Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 881 - 385: Hitting the Road

Chapter 881: Chapter 385: Hitting the Road

The fully enclosed footbridge was made of a transparent plastic similar to acrylic, so there was no need for a hacksaw. However, after eliminating a few zombies on the footbridge, they found that there was a large number of zombies on the fourth floor of the hospital ward at the other end of the footbridge. The nearest zombie was about 17 meters away from the head of the bridge.

Prising open the window glass was not a big problem, and the length of the cloth strips was also fine. The most difficult part was transporting Blood Meng. First, Dawn and Lin Wu had to go down one by one to ensure the safety below. Lin Wu, accustomed to being the first to charge and the last to retreat, naturally went down first.

Lin Wu climbed over the windowsill and said to Lin Meng, "If you can’t make it, just jump down, and don’t scream during the process."

After saying this, Lin Wu descended along the cloth strip rope, which was effortless for him. Lin Wu walked 20 meters along the road and reached the emergency room, fetching a trolley. Xiao Wu was planning to come down and help, but Lin Wu asked him to stay up to prevent the need to retrieve Xiao Jing’s body later. In the time they were away, three zombies had already entered the area of the emergency room.

The good news was that Xiao Jing turned out to be a medical student, a freshman who needed eight years to study medicine, and had been enrolled for half a year. Although Dawn was strong, she had no surgical experience, not even knowing how to insert a needle. It wasn’t that she wasn’t capable, but on Blue Star, drips weren’t commonly used.

At this moment, they were busy on the footbridge. Dawn securely tied Blood Meng with two cloth strips, and Lin Meng and she each held one end of the ropes to lower down. As Lin Wu looked up at them, several drops of rain hit his face. Clearly, the heavy rain mentioned in the broadcast was about to arrive earlier than expected.

The process of lowering the rope was not smooth; the cloth strip rope had knots and was prone to getting stuck on the window frame. They had to lift the knots with one hand and pull the rope with minor adjustments with the other. Blood Meng’s situation was not promising; maybe she could have hung on for another few days without this ordeal, but with it, she had already slipped into a state of semi-consciousness.

Lin Wu caught Blood Meng and placed her on the trolley, untied the ropes, and gestured upwards; the ropes were pulled back up and resecured. Lin Meng grabbed the rope and left the window frame. That’s when the trouble started. Lin Meng had doubts about rappelling, but seeing Lin Wu do it so effortlessly, she figured she wouldn’t have too much trouble.

However, as a newcomer with very poor physical strength, Lin Meng found she couldn’t alternate her hands to descend; she could only cling tightly to the rope.

The height of the hospital’s floors, especially the 1st and 2nd, was quite high. Lin Meng now hung 12 meters high, unable to climb up or descend. Dawn and Lin Wu expected problems might occur with Blood Meng, but they didn’t expect Lin Meng to be the issue, leaving them momentarily dumbfounded.

Lin Wu reacted quickly, moving Blood Meng to one side and placing her on the ground, leaving the trolley in place. Dawn also encouraged Lin Meng, "Be brave."

Lin Meng knew continuing like this wasn’t a solution, so she tried to switch hands, which felt manageable. Moving down 10 centimeters at a time, she soon felt exhausted and her hands could no longer bear her weight, prompting her to fall from mid-air.

With a clang, Lin Meng, back down, crashed onto the gurney. It has to be said the quality of the gurney was really good, showing little change overall, it bounced off after colliding with Lin Meng. Lin Meng fell from the gurney to the ground without making much noise, but the overturned gurney made a considerable sound.

The position of the rappelling was on the side of the outpatient building, and immediately a few zombies came following the sound. Lin Wu immediately drew his gun to confront the zombies, while Lin Meng, enduring pain she couldn’t pinpoint but felt almost painless, helped steady the gurney.

Damn Dawn.

Dawn quickly landed and put Blood Meng back on the trolley. Lin Wu covered their rear as Dawn and Lin Meng took Blood Meng back to the emergency room.

First, they took Blood Meng to an emergency ward bed. Xiao Jing was studying the equipment, recalling what she learned in class, and connecting various tubes to Blood Meng using adhesive tape. Soon, the monitor displayed pulse, blood pressure, and other data. Xiao Jing wiped sweat away: Knowledge is timeless.

Xiao Jing had already prepared an IV drip, essentially broad-spectrum antibiotics and saline solution, but even after four attempts, she couldn’t get the needle into a vein. Dawn and Blood Meng started to worry, but in the end, Xiao Wu stepped in and managed it, having received similar training as a police officer.

Now they proceeded with the surgery without anesthesia; Blood Meng, tightly bound, bit down on a piece of gauze. Xiao Jing, holding the scalpel, couldn’t bring herself to make the cut. She had only ever dissected a few frogs and mice before, and surgery without anesthesia was too difficult for her.

Dawn took the scalpel: "I’ll do it; can you handle it?" Rare warmth appeared in her eyes.

Blood Meng nodded, biting hard on the gauze. As Dawn made the cut, Blood Meng immediately spat out the gauze, crying out. Damn the movies, who could endure this? It was already good enough to suppress making any noise. But as life imitates art, Dawn stuffed the gauze back into Blood Meng’s mouth and made another cut, and Blood Meng bit down hard, uttering something incomprehensible. Translated, it roughly meant: I’m going all out with you.

Dawn was very focused, not looking at Blood Meng, carefully cutting away necrotic muscle. Blood Meng fainted from pain several times. After finishing and preparing for stitches, the pale-faced assistant Lin Meng said, "Next, we need to disinfect with alcohol."

Is that something someone would say? Blood Meng’s eyes widened, struggling to spit out the gauze. Dawn was undecided; after all, this wasn’t Blue Star, and there was no such procedure in games, so she looked towards the professional, Xiao Jing. Xiao Jing initially thought it was unnecessary, but the alien insisted on alcohol disinfection, and she didn’t have the confidence to argue.