Chapter 49 Item Payment "Have you paid yet?"...
The players behind her started pushing forward without saying a word, forcing Liang Xun to swallow back the words she was about to say.
She carried Qi Zhixia away from the group. The endless line was built from everyone's hopes.
Liang Jun did not utter a single word.
She had never anticipated that points could be used as a form of currency to facilitate transactions among players. Liang Jun couldn't fathom how the first player to figure out this method was so clever, managing to maximize their own value.
Qi Zhixia, who was in Liang Xuan's arms, suddenly twitched slightly at this moment. Although the movement was slight, it still caught Liang Xuan's attention.
Liang Jun immediately picked her up and carried her to a corner, lowering his center of gravity.
"Qi Zhixia, how are you?"
Liang Xun tried to keep her tone calm, but she couldn't hide her anxiety. "Are you feeling unwell?"
Qi Zhixia's face never regained its color. She seemed to have lost all the blood in her body; even her previously bluish lips had turned ashen.
Qi Zhixia shook her head, "No..."
She tried to stop her eyes from moving smoothly, and when her gray-blue pupils locked onto the wounds on her legs, she seemed to show no emotion whatsoever.
She stammered, "Is there... any hope for me...?"
"have."
Liang Jun replied with absolute certainty, "There is hope. We are in the hospital now, and doctors will treat you. You will get better soon!"
Hearing Liang Xuan's words, Qi Zhixia took a long time to react.
Ten seconds later, her slightly cloudy eyes slowly closed with pale eyelids.
"Qi Zhixia!" Liang Xun panicked instantly. "Qi Zhixia!"
But no matter how many times she called the other person's name, the person in her arms lost consciousness again and stopped responding.
This is not a good sign—
Qi Zhixia needs to receive the treatment she deserves as soon as possible.
When Liang Jun's attention returned to what it had been, she realized that a series of rolling sounds were approaching from afar.
She instinctively looked in the direction of the sound and saw several doctors in white coats pushing an empty bed past.
The empty bed was covered with a sterile blue sheet. The IV stand beside the bed was empty, its top swaying back and forth as the doctors pushed it quickly.
"Excuse me! Please wait a moment!"
In her haste, Liang Jun picked up Qi Zhixia and abruptly stood up from the ground.
She stood up too abruptly, which may have caused a slight lack of blood supply to her brain. In addition, she accidentally tripped over herself, and Liang Jun suddenly lost her balance.
The two doctors closest to her reacted quickly; one caught Liang Jun in time, and the other caught Qi Zhixia before she fell.
"Thank you..." Liang Jun said softly.
The doctor supporting Liang Jun looked quite young. Her white coat seemed a little ill-fitting, hanging loosely on her body.
"Are you alright?" She looked Liang Jun up and down.
After seeing Liang Jun shake her head, the male doctor who was holding Qi Zhixia blurted out, "Did you call us just now because you needed something?"
"This is my teammate. She is currently seriously injured and unconscious."
As Liang Xun explained methodically, she subtly pulled away from the female doctor's hand before anyone noticed, saying, "Could you please give her some basic treatment first? Or perhaps arrange for her to be hospitalized or something..."
Upon hearing Liang Jun's request, a hint of hesitation was clearly visible on the male doctor's face.
He exchanged a glance with the female doctor next to Liang Jun, "This... I'm afraid it doesn't quite comply with our regulations..."
The doctor, who had been standing on the other side of the hospital bed, spoke up, "Have you paid the bill?"
"I'll pay it, I'll pay it right away."
Anxiety welled up inside her, and Liang Xun's actions were inevitably somewhat haphazard. "But her condition is really critical right now, and I'm afraid it will be too late after I pay the fees..."
As she walked this way, she caught a glimpse of the corner of the easternmost window that Geng Qing had mentioned.
The players waiting in line to pay had already circled the corner, wondering how much longer they would have to wait before it was their turn.
The male doctor remained impartial and adhered to the principle of handling matters officially. He tried to refuse Liang Jun's request.
But when the female doctor discovered Qi Zhixia's injuries, her expression immediately became extremely serious.
"Her injuries are too serious; she needs immediate medical attention."
Upon hearing this, the female doctor looked at the other two doctors and said, "If we continue to wait for payment, the injured person may not be able to make it to the operating table."
Upon hearing this, the male doctor did not utter his refusal again, but instead turned to look at the doctor who was standing alone.
He appeared to be the highest-ranking of the three. His hair was slightly thinning, and the bright lights from the ceiling seemed to reflect off his barely visible scalp.
"Put her on the bed."
He kept his hands in the pockets of his white coat the whole time, until Qi Zhixia was placed on the hospital bed. Only then did he reach out and take out two brand-new disposable medical gloves from his pocket, and simply cleaned the sloughed skin off her legs.
The doctor's expression was clearly not optimistic.
He turned to Liang Jun, "What's the patient's name? What's their blood type?"
Liang Jun paused in surprise, "Her name is Qi Zhixia, her blood type... I don't know."
The doctor's expression hardened, and his tone became even more somber due to his seriousness.
"Send him to operating room number three for emergency treatment," he said, looking at the male doctor. "The patient's blood type is unknown. Arrange for blood collection. The patient has already shown signs of excessive blood loss and urgently needs blood."
The male doctor immediately understood and quickly placed his hands on the armrests of the hospital bed.
"yes."
The female doctor quickly left Liang Jun's side and, together with the male doctor, pushed Qi Zhixia on the hospital bed and quickly turned into the elevator shaft in front of them.
The slightly balding doctor remained by Liang Jun's side, asking, "How did such a complex injury develop?"
Seeing that Qi Zhixia had received treatment, Liang Jun finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Her shoulders slumped. "I was injured in the dungeon, and the injury worsened after I came out."
As expected, just like Geng Qing's reaction, the doctor's expression immediately turned serious upon hearing the word "copy".
His tone now carried a hint of probing.
Is it caused by a game NPC?
He thought Liang Xun would give him a positive answer, but the person in front of him simply shook her head lightly.
It's not that I don't care at all, but rather that I feel a profound sense of powerlessness in the face of what's happening.
"It was caused by being beaten by others."
Liang Jun felt something inside her was inexplicably stuck in her throat.
The doctor's tone became subtle, and he chose not to continue this suffocating topic.
"We will prioritize the emergency treatment of your teammate, so don't worry. Use this time to go and queue up to pay the fees."
Liang Jun's fist clenched quietly at her side.
How will I find her then?
"After paying the fee, take the receipt to Operating Room No. 3 in the West Wing on the sixth floor. If the resuscitation is still ongoing, wait outside; if the resuscitation is over, go to the emergency department on the basement floor."
He removed the blood-stained disposable gloves and skillfully tossed them into the waste bin by the wall.
"My name is Wang Jianping. When you get to the emergency department, just tell them you're looking for me."
Seeing that the other party intended to leave, Liang Jun did not ask any further questions.
I have obtained all the necessary information, and my current task is very clear: to pay Qi Zhixia's medical fees as soon as possible.
"Then you go ahead with your work, I'll go pay the bill first."
Liang Xun nodded to the other party as usual, then quickly jogged towards the payment window.
The payment queue was moving much faster than Liang Xun had expected.
She kept moving forward with the crowd, quickly opening her system in her mind and checking her remaining points again.
There are still over 900,000 left.
After paying out 500,000 points, I will still have more than 400,000 left.
Just then, Liang Jun suddenly heard a crackling electronic noise, like the channel sound of an old-fashioned television losing signal.
Immediately afterwards, a familiar voice rang out beside me—
"Sister Jun? Can you hear me, Sister Jun?"
It was their walkie-talkie.
Liang Jun quickly pulled out a walkie-talkie from her bag, pressed and held the PTT button on one side, and the indicator light at the top quickly turned green.
"I can hear you, I can hear you," she replied immediately. "Where are you now?"
"I've already parked the car in the parking lot."
Gu Keke's voice was unsteady, sounding as if she was moving quickly, "I'm coming to find you now, where are you, Sister?"
Liang Xun looked up and glanced at the glass partition in front of her; the four large characters "Payment Window" were printed on it.
It was almost her turn to pay, and meeting Gu Keke in a densely populated and mobile area was definitely not a good idea.
“Wait for me at the door of operating room number three on the sixth floor of the west wing of the emergency department,” Liang Jun moved forward a little further. “Qi Zhixia is being resuscitated inside. I’m about to pay the fees now. I’ll come and meet you when I’m done.”
"good."
Gu Keke didn't ask any further questions and readily agreed.
When the walkie-talkie stopped making any noise, Liang Jun had already moved to the first position in line.
The doctor at the window was no different from the doctor in a normal hospital, except that the computer that should have been in front of him had been replaced by a thick notebook.
"Medical consultation form".
The doctor in the window spoke in a detached tone, his voice still cold even when amplified, coming from the loudspeaker on the glass.
Liang Jun handed over the medical record she was holding.
The doctor who was collecting the fees glanced at the patient indifferently, and then her voice came through the loudspeaker again.
"How do I pay for 500,000 points?"
Liang Jun countered, "What payment methods are available?"
Upon hearing her question, the doctor in charge of billing wearily raised his eyes and glanced indifferently at the girl outside the glass.
She darted backward, and the wheelchair beneath her moved quickly, revealing the area she had been covering.
The shelves that should have been holding various medicines have now been replaced by storage boxes of exactly the same design.
Liang Yun couldn't see what was inside the box—but she could clearly see the label on it.
"Searchlight", "Hunting Protective Shield", "Colorful Magic Cube"...
These are the names of the props...
"Item payment".
The doctor who was collecting the fees leaned forward, then slid back into his chair, his tone remaining perfectly calm, as if it were something he was already used to.
"You need to pay me with props worth a total of 500,000, with refunds for any overpayment and additional payments for any underpayment."
Since points cannot be transferred directly, we can use the items purchased with points to make trades.
Liang Jun has begun to try to accept this approach.
She quickly worked on the instructions in her mind, and before long, two brand-new clay figures appeared on the edge of the stone platform.
She placed the clay through the window. "Two pieces of modeling clay."
One piece of modeling clay costs 250,000, and two pieces cost exactly 500,000, which is just enough to cover Qi Zhixia's medical expenses.
After inspecting the two props, the doctor skillfully tossed the clay into their respective storage boxes.
Then, she opened the notebook in front of her and added two more strokes to the "Shaping Clay" column.
Liang Jun noticed that the notebook was filled with nothing but tally marks.
"Payment completed."
The doctor stamped Liang Jun's consultation form with a bright red stamp. Then he handed the form back to her.
Liang Jun stroked the thin piece of paper, which was crumpled and covered in wrinkles, and walked towards the hospital elevator.
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Author's note: It's so cold...
The Lunar New Year is almost here, and another big temperature drop is coming! ToT
Babies, please keep them warm!
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