When Fang Xun heard this, he quickly shook his head and pulled her hand away from where she was pinching herself.
"Come on, how can you be blamed for this? No one expected that the exertion in this game would have such a significant impact on the real body. Look, the professor is usually fine, right?"
"Don't blame yourself too much. Don't be so hard on yourself. I know you're just neighbors, but I guarantee the professor would be heartbroken to see you like this."
Si Lan finally raised her head and looked at him with a puzzled look, as if she didn't understand his choice of words.
But she quickly looked away, said nothing, and continued to stare at the bed.
At this moment, Pei Wen's body suddenly flashed for no reason!
The virtual characters in the game were originally very lifelike. In such a flash, Si Lan and Fang Xun could both see the chaotic jumping pixel grids!
Si Lan immediately stood up and went over to check on his condition.
The values were unstable and never stopped fluctuating. Si Lan frowned, subconsciously grasping his hand and whispering, "Don't leave."
Pei Wen didn't know whether he heard it or not, but the data kept jumping.
Fang Xundu's heart was in his throat, so he stood up as well, wringing his hands and staring at him nervously.
At the same time, in the operating room of T Country Central Hospital.
Four days have passed since Pei Wen was discovered to have an abnormal heartbeat, was sent to the ICU for care, and then transferred to the Central Hospital for major surgery.
It has been almost 24 hours since I entered the operating room.
Outside the operating room, a couple with outstanding temperament were sitting in the waiting chairs waiting anxiously.
Not long after, another couple came over, carrying insulated lunch boxes: "In-laws, isn't our Xiao Pei coming out yet?"
The couple on the chair raised their heads and saw the two of them, with a wry smile on their faces: "The in-laws are here again? No, it's been almost a day, and I don't know what's going on."
The Si family couple sighed and handed over the lunch box in their hands: "Then you should eat something first. Don't go hungry. Otherwise, you will collapse from exhaustion before Xiao Pei recovers. What will we do then?"
The two took a look at the lunch box and sighed, "Thank you for thinking of us."
The Si couple sat down next to them and waited with them.
Time passed minute by minute, and the lights in the operating room were never turned off.
The four of them were waiting anxiously. In the end, Pei Wen's parents could no longer sit still and kept pacing back and forth in the aisle.
Another two hours passed before someone finally came out of the operating room. But the doctor's first words to the family members were, "We..."
Pei Wen's parents rushed over immediately, and asked terrifiedly, "How is it? Was the operation successful? Is our Pei Pei okay?!"
The doctor's face was very grim, and he looked at them through his mask: "We... Well, this is the case. Professor Pei's heart problem could have been effectively controlled, but now he has a chip. The chip is always connected to his body, constantly stimulating the functioning of his organs. We can't isolate this stimulation during the operation, so there is no way to properly repair the heart, so..."
At this point, Mother Pei's legs softened and she leaned against Father Pei: "So... our little Pei is gone...?"
The doctor quickly said, "No, no, no, that's not what I meant. Please don't misunderstand me and don't get excited."
"What I mean is that right now, because of this chip, we can only save the professor's life to the greatest extent possible. We can't perform further surgery."
"But if the professor continues in this state, he probably won't be able to hold out for much longer, so... maybe you two should be mentally prepared."
Mother Pei couldn't catch her breath and almost fainted again.
The Si family couple hurried over to help her. Mother Si looked at the doctor and frowned, "Is that chip really that difficult? Can't it be removed directly?"
Doctor: “Removal is not recommended.”
"Currently, a national special team has conducted countless studies on the chip. They have also reached cooperation agreements with players who are extremely resistant to the game and are determined to leave it. They have conducted many human experiments, but they have found that removing the chip before it stops working will cause a series of side effects, both major and minor."
"The infrastructure team saw that the game was progressing very quickly and player engagement was high, so they let players continue playing while they continued to look for a way to exit the game without any aftereffects."
"But the professor is different from ordinary players. We didn't expect him to relapse suddenly. His body is already under tremendous strain. If we forcibly remove the chip, there's no guarantee there will be any irreversible consequences. We can only find a surgical solution that can coexist with the chip stimulation. In other words, we need time."
Upon hearing this, Father Pei lowered his eyes and thought for a while.
"The operation of this chip involves the principles of human bioelectricity, right?"
Doctor: “That’s exactly right.”
Father Pei sighed deeply, leaving his wife in the care of the Si family couple, and said to the doctor, "Would it be convenient for me to go into the operating room and take a look? Although I'm retired, this area is my specialty after all. I also raised our little Pei, so perhaps I can be of some help."
The doctor was hesitating when suddenly a few people came running from a distance.
Seeing a doctor in front of the operating room, they hurried over: "Hello, is this Professor Pei Wenpei's operating room?"
Doctor: "How many of you are there?"
They only had time to gasp for air before handing over their transfer orders, which bore the official seal of the government. "We are the professor's colleagues, and we are the leaders of the team responsible for chip research."
"We learned that the professor's old heart condition had recurred, and we were worried that the chip would affect the surgery, so we rushed over to help."
Upon hearing this, the Pei couple were surprised and asked, "From the Infrastructure Team? Then you are core members. Do you have time to help our little Pei?"
Several people said in unison: "What kind of polite words are you saying?"
"The professor has worked with us for a long time. He was the one who led the chip project from the beginning. Without him, we wouldn't even have this team."
"We heard that the professor's old illness had relapsed, but we thought it was no more serious than usual. Only half an hour ago did we receive an urgent message from Teacher Si Lan, asking us to come over and take a look."
When the Si family heard this, they were shocked: "Si Lan? Is this our Lan Lan?"
A few people took a look at them and found that they did have some resemblance to Si Lan in the photo. They nodded and said, "It's the childhood sweetheart that the professor often mentioned, Teacher Si Lan."
The Si family couple asked: "Is Lanlan still with Xiao Pei? Is she guarding Xiao Pei?"
Several people said: "It seems so. It was also Teacher Si who first noticed that Professor Pei was not in good condition."
The two parents looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, as if with Si Lan by their side, Pei Wen was destined to be fine.
At this time, Pei's father said: "Then you young people can go in. Since you are talents recognized by the country, you must be much more capable than an old man like me. Go ahead, go ahead. We will leave Xiao Pei to you."
The doctor thought for a moment and said to Pei's father, "Old man, please go in as well. Although theoretically, people with chips can only receive information within the game, what if something unexpected happens? The presence of relatives can greatly stabilize the patient's mood."
Upon hearing this, a young researcher suddenly whispered to his companion, "Should we have Xiaowu tell Teacher Si Lan to talk to the professor more?"
His companion: "I don't think we need to talk about this kind of thing."
But I still sent a text message to Xiaowu.
Afterwards, several people, including Pei's father, entered the operating room together.
Only Pei's mother and Si Lan's parents were left outside. As they waited, Si Lan's parents grew uneasy and found the number they had used to call Wang Teng last time. They called back and asked Wang Teng to ask Si Lan to keep an eye on Pei Wen and take good care of him through the communication station.
Needless to say, Si Lan and Fang Xun were doing the same thing over there.
Ever since Pei Wen's character status started to fluctuate, this situation has continued until now.
Every time the heart beat most violently, Si Lan would pat Pei Wen on the back of his hand and tell him not to leave.
After that, Pei Wen's condition stabilized for a while, but soon started to beat again. Si Lan could only repeat the same action to keep him steady.
Everyone was extremely nervous because of this, and the entire camp was shrouded in anxiety and sadness.
In the end, even Si Lan could hardly hold on any longer. For the first time, Fang Xun took an extremely tough attitude and forced her to eat and drink water to prevent her from collapsing from exhaustion.
Two more days passed in the game.
The operating table in the hospital outside the game also worked non-stop for another twenty hours.
Just when the doctors were about to give up, the surgeon, with the assistance of researchers from the Infrastructure Group, finally found a way to temporarily isolate the chip from stimulating the heart.
The researcher immediately asked Wang Teng to notify all the players around Pei Wen in the game, requesting them to isolate all things that might cause stimulation to the professor, and to perform cardiac arrest and blood circulation restoration on Pei Wen during this period.
So in the game, for a long time, Pei Wen disappeared from everyone's sight.
For the first time, even Si Lan's hair was filled with anxiety. She sat motionless in the chair, her eyes wide open until they were dry and stinging, but she didn't blink, afraid that she would never see him come back.
Time passed extremely slowly.
Just when Fang Xun and the people waiting outside were almost in despair, thinking that the operation had failed and the professor would never come back, suddenly, something on the empty bed began to flicker again!
Fang Xun widened his eyes and rubbed them in disbelief: Professor...?
Soon, Pei Wen appeared on the bed again.
After a period of violent flashing, his figure finally stabilized, and at the same time, a signal of [Reconnection Successful] appeared on his body!
Si Lan stared at the signal, as if thinking about something.
But soon, her attention was attracted by Pei Wen who reappeared, and she glanced at Fang Xun.
Fang Xun understood what he meant, opened the door quietly, and made a gesture to Yuan Kuo who came outside to convey the message to them. Yuan Kuo immediately ran to the communication station.
A moment later, he hurried back and said excitedly, "The operation was successful, the professor is safe!"
Fang Xun closed his eyes and finally let out the long breath he had been holding for many days.
The residents almost screamed, but remembering the professor's instructions not to be provoked, they took the initiative to cover their own mouths and the mouths of others, trying not to make any sound.
Fang Xun immediately sent a message to Si Lan.
Who knew that when he turned around, he saw Pei Wen had already sat up, holding Si Lan tightly on the side of the bed and not letting go???
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