The black scorpion was in the conference room, and on the big screen in front of him was a three-dimensional map of the actual control area within a radius of two or three hundred kilometers, which not only displayed mountains, lakes, grasslands, tribes, villages, etc., but also marked mining areas, as well as the most important virus infection areas recently.

A lot of the equipment at the base was shipped from the United States, and not only the weapons and equipment, but also many of the facilities far exceeded those of neighboring countries.

The virus infection in the base and surrounding tribes has been effectively controlled, but there are also Violent City, as well as tribes and villages in more remote areas, especially around several major mining areas, as well as the defenders of the mining areas.

Black Scorpion, Margaret, and some key officers and heads of the logistics department at the base are discussing the next response plan, how many vaccines and special drugs are needed, and who to send there.

They also sent someone to invite Zhou Qiao to attend the meeting, but Zhou Qiao was preparing the special medicine in the laboratory, and when he reached the critical step, he said that he would be half an hour late. Everyone was discussing while waiting for Zhou Qiao.

Then, the guards came to report.

If the ex-girlfriend gets back together like before, the black scorpion will immediately drive her away without saying a word!

However, now, hearing that his father was critically ill and did not get well after taking medicine, the black scorpion immediately frowned.

Do you want to ask Dr. Zhou to take a look? However, Dr. Chow is so busy, and there are many more important things to do.

The black scorpion was very entangled in his heart, very hesitant, and embarrassed.

Margaret shook her head, knowing that the black scorpion might not be able to let go of the woman, so she stood up and said, "I'll go and see if Dr. Zhou is busy." ”

Then, she went to Zhou Qiao's laboratory and told Zhou Qiao about it.

Zhou Qiao groaned: "If it's an X virus infection, shouldn't it?" Unless it's another disease, or serious complication! Or, I'll go over and see for myself! ”

Margaret said, "The black scorpion has to thank you!" ”

Zhou Qiao said with a smile: "It is the duty of doctors to save lives and help the wounded. I'm just a little surprised, the black scorpion is quite emotional! ”

"Isn't it?" Margaret shrugged.

She felt that the black scorpion was fierce and decisive in other things, especially in fighting and fighting, but when she met that woman, she had some mothers-in-law and mothers-in-law, dragging mud and water.

Zhou Qiao came to the conference room, and then he heard the black scorpion arguing with the others with an annoyed face: "I said it, I have no feelings for that woman anymore!" Why don't you believe me? ”

Naturally, the others looked incredulous.

Black Scorpion: "......"

Zhou Qiao took a deep look at him and said, "Sometimes face is not so important, follow your own heart." Good horses eat grass occasionally, and everyone won't laugh at you! ”

Others thought so, and some people gave Zhou Qiao a thumbs up.

When they say this kind of thing, the black scorpion will not listen to it at all, and will even become angry and angry.

But when Zhou Qiao said it, this amount is different. At least, the black scorpion didn't dare to go mad in front of him.

The black scorpion's black face was red, but it was black, so everyone couldn't see it. I just think he's darker!

Margaret smiled and patted the black scorpion on the shoulder: "Honorable commander, you need Doctor Zhou to do some psychological counseling." I heard that Dr. Chow is also quite good at psychology. ”

"I don't need to!" The black scorpion said stiffly.

Margaret pouted: "That woman is actually not bad, she looks a little good, go ahead, follow your heart, carry her to your tent, everyone won't laugh at you!" ”

After a long time, the black scorpion released a cruel sentence: "If you talk nonsense again, I will not be polite to you." ”

At this time, one of his subordinates on the side reminded softly: "Commander, Lady Margaret and Doctor Zhou, they have already gone far away, and they can't be heard!" ”

Black Scorpion: "Shit!" He was so entangled just now that he really didn't notice.

After thinking about it, he hurriedly chased outside.

When I got outside, I saw that Margaret had already organized the convoy with people, and Zhou Qiao and the woman had already gotten into the car, probably going to the woman's residence to treat her father's illness.

"Wait for me!" The black scorpion shouted.

Then, after a few jumps, he chased after him, and a soldier in the front passenger seat saw this and immediately gave up his position in a playful way.

After the black scorpion got into the car, he couldn't help but glance at the woman in the back row!

Perhaps, he really needs to face his heart!

Every time I see it, it really throbs!

Over the years, he has also found many women, but none of them can give him the feeling of first love at the beginning! Even in terms of kung fu in bed, it is this first girlfriend who is more energetic!

In addition, the tribe from which the black scorpion was born also has no virgin plot, and not only that, but it is ashamed of being a virgin.

In Africa, many tribes have the same custom that a woman who has not been "gathered" is not a truly good woman. When the tribal leader marries, he will select a number of concubine emissaries and let them break the bride before him.

Zhou Qiao naturally couldn't accept this custom, but he was a foreigner, and he didn't live here anyway, so it didn't matter if he accepted it or not.

About half an hour later, Zhou Qiao and the others came to a residence, which was a rough and smelly natural cave, with a simple but strong fence on the outside, and the space inside was cramped, and people couldn't raise their heads when they entered it.

According to Black Scorpion's ex-girlfriend Hatam, they are active outside during the day, and only at night, they go in to sleep.

She had just gone out to the base to ask for help, so she moved her old father to the cave and enclosed it with a fence. She was afraid that after she left, a beast would come and eat her old father.

Khatam was very smart, and when the X disease was raging, he moved out of the tribe and moved to this cave far away from the people, but unexpectedly, the old father still fell ill.

The base sent a team to deliver medicine and vaccinations, and she and her old father, at the suggestion of the tribal witch doctor, also pressed their handprints on the mining agreement and signed a deed of sale.

Zhou Qiao's special medicine is highly recommended by even the local witch doctor, after all, the curative effect is very good!

After she took the special medicine, she basically recovered in two days, but the old father is getting worse day by day, and now he is almost no longer an adult!

The black scorpion and another soldier, wearing gloves and masks, carefully moved Khatam's old father out of the cave, and although they had been vaccinated, they were still cautious when they came into contact with sick people.

Zhou Qiao carefully examined the old man.

I saw that the patient's entire left leg was dark, blistered, swollen, foul-smelling, and his body temperature was super high, and he measured it with a thermometer, which was 41 °C.

"It's not disease X, it's another rare bacterial infection, I've already guessed, but further tests are needed to confirm. There is no way to salvage here. Zhou Qiao looked around, and the feeling of surviving in the wilderness was full.

I didn't want anything, not even a chair to sit on.

"Huh? So what to do? Hatam began to wipe away tears, and she stole at the black scorpion to make a suggestion, but she didn't dare to speak. for fear that he would scold himself again, saying that he was making trouble for him. Moreover, she is also afraid of the black scorpion's refusal!

Zhou Qiao said to the black scorpion: "Ship him back to the medical area of the base!" ”

Khatam looked nervously at the black scorpion. Because the black scorpion is the supreme commander of the base, if he doesn't agree......

As everyone knows, this kind of thing, Zhou Qiao just agrees!

The black scorpion asked with some concern, "Will a new virus be introduced into the base?" ”

Zhou Qiao shook his head and said, "No." If I'm not mistaken, the contagion of this germ is not very high, and it is within the controllable range. ”

The black scorpion glared at the woman viciously and shouted, "Why don't you thank Doctor Zhou?" ”

Khatam reacted and was a little shocked, it turned out that this Doctor Zhou's status was even higher than that of the black scorpion, so he shouted again and again: "Thank you, thank you!" ”

She originally thought that Zhou Qiao was just a doctor under the black scorpion, just like the previous doctors, but she didn't expect that the black scorpion's every move showed respect for Zhou Qiao.

In fact, the black scorpion wanted to befriend Zhou Qiao at every opportunity, because, in the past, when he first met that formation, he was disrespectful to Zhou Qiao. did a lot of excessive actions, such as holding a gun to the back of Zhou Qiao's head, and mocking Zhou Qiao's M1911 pistol as a useless gadget!

Who would have thought that Dr. Zhou would soak their boss!

Therefore, when the black scorpion faced Zhou Qiao, he was a little weak in his heart, for fear that Zhou Qiao would find out the old accounts and settle them!

In fact, how could Zhou Qiao be such a grudgeful person?

Joe's pattern is big!

The black scorpion shook his head, and let people carry Khatam's old father into the compartment of a pickup truck, the conditions are simple, it is good to have a pickup, and the ambulance naturally does not have it.

Khatam also got into the car of the pickup truck, took care of her old father himself, and the group hurried through the wilderness, and soon returned to the base.

The patient was transported to the emergency room, where body temperature and blood pressure were measured, oxygen was given, intravenous access was established, fluids were given, hormones, antipyretics were given to cool down, antibiotics to reduce inflammation, and rehydration were given. On various vital signs monitoring equipment, blood samples are drawn for laboratory testing......

Zhou Qiao alone is definitely not enough, there are a lot of chores to do, and other medical staff also came to help, after seeing the patient's condition, everyone gasped!

It's too serious!

Naturally, the patient was already delirious, and he already had obvious sepsis, and the wound was very large, covering the entire left leg, and the redness and swelling involved the waist.

This is necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock due to infection!

Under Zhou Qiao's arrangement, the nurses began to remove all the blisters from the patient and rinse them with a large amount of iodophor and diluted hydrogen peroxide.

Khatam waited anxiously outside, and from time to time, in a pleading tone, begged the black scorpion to go in and ask what the disease was. Can you get her old father back? As long as she can be saved, let her do anything! Mining and mining are willing for a hundred years!

She wasn't qualified to go in, but the black scorpion could.

So, the black scorpion went in, stood far away from the rescue area, and asked Zhou Qiao: "Doctor Zhou, what kind of bacterial infection is this?" ”

Zhou Qiao glanced up and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be Vibrio vulnificus infection!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the black scorpion and other laymen didn't understand much, but they didn't have much reaction.

However, several other doctors, especially Sampson and Chen Zhining, immediately changed color in shock.

In their minds, a terrible picture involuntarily emerged, that is, Khatam's father would be eaten by this germ bite by bite!

Because, this germ also has a terrible nickname - "man-eating fungus"!

Vibrio vulnificus, a very, very specific gram-negative bacillus that is commonly found in warm (about 15°C) low-salinity/saltwater waters, is an important opportunistic pathogen.

It can lead to wound infections and sepsis, usually through exposure to seawater or eating seafood. Most of the patients are males (about 90%) and middle-aged and elderly (85% are over 40 years old).

In addition, Vibrio vulnificus infection is very rapid, with an average incubation period of only 16 hours for wound infection, and an average incubation period of 26 hours for sepsis, which progresses very quickly and fatally, with the highest case fatality rate among all foodborne pathogens.

Vibrio vulnificus infection is a highly acute disease that progresses by hours, with significant progression of limb swelling every hour.

It has a high mortality rate, with a mortality rate of more than 50% within 48 hours, and nearly 100% if it exceeds 72 hours without effective treatment.

Sampson exclaimed, "It's unlikely, this germ usually lives in the sea, and the base is still hundreds of kilometers away from the sea!" ”

Chen Zhining remembered something and said: "Actually, it doesn't have to be the sea, some saltwater lakes will also exist. And precisely, there is a saltwater lake around our base! ”

The black scorpion was a local, and immediately nodded: "Yes, about twenty kilometers away, there is a Lake Turkana, which is the saltiest of our great African lakes and one of the largest saltwater lakes in the world. ”

So he called Khatam to the door and asked in a loud voice: "Has your old father been to Lake Turkana and has become ill since he came back from there?" ”

"Huh?" Hatam was stunned, his head was buzzing, and he was a little confused, what does this have to do with going to that lake?

However, she quickly reacted and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes...... We didn't have anything to eat, so he went there to fish, but when he was in the lake, he was caught by a crab, and he didn't pay attention to it at the time, and when he came back, he became ill! ”

The heart said, isn't it that X disease? Is it because of the evil crab? Oh my God, can crabs bite people to death?

Horrified in his heart, Khatam continued, "I have gone to the tribe's witch doctor. The witch doctor said that it was caused by the devil who had been raging recently, and she said that my father's flesh was being eaten by the devil, which is the most obvious evidence. He also said that the medicine in the base can make the devil jealous, so let me get a copy too. ”

So I went to get it, and when I gave him food, instead of driving away the devil, it got worse and worse, and his whole body was hot like coals of fire at night, and I ...... I had no choice but to go to you! I'm afraid that you won't see me, so I'm rolling at the gate of the base......"

Khatam was sharp and quickly made things clear!

In the emergency room, the doctors looked at each other. Could it be that Dr. Zhou's guess is true?

If that's the case, it's going to be a problem! This bacterial infection is very difficult to treat! It can be said that it is a life of nine deaths!

There have been many similar case reports, for example, a well-known medical journal has published a 63-year-old male patient with skin lesions involving both lower limbs, 3 hours after admission to the emergency fasciotomy and reduction of tension, postoperative organ failure, 24 hours after admission to the hospital had to give up treatment!

Another case, there was a 52-year-old male patient with skin lesions involving the right lower limb, who was in a state of shock when he was admitted to the hospital, and was also 3 hours after admission to the hospital for emergency surgery and amputation of the right thigh, but 7 days later, he was weak and died!

Of course, there are cases of cure.

For example, among the four major medical journals, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) have reported two cured cases.

However, in both cases, the patient's infection was so small that it only affected the palm, and even then, his life was saved by amputation.

Khatam's father already had sepsis, and the wound was very large, covering the entire left leg, and the redness and swelling involved the waist.

If amputation is the best option for the treatment of Vibrio vulnificus infection, then Khatam's father is afraid that he will be beheaded!

In a place like Africa, how long can you live when you are so old and cut in half?

The doctors began to discuss and analyze, and the black scorpion listened to it on the sidelines, and couldn't help frowning, and fell into deep thought.

And Khatam has already stayed! After a few minutes, she finally couldn't help it, and with a whoa, she burst into tears!

She knelt down, lay down in front of the black scorpion, kissed his shoes, and then hugged her thighs firmly, sobbing and begging: "Asaifa, Asaifa, you must save him, save him, once, you also called him Daddy!" ”

Asefa, naturally, is the black scorpion's original name when he used to be here.

In the past, he and Hatam were in love, and he fantasized more than once that he and Hatam formed a family, and indeed, he once regarded Hatam's old father as his biological father! Every time I see it, I am respectful and give all kinds of gifts!

Who would have thought that a few years have passed, and things are wrong!

Looking at the woman at his feet, the black scorpion's heart softened, and he also looked at Zhou Qiao with begging eyes!

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