Chapter 1: The Great Car Accident
Since he couldn't figure it out in a short while, Zhang Wenzhong stopped thinking about it. Anyway, he was starting from scratch now and had plenty of time to find the reason behind this.
Zhang Wenzhong got out of bed and after washing up, he resolutely decided to go to work.
Because of his current identity, he is no longer a high-and-mighty medical immortal, but the school doctor of Yongcheng University Hospital. At least before he can achieve spiritual enlightenment, he has to earn money to support himself. Moreover, his current profession is also that of a doctor, although it's just as a school doctor, but at least he can still treat people and accumulate good karma, which is a great way to spread goodness. According to Zhang Wenzhong's past life experiences, the more good karma one accumulates, the faster their spiritual progress will be.
In his past life, Zhang Wenzhong spent all his time studying medicine and cultivating Taoist magic. He had almost no experience with secular life. This also became the most regrettable thing for Zhang Wenzhong after he became an immortal. Now that heaven has given him a chance to relive, he decided to change his way of living. While cultivating, he also wants to experience the wonders of secular life and not live like he did in his previous life.
In addition, Zhang Wenzhong also wanted to take some medicinal materials from the school hospital's Chinese medicine room after work to nourish his body. Because this body of his is extremely weak, otherwise he would not have died suddenly from a heart attack due to being unable to withstand the stimulation of thunder and lightning. Before restarting his cultivation, he must use acupuncture and medication to eliminate impurities in his body and strengthen his physical constitution. In Zhang Wenzhong's understanding, the body is like a foundation, no matter what kind of immortal method is cultivated, the first step is always to strengthen the physical constitution. If the foundation is unstable, it will be difficult to achieve higher accomplishments.
After dressing up, Zhang Wen-zhong picked up the silver needle box that was placed on the desk, which contained metal needles of various lengths for practicing acupuncture techniques he had bought earlier, and then pushed the door out.
Zhang Wenzhong's rented room was in an old residential building built in the 1970s and 1980s. On his way downstairs, he would occasionally run into neighbors who were also rushing to go to work or to the park for morning tea and bird-watching. After exchanging smiles and greetings, they couldn't help but discuss the rare thunderstorm that had occurred the night before.
Many people are complaining that the thunderstorm last night made them stay up all night. Today at work, they can't help but doze off, just hoping not to be seen by their superiors. It's hard to earn a living, and if they get their salary deducted because of this, it would be really unfair...
When hearing these complaints, Zhang Wen often could only respond with a wry smile.
After walking to the first floor corridor, Zhang Wenzhong pushed out an old-fashioned Flying Pigeon bicycle with rusty wheels from a pile of bicycles at the entrance of the corridor. Then he rode it and slowly left the small residential area where he rented a house and headed to work at Yongcheng University Hospital.
Yongcheng University, where Zhang WenZhong works, is a national key university. It is located in the western suburbs of Yongcheng, adjacent to the beautiful Minjiang River, and together with several other universities also located in the western suburbs of Yongcheng, it forms a university town with an area of about 35 square kilometers.
From the residential area where Zhang Wenzhong rented, it takes about twenty minutes to ride a bicycle to Yongcheng University. Since it's still early now, Zhang Wenzhong didn't rush on the road either, but slowly rode this old-fashioned bicycle, leisurely taking in the scenery along the way after the rain.
Because this place is located in the suburbs, there are often overloaded trucks coming and going, so the road conditions here are not good. The cement road that should be flat has cracks and potholes everywhere. It is said that the road department plans to replace the cement road with asphalt road, but it is unknown when the construction will start. Such a broken road is not easy to walk on in normal times, and after heavy rain, it becomes even more difficult to pass through. All passing vehicles and pedestrians are extremely cautious.
About ten minutes later, Zhang Wenzhong arrived at a crossroads.
In the past, this intersection was bustling with people and vehicles coming and going, but traffic was still relatively smooth, and congestion was rare. However, the current situation is quite different from usual, and this intersection is actually very congested. Pedestrians and cyclists can still pass through, but cars are stuck here, either waiting or taking a detour.
This road is Zhang Wen-zhong's route to work, so he rode up close and looked around the intersection, wanting to see what had happened here.
A bus was seen overturned at the center of an intersection, its right side severely deformed due to the intense impact. Most passengers have escaped, but some are still trapped inside the overturned bus, waiting for rescue.
The perpetrator was a large truck parked on the side, whose front had been completely smashed.
On this large truck, it was originally carrying a load of sand and gravel. However, at this moment, all the sand and gravel on the truck had been dumped onto the ground, forming a not-so-small mound of sand and gravel. Fortunately, no passing pedestrians were buried under it.
The traffic police arrived at the scene immediately after the accident and were busy maintaining order and rescuing the injured who were still trapped in the bus with the firefighters.
At the scene of the accident, only police were busy, but no medical personnel were seen, presumably they had not arrived yet. Some lightly injured patients who had been rescued sat on the ground covered with water stains, panting heavily in shock. The seriously injured patients who had been rescued were placed on slightly drier ground, waiting for medical personnel to arrive and rescue them. At the same time, next to the bus, there were two people whose faces were already covered with black cloth. Presumably, they had died on the spot.
By Zhang Wen-zhong's side stood a 18 or 19-year-old girl who looked like a student. She was wearing a yellow and white striped tank top on her upper body, and a pair of tight-fitting denim shorts on the lower half, revealing her fair and slender legs, looking youthful and radiant.
Perhaps it was because she had never seen such a tragic car accident before, so the girl's face at this moment looked somewhat pale.
"Classmate, can you help me watch this bike?"
Zhang Wenzhong jumped off his bicycle and handed it over to the girl before rushing towards the accident scene.
The girl subconsciously held onto the bicycle that Zhang Wenzhong had pushed over, her mouth agape in shock as she stared at Zhang Wenzhong's back, then looked down at the bicycle parked by the side of the road, which probably wouldn't even be wanted by anyone, and for a long time couldn't figure out what was going on.
Zhang Wenzhong had just walked up to the police cordon when he was stopped by a policeman responsible for maintaining order.
"I am a doctor!" Zhang Wen Zhong's reply was simple, and at the same time, his advancing footsteps did not see even a slight pause.
When Zhang heard Wen Zhong's self-report, the police didn't stop him anymore and even actively made way for him. Because at this time, there was a doctor on the scene, who not only could make the injured feel at ease but also could make the police feel at ease.
Entering the scene of the car accident, Zhang Wenzhong ignored those who were wailing and crying loudly. Since these people could still cry so loudly, it was clear that their current mental state was still good, at least they were not in danger of losing their lives. What Zhang Wenzhong needed to do now was not to treat these lightly injured patients, but to seize the time to rescue those seriously injured who were in danger of losing their lives!
