This cut was clean and swift, and there wasn't even any blood sprayed out. The skull of the middle-aged woman's husband was neatly cut open by Luo Chao.

Seeing this scene, all the doctors present exclaimed in shock.

It should be known that the skull of an adult is quite hard. Generally, during a craniotomy, doctors even need a specialized electric saw to cut open the skull.

Yet, Luo Chao managed to open an adult's skull with just one cut using a small scalpel, which shows how remarkable his control over force was!

However, Luo Chao couldn't be bothered with how the doctors perceived him. After opening the patient's skull, he quickly flicked his wrist, and two long, thin silver needles appeared in his hand instantly.

Luo Chao concentrated with focused attention. This surgery was much more complicated than the previous one when he removed the Gu poison from Gu Yanxi's mother.

That's because Luo Chao discovered that the middle-aged woman's husband was not dead, but rather a strange worm had burrowed into his brain!

This strange worm blocked his brain and spinal cord's nerves, resulting in symptoms of death, unresponsive to all external stimuli.

This state is actually akin to "fake death," where the patient's brain and organs are alive, but the nervous system loses sensation, making him appear just like a dead person.

The difficulty of this surgery lay in the fact that the strange worm was alive!

Moreover, the human brain is extremely fragile. If Luo Chao startled the worm, causing it to scuttle wildly, it could directly result in brain death or leave the patient in a vegetative state!

Luo Chao gathered all his concentration. He pinched the two silver needles like chopsticks and slowly extended them into the opening on the patient's head, moving cautiously toward the worm.

At this moment, nearly everyone in the hall held their breath, and the large hospital hall became utterly silent, with only the sound of a pin dropping.

Though everyone didn't know what kind of surgery Luo Chao was performing, they couldn't help but find themselves absorbed in his focused expression.

As a soft "pop" sound emerged, Luo Chao's brow gradually relaxed.

He slowly raised his hand, and they could see a bug as long as a centipede, clamped firmly by the two silver needles, was removed from the patient's brain!

"Hiss—"

Seeing this hideously terrifying worm, everyone gasped in shock!

How could such a large worm have burrowed into someone's brain?

A nearly ten-centimeter-long worm wriggling around in a human skull, living off brain matter, is just horrifying no matter how one thinks about it!

Luo Chao threw the worm to the ground. It twisted its elongated body and tried to escape, but Luo Chao stomped it to death immediately.

The worm's body burst open, splattering yellow and green juices everywhere. With a crisp sound as Luo Chao stepped on it, everyone only then realized the incredible surgery Luo Chao accomplished in just a few minutes!

After the worm was removed, the patient's face immediately regained some color. Luo Chao took his pulse briefly and knew the patient was out of critical danger.

Upon witnessing this, Doctor Sun rubbed his eyes vigorously; he couldn't believe Luo Chao actually brought someone back from the dead!

"This isn't scientific..." Dr. Sun felt like a mix of emotions overwhelmed him, confused about how to feel.

At this moment, Dr. Sun, like Jiang Lianqing, began to doubt whether all his medical knowledge was in vain!

Luo Chao patted the stunned Dr. Sun on the shoulder and said, "Doctor Sun, quickly arrange for the patient to be taken to the ICU. Although he's out of life-threatening danger, he still needs subsequent treatment for a complete recovery."

"Ah? Yes, yes!" Woken up by Luo Chao's pat, Dr. Sun came to his senses and hurriedly, with a group of medical staff, lifted the patient to the ICU.

As the medical staff transported the patient into the ward, the middle-aged woman suddenly knelt in front of Luo Chao, bowing her head repeatedly in gratitude.

"Thank you, young man. You're truly a living Buddha, a reincarnation of Hua Tuo!" The middle-aged woman thanked Luo Chao sincerely.

"No, no, no, ma'am. Please get up." Luo Chao used some force to help the woman up.

"Divine Doctor, thank you very much today. My husband was perfectly fine this morning, but suddenly collapsed just now. If not for you, he would have been cut apart today!" the middle-aged woman said with tearful eyes.

Luo Chao was shocked, quickly asking, "Are you saying your husband only collapsed not long ago?"

"Yes, this morning I just accompanied him to the hospital for his chronic back and leg pain. Who knew he'd collapse right after lunch!" The middle-aged woman wiped her tears.

"Oh no!" Upon receiving this confirmation, Luo Chao realized something grave and dangerous!

In fact, the strange worm Luo Chao extracted is not a common type of insect.

Because this worm is a Gu worm!

However, unlike the Soul-devouring Gu in Gu's mother, this Gu is called the Jiu Long Gu!

The method to create the Jiu Long Gu is quite peculiar. A Black Magic Master captures nine types of centipede-like poisonous insects from the jungle and puts them together without feeding them.

Over time, the nine types of insects, driven by hunger, devour each other.

At this point, with the Black Magic Master's spell and some specially made drugs, the nine poisonous insects eventually merge into a single Gu worm, thus completing the making of Jiu Long Gu!

The poisonous insects turned into Jiu Long Gu worms, filled with endless hunger in life, instinctively seek out the most nourishing parts of a human body once inside.

And this part is often found in the human brain!

Moreover, the biggest difference between Jiu Long Gu and Soul-devouring Gu is that the Gu worm of the Soul-devouring Gu can survive long even after leaving its Black Magic Master.

Whereas, once the Jiu Long Gu worm leaves the Black Magic Master's cauldron, its survival time is quite short, generally not exceeding 12 hours.

Therefore, for the Black Magic Master to repeatedly use the Jiu Long Gu worm, he will linger near the cursed person, waiting to retrieve the worm before it consumes the person's brain matter completely.

Judging from the timing of the patient's curse, Luo Chao concluded that the Black Magic Master who cursed him is currently in the hospital!

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