Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 305 Hardcore Treatment
When Li Zheng finished teleporting and arrived at Xiao Siyuan's location, the two robots obediently followed behind him, their attitude becoming even more respectful.

Li Zheng didn't notice the subtle changes. His left leg was getting more and more painful as the anesthetic wore off. If he didn't get it treated soon, he would have to waste a second dose of anesthetic.

It was nearly 8 p.m. at this time, and except for special circumstances, almost no players would continue exploring; they were all having a "party" before resting.

Xiao Siyuan was no exception; while eating barbecue with Lin Fengjiao, he peeked at other people's chat logs on the regional channel.

"Brother Li, what brings you here?" Lin Fengjiao was sitting opposite Li Zheng when she saw him and quickly stood up to greet him.

Startled, Xiao Siyuan turned around and looked over: "Wow, you're getting stronger and stronger now. You cleared the dungeon so quickly?"

Noticing the bandage on Li Zheng's leg, he looked somewhat surprised: "You're injured?"

Given Zhao Yu and his ilk's level, the dungeons they could open were definitely not very dangerous, yet they were able to injure Li Zheng.

Xiao Siyuan found this kind of thing utterly shocking.

"There was a slight mishap. This instance was different from the ones I've encountered before, and we almost failed," Li Zheng briefly recounted what had happened.

After listening, Xiao Siyuan looked at the two robots behind Li Zheng: "It's really unexpected that there are dungeons with two factions. Come with me, let me check you first."

He turned and led Li Zheng into the residence, pointing to the medical bed and saying, "Lie down and take off your pants."

"Huh?" Li Zheng was stunned. He only had a cut on his leg, did it really make him have to take off all his pants?

Xiao Siyuan habitually took out a pair of medical gloves and put them on, raising an eyebrow: "You can wear them if you want, it's up to you."

Lin Fengjiao followed the two into the room and happened to hear this. She immediately became embarrassed: "Um... I'll go and boil some water. Would Mr. Li like some tea?"

Without waiting for Li Zheng's reply, she hurriedly closed the door and went out, taking Xiao Ying, who wanted to come in, with her.

"..." Li Zheng was silent for a moment before saying, "I mean, just cut the pant legs open, right?"

Ask him to take off his pants in front of a man?

Don't even think about it!

“Good idea.” Xiao Siyuan put on his gloves and flicked the wrinkled part. “Unfortunately, I’m a doctor. If you want treatment, you have to listen to me.”

"No... don't think I can't find another doctor besides you. I can always ask someone else for help!" Li Zheng still wanted to try.

Three minutes later, Li Zheng lay obediently on the medical bed, his lower body covered with a blanket except for his left leg.

Wearing a mask and expressionless, Xiao Siyuan performed a few procedures on the medical bed, turning on two spotlights and shining them on the wound for a preliminary examination.

"Wow, that's impressive!" Xiao Siyuan exclaimed in amazement as he examined the cross-section of the severed tendon: "All the severed blood vessels were charred. No wonder there wasn't a drop of blood in them. It looks like a grilled steak."

Li Zheng was speechless upon hearing this and said, "What kind of bizarre analogies are these?"

Last time we talked about lotus root starch for comminuted fractures in Fengshan, and this time even steak is being mentioned. Is this a fusion of Chinese and Western styles?
And that nutritional balance...

“If you don’t like it, I can use a different analogy.” Xiao Siyuan didn’t look up, operating the medical bed, popping out a sharp scalpel, and gesturing along the edge of the wound. “For example… a charred steak?” Li Zheng muttered, then cried out in pain, large beads of cold sweat instantly covering his forehead.

"Holy crap! You surnamed Xiao, what the hell are you doing? This is a human leg, are you really cutting it like a steak?"

“There’s nothing we can do. All the flesh and blood in this part of your leg is necrotic. Even if you have a strong self-healing ability, it will be difficult to recover without surgery.” Xiao Siyuan focused on controlling the medical bed. To prevent Li Zheng from struggling, he also used two robotic arms to hold down Li Zheng’s legs.

Since obtaining the medical bed, Xiao Siyuan has studied its usage and can now operate it skillfully, almost as if it were his own arm.

The scalpel moved quickly and precisely, making several cuts at different angles in succession, and two thin, black pieces of flesh were cut off.

The wound was no longer blocked, and blood flowed out profusely. Accompanying this was intense pain, a burning sensation, as if a red-hot iron had been embedded in the flesh.

"Damn it, didn't I have anesthesia? Why does it hurt so much?" Li Zheng almost gritted his teeth to pieces. This pain was comparable to the pain of breaking his bone last time.

"You were given anesthesia?" Xiao Siyuan's voice held a hint of amusement. "With your current constitution, the speed at which you break down anesthetic is many times faster than that of an ordinary person. It's probably been metabolized long ago."

"The reason it didn't hurt just now is because the nerves in your leg were also burned, so they were a bit numb." Without stopping, Old Xiao took out his treasured high-grade medical needles and thread and began to suture the wound, while also comforting the patiently, "Don't worry, I'm very fast, just bear with it a little longer."

Xiao Siyuan is an orthopedic specialist and used to rarely perform suturing procedures during surgeries. However, since there were no relevant personnel to assist him in the matrix, he had to take on the role himself.

This also resulted in awkward stitches when he sutured the wound, which would have drawn a lot of criticism from people in major hospitals.

Li Zheng looked up and asked, puzzled, "My injury...doesn't require any blood vessel reconnection?"

“You don’t need it.” Xiao Siyuan didn’t even look up. “The stitches are just to help you put the wound back together. The real healing mainly depends on your own self-healing ability. Look here, it doesn’t seem like anything on the surface, but the inside has already grown and connected on its own.”

Li Zheng carefully examined the area Xiao Siyuan was pointing to and could not see any difference, but the amount of bleeding had decreased significantly.

If Li Zheng's constitution hadn't been different from before, treating this kind of injury would have been countless times more troublesome. Xiao Siyuan also chose the easiest method according to the circumstances.

It's just a bit of a hassle...

"As long as it can be cured." Li Zheng really wanted to give himself another injection of anesthetic to reduce the pain.

Unfortunately, Xiao Siyuan would definitely not agree.

“You’re much tougher than most people. Even if you can’t be cured, it won’t be fatal,” Xiao Siyuan said, stitching up his wound. “Let’s talk about the dungeon you just played. Didn’t you subdue two robots at the end? What do you think their relationship is with the so-called Kron race?”

The topic shifted, and Li Zheng lay back down, carefully recalling his experience in the instance: "It should have been a master-servant or subordinate relationship, but something happened later that caused them to become enemies? Oh, right!"

Li Zheng suddenly remembered something: "When I was dissecting the last few corpses, one of the robots seemed to be trying to stop me."

"Stop you?"

“Yes.” Li Zheng thought about the situation at the time and guessed somewhat uncertainly, “At the time, I thought those few Kron people might be their former masters, but now that I think about it… it doesn’t seem like it.”

"In short, this instance is eerie in every way."

(End of this chapter)