Seven frowned and quietly climbed back into the house; to be precise, the current situation looked very bad.

This infectious disease is highly contagious. It's clear they only exchanged a few words with each other, and the conversation lasted very shortly.

Almost everyone in the team was infected.

However, according to Uncle Wu, this island has never experienced a sudden outbreak of such an infectious disease before, so it is obviously impossible that it originated from within.

It could be an external infection.

Moreover, this infectious disease is so contagious that it appears to have a high mortality rate.

If it were to flow off the island, it could very likely cause widespread transmission.

Qi Zai had just sat down when the thought that had crossed his mind startled him so much that he sat up abruptly.

It's worth noting that there are reportedly one or two thousand residents on the island. With so many residents knowing that it's an infectious disease, they would definitely be terrified.

In a state of panic, some people may act irrationally in an attempt to survive.

Don't assume that a typhoon can stop everyone.

On the island, there was no food, no water, and no supplies.

People are prone to making impulsive and unexpected moves, unlike people on land.

If someone takes advantage of the darkness and wind to escape the island in a small boat, once they get outside, it will be a disaster no matter who they come into contact with.

Seven got up again.

He quietly went outside for a stroll, and what alarmed him even more was...

If I can wander around outside so easily, then the villagers must be able to do the same.

The main problem was that the personnel sent were clearly insufficient; they could only guard the dock and the entrance to the village.

Other places are powerless to help.

Seven was even more alarmed, but no matter what, he had to take a detour.

The situation became even more serious when they arrived in the village.

It was already so dark, and although every household had lights on and even smoke coming from their chimneys, you could clearly hear coughing coming from inside a few houses.

Every household stayed indoors, yet the gloomy atmosphere that permeated the entire village lingered.

Seven has put a talisman to ward off illness on himself, so of course he's not worried about this.

However, his talisman for curing illness was limited, and he felt at the time that the talisman was not very effective, since he was not often sick.

There are only 200 of these talismans in total. Even if he posts them all, he still can't save everyone on the island.

The only thing we can do right now is to find the source.

Of course, we should be responsible and find the source to eliminate this infectious disease.

That's the main reason.

Of course, the second thing is to find drugs to prevent the disease.

Not only must the disease be treated, but it must also be cured.

The third is to find a way to leave.

Of course, the third method is a last resort.

Anyone with a modicum of moral integrity wouldn't be so selfish.

First of all, Seven couldn't be sure whether he was carrying the virus.

Although he himself will not be infected, it does not mean that the virus is not lurking in his body. If he comes into contact with others, it will bring disaster to them.

Seven walked around the village.

As a result, in the dark, he heard voices coming from the grove of trees ahead.

Although he kept his voice very low, Seven's hearing was excellent.

Seven suppressed his footsteps and crept over quietly, only to hear a few people making a slightly noisy noise.

"Brother Dacheng, we can't wait any longer. Look at the situation in the village now."

I have elderly parents and young children to support; if I continue waiting like this, it's like waiting to die.

"I've made up my mind. I'll take a small boat out while the typhoon isn't too bad yet."

I'm taking my wife, kids, and my mother to my mother-in-law's house for a while.

"Pillar, you really need to think this through. This is too risky. You know how many reefs there are behind our island."

If the boat is not sailed properly, then...

Human life is at stake; you should think about it more carefully.

"Brother Dacheng, stop saying such discouraging things. We were going to leave yesterday, but you asked us to think about it."

Considering that the docks are currently closed, if we don't leave in a couple of days, even more people will arrive, and then we won't be able to leave at all.

"If you don't want to leave, Da Cheng, that's fine, but don't get in our way."

We all want to leave. Everyone has families to support; nobody wants to die on this island.

"Alright! If you've thought it through, I won't stop you, but you also know that our ships are all docked at the pier."

Now only the Zhu family's boat is stuck at the back because it's broken.

As you know, it's about 200 nautical miles to the county seat. Such a long distance, what if…”

"Then let fate decide. We can't just wait here to die anyway."

"You know, it's just bad luck. Why did this strange disease suddenly appear on the island?"

"Stop talking, I think it's related to the fish that Old Liu's family caught."

"That big fish that Old Liu's family caught, yeah, didn't you think that fish was strange?"

Normal fish have one tail, but this one has two tails and even two legs! What kind of fish has legs?

When Qi Zai heard this, he immediately felt that something was wrong. How could a fish have legs?

This is so abnormal.

"Yes, to be honest, the good thing is that Old Liu was the first to get sick."

Old Liu died soon after. Now his wife and two children are gone too; the whole family is gone, leaving nothing behind.

"It seems like more and more people in the village have started getting this disease ever since Old Liu's family passed away. Do you think it really is because of that fish?"

"But that shouldn't be the case. If one fish gets sick, Old Liu's whole family will be wiped out. How could other people get this strange disease too?"

I heard that Old Liu cooked and ate that fish a long time ago, and his family had a good meal, saying the fish was very delicious.

Everyone chimed in, saying that the strange thing in the village was indeed that fish.

Many people say that the fish was caught from the cave behind it.

Normally, you can't catch fish there when there's a typhoon, but Lao Liu had nothing better to do, so he went there to give it a try.

The waves weren't big at the time, and the strongest winds of the typhoon had already passed.

At the time, this big fish weighed at least twenty or thirty pounds, which made everyone in the village extremely envious.

Even if they went out fishing, they might not be able to catch a fish that big.

The fish looks strange, but I've heard that its flesh is delicious.

Qi Zai understood what was going on after hearing this. He heard that Zhu Zi and the others had returned to the village with their families and were preparing to sail away from there.

So he quietly made his way to the back of the village in the dark.

He didn't recognize the road behind the village, but he guessed that any road made by people must be a road.

In any case, we absolutely cannot let these villagers leave.