Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 580 Strange Tales of Surgery
Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and Xiao Ran and the other two had already started working normally.

I changed into my coat and went to the duty room.

Actually, there wasn't much to do. Changing dressings and making rounds were all done by the caregivers and nurses. Occasionally, when a patient lost control, Jin Chanzi would go and help out. But Xiao Ran spent the whole morning sitting in the office, drinking tea and reading the newspaper.

This wasn't Xiao Ran being lazy; as a surgeon, he was basically just a figurehead in the mental hospital. Ironically, there were indeed advertisements for recruiting surgeons posted at the hospital entrance.

"You were laughing all night last night. What were you laughing at? Did you have a wet dream?"

Jin Chanzi walked back to his office and sat down. He looked up at Xiao Ran and asked, "Compared to Xiao Ran's leisurely life, Jin Chanzi has been extremely busy these past two days."

For some unknown reason, since he arrived, patients in the mild ward have started to have frequent relapses. Every time they have a relapse, the nurses come directly to Jin Chanzi for help.

This morning, three or four patients went mad without warning, so Jin Chanzi didn't even have time to drink a sip of water all morning.

He plopped down, took a sip of water, and couldn't help but complain to Xiao Ran.

Last night, Xiao Ran kept grinning foolishly in his room, which kept Jin Chanzi from sleeping well. Although he could see into people's hearts, he couldn't even see what people were dreaming about.

Upon hearing Jin Chanzi's question, Xiao Ran merely glanced at him and said, "Nonsense."

Jin Chanzi glared: "???"

"By the way, when do you plan to make your move?"

This was Jin Chanzi asking Xiao Ran through telepathy.

"Wait!"

"What are you waiting for?"

"Wait for an opportunity."

Although she did not have permission to enter the deeper parts of the intensive care unit, Xiao Ran learned from Beast Master's memories that a riot would occur in the mental hospital every month.

When the riots broke out, all areas of the mental hospital were open.

The date is completely random, and Changchun has never been able to resolve this issue. This may be a form of resistance by the hospital against Changchun's control.

So Xiao Ran just needs to wait until that moment arrives.

"Second Doctor!"

Just then, the nurse on duty came in and put a lot of snacks on Jin Chanzi's table. "Thank you so much for what you did earlier. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been able to control that patient. It must have been very tiring. These snacks are to help you regain your energy."

"It's a small problem, a small problem."

"It's almost noon. I'll get you some food later. What do you like to eat? Oh, you just arrived, so you haven't prepared a lunchbox yet, have you? I have an extra one, you can use that for now."

As the nurse spoke, she was practically pressed against Jin Chanzi.

"This one……"

Just as Jin Chanzi was hesitating about whether to eat the food here for lunch, a loud cough came from outside the door, interrupting Jin Chanzi's thoughts.

The head nurse walked in with a dark face and glared at the young nurse: "It's not even noon yet, and you're already thinking about food. The patient in bed number 18 needs to have his skin shaved. Go and prepare it."

The nurse pursed her lips, but dared not resist in the slightest. She quickly turned and left, not forgetting to say to Jin Chanzi as she left, "Then it's settled."

After the nurse left, the head nurse said to Xiao Ran, "Dr. Wu, there's a surgery scheduled for this afternoon, what do you think..."

"What surgery?"

"Oh, it's the patient in bed number 6. He keeps saying there's something strange in his stomach, so he needs you to help him remove it."

He said he had something in his stomach and needed surgery.

This reason was probably the most absurd one Xiao Ran had ever heard. Even in a mental hospital, anyone who said this could be considered mentally ill.

But this is a labyrinth, so that makes perfect sense.

Although the Changchun Association controlled the hospital, they could not disrupt the normal operation of the Lost City; they only had a certain degree of management authority.

"no problem."

Xiao Ran readily agreed.

After receiving Xiao Ran's reply, the head nurse finally smiled, turned around and walked to Jin Chanzi's side, took out a lunchbox from under her nurse's uniform and placed it on the table.

"Dr. Second, the food in the cafeteria is not good, so I made this especially for you."

"Oh, okay, okay..."

"Also, eat less snacks. Eating too many snacks is bad for your health. You should eat more fruit. I'll go get you some fresh fruit later."

The head nurse stared intently at Jin Chanzi. The woman, who was over forty years old, had no attempt to hide her gaze, which made Jin Chanzi's scalp tingle.

Only after the head nurse left did Jin Chanzi breathe a sigh of relief.

"It seems you're quite popular."

Xiao Ran teased with a grin.

"I'm entangled with unwanted suitors, there's nothing I can do about it." Jin Chanzi spread his hands, already used to this situation. He seemed to have a power that made him particularly prone to attracting attention; otherwise, why would his master have cast a curse on him?

Jin Chanzi seemed unwilling to discuss this topic further and changed the subject, asking, "Where is Old Demon Qinghai?"

"He wanted to wander around and see what was going on. Since it wasn't really his business, I didn't want to take him back so easily, so I just left him alone."

"Aren't you afraid..." "No."

Xiao Ran wasn't worried about the Azure Devil. He couldn't break free of his physical body, nor could he break the Golden Toad's restriction. Xiao Ran allowed him to move freely, also wanting to see if he could figure things out.

……

In the sterile room, Xiao Ran changed into a disposable surgical gown, put on a surgical gown, mask, and cap, and finally put on gloves with the help of two nurses.

"Zhang Qiang, male, 33 years old, has a 5-year history of mental illness and has been diagnosed with paranoia. He always imagines that there is something in his stomach."

The data is still normal up to this point.

Then the information the head nurse read aloud started to become strange.

"He underwent four surgeries, two of which failed. Two surgeons were swallowed by the contents of his stomach during the surgeries."

Xiao Ran was taken aback upon hearing this, and glanced sideways at the documents in the head nurse's hand.

There is a photo of Zhang Qiang in the document.

She's said to be thirty-three, but she looks older than forty.

"Since you succeeded twice, what did you retrieve in both successful cases?" Xiao Ran didn't ask about the reasons for the failures, but instead inquired about the other two successful cases.

The head nurse shook her head: "I don't know. After the thing was taken out, it was taken away by the caregiver. We don't know what it was."

"You don't know either? Didn't you see it?"

"Dr. Wu, you're new here and don't know, the caregivers here are all outsourced, and they're all fierce and ruthless, the worst kind of people."

A young nurse said to Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran recalled Beast Lord's memories and roughly understood what had happened.

The hospital's patients and nurses are all natives of the Lost City. The authority that Changchun has obtained has given them the power to appoint and dismiss caregivers and doctors.

These patients were specially created by the Changchun Medical Association, and some special materials were obtained from these patients.

This explains why there is a need to recruit surgeons.

As for where the patients come from, it doesn't really matter. There's a reconstitution furnace where corpses can be recycled, and there are also some unlucky people who were just trying out drugs and ended up becoming patients here inexplicably.

Therefore, the patients here are the most miserable and unlucky ones. While they are alive, they have to endure unbearable pain, and even after they die, they are recreated and reused repeatedly.

Upon arriving at the operating room, Xiao Ran saw a notice posted on the door.

Operating Room Rules

Rule 1: Please remain quiet during the surgery. If you hear someone singing, please stop the surgery immediately!
Below this rule, someone added an extra note in red pen.

(Note! If stopping the surgery would lead to its failure, prioritize stopping the surgery; otherwise, you will be attacked by evil spirits!)
Rule 2: During surgery, some random phenomena may occur when you hear a requiem.

(Note: Ignore this and focus on the surgery.)
Rule 3: During surgery, if the patient dies repeatedly, do everything you can to save the patient; otherwise, each death will cause immense suffering and trigger unforeseen events.

(Note: There is no solution to this, run immediately.)
Xiao Ran glanced at the rules above, trying to find some information from Beast Master's memories. However, Beast Master didn't care about this aspect. Regarding the operation of the hospital, Beast Master only cared about the final results. As for how the results were achieved and what risks the people below had experienced, such things were not something that could reach Beast Master's attention.

However, compared to these strange rules, Xiao Ran was more curious about who left the red notes below, someone who seemed to be very experienced.

After entering the operating room, Xiao Ran looked around. It was just like any other operating room, with no difference from other operating rooms.

Soon, the patient Zhang Qiang was wheeled in by three caregivers.

The three nodded slightly to Xiao Ran, then roughly pulled Zhang Qiang off the stretcher.

"It hurts so much! It hurts so much! The thing in my stomach is about to come out, it hurts so much!!"

Zhang Qiang was still yelling when his body was quickly placed on the operating table by three caregivers, and restraints were tied on both sides.

"Fifth Brother, my name is Avatar. These are two brothers from our gang, Forrest Gump and Stupid."

The three are named after the movie.

"Fifth Brother, this surgery is very difficult. Be careful. If you sense anything is wrong, run immediately. Don't worry about the lives of the others. If you can get the thing out successfully, just put it on the tray. We will come in and get it as soon as possible."

Avatar whispered to Xiao Ran.

"Ah."

Xiao Ran nodded, indicating that she understood.

The three immediately left the operating room.

"Click!" The spotlight turned on, and the lights in the operating room dimmed.

Lying on the operating table, Zhang Qiang's body convulsed, his eyes fixed on Xiao Ran: "You weren't the one who operated on me last time! Don't make me feel too much pain, I'm scared!"

Xiao Ran looked at the nurse beside her in confusion: "Where's the anesthesia?"

The nurse was stunned for a moment, looked around, then walked straight to the door of the operating room, picked up a stick, and swung it down at Zhang Qiang on the operating table.

"Crack!"

The stick snapped in two, and Zhang Qiang's skull split open instantly, splattering blood onto the nurse's face. The nurse wiped it away, her face covered in blood, and her once quiet face now contorted in a ferocious expression. She said, "It's not needed now."

(End of this chapter)