Chapter 66: Infectious Diseases
(Cat flutter Chinese) ββFour days laterββ
The haze of the corpse transformation epidemic inside the Chenguang base has been forgotten little by little by the numb people as time passes. Even when everyone saw the completion of the new Freedom Block, they were excited to forget about their dead friends. After some people move in, they even look forward to the next epidemic, and foolishly wonder if the base will renovate the Freedom Block again.
However, I didn't expect this ominous prayer to be fulfilled......
He Hao was still wearing his jeans with rolled cuffs, a cotton waistcoat covered in blood stains and burned holes, and a gray-stained black velvet jacket underneath. He covered his head with one hand, and the hood that could be removed at any moment when the cold wind blew. The other, the mechanical arm that was exposed from the power of the release, was wrapped in a thick bandage, and it was jerky with a thick cane cut from log trimmings. One foot deep and one foot shallow, shuttling through the Liberty Block.
His back looked like an old man in his old age, and he didn't get people's ideas in the slightest. The backpack on his shoulder makes Xiaobei sew like a leaky balloon, but in the last days, no one will care about this.
The renovated neighborhood made He Hao, who hadn't been here for a few days, a little dizzy. But with his previous sense of direction, He Hao found the location of the smoky street in the former slums. At this moment, He Hao saw Xiaobei and the incident he mentioned - soldiers in protective suits would transport corpses outside the city from time to time.
He Hao carefully observed everything, and then unconsciously walked to the center of the block. I saw two red brick houses without painted walls, and a tin plate was nailed to the wall of the door, on which was written "Chenguang Base Weapon Rental" in red paint
The other building also has a similar iron plate, but it reads "Chenguang Base Material Exchange", and there is a line of small characters next to it - the 69th Regiment is designated by the government and military.
He Hao couldn't help but sneer when he looked at it, and then walked in with the survivors who came in and out.
Several soldiers of the military sat upright at the square table with stone legs. They were lined up by heavily armed soldiers, while the survivors lined up honestly, exchanging their food or supplies for antibiotics.
Actually, as early as 2 days ago. For unknown reasons, a strange contagion began to spread in the base.
The first people to develop the disease are frail survivors. Initial symptoms are cough, fever, and then watery stools. As the survivors collapsed, their bodies began to swell, with large areas of blisters, which were not itchy, but painful to the touch. As the disease worsens, the blisters will fester, and then a layer of white mold will develop on the red and swollen wounds, and the patient will eventually die of acidosis in the blood.
Although there are military doctors with good medical skills in the base, this disease is unheard of and unseen even before the end of the world. For this unknown infectious disease, the survivors have given it a terrible name - white mold.
And the military gave a more apt name - ** type poisonous blood plague.
No one knows how the epidemic came about. But the only thing that is certain is that it is an incurable disease that is transmitted from person to person.
The survivors at the base had to rely on antibiotics as a way to prevent the epidemic. They spent a day out running around with their heads in hand, and then traded their lives for supplies and antibiotics from the military. A ridiculous cycle, but also a sad cycle.
The survivors all had numb expressions. His eyes were full of despair, and in this despair, there was a slight desire for life. In the last days, this is how to torture the people who live in the world every minute and every second......
"Half a pound of food can be exchanged for 25 mg of antibiotic pills." This sentence is the reply of the military personnel to He Hao's consultation, and the price is really not expensive.
He Hao lowered his hood and didn't say anything, turned around and walked out of the exchange office. At the same time, he already has a rough estimate of the price of the medicine in his mind. Then he began to walk the block. He found the situation several times worse than the news disseminated by the military.
The survivors who walked the neighborhood were far fewer than usual, and they all wore wide cloth bands soaked in white vinegar and wrapped around their mouths and noses. Often, such people are poor creatures who have no supplies in their hands.
After He Hao's careful observation, although those people were pretending to be unharmed people on the surface, He Hao sensed from their completely desperate eyes that they were patients infected with the ** type poisonous blood plague. They even deliberately spread germs in the crowd, glancing sideways at the people around them with hateful eyes. It seems to be a kind of hatred, hatred that they are luckier than themselves......
It is in this environment that human nature ferments and becomes a distorted pathology.
He Hao walked around the street and then observed outside the barracks for nearly two hours. Then he discovers a terrible secret - the antibiotics taken by the military are not the same as those exchanged for survivors!
The next moment, He Hao seemed to have guessed the terrible truth of the incident. That's the fake antibiotics that the military traded to the survivors! They shackled food from survivors for a limited time, and then used it along with antibiotics to keep the army afloat. If the epidemic is not controlled, I am afraid that the military will have some extreme actions.
Thinking of this, He Hao's cold hair couldn't help but stand up.
So He Hao had to start speeding up the implementation of the plan. He planned to exchange the medicine he had brought from the clinic in Zhonghe Town for some daily necessities, after all, neither he nor Lao Wang Tou had participated in the task or work in the past few days. Xiao Bei alone has been desperately participating in the construction of the Freedom Block for several days, but the project value she earns is simply not enough to exchange for the daily food needs of the three of them.
After many visits and considerations, He Hao did not exchange the medicine for the seemingly reliable military, but went to Long Jiuye.
On the Liberty Block, the magnificent two-story red brick building is adjacent to the military's building facilities. The outside is plastered with white ash powder, and the inside is paved with concrete. There is no second home for this kind of decoration in the Chenguang base. This is the new stronghold founded by Long Jiuye after the corpse mutiny epidemic in the base.
The signboard is still the same old signboard. Only this time, yes, the door number is carved out of wood.
He Hao came to the bar in the front room. Looking at the steward inside through the metal railing, he said, "I have some good things here, and I don't know how much food I can exchange." β
The steward on the other side of the railing was a well-dressed woman. He is no less than twenty-eight years old. Beside her, there were several big black men guarding a door. They looked at He Hao's dejected appearance and waved their hands without saying anything. The meaning is very simple - to say that it sounds good is to 'go', and to say that it is not good to say is to 'roll'.
They hadn't seen anyone in the base for days. It's even ridiculous enough to take some broken copper and iron to exchange food from them. And at this moment, how is He Hao, who is dressed in tatters, different from those people in their eyes, and naturally he is also a dog's eye and looks down on people.
He Hao sneered, and then took off his backpack. Removed the Coroxuan mixed penicillin.
The small red and blue capsule grabbed the eyes of the group of people at once. In the current base, it is a period when you see medicine and your eyes are red. Because the terrible contagion is getting worse and worse in the base, no one can guarantee that they will be safe. It is precisely because of the psychology of self-preservation that the survivors of the whole base have to exchange for antibiotics in the hands of the military, but in this apocalypse, resources are limited, especially consumable medicines. That's a little less!
The big black man, who didn't look down on He Hao at all, hurriedly got up from the stool in shock, and then hurriedly walked to the railing, stared at the capsule with dead eyes and asked He Hao, "What ......is this?" What do you mean? β
"Hmph. Since I'm here, I'm naturally exchanging things with you. He Hao looked at the stunned man with interest.
The big black man touched his nose with his hand, and then looked back at his companion, a little unsure. After all, they had just eaten under the hands of Jiulong Ye, and suddenly a master like He Hao came, even if they were happy, they were worried. They don't have a good estimate of this kind of thing.
"Or ...... Please come out and put it down. Another man suggested.
Then the black man said to He Hao: "You wait first, I will call our steward." β
He Hao sneered and nodded in agreement.
After a while, the black man invited Jiulong Ye's personal master, Jiao Tu, to come out.
He Hao saw through the railing that the man was wearing a neat black coat, similar in age to himself, but his steps and demeanor revealed an ancient temperament, like a wise man with vicissitudes.
As he approached the railing, a strong smell of herbs hit He Hao's nose. "He must be a knowledgeable person." He Hao was choked and snorted, muttering secretly in his heart.
"Hello, can you give me a capsule in your hand?" Jiaotu said very politely. It's far easier than those big black guys.
After He Hao handed over the capsule, Jiao Tu looked carefully in his hand. After looking at the tight seams at the joint of the capsule, and there was no wrinkle or damage, he said to He Hao: "This medicine...... It looks like it's true, I don't know if I can open it and take a look. β
He Hao nodded.
Jiaotu immediately couldn't wait to open the capsule, and saw that the sand-sized particles inside were pale yellow, and when he put it in front of his eyes, he observed it carefully, and the surface of the particles was uneven. He then crushed the pellet with two fingers, sniffed it in front of his nose, and then licked it with his tongue. Then his face changed suddenly. I couldn't help but say: "It's a little rusty, sweet and bitter." It's Coroxuan mixed penicillin! β
He Hao was also shocked in his heart, the pepper map in front of him was by no means a showman, it seemed that the people around Jiulong Ye were really real!
Jiaotu then said to He Hao through the railing: "What do you need, just ask." Also, I want to know how many goods you have. β
He Hao lifted the broken backpack in his hand and said, "That's all, I just want to change food." You see how much you can come up with. β
When Jiao Tu saw the broken backpack He Hao was carrying, he was shocked. At first, he thought that He Hao had only taken a small amount of medicine, and now he didn't know how much he could hold in his bulging backpack.
In fact, Jiaotu also knows that the military trades counterfeit drugs with survivors, and there is no such thing as antibiotics on the ordinary market, which is definitely priceless. Long Jiuye has some access to the military, and he has to exchange 3 catties of food for 25 mg of real medicine.
Right now, it's a big deal......
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