Chapter 187
Su Jing's flying car hovered above the shallow waters in the northwest, its communicator beeping incessantly, the screen filled with pleas for help from displaced people—
A user named "Wang Fang, a small-time investor in the western part of the city," sent a video: In the video, a man wearing a tattered raincoat is huddled on a raft, his face flushed, vomiting yellowish-green liquid. Someone tries to help him, but he pushes them away, saying, "Don't touch me! I'm in pain all over, and I'm dizzy..."
The video was accompanied by the text: "Three people have already been like this. Is the corpse in the water sick?"
"Number 1: Test the water quality in the shallow water area and the symptoms of the displaced people to analyze whether it is an epidemic."
Su Jing gave the order through the communicator, while simultaneously maneuvering the flying car to land in the temporary control room at the new base.
This is the simple alchemy area she built using spatial resources. The constant temperature platform, spirit herb storage box, and refining equipment are neatly arranged. Robot No. 1 is taking out a pile of dried spirit herbs from the space, including hemostatic herbs and detoxifying herbs that she had planted before, as well as mint picked from the abandoned city. These are the core raw materials for refining the anti-epidemic agent.
The detection data from Robot No. 1 was quickly transmitted back: "The water quality in the shallow water area contains saprophytic bacteria at a concentration of 0.8 mg/L, which is consistent with the characteristics of an epidemic; the symptoms of the migrants are high fever (above 39.5℃), vomiting, and muscle aches, which match the bacterial infection. If not treated in time, it may spread to the entire shallow water area within 24 hours."
At the same time, a private message popped up on the communicator from Xiao Li at the Northern Base, with an urgent tone: "@IamGodofWealth, eight people at our base have developed fever and vomiting. Old Zhang just tested the water quality and said it's plague gas! We urgently need antiviral agents. We have two second-tier demon cores. How many can we exchange for?"
Su Jing did not reply immediately, but first sorted and arranged the medicinal herbs—the hemostatic herb was responsible for suppressing inflammation, the detoxifying herb cleared bacteria from the body, and the mint herb relieved high fever. The three herbs were mixed in a ratio of 3:2:1 to achieve the best epidemic prevention effect.
She activated her mineral powers, and pale blue energy enveloped the heating element of the refining equipment, precisely controlling the temperature at 80℃: "Number 2, grind the spiritual herbs into powder, 500 grams per batch, and pack them into the refining tank. Be careful not to let the powder stick to the tank walls."
Robot No. 2's robotic arm held a miniature grinder, quickly grinding the medicinal herbs into a light green powder, which was then poured evenly into a transparent refining tank.
Su Jing opened the condenser tube at the bottom of the jar, and her supernatural power flowed along the tube, accelerating the condensation of steam: "The anti-epidemic agent needs to extract the active ingredients of the spiritual herb. The temperature cannot exceed 85℃, otherwise it will destroy the antibacterial factors of the antidote herb."
She stared at the level gauge inside the tank. When the pale green liquid reached the mark, she immediately turned off the heating element and directed the liquid into the filter. After filtering out the grass residue, the transparent glass bottle was filled with the light green anti-epidemic agent. A notification popped up on the communicator: [Level 3 Anti-epidemic Agent: Effectively inhibits saprophytic bacteria. Reduces fever within 30 minutes after oral administration, relieves vomiting within 2 hours, and has a shelf life of 72 hours].
The first batch of 20 bottles of anti-epidemic agent had just been packaged when the system shop backend of the communicator received an order from the Northern Base: "Submit 2 Tier 2 Demon Cores to exchange for 20 bottles of Tier 3 Anti-epidemic Agents. Delivery address: Temporary Shelter of the Northern Base (East Side of the Highlands). Please send it through the system channel as soon as possible."
Su Jing clicked "Confirm Exchange," and the system automatically deducted the demon core and generated a teleportation command.
A pale blue system light screen lit up in the corner of the control room, and the 20 bottles of disinfectant disappeared instantly. Xiao Li's private message arrived immediately: "Received! Thank you 'God of Wealth'! I've already given one bottle to the first patient, and his temperature is starting to drop!"
Su Jing didn't stop refining the medicine; instead, she sped up the process—the number of requests for help on the communicator kept increasing: "Chen Yang's base: 5 refugees have fevers and urgently need 15 bottles of anti-epidemic agents. Submit 3 Tier 1 demon cores!"
"West City Cooperation Point: 3 people have shown symptoms. Exchange for 10 bottles and 1 Tier 2 Demon Core!"
She gave the order to Number 1: "Take another 1,000 grams of spiritual herbs from the space, mix them according to the previous ratio, refine 50 bottles this time, and reserve 20 bottles for later use to prevent the spread of the plague."
Just as Robot No. 1 poured the new medicinal herbs into the grinder, Su Jing saw a new message from Xiao Li pop up on her communicator, along with a photo: the man who had vomited earlier was now able to sit up and drink warm water after taking the antidote, and someone next to him was feeding medicine to another homeless person with a fever.
The caption below the photo reads: "The body temperature has dropped to 37.8℃! The antidote is working! We want to exchange for 10 more bottles, in case someone else gets infected. We're also submitting one more Tier 2 demon core!"
Su Jing immediately processed the order, and the system prompted "10 bottles of anti-epidemic agent have been delivered", with 40 bottles remaining in stock.
During a break from refining medicine, Su Jing had Robot No. 3 deal with the corpses in the flood—the corpses left over from clearing the water beasts had begun to rot and were the main source of the plague.
The robotic arm of No. 3, holding a specially designed incineration device, transported the body to an open area away from shallow water for incineration, while simultaneously spraying diluted antibacterial agent to prevent bacteria from spreading with the smoke.
Over the communicator, Number 3 reported: "12 bodies have been disposed of, and the incineration area has been sprayed with disinfectant. No bacterial residue has been found."
When the second batch of 50 bottles of anti-epidemic agent was finished, the communicator showed that 5 orders had been completed, a total of 65 bottles had been redeemed, and 5 bottles remained for backup.
Su Jing sat by the temperature control station, looking at the order records on the screen: 30 bottles from the Northern Base, 15 bottles from Chen Yang's Outpost, 10 bottles from the West City Cooperation Point, 5 bottles from individual customers in the South City, and 5 bottles from the East Suburb Base, covering all the surrounding cooperation points.
Xiao Li's latest news brought relief: "The last patient's fever has subsided! No one is showing symptoms anymore. Thanks to your vaccine, otherwise our base would have been finished!"
Su Jing replied: "Pay attention to the water quality in shallow water areas, and make sure the displaced people don't drink untreated water. Contact us immediately if there are any abnormalities."
She got up and walked to the window of the control room, looking at the displaced people in the shallow water area in the distance—some were building temporary shelters, and others were receiving clean drinking water under the guidance of robots. The panic caused by the epidemic had dissipated.
Suddenly, a private message from Chen Yang popped up on the communicator: "@IamGodofWealth, our base and the Northern Base have discussed setting up a mutual aid network to share surplus supplies and medicines to prevent people from stealing medicines. What do you think?"
Su Jing looked at the news, her fingertips tracing the shelves full of anti-epidemic supplies—the epidemic was temporarily under control, but the floods would continue, and there might be more crises to come.
She replied to Chen Yang: "Okay, I will put a 'Mutual Assistance Exchange Zone' on the system store. Cooperative bases can exchange supplies with each other. I will provide a reserve of epidemic prevention agents to prevent shortages."
She knew in her heart that relying solely on her own medicine-making skills was not enough; the mutual aid network could facilitate the faster flow of resources.
As the sun set, Su Jing stored the remaining anti-epidemic agent in her spatial storage and cleaned up the refining equipment.
Over the communicator, the messages from the cooperative base had shifted from requests for help to discussions about the details of the mutual aid network. Some suggested sharing the experience of killing water beasts, while others proposed unifying the storage of supplies.
Su Jing turned off the communicator and looked at the darkening sky outside the window—the epidemic crisis was temporarily over, but the challenges of the flood season were not yet over. She needed to refine more anti-epidemic agents as soon as possible to ensure that the mutual aid network could operate smoothly.
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