binnovel Chapter 499 Treating the Symptoms
Chapter 499 Treating the Symptoms
As soon as Li Xue and the others came out, they were surrounded by Helen, Margaret, and others who were eagerly asking her questions. However, Li Xue had long forgotten most of the foreign languages she had learned before, so Li Chenglong acted as a translator.
Li Xue looked around and then said, "There are too many people here. Let's go inside and talk. That way, Teacher Lena and Sister Erica can check again."
Just as Li Chenglong was about to enter, a level 12 female vampire on guard blocked his way and asked Duke Helen, "Your Grace, the Queen's injury is in a special location. They are all women and can go in. But Lord Li is a man. Isn't that inappropriate?"
Helen said somewhat angrily, "What time is it? Saving lives is the priority. If Her Majesty the Queen blames us, I will take full responsibility." Li Chenglong then called Li Xue over and asked her to prepare a surgical drape.
A surgical drape is a special surgical drape used for performing surgery on specific areas of a patient. It has pre-drilled holes for specific surgical sites, allowing the surgeon to perform the procedure through these pre-designated holes. With this drape covering the Queen's chest, leaving only the area where the arrows were visible, there was no need to worry about privacy breaches.
After Li Xue finished preparing, Li Chenglong, Erica, Reina, Helen, and Margaret, a total of five people, went inside. As soon as they entered, their attention was drawn to the arrow in the right breast of the vampire queen, Syndra.
Lena took a few steps forward, examining Syndra's body as she said, "There are some minor injuries elsewhere, but they've mostly healed. But this arrow, if I'm not mistaken, is made of the same material as a Level 3 Special Forces arrow, or even more complex."
Erica deactivated her psionic form and continued, "I examined her body carefully and found that the arrow was rapidly draining her vampire energy and life force. If she hadn't already reached the early stage of level 14, she probably wouldn't have been able to hold on."
Li Chenglong saw that Sindra, who was originally dignified and elegant, with a plump figure like a European noblewoman in her thirties or forties, now had dry, yellow hair, closed eyes, a thin face, and looked emaciated, completely lacking her former charm.
Miss Erica took a few steps forward and reached out to touch the black arrow, but she grasped at nothing. Moreover, after only a few seconds of getting close, she felt a sharp pain in her right hand, as if some of her energy had been forcibly drained.
Helen, who was standing nearby, said, "Like I said, we all know that if we just pull out this arrow, things might be fine, but none of us can touch it." After she said this, everyone in the room fell silent for a moment.
Suddenly, Queen Syndra let out a painful groan and began to struggle, bright red blood flowing from her mouth. Reina immediately extended her right hand, and green energy flew from her hand, flowing into Syndra's body. Five minutes later, Syndra's condition stabilized, and Reina withdrew the energy.
She wiped the sweat from her brow and said breathlessly, "Her condition is very bad. I estimate she won't last much longer, at most an hour." Helen and Duchess Margaret immediately asked anxiously, "Do you have any ideas?"
Teacher Lena shook her head: "Not yet, but we have to give it a try. If we don't try, then there's really no chance."
Five minutes later, Teacher Lena stood up from her seat and said, "Since the visible hand can't hold that arrow, why not use the invisible hand?" As she spoke, she stretched out her hands and began to gather energy. This energy slowly began to take the shape of a hand and reached out to grab the arrow.
Surprisingly, this time the hand formed from energy firmly grasped the arrow emitting black smoke. Just as everyone was rejoicing, the arrow suddenly emitted a thick black smoke, and the hand formed from energy instantly dissipated.
Lena stumbled back several steps, but Li Chenglong caught her just in time to prevent her from falling.
After a moment, she shook her head with difficulty and said, "No, this method is feasible, but the arrow absorbs energy too quickly. Not only that, the energy it emits will also erode the outputter along with the output of the energy. I'm sorry, I really can't do anything about it now."
Erica thought for a moment and said, "I'll give it a try. I have Alice with me. She's an energy being, so she should be able to grab this arrow and pull it out. Alice, come and help me."
At her call, Alice flew out of Erica's body. She looked at the black arrow and said, "Let me give it a try, but I can sense an extremely evil energy emanating from this arrow, so don't have too high hopes for me."
After saying that, she stepped forward and grabbed the arrow, then began to pull it out with all her might. But after only five seconds, Alice's figure began to appear and disappear intermittently, then flew back into Erica's body. Erica shook her head with a wry smile: "Alice said she really couldn't do it. If we continue, she will disappear. Please forgive her."
Lena, Erica, Li Xue, Helen, and Margaret were discussing the next steps in the treatment, while Li Chenglong walked to Queen Syndra's bedside and bent down to carefully examine the black arrow.
After a while, Li Chenglong turned around and said seriously, "I have a solution, but it can't be implemented in this emergency room. Li Xue, please contact the hospital director and prepare an operating room for us, along with a professional thoracic surgeon and nurses. We need to perform open-chest surgery."
After receiving instructions, Li Xue quickly walked out. Lena asked from the side, "Li Chenglong, what are you going to do?"
Li Chenglong replied, "The arrow is currently stuck. There are two main reasons for this. One is that it is stuck by bones and muscles, and the other is that due to the constitution of vampires, as the arrow continues to erode her body, her body is constantly repairing itself. This has led to the arrow sticking to her flesh more and more severely."
Erica understood what he meant: "So you mean you want to use surgery to create a large operating environment first, and then pull out the arrow very quickly. But she's in very bad shape right now, can she hold on?"
Li Chenglong nodded: "Vampires don't have blood types, so they can use any kind of blood. I will use 1000 milliliters of my blood to help her through this difficult time. 1000 milliliters is a lot for others, but it's okay for me, not too much of a drain. Under the current circumstances, we cannot lose Queen Syndra."
Duchess Helen and Margaret bowed deeply in unison to express their gratitude to Li Chenglong. Duchess Helen said, "Lord Li, is there anything we can do for you?" Li Chenglong shook his head: "Nothing for now. When we get to the operating room, Teacher and Miss Erica, you two need to help me out."
Less than five minutes later, Li Xue came in and said that the operating room was ready and the patient could be transferred there now.
Several nurses and doctors arrived and escorted Queen Syndra to the operating room on the third floor of the building. Lena and Erica had already gone ahead to undergo pre-operative disinfection. Li Chenglong sat there while a nurse drew blood from him. When he said he needed 1000 ml of blood drawn at once, even the nurse was startled and confirmed several times before starting the procedure.
After 1000 ml of blood was drawn, Li Chenglong stood up, drank three bottles of super recovery medicine, and then went to the operating room on the third floor to begin pre-operative personal disinfection under the guidance of professionals.
After entering the operating room, Li Chenglong looked at the group of people who were ready, and then at the electronic clock hanging high in the operating room. While putting on his surgical gown and gloves under the nurse's guidance, he said, "Time is running out. Let's try to finish within 20 minutes."
Because Professor Lena has over a century of surgical experience on her planet, she will be the lead surgeon, with Professor Wang Li, a leading authority in thoracic surgery, as her assistant. Li Chenglong and Erica will stand beside Lena and Wang Li respectively to help with the procedure.