Chapter 377: The Director-General
Chapter 377: Chapter 377: The Director-General
While the Doctor was berating his assistant, the patient thrashing wildly on the bed underwent a new change. His knuckles made a sickening CRACKING sound as his fingernails began warping into sharp claws, his strength increasing along with it. A young Healer, having never seen such a thing, let go in fright, and the Mutant immediately leaped to its feet.
"Spiritual Power Suppressor! Quick!" the Doctor yelled sharply toward the instrument table, reaching out to grab him at the same time.
The Mutant had a fairly high Spiritual Power Level. Seeing the Doctor reach out to stop it, it raised its claws and swiped down at him.
Ning Xuan had already walked over by this point. She freed her right hand, a faint red glow appearing in her palm.
Ning Xuan extended an index finger and pressed it against the Mutant’s temple, where veins were bulging. The Mutant froze in place as if paralyzed by a spell. At that very moment, its sharp claws had already sliced open the Doctor’s neck, and blood was gushing out.
"Bandage him," Ning Xuan ordered her Treatment Team behind her.
Mo Yan quickly retrieved gauze and bandages from his Space Button and began to swiftly dress the injured Doctor’s wound.
"Thank you for saving my life. If you hadn’t stopped him, I would’ve been decapitated." The Doctor, recovering from the terror of nearly having his throat slit, immediately thanked Ning Xuan.
"Don’t mention it. If your injury isn’t serious, go handle the other patients first. I’ll take care of this one," Ning Xuan said, not hesitating to assign him a task.
"Yes, of course! Benefactor, don’t you worry. Leave all the other patients in this area to me. I’ll make sure there are no problems," the Doctor said at once.
When Ning Xuan stopped the Mutant with a single finger, she had actually flooded its Spiritual Sea with her own spiritual power, causing a synaptic short-circuit. It was fine for a short period, but any longer would cause irreversible damage to its Spiritual Sea.
Although this soldier had fully mutated, the transformation was recent. He could still be saved.
"Look at me." She focused her voice into a single thread, piercing through the chaotic noise to reach him directly in his soul.
The soldier’s bloodshot eyes twitched, and for a fleeting moment, a sliver of clarity broke through as he teetered on the edge of complete bestialization.
In that momentary opening, Ning Xuan withdrew her spiritual power from his Spiritual Sea and inserted several Golden Needles into the major acupoints on the soldier’s head.
Ning Xuan had a large supply of Spiritual Calming Potions and Alienation Value Clearing Potions. In addition to the essential medicine, her Acupuncture Skill had also grown more formidable. And so, just five minutes later, the Mutant who had already grown scales and claws was saved.
Another commotion erupted from the black area at the far end of the hall. "He’s already dead. His remains must be processed collectively according to regulations. Please don’t make this difficult for us," a voice said.
"No! I won’t let you take him! He’s not dead! I’m sure he can still be saved!" another person yelled hysterically.
"We understand how you feel, but please don’t obstruct official duties," said the one who had come to take the body.
"Just wait a little longer! Look, he doesn’t have any wounds. He’s perfectly fine! Maybe he’ll wake up!" This was the deceased’s companion, who clearly couldn’t accept the reality of his friend’s death.
Ning Xuan had no intention of getting involved. However, the fact that she had just saved a Mutant had been witnessed by a keen observer. The person stood before Ning Xuan and announced loudly to the crowd, "This young lady just saved a Mutant! Miss, your medical skills are superb. Why don’t you go take a look over there? Maybe you can save someone that others can’t!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Ning Xuan was instantly met with the gazes of many strangers. A figure from the black area rushed over, knelt on the ground, and begged Ning Xuan to go check on his brother.
With so many people watching, Ning Xuan found it difficult to refuse and went to the black area. As it turned out, upon inspection, she discovered the "deceased" was merely in a state of suspended animation due to poison. She administered an Antidote, and soon after, the man vomited up the poison and actually came back to life.
Following that, she treated several more people in the black area. Patients who had been critically injured and left for dead miraculously stabilized, some even showing signs of improvement. At that moment, every Healer and patient in the treatment area looked at her as if she were their savior.
Though Ning Xuan had only just arrived at the Medical Treatment Center, she had already earned unanimous praise. Within a few short days, her name had spread throughout the entire treatment area. Patients who had been deemed "hopeless" by other Healers miraculously stabilized under her care.
Not only was her Spiritual Power Level high, but her control over her spiritual power far exceeded that of an ordinary Doctor. She could even determine a patient’s critical threshold for their Mutated Value and the state of their spiritual power rampage just by perception alone.
Subsequently, Doctors who had been transferred from various regions began to arrive. From among 30 SS-level Controllers, the higher-ups selected the three oldest to act as directors for the Medical Treatment Center. Those three Controllers were each put in charge of a different area.
The reason the higher-ups chose three directors was to see which area would have the lowest casualty rate; that person would then be appointed as the general director.
"Miss Ning, you’re clearly the one who has saved the most people. You should be the general director! I don’t know what the higher-ups were thinking. The people they chose are so much worse than you," Mo Yan said, speaking up for Ning Xuan.
Ning Xuan glanced back at the handsome young man and chided him softly, "You talk too much."
This young man, Mo Yan, was a member of the Treatment Team that Yue Qingtian had pushed on her. At first, Ning Xuan hadn’t wanted a Treatment Team at all, but now she was finding them quite useful.
Ning Xuan had no interest in becoming a director. But as she saved more and more patients, it turned out that among those whose lives she saved were quite a few High-level Generals. At their insistence, the higher-ups finally appointed Ning Xuan as the general director of the Medical Treatment Center.
After Ning Xuan took office, the Medical Treatment Center was finally properly established. She redesigned the layout of the treatment area, separating patients of different risk levels into different zones to prevent cross-contamination and spiritual power interference.
She optimized the shift schedules for the teams of Doctors and attending Healers, ensuring everyone could work in peak condition. She also established various emergency protocols to prevent chaos in the event of a crisis.
Under Ning Xuan’s management, the death rate at the Medical Treatment Center plummeted, and the recovery rate soared. The once chaotic treatment hall was now orderly and astonishingly efficient.
Those who had once questioned her experience and abilities now had to admit that Ning Xuan was more than capable of shouldering the heavy burden of general director.
The war on the front lines had reached a stalemate, and the number of soldiers being sent to the medical center for treatment decreased. By then, all operations at the Medical Treatment Center were running smoothly.