He was an intern and was not originally qualified to go. He was able to get this opportunity because several originally designated formal doctors were unwilling to come and asked for leave one after another. Due to the shortage of staff, the medical department had no choice but to send him over.

This glass cover is equivalent to a buffer zone between the Threshold and the human world. Almost every time the pioneers come back, a few alien species will sneak in here. The risk is very high. For those doctors who have little combat ability, it is simply a nightmare.

Meng Fanchen recognized Tu Ran at a glance and was extremely excited.

She is worthy of being his goddess. She is the first one to come out. She is so outstanding.

He couldn't help but move his feet and wanted to go over to say hello, but his companion beside him grabbed him and said, "Are you going to die? She hasn't passed the inspection yet!"

Meng Fanchen stopped, looked at Tu Ran, then looked at his companions, and said confidently: "Don't worry, Sister Tu Ran will definitely not be possessed by an alien species."

"Who would know about this? Just wait here quietly. It's not too late to say hello later if you want to. We in the medical department have responsibilities and can't run around."

"Okay." Meng Fanchen nodded and retracted his steps. As long as he knew that the goddess had returned safely, there was plenty of time to say hello.

On the other side, Tu Ran had already walked in front of the "human shield".

"Junior member of the Pioneers, Tu Ran, welcome home." The mechanical voice expressed the welcome without any emotion.

Tu Ran stood quietly, waiting for the next question.

The "human shield" held an electronic screen in her hand, on which was a question she had set before she left: What is my wish? Tu Ran said easily: "To stay alive, and to become rich."

""

A green check mark appeared on the screen, indicating that she had passed the identity verification stage.

"That's right, dear pioneer Tu Ran, a meeting will start at 10 o'clock this morning in Conference Room 721 of the Administration Building. Please attend on time."

“I wish you a happy life.”

Tu Ran looked down at the time. It was seven o'clock in the morning federal time.

Three more hours.

She still had plenty of time to clean herself up.

Tu Ran left the glass cover and went to the administrative building first.

She had to return the equipment she was wearing.

Walking on the road, Tu Ran called out Ling.

"Dear pioneer Tu Ran, I'm glad to hear your voice again. A lot of things have happened in the Federation recently. Is there anything you want to know?"

"Where is the pioneer Xi Chunzhi?"

"She's in the medical department."

"Medical department? She is injured?" Tu Ran turned around and walked towards the medical department.

The threshold gate is located not far from the medical department.

"Yes, she fainted after coming out of the threshold last time. The research institute analyzed her holographic bracelet and found out that she was suddenly attacked by four roe owls when the threshold door was opened. She escaped after a fierce fight. She has been in a coma until now. All her vital signs are stable, but there is no sign of waking up."

In the time it took Ling to speak, Tu Ran had already stepped into the door of the medical department.

"Which ward is she in?" Tu Ran asked.

"Ward 828, Building C, Inpatient Department."

Tu Ran went straight to the inpatient department.

Building C was once a monitoring and quarantine point for the survivors of the Q4245 suspended tram. Half a month ago, this place was still filled with the smell of death, with bursts of gunfire, corpses being transported out one after another, and smoke from the crematorium burning for three days.

Now, there are people coming and going here, including slow-moving elderly people, children running around, and patients with limited mobility sitting in wheelchairs and wearing hospital gowns.

There are nurses running back and forth, doctors walking like the wind, and there are also caregivers, cleaning staff, and so on.

Although the atmosphere is not particularly festive, it also has a lively atmosphere of life.

It's completely different from half a month ago.

Tu Ran walked through the crowd, found Building C, waited for the elevator in the elevator room, and went up to the eighth floor.

The entire eighth floor was very quiet, and there was no one in the bright corridor.

Tu Ran walked towards Ward 808.

When I opened the door, I saw Xi Chunzhi lying on the hospital bed.

She closed her eyes tightly, with her hair down and covered in a pure white quilt. The sunlight from the window shone on her face, creating a peaceful and beautiful scene.

As if she had just fallen asleep.

Tu Ran walked closer gently, stood beside her bed, and looked down at her face.

Her face was very pale, with large patches of bruises under her eyelids, and her once aggressive red lips had now turned colorless.

"Who are you to her?" A voice suddenly came from behind. Tu Ran turned around and saw that it was a doctor wearing a white uniform from the medical department.

"I am her friend."

"Oh, you are Tu Ran?" He took a look at Tu Ran's outfit and saw a name tag with the words "Tu Ran" written on the front of her clothes.

"Yes, I am."

"You need to pay for her hospitalization fees for the past three days," the doctor waved his hand. A nurse came out from behind him, holding an electronic screen in her hand. The doctor swiped his hand across it a few times. "The balance on her card has been deducted. Now she owes the Medical Department 12,000 federal dollars."

He handed the electronic screen to Tu Ran, and Tu Ran saw the details of all the expenses listed on it.

The operating cost of life-sustaining equipment is one thousand federal coins a day, the daily use of various medicines consumes one thousand eight hundred federal coins, the hospitalization fee is three hundred federal coins a day, and various service fees are nine hundred federal coins a day.

So Xi Chunzhi would spend four thousand federal coins just by lying here for one day.

Almost half a month's worth of fees had been deducted from Xi Chunzhi's account. Three days ago, all the money in her account was deducted, and she has been in arrears for three days now.

“Because the patient is a federal employee, all fees are discounted by 40%,” the nurse added.

Even at a 60% discount it was still so expensive. Xi Chunzhi had saved up a year's salary, but spent it all in just half a month in the hospital.

Then, ordinary people who are more ordinary than them can't even afford to stay in the hospital.

"Of course, you and the patient are just friends. Federal law does not require you to pay the 12,000 federal coins you owe. It's just that you are the only person who can be found to have contact with the patient."

"According to the rules of our medical department, we will stop treating patients the next day if they default on payments. However, after careful evaluation, we believe that there is a 90% chance that you will pay the patient's medical expenses, so we took the risk and continued to treat the patient until you return from the threshold."

"Of course, if you choose to refuse to pay, you will not bear any legal responsibility, but we will immediately stop treating the patient," the doctor said calmly.

Tu Ran listened to his words quietly and glanced at Xi Chunzhi lying on the bed.

The people in the medical department have already found out the relationship between her and Xi Chunzhi. They know that she has a good relationship with Xi Chunzhi and that she will not watch Xi Chunzhi stop treatment, so they have been waiting for her to come out of the threshold.

(End of this chapter)