2: Chapter 2: The Omnipotent Physician System is being bound.
The moment Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang opened the abdominal cavity, the entire Operating Room fell silent for a beat.
Blood, it was all blood.
A massive amount of blood had accumulated in the abdominal cavity, making it impossible to see where the bleeding was coming from.
“Suction!” Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang shouted.
The Nurse handed over the suction device and began to draw the blood out.
But there was too much blood; after one large basin was filled, another massive wave surged out.
Sweat began to bead on Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang's forehead.
He stuffed gauze in piece by piece, attempting to first apply pressure to the bleeding point.
However, the bleeding site was too deep; even with his hand inside, he couldn't feel the exact source of the hemorrhage.
“Something’s wrong, it’s not just the mesenteric vessels; there might be an even larger one spraying further back.” Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang’s voice began to tighten.
Resident Physician Zhang Lei was helping with the retractors at his side, his hands trembling as well.
Five minutes passed.
The bleeding did not stop.
Ten minutes passed.
The blood was still surging.
The numbers on the monitor were looking worse and worse.
[Blood Pressure: 58/32 mmHg]
[Heart Rate: 148 bpm]
Zhao Ming shouted from the other end, “Brother Liu, the vasopressors are at their maximum dose. If we don't stop the bleeding now, his heart is going to stop!”
Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang gritted his teeth and tried once more, reaching into the abdominal cavity to feel around.
But everything was slick with blood; he simply couldn't grasp the hemorrhaging vessel.
“Damn it, I can’t see! I can’t see anything!”
He took a step back, his hands covered in blood, his face turning pale.
Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang had practiced medicine for eight years and had been an Attending Physician for three, performing hundreds of surgeries of all sizes.
But this situation was something he truly couldn't handle.
The bleeding point was too deep, the field of vision too poor, and the blood flow too aggressive.
If he continued to force it and the patient died on the table, he would have to take full responsibility.
He made an incredibly difficult decision.
“Notify the family. Tell them to prepare for the end.”
When these words left Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang's mouth, everyone in the Operating Room was stunned.
Nurse Wang stood at the door, the clipboard in her hand nearly falling to the floor.
Resident Physician Zhang Lei looked up at Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang but said nothing.
Zhao Ming sighed and began to slow the infusion rate.
Lu Chen stood in the corner, watching the Middle-aged man on the table whose life was slowly slipping away.
His blood pressure was still dropping.
His heart rate was still soaring.
His skin had turned ashen—not just pale, but that specific ashen-gray that only appears after blood loss reaches its limit.
Outside the Operating Room, the cries of that woman pierced through two sets of doors and drifted inside.
“No! Doctor, please think of something else!”
“He’s only forty-two! Our child is only in elementary school!”
Lu Chen's fists clenched tight.
Right at that moment.
A voice suddenly rang out in his mind.
It wasn't a hallucination, nor was it his own thought.
It was a clear, mechanical voice with an electronic texture.
[Ding! Emergency medical scenario detected. System binding conditions triggered!]
Lu Chen was stunned.
What?
[All-Around Great Physician System binding in progress... Binding successful!]
[Host's current status detected: Intern Physician. Medical Skill Level: Novice]
[Newbie Gift Pack has been issued. Please check!]
A flash of light suddenly crossed Lu Chen's eyes.
It wasn't light from the real world, but light within his mind.
A translucent panel floated in his consciousness, with words clearly written on it.
[Newbie Gift Pack Contents:]
[Skill 1: Master-level Manual Hemostasis. Level: Master. Description: No instruments required. Locate the bleeding point and complete hemostasis with hands alone. Applicable to all types of surgical bleeding.]
[Skill 2: Perfect-level Suturing Technique. Level: Perfect. Description: Suturing speed, precision, and aesthetics have reached the limit of current human surgery. The post-Suturing infection rate approaches zero.]
[Skills have been automatically injected. Host can use them immediately.]
[Skill Level Classification: Novice, Proficient, Expert, Master, Perfect, God-level.]
Lu Chen's pupils constricted sharply.
He felt a stream of information flood into his brain, then travel down his nerves throughout his body, finally converging in his hands.
The sensation was strange.
His hands suddenly became exceptionally sensitive, as if every finger had its own mind, capable of sensing the slightest vibrations in the air.
Furthermore, his eyes had changed as well.
When he looked at the patient on the operating table, a three-dimensional anatomical structure of the human body suddenly appeared in his mind.
Every blood vessel, organ, muscle, and bone was crystal clear.
More importantly, the location of the bleeding was highlighted by a striking red cursor.
[Eye of Truth activated]
[Two bleeding points detected in patient's abdominal cavity:]
[Bleeding Point 1: Superior mesenteric artery branch tear. Location: Root of the third segment of the jejunal mesentery. Current bleeding rate: Moderate]
[Bleeding Point 2: Paravesical collateral artery injury of the abdominal aorta. Location: Retroperitoneal space, depth approximately 8 cm. Current bleeding rate: Extremely fast. This is the primary fatal bleeding source.]
[Recommended treatment plan: First apply pressure to the retroperitoneal bleeding point using Manual Hemostasis, then address the mesenteric bleeding, and finally suture layer by layer.]
[Estimated surgery time: 12 minutes]
[Success rate: 97.3%]
Lu Chen was completely shaken.
He could see it all perfectly.
Two bleeding points—one shallow, one deep.
The reason Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang couldn't stop the bleeding was because he had been focusing on the shallow one.
But the truly fatal one was hidden behind the peritoneum.
Eight centimeters deep, in an extremely tricky position.
It was impossible to reach with conventional surgical instruments.
One had to use their hands.
And it had to be incredibly precise; even a millimeter off wouldn't work.
Lu Chen took a deep breath.
He glanced at the monitor.
[Blood Pressure: 52/28 mmHg]
If he didn't act now, this man would truly die.
He no longer hesitated.
Lu Chen took a step forward, his voice quiet but exceptionally clear.
“Teacher Liu, let me try.”
Everyone in the Operating Room turned to look at him.
Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang was stunned, thinking he had misheard: “What did you say?”
“I said let me try. I can stop this bleeding.”
Resident Physician Zhang Lei was the first to snap: “Lu Chen, are you crazy? You’re just an intern, you don’t even have a medical license, what right do you have to be at the operating table?”
Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang also frowned: “Little Lu, I know you want to save him, but this isn't something you can handle. Even an Associate Chief might not be able to fix this. Don't cause trouble.”
Lu Chen didn't back down.
He looked into Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang's eyes and said word for word.
“Teacher Liu, the bleeding point isn't in the mesentery. The main source is in the retroperitoneal space.”
“It’s a collateral artery next to the abdominal aorta, at a depth of about eight centimeters.”
“The reason you didn't feel it before was because the position is too skewed—it's shifted about two centimeters to the left.”
Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang's pupils shrank violently.
“How do you know that?”
Lu Chen didn't have time to explain.
The monitor suddenly emitted a piercing alarm.
[Blood Pressure: 45/20 mmHg]
[Heart Rate: 160 bpm]
[Warning: Patient is entering cardiac arrest!]
Zhao Ming grew frantic at the other end: “It’s stopping, it’s stopping! Prepare for Cardiopulmonary resuscitation!”
At that exact moment, Lu Chen moved.
He didn't wait for anyone's permission.
He walked directly to the operating table, shoved Resident Physician Zhang Lei aside, and stood at the lead surgeon's position.
“Move, I’ll do it!”
Resident Physician Zhang Lei was pushed back a step, his face turning red with anger: “Lu Chen, what do you think you’re doing! You’re just an intern...”
But he didn't finish his sentence.
Because Lu Chen's hand had already reached into the patient's abdominal cavity.
Everyone held their breath.
In that moment, the Operating Room was so quiet that one could hear their own heartbeat.
The moment Lu Chen's hand entered the abdominal cavity, the 3D map in his mind became even clearer.
Every blood vessel, every segment of the intestine, every organ's position—everything was perfectly labeled.
The bleeding point flashed with a red light, right there.
His fingers probed deep through the retroperitoneal space with extreme precision, avoiding any unnecessary contact and without compressing any surrounding tissue.
Six centimeters.
Seven centimeters.
Eight centimeters.
He felt it.
Lu Chen's fingertips touched the small artery that was spraying blood.
“Found it.” His voice was terrifyingly calm.
Then, his fingers performed a movement that no one else could understand.
He didn't use forceps, he didn't use a tourniquet, he didn't use any instruments.
Using two fingers, he precisely pinched both ends of the small artery.
Then, with an incredible technique, he realigned the torn vessel walls.
Simultaneously, he applied just the right amount of pressure with the pad of his thumb.
[Master-level Manual Hemostasis activated]
The blood stopped.
The frantic gush of blood within the abdominal cavity was held firmly in check between Lu Chen's fingers.
Attending Physician Liu Wenqiang's eyes widened.
In his eight years of medicine, he had never seen anyone stop bleeding in this manner.
Pinched an artery buried eight centimeters deep behind the peritoneum with just two fingers?
What kind of maneuver was this?
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