Chapter 619 Helping her

When they were less than two meters apart, Wen Ni stopped.

At this point, she could clearly see that the two soldiers were dressed in tattered clothes, and there were scarlet bleeding spots on the backs of their hands, necks, and even cheeks exposed to the air. Moreover, because they had not been treated in time, some of the bleeding spots had begun to ulcerate and fester!

"Comrades, can you hear me?" Wen Ni frowned and raised her voice.

There was no response for a long time.

But the two men's fingers trembled, as if they were trying hard to answer.

But they were so weak that they could barely breathe, and blood began to seep from the corners of their mouths!

Liu Shuzheng got out of the car at that moment.

But before he could get over, Wen Ni sternly stopped him!

"Don't come any closer! Get back in the car!"

"What's wrong?"

Liu Shu was asking this question, but he still obediently sat back in the military vehicle. His gaze, through the windshield, was fixed on Wen Ni's back!

"It's mustard seed fungus, and it's contagious!"

"Mustard mushrooms!?"

These words sent a jolt through Liu Shuzheng's heart.

That's a man-made biological weapon!

In the war before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the enemy destroyed a Chinese city of more than 30,000 people overnight with only mustard fungus without firing a single shot. Wails of agony filled the air, and the stench of burning corpses permeated the city day and night.

To this day, countless mustard germs remain buried deep underground in that city! No one dares to excavate it a second time.

Even after a hundred years, they remain active and could make a comeback at any time!

"The decaying parts of a person infected with mustard bacteria will also emit toxic gas, which can indirectly infect people who inhale the gas or come into contact with the contaminants!"

Even Wen Ni didn't dare to approach rashly.

Suddenly remembering something, she turned around abruptly and shouted to Liu Shuzheng in the car, "Go back immediately and stop everyone else from coming over. Just send me a medical vehicle, an assistant, and the medicines and surgical supplies needed to treat the mustard poison! Tell the medic that, and he'll understand!"

"good!"

The situation was dire, and Liu Shuzheng dared not delay, so he immediately turned the car around.

Wen Ni retreated to a safe distance and observed the situation of the two soldiers.

If a patrol from the 85th Group Army passes by, she will immediately order them to evacuate and bypass the area!

And so, I waited anxiously for more than ten minutes.

Those ten-odd minutes felt like an eternity!

To watch helplessly as living beings await their demise before your eyes, and to do nothing at all.

Time and time again, Wen Ni had had enough of this cruelty and helplessness!

My thoughts were in turmoil, and finally, I heard the hum of a car coming from the mountain road behind me.

A long, camouflaged military medical vehicle was parked on the side of the road, followed by a military troop carrier. A squad of more than ten soldiers, all fully armed and wearing protective clothing and masks, sat in the back of the vehicle.

"Wen Ni".

A man got off the military vehicle first. He was wearing a gas mask, but his voice made him easily recognizable as Liu Shuzheng, who had returned!

Wen Ni frowned as she looked at the large number of people following behind Liu Shuzheng.

Her tone suddenly held a hint of unease and reproach: "Why did you come back too? Didn't I tell you not to bring extra people? What if they get infected? This is a matter of life and death, not a game!"

"Life or death? Isn't your life a life too?" Liu Shuzheng retorted.

“That’s different. I’m also a doctor.” Wen Ni said coldly, not backing down an inch.

She didn't want to see anyone around her on the verge of life or death again!

“You’re a doctor, so we’re comrades-in-arms, comrades-in-arms who will fight to the death! At this critical juncture, how could we let you fight alone?”

Liu Shu had just decided not to reason with her, so he turned around and stuffed a set of protective clothing into Wen Ni's arms. Seeing that she still had a stern face, he had no choice but to continue:

"The army commander asked me to lead these men to keep watch around the area. He said that although this was territory taken over by the 85th Group Army, it was hard to guarantee that the enemy wouldn't suddenly attack. With us here, you could concentrate more on rescuing people!"

“He…” Wen Ni’s expression relaxed, and she pondered, “What else did Lu Jinye say?”

"The 83rd Group Army has lost three companies, and there are still many things in the army that need to be handled by the Army Commander. He is overwhelmed. He asked me to convey to you that he trusts you, but also asks you to take care of your safety. He is waiting for you to return to the camp!"

"good."

These words put Wen Ni's mind at ease.

Now, Lu Jinye is the commander of an army, a core leader. His safety is crucial to everyone's lives and even the outcome of the battle! Acting on emotion is the worst thing one can do. Fortunately, he didn't let her down!

I took the protective suit, put it on, and put on the gas mask.

Wen Ni resolutely turned around. Her slender body, wrapped in the heavy protective suit, even appeared unusually bulky. Like a chubby, clumsy Big White, she headed against the danger.

He and she, in different places, on their own battlefields, bravely marched towards the same goal!

Just thinking this gave her a constant stream of warmth, a surge of boundless power that seemed to urge her forward.

While there is still daylight,

The soldiers quickly set up two temporary tents on the roadside wasteland for use in surgery and isolation.

The two soldiers, who had undergone initial examination and treatment by Wen Ni, lay unconscious on folding stretchers, their clothes open and their faces covered in blood.

"Those infected with mustard bacteria are beyond saving."

"Moreover, for people like them, who are so severely infected, what can be done to save them? It would only be a waste of effort."

"Yes, these medicines are so precious on the battlefield, and these equipment were so difficult to transport... If we could save them, we could save many wounded soldiers... and use them on these two dying men... sigh..."

"I wonder who this Dr. Wen is? The commander actually had our Dr. Lin assist her?"

Two doctors and a nurse, all from the rear units of the 85th Group Army, accompanied the vehicle and did not recognize Wen Ni.

The nurse was tidying up medicines and surgical instruments with her back to Wen Ni, crouching down and lowering her head as if whispering. But the tent was so small, with only a few people inside, how could Wen Ni not hear her?

Doctors are used to seeing people die, let alone battlefield doctors.

It's not that they're cold-blooded, they've just become numb. So numb that they've instinctively used the price of medicine and equipment to measure the value of human life! Especially in the resource-scarce heart of war, facing two soldiers who, in their eyes, are beyond saving.

At this critical juncture, arguing with them further is clearly pointless.

What Wen Ni wanted was for them to cheer up, boost their morale, and do their utmost to cooperate with her in saving lives!

"We need to save more than just these two soldiers."

Wen Ni had already picked up a scalpel and was cleaning away the rotting flesh of a wounded soldier, her voice cold:

"Which unit did they come from? Which hill did they come from? Do you know how many other people are infected with mustard seed bacteria like them?"

"I don't know." The military doctor and nurse were taken aback by the question, staring at each other in disbelief.

"Don't know? That's right, this is the unknown, the hidden danger. If we ignore it and treat it coldly, these questions could become time bombs at any moment, instantly turning the tide of the entire battle!" Wen Ni focused intently, her hands moving cautiously yet swiftly. "Only by saving these two soldiers and bringing them to their senses can we quickly find the answer to the question!"