"Anyway, how could there possibly be any signs of life with injuries like this..."
"...In other words, he survived?" Hao Qi asked, listening to the doctors. Although they described the situation in extremely grave terms, the underlying meaning revealed a different piece of information: Puzhi was still alive. At least he had survived the surgery, and that alone was enough.
The doctors smiled bitterly. The military doctor who had spoken earlier bluntly admitted, "To be honest, rather than saying our surgery was a success, it's more accurate to say that his physical body managed to stay alive through sheer force of will. If I may speak frankly, is this even a human body? We had to use laser scalpel just to cut through his skin; metal blades could only leave a white mark on it. And then there are the muscles, blood vessels, nerves, and the sheer density of the bones... We couldn't even perform stitches and had to rely entirely on biological tissue glue for natural healing..."
Chapter 120