid. Just do what you want."

Zhou Congwen, Ji Xiang heard this name again.

Furthermore, since Zhou Congwen didn't stop him from racking up rewards, Ji Xiang's goodwill towards him increased significantly.

"Teacher, at the end you gave me two passive skills and one active skill. Could you explain how to use them?"

"Have a seat." The system NPC patted the stool next to him.

The changing rooms in the operating room have backless benches, just for people to sit on while changing clothes, without any consideration for comfort.

"I don't like the name Deathwing, it's too flashy," the system NPC said bluntly. "But this passive skill is very useful."

Ji Xiang listened intently.

"You know about interventional surgery, right?"

"I know, teacher," Ji Xiang replied, but then carefully refined his answer, "I know a little."

"When interventional surgery first came out, I was overjoyed. My main specialty is cardiothoracic surgery, and at that time I was doing so many bypass surgeries that I couldn't keep up. But splitting the sternum, cardiopulmonary bypass, and cardiac arrest are all too invasive for patients."

"Even though I will soon be able to perform bypass surgery on a heart that doesn't stop the heart, I still feel that the damage to the patients is significant."

"You've studied interventional surgery, including stent placement?" Ji Xiang asked.

"Hmm." The system NPC nodded. "Unfortunately, this kind of surgery, which is most suitable for cardiothoracic surgeons, requires sutures, so not many doctors are willing to learn it. Even those who learn it under my pressure will avoid doing it if they can."

"Although I am a senior doctor, people's hearts are more complicated, and it concerns the patient's health, so I can't force them."

Ji Xiang remained silent.

He recalled that during his internship, his teachers would scoff at the mention of interventional surgery every time it came up.

In the words of the teacher at the time, it was like trading your life for money. And only a handful of senior doctors had money; junior doctors were basically just eating thread when they went on stage.

His teachers at the time even said that if anyone forced him to undergo interventional surgery, he would resign immediately.

"It's a pity, the cardiology department took up most of the surgery. A ruptured heart, inability to be taken out of the operating room, requiring cardiac surgeons to assist—this added many extra procedures, leading to..."

The system NPC shook its head helplessly as it spoke.

"Never mind that, Deathwing's purpose is to dispel your fear of interventional surgery."

"If I convert it into stamina, can I increase the maximum base stamina?" Ji Xiang asked.

"Of course not, just recovering some strength."

Ji Xiang was not disappointed. If it were as he had imagined, it would be too much of a bug, and the system space would not have done it that way.

"Performing surgery while wearing a lead apron is exhausting. Back when I had some free time, I thought, 'If only I could become more energetic after each surgery!'" said the system NPC.

"hey-hey."

Ji Xiang smiled; this dream had finally come true.

"Teacher, this skill isn't useful for now. I don't know when I can go to the interventional radiology department. Besides, I'm a clinician, and it seems like only radiologists rotate into interventional radiology departments."

"Who said that?" The system NPC shook its head. "You'll need it soon enough."

"Huh?" Ji Xiang was taken aback.

"Partial nephrectomy may result in bleeding within 14-60 days post-surgery," the system NPC explained. "By then, the patient will have already gone home. What do you do if bleeding resumes two months after surgery?"

"Aside from interventional surgery, the only option is to remove the kidney," Ji Xiang answered honestly.

"So, you'll be able to use it soon," the system NPC chuckled. "Interventional hemostasis has been written into the urology treatment guidelines, but there are few interventional doctors, so it's like a side job for you."

(End of this chapter)