Chapter 67: Barro's Poison

Standing at the bow of the ship, he looked at the Sava people on the shore who were basking in the joy of victory, singing and dancing, and could not bear to interrupt their celebration. If the virus really can't be cured, then why not let them live one more day? However, there are still two days before the onset of the disease, and if they can find a solution to the virus within these two days, even if it is only a way to alleviate it, they will be able to get a longer time, or even a lifetime, and they can slowly relive the joy of this victory.

There was almost no time to hesitate, Shi Jiayan quickly made up his mind, and said to the young man on the boat without looking back: "You all stay on the ship well, and when I come back in two days, you will come ashore again." ”

In fact, Shi Jiayan was not sure about the detoxification in her heart, but she didn't want to disappoint these young people who had just returned to the land to rebuild their homes, so she deliberately accentuated the words "when I came back" to give them more hope. With that, she jumped out of the boat and swam to the shore without hesitation.

After getting wet and getting ashore, Shi Jiayan suddenly stopped as soon as he walked on the beach, turned around and smiled helplessly: "What are you doing here? Are you tired of being alive?"

"Of course, I didn't get bored, but I just thought it was funny to walk like this once in a while. Assi bent his sea-blue eyes and looked at Shi Jiayan with a smile, the pair of tear-like red freckles were especially clear on his wet face.

Shi Jiayan glanced deeply at Assi, then slowly looked away, turned and walked silently towards the shore where the Sava people had gathered. After a while, Assi heard a voice coming from the wind, and she said, "Whatever you want......

Effortlessly, Shi Jiayan found the tall King of Sava from the crowd. Tusaron glanced at her from a distance across the crowd, keenly reading something out of the ordinary, and he quickly walked over to Shi Jiayan.

Time was pressing, Shi Jiayan didn't have any greetings, and said bluntly: "The allies in the Eastern Continent have dropped a deadly infectious disease called Barro into the fighting soldiers, and we only have less than two days left to find a way to detoxify. ”

After a brief moment of shock, Tusaron quickly regained his composure and did not show the slightest fluster, and the demeanor of a king of a country was fully displayed at this moment of danger. He didn't answer immediately, but first buried his head in silent contemplation. Shi Jia Yan and Ah Xi did not urge, and stood quietly and patiently waiting.

Tusalon quickly raised his head and said calmly, "I'm going to gather all the healers. ”

Every Savoyard is a brave warrior, and the Savoyard healer is no exception, but they are all evenly distributed to different positions during the battle, and it will probably take a little time to gather them all in one place now.

"Call those half-blood people too, the half-blood merchants have traveled north and south in the Eastern Continent, and they have seen a lot of things, maybe they have more ways than us. Shi Jiayan suggested.

Tusalon nodded, and hurried back into the crowd. At this moment, only he knew that when he heard this bad news, his whole heart suddenly became like a desert in the west where no grass grows, and it was extremely desolate. However, he understood all the more that the current situation did not allow him to panic on the ground, otherwise the situation would become worse and the gains would outweigh the losses.

Tusalon did not intend to make the bad news public for the time being, so that the fighters could continue to enjoy the joy of victory. The only thing to be thankful for is that those young children and the few people who are unable to fight in Suolong City will not easily come to the battlefield until the war is completely over and the warriors have not returned, so there is no need to worry about them being infected for the time being. He quickly gathered most of the healers together, leaving only a few to continue to care for the wounded soldiers, and at the same time sent people to the rear of the battlefield to find all the half-bloods who had been to the Eastern Continent.

When they learned that they had been poisoned by Barrow, the healers were shocked. There was no such creature as Barro in the Western Continent, so the healers of Savoy knew almost nothing about it, and the captured Eastern Continent soldiers didn't know much about it and couldn't ask anything. Fortunately, the half-blood merchants who have been to the Eastern Continent are no strangers to Barro. They say that Baro was originally a very shy beast that likes to hide in damp caves and feed on moss, which is usually harmless. Therefore, the half-bloods unanimously believe that since Barrow, which is not toxic in itself, is used as a virus weapon, it must be a man-made virus, causing their bodies to mutate. So, the half-blood suggested that he quickly return to the previous battlefield and find a few Barrows who had been shot to come back and investigate the real cause.

Tusalon ordered a shed to be erected along the coast, fenced off, and began to conduct a closed study. Until any solution is found to alleviate the toxicity, the matter will not be made public for the time being, and the army will rest in place and be on standby, and no one will be allowed to leave easily. Since the healers of Savoy were involved in the war and were also infected with the virus, their first task from now on was to closely observe their own changes, which would be helpful in their study of the antidote.

The healers soon found some adherent mealworms on Barro's sticky body, and then found that Barro's internal organs, flesh, and cartilage were almost black. Since the living conditions of these two creatures are completely different, they almost never meet naturally, and the mealworm is sunny, likes to be dry, and is harmless in itself, so the answer is obvious, Barrow must have eaten a mealworm mixed with poisons. But what was the poison that caused the mealworm to be so horrific when they met Barrow?

One of the most important questions to consider at the moment is that some of the Barrows that were thrown on the shore at the same time have even turned black, indicating that the situation is still getting worse. However, although the internal organs were also black and bursting, they still maintained their original skin color and did not show a tendency to deteriorate. From what was observed in the abdomen, it appears that the poison they consumed was the same, but why did the epidermis of the two batches of Barrot behave so differently, was it only because of the different chronological order of the poisoning, or was it due to some special factor that prevented some of the Baro's poison from worsening?

The healers pondered all night, but could not find a reasonable explanation. Now, there is only one day left until the full-scale outbreak of the virus begins.

Shi Jiayan looked at King Sava who had been standing next to the healer all night, and saw that although he was still calm, he did not urge or order the healers to speed up from beginning to end, but the pair of subconsciously clenched fists revealed the uneasiness in his heart.

Shi Jiayan always felt that he should do something casually to relieve the tense and anxious atmosphere of the scene, so he walked over, hesitated, and said softly: "Your Majesty, there must be a solution to any problem...... paused, and felt that these words were basically meaningless, as if they were comforting for comfort's sake. However, if you don't do something, waiting nervously like this is even more torturous, and it is not good for your state of mind. She was also a little confused about whether she was comforting others or trying to cheer herself up, and couldn't help but say: "The Fiji people have loved to go on expeditions since ancient times, because we believe that only by going far enough can we gain a wealth of knowledge to better understand ourselves and the world we live in. Fiji people believe in the saying 'the answer is in the world we live in', or 'the answer is in the question itself', but we have to discover it. Therefore, Your Majesty might as well go out for a walk and come back first, maybe you will soon be able to clear up. ”

Hearing this, Tusaron suddenly realized that the anxiety he had unknowingly leaked had been detected by the Fijian chieftain. "Is she implicitly reminding me not to divulge too much emotion so as not to shake the morale of the army?" Looking at Shi Jiayan's calm face, Tusaron couldn't help but secretly reflect, as a king, his state of mind at this time is indeed a little unstable, and this kind of emotional fluctuation is likely to directly affect the state of the doctors. So, he resolutely turned around and walked out.

Yesterday, the beach had been a fierce battle zone, but today it was a bit desolate, and the clamor of the soldiers from the camp was constantly coming, and Tussalon's mood could not help but become heavier.

Walking aimlessly along the coast alone, I don't know how far I had walked, until the early morning sun completely jumped out of the horizon, Tusalon casually raised his head, looked blankly at the distant horizon, and sighed silently: "There is less than a day left......"

At this moment, he suddenly touched something under his feet, and Tusaron instinctively looked down to see that it was a Barro who had been washed up on the beach by the waves. The Baro had long since lost its breath, but still had a round yellow-green belly, and unlike the blackened corpses on the shore that had burst into pieces after being shot by a rain of arrows, it had apparently been lucky enough to dodge the Allied arrows in the process of being thrown.

"It's a pity that even if you are lucky enough to fall into the sea, you still can't escape the fate of death......" Tusaron involuntarily crouched down, staring at the round, seemingly fresh Barrow, perhaps only when he was alone could he indulge his emotions so unscrupulously. Tusaron suddenly felt that his current self was actually no different from this Barrow, even if he won the battle, it was still difficult to escape the threat of death, and he couldn't help but sigh with a little sympathy, "Perhaps, tomorrow I will be like you, I can't escape...... Not true!"

At this moment, a miraculous light suddenly flashed in his mind, and Tusaron suddenly had an epiphany, quickly grabbed the seemingly fresh Baro at his feet, and rushed along the path he had come from.

He couldn't wait to kick open the makeshift fence door, and regardless of whether it had been trampled on or not, he rushed into the shed. Then, with a "thump-", the already dead but seemingly fresh Barro, who had been washed ashore by the waves, was thrown directly onto the table, and the attentive healers were startled by his sudden move.

Tusalon said eagerly, "The skin of all the Baro corpses along the shore has turned black, and, with the passage of time, even more so than yesterday. However, the Barrows who fell into the shallows and remained in the sea remained fresh. ”

Hearing this, the doctors suddenly realized: "It turns out that it is because they are soaked in seawater, so it can be explained why they have eaten the same poison, some of which continue to worsen, and some of which have completely stopped deteriorating." ”

"Could it be that this virus is afraid of water? No, since Baro likes to stay in damp caves, if the allies in the Eastern Continent want to transport Baro to the Western Continent alive, they must provide them with a damp, cave-like environment......" one of the healers questioned.

"Barrow is a beast that inhabits the land, but there is a difference between the water in the sea and the water on the land...... "Shi Jiayan next to him reminded in a loud voice. People tend to dig deeper into the question, and as a result, they often overlook some of the most obvious answers.

"Ahh However, the poison of Barro, which had been soaked in seawater, stopped spreading. ”

"The poison of Barro, on the other hand, was the opposite of what the warriors were infected, and it all started from the epidermis and invaded the internal organs. If the incubation period of this virus is only three days, then, that is, from tomorrow onwards, the virus will completely penetrate the skin, really invade the flesh and internal organs, and at that time, I am afraid that there will be no way back......," added one of the Savoyard healers. He, like all the Savoyard warriors, had returned from the battlefield and his skin was stained with the poison of Baro that had fallen from the sky. But at the time, I didn't know what it was, and it didn't hurt or itch, so I didn't care much. He continued, "Yesterday, I didn't feel any discomfort in my body. But since this morning, I have had a fever, dizziness and exhaustion, and a slight burning pain has begun to appear on my skin contaminated with Barro's poison, and the color is slightly redder than yesterday, but all the symptoms are not very obvious at present. ”

"Now it seems that the quickest way is for the fighters to jump into the sea and take a dip and then observe. If the virus really stays only on the epidermis, then the seawater should quickly break down all the toxicity and the burning sensation will gradually disappear. The healer continued.

"Is it safer for them to drink some more seawater? After all, the soldiers have been eating and moving on the edge of the battlefield these days. ”

Tusalon asked.

"But remember not to drink too much seawater, a few sips should be about the same, and when they come ashore, they need to replenish some warm fresh water at the right time, otherwise it will backfire." Shi Jiayan reminded.

"That's right," said the half-blood healer, "though the battlefield was cleared both days, the poisoning was not made public, and many of Barrow's stumps were ignored. While there's still time, let the warriors quickly collect all the corpses on the beach, and it's best not to leave any dander behind. After digging a pit and burning it to ashes, it is sprinkled with a large amount of sea salt or seawater. When all this is done, the warriors can go to the seawater. ”

"Fortunately, the battlefield is by the sea, and a few high tides can probably soak through the area. Tusalon finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then he had to look at the leader of Fiji and say, "Thank you so much!"

"Thanks, didn't you find the answer yourself?" said Shi Jiayan, who smiled a little surprised. Assi always stood beside her, always silent, and although he always had a smile on his face, his true temperament was elusive.

You're right, you have to go far enough to gain more knowledge, and the answer is indeed in the world we live in. Tusalon had mixed feelings, he was worried at the time, but in fact, he only took those words as a subtle comfort, and did not really take them to heart, and he did not expect them to be fulfilled so quickly. "The people of Fiji do have extraordinary wisdom, and the people of Savoy are fortunate to be able to create a future with the people of Fiyan. And, of course, half-bloods......"

Nearly a million people threw themselves in the shallows, especially the wounded soldiers, who were screaming at the salty water, some funny and some pitiful.

Looking at the spectacular scene, Assi asked with some embarrassment, "Shall we also soak in the sea?"

"Of course, didn't you say that a wet walk is also fun?" said Shi Jiayan, taking the opportunity to joke, and then walked out to sea. However, she was headed to the shore where the Fiji boats had docked yesterday, for there were many young men waiting anxiously on board.