Chapter 9 Life and death hang by a thread
Qi An and his group returned to the South Gate in just 10 minutes.
However, the close-in defense forces seemed to be mobilizing; the two large iron gates of the base were fully open, and a mechanized close-in defense team was driving out from them.
The wind rose and the clouds surged in the sky, the dark clouds almost pressing down on people's heads, and on the ground, the boots of hundreds of soldiers and vehicles carrying heavy artillery beat out a heavy drumbeat.
Both rotary heavy machine guns on the gate tower were adjusted to face south, and Qi An also saw engineers quickly inspecting the iron wall and the high-voltage power grid lines at their feet.
Qi An and his dozen or so people in several vehicles, along with some early morning delivery trucks, had to move to a corner and wait until the impressive team had gone far away before they could squeeze into the gate tower.
In this tense atmosphere, Gu Liansheng, who had been wearing a sour expression, frowned.
"Holy crap, could something really be going on at this base?"
He couldn't help but look at Qi An and Tang Long.
The reason this team isn't leaving is...
Tang Long was baffled, while Qi An didn't receive Gu Liansheng's gaze, and even if he did, he wouldn't care.
She felt extremely uneasy and quickly got out of the car to check her identity.
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The operating room is clearly divided between light and dark; the area around the bed is illuminated by the operating lights, while the surrounding corners are dark.
Chen Yuezhou had been under general anesthesia and had been unconscious for nearly 10 minutes. His scalp had been pried open with hooks and hemostatic forceps.
This was a critical moment, as the surgery had already begun and the remote control signal or the device that detects Chen Yuezhou's vital signs could be activated at any time.
At that time, everyone around the operating table may be seriously injured.
But the bomb remained silent, because Qin Tianshuo was also wearing a surgical gown and a sterile cap, sitting between light and darkness.
He created an electromagnetic shielding field!
The person holding the remote control will find that they can't receive a signal, but their detonation button will also malfunction!
This was the first "favorable" condition that allowed the surgery to proceed: Chen Yuezhou met Qin Tianshuo through Qi An!
Zhou Yanying glanced at Qin Tianshuo, feeling a mix of emotions.
Chen Yuezhou is really lucky.
The bomb did not explode, so the surgery could proceed to the next step smoothly.
Zhou Yanying's hands were slender yet steady. She used an electric drill to drill several holes in the red and white skull, then used a milling cutter to carve between the holes, and finally removed a piece of skull the size of a palm.
She then took a small pair of scissors and cut open the pale dura mater.
The faintly pulsating, seemingly breathing, grayish-red brain tissue was revealed to everyone around the operating table.
This is Chen Yuezhou's brain, the real-world vessel that carries his personality and will, and the foundation of his existence.
Qin Tianshuo stared intently, his brows furrowed, feeling both utterly terrified and incredibly amazed.
“I’ve already seen the foreign object.” Zhou Yanying knew that Liao Yang must have seen it as well, and his strong “microscopic vision” ability should have allowed him to see even more details than she had.
She stepped down as the chief surgeon, and Liao Yang took over.
The foreign object needs to be removed at least twice, and the subsequent operations must be even more precise and careful, without the slightest error.
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People who work have gone to work, and schools have already begun their planned teaching and learning activities.
After taking off his blood-stained jacket, the man, wearing only a black military T-shirt, was just a soldier who was a little dirty.
He strolled around the small courtyard of the emergency department, deliberately choosing quiet spots, but occasionally glancing at bustling areas with great interest, his expression one of curiosity and nostalgia.
In about 20 minutes, he finished touring the emergency department, his dark eyes darting around as he glanced in the direction outside the base.
Of course, the dense, low-hanging clouds were the only obstruction.
He turned back and chose to walk in a quiet and secluded spot, making his way to the outpatient department.
......
There were always close-in defense troops coming and going, which took a lot of time to get through the gate tower.
Qi An waited anxiously, and when his gaze shifted, he saw Lu Yunbai surrounded by the crowd once again.
This time, the general was surrounded by more people, including his ever-present bodyguard and secretary, as well as several staff officers and two regimental commanders of the close-guard units.
At a distance of 100 meters, just in the gap between the passing of a close-quarters defense unit, when Qi An looked over, the eyes of the guards who were habitually vigilant about their surroundings also glanced over.
Then more eyes were drawn to it, and Lu Yunbai also turned his head to look over.
However, his indifferent gaze only lingered for a moment before turning away.
Now is not the time to care about a few disgusting little shrimps.
After Qi An looked away, he sent a message to Yu Shuang.
[According to information obtained from acquaintances in the Close-In Defense Forces, more Fallen Insects have been detected outside the base, but not many. Their squad has been reassigned to the 5-kilometer defensive outpost.] Yu Shuang replied:
There will be a battle, but the chances of the fighting reaching the base walls are very small.
[There are eight people from his Martial God Team 1 in the operating room: me, Lao Zhao, Zhuang Xiao, and You Zi. Lao Qin, Xu Le, and Xiao Su are also in the room. It's nothing serious, just hold them off.]
Qi An relaxed slightly and turned off his phone screen when Chen Xi looked over.
However, Gu Liansheng also answered the phone, and was somewhat stunned after hanging up.
It was his deputy captain who called. Before he left this morning, he instructed his deputy captain to go directly to the Army Logistics Department and ask where the convoy transporting medicine to the new student base was.
Although the logistics department should only be able to get the news after the convoy arrives at the base, what if they can find out something?
As a result, the vice-captain of the Martial God Team 3 learned that the team had arrived 3 days earlier!
Moreover, the people captured on the surveillance video at the gate were clearly from the Martial God Team 1!
Gu Liansheng looked up and around in confusion, instinctively wanting to call Chen Yuezhou, but then remembered that his deputy had already said that the fourth captain had called and that he couldn't get through to Chen Yuezhou.
Three minutes later, the identity verification was completed, and the group of more than a dozen people passed the checkpoint.
"Let's go back to Dongying, don't get caught in the rain," Qi An said.
But after she finished speaking, Gu Liansheng received another phone call:
"Xu Le must have gone to the hospital, the People's Hospital. Xiao Wang, who shares a dormitory with him, saw him and the head of the brigade at the entrance of the People's Hospital yesterday."
Gu Liansheng paused for a moment, then turned the steering wheel to the left and headed straight for the People's Hospital.
Qi An sensed something was wrong as soon as he saw the direction, and immediately called out, but received no reply from Gu Liansheng.
Her gaze sharpened, and she immediately notified Yu Shuang via her mobile phone.
As Gu Liansheng's car drove away, many of the original crew members who had not participated in the hunting and remained in Dongying were alerted and followed him to the People's Hospital without understanding why.
In the operating room, Zhou Yanying used a retractor to open up the soft tissue of the brain. Liao Yang held the ultra-fine forceps and hook forceps with hands as steady as a machine, and inserted them into the depths of the ventricle, touching the layers of fibrous tissue on the surface of the foreign object.
This thing is like a brain tumor, growing into his flesh and blood.
On the images projected by the neuronavigation system, objects, foreign objects, and normal brain structures are only a fraction of a millimeter apart.
The life or death of the brain truly hangs by a thread!
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