191: Chapter 191 Qi Path Challenge Assessment: Passing all ten levels, the best performance in history.
The trainees began to walk out.
The discussions in the corridor were louder than after any class in the past few days.
"Ten stages cleared, all-time best, is that for real?"
"It was done right in front of your eyes, how could it be fake?"
"I wouldn't even dare to imagine the two-millimeter glottis traversal in the ninth stage."
"In the tenth stage, he was performing Tracheal Intubation, CPR, and reporting the plan simultaneously—three lines running at once. Does this guy have a few CPUs installed in his brain?"
"I believe it now. The textbook-level performance in the anatomy class this morning wasn't a fluke; this person is just at that level."
"I've been working for seven years, and I feel like I've wasted those seven years."
Lu Chen walked along the corridor. He could hear all these words, but he didn't have any reaction.
Zhou Haoran followed beside him and didn't speak until they returned to the dormitory.
"Do you know what you created today?"
"An all-time best."
"Aren't you going to get excited?"
"Excited about what?"
"Are you naturally immune to things like emotions?"
"No, I just feel that this isn't the end."
Zhou Haoran looked at him.
"Lu Chen, being in the same dormitory as you, I am experiencing a reconstruction of my self-confidence every day."
"What do you mean?"
"It means that every morning I wake up feeling like I'm doing okay, but by the time I go to sleep at night, I realize I'm not, and then the next morning, I lie to myself all over again."
Lu Chen glanced at him.
"You're not bad."
"Compared to you, I'm far behind."
"Compared to your peers nationwide, you are already very impressive."
Zhou Haoran was stunned for a moment.
"Are you comforting me?"
"I am stating facts."
"Fact-stating comfort, okay, I've received it."
Lu Chen didn't speak again.
He took out his phone and sent a message to Shen Xiaoning.
[Lu Chen: Airway Challenge Assessment, ten stages cleared, all-time best]
About four seconds after the message was sent.
[Xiao Ning: Ahhhhhhhh!!!]
[Xiao Ning: All-time best!!!]
[Xiao Ning: I knew it! I knew you were definitely the best!!]
[Xiao Ning: Wait, I want to take a screenshot and save it]
[Xiao Ning: This needs to be saved to show off to others later]
Lu Chen smiled.
[Lu Chen: Show off to whom]
[Xiao Ning: To everyone! The whole world! Heaven knows, earth knows, and I know]
[Lu Chen: As long as you're happy]
[Xiao Ning: What are you eating for lunch? Is the food at the Cafeteria good?]
[Lu Chen: It's the same taste as always]
[Xiao Ning: Do you want to eat the braised pork ribs I make]
[Lu Chen: A little bit]
[Xiao Ning: Screenshot again!]
Lu Chen put down his phone and leaned back against the chair.
Today's airway assessment was over.
The system panel update wouldn't be settled until the evening.
But he could feel that the ten-stage challenge today had greatly increased his experience in Tracheal Intubation.
From Master Level 87 to 89, and today it might even be pushed directly to 92 or even 93.
Additionally, skills like Basic Surgical Operations and Emergency Department theory were also continuously increasing due to the bonuses from the training environment.
He had the afternoon off.
Lu Chen planned to use this half-day to finish reviewing tomorrow's course content in advance.
The pace of the training could not slow down.
Every day was a resource, and every day was experience.
Half a month was a very short time.
He had to use every minute to the extreme.
...
5:30 PM.
There were quite a few people in the Training Center's Cafeteria, and trainees were arriving one after another for dinner.
Lu Chen and Zhou Haoran carried their trays and found a corner seat to sit down.
The dishes in the Cafeteria were still at the standard buffet level—many varieties, but the taste was indistinct.
Lu Chen picked up a piece of sweet and sour fish and took a bite.
Mediocre.
It was far worse than what Shen Xiaoning made last time.
As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, his phone rang.
Shen Xiaoning appeared right on time.
[Xiao Ning: Dr. Lu, have you eaten dinner!]
[Lu Chen: Eating now]
[Xiao Ning: From the Cafeteria?]
[Lu Chen: Yes]
[Xiao Ning: Is it good?]
[Lu Chen: Mediocre]
[Xiao Ning: Teehee, I know what you want to say]
[Lu Chen: I didn't say anything]
[Xiao Ning: You're thinking in your heart that my cooking is better, right!]
Lu Chen looked at this message, his finger pausing for a moment.
[Lu Chen: Indeed]
[Xiao Ning: Screenshot! Fourth time!]
Lu Chen shook his head and put down his phone.
Zhou Haoran saw it clearly from across the table.
"Chatting with that little Nurse again?"
"She is not mine."
"Fine, fine, fine, she's not yours. You just purely chat with her every day, reply to her messages every day, and every time you mention her, the corners of your mouth curl up a little bit."
"The corners of my mouth didn't move."
"They did, I saw it."
"You saw it wrong."
Zhou Haoran laughed and didn't press further.
He lowered his head to eat a few mouthfuls of rice, then suddenly lowered his voice.
"By the way, there is something I want to tell you."
Lu Chen looked up at him.
Zhou Haoran put down his chopsticks and leaned forward slightly.
"When you weren't around this afternoon, I went to the activity room on the first floor to get a glass of water and heard a few people chatting."
"Chatting about what?"
"Chatting about you."
Lu Chen's expression didn't change.
"What was the content?"
"Someone said that your spot in this training was the result of political maneuvering, saying that you were stuffed in by some Vice President of your Hospital, and the purpose wasn't to learn but to pad your credentials and get some gold-plating."
Zhou Haoran watched Lu Chen's reaction.
Lu Chen's expression indeed didn't change.
"Who said that?"
"I didn't see clearly who started it, but Chen Hao was there."
"What did he say?"
"He didn't explicitly say anything, but while he was there, he didn't refute anything the others said."
Zhou Haoran paused.
"Sometimes, not refuting is a stance in itself."
Lu Chen put down his chopsticks.
He thought for two seconds.
"My spot is indeed related to my relationship with the higher-ups at the Hospital."
"What do you mean?"
"President Sun approved it."
"Your president approved it directly?"
"Because of a Liver transplantation surgery."
Zhou Haoran's mouth opened slightly.
"You have performed a Liver transplantation?"
"I was the third assistant in the recipient group, and later the lead surgeon position was vacated, so they let me perform the Hepatic Artery Anastomosis."
Zhou Haoran was silent for three seconds.
"You, a Resident Physician, performed a Hepatic Artery Anastomosis?"
"Yes."
"What kind of Resident Physician are you?"
"The ordinary kind."
Zhou Haoran took a deep breath.
"Alright, I won't ask anymore. If I keep asking, I'll have to reconstruct my self-confidence again tonight."
He picked up his chopsticks again.
"But you need to watch out for Chen Hao. He isn't the type to confront you head-on; he likes to play dirty tricks behind the scenes."
"I know."
"What do you plan to do?"
"I don't plan to do anything."
Zhou Haoran looked at him.
"You really don't care?"
"Is caring useful?"
"Convince them?"
"Convincing others never relies on just talking."
Zhou Haoran thought for a moment and laughed.
"That's true, you have always spoken with your strength."