After the mealworm farm, the largest known source of infection, has been removed, and the spread of the epidemic in [Xinyangcheng] seems to have been finally contained.

Of course, this may also have something to do with the fact that the nest has implemented a series of stricter measures.

Today, once the sick are discovered, regardless of class, they are thrown into quarantine areas with extremely high mortality rates to fend for themselves, and the measures are simply almost cruel.

After discovering that the humidity in the farm was very high, and it seemed that the fungus especially liked high humidity environments, the protagonist had the nest room roasted by fire from time to time to reduce the humidity of the environment.

Because the volume and ventilation conditions of these nests are not suitable for lighting large fires, they can only light larger torches. These torches must contain grease to be flame resistant, and torches made of pure wood or hay are like struck matches. For this reason, the fat reserves of the nest ** are depleted.

The protagonist even plans to rebuild the flue of the combustion chamber so that it can cover more space and use the heat of the combustion exhaust gases to automatically dry the nest. However, the workload of this project is too large, and too many ant resources have been mobilized for epidemic prevention, and it is really impossible to start construction, so it can only be stopped. And after the epidemic ended, this project was finally launched to solve the problem of dampness in the nest once and for all.

And with the recent receding of the floods, although it is still the flood season, the river has passed the maximum peak safely, the water level of the groundwater has also dropped, and the humidity in the nest has decreased, and there are some natural factors.

Due to multiple factors, the humidity in [Xinyangcheng] has finally dropped significantly. Under the multi-pronged approach, the number of cases has gradually been controlled to double digits a day, and although the infection has not been eliminated, the momentum of the epidemic can be perceived.

Now what makes the protagonist big and distressed is how to treat those ants in the quarantine area, there are now a large number of ants in it, including a corps leader like a mantis leopard, and a large number of veterans who follow the protagonist to fight in the north and south, all of whom are extremely precious ant talents.

In the quarantine zone, the protagonist can do almost nothing but provide fresh water, and can only leave the ants inside to fend for themselves.

The mortality rate of infected ants is extremely high, hundreds of ants die every day, and other ants can only pile up the corpses in a corner of the quarantine area to bury, when a nest is full of corpses, they will be completely buried, and then a new nest will be dug to stop the mortuary.

The protagonist was once very happy to find out that there was not a single case of epidemic in the fly maggot farm next door to the mealworm farm. He knew that flies and maggots had extremely strong immunity, and even if they survived on corpses and ate all kinds of carrion and other food, they would not get sick.

He felt that he had found a special medicine to fight the plague, so he hurriedly provided a large number of fly maggots to the quarantine area, and let the ants inside smear their secretions and eat the fly maggot meat raw, so as to fight the plague.

What the? Do an experiment in advance to verify the efficacy of fly maggot secretion or meat?

The protagonist simply doesn't have time to do these things, and in the face of hundreds of losses every day, [Xinyang City], which has a total ant mouth of only more than 10,000, can't wait at all, and can't afford to lose at all.

The protagonist is holding the psychology of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, so he provides maggots to the quarantine area, and it depends on the will of God whether it can be effective.

Fortunately, the number of deaths in the quarantine area has indeed decreased since then, but the number of patients sent into the quarantine area every day has also decreased, and it is not clear whether the maggots are effective or the epidemic is subsiding naturally.

The plague finally ended in late June, and the protagonist breathed a sigh of relief after three days without new patients and deaths.

The quarantine area will remain in place for seven days, when the few surviving ants inside will be released. At that time, the quarantine area will be thoroughly baked and disinfected, and then completely filled and sealed.

This side will never be rediscovered, even if [Xinyangcheng] needs to be expanded in the future, it will definitely not expand to this one, and it will be reduced to a forbidden area like Xiaotangshan Hospital after SARS.

This plague has brought great losses to [Xinyang City] and the Divine Envoy King's legion. 3800

The first is the loss on the ant mouth. More than 3,000 ants have been sent into quarantine one after another, accounting for one-third of the total ant population in [Xinyangcheng] - the contagiousness of this plague can also be seen.

In the end, less than a thousand ants survived, and more than 2,000 died, and the corpses filled a dozen nests.

The highest-ranking regimental commander in the quarantine area, the Leopard, did not survive, and many of the dead were elite warriors, agile sailors, and craftsmen who knew a certain skill.

This plague has taken too many valuable lives.

In addition to the loss of ant mouths, the loss of materials is also countless.

Many of the material warehouses are also almost empty. For example, the oil used for epidemic prevention is completely exhausted, and the consumption of ant silk, fiber, and wood is also a lot.

Of course, the most consumed material is food.

The two major farms in [Xinyangcheng] were empty of insects, and mealworms were the source of infection, so they were all killed and their bodies were thrown into the river. Maggots, as a special medicine that may suppress the disease, have also been eaten, leaving only one, which is the mount that the protagonist plans to breed for himself - Xiaoqing's descendant Xiaoqing III.

His previous mount, Xiaoqing II, was taken to the swamp area by other flying knights, and he can't be counted on at the moment.

The planned farmland on the ground has not been built, and the number of ants sent out to collect food has been decreasing recently.

This makes [Xinyangcheng] rely heavily on the food stored before to survive, while many ants cannot afford not to eat, and once their hunger resistance decreases, they are more likely to be infected on a large scale.

By the time the pandemic was over, the granary was empty.

While assigning ants to do the aftermath of the plague, the protagonist can only send more ants to search for food.

The mealworm farm is temporarily unable to recover, although there are still some mealworm eggs in the warehouse, but the protagonist decides to introduce the flue into the vicinity of the farm, and does not prepare to re-breed the insects before this work is completed, so as to avoid another outbreak.

Although the maggots are not afraid of the plague, they can only be postponed considering that the construction movement will interfere with the farm.

The farmland on the ground is also temporarily no longer cultivated, and the harvest cycle of the crops planted is too long, and far water cannot quench the thirst of the near.

As a result, most of the ants are sent to gather and hunt, and the protagonist laughs at himself that a plague has degenerated the Divine King's legion from an agricultural civilization to a gathering and hunting civilization.

Fortunately, after the flood waters receded slightly, there were not only eye-catching golden sand sparkling gold on the beach, but also a lot of snails, shells, shrimp, algae and other foods.

Relying on water, even if you only collect food on the beach for a short time, you will not be hungry.

[Xinyangcheng] licked his wounds silently like this, waiting for his vitality to recover!