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"Mom, Lin Chen and I have come to see you!"

Before entering the ward, Chen Xiaoxiao, unusually, put on makeup, not wanting her mother to see her haggard appearance after her previous outburst of crying.

She had previously searched online and found that for patients with advanced cancer, mood is crucial to alleviating their condition.

Therefore, she didn't want Meng Lan to worry about her.

"Uncle and Aunt, we're here."

Lin Chen also greeted the two people in the ward with a smile.

"Here he comes."

Chen Cheng forced a smile at the two of them, took the fruit basket from Lin Chen and put it aside, then said, "Xiao Chen, you must have been very busy lately. You didn't need to come. I'm here."

Xiaoxiao's maternal grandfather just came to visit this morning. You know her family's situation; they have everything they need here.

"It's nothing, just a small token of my appreciation."

Lin Chen replied, then glanced at Meng Lan.

After some time apart, this former strong woman has indeed changed a lot.

Her face, which used to always look full of energy, now showed an indescribable haggardness and weakness, making her look like a completely different person from before.

"Uncle Chen, what did the hospital say?"

Chen Cheng shook his head: "It's good that you're here. Help me persuade your Aunt Meng. When Xiao Xiao's grandfather came over this morning, he said he wanted to send her abroad. There are no good treatments for her illness in China right now, but the medical standards abroad are higher, so there might be a chance to save her."

Meng Lan, who was comforting Chen Xiaoxiao, overheard their conversation and suddenly said, "Old Chen, you know my situation. It's impossible for me to go abroad right now."

Lin Chen's heart skipped a beat; he knew what Meng Lan meant.

In a way, this is also his fault. Because of Lin Chen's Stardust EDA, Meng Lan has now become one of the leading figures in China in the fight against the US chip hegemony in software.

Given her situation, it's hard to guarantee that nothing unexpected will happen if she goes abroad.

"It's alright. Medical technology in China is quite advanced these days. As long as Auntie follows the doctor's advice and receives proper treatment, there is still hope."

Chen Cheng smiled faintly, taking Lin Chen's words as a way of comforting them.

Afterwards, Lin Chen listened to the conversation between the family of three for a while.

I have a general understanding of Meng Lan's thoughts.

Perhaps knowing that her illness is incurable, Meng Lan now focuses all her attention on her work.

She wanted to explain everything about Long Tian before she completely collapsed, so she was unwilling to undergo aggressive radiation therapy.

Despite Chen Xiaoxiao and Chen Cheng's attempts to persuade her, they were unable to change her mind.

In the end, Chen Xiaoxiao could only leave the hospital in tears.

Lin Chen hugged his girlfriend and patted her shoulder to comfort her, saying, "Don't be alarmed. Your aunt might be alright. I heard that there's a CAR-T technology abroad that's very useful for treating cancer."

"But Mom doesn't want to go abroad."

"Then let's try to find someone in China. There are so many people in our country, I refuse to believe that no one knows anything about this!"

"Mm!" Chen Xiaoxiao nodded, a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

That night, Lin Chen and Chen Xiaoxiao stayed at her house for the night.

That evening, Lin Chen hugged Chen Xiaoxiao and said, "Xiaoxiao, I plan to go back tomorrow."

Chen Xiaoxiao was taken aback: "Can't you spend more time with me?"

"I'm sorry, but I want to go back to the capital to inquire about Aunt Meng's treatment. The doctors here in Donghai are only so-so. It would be best to transfer her to the capital, where the medical standards are the highest in the country."

"Yes, I think so too. It's just that Mom thinks it would be inconvenient for her to work if we went to Beijing."

"With technology so advanced these days, you can let your mom work remotely; it won't delay anything."

"Well... I'll leave it to you then."

Chen Xiaoxiao hugged Lin Chen tightly.

The next day, after taking Chen Xiaoxiao to the hospital, Lin Chen rushed back to Beijing.

His current idea is simple: find a doctor with a medical skill level of LV5, copy his knowledge level, and then redeem the perfect CAR-T technology as soon as possible.

He worried that this technology patent, like the previous formula patents he had exchanged, would take time to go from being acquired to becoming a usable technology in reality, so it would be best to exchange it as soon as possible.

Longyan University of Technology also has a medical school.

So as soon as he returned to school, Lin Chen approached Principal Xu and asked him to help introduce him to the most outstanding professor in the medical school.

"Medical school?"

Upon hearing that Lin Chen wanted to meet the teachers at the medical school, Principal Xu's expression immediately turned strange.

"Lin Chen, you don't actually want to study medicine, do you? You'd better think this through, studying medicine isn't that simple!"

Lin Chen smiled helplessly: "Principal Xu, what are you thinking? I just wanted to ask about some treatment matters for Chen Xiaoxiao."

Principal Xu already knew about Chen Xiaoxiao's family situation, and upon hearing Lin Chen's explanation, he suddenly understood.

"Yes, yes, I was overthinking it. Sigh, it's your fault for always wanting to learn new things every few days. I thought you were interested in medicine again."

That's not necessarily true.

Lin Chen muttered to himself.

Through Principal Xu's connections, Lin Chen soon met Dean Cheng of the Medical School of Longke University and Professor Zhu of Oncology.

Upon seeing the knowledge levels of these two individuals, Lin Chen couldn't help but feel a jolt in his heart.

Using the knowledge level replication machine, he could see the medical knowledge level above the other person's head at a glance.

But it's only LV4.

These two, one a dean and the other a full professor of oncology, are only at LV4?

Did you get to your current position through connections and seniority?

Lin Chen, who originally planned to directly copy the knowledge level from them, had to put that idea aside for now. Instead, he subtly inquired about Meng Lan's condition, hoping they could introduce him to more skilled doctors.

Doctors are very busy; they definitely wouldn't help with this if it were someone else.

However, out of respect for Principal Xu, the two agreed to take Lin Chen to meet a person who was said to be an authority on oncology in China.

Professor Bai from the First People's Hospital of Beijing.

But the moment Lin Chen saw the other person, he knew that he had wasted his time again.

Because Professor Bai's medical knowledge level is still only LV4.

Wait a minute? Is it really that hard to reach Medical Knowledge Level 5?

Upon meeting Professor Bai and hearing his purpose for visiting, he also looked troubled.

"Mr. Lin Chen, to tell you the truth, pancreatic cancer can indeed be cured if it is detected in its early stages, but in its late stages, there is really no hope of a cure. At least I don't think anyone in China is confident that they can cure it."

"domestic?"

Lin Chen keenly grasped a word in the other person's words.

"Professor Bai, is it possible that someone overseas can guarantee this?"

"There will indeed be one at that time."

Professor Bai did not deny it.

Professor House of UC San Francisco is now a leading authority in oncology. He is also the director of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of the best cancer treatment centers in the United States.

If it were him, perhaps there would be some chance.

House?

Lin Chen tentatively asked, "Professor Bai, have you met this Professor House?"

“I have met him. I met him once at the International Cancer Treatment Conference. To be honest, his knowledge far surpasses mine.”

Professor Bai spoke frankly, without hiding anything.

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen immediately had a guess: if it was Professor House, would his medical knowledge level be LV5?

In the following days, Lin Chen went to Tsinghua and Peking Universities again. With the help of Professor Wu's reputation, he met many important figures in the domestic medical community there.

Without exception, their knowledge level remained at LV4.

During this time, Lin Chen also inquired with Natasha and realized that reaching LV5 in medical knowledge was indeed exceptionally difficult.

Because the level of medical knowledge does not only include what he considers medical knowledge, but also includes bacteriology, virology, cell biology, genetics, gene science, and countless other disciplines.

It can be said that modern medicine is actually closely tied to biology, so to reach level 5 in medicine, biology must first reach level 5!

As you can see, the Nobel Prize in Medicine in the past few years has been awarded to biologists, including the CAR-T technology that Lin Chen wants to exchange for, which actually utilizes a lot of biological knowledge.

This explains why even a top medical expert like Professor Bai in China only has a medical knowledge level of LV4.