Chapter 263: Uncle Qiao, It's All Up to You Now
"I can do it." Qiao Moyan agreed.
Anyone Meng Ci approached for help must be very important, so Qiao Moyan didn't hesitate to agree.
After Zhao Jingyu confirmed it wasn't Liang Xiu, he felt relieved. Seeing Qiao Moyan agree, he immediately spoke up.
"I'm going too."
In Zhao Jingyu's eyes, Qiao Moyan was a kind person. He knew that healing others required mental energy. If Qiao Moyan didn't restrain himself, what would happen if he got injured?
"Alright!"
The four of them left Zhao Jingyu's house and hurried to the hospital.
Ten minutes later, they arrived.
Qiao Ya sat dejectedly on the floor, his face filled with sorrow.
"Is your commander still inside?" Meng Ci asked as he walked over.
"Yes," Qiao Ya replied hoarsely.
Without a second thought, Meng Ci pushed the door open and stepped inside.
The medical staff saw them and immediately tried to shoo them away.
"This is the operating room. You need to leave now."
The surgeons were dressed in surgical gowns, wearing masks, and holding scalpels, clearly preparing to operate on Captain Lu.
Qiao Ya and the other soldiers gathered at the operating room door as Meng Ci pushed it open.
"Comrade Meng, please come out. You're interfering with the surgery."
Qiao Ya and the others weren't as harsh as the medical staff, but they still didn't agree with Meng Ci's interference.
"I have a way to save your commander. Do you want to try?" Meng Ci stood in front of Qiao Ya and said firmly.
"W-What?!" Qiao Ya was astonished.
Before the surgery, the doctors had warned that success wasn't guaranteed due to limited medical resources.
Yet now, Meng Ci was saying he could cure the commander.
The doctors thought Meng Ci and the others were joking.
"Lieutenant Qiao, we're professionals, and we can't guarantee a 100% success rate for Captain Lu. Yet these kids think they can do better? That's ridiculous."
"If you trust us, get these people out of here, or if Captain Lu's condition worsens due to the delay, we won't be held responsible."
This doctor had been a Ph.D. graduate from a prestigious medical school before the apocalypse and had worked at a well-known hospital in M City after graduation.
If not for the apocalypse, his career was on the fast track.
But life is unpredictable, and the apocalypse changed everything.
Moreover, because the base hadn't had a hospital before, he had to dig trenches and chop trees himself during the apocalypse, doing a lot of hard labor.
He successfully joined the hospital as a doctor thanks to his exceptional medical skills and has been working there ever since.
At this moment, someone actually dared to question his medical abilities, which felt like a direct threat to his livelihood. How could he let that happen?
Qiao Ya hesitated, unsure if he should trust Meng Ci and the others.
The two soldiers behind Qiao Ya, hearing that it might affect Lu Chen's treatment, immediately moved forward to pull Meng Ci and the others out.
"Comrade Meng, Comrade Shen Que, please come out!"
"Comrade Meng, we know you're good at fighting, but you don't know medicine!"
Hearing this, Qiao Ya didn't respond and even blocked several soldiers who were about to rush in to pull Meng Ci and the others out.
"Comrade Meng, are you sure you can heal the camp commander?" Qiao Ya asked.
"Yes, and I guarantee there will be no aftereffects!"
Meng Ci was actually nervous, but Shen Que had previously mentioned that a healer could treat any condition, so he just wanted to take a chance.
Lu Chen is only in his thirties and has a bright future ahead of him. With current medical treatments, he wouldn't be fully cured.
So they had to let Qiao Moyan try.
"Alright, I'll trust you this once. If anything goes wrong with the camp commander, I won't hesitate to hold you responsible!" Qiao Ya said coldly.
"Don't worry, we'll do everything we can to treat the camp commander!"
"Alright! Then I'll leave the camp commander in your hands!"
Qiao Ya took a deep breath and said this.
Meng Ci and the others had always seemed dependable.
Since Comrade Meng vouches for them, I'll trust them this time.
"Platoon Leader, think twice."
"Platoon Leader, you're making a mistake."
...
Not only were several soldiers behind Qiao Ya dissatisfied, but even a few medical personnel who were originally standing in the operating room thought Qiao Ya was joking.
The doctor who had spoken earlier ripped off his gloves, his face livid with anger.
"Fine, if you trust someone who has no experience, then I won't perform this surgery."
With that, he stormed out, pushing through the crowd.
The rest of the medical team exchanged glances, then one by one, they shook their heads and followed him out of the operating room.
Qiao Ya herded his team into the hallway and shut the door behind him, his eyes filled with hope.
"Uncle Qiao, it's all on you now!" Meng Ci turned to Qiao Moyan and said, "Uncle Qiao, it's all on you now!"
"Got it."
Qiao Moyan was somewhat nervous, but remembering Meng Ci's earlier promise, he was determined not to disappoint him.
So he walked to the head of Lu Chen's bed and placed his hands on Lu Chen's head, beginning the healing process.
Half an hour passed, and Qiao Moyan's forehead began to sweat, his face turning pale.
"Uncle Qiao, stop right away!"
Seeing this, Zhao Jingyu paced back and forth, anxious inside the operating room.
Meng Ci knew that Lu Chen's injuries were too serious to be fully healed in one session, so he spoke up as well.
But at this crucial moment of healing, Qiao Moyan didn't want to stop midway, so he ignored them.
After another ten minutes, Qiao Moyan finally lowered his hands.
Without even opening his eyes, Qiao Moyan collapsed to the ground.
"Uncle Qiao!"
"Uncle Qiao."
Meng Ci moved quickly to support him.
Qiao Ya had been guarding outside the operating room, and as half an hour passed with no sound from the room, he grew extremely worried.
But he didn't dare to push the door open, afraid of disturbing Meng Ci and the others.
Fortunately, just as several soldiers could no longer bear it and were about to break in, the door of the operating room opened.
"Comrade Meng, how is our camp commander?" Qiao Ya asked hurriedly.
He then saw Meng Ci and another young man supporting a man with closed eyes and a pale face out of the room.
"Have the doctor examine Captain Lu's condition. We'll continue the treatment after I contact you," Meng Ci said, before taking Qiao Moyan away.
Qiao Moyan had fainted due to the massive consumption of mental energy, and as a healer, he could only recover through sleep.
After leaving the hospital, Meng Ci helped Qiao Moyan to his feet and took him back to Zhao Jingyu's house.
After hearing Meng Ci's instructions, Qiao Ya hurried into the operating room and saw that Lu Chen was now unconscious, lying on the bed.