"1, 2, 3, 4, stop!"

At Lin Jie's deep command, Huo Guangheng hurriedly turned off the switch on the micro-current control device.

A coma patient for nearly three years, their body and brain are immensely fragile; these brief five to six seconds of high-intensity stimulation were the maximum limit Lin Jie calculated the patient could endure.

At the same time the electrical stimulation stopped, various medications rapidly entered the patient's body.

These drugs could both suppress allergic reactions and reduce allergy symptoms, as well as slow down the effects of the light blue medication, decreasing the body's sensitivity to various stimuli.

Other medications even encouraged body recovery, nurturing brain cells.

Huo Guangheng, Ma Hongmin, and several nurses began swiftly removing the electrode needles, earphones, VR devices, and other items from the patient's body and head.

The longer these items remain on the patient, the more harm they cause, so naturally, the removal should be as fast as possible.

At this moment, Lin Jie was continually watching the brainwave monitor to check the fluctuations in the brainwave activity.

On the monitor, the brainwaves, after several seconds of frantic and erratic jumping, suddenly fell into a deathly quiet stillness.

Seeing the straight line on the brainwave monitor curve, Lin Jie's heart sank deeper and deeper.

He was fully aware!

The absence of any fluctuation in the patient's brainwaves signaled that one of the worst-case scenarios had occurred.

Brain death!

A sudden, inexplicable feeling surged within Lin Jie's heart.

It failed.

This time, the halo of the Child of Miracles was no more; it had finally failed.

Huo Guangheng also saw the curve on the monitor and said, "Teacher, the patient has been a vegetative state for nearly three years, and the chances of waking were originally minuscule."

"In this failure, Teacher, you did your best; it was not due to a lack of effort, but the patient's... inability!"

Lin Jie gently waved his hand and softly said, "Alright, there's no need to comfort me."

"Before making this forced awakening attempt, I had anticipated this outcome. I can handle this failure."

"Sigh..."

Even so, Lin Jie still let out an exceptionally disappointed sigh.

Suddenly, he remembered something and urgently said, "Quickly, get the patient on a ventilator..."

A brain-dead patient, unlike a vegetative state, has a spontaneous heartbeat but no autonomous breathing and must be on a ventilator to keep breathing, maintaining the body's need for oxygen.

In the current situation, only her family has the right to decide whether to turn off her ventilator, allowing the patient's body to truly enter a state of death.

However, halfway through his sentence, Lin Jie realized a problem.

The patient was breathing.

He clearly saw the patient's nostrils slightly twitching, indicating the patient was breathing.

She had autonomous breathing, yet the brainwave monitoring curve was a straight line!

"Darn it, how is this possible!"

Lin Jie observed again and immediately burst into laughter, shouting, "Who pulled off the brainwave monitor connectors?"

At that moment, Huo Guangheng also noticed this oversight.

He quickly picked up the two round connectors with wires that had fallen to the ground and reattached them to the patient's head.

The brainwave lines on the monitor immediately began to fluctuate and then stabilized at a frequency, continuously jumping on the monitor.

Seeing the median wave line just slightly lower than the standard value, Ma Hongmin excitedly spoke first, "Success, success, Teacher, you succeeded, the patient has been awakened by you."

In her eagerness, she immediately went forward to examine the patient's eyelids and curiously said, "Teacher, why hasn't she woken up yet?"

Huo Guangheng answered for Lin Jie, "The intense stimulation just now was a real blow to the patient's extremely frail body and brain; the patient must be in a coma."

"This time, it's a conventional coma, not the kind of coma associated with a vegetative state."

He further explained, "Although it's a conventional coma, the patient's brain has regained full control over bodily functions, being able to independently regulate organ functions."

"I guess, with careful care, after two to three days, or even longer of recuperation, once the patient's body has recovered some, she'll achieve true awakening."

"Teacher, isn't that right?"

Feeling very relieved in his heart, Lin Jie nodded, "What you said is quite right, the patient fell into a conventional coma due to the severe blow from stimulation."

"Now the patient's body is extremely weak, making the recovery of these few days especially important."

"Huo Guangheng, Ma Hongmin, you two keep a close watch, and make sure to have the hospital's nursing and physiotherapy experts develop a recovery plan for the patient."

"Yes, teacher!" both Huo Guangheng and Ma Hongmin replied in unison.

Lin Jie said in a lighthearted tone, "I'll leave this to you. I'll go out and inform the patient's family!"

Just as he was about to step away, a young nurse suddenly cried out with a sob in her voice, "Expert Lin, Expert Lin, it was my mistake earlier, could you...could you..."

Lin Jie turned around to look at this young nurse, noticing her eyes filled with tears, looking at him pleadingly.

"Finish your work here, then go find your head nurse."

"Just tell her I said you need another half-month of skill training, and if your assessment isn't excellent, maybe you're not cut out for this job."

After saying these few sentences, Lin Jie no longer paid her any attention and walked straight out of the operating room...

By two or three in the afternoon, the news that Lin Jie had successfully awakened a comatose patient, who had been in a vegetative state for nearly three years, had spread across the whole hospital.

Cheng Xingguang specifically came to ask if Lin Jie had developed an effective method to wake up vegetative patients.

The reason for his concern was not only because there were nearly a hundred vegetative patients lying in long-term care wards across the hospital, but also because nationwide, numerous patients become vegetative each year due to various reasons.

If Lin Jie's method were effective, it would be a significant achievement.

However, Cheng Xingguang came with hope and left disappointed.

Lin Jie clearly told him that this method to awaken vegetative patients was not applicable to the general population.

It was a treatment plan he tailored based on the patient's physical condition and brain status.

Moreover, this awakening was purely a stroke of luck; Lin Jie was actually not certain in his heart.

What comforted Cheng Xingguang was that Lin Jie finally expressed he would compile his method of awakening the vegetative patient for the hospital's brain experts to refer to and study.

"Ah Jie, you awakened the patient, does that mean you won the million-dollar reward?"

Listening to An Kexin's excited voice over the phone, Lin Jie said, "The reward has not yet been claimed, and the person who posted the reward has pulled a trick, making the situation a bit unfavorable."

Lin Jie explained Wang Hongzhan's little scheme to An Kexin and continued, "Now, the patient is still in a coma, and it's estimated they might truly awaken in two or three days."

"Only then can we check if the patient has any brain damage sequelae. If the patient's brain damage is severe and they become a fool, the money is likely out of reach."

"He dares not pay!"

An Kexin confidently said over the phone, "A reward is a form of contract. Ah Jie, you've successfully fulfilled the conditions, so this contract should be considered established. If he doesn't honor it, it constitutes a breach of contract."

"We can take him to court."

She confidently said, "Ah Jie, we are sure to win."

"There have been similar cases in real life. A writer once offered a thousand dollars to find a mistake in order to promote his book. A literature professor subsequently pointed out many errors, but the writer refused to acknowledge them."

"The matter eventually went to court, and the writer lost."

Lin Jie laughed, "If it really goes to court, even if we get the money, it would be inappropriate to pocket it ourselves; it would probably be donated to charity."

"That would be better than them not acknowledging it."

An Kexin lightly laughed again, "In my estimation, they wouldn't dare not acknowledge this reward."

"You are an internationally renowned medical expert, after all. Can they guarantee they won't suffer from an incurable disease for their whole life?"

"Alright, let's not talk about the money. I initially agreed to take on this patient not for the reward..."

An Kexin immediately interrupted, sounding displeased, "I know, I'm very clear about that."

"The reason you took on this patient was because the director promised to help Yu Momo achieve a good ranking."

She said in an odd tone, "It seems that Yu Momo's position in your heart outweighs a million dollars."

This... women.

Lin Jie explained with a headache, "Kexin, you know no one can replace your position in my heart. I just consider Yu Momo a friend, absolutely nothing else."

As soon as he said this, a light laugh came from the phone, "I know, I was just teasing you."

"Not only do I have faith in you, but I also have faith in myself. Finding a girl who is as pretty and smart, with a good figure, and who treats you well is quite rare."

Lin Jie felt a weight lift from his shoulders and said in agreement, "Yes, being favored by you is my great fortune, and I will cherish it."

He quickly changed the topic and asked, "Did the time get confirmed for the American superstar with facial paralysis that Slophel introduced?"

"Considering the other party's schedule and your work arrangement, after discussing with Slophel, the initial time for them to come to China has been set for the tenth day after the Spring Festival here."

Upon hearing An Kexin's answer, Lin Jie thought for a moment and said, "That time should work."

"During this period, I will focus all my efforts on the conjoined twins' surgery plan."

"I've made some breakthroughs on my side. After conducting several trial runs, I will discuss and rehearse it with a few other doctors, and I plan to schedule the cranial separation surgery for this pair of twins around the Lantern Festival."

An Kexin softly replied, "Okay, I'll coordinate with the Affiliated Hospital and the welfare institution on the specific publicity arrangements according to your timeline."

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