"What did you say? The Central Hospital arranged for you to stay here?"

"What's the basis for this? Why do you get to stay in a five-star hotel while we're stuck in a rundown motel costing a few dozen yuan a night?"

Liu Shuai, unable to contain his anger, started shouting in the lobby.

Sun Xu asked, "By the way, which hospital are you interning at?"

"Jiangcheng Hospital, why?"

"Then no wonder. Jiangcheng Hospital is ranked near the bottom in the province. It's already good enough that they let you participate in the exchange. Don't be so picky!"

Sun Xu patted Liu Shuai's shoulder and said with a cheeky grin.

He wasn't looking down on Liu Shuai; they were close friends who were used to teasing each other.

Liu Shuai glared at Sun Xu and retorted, "Tch, where are you interning? If I remember correctly, it's the Affiliated Hospital of the Medical University, which isn't any better than Jiangcheng Hospital."

Sun Xu chuckled sheepishly, "You're not wrong about that. But our exchange team has a big shot, from a traditional Chinese medicine family, with a solid background. We're just riding on their coattails!"

"A big shot from a traditional Chinese medicine family? Who is it?"

Liu Shuai looked towards Sun Xu's exchange team, searching for the big shot.

"The big shot hasn't arrived yet due to some business, but he'll definitely be at tomorrow's exchange. Then you can admire the big shot's demeanor!"

Liu Shuai was about to say that their team also had a big shot, a super awesome one.

But before he could speak, a shout came from Sun Xu's team, urging him to hurry up and keep up.

Liu Shuai returned to his teammates, looking indignant. "Brother Chen, you must show off your skills at this year's exchange conference, letting everyone know who's the most awesome. See if they dare to treat Jiangcheng Hospital differently in the future."

"My medical skills are for saving people, not for showing off."

Chen Xiao's words instantly made Liu Shuai blush, feeling ashamed of his narrow-mindedness.

Although Chen Xiao said that, he also felt a little unhappy, after all, he was also a member of Jiangcheng Hospital.

Arriving at the Provincial Central Hospital, Chen Xiao realized that only five hospitals were able to participate in the exchange conference.

Although Jiangcheng Hospital was ranked last, from another perspective, it meant that Jiangcheng Hospital was already in the top five in the province!

The exchange teams from these five hospitals had a dozen or so people at most, and four or five at least, adding up to more than thirty people in total.

The afternoon's surgical demonstration was personally performed by several expert physicians from the Central Hospital, showcasing the most advanced surgical techniques.

However, this demonstration was not performing surgery on real patients, but using dummies instead.

As a result, the effect of the demonstration was greatly reduced. Even the most advanced and awesome techniques would lose their luster if they weren't used on real people.

The experts seemed to be going through the motions. They'd completed the demonstration, and whether you understood or learned anything was up to your own fate, and had nothing to do with them.

The doctors below were already unenthusiastic, and coupled with the fact that they had just eaten lunch not long ago, many were dozing off.

Just then, a nurse walked into the conference hall and said in a low voice to the experts, "A patient injured in a car accident has been admitted to the hospital. The injuries are very serious. The director of the Health Bureau just called and asked for the best surgical experts in the hospital to treat him!"

The best surgical experts in the hospital were all here. After discussing it, they made a decision.

One of them announced to everyone, "Everyone, you're in luck today. The demonstration will no longer be performed with dummies. We're going to perform surgery on a real person!"

However, surgery was not a trivial matter, and the operating room had limited space. It was finally decided that each hospital could only send one representative to observe.

The doctor sent by Jiangcheng Hospital was naturally Chen Xiao.

The experts first decided on a treatment plan, and then everyone put on sterile clothing and entered the operating room.

There were already seven or eight staff members in the operating room, all prepared.

They were startled when they saw all the expert physicians dispatched.

This was a lineup comparable to a super team! They really didn't know who the person lying on the hospital bed was.

Lying on the bed was a young man.

His injuries were extremely severe, looking as if he had been hit by a train.

He was covered in blood, with multiple fractures all over his body, and varying degrees of damage to his internal organs.

Many of them were fatal injuries. Chen Xiao could tell at a glance that this young man was no ordinary person.

Because if he were an ordinary person, it would be impossible for him to still be alive after suffering such serious injuries. He would have died countless times already.

The experts exchanged glances, and each person's eyes conveyed the same message: this would be an exceptionally difficult surgery.

The surgery began, and the expert physicians cooperated very well, treating the patient's injuries bit by bit.

Time passed by, and the nurse carefully wiped the sweat from the doctors' foreheads.

Unconsciously, five hours had passed, but everyone here had lost the concept of time.

By now, no one regarded this surgery as a demonstration of skill.

This was a race, a race against death.

As the patient's injuries were gradually treated, what remained became increasingly tricky.

To be precise, the surgery had entered a dilemma.

"The patient is bleeding heavily. If we don't stop the bleeding, his life will be in danger!"

One of them said in a stern tone.

Another expert sighed and said, "But if we stop the bleeding, the subsequent surgery can't be performed, and the patient's life will still be in danger!"

The surgery became tricky, and even these battle-hardened expert physicians lost their composure and couldn't make up their minds.

The reason they couldn't make up their minds was mainly because the experts were divided into two factions.

If only one expert was leading the surgery, a decision would definitely have been made.

But because there were too many doctors, it was difficult to reach a consensus.

The main point was that no matter which decision they made, they faced enormous risks.

In a word, the patient lying on the operating table was now in a state of near-certain death.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing. We must reach a consensus and make a decision as soon as possible. The patient is about to give out!"

"How about we take a vote..."

Not far from the operating table, the doctors from other hospitals who were observing the surgery were all stunned.

It was the first time they had heard of doctors on the operating table having to vote on how to perform the surgery!

What was this, a board meeting?

Just then, a calm voice suddenly rang out.

"How about, I give it a try?"