It was another new day, and Bai Shuang cheerfully ran into the emergency building.
Bai Shuang worked in the orthopedic department of the emergency room, the busiest part of the entire emergency department.
Car accidents, fights, and accidental injuries. Anyone sent to the emergency orthopedic department would either be badly injured or their body a bloody mess.
Whether on Earth or in space, the early morning was always the quietest time for the emergency department.
Early in the morning, people were either on their way to work or busy trying to sleep in again. The emergency department only became particularly busy late at night, when all sorts of strange cases began to brew in the stillness of the night.
However, this quiet time would never last past 10 AM. After 10 AM, the injured from various small spaceship accidents during the morning rush would be brought to Whale Fall City.
Sure enough, just as it hit 10 AM, several ambulatory spaceships, accompanied by loud sirens, rushed into Whale Fall City.
"A chain collision accident occurred at the Duma Society! The emergency orthopedic department, prepare the rescue equipment!" A male doctor rushed in pushing a patient who was a mangled mess, shouting along the way, "There have been 23 chain collisions so far, and the casualties are estimated to be over 40!"
"No way!" Bai Shuang exclaimed, nearly in tears, "Their big boss died just two days ago, and now there's a chain collision!"
A group of nurses followed Bai Shuang, running towards the door while mimicking her sigh, "Has the Duma Society encountered some kind of bad luck? They should go back to Earth and burn some incense to pray for the Buddha's protection."
More and more injured patients kept pouring into the emergency orthopedic department, and all the medical staff were overwhelmed.
By 11 AM, the emergency orthopedic department was at its breaking point. The head of the emergency department rushed over to Bai Shuang and said, "Bai Shuang, quickly call Professor Wu to help! We're running out of staff!"
Bai Shuang originally didn't want to disturb Wu Qiong. She knew he had been under a lot of pressure lately. As a daughter, how could she bear to add more burdens to her father?
But the situation was urgent, and if they didn't call Wu Qiong to take charge, more people would likely die today!
Bai Shuang made a call, and within ten minutes, Wu Qiong was already in his work clothes and walking into the emergency orthopedic department.
All the doctors looked at him as if he were a lifesaver, their faces full of gratitude!
To show their appreciation for Wu Qiong's timely help, the department head immediately handed all the most critically injured patients to him.
After all, Wu Qiong was the most experienced orthopedic doctor in the world.
Wu Qiong's seniority wasn't just because of his age. A hundred years ago, he was already a world-renowned microsurgeon on Earth.
Back on Earth, his skill in reattaching severed fingers was ranked third globally, earning him the nickname "Hand Seeker."
Now that Wu Qiong had immigrated to space, he had independently invented over fifty space surgical methods.
Because of his medical prowess, everyone in Whale Fall City held him in high regard.
The emergency department was busy until 3 PM, and finally, all the injured sent by the Duma Society were transferred to various departments for further treatment.
During a brief moment of respite, Bai Shuang quickly grabbed a box of food and handed it to Wu Qiong, saying, "Dad, thank you for your hard work! It's already 3 PM, you should eat while it's still warm."
Several young nurses around them couldn't help but envy Bai Shuang. They were all graduates of nursing school, so why was Bai Shuang the one Wu Qiong adopted?
Sophia, one of the nurses, leaned over to Wu Qiong and, with a flirtatious expression, asked, "Professor Wu, are you still looking for a daughter? I'd like to be adopted. Could you take me in as well?"
Wu Qiong was stunned for a few seconds, looking at Sophia with a puzzled expression before responding, "Bai Shuang is my biological daughter."
"Biological daughter?" Several nurses looked between Bai Shuang and Wu Qiong, comparing their appearances. The two didn't even belong to the same race!
Wu Qiong was a typical East Asian, while Bai Shuang looked like a typical Middle Eastern person. How could an East Asian man have a Middle Eastern child using any supernatural technique?
"Professor Wu is just being protective!" Sophia muttered, turning her face away. "Bai Shuang doesn't even look like a mixed-race child!"
"Doesn't look like it?" Wu Qiong looked at Bai Shuang again and confidently said, "I think Bai Shuang looks quite a bit like me!"
"Hahaha!" A mocking laugh suddenly came from outside the office. A newly arrived intern nurse arrogantly walked in, giving both Wu Qiong and Bai Shuang a pitying look.
The intern nurse sarcastically said, "Hand Seeker, the so-called scientist from the Academy of Sciences. Who doesn't know that you have genetic defects, that you don't age or die, and can't reproduce, so you became a Taoist priest?"
The intern nurse, having just arrived, dared to openly expose Wu Qiong's sensitive issue in Whale Fall City.
All the staff in the emergency orthopedic department stared in shock at the intern nurse, who was being so reckless! Even if what she said was true, she shouldn't have said it so harshly in public.
"Young lady," the head nurse stepped forward to remind her, "You should be careful with your words. Professor Wu is a world-renowned expert."
"So what if he's a renowned professor?" The intern nurse looked sideways at the head nurse and said, "I'm just speaking the truth, I'm not making anything up. Besides, isn't Professor Wu just relying on his seniority, acting like he's the boss around here? But those days are numbered. Whale Fall City is about to change the city lord!"
The intern nurse's words instantly enraged the young nurses in the office! "Who do you think you are? You've just been here a few days, and you're speaking so arrogantly! Even if Whale Fall City changes the city lord, Professor Wu will still be Whale Fall City's top surgical expert!"
Wu Qiong raised his hand slightly to calm the nurses around him who were defending him. He asked gently, "Young lady, which school did you graduate from?"
"Space Federation University, why?" The intern nurse arrogantly replied, "When I was in college, we studied a case in genetics about Professor Wu's inability to have children. I remember very clearly, the book said that no matter who Professor Wu has children with, the child would definitely die!"
She deliberately glanced at Bai Shuang and added, "But that's okay, if he can't have children, he can adopt. Like Bai Shuang, who lost her father when she was young, she's a perfect match for Professor Wu."
"How can you talk like that?!" The head nurse was becoming more and more displeased. "How dare an intern speak like this to Professor Wu!"
"I talk like this because I can!" The intern nurse arrogantly said to the head nurse, "Right now, everyone in Whale Fall City is preparing for the new city lord. I advise you all to see things for what they are. Learn from other departments, stop foolishly showing loyalty to a dying old man."
The group of young nurses was furious, but Bai Shuang innocently asked, "Sister, why don't you tell me who is most likely to be the next city lord? If you help me out, I wouldn't mind changing fathers."
Bai Shuang definitely wasn't interested in changing fathers, but she was trying to probe the intern nurse for information. She wanted to know which factions had already inserted their people into Whale Fall City.
The intern nurse was only good at acting tough, but when it came to scheming, she was nowhere near as clever as Bai Shuang.
"Looks like you're a smart one, Bai Shuang!" The intern nurse said, "The Golden Silver Fortress Chamber of Commerce is preparing to acquire the Whale Fall Decision gaming platform. I think such an important gaming platform should be managed by a professional team. After all, the Golden Silver Fortress knows more about running games than a muddled Taoist priest."