Chapter 260: The Convert (IV)
Ed emerged from the dental surgery room, grinning in the mirror.
The yellow teeth that were jagged before have now become extremely neat and white, making me look more handsome.
And compared to Ed's dental surgery.
Rutte, who was in the ophthalmic operating room, had a harder time than the two doctors and several nurses who performed the operation on him.
Rutt's left eye was blinded by flying pebbles, and now his entire eyeball is basically unusable, so the surgeon chose to remove the eyeball and then implant an artificial eyeball.
Implanting an artificial eye is not difficult.
The real difficulty lies in the neural circuits and the connection with the bionic neurons of the artificial eyeball, which requires the surgeon to connect them carefully to keep the vision intact.
The operation lasted more than six hours.
The optic nerve connection between the left eye socket and the artificial eyeball was completed.
After Ruth was awakened by the doctor, he subconsciously opened his eyes, and then he saw the bright and dazzling lights of the operating room.
Then he reacted: "My eyes have recovered?"
"We need to do another test, Xiaoya, check him again." The surgeon turned and instructed one of the nurses.
Xiaoya nodded: "Okay."
Rutte was taken to an eye testing device, and nurse Xiaoya checked the degree and color of his left eye.
While checking, the equipment connected to the artificial eyeball was carefully adjusted until Root's left eye reached optimal condition.
Due to the particularity of the Assam branch, the artificial eyeball used by Root is better than the civilian artificial cornea currently launched by the Aoba Group. At least the cornea does not need to be replaced every five years.
Ruth, who originally thought that he would only become a one-eyed man in the future, is now very excited.
When he walked out of the ophthalmology department, he saw many new recruits coming to perform surgeries. Ed stood up and waved to him: "Ruth, you're the only one missing."
It was exactly half past eleven at night.
The four of them walked out of the hospital gate together.
There is a main street in front of the hospital. The buildings on both sides are six stories high. On the ceiling above the street is a biological display screen.
At this time, the biological display screen has entered the starry sky state, with a bright moon in the middle, which looks no different from the night sky on the surface.
The area where the hospital is located is composed of dormitory areas and some office areas.
Since the Siliguri base city is positioned as a highly militarized area, there are not many ordinary residents here, and many of them are relatives of soldiers.
The prisoner reform camp in the recruit camp is about 2.3 kilometers away from Siliguri First Hospital.
Instead of taking the electric bus, the four walked back to the recruit camp.
Even late at night.
There were also quite a few pedestrians on the street.
On the billboards on both sides, some strange advertisements would flash from time to time, or various domestic and international news would be broadcast.
Ed, who had already put on the bone conduction patch, suddenly stopped and stood in front of a billboard.
[Today’s breaking news: 1. Large-scale riots broke out in the Tamil region of southern India, attracting high international attention…].
Ed even saw some footage of his hometown, which made him worry involuntarily.
Others stopped too.
"Tamil? Isn't this where you came from, Ed?"
"Is there something wrong over there too?"
Rutt patted Ed on the shoulder: "Don't worry."
Ed gave a forced smile: "Thank you, I don't know what the future will be like, it would be great if Tamil could be as developed as Assam!"
Others felt the same way.
Although they have only joined for a day or two, through their observations and the various supporting facilities and benefits, they feel that Assam is really good.
For people like Ed, whose hometown is in enemy-occupied areas, it is easy to see which one is better by comparing the various situations in Assam and India .
For example, the medical services they enjoy today. If they were in India, not to mention soldiers like them, even Brahmins and Kshatriyas might not be able to get this level of medical services.
Not to mention other aspects, just in terms of food, the Indian army’s food was notoriously bad.
For some Indian soldiers serving in plateaus and mountainous areas, their daily staple food is actually white sugar. It is only because ordinary Indians are used to accepting their fate that they can adapt to this diet.
As for what is often said on the Internet that there are more vegetarians in India, that is completely nonsense.
If they can eat meat, eggs and dairy products, they will not refuse. The problem is that they cannot afford it, not that they don't want to eat it. Many people are passive vegetarians.
India produces 300 million tons of grain annually and has a population of 1.4 billion. It can also export 10 to 13 million tons of rice and 5 million tons of wheat each year. The per capita grain output is only 203 kilograms.
With this level of per capita grain, there is not enough food to feed livestock and chickens, ducks and geese, let alone consumption of meat, eggs and milk.
Ed, Root and others who had served in the Indian Army knew this very well. Which of those officers of Kshatriya and Brahmin origin did not eat meat?
Among all the countries in the world, India and Brazil are also like the legendary dragon and phoenix.
Because of India's population of 1.4 billion, it is difficult to increase per capita income.
Brazil's annual grain production is around 260 million tons, and its population is only 214 million. The per capita grain consumption is 1,215 kilograms, but 60 million people in Brazil do not have enough food to eat.
This kind of black humor-like magical plot actually appears in reality.
Last night, Ed had the most sumptuous meal he had ever had in his life. He could eat as much meat patties, fried eggs, curry rice and vegetables as he wanted. As long as he could eat, the cafeteria would provide unlimited supply.
He thought last night that this was only available for the orientation ceremony, but today he realized that this was actually a standard part of the daily diet.
According to the instructor's explanation, these ingredients are now very common artificial foods, which are only produced and eaten in temporary emergency situations.
If you are in the mainland, or in a base city with better conditions, you will basically eat better eggs, pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese.
Ed was greatly shocked by this. Although he didn't understand what Versailles literature was, he did feel the local tyrant style of Assam.
In Ed's opinion, if the living standard in the Siliguri base city is considered poor, then the Tamil region where he is from is a living hell.
It is no wonder that Ed and others would reflect on why life in Assam is so good while their hometown is still in such a terrible state.
As soldiers of the Indian army, they had some knowledge of the Assamese rebels, who had only been rebelling against India for about a month.
Even though they had been secretly prepared before, this earth-shaking change still made Ed and others feel unbelievable and fell into uncontrollable reflection.
Why did it take India more than 70 years to catch up with the suddenly rising power of Assam?
This reflection is one-sided and full of prejudice.
But at this moment, Ed and others were full of curiosity about everything in Assam, and even developed a fanatical worship without realizing it.
However, they showed a completely different attitude towards everything in India, which was full of total negation and contempt.
In fact, this kind of change in mentality is very normal.
A man was struggling desperately in the slums, and suddenly one day he was adopted by a wealthy man and lived a life of luxury.
What changes will occur in this person's mentality?
Does he miss the days in the slums?
No! Not only will he not miss it, he will also despise and hate his past life, and reflect on why he was useless in the slums, but now he can have no worries about food and clothing.
Most people would think so.
That's human nature.
