Chapter 162 - Possessed by a Demon?
Chapter 162 Possessed by a Demon?
A living dead stumbled out of the room while the woman screamed.
No, the rebirth of a corpse may be a more correct statement.
Under the dim light, the woman, who was referred to as Academician Wang’s wife, tottered out, looking deathly pale and with the white of her eyes rolled.
More terrifyingly, there was a big hole in Mrs. Wang’s belly.
When she was walking, her blood with her viscera left a dark brown trace on the ground.
Everyone screamed and ran away.
Even Lin Mengya, who had been bold enough, was stunned.
“The corpse… came to life!”
Instantly, some of those women who were running away, fainted in terror.
Only few people including Lin Mengya, stayed fairly calm in front of Mrs. Wang who was like a zombie just then.
“Ah! The corpse came back to life!”
Qinghu, who had secretly put on women’s wear, ran out with deliberate steps.
He grabbed hold of Lin Mengya’s arm. He looked timid, but still gave her power to hold in there.
“What happened?”
The terror in her eyes slowly died out. The number of corpses Lin Mengya had dissected in the medical college, was more than single digits.
No matter how frightened Mrs. Wang was, in Lin Mengya’s eyes, she was only a movable sample.
“I do not know yet. There is something strange in this corpse.”
Qinghu, leaning on Lin Mengya’s shoulders, held a handkerchief to cover his eyes, but he couldn’t look away.
The number of those people killed by him, was far more than dozens.
Demons always gave way to evil. Even though Mrs. Wang was actually possessed by the demon, was there any demon more wicked than him?
Therefore, both of them, who were more abnormal than Mrs. Wang, did not run away,
but also walked close to observe the corpse.
When they got closer, Lin Mengya suddenly found that Mrs. Wang was not completely dead.
Mrs. Wang felt a pain so great that her survival instinct led her to slowly cast off the controlling power.
In extreme pain, Mrs. Wang made a sound like words in a rough voice.
Lin Mengya calmed herself down, and she did hear the words ‘Help me’.
“She is still alive. Bring her under control. Then, I will check whether there is a possibility to save her life!”
Lin Mengya whispered in Qinghu’s ear. As a doctor, she must try her best to save Mrs. Wang’s life, even if she had only one chance.
“Okay!”
Qinghu wasn’t scared of ghosts. He screamed and rushed over.
“Hey! Listen, demon! I’m a reincarnation of an Immortal. If you are clever enough, get out of Mrs. Wang’s body!”
‘My! My!’ Lin Mengya silently rolled her eyes.
Qinghu must act differently even when rescuing a life.
Only Qinghu could shout with such an abnormal remark.
It surprised everyone that, Mrs. Wang who had just been stiff, immediately went limp like the mud, shortly after the woman in colors jumped in front of her.
Qinghu winked to Lin Mengya, and held Mrs. Wang horizontally. He also brashly inserted Mrs. Wang’s guts back into her body in passing.
“Poof—”
Some, who were repulsed by the sight, spit out.
Even Concubine De looked deathly pale, and her teeth could not help shivering.
“Concubine De, your daughter-in-law is bold enough. You may learn from her.”
The calm Empress was the exception.
She remained calm, and picked up her teacup to drink the tea.
“You are right, Your Highness. I will.”
Concubine De, who had experienced lots of difficulties after all, suppressed her fear to force a smile on her face.
In the guest room, Qinghu had put Mrs. Wang on the bed by Lin Mengya’s order.
Then, he guarded the room. No one was allowed to go inside.
Qinghu, who did not wipe the sticky, stinking blood, stood by the door, and occasionally talked to himself like a lunatic.
Everyone was frightened by Qinghu. No one dared to get close and have a look. There was even a five-meter round zone empty of people.
Lin Mengya, who was frowning, had a quick check on Mrs. Wang’s condition.
The hole on her belly seemed to have been made by a sharp knife because the wound looked neat.
The knife was not sharper than her scalpel, but it was close.
Right then, Lin Mengya would immediately put her organs back into her body, sterilize and saw up the wound.
There existed a great risk, even by use of modern medical technology.
However, tools were simple, and there was an extreme lack of drugs.
She had to make every possible effort. She would have beautified the corpse at least, if Mrs. Wang really died.
“Xiaoyu, call Baiji and Baishao over here, and bring my scalpel. Oh, prepare hot water, disinfectors, liquor and the alcohol lamp! Hurry!”
Only a minute had passed, when Lin Mengya issued her order after thinking so much.
As the doctor, she had to race against Death in order to save Mrs. Wang’s life.
“Mrs. Wang, listen carefully. I’m trying to save your life, but I may not succeed. Now, I will feed you a drug, which will make you cheat death. For one thing, it can relieve you from pain. For another, it will be convenient for me to perform my surgery. If the operation can succeed, you have one in ten chance of survival. If you are unlucky, you will never wake up. If you agree with me, swallow the pill.”
Lin Mengya quickly opened a small box, and put a black pill into Mrs. Wang’s mouth.
Then, Mrs. Wang used her last strength to swallow the pill.
Perhaps she heard what Lin Mengya had said. Perhaps it was an instinct. She swallowed that pill quickly.
The pill was also a poison.
The pill quickly took effect. Before Mrs. Wang totally lost her consciousness, Lin Mengya saw her lips squeezing out two words—thank you.
Xiaoyu rapidly brought things and people over.
She moved a big table to lay all the things that Lin Mengya had asked for.
Baiji and Baishao were all astonished by the miserable situation.
However, they quickly cooled down under Lin Mengya’s instruction.
“Baiji, give me the distilled water and the alcohol pad. Baishao, sterilize my tools and gloves!”
Lin Mengya had already begged Qinghu to make some curious things, when she had the plan to use her medical skills to open her medicine stores and employ followers.
Simple gloves were made of animal skin. Surgical tools were made according to drawings made by herself.
They might have been a little rough. But they were indeed delicate, considering the present methods.
Distilled water was drawn and stored in the crystal vessel.
It was not a big deal for a science student good at operating.
The alcohol was not as pure as one produced by modern science. However, Lin Mengya tried her best to succeed finding two kinds of liquors among many wines, which could be used as the alcohol for disinfection.
One was the liquor called ‘Fire Soul’. If you drank it without diluting, your throat would be burned.
Lin Mengya had used the liquor with no dilution to sterilize the vessel. It turned out to be good.
Another one was used to sterilize the wound, after the distilled water was poured into it.
However, they were only for assisting.
What Lin Mengya attached importance to was a poison called ‘Dragon Liver Grass’.
Its juice could diminish inflammation and had disinfecting properties.
Lin Mengya used other herbs to neutralize its juice’s toxicity. However, she found that the neutralized juice still had the same effect of disinfection with less toxicity.
According to Lin Mengya’s order, Baiji and Baishao swiftly did the preoperative preparations.
Lin Mengya put on her gloves, a white napkin, and a strange linen cap.
Then, she wore a vesture with the help of her two maids.
She might look funny, but that was about it.
The first step was to place Mrs. Wang’s organs back in her body.
Mrs. Wang’s blood circulation became slow, partly because she was in apparent death at the moment.
Lin Mengya was very familiar with human organs.
Therefore, after putting them back in place, there was only a little blood.
Even Lin Mengya didn’t expect that the hematorrhea she had been worried about, didn’t occur.
The second step was to start to stitch the wound after sterilizing it again.
To handle her trauma, Lin Mengya specially used catgut to put stitches in the wound under everyone’s gazes.
It was the most important step, and also the one most energy-consuming.
Lin Mengya had to operate not only quickly, but also meticulously.
Under the worshipful stares of Baiji and Baishao, Lin Mengya put stitches in the wound at great speed, but still meticulously, as if doing embroidery.
“Hurry, pour in the medicine.”
Baiji brought in the medicine which had been decocted outside. Lin Mengya still didn’t know what herb was the best for it.
She was only familiar with poisons. Therefore, the jet-black decoction produced a bit of smell that was peculiar to poisons.
“Master, what if she dies?”
Baiji, who was truly kind, asked this with concern.
“It won’t be worse than now. Hurry!”
There was no oxygen bomb, blood transfusion and tools used to monitor vital signs in ancient times. Lin Mengya had to take a chance on it.
Ironically, poisons that were normally prepared for harming people, were used by her to save a person’s life.
There seemed to be a need for her to learn the knowledge about poisons from Senior Baili Rui.
Lin Mengya had no time to think about anything else. She had completed the stitching process. She had to wait for the result of her operation.
“Remember, no one can touch her wound. You can’t move her body either. Baiji, Baishao, feed her the medicine every hour.”
Lin Mengya went limp instantly. That was what she had to pay for her intense concentration.
Luckily, Lin Zhongyu, who was quick of his eyes and deft of hands, took Lin Mengya in his arms.
“Sister, are you alright?”
With anxiety in his eyes, Lin Zhongyu was surprised at her sister’s amazing skills, but still felt his heart ache for the price Lin Mengya paid.
“Hey, put my little girl down!”
A frozen voice came. The sorceress in colors, who had just been haunting around, quickly took Lin Mengya from his arms.