Shen Feng and Yu Renshu were carried back to the base. The people who were cheering earlier fell silent. They had been celebrating the successful resistance against the zombie attack, but then Shen Feng and Yu Renshu were brought back on stretchers, impaled as if strung onto a skewer. Yu Renshu had fallen unconscious. The situation was too grim. Everyone was stunned. Were the zombies that powerful? Could ability users be injured to this extent?
Three ability users had been deployed to kill the Corpse King, and now all three had returned. Two lay on stretchers, and one had his arm in a sling, clearly fractured. The brutal battle had sobered everyone in the base. It seemed the zombies were still formidable, capable of injuring ability users so severely!
Only a few people knew that Shen Feng and Yu Renshu's injuries were actually caused by humans, not zombies. Guo Pinming's arm had broken because, after detonating the car's fuel tank, he was hit by a massive shockwave. The car, transformed into a giant iron ball, couldn't withstand the blast, causing it to dent and instantly strike Guo Pinming's arm, breaking it.
After this battle, Guo Pinming felt he had a better understanding of how to use his abilities. He believed that once he recovered, his strength would improve significantly!
When Chang Jianyi saw Shen Feng being carried back on a stretcher, tears immediately fell. She asked, "Ah Feng, how are you? I'll have someone start surgery immediately. You must hold on!"
Shen Feng gritted his teeth and replied, "I'm fine. Operate on Doctor first. She took a sword for me. This is what I owe her!"
Hearing this, Chang Jianyi felt grateful to Yu Renshu as well. She then said, "Professor Zhang has trained several students recently who can perform surgery. You can all have surgery together."
Chang Jianyi immediately arranged for personnel to perform the surgeries. Ever since Shen Feng was shot previously, she had recognized the importance of the medical team. To ensure that surgeries could be performed at any critical moment, Chang Jianyi had specifically asked Professor Zhang to train students, emphasizing the need for clinical doctors who could save lives in crucial moments.
At this moment, Chang Jianyi suddenly noticed that Shen Feng's jacket was being worn by Yu Renshu, and beneath the jacket, Yu Renshu seemed to be wearing nothing. Chang Jianyi was immediately bewildered. She wondered what Shen Feng and Yu Renshu had been doing when Shen Feng was injured, and why Yu Renshu was wearing nothing.
Chang Jianyi also knew that it was best not to inquire about such matters in public; they needed to be handled privately.
Therefore, suppressing her curiosity and unease, Chang Jianyi had people find a clean room inside the dam and immediately began disinfection and sterilization, aiming to start the surgery as soon as possible.
Professor Zhang arrived with his students and then turned to them, saying, "You should have learned what I taught you before, so now it's time to test you. The President's injuries are relatively minor, so you will perform the surgery. Yu Renshu's injuries are more severe, so I will personally perform her surgery. Do you understand?"
Chang Jianyi, overhearing this, quickly pulled Professor Zhang aside and said earnestly, "Professor Zhang, Shen Feng's injuries are also not optimistic, and he needs to lead us in retaking Luzhou, so he is particularly important. Please consider this carefully."
Professor Zhang understood Chang Jianyi's meaning. He knew Chang Jianyi was worried about the skill level of his students, who were all newcomers. If the surgery didn't go smoothly, it would be disastrous. Thus, Chang Jianyi actually hoped he would operate on Shen Feng.
Professor Zhang also thought carefully. The Self-Help Association could do without Yu Renshu, but it couldn't do without Shen Feng. He nodded and said, "Alright then, I will personally operate on the President. As for Yu Renshu, I can only let my students try. However, I can guarantee that they are all my excellent students, and as clinical doctors, they are perfectly capable!"
"Of course, I know that. They are all excellent students and excellent doctors!" Chang Jianyi smiled. She trusted Professor Zhang's skills, so she chose him to operate on Shen Feng.
Afterward, Professor Zhang announced his decision to his students, assigning them to operate on Yu Renshu, while he would take two assistants to operate on Shen Feng.
Chang Jianyi suddenly remembered the issue of evolution potions. She only had a few dozen bottles on hand. If evolution potions were needed, her current stock would not be enough. She quickly instructed Yang Chang, "You immediately take people to cut off the heads of all the mutated zombies killed today and send them to the dam. We need to make evolution potions now. I've seen your performance, and after this matter is resolved, I will reward you with ten evolution potions to achieve your second evolution!"
Yang Chang quickly led his men to collect the heads of the mutated zombies. The battle today had been particularly brutal, especially after the mutated zombies joined the fray. The base's casualties had become even more severe. Counting now, the combat team had lost three hundred people, mostly killed in action. Their sacrifice was worthwhile, as all sixty-odd mutated zombies were killed by the base.
Chang Jianyi waited anxiously outside the operating room. Regarding the base's arrangements, she had only one thing to say: "Live as usual. We'll discuss retaking Luzhou tomorrow."
Last time Shen Feng was injured, Chang Jianyi had left the matter to Yu Renshu to resolve. Now that Yu Renshu was also seriously injured, Chang Jianyi could no longer pass the buck. Fortunately, the base didn't need to relocate this time, so she could let her subordinates continue to wait; living as usual was fine.
This surgery was still performed without anesthesia, as the teacher who taught anesthesia had turned into a zombie and was killed. Therefore, Shen Feng could only endure the pain and let them operate. Professor Zhang worried that Shen Feng might bite off his teeth, so he quickly had someone give Shen Feng a soft wooden stick, telling him to bite down on it if he couldn't bear it, but absolutely not to break his teeth!
Fortunately, Shen Feng was an evolver and had a much stronger tolerance for pain. After an hour, the wounds were finally sutured. He was covered in sweat, enduring the pain of the surgery. It was truly agonizing. Shen Feng felt as if he were in hell; otherwise, how could he be in such pain?
After the surgery concluded, Professor Zhang offered rare praise: "You endured the pain of the surgery, which is already remarkable. As long as you rest well, you will recover. However, you will need at least ten to fifteen days of recuperation. Even an evolver cannot recover from injuries in a short time unless they evolve again!"
Hearing the doctor's orders, Shen Feng finally felt relieved. After the surgery, he felt that he hadn't suffered as much pain during battles as he had during this procedure. But now, after being cut by the doctor a few times, his body was almost unable to bear it.
After the surgery was over, Chang Jianyi quickly entered, holding a small box. Upon opening it, she found dozens of evolution potions. She said, "Drink these evolution potions quickly. As long as you achieve your third evolution, you will recover rapidly."
Shen Feng heard his senior's words and said through gritted teeth, "Give them all to Yu Renshu. I've finished surgery, and I'm fine. Yu Renshu's injuries are more serious, and she needs the evolution potions more."
Hearing Shen Feng say this, Chang Jianyi bit her lip and thought, "He's already this injured, and he's still thinking about other women. It seems Yu Renshu is truly important to him. He can even give up something that can save his life. Their relationship is truly extraordinary!"
Then, Chang Jianyi said in a low voice, "Don't worry, the evolution potions are still being produced, and there are many more available. You don't need to worry about Yu Renshu. You should worry about yourself."
Hearing Chang Jianyi's reply, Shen Feng finally picked up the evolution potions and began to drink them. After drinking fifty bottles, Shen Feng lay down on the bed, his body felt hot, and he lost consciousness. Chang Jianyi knew that Shen Feng had begun to evolve and prepared to leave the ward.
Before leaving the ward, Chang Jianyi pinched Shen Feng's waist hard and muttered, "Let's see if you keep thinking about other women!"
Afterward, Chang Jianyi walked out and said to the two girls from the supervisory team, "You two guard the door. If the President wakes up, inform me immediately!"
While Professor Zhang was operating on Shen Feng, his students were also operating on Yu Renshu. However, Yu Renshu's surgery was more difficult because the long sword had passed through her body to stab Shen Feng, causing more severe trauma. When the long sword was pulled out, Yu Renshu bled profusely. The students frantically tried to stop the bleeding and suture the wound.
Professor Zhang had finished Shen Feng's surgery, but Yu Renshu was still not out of danger. Eventually, Professor Zhang went to Yu Renshu's operating room to guide the surgery, and the operation was successfully completed. However, Yu Renshu remained unconscious. Professor Zhang speculated that Yu Renshu was likely suffering from severe blood loss.
Therefore, Professor Zhang began to ask Chang Jianyi, saying, "Yu Renshu's condition is currently critical. Can evolution potions be used to treat her? If not, she might not survive."
Hearing this question, Chang Jianyi couldn't help but get a headache. Although Shen Feng could achieve his third evolution after drinking more than fifty bottles, it didn't mean Yu Renshu would only need fifty bottles for her next evolution. After all, Shen Feng had eaten python meat and also drank many potions before. Thus, he only needed fifty bottles to meet the conditions for evolution. If they used evolution potions on Yu Renshu, who knew how much would be consumed?
After much deliberation, Chang Jianyi decided to use evolution potions to treat Yu Renshu because she had blocked a sword for Shen Feng. Fortunately, they had killed more than sixty mutated zombies today, and a hundred and twenty bottles of evolution potions had been temporarily produced, so there were usable potions. These many potions could have been used to cultivate over a hundred evolvers, but now they were needed to save someone. Chang Jianyi felt a pang of heartache but had to continue using them.
In the ward, Yu Renshu lay on the hospital bed, wearing a loose hospital gown. Her face was pale, and her heartbeat was irregular. It was unknown how much longer she could hold on.
Chang Jianyi had people pry open Yu Renshu's mouth and force the evolution potions down her throat. Yu Renshu showed no reaction while the potions were being administered. Chang Jianyi also worried that all her potions might be wasted.
Finally, after administering ninety-two bottles, Yu Renshu's body became hot, and she began to evolve. Chang Jianyi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Consuming so many potions without any result would have been too tragic. However, needing over ninety bottles for the third evolution was incredibly exaggerated. During the second evolution, only ten bottles were needed. Could it be that each subsequent evolution required ten times the amount of potions?
In her daze, Yu Renshu couldn't help but murmur, "Shen Feng, Shen Feng..."
Chang Jianyi's face darkened. Hearing Yu Renshu's calls, she felt very displeased. Once Shen Feng and Yu Renshu woke up, she would definitely ask them clearly about this matter. Did the two of them have some unspeakable secret? Otherwise, why would they miss each other so much?
However, now that the Doctor was safe, Chang Jianyi could rest assured. At least she had an explanation for Shen Feng. Then she asked everyone in the ward to wait outside. Before leaving, she pinched Yu Renshu's thigh hard as revenge for her bad mood.