The staircase leading to the third floor was now crowded with people, who were running up the stairs while screaming. The cries of women and children were particularly shrill.

Finding it impossible to go down the stairs, the two simply climbed over the railing and jumped down.

The second floor was in complete chaos. Armed soldiers were running up from the first floor, but they were blocked downstairs by civilians who were also rushing down.

Several of them had their flesh and blood completely ripped off.

The man, his body torn to pieces revealing stark white bones, was biting and gnawing at someone who hadn't had time to escape.

Anyone bitten by them will soon experience skin rotting.

Pieces of flesh tore off his face, body, and arms. He trembled in pain, howling, and soon joined in the biting.

Regardless of age or gender, once caught and bitten by these bloody and mangled people, there is nowhere to escape.

"Burn them! Guns won't work!"

When Jian Ning saw Xiao Lingfeng draw his gun, she quickly shouted.

She believed that the Gu worms had controlled their brains and central nervous system.

Every piece of writhing, unshed flesh should contain Gu worms. They were already dead by now.

All movements were no longer under my control.

Upon hearing Jian Ning's words, Xiao Lingfeng flicked his finger and threw out a huge fireball. The blood-covered man who was biting someone caught the fire and instantly burst into flames, emitting a foul stench.

He struggled desperately, his eyes, now hollow, seemed to be staring at Xiao Lingfeng. He waved his arms, which were covered in flames, as if trying to rush over, looking particularly terrifying.

Jian Ning was even more efficient, immediately throwing out more than twenty Firebird Talismans to precisely target anyone with Gu worms on their body who had been bitten but hadn't yet changed – leaving no one untouched.

These people screamed, struggled, and cried for help incessantly within the flames. Jian Ning acted as if she didn't hear them, watching them gradually collapse in the flames until they were burned into small, charred mounds.

He always had a blank expression.

The soldiers on the first floor had also run up with their guns. Seeing that the situation was under control, they breathed a sigh of relief. They were very grateful to Xiao Lingfeng and Jian Ning.

"Company Commander, quickly check everyone here. Check if anyone has been bitten, or if anyone was cut by ice a few days ago."

"Let's gather them all in the medical room and treat their wounds, otherwise this kind of thing might happen again."

The only person Xiao Lingfeng was familiar with here was the company commander. He couldn't care about anything else; saving lives was the most important thing, so he spoke to him very seriously.

"Yes, Captain Xiao, I'll take some men to check right away. The second row will handle this."

The company commander immediately organized the soldiers to check that only those who had no wounds could return to their prefab houses.

They acted quickly, and in less than half an hour, they found that more than 20 people had injuries.

Sixteen of them were cut by ice, but they have no symptoms now, and some of their wounds have almost healed.

Xiao Lingfeng and Jian Ning did not let their guard down; they fumigated all the wounded soldiers' wounds with mugwort.

Even if the wound has healed, we'll reopen it and examine it again. It's painful, but at least it won't kill me with the worms. There's no other way.

Upon examination, it was found that two people in the healed wounds did indeed have Gu worms inside their bodies, albeit in smaller numbers.

The medic here, who had been in the medicine preparation room, saw what was happening outside and quickly blocked the door. Therefore, he wasn't bitten by the wounded soldiers who had fallen ill.

His face was still deathly pale. He had faced many life-or-death situations, but he had never experienced anything as terrifying as what he had just witnessed.

So I was quite curious when I saw the little bugs that Jian Ning had smoked out of her wound.

"Is this the thing that controls their minds, causing them to go berserk and bite people? Then why is the flesh falling off their bodies on its own?"

"You've heard of Gu poison, right? This is Gu worms. The poison they carry causes the flesh to rot automatically. These Gu worms are all carried from borneol."

Next time you encounter such extreme weather, make sure you don't get injured. Without wounds, these germs can't get inside your body.

"Thank you, I understand. These things are afraid of fire. Will ordinary fire have any effect on them?"

The army doctor just saw the fireball in Xiao Lingfeng's hand and knew it was his special ability.

As for the firebird talisman Jian Ning threw out, he really didn't understand what was going on, but he knew it definitely wasn't ordinary fire. Otherwise, why would it transform into the form of a bird and chase after people to burn them?

"Ordinary fire is less effective, but it's better than nothing. Three of the warriors I brought this time are fire-type."

If there's any danger after we leave, you can go to them. Leave these mugwort herbs for you, just in case.

Xiao Lingfeng handed him two bundles of mugwort.

"Thank you. Now that I know how to use them, I won't let them have a chance to harm people next time I encounter them."

The military doctor carefully collected the mugwort. These herbs were extremely precious now. In the freezing cold outside, there was nowhere to find even ordinary grass, let alone mugwort.

After Xiao Lingfeng and Jian Ning finished dealing with things here, they returned to the chief's residence, where the black chicken soup was already cooked.

But the commander didn't eat; he kept waiting for them to return.

"Commander, this soup was specially made for you. Drink it while it's hot. I added some medicinal herbs to it, and it's especially good for replenishing blood. It won't taste good if it gets cold."

Xiao Lingfeng personally ladled a bowl from the pot and brought it to the leader.

"You guys eat too. I'm not seriously injured, just superficial wounds. I can't eat all this good food if I keep it all to myself." The commander took the bowl and gestured for Xiao Lingfeng and Jian Ning to eat some as well.

“We don’t need that, we’re in great shape. Commander, you need to get well soon. I’ll leave some extra food with me when I leave tomorrow. Make sure you get enough nutrition these next few days.”

Seeing Xiao Lingfeng's insistence, the commander had no choice but to pick up the bowl of chicken soup and take a sip. Jian Ning then took out a few steaming white steamed buns and placed them on his table.

Then he left. A little while later, Xiao Lingfeng came out of the house, pulled Jian Ning out of the base, and found the prefab factory according to the map.

The area here is quite large, and the factory buildings are also very spacious, consisting mostly of steel-structured prefabricated buildings.

They need to go back and assemble them themselves. These prefabricated houses are waterproof and also very warm. Xiao Lingfeng didn't stand on ceremony at all, leaving only a small portion for them, and putting the rest into his secret realm.