157: Chapter 157 Mission Rewards Preview
Lu Chen's eyes instantly froze.
SSS-rank.
This was the highest-level task he had encountered since awakening the system.
The previous S-rank had already been extremely difficult.
SSS-rank, triple S.
Epic-tier.
The system's information continued to pop up.
[Task Reward Preview]
[Reward 1: Hundredfold Experience Critical Strike for Designated Skills. Experience points gained during this task for Vascular Anastomosis, Suturing, and the newly unlocked Basic Hepatobiliary Surgery skills will receive a 100x bonus.]
[Reward 2: Rare Skill Book, God-level Hepatic Artery Anastomosis. After learning, the host can complete the highest precision hepatic artery reconstruction in various complex liver surgeries.]
[Reward 3: Rare Skill Book, Living Donor Liver Transplantation (Master Level). After learning, the host will master the complete surgical procedures for Donor Liver Harvesting, Recipient Implantation, and vascular and Biliary Reconstruction in Living Donor Liver Transplantation.]
[Reward 4: High amount of gratitude points. A reward of 2,000 gratitude points for the survival of both parties, enough for two 1,000-point lucky draws.]
[Reward 5: Limited Title, Dual Hands]
[Title Effect: When worn, the host's operational precision on donor and recipient tissues during organ transplant surgery is increased by an additional 15%, and intraoperative blood loss is reduced by 20%.]
[Warning: This task is a hidden task and cannot be refused; the system has automatically accepted it.]
Lu Chen stared at the information on the screen for a full ten seconds.
A hundredfold experience critical strike.
God-level Hepatic Artery Anastomosis.
Two thousand gratitude points.
And a limited title.
Combined, these rewards were the most generous he had received since his awakening.
But at the same time, the task's difficulty was unprecedented.
Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
This was not a field he excelled in.
He had Perfect-level Vascular Anastomosis and God-level Suturing; these were his core weapons.
But Liver transplantation was an extremely complex integrated surgery, involving knowledge and skills far beyond pure vascular surgery.
Moreover, the task was mandatory and could not be refused.
Lu Chen took a deep breath.
There was no turning back.
Then he would move forward.
He closed the system panel, picked up his phone, and opened the medical literature database.
Search keywords: Living Donor Liver Transplantation, Donor Liver Harvesting, hepatic artery variation, Portal Vein Reconstruction, biliary anastomosis.
Starting from today, he was going to fully master all knowledge regarding Liver transplantation.
Over the next four days, Lu Chen entered a state of near-frenzied preparation.
During the day, he saw patients normally in the Red Zone and handled daily emergencies while closely monitoring Wang Jianguo in Bed 1.
At night, he used all his free time to study literature and surgical videos related to Liver transplantation.
From classic right hemihepatectomy to more complex left hemihepatectomy and caudate lobe preservation techniques.
From common types of hepatic artery variations to the key points of portal and hepatic vein anastomosis.
From various methods of Biliary Reconstruction to the prevention and management of postoperative complications.
He chewed over every knowledge point repeatedly until it was thoroughly ingrained in his mind.
The system was also very helpful.
The 20% literature absorption efficiency bonus from proficient level emergency theory, combined with the previous Academic Hall achievement effect, made his theoretical learning speed far exceed that of ordinary people.
During these four days, the new skills opened by the system were also steadily growing.
[New Skill Opened: Basic Hepatobiliary Surgery (Entry Level): Progress 0/100]
This new skill, opened on the first night, had reached a progress of 37/100 by the evening of the fourth day.
To reach this level purely through theoretical study was already very impressive.
At the same time, Wang Jianguo's physical condition continued to improve.
On the third day, the re-examination results for Coagulation Function came out.
PT 19 seconds, INR 1.6, Fibrinogen 2.1.
Although it hadn't completely returned to normal, it had been pulled from its previous state of collapse into a relatively controllable range.
hepatic encephalopathy was maintained at Grade II without worsening.
Ascites had significantly decreased.
Albumin rose from 21 to 28.
When Professor Feng Yuan did his rounds on the fourth day, his expression was visibly more relaxed.
"Xiao Lu, the stabilization work these past few days has been done very well. This patient's condition is better than I expected."
"It's mainly because the medication regimen was in place. The plan you set, Professor Feng, was very precise."
"The plan is static, but people are dynamic. The control over medication and monitoring details is the key, and you've done a very thorough job in this area."
...
The fourth night.
Sunday.
Lu Chen sat in the Duty Room, finishing the last review article on handling hepatic artery variations in Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
The data on the system panel flickered quietly.
[Basic Hepatobiliary Surgery (Entry Level): Progress 37/100]
[Vascular Anastomosis (Perfect Level): Progress 34/100]
[Basic Theory of Emergency Medicine (proficient level): Progress 3/100]
The preparation work had reached the limit of what he could do.
The rest would depend on tomorrow.
His phone vibrated.
A message from Shen Xiaoning.
[Xiao Ning: Dr. Lu, do you have something very important tomorrow?]
[Lu Chen: Yes.]
[Xiao Ning: I've seen you reading every night these past few days, even later than before.]
[Lu Chen: There's a surgery I need to prepare for in advance.]
[Xiao Ning: What kind of surgery?]
Lu Chen thought for a moment.
Director Li Sen had said he couldn't reveal the patient's identity or background, but the surgery itself wasn't a secret.
[Lu Chen: Liver transplantation.]
Shen Xiaoning didn't reply for a long time.
[Xiao Ning: Liver transplantation!!! Isn't that an especially, especially huge surgery?!]
[Lu Chen: Yes. Don't worry, I'm just participating as an assistant.]
[Xiao Ning: But the way you've been reading so desperately these past few days doesn't look like an assistant's posture at all.]
Lu Chen didn't reply to this message.
After a while, Shen Xiaoning sent another one.
[Xiao Ning: Regardless, I believe in you. You can definitely do it. I'll wait for you outside the Operating Room tomorrow!]
[Lu Chen: No need to wait. Just go to work as usual.]
[Xiao Ning: I'm going to wait anyway!]
Lu Chen looked at the message and didn't reply again.
He put his phone aside, turned off the light, and closed his eyes.
Tomorrow.
Monday.
The expert team from the province would arrive.
The preoperative assessment for the Living Donor Liver Transplantation was about to begin.
And the system's SSS-rank task would officially enter its countdown.
...
Monday morning, eight o'clock.
Three black business vans stopped at the Hospital entrance.
Professor Liu Chongli from the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery of the Provincial Peoples Hospital, fifty-four years old, was a top-three authority in the province's liver transplant field. He had performed over two hundred liver transplants, including more than forty Living Donor Liver Transplantations.
Accompanying him were Senior Anesthesiologist Anesthesiologist Guo Zhengyang from the Provincial Hospital's Department of Anesthesiology, and Associate Chief Physician Chen Wen from the Intensive Care Unit.
The three of them plus two assistants made five people in total.
President Zeng Dayang personally greeted them at the door.
Director Li Sen, Professor Feng Yuan, and Lu Chen were also present.
After brief pleasantries, everyone headed straight for the Red Zone.
Professor Liu Chongli was a grey-haired but energetic old man who walked with a gust of wind and spoke decisively.
Arriving at Bed 1, he took the medical record, scanned it, and then looked at the data on the monitor.
"The Coagulation Function was corrected well, better than I expected. Who was in charge?"
"Our Emergency Department's Dr. Lu Chen," Director Li Sen pointed out.
Liu Chongli glanced at Lu Chen.
"You're Lu Chen? The first author of that Pericardiocentesis paper?"
"That's me."
"How old are you?"
"Twenty-four."