Chapter 19: The New Territories Alien Virus
Yuandong is not very big, and it takes a while to walk from the west to the east.
I saw that on a big stone not far from the fence on the east side of Yuandong, there were thirteen people leaning crookedly there, and from time to time there were a few wails and coughs, which was quite desolate.
"Look!" Zheng Hai pointed to these dozen people and said: "They are the people I said, they came almost half an hour ago, they were already in this state at that time, I think they seem to be suffering from some disease, afraid of infecting the people in the Yuandong, so they don't dare to let them enter the fence gate, but let them wait here." β
Seeing these thirteen people, Lin Yue immediately understood: "New Territories Strange Sense Virus!" β
"Virus!" Hearing this, Zheng Hai subconsciously took a step back, and said with some horror: "Is it contagious?" β
"It's contagious!" Lin Yue nodded and continued: "But don't worry, this virus will not be transmitted through the air, it can only be transmitted through water and food, so even if you get close to them, you don't have to worry about being infected by them!" β
Zheng Hai was relieved when he heard this.
"This is a very common infectious virus in the New World, and it has a long incubation period, about eight or nine days, and it is probably at this time. When the virus strikes, the patient will feel weakness and pain, and if not treated soon, the condition will become more and more severe until the body ulcerates and dies four or five days later! β
Lin Yue's terrifying words immediately frightened Zheng Hai again, and he said quite worriedly: "What is the reason for this infection with this virus, will we also suffer from it?" β
Looking at Zheng Hai's expression, Lin Yue couldn't help but tease: "Look at what scares you." We have already been exposed to this virus, every drop of water we drink here, every bite of food we eat may basically encounter this virus, but when this virus is still in the incubation period, I have already asked everyone in Yuandong to swallow jelly to resist this virus. β
"Jelly body!" Zheng Hai turned his head and said in surprise, he didn't expect that the jelly body that Lin Yue had repeatedly emphasized before would have such an effect.
"That's right, jelly bodies can greatly improve our immunity, so we are completely immune to this virus!"
While speaking, the two of them had already walked within the close range of the thirteen people, and the thirteen people had already discovered Lin Yue and Zheng Hai, one of the young men in white reluctantly stood up, and said to Lin Yue with a pleading expression: "You are the leader here, please help us!" β
Lin Yue only noticed this young man when he heard this, and when he looked at this young man carefully, Lin Yue couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Meng Wen! β
The young man was stunned when he heard this, and said in astonishment: "You know me? β
Lin Yue never expected that one of the few friends he had in the New World in his previous life would actually meet him in this way. In his previous life, when Lin Yue developed his own power, Meng Wen was one of his team members and gave Lin Yue a lot of help. But the scene when Lin Yue met Meng Wen in his previous life was completely different from now, because at that time, it was actually Lin Yue who suffered from the New Territories Abnormal Sense Virus, and then Meng Wen saved him, but he didn't expect this life to be the other way around.
"Do we know each other?" Meng Wen couldn't help but ask in astonishment when he saw Lin Yue call out his name all of a sudden.
"Hehe, they're all from the same school, so it's inevitable that we'll see each other a few times." Lin Yue smiled, which can be regarded as covering up this topic.
Meng Wen thought about it, but at this time, he didn't have so much time to talk about this matter, he said in a rather anxious tone: "Anyway, please save us, we don't know what disease we have, and we were kicked out by the collective." β
The other people around also gathered around, and said with a little crying, "Please take us in!" β
"At least give us something to eat."
Seeing that everyone was very excited, Lin Yue hurriedly waved his hand to stop them, and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, don't worry, our people in Yuandong won't die without help!" β
When the thirteen people heard this, they suddenly showed excited expressions, and they couldn't help but be even more excited.
"Really?"
"Thank you so much!"
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Lin Yue smiled and signaled everyone not to get too excited, let them all sit down first, and said that he would explain some things first. Then he pulled Zheng Hai back a few steps and asked, "Lao Liao, has the hunting team he led back?" β
Zheng Hai nodded and said, "Two groups have returned, and they have hunted three clawed deer and two long-eared sheep respectively, in addition to a fierce tooth dog. β
Lin Yue raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and asked, "Which of these prey are alive and which are dead?" β
"A clawed deer and a long-eared sheep are dead, and the fanged dog is supposed to be being dismembered!"
Hearing this, Lin Yue thought for a moment, there were four or five jelly bodies in the clawed deer, two or three in the long-eared sheep, and seven or eight in the fierce tooth dog, which added up to thirteen.
"Lao Zheng, you immediately go back and ask Liao Huan to take out all the jelly bodies on the prey corpses, and bring thirteen to these people. Their illness had only just begun, and devouring fresh jelly bodies was enough to fight off the virus. β
Zheng Hai nodded in understanding, and then immediately ran back to Yuandong.
On the side, Meng Wen vaguely heard the words "resist the virus", and couldn't help but ask Lin Yue in surprise: "You guys...... Can it cure us? β
Seeing that his friend in his previous life was now so embarrassed, Lin Yue couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed in his heart, but he still replied with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, although this disease you suffer from will be very painful, it is not very difficult to treat." β
"Really?" All thirteen people around screamed in surprise.
Lin Yue pulled them to sit down and continued: "Don't worry, I've already asked people to get the medicine, you just wait patiently, can you tell me about the situation of your collective, you got sick, and then you were kicked out?" β
The thirteen people heard that someone had gone to get the medicine, and the joy on their faces was even stronger, but when they heard Lin Yue talk about their collective affairs, the joy on their faces suddenly swept away, and they sighed one after another.
"But no, those people were afraid that we would infect them, so they drove us all out, and they really have no conscience!" A girl sitting on Lin Yue's right side said indignantly.
Lin Yue couldn't help but laugh dumbly when she heard this, she could only say that this girl was too naΓ―ve, if she wasn't sick, she would also be worried about being infected, and she would definitely try her best to avoid contact with sick people, and it was normal to drive out the sick. It's all human nature, and no one is to blame.
"That wasn't the case at first." Meng Wen sighed and said, "Actually, at the beginning, only one person was sick, and everyone thought it was just that he was too weak, so they didn't pay much attention to it. But then two more people got sick, and everyone in the group began to panic, realizing that it might be some kind of infectious disease, and then they isolated the sick people, but this had no effect, and more and more people became sick. In the end, it caused a collective panic and drove out all of us who were sick. β
Listening to Lin Yue's nodding, he responded to his words and said: "At the beginning, they just chose to isolate, which shows that they still have some conscience, but it is only later that the situation becomes more and more serious will make them lose their rationality." But in fact, it would be useless for them to drive out all the sick people. β
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, Meng Wen's brain turned quickly, and he hurriedly asked, "You mean, this is not an infectious disease?" β
"It's a contagion!" Lin Yue replied: "But it is not transmitted through the air, you will get sick because you eat the food of this world, and the transmission route of this infectious disease is only limited to water transmission and food transmission, so everyone in this world can get sick." β
This time, everyone was stupid. "But why are we only getting sick now, and some people are fine?"
"It's very simple, because this disease has an incubation period, I guess it should be eight or nine days, so these few days should be the high incidence period of this disease. But it doesn't mean that everyone will get sick, some people have a better immune system and can resist the disease, some people are not at all, the prevalence of this disease should be about 20 or 30 percent, but the prevalence may be higher in densely populated places. β
After listening to such an explanation, everyone finally understood. "I see, I see, no wonder isolation is useless, it turns out that this disease has been lurking in our bodies all along."
Meng Wen also understood the cause and effect, he pondered for a while, and then continued to ask Lin Yue: "But even if you know the cause of the disease, how can you have an antidote to this disease, do you have a special research institute?" β
"No, no, no, you're mistaken." Lin Yue waved his hand again and again: "That medicine was not developed by us, it is natural. β
"Natural?" Everyone's eyes widened.
"That's right, it's an animal organ, and after eating it, it can greatly improve the body's immunity, so as to resist the virus of this disease."
Everyone was stunned again, and hurriedly asked, "What organ is so amazing?" β
"I don't know if you've found anything the size of a fingernail that resembles jelly when you were handling animal carcasses. We call this kind of thing jelly, because it can improve the body's immunity. β
Hearing Lin Yue say this, the thirteen people immediately tried to think about it, and a few people said that they had indeed seen this kind of thing, but they didn't pay attention at the time, and they didn't know whether they threw it away or gave it to others to eat. Thinking about it now, they can't help but be heartbroken. "Oh my God, how can such a good thing be ruined like this!"