Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 582 The Surgery is Complete
Xiao Ran was stunned by what she saw.

The face on the operating table looked exactly like hers, lying there like a dead person. Just as Xiao Ran was looking at him, Xiao Ran, who was lying on the operating table, suddenly turned her head, and their eyes met.

At the instant the two collided.

Xiao Ran's vision suddenly blurred.

"Dr. Zhang, the patient's name is Xiao Ran, male, 28 years old, and he has been diagnosed with hallucination disorder."

The nurse's voice reached Xiao Ran's ears.

“This child has had a mental illness for almost 10 years. After his grandfather passed away, he couldn’t bear the blow and developed a mental disorder. He always felt that his grandfather was not dead. Later, the neighbors found that the TV in their house was never turned off and was always playing opera. The neighbors felt something was wrong and called the police, only to find that his grandfather had already become a mummified corpse.”

“Recently, his condition has worsened again. He keeps talking about the Lost City and beginners. Today he even swallowed someone else’s magnet ball. That thing is too dangerous and must be removed immediately.”

As the nurse finished speaking, a series of chaotic memories began to surface before Xiao Ran.

A dilapidated house, a emaciated grandfather, a corpse, someone locked up in a mental hospital...

These memories, which felt unfamiliar to Xiao Ran, now came crashing back like a tidal wave, the shattered images making her feel suffocated.

As I gradually adjusted to the bright light in front of me.

Several familiar yet unfamiliar faces appeared before Xiao Ran. Two nurses, one on her left and one on her right, looked at her with concern. Beside her stood a figure in a white coat, a young man about her age, wearing glasses and a name tag around his neck: [Attending Physician: Zhang Qiang]

"Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran, don't be afraid. I'll help you get the things out in a bit. It'll be quick. Just bear with it."

Zhang Qiang gently comforted Xiao Ran.

At this moment, Xiao Ran could no longer distinguish between dream and illusion, reality and falsehood.

Fragmented memories kept flashing through his mind, giving him the feeling of waking up from a dream.

Zhang Qiang, who was standing to the side, had already changed his clothes and put on a mask.

The nurse walked to Xiao Ran's side with the needle and said with concern, "Don't be afraid. After the injection, you'll feel better after a nap. Relax, okay? I'll give you candy later."

Seeing the nurse's concerned expression, Xiao Ran involuntarily raised his arm, but it was only in that instant that he raised his arm...

The bracelet on her wrist looked particularly jarring.

Xiao Ran's pupils constricted sharply, and she sat up straight on the operating table.

"Xiao Ran, don't get up, be good, lie down quickly."

Seeing Xiao Ran's actions, another nurse stepped forward to try and calm him down, but Xiao Ran stared at him coldly and said, "You're asking for it!"

As Xiao Ran finished speaking, a massive burst of spiritual power erupted, forming an indestructible blade that surged forward.

"Crack!!" A sound like shattering glass rang out.

Everything before my eyes was suddenly torn to shreds.

When Xiao Ran's vision cleared, the person in front of her was still standing on the operating table, but the two nurses next to her had already fallen to the ground, their fate unknown.

On the operating table, Zhang Qiang opened his mouth wide, and the soul that Xiao Ran had pulled out was slowly trying to crawl back in through his mouth.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran frowned, and the Dharma Image behind him grabbed Zhang Qiang's soul and crushed it to pieces with a large hand.

Having lost his soul, Zhang Qiang lay completely limp on the operating table, no longer able to move.

Xiao Ran turned around and continued the surgery.

The surgery, which was already more than halfway complete, took only about ten seconds. Xiao Ran reached out and gently pinched the tumor lying on Zhang Qiang's abdomen, removing it completely and placing it on a tray beside him.

After the surgery was completed, Xiao Ran breathed a sigh of relief. Looking back at Zhang Qiang's corpse, she couldn't help but feel a chill as she recalled the bizarre scene from earlier.

I thought I had cultivated my soul cultivation technique to the second level, and that no illusion in the world could deceive me. But just now, I couldn't tell whether it was real or fake, a dream or an illusion.

"This does seem to be a Dreamwalker sequence ability. It seems my mental strength is not strong enough. I need to practice more recently."

When Xiao Ran turned on the operating room lights, the operating lights outside the door also went out.

"it's over!"

Upon seeing this, the three Avatars perked up immediately and exclaimed in surprise, "How could it be so fast?"

In my memory, even if it were Ghost Master, he wouldn't be able to perform such a surgery so quickly. As for other surgeons, they were even slower. Occasionally, a few who were faster than Ghost Master would not be able to walk out of the operating room alive.

"Zi!!"

Just then, the operating room door opened, and Xiao Ran pushed the trolley out.

"It's all done. You can have this now."

Xiao Ran handed the trolley to the three of them.

The three of them quickly came over to take a look, and their expressions were immediately filled with shock.

Such a perfect condition, without a single scratch, every single tentacle is perfectly intact. They've never seen anything like it in all the time they've been in the hospital.

"This guy's skills are even better than Master Gui's?!"

Just as the three were in shock, Qilin and the Old Demon Qinghai arrived.

Halfway through the surgery, the monitor screen went static and nothing could be seen. Qilin immediately realized something was wrong and rushed over.

However, seeing the perfectly shaped tumor that Xiao Ran had peeled off, he couldn't help but feel deeply shocked.

"Is everything okay?"

The old demon Qinghai walked up to Xiao Ran and asked.

"Small things."

Xiao Ran waved his hand, but walked slowly to the side of the Qilin and suddenly patted the Qilin's shoulder.

The Qilin was stunned at first, then felt a chill run through its body, and its body was instantly unable to move.

"Who arranged this surgery? It wasn't you, was it?" Xiao Ran looked at Qilin with a smile, but the murderous intent in her eyes was like a sharp knife piercing Qilin's heart, causing Qilin's heart to beat faster.

A feeling of impending doom arose spontaneously.

"no no……"

Qilin's lips trembled, and his body began to shake uncontrollably.

At this moment, the three Avatars realized something was wrong, and their expressions changed: "Stop! What are you doing!"

The three of them were about to pounce on him as they spoke.

"roll!"

Xiao Ran snorted coldly, and a Dharma image appeared behind him. He raised his hand and threw a punch.

Avatar's expression changed drastically. He quickly took out a shield from his spatial storage and held it in front of him. As the runes on the shield flashed, a human face with seven orifices bleeding appeared on it, opening its mouth and spewing a foul-smelling black mist toward Xiao Ran's face.

"Little tricks."

Xiao Ran didn't even lift his eyelids. The Dharma Image behind him raised its hand and made a grasping motion, instantly condensing the black mist into ice shards that fell to the ground. The Dharma Image's hand continued its momentum, its five fingers gripping the shield as if cast from refined steel.

“Crack!”

The human-faced shield emitted a scream like a baby crying, and countless cracks instantly covered its surface. Avatar's tiger's mouth split open, and he was sent flying by the immense force.

He crashed headfirst into the operating room door and fell heavily to the ground. "My human face shield!!" Looking at the torn shield, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets, his heart aching with pain.

Before the other two could make a move, the Dharma Image behind Xiao Ran raised its palm, and a terrifying spiritual pressure suddenly exploded.

"boom!!"

The surrounding glass shattered, and the two men's knees slammed heavily into the floor. The tiles cracked like a spiderweb, and they lay motionless on the ground.

Seeing this, Qilin's eyes widened. The three Avatars were all D-level beginners, and after several enhancements, their attributes far surpassed those of other beginners.

But it had absolutely no ability to fight back against this Wuliangye liquor.

At that moment, Qilin realized something and hurriedly explained, "No! It wasn't me! It was Master Gui. Master Gui heard that you applied for a surgeon position, so he wanted to test your abilities..."

As Qilin spoke, his gaze occasionally drifted to the old demon Qinghai beside him.

Seeing this, the Old Demon Qinghai, realizing the situation was about right, coughed lightly: "Ahem... Fifth Brother, this matter has little to do with him, you see..."

Xiao Ran glanced back at the old demon Qinghai, then released his hand from the Qilin: "If you want to try my skills, just say so next time. There's no need for all this fancy stuff."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Qilin nodded like a chick catching rice, waiting for Xiao Ran to let go. The feeling of blood flowing through its body again made Qilin feel as if it had come back to life.

"You can clean up yourself, I'm tired."

After Xiao Ran left, they looked at each other blankly.

Finally, the old demon Qinghai snorted coldly and said to Qilin, "Use your brain next time. For such dangerous work, at least give a heads-up beforehand. The Ghost Doctor asked you to try, so you tried? He told you to die, so why don't you just die?"

The old demon Qinghai pointed at Qilin's nose and launched into a tirade of abuse.

Knowing he was in the wrong, Qilin didn't dare say anything more. He waited patiently for the old demon Qinghai to finish his tirade before leaning forward and whispering, "Brother Niu, what exactly is this guy's profession?"

"I don't know, but I can't beat him anyway."

The old demon Qinghai naturally wouldn't tell Qilin Xiao Ran's profession. In short, he told Qilin to be careful and not to be used as a tool by the ghost doctor again before turning around and leaving.

Qilin, feeling awkward, scratched his head, then looked at the three Avatars, sighed, and said, "Stop standing there, hurry up and pack up, take the bodies to the morgue."

Over the next two days, Xiao Ran's schedule gradually became busier.

Since Zhang Qiang's surgery was completed, Xiao Ran has been undergoing surgery every day.

These surgeries were far less difficult than Zhang Qiang's, and Xiao Ran accepted them all without hesitation.

Occasionally, special circumstances may arise, but after Zhang Qiang's experience, Xiao Ran was able to ignore the same situation simply by relying on her powerful mental strength.

Besides the surgery, Xiao Ran could also take this opportunity to shave the patients' heads and hone her barber skills.

As for what to do if you mess it up, don't worry about it; at least most patients are very satisfied with their new hairstyle.

Of course, there were also some particularly difficult ones. Xiao Ran patiently shaved his head, and the guy went crazy and tried to fight Xiao Ran. Helpless, Xiao Ran could only shave his head off as well.

Perhaps it was only at this moment that Xiao Ran gradually understood why the advanced profession of a barber was executioner.

"Five brothers!"

Xiao Ran had just finished an operation in the morning when Qilin came looking for her in the afternoon. She was still shaving a patient's head in the ward when she heard Qilin's voice. She raised her eyelids and glanced at him: "You want a haircut too?"

Upon hearing the word "haircut," Qilin quickly shook his head: "No, no, no, my hair is fine as it is."

Ever since Xiao Ran started shaving the patients' heads, wow, all the patients in the mild ward, regardless of gender, have had their heads shaved by Xiao Ran.

If you didn't know this was a mental hospital, you'd think you'd entered a prison at first glance.

Qilin looked down and watched as Xiao Ran shaved a crooked "Fu" character on the patient's head. Seemingly feeling that it wasn't shaved well, he casually shaved it into a more regular shape. Qilin's lips twitched a few times, and he said in a low voice, "Fifth Brother, you're on duty tonight."

"On duty?"

"Yes, the side quest should involve three shifts, right? You can complete the quest, and then wait a few days until Ghost Master and the others return before you can make contact."

"Oh."

Xiao Ran nodded calmly, but inwardly she was curious: "This Ghost Doctor is back so quickly? Has he already finished setting up the plague bed, or...?"

Just as Xiao Ran was pondering the reason, the walkie-talkie on Qilin suddenly crackled, and an urgent voice came from it: "Qilin, Qilin, come to the observation building quickly, something has happened."

(End of this chapter)