Chapter 18

Zhuochuan didn’t go to the city’s tumor hospital the next day, and the on-duty female doctor felt something was off. He couldn’t continue going there, even though it was unlikely that the other party would report to Director Yang and President Zhou. Zhuochuan decided to suppress his urgent thoughts, believing that preparation was key to success. Only after resolving his concerns could he calmly and quickly obtain what he wanted.

He went to the New World, where better emergency medical equipment naturally existed in this highly advanced technological world.

In modern hospitals, emergency medical equipment typically includes eight major components: ventilators, electrocardiogram (ECG) monitors, defibrillators, oxygen tanks, negative pressure aspirators, automatic gastric lavage machines, tracheal intubation and tracheostomy kits, and simple resuscitators.

In this New World, the underground people used only one type of emergency medical equipment: the atomic-level body restoration center. Regardless of the severity of the injury, as long as the brain wasn’t instantly dead, the body could be restored to its normal state. Of course, it was ineffective for soul damage.

Zhuochuan clearly couldn’t take this equipment with him, and he couldn’t understand its principles either.

However, this didn’t stop him from continuing to search for more suitable emergency medical equipment. He started by researching the history of improvements in emergency medical equipment and soon found a suitable model: the intelligent ECG monitor.

This intelligent ECG monitor was invented in 2045 and was the most suitable for his use. It was an ordinary ECG monitor with an added signal intelligent analysis software. Calling it "intelligent" was just a marketing gimmick; it was merely some advanced algorithms, which were fundamentally different from the intelligent software of the 30th century.

But compared to the modern world, this device was far more advanced. It could predict critical patient conditions based on subtle changes in the ECG signals, indicating when a patient was likely to experience a crisis. The disappearance of ECG signals was also a crucial sign that the patient was in trouble.

Since it was an old model, there was no secrecy about it in the New World’s network. The principles of the software were clearly explained, but the source code was nowhere to be found. The download links had been dead for eight hundred years.

Zhuochuan frowned. Although he understood the principles and could program using modern programming languages, it would take him at least ten months to complete the programming and testing on his own. Clearly, he couldn’t wait that long.

However, as a former development manager, Zhuochuan quickly found a solution. If one person wasn’t enough, he could find more people. His classmates, those kids, were not unfamiliar with computers. Even if they weren’t familiar with the ancient programming languages from a thousand years ago, it would only take them a couple of days to get up to speed.

...

“Uncle, you’re finally back.”

“Uncle, sit here with me.”

“Uncle, I heard from Teacher Xu that you have a way to deal with that despicable guy. Is it true?”

“Yeah, yeah, tell us what the plan is. He’s an E-class citizen, and it’s the first time I’ve seen such a big shot up close.”

“If Uncle beats him, our school will become famous immediately.”

In the familiar classroom, the students of the New World saw Zhuochuan again. Although they had only been apart for less than a month, many felt as if years had passed. They greeted him warmly.

The familiar voices made Zhuochuan feel nostalgic, but he wasn’t there to catch up with them. His time was tight.

“Hey, you guys, of course I have a plan. Don’t worry about it.” When Old Xu and He Qiang were helping Zhuochuan find a solution, he had lied, mostly to comfort Old Xu. He hadn’t fooled He Qiang. Now, he was truly confident.

The students, being very smart, could see that Zhuochuan was genuinely confident.

Honestly, they were much smarter than the muscle-headed physical education teacher, Old Xu. Zhuochuan’s friendship with Old Xu had developed quickly partly because they had similar IQs. In the students’ eyes, they were all brainless.

“Really? That’s great.”

“Yeah, we have a field survival test in the final exam in six months. Uncle can help us, and we’ll definitely win first place among all the participating schools.”

“Hold it, hold it.” Zhuochuan shouted, the noise almost making him forget why he was there.

“Who’s interested in computers?”

“Uncle, you should ask who isn’t interested in computers.” Wang Xin, Zhuochuan’s former deskmate, who had promised to help him, was lying down and said lazily, but with a hint of relaxation and joy in his voice.

“Yeah, it’s a necessary skill. If you want an easier life, you need to be proficient in computer programming,” a girl added.

Zhuochuan patted his head. Right, I forgot these are a bunch of prodigies. “Who’s proficient in programming from a thousand years ago?”

“Oh, that’s interesting.” Wang Xin lifted his head, a bit puzzled. “Although they’re old relics, I once studied them for a while. I can get familiar with the programming languages from that time in just two hours.”

“Me too,” the female class president said, a bit embarrassed as she saw Zhuochuan turn to look at her. “Some people like very old games, so I learned some to make games and earn money online.”

Zhuochuan found two helpers. He thought that it would take him a month to program the intelligent monitoring software, but these two, a boy and a girl, were at least ten times smarter than him. Together, they would probably need only three days.

“Alright, you two. Take a day off from school today. I have something to ask you to do.”

“Who’s taking a day off?” A clear female voice came in.

Zhuochuan looked up to see Teacher Feng Lan, whom he hadn’t seen in a long time. She had been quite dismissive of him in class over the past month.

“Teacher Feng, I need two students to help me today,” Zhuochuan said, lacking confidence.

“I already know about your situation. It has caused a lot of discussion on the Citizen Virtual Network,” Feng Lan hesitated for a moment and then said, “But it seems the situation is not in your favor.”

Zhuochuan understood that she was referring to the incident over half a month ago when Old Xu’s citizen friend, He Qiang, posted about his forced duel with a citizen on the Citizen Virtual Network.

He hadn’t heard about the latest developments from Old Xu, probably because he was trying to protect him.

If it were before, Zhuochuan might have been disappointed by Feng Lan’s news, but now he just smiled. “It’s fine, Teacher Feng. Relying on heaven and earth, in the end, I have to rely on myself. I have my own confidence.”

“You’re somewhat of a man,” Feng Lan was taken aback by Zhuochuan’s words and then rarely praised him. “Old Xu was right. You are the successor to a B-class citizen’s soul. People at that level wouldn’t overlook the safety of their successor.”

Zhuochuan realized that Old Xu had also talked to other teachers about his situation, not out of gossip but to find more ways to help him. Sigh, that’s what friends are for. Though it’s hard to find true friends, once you do, they are a lifelong treasure.