167: Chapter 167 Vascular Anastomosis Technique Breakthrough to God-Level!
9:30 PM.
After Lu Chen returned to the Red Zone, he treated two more patients with minor conditions.
One was hives caused by an allergic reaction, which improved after an injection.
The other was an acute lumbar strain; after treatment, the patient was allowed to go home.
[gratitude points: 967 → 979]
They increased by 12 points.
He was still 21 points away from 1,000.
Lu Chen sat down at his workstation and opened the medical records for today's surgery.
He needed to record the operational details of the intraoperative vascular repair in detail.
This was not only for the completeness of the medical records but also for summarizing his own experience.
Halfway through writing, Zhao Yaqin came in from outside.
"I heard you went to the Operating Room to help Deputy Director Qin Yi with a vascular Suturing?"
"Yes."
"It's rare for him to humble himself and ask you for help today; he didn't have this attitude back during the appendectomy last time."
"He truly couldn't handle the vascular injury in that location, so asking for a helper was the correct judgment."
Zhao Yaqin sat down next to him.
"Do you know what your position is in this Hospital right now?"
"Resident Physician."
"Don't try to play dumb with me."
Zhao Yaqin pushed up her glasses.
"In the perception of all departments throughout the Hospital, you are the person they come to when someone else can't complete a surgery."
"General Surgery Department comes to you, Department of Thoracic Surgery comes to you, Director Xu from the Department of Hand Surgery wishes she could snatch you away, and today Deputy Director Qin Yi came to you too."
"Don't you think this position is a bit dangerous?"
Lu Chen stopped typing.
"Sister Zhao, are you worried about me?"
"I am reminding you that the halo is too big; if one day you encounter a surgery you can't solve, the backlash will be huge."
"That's why I need to continue improving my skills, to expand the scope of what I can solve before I encounter something I can't."
Zhao Yaqin looked at him and was silent for a few seconds.
"You, you understand all the logic, I just don't know how to stop you."
"Then don't stop me, Sister Zhao."
"Alright, alright, you do your work, I'm going to check Bed 3."
Zhao Yaqin stood up and left.
She turned back when she reached the door.
"Sleep before twelve o'clock."
"Understood."
"Why do I feel like you agree more readily when Xiao Ning tells you the same thing?"
"Sister Zhao, you are overthinking it."
Zhao Yaqin scoffed and left.
...
11:00 PM.
Lu Chen finished the medical records and spent another half hour flipping through the Basic Theory of Emergency Medicine tutorial.
[Basic Theory of Emergency Medicine (proficient level): Progress 4/100 → 5/100]
It increased by one point.
Slow as it may be, every point was solid.
He closed the book and picked up his phone.
A message from Director Li Sen.
[Director Li Sen: I heard about it; Deputy Director Qin Yi came to my office specifically after the surgery to talk about the help you provided today.]
[Director Li Sen: His exact words were that Lu Chen's vascular repair technique is no longer at the level of a Resident Physician, but at the level of a Department Director.]
[Lu Chen: Deputy Director Qin Yi is too kind.]
[Director Li Sen: He is not overpraising; he hit the nail on the head. He said he couldn't achieve that backhand needle entry angle even if he practiced for ten years.]
[Lu Chen: Angles and spatial awareness can be practiced; you get them by doing more.]
[Director Li Sen: Alright, don't be humble, sleep early. For your shift tomorrow, just arrive at 8:00 AM; I pushed it back by half an hour for you.]
[Lu Chen: Thank you, Director Li Sen.]
[Director Li Sen: By the way, the administrative office is organizing the travel arrangements for the national training. The Hospital will cover the flight and accommodation, just prepare your passport.]
[Lu Chen: It's domestic training, so I shouldn't need a passport, right?]
[Director Li Sen: Oh right, it's domestic, an ID card is fine. Pretend I didn't say anything.]
[Lu Chen: Alright, Director Li Sen, good night.]
[Director Li Sen: Hmm.]
Lu Chen put down the phone and picked it up again.
A message from Shen Xiaoning.
[Xiao Ning: Dr. Lu, are you asleep?]
[Xiao Ning: I bet you definitely aren't asleep; you must be reading.]
[Xiao Ning: Don't stay up too late! You promised me you'd sleep before twelve!]
[Xiao Ning: By the way, I plan to add some green onions and sesame seeds to tomorrow's egg pancake; it should be more fragrant.]
[Xiao Ning: Also, how did I perform in the Operating Room today? Was there anything I didn't do well? You can criticize me; I won't be angry.]
Lu Chen looked at this string of messages, thought for a moment, and replied with a few lines.
[Lu Chen: Not asleep.]
[Lu Chen: You passed the instruments very well, and the rhythm and coordination were fine.]
[Lu Chen: Just add sesame seeds to tomorrow's pancake; you can put in less green onions.]
[Lu Chen: I'm getting ready to sleep; you should sleep early too.]
After sending it, Shen Xiaoning's reply was almost instantaneous.
[Xiao Ning: Okay, okay! I'm so happy you praised me!]
[Xiao Ning: Then I'll put less green onions and more sesame seeds!]
[Xiao Ning: Good night, Dr. Lu!]
[Xiao Ning: Have a good dream!]
Lu Chen placed his phone face down on the table.
Then he lay down and closed his eyes.
Today was a fulfilling day.
Morning rounds, receiving patients in between, helping in the Operating Room in the evening—everything was in rhythm.
The system panel refreshed one last time in his mind.
He didn't deliberately try to open it.
But those data points were constantly moving.
Quietly rising in places he couldn't see.
...
Fifteen seconds later, Lu Chen fell asleep.
The sleep efficiency improvement brought by the genetic enhancement serum was still taking effect.
Five hours later, he would be able to fully recover his energy.
But the system's settlement would not wait for him to wake up.
[System settlement in progress...]
[Today's skill experience point settlement]
[Vascular Anastomosis (perfect level): Progress 99/100 → 100/100]
[Breakthrough threshold reached!]
[Detected: Host completed high-difficulty vascular repair under S-class critical conditions and in an extremely limited operational space; operational precision reached the upper limit of the perfect level.]
[Trigger breakthrough?]
[Conditions met, automatically breaking through...]
Lu Chen felt nothing in his sleep.
But the numbers on the system panel were changing.
[Congratulations to the host! Vascular Anastomosis has broken through to God-level!]
[God-level Vascular Anastomosis effect description: The host's Vascular Anastomosis operation has broken through the upper limit of the perfect level. It can complete the highest precision Vascular Anastomosis and repair under any diameter, any depth, and any angle restriction conditions. The anastomosis patency rate and tissue alignment precision reach the ultimate level of current human medicine.]
[Additional passive effect: God-level Vascular Anastomosis activates a permanent passive buff. When the host performs vascular-related operations, the tactile perception ability of the fingertips regarding vascular wall thickness, elasticity, and degree of pathology is increased by 30%, allowing real-time judgment of the vascular wall's tolerance limit during surgery.]
Three God-level skills now.
God-level Suturing Technique.
God-level Hepatic Artery Anastomosis.
God-level Vascular Anastomosis.
[Basic Surgical Operations (Master Level): Progress 95/100 → 96/100]
[Internal Medicine Diagnostics (proficient level): Progress 76/100 → 77/100]
[Basic Theory of Emergency Medicine (proficient level): Progress 5/100 → 6/100]
[Comprehensive Trauma First Aid (perfect level): Progress 47/100 → 49/100]
[Ultrasound-Guided Puncture (Master Level): Progress 82/100 → 83/100]
[gratitude points settlement]
[gratitude points from the patient and family for the intraoperative vascular repair: +58]
[Daily patient reception gratitude points: +38]
[Total gratitude points obtained today: +96]
[Current total gratitude points: 979+96 = 1025 points]
gratitude points have exceeded one thousand.
[Available lottery attempts: 1]
But Lu Chen was sleeping.
He didn't know his third God-level skill had been unlocked.
He also didn't know that his gratitude points were enough for a lottery draw.
These things would wait until he woke up tomorrow morning.
The system panel silently closed.
The Duty Room was quiet, with only the sound of breathing left.
The light from the street lamp outside filtered through the gap in the curtains, shining on the open Basic Theory of Emergency Medicine tutorial on the desk.
The bookmark was clipped at page 347.
It was about the systematic assessment and treatment process for multiple trauma.
After waking up tomorrow, he would continue reading from page 348.
Then go eat the sesame and green onion egg pancake made by Shen Xiaoning.
Then put on his white coat and walk into the Red Zone.
Then continue doing what he was best at.