The treatment of epidemic diseases is definitely a dangerous work, and naturally it cannot be carried out in the city, or even in the upwind outlets and the upper reaches of the river.

The so-called parasitic epidemic is just a simple speculation based on the symptoms, and if it is treated blindly, it is a small matter to treat them to death, and let their own people also be infected on a large scale, then the gains outweigh the losses.

The makeshift camp for the treatment of the plague was set twenty kilometers from the Bastille in a small, unnamed valley, a model of Jedi, surrounded by mountains, with only a small fissure in the valley that could be entered, and in the center there was a miniature lake covering an area of more than a dozen acres, which was crystal clear.

This small lake is not full of wild fish, but it is steaming hot, and you can smell sulfur in the distance, and it is a hot spring.

This nameless valley was once supposed to be a volcanic crater, but the surrounding mountains have risen and turned it into a small and inconspicuous valley, which is still green and warm due to the abundant geothermal heat and the leaves on the outside of the valley.

The reason why the valley is small is compared to the majestic world's highest peak in the world, Sanset, if it is all reclaimed, how can there be thousands of acres, if it is not for the bad neighbor of the Bastille, this place should be able to become a paradise for the Andes mountain people, feeding hundreds of people is not a problem.

Accompanied by Charles, when Ajar and his party arrived here, it was already the third day of the agreement.

A small camp has been set up next to the miniature lake, covering several acres of land, which is fully equipped with daily necessities, even hot water is boiling in a cauldron, but there are not half of them.

For some time to come, Charles will be the only healthy person to accompany them.

According to the previous agreement, if Charles is unfortunately infected, Sean and they will not send people in again, if all the treatments have been tried, and there is still no cure, Sean and they will completely close the valley mouth, and this place will become the grave of their group of thirteen people.

"If you can be buried here, it is not a grievance. ”

Ajar looked at the small valley that might be his grave, nodded with satisfaction, and turned to Charles beside him.

"Actually, you don't need to follow in, we already know the treatment, we can be autonomous, even if the preventive measures are done well, after a long period of contact, you may be infected and lose your life in vain. ”

During these three days, they were not idle, not only finding this excellent camp, but also preparing accordingly.

The clothes had been burned on the spot, and the armor had been thrown into the lime water, which had not yet been fished out, and everyone's heads were bare, red, and indoctrinated with a great deal of knowledge about the disease.

There is no real stupid person who can become a knight, especially when it comes to his own life, he has a rapid learning ability and a general concept of epidemics.

In the past three days, in addition to eating and sleeping, they basically did not leave the lime pool, and they who were tossed by the epidemic wanted to die, and they heard that the quicklime water had the function of repelling insects and preventing epidemics, so they refused to come out when they jumped in.

I don't know if the psychological effect is really helpful to their epidemic, and the physical symptoms seem to have eased somewhat, which makes them full of anticipation for the next treatment.

Although Charles had given them vaccinations and told them that they would be treated with some poisons that had certain side effects on the body, it did not cause much opposition.

During this time, Sean also met with them several times, mainly in the doctor-patient relationship, and the communication was more about the disease, and Ager's promise to meet Sean alone was fulfilled.

Of course, it was impossible to actually meet alone, and McGee, the Skullcrusher, armed to the teeth, stood beside Sean like a statue the whole time.

When they actually met, Ajer didn't know what to say, and the doubts he had before had long been solved by the humble Charles, who had been by their side every step of the way during this time, with practical actions.

The other party may have the idea of using them as test subjects and studying the epidemic on them, but for them there is only good, no harm.

After all, this may be their only hope, whether it is Ajar or the eleven regular knights, they are all knowledgeable, judging from the other party's series of preparations and plans, they are full of order, in the other party's own words, this is called professionalism, and the doctors they have contacted in the past, even the best are less than one percent of them.

The meeting was awkward, and after only ten minutes, Ajar fled, and it was clear that he had not fully adjusted his mindset until now.

Who would have thought that after half a month of changes, they met again, and the identities between the two would have changed so dramatically.

He was no longer the mighty, arrogant and invincible knight who could take his life even in adversity if he wanted to, but now he was just a lowly sick man, life and death in the hands of the other.

After in-depth consultation and multi-faceted investigation and research, Sean's original speculation was further confirmed.

There is an 80 percent chance that the other party's disease is parasitic, because this symptom Sean has seen before, but not in people, but in the body of the four-horned high-backed mountain cattle, which is caused by a parasite called schistosomiasis.

Most of the mountain cattle carry this parasite, and this parasite is not fatal in the large mountain cattle, at most when it is just infected, it will swing for a few days, and then it will form a symbiotic pattern.

Most parasites do not pose a lethal threat to the host for their own survival, and even if they do, they are chronic.

But once this parasite reaches the human body, it is more fatal, and the physique of the human and the four-horned high-backed mountain cow is more than ten times different.

The bloodsucking worm releases paralyzing hormones according to the standard in the body of the four-horned high-backed mountain cattle, which is naturally fatal to the human body, and it is inevitable to kill the host in large quantities.

The mountain people eat the four-cornered high-backed mountain cattle are boiled in a large pot and boiled, many of them simply follow the ancestral teachings left by their ancestors, only knowing that it is beneficial to eat in this way, and the specific reason is that 99% of the mountain people themselves can't say.

Naturally, Ajer and his group of outsiders did not know the taboos, and regarded the four-horned high-backed mountain cattle as domesticated beef cattle, enjoying the bloody three-ripe and four-ripe steaks, and the results can be imagined.

The strong physical fitness of knights and big knights is not without effect, and most of the schistosomiasis eggs enter their stomachs and intestines, and they are decomposed and absorbed by their powerful digestive ability before they have time to egg.

But they can't hold their big appetite, they eat too much beef, and there are always lucky ones with tenacious vitality.

In the end, they still couldn't escape the catastrophe, and their strong physique still worked, withstanding the wave of toxins released in large quantities when the schistosomium eggs were raised, and formed a symbiotic mode with the bloodsucking insects like the mountain cattle.

There will be no danger to life for a while, but the lifespan will naturally be greatly affected, and once the physical fitness begins to decline, the schistosoma in their body will become deadly.

The remaining twenty percent is a bit more likely, it is very likely that Sean's speculation is completely wrong, and it is also possible that after these schistosomes enter the human body, they will produce different changes according to the changes in the host's body, and it is unknown until the results come out.

However, with the current medical conditions, not to mention the 80% chance, even if it is a 10% chance, you can let it go.

"This is a rare opportunity. ”

Charles is as serious as ever.

"If you record the whole process of your treatment, it will become the first-hand information for us to study this aspect of the epidemic in the future, Tang said, medicine is a rigorous discipline, related to life, the treatment of any disease, can not be based on speculation, must have a lot of detailed information as a basis. ”

"Judging from the texts we have at hand, there are almost zero records in this regard, and it is our duty to make up for this part, and if we can give a little impetus to the development of medical skills, even if it is worth my life. ”

"What's more, experimental materials like yours are afraid that it will be difficult to see them again in the future, not to mention that the medicine you want to take is poison after all, and it is very important to master the dosage. ”

After a long time of contact, Ajel and the others still enjoyed communicating with Charles at first, because they felt that this person was honest, whether good or bad, he would tell them directly, and from his mouth, they could understand the essence of the matter.

But after a long time, they found that this is a very painful thing, it is good for a person to tell the truth, but when this kind of truth is torn off all disguises and thrown in front of them, it is often very hurtful.

They are now telling you bluntly that they are not here for you, but to observe the reactions of you guinea pigs, and to dedicate themselves to medicine, even if you feel uncomfortable, you still can't find the slightest fault.

Because people tell the truth from the beginning to the end, and the truth can no longer be the truth.

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Solo City.

The Manyu army leads the capital.

The straight-line distance from the Bastille is no more than two hundred kilometers.

In terms of historical inheritance, there is not much difference between the two, both were established after the collapse of the Andes Empire, but one was only a border fortress, and the other served as a military leader.

One has only undergone a short period of thirty years of explosive construction, and the other has been continuously nourished and built with the resources of the entire Manyu Army Territory for three hundred years.

There is no comparison between the two in terms of size or prosperity, and the Bastille as a whole is not half as grand as the Château de Ferron, which sits halfway up the hill.

Not to mention the huge subsidiary cities, layer upon layer, surrounding the not-so-small hill where the Faeron Castle is located, and turning it into a veritable mountain in the city, with a permanent population of more than 200,000 here, and several times in the entire Ashane continent, it is also among the top ten.

Solo City is also known as the holy land of gladiatorial fighting and the city of slaves, and it has the largest gladiatorial arena and the most prosperous slave market in the continent of Ashan.

The Holy See's "Anti-Slavery Call" thirty years ago, and the "Slave Release Decree" issued by the Lancelot royal family ten years ago have little influence here, and even the entire Manyu military leadership has little influence, and it is still a semi-feudal and semi-serf society.