Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 211 - 210: Using the Heimlich Maneuver for a Blunt Injury, Genius!

Chapter 211: Chapter 210: Using the Heimlich Maneuver for a Blunt Injury, Genius!

At this moment, Wang Dawei had no idea how to save a person; he lacked the necessary knowledge. But as many viewers in the live stream were suggesting the "Heimlich Maneuver," he decided to give it a try.

Although Wang Dawei was a top student, everyone has their own field of expertise. His expertise laid in mathematics and physics, but he knew very little about first aid.

Seeing that the "Heimlich Maneuver" was a foreign term, he felt a sense of grandeur about it.

With all the viewers in the live stream suggesting it, Wang Dawei chose to trust first and question later.

Time was not on his side, he had about a minute left. Once that minute was up and the police and ambulance arrived, if Wang Dawei had not enacted any first-aid measures, he would be directly deemed as having failed to administer timely aid. According to Civil City’s traffic rules in the game, he would be penalized.

What kind of penalty it would be, Wang Dawei wasn’t too clear, but it was sure not to be anything good.

So he had to act fast.

He selected "Heimlich Maneuver" from the options to the right of his field of view and clicked confirm.

As a result, a message appeared on the screen: "Before using the Heimlich Maneuver, the injured person must be moved out of the vehicle."

"I have to manually operate it? Okay, then," he said.

Without much thought, Wang Dawei clicked on the body of the injured to attempt to move them, only to be reminded that he needed to unfasten the seat belt first.

After clicking the seat belt buckle and moving the injured person out, he was finally able to use the Heimlich Maneuver.

"Great! Watch Dr. Wang perform miracles and bring back the dead!" he exclaimed.

As he pressed the button, his in-game character lifted the injured person, hugged them from behind, and tilted their body slightly forward.

Then, one hand made a fist with the thumb tucked in, thumb-side pressing just above the navel on the centerline of the abdomen, while the other hand grasped the fisted hand, beginning to apply quick, forceful compressions to the injured person’s abdomen!

One, two, three times!

Wang Dawei couldn’t help but praise, "Not bad at all, these moves look quite professional."

He glanced at the comment section and saw a bunch of "professional" messages flying by.

But among these "professional" and "standard" comments, there were a few "pfft," "can’t hold back," and "defying the heavens" messages mixed in.

This gave Wang Dawei a sneaking suspicion that something might be off. Was there a problem with the reaction of the comments?

And the first aid action itself was causing Wang Dawei some doubts. Was this really helpful for the injured person? They still seemed to be unconscious!

But he had no time to think further, for that minute or so was only enough for one attempt, and soon, the police and ambulance arrived.

The police car stopped nearby, and the officers hurried out of the vehicle.

"Good day, officer!

"Man, the response time in this game is so fast; if only it were this fast in real life.

"Huh? Officer, what are you doing? Don’t push me, I’m not a suspect!"

Just as Wang Dawei tried to get chummy with the police, he saw two officers quickly approach, one rescuing the injured from his "evil clutches" while the other swiftly pinned him against the car, restraining him as if he was a criminal.

Even while being held by the arm and pinned down, Wang Dawei still had no idea what had happened.

"Hold on, is this how you treat a law-abiding citizen? I mean, the policing here in Civil City doesn’t seem very ’civilized’.

"Somehow it feels like I’m playing ’Morality and Law 5.’ Now if only a few wanted stars would light up in the top right corner, that would be even more fitting..."

Soon, the ambulance also arrived, and the medical staff carried the injured onto the stretcher and zoomed away.

And then, the screen went black, displaying the follow-up information on the incident.

Regarding the responsibility for the accident, since the collision occurred because the other party changed lanes abruptly, they were at full fault and their insurance company would compensate, which was a relief.

But the content that followed made Wang Dawei struggle to keep his composure.

Because of using the wrong treatment method, he exacerbated the injured person’s condition and was therefore also deducted points and fined!

point was deducted and he was fined 2000 yuan!

"Damn it! 2000 yuan!!

"That stings a bit!"

Wang Dawei almost spat out a mouthful of old blood!

He quickly calculated that due to the different flow of time in the game, the unit price was much higher than in real life. Nonetheless, it would take him about an hour or two of playing in real life to earn back that 2000 yuan.

And now he was fined that amount in a swipe!

If it weren’t for the 50,000 yuan saving that each player started with, Wang Dawei would be bankrupt now.

"How could it be the wrong treatment method? Didn’t everyone say that my Heimlich Maneuver was perfectly executed?"

Wang Dawei was not convinced, he opened a webpage and searched for "Heimlich Maneuver."

The first search result was a tutorial video; he watched it and saw it was exactly the same as what he did in the game.

But after reading the detailed instructions, Wang Dawei fell silent.

"The Heimlich Maneuver, also known as the Heimlich abdominal thrust, is simple in physical principle—it treats the human lungs as a balloon. When an object lodges in the windpipe and doesn’t allow for artificial respiration, external force can be applied to compress the ’balloon,’ forcing the residual air in the lungs to move upward, enter the windpipe, and thus expel the obstructing object from the windpipe...

"It’s mainly used in cases where the respiratory tract is blocked by a foreign object..."

Wang Dawei slapped his forehead, understanding at last.

He had been tricked by the barrage of comments!

What Heimlich Maneuver, it was completely irrelevant!

Looking at the comments again, there was a sense of malicious glee, and the audience was going crazy with laughter.

"Hahaha, even the studious streamer has his days, right?"

"Using the Heimlich Maneuver for collision injuries, genius!"

"The streamer is too innocent, believes anything he’s told!"

"Such human perplexing behavior!"

"Do you think you’re funny, streamer? Honestly, what you did is no different from intentional homicide, fining you 2000 yuan is indeed letting you off too cheaply, it wouldn’t be excessive to just take you out and shoot you!"

"Streamer, are you an assassin sent by someone?"

Wang Dawei cried injustice, "Hey! It was you who told me to use this method! Damn it!"

He felt helpless, but couldn’t find any reason to argue.

He could only blame his lack of knowledge and his gullibility towards the comments.

Although the game did not specify exactly what should be done, Wang Dawei had done a quick online search and roughly found the standard solution.

First, after opening the car door, he should have turned off the engine.

Then, he should have tilted the victim’s head back to keep the airway as clear as possible.

Next, check for any obvious external injuries and, if present, bandage them with a bandage from the first aid kit in his own vehicle to prevent the victim from losing too much blood.

For collision injuries, it was best not to move the victim because the impact could have caused fractures or concussion, and moving or shaking could worsen the condition.

Of course, if there was an emergency at the scene, such as a vehicle fire or potential for a secondary accident, he would have needed to move the victim to safety in the correct manner.

But no matter what, using the Heimlich Maneuver on a collision injury victim was quite an outrageous act.

This emergency method was only needed in specific cases: when the victim’s airway was blocked due to various reasons, rendering them unable to receive CPR or artificial respiration, only then would the Heimlich Maneuver be necessary to dislodge the obstruction from the trachea.

Wang Dawei couldn’t help but lament that he had been deceived!

This was the consequence of being too trusting of the comments!

[Wang Dawei’s negative emotions +15!]

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Having learned from his painful experience, Wang Dawei set off again.

Although in real life such an accident would require car repairs, delaying for at least a few days, the game simplified the corresponding content, allowing him to quickly deal with the accident and hit the road again.

This was at least somewhat considerate of humans.

But he soon discovered more and more irrational aspects of the game!

...

At first, everything seemed quite normal.

Wang Dawei repaired the car and resumed fetching fares.

In addition, when the first character went to sleep, he created another nocturnal character, choosing the profession of a streamer.

According to the official settings, each player was allowed two character slots by default.

Although it wasn’t mandatory to have one for the day shift and one for the night shift, given the sleep mechanism in the game, most players with two characters played following the division of day and night shifts, usually choosing different professions.

Apart from sharing the same account, these two characters had no other connection, and it seemed their living places were also random.

If players wanted more character slots, or if one of their characters ended up hospitalized or dead, additional fees were necessary.

Fortunately, these payments weren’t too expensive; a character slot cost about 10 yuan, and resurrecting a dead character cost around 5 yuan.

These could also be paid with Game Coins; opening a character slot cost about 100,000, and resurrecting a dead character cost 50,000.

Of course, players could choose not to resurrect their character and simply create a new one for free.

However, whenever Wang Dawei thought things were looking up, he would always encounter some inexplicable car accidents!

Wang Dawei’s driving skills were improving steadily, and he was starting to feel more and more confident, even occasionally deluding himself that he had reached a state of unity with his vehicle.

But just when he felt this way, there would always be some idiots, either cars cutting in recklessly or changing lanes unsafely, or electric bikes crashing around, or motorcycles weaving through traffic...

And the accidents varied greatly!

Minor incidents like friction and scrapes, to intense collisions, and sometimes electric bikes would even catch fire due to battery impact, with the severity of the accidents dictating different rescue measures needed.

Wang Dawei was forced to look up many rescue methods online, but he soon discovered that in most cases, he was the one being rescued!

And the people rescuing him seemed to have rather mediocre first aid skills, definitely not very reliable!