Not long after Dr. Xu left, the fair-faced sergeant appeared in front of Lu Yu again.
This time, Bai Donggu was just wearing casual clothes, and his body lacked a bit of the usual aura of a superior and had a bit more of an ordinary person.
The gray sideburns and tired eyes made this man look much older. Despite this, he still managed himself very well and did not show any signs of decadence or self-destruction.
"you're awake."
The two looked at each other for a long time, and finally Bai Donggu was the first to break the silence.
Seeing the tired look on the other party's face, Lu Yu, who had planned to question the other party, swallowed back his words. After sighing softly, he moved his gaze away from Bai Donggu's face.
"I have news for you."
"Good news or bad news?"
Bai Donggu smiled bitterly, pulled a chair from the corner and sat down.
Although it had only been one night since yesterday's incident, he felt like a month had passed.
Various matters need to be dealt with in the shelter, and Bai Donggu is a little breathless under the pressure.
Fortunately, Qiu Qianjun returned to the shelter at ten o'clock in the morning and shared a lot of work for him, so he was free and could come to Lu Yu to take a rest.
"It should be considered good news. In fact, I should have told you a long time ago."
The young man stared at the fluorescent lamp on the ceiling and uttered four words as if he was mumbling in his sleep.
"aspirin."
"What?"
There was confusion on Bai Donggu's face, and he didn't understand what Lu Yu was talking about at the first time.
"A drug that fights secondary viral infections, aspirin, may be effective."
"Is this true?!"
"You'll know if you try it."
Looking away from the fluorescent lamp, the young man looked at Bai Donggu again.
"But as far as I know, aspirin can only increase the probability of immunity, but it cannot cure it 100%, so..."
"That's enough! As long as it can increase the probability of immunity, even a little bit, that's enough!"
Before Lu Yu could finish speaking, Bai Donggu stood up from the chair excitedly.
However, he soon noticed his gaffe and smiled apologetically.
"Sorry, I got a little too excited."
Finally, Bai Donggu asked again with some doubts.
"Lu Yu, can I ask a question?"
"ask."
"Why didn't you tell me the news from the beginning? Are you worried about something?"
Bai Donggu asked cautiously, for fear of irritating Lu Yu.
"Every man is innocent, but he is guilty of carrying a jade."
Lu Yu didn't have any mood swings and answered calmly.
"But there is absolutely no need to worry. We are the military. We always stand on the side of the masses and do our best to protect civilians..."
Bai Donggu looked puzzled, with a hint of complexity in his eyes after being misunderstood.
"Yes, you have done a good job, but even the military cannot take care of every civilian, right?"
Lu Yu's voice did not rise, but when it fell on Bai Donggu's ears, it was like a heavy hammer.
"When looking at the overall situation, some details are easily overlooked. I am a pessimist and don't want to be the ignored detail."
"That's why you hid this news until today?"
Bai Donggu's eyes began to turn cold. He could understand Lu Yu's mentality, but this did not prevent him from thinking that the other party was too selfish.
If aspirin can really resist viral infection, then Lu Yu, who hid this news, will only become a sinner rather than a hero.
Seeing that the young man didn't speak, Bai Donggu opened his mouth and continued.
"You are hiding this information because you want to use it in exchange for something valuable at a critical moment, right?"
Bai Donggu did not ask Lu Yu where he got the news. He just thought that the other party was a blind cat who encountered a dead mouse and was just lucky.
"Yes, you guessed it right. I did plan to use it as a bargaining chip in exchange with the military at a critical moment, but now it seems that it is not necessary."
"Swallowing the Starry Sky: Signing in to Become a God"
After saying this, Lu Yu fell silent again.
Bai Donggu didn't say anything, but looked at the young man on the bed with a complicated expression.
The two of them stayed silent without saying a word.
After a long time, a sigh came from the hospital bed.
"Tell me everything about Xiao Ran being taken away..."
…
At the same time, in the operating room of the underground shelter.
The room that used to be filled with the smell of disinfectant was now filled with a faint smell of blood.
Lying on the operating table was a slightly bloated man. His body was covered with purple bruises, and his limbs were twisted and rolled. It was too miserable to look at.
This person is none other than Xu Xiafeng, who was injured by Steel Tiger yesterday.
Due to yesterday's incident, most of the troops in the shelter were killed or injured, making the already scarce medical staff even busier.
Because too many soldiers were injured and could not receive proper treatment at the first time, in order to ensure efficiency, Bai Donggu could only implement the principle of emergency combat injury treatment.
That is, first treat the critically injured soldiers who are in critical condition, and then treat those soldiers with moderate or minor injuries.
The injured who are too serious and have been judged to have no therapeutic value will be set aside and left to fend for themselves.
Although it was cruel to do so, Bai Donggu also did it out of helplessness.
After all, the medical resources in the shelter are limited, and too much energy cannot be wasted on the wounded who are dying.
Of course, Xu Xiafeng, as the mainstay of combat power in the shelter, has priority in treatment.
But he chose to refuse, yelling that he would not die for a while, and asked the doctors and nurses to treat the more seriously injured soldiers first.
When he was told that delaying treatment might lead to disability, Xu Xiafeng not only did not hesitate, but also showed a sinister smile.
"Damn it, if my hands and feet can exchange for a few lives, it's worth it!"
In this way, the doctors could not resist the stubborn Xu Xiafeng and chose to treat the wounded who were dying first.
By the time it was Xu Xiafeng's turn, more than ten hours had passed.
"Sergeant Xu, are you sure you don't need anesthesia?"
The first one, a doctor in his forties, asked. After a night of hard work, he had saved four lives from death.
Although there was fatigue in his eyes, when the moment came for the operation to begin, he was still very energetic.
"What are you doing with that thing? Dr. Li, just come and shout that I, Xu Xiafeng, will lose!"
Xu Xiafeng panted heavily, a smile barely appearing on his unshaven face.
After a night of waiting, the pain in his body had exhausted his energy. If it had been anyone else, he would have fainted and died.
"good."
Dr. Li's eyes flashed with admiration, but his movements sped up a bit.
Because the treatment was delayed for more than ten hours, Xu Xiafeng's injured limbs had already stopped bleeding, but this did not mean that his body was recovering.
On the contrary, due to the strong self-healing power of the esper, deformed new granulations have appeared in those twisted wounds. If they are not removed, it will hinder the recovery of the entire limb.
The first step that Dr. Li needs to do is to use a scalpel to cut off the new granulation bit by bit.
The whole process is long and detailed, which is a kind of torture for both the performer and the recipient.
By the time the cleaning was completed, a thin layer of sweat had appeared on Dr. Li's forehead.
Xu Xiafeng, who was on the operating table, looked pale, as if he had just walked through a mountain of swords and a sea of fire. "The next step is to straighten the broken bones. Sergeant Xu, there is nothing wrong with your arms. It's just two legs with comminuted fractures below the knees. It is estimated that after the injuries heal, the root cause of the disease will be revealed."
While talking, Dr. Li's hands were not idle for a moment, resetting Xu Xiafeng's broken bones bit by bit.
"...Uh! Dr. Li, oh...you're done with the fucking treatment! You're talking nonsense, there's so much nonsense..."
"Haha, Sergeant Xu's little mouth is really full of honey..."
Faced with Xu Xiafeng's impolite response, the middle-aged doctor just smiled faintly and straightened the other person's humerus with both hands.
A rattling sound was heard, and the muscles on Xu Xiafeng's face twitched uncontrollably.
"Both of your lower leg bones are comminuted fractures. To reduce the chance of fracture displacement, steel nails and plates are needed to fix them."
After straightening the bones, Dr. Li carefully examined the injuries on Xu Xiafeng's legs and gave his own treatment advice.
Xu Xiafeng's fat face had no color left at all, and he couldn't help but gasp.
But even though the pain was unbearable, he still didn't shout a word, but just joked with Dr. Li very hard.
"Hit, hit me hard, hit me two more!"
“Medical steel nails are also limited medical resources, so too many nails will be useless.”
Dr. Li ignored Xu Xiafeng's nonsense and explained in a serious manner.
After another busy time, Xu Xiafeng's injuries were finally taken care of.
Just leave the rest of the suturing and fixation to the nurse. Dr. Li has to rush to treat the next injured person.
Taking off his blood-stained gloves, the middle-aged doctor looked at the slightly trembling Xu Xiafeng, his eyes full of respect.
This man actually didn't scream in pain and survived the operation consciously throughout the entire process.
Seeing Dr. Li take off his gloves, Xu Xiafeng also knew that the operation was over, and joked despite the sweat on his face.
"Ho...ho...why did it end so quickly? I haven't even felt the pain yet..."
"Haha, Sergeant Xu, your mouth is probably harder than the steel plates on your legs."
"Hmph, in less than a week, I'll be jumping out of bed, and I'll treat you to a drink then!"
Xu Xiafeng said impolitely. The invitation was obviously sent out of gratitude, but when it came out of his mouth, it sounded a bit like a bandit leader threatening meat tickets.
"Then I'll have to drink something good."
Dr. Li smiled, nodded, and strode out of the operating room.
The name of the next patient being treated is Gu Changfeng, who seems to be a young man who joined the military a month ago.
According to the report of the accompanying nurse, this man was cut on the neck during the battle yesterday, but luckily he avoided the aorta and his life was not in danger.
What required medical treatment was the fracture to his left arm.
The remaining injuries were all in a similar situation, and the order was based on the principle of emergency combat injury treatment. Except for the special case of Xu Xiafeng, the ones at the back were more seriously injured.
"Has the neck cut been treated?"
While walking quickly, Dr. Li asked.
"Yes, the injured person dealt with it himself. According to his description, he worked as a policeman before the disaster broke out, so he knew some first aid knowledge..."
The nurse reported Gu Changfeng's condition very responsibly.
"Police officers who know first aid, yes, are they ordinary people or enhanced ones?"
There was a hint of surprise on Dr. Li's face, and he asked curiously.
"He is an enhancer, a physical enhancement system. During the bloody rain a month ago, he was bitten on the right wrist by a zombie. Fortunately, he survived the infection period..."
The nurse flipped through the information in her hand, recalling the details from a month ago.
Because the number of medical staff in the shelter is sparse, nurses can come into contact with almost every injured patient, so they will more or less leave an impression on them.
"Okay, after the treatment is completed, take the time to talk to this person and see if you can recruit him to become a military doctor. We really have too few manpower..."
