Chapter 8: Coma
The Raptor gradually drove down the main road, which was still some distance from the town of Anderson, and the outline of the town could be faintly seen diagonally in front of the road. The direction in which the Raptor travels is a medium-sized air base, flanked by a small airfield. Jaime and Jiang Ke had discussed before that it was safer to come directly to the military base than to go to the town and encounter some unexpected situations.
“now it’s time to let it through…… Wow", Jaime looked ahead, and the roadside was littered with craters of varying shades. The body began to get bumpy. In addition to this, there were traces of a silver liquid drying up on the ground and some mechanical wreckage that he had never seen before. "Looks like there was a tough battle here," Jaime sighed.
As the birds of prey got closer to their destination, two rows of horses stretched out in front of the car, enveloping the main building of the military base. After the rejection, you can see the grid guardrail, and a large red warning sign stands on the side. Further back, you can faintly see some vehicles parked horizontally.
Jaime stopped at the fork in the road before the rejection, "Personally, I think they must have retreated into this base."
Jiang Ke's face was pale and a little weak, he had been on guard for some time, he had fallen asleep groggily, only Andrew was still awake, and his big shining eyes looked at James obediently.
Jaime's voice and the sharp forward leaning of the stop made Jiang Ke open his eyes tiredly, but Ruby only moved, showing no signs of waking up.
After looking around briefly, Jiang Ke let out a low "um".
"So how do we get in? It's a military exclusion zone. Jaime pointed to the somewhat dilapidated red military restricted area warning sign not far away and sighed, "We're in the movies right now." ”
Jiang Ke raised his eyelids and glanced at James, didn't say anything, just picked his chin and motioned for him to go in. In the next second, Jaime immediately realized his stupidity, in such a post-apocalyptic environment, the army here should be able to help any victims, after all, some of the surviving civilians were evacuated with them.
Jaime secretly glanced at Jiang Ke, and seeing that he was still expressionless, he couldn't help but scold, "Uh-huh, I'm speechless again." I'm going to count for you, and see how many words you can say a day, more than 20 of which I have with your last name. ”
Jaime continued along the road towards the base, and to his surprise, the door was open, but the surveillance at the door slowly focused on it because it sensed the movement here. He hurriedly braked and made a US military salute to the camera with a little excitement.
However, the camera just looked at him and did not respond.
Jaime thought about it, learned what he saw in the movie, and began to explain his fate to the surveillance, expressing a strong desire to ask for help.
A few minutes passed, and it was still quiet.
Jaime turned his head and asked Jiang Ke, "Should I make a gesture of love and peace?" ”
"Hmph", Jiang Ke just snorted softly this time.
"Okay, okay, I know, I'll just say it this time." Jaime thought silently to himself, "One word, oh no, hum is only half a word." Subsequently, he carefully told the monitor where he came from, what he encountered on the road, and how much he needed help. We also have an underage girl in the car! Still receiving no response, he decided to move out of Ruby's age to help.
One minute passed, and it was still quiet. Jaime began to frenzy, "Is this door open telling us to come in and make this place your home?" ”
Jiang Ke looked at him and raised his eyebrows slightly.
"I don't even have half a word", James was coldly treated by the military base, and at the same time was ridiculed by Jiang Ke's expressionless face, and complained to Jiang Ke beside him angrily, "I said that your attitude today is very excessive!" Even a well-cultivated person like me has a temper! ”
Jiang Ke still didn't speak, and James was so angry that he decided to take a gamble.
"Woo-" He stepped on the accelerator hard, and with the roar of the engine, the car drove quickly into the military base.
Jaime, who drove into the base in a fit of rage, regretted it when he crossed the gate, and he hurriedly stepped on the brakes, holding his head in his hands, and yelling, "Don't shoot!" Don't shoot! I'm a civilian! ”
However, as in the case of the door, it was still quiet, and Jaime cautiously opened one eye to peek around, "Drove in?" Just came in? What kind of military base is this? Jaime suppressed the doubts in his heart, and after many catastrophes for the rest of his life, he also learned Jiang Ke's caution a little.
He didn't drive straight to the building, but got out of the car and closed the gate behind him first, "I'm closed, I'm really closed", Jaime whispered into the air, but a bad thought flashed in his heart, is this an empty city? A strong premonition prompted him to turn around and yell at the building, "Anyone?!" ”
"Anyone...... Anyone......" still didn't respond, only his echo echoing through the empty base.
"Anyone? We need help! Jaime tried again, "Can anyone hear me?" Hello! ”
"Anyone...... Help...... Hello ......" nothing changed, only Echo laughing at his attempts.
A cold wind blew, and he shivered from the cold.
Now James concluded that this was an empty city, and this situation made him a little overwhelmed, he trotted a few steps back to the car, and decided to call the most reliable Jiang Ke first.
"Ke, there's no one ...... here," Jaime said from the window. Immediately, he found that Jiang Ke's state was not quite right. Jaime quickly put his hand on Jiang Ke's carotid artery, the beating was very weak, and he reached out again and gently pushed Jiang Ke, "Ke? Jiang Ke didn't react, but fell to the other side limply. Worst! It's shocking! Jaime quickly jumped into the car and drove to the building marked with the Red Cross, shouting into the back seat, "Ruby! Ruby! Wake up! We're losing Ke, wake up! Help me carry him in! ”
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In the medical room, Jaime cut Jiang Ke's clothes, and his brows couldn't help frowning tightly, "It's worse than I imagined!" "The knife wound inflicted on his shoulder by the man in black earlier was cracked, and the bones were visible. In addition, Jiang Ke had three claw marks on his chest, although it was a flesh wound, but it had been gurgling and bleeding.
"How did this knife wound come about?" Ruby on the side asked.
Jaime didn't answer, his brain racing, "The healing of the wound shows that the contaminated genetic survival ability has been activated, and it does bring a short-term recovery effect. But the injury was too severe, and it only grew on the surface. As a result, Ke misjudged the extent of the injury, and the vigorous exercise that followed, the wound cracked, and the new and old injuries were together. Jaime narrowed his eyes and put his hand on Jiang Ke's forehead, "Well, there is also a slight fever, this should be an infection caused by the attack of the wolves, but the bleeding has not stopped for so long, it seems that the contamination has also gained the ability to prevent platelet clotting after evolution." ”
Jaime turned and looked around the medical room, perhaps because the evacuation of the people from this military base was very urgent, and the things in it were almost untouched, "We need blood transfusions, anti-inflammatory, debridement, and stitches...... FXXK! I didn't even take a closer look at Ke yesterday, and I didn't even know he was so badly injured! "He was very annoyed, Jiang Ke has been in a fighting state since the beginning, and occasionally when he has a break, he has been on high alert around him, and he didn't even pay attention to his strange appearance, and he still thinks he doesn't talk much." Ruby, help me get my backpack in. As Jaime spoke, he pulled out the cleaning solution and the improvised blood type test strip from a nearby drawer.
After a simple wash of hands, the indicator bar on the blood type paper also came out, "Oh, it's type A+, congratulations." Jaime turned around and took out 2 400ml bags of blood type A + blood from the blood bag storage freezer and began the blood transfusion.
Ruby walked in with a backpack at this time, and saw Jaime pouring saline on Jiang Ke's wound, and blood was flowing everywhere along with black dirty blood clots.
"Thank you, you go and rest, you have to deal with the wound next, I don't want to cause you a psychological shadow." Jaime motioned for her to place her backpack on the ground. Ruby nodded and obediently stepped out.
"It's a very good time, it's not a medical worker, it's all simple." Jaime muttered, pulling the device out of his backpack and starting the treatment.
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"I'm not sure if this will work, but whether a dead horse can survive is a matter of providence." There was a person in his ear who was whispering and talking quickly, Jiang Ke felt that his consciousness had sunk into the abyss, and the person's voice seemed to come from the top of a distant mountain - empty, he couldn't understand the meaning of the other party's words, his brain couldn't function normally, and all his senses were locked in his body. It's like being nailed into a coffin alive, listening to the sound of the conversation through the coffin board and through the dirt, and even breathing is a rotten smell. "What am I talking about, providence? What is Providence? Is such a world providential? Please, wake up quickly. Please, arise and tell me that it is not God's will. The voice continued to ring in his ears, and no one answered him, just a man, standing alone, praying to something like a corpse.
The sound of a scalpel cutting through the skin, the sound of a ball of gauze being discarded on the ground, the sound of liquid ticking, the room was so quiet, so quiet that Jiang Ke could hear everything and feel everything, and he could even feel a substance surging in his body. But all this generated was a stream of data in his brain, which he couldn't analyze, act, or even stop.
Is this a dream? Or is it reality? Jiang Ke had no way to tell the difference, he had no strength at all, so he could only let his consciousness sink deeper and deeper, falling into endless darkness.