In these circumstances, being able to find a surgeon who had received modern medical training, had formal medical practice experience, and had performed actual surgical operations—Qin Ziwen felt like he had stumbled upon a treasure.
As for medical accidents and such, one couldn't ask for too much. Like he said, he believed there were always some unexpected events in this world that humans simply couldn't foresee.
Just like this transmigration.
Seeing that Qin Ziwen didn't mind his career blemish, Zhao Pu relaxed considerably.
Zhao Pu said, "Mr. Qin, during your conflict earlier, was anyone injured? If there are wounds, they need immediate treatment."
"Was anyone injured?" Qin Ziwen turned and asked the others.
Li Tieshan blinked. Injured?
He only remembered that someone had tried to enter, he had smashed down hard with his hammer, then chased after them.
That person kept running, he kept chasing,
Then that person suddenly fell.
Li Tieshan looked at his arm and suddenly understood, "Brother Qin! I ran too urgently and my arm hit the wall. It's bruised here."
Deng Guang recalled that he had followed behind Qin Ziwen. After Qin Ziwen stabbed that person, he had added a blow with his stick, then hadn't gotten into any further conflicts.
He shook his head and said honestly, "I'm not injured."
Qin Ziwu puffed out his chest proudly, "Dealing with those petty thieves, why would I need to get injured? Handled them easily."
Zhao Pu took an extra glance at Qin Ziwu. He remembered this was the one who had come to notify them to go out and clean up, seemingly Mr. Qin's younger brother.
He stepped forward to examine the bruise on Li Tieshan's elbow, "I have some safflower oil at home. I'll apply it for you later, it should be better in a couple of days."
When his gaze fell on the dense burn scars on Li Tieshan's arms, a flicker of doubt passed through Zhao Pu's eyes.
What did this person do for work? Welder? Chef?
If he had used more scar removal ointment, he wouldn't have been left with so many scars.
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After resolving the matter, Qin Ziwen returned home. He planned to conduct an experiment.
He closed the door.
He had Li Tieshan forge iron tools inside the Level 1 Blacksmith.
He listened from the corridor outside, observing whether the sound of blacksmithing would carry to the hallway.
The soundproofing of the house was excellent, with three doors plus several hundred square meters of space as a buffer. The sound was almost imperceptibly faint.
Only by pressing an ear against the door could one hear the faint, intermittent striking sounds.
Then he went upstairs, and from Unit 602, the sound was completely inaudible.
Perhaps it was because the Blacksmith was located within the folded space created by the Expansion Card—this was a separate space, and sound propagation here was somewhat restricted.
"It's daytime now, not sure if the sound would be clearer at night."
Qin Ziwen pondered, but based on the current experimental results, Li Tieshan forging iron at home during the day wouldn't let the sound travel outside.
Li Yue hadn't produced the formula yet, but they could start forging now anyway, since there was plenty of iron ore.
The top priority was to have Li Yue forge several suitable long weapons first.
The best weapons against wild beasts were long weapons.
Every extra inch in length meant extra strength. Wooden sticks were just backups when there were no other options. The "simple spear" he had previously made by gluing rope to a clothes-drying rod lacked strength in Li Tieshan's view—it would likely shatter upon encountering large beasts.
Qin Ziwen had Li Tieshan forge spears first. The spears needed to guarantee four key points: hardness, some flexibility, sharp spear tips, and ease of wielding.
Under the premise of meeting these points, aesthetics weren't important.
Li Tieshan gave an estimated time required, "Sir, it will probably take about five days."
"So long?"
Li Tieshan said, "Sir, the main time consumption is in smelting. These are all raw iron ores. Forging raw iron ore into pig iron takes about two days, then converting pig iron into wrought iron takes another day. After that comes forging the spear body, shaping, and polishing—that takes about two days."
"The most time-consuming part is iron ore smelting, right?"
"Yes, sir."
"What if we have raw materials?" Qin Ziwen took out the extra pots, bowls, and utensils.
Li Tieshan examined them carefully, "That could shorten the time. I could produce a fine spearhead within two days."
"Alright, get started then. Let me know if you need any help."
"Yes."
After speaking, Li Tieshan picked up a bucket and went to dig for coal.
In the afternoon, Guo Xiaochun came looking for him.
"Brother Qin, Brother Qin, something big has happened!"
Qin Ziwen welcomed him into Unit 602 and poured him a cup of cool water, "What's wrong? Sit down and tell me slowly."
Guo Xiaochun drank some water and shook his head, "It doesn't really concern you. Probably no one will pay attention to your affairs for the next day or two."
"Didn't that Wang Mingchao make a huge scene the day before yesterday, publicizing the matter of the Altar?"
"After he died, things had temporarily calmed down. But today, someone revealed the location of the Altar that Wang Mingchao discovered. And it wasn't just one person who revealed it—now the entire residential complex is recruiting people left and right."
"According to the information I gathered, originally a group had united with Wang Mingchao's former teammates to form an organization. They agreed to take turns obtaining cards from both sides. But then a traitor emerged among them—on the second day, that person secretly took the card. Both sides accused the other of taking it. Then, to determine whether there was a traitor or if there really was an outsider, they guarded the Altar all night. But from night until morning, no one came to take the card."
Qin Ziwen's expression turned subtle, growing increasingly strange as he listened.
This sounded... so familiar.
Guo Xiaochun moistened his throat and continued, "Now the truth is clear. Unless the person who stole the card the previous day could predict the future, there's no way they would come to take it on the first day but not on the second."
"So there must have been someone inside who leaked the information, allowing someone to take the card in advance. Now their temporary team has completely disbanded. Everyone is forming teams everywhere, preparing to go compete for the card tomorrow."
Good grief.
Qin Ziwen truly hadn't expected those people to be so ruthless—staying out all night without returning to the residential complex, just waiting there like fools.
If he hadn't received the intelligence that someone was targeting his home, he might have actually walked right into their trap.
Of course, with the Crowned Eagle around, he might have detected the anomaly in advance and not necessarily been caught.
But that would still have been a wasted trip.
Moreover, using the Crowned Eagle to compete for cards was impractical. He had tried before—summoning a card and having the eagle grab it, but the Crowned Eagle couldn't touch the cards.
Not just the Crowned Eagle—even Li Tieshan couldn't touch the cards either.
Guo Xiaochun shook his head, "Brother Qin, the number of people preparing to compete for the card this time probably won't be small—at least several hundred. Tomorrow that place is definitely going to be lively. Who knows how many people will die."
Guo Xiaochun asked, "Are you going tomorrow?"
Qin Ziwen laughed wryly, "You just said it's going to be so lively, why would I still go?"
If several hundred people are going,
why bother joining the crowd?
The risk is too great, simply not worth it.
He had been conspicuous enough today. Continuing to draw attention would likely make him a target for everyone.
He planned to adopt a different approach, making good use of the Crowned Eagle's ability to carry a phone for recording.
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