Chapter 44 Harvest: Another zombie was captured!
"Senior, you want me to help you prepare medicine?" Qin looked at the huge medicine cabinet that took up two whole walls and found that he couldn't recognize the names of the Chinese medicines on it. "But I know nothing about Chinese medicine."
"Don't worry," Ye Xuan handed over the prescription he had sorted out, "Just open the drawer and take out the medicine according to the name on the prescription. You should have done similar work before, right?"
The other party nodded: "Although the preparation of medicines in the laboratory is slightly different from that here, the general direction is still the same. I will try to learn it."
Ye Xuan felt that, after all, this person was hailed as a "genius", and his learning ability would be much better than his own. Instead of studying it himself, it would be better to take this opportunity to teach him more about Chinese medicine in case of emergency.
As a real-life NPC, his main job is to guide and assist players.
Although he felt that he had been playing as a substitute for a long time, it was definitely better to lead the other party than to do everything alone.
Are there really players whose gaming experience focuses on watching NPCs follow the plot rather than their own operations and controlling the characters?
"Oh, I was worried that you wouldn't be used to it, so I changed the units from a few cents or a few taels to grams in advance. Is Xiao Qin able to adapt to it?" The prescription was not finalized, and the Chinese medicine doctor was still looking for similar cases one by one, sorting out other prescriptions with slight adjustments, and planned to try them one by one.
"Thank you, senior," Qin fiddled with the scale on the counter, "but I have never used this kind of scale. In the past, the laboratory used electronic balance scales."
Upon hearing this, Ye Xuan hurried over to take a look - it was an old-fashioned scale, and it was probably because of long-term use that the original color could no longer be seen. Fortunately, there were signs of re-marking on the scale, so it was not impossible to weigh.
"This is..." He recalled the techniques of some street vendors, imitated the movements of placing items and adjusting the method, and achieved the desired balance after adding and removing herbs several times. "It's probably used like this. It's not very precise but it's enough. Why don't you try it first?"
Qin took the scale from his senior Chinese medicine practitioner very seriously. The feeling of the weight was very different from the weights in the laboratory. There was no need to use tweezers to pick it up, and it didn't need to be put away at ordinary times. It even had some rust that would affect the quality.
But he felt a warmth, a warmth with the aroma of Chinese herbs.
It does not have the strong and pungent smell when boiling, nor does it have the rolling hot steam, but only a faint fragrance.
The different scents of each medicinal herb slowly intertwined together to form a fragrance, which he had never thought of.
As far as he could remember, he had never taken Chinese medicine. Only the unique smell that occasionally wafted from his neighbor's house told him that it was the miraculous medical skill of the East.
The neighbor's children would cry and say the medicine was bitter and refused to drink it. At that time, the soundproofing of the house where Qin lived was not very good, so the crying voices of the children could easily reach his ears.
Chinese medicine has a very strong pungent smell and is bitter.
This was all he knew about Chinese medicine over the years.
But now he feels that this is really too superficial. Chinese medicine is a steaming medicine that warms the patient's body and soul. It is an inclusive medicine that can neutralize the characteristics of different medicinal materials. It is an uninterrupted and timeless heritage.
It is indeed a treasure with special charm.
"Xiao Qin?" The senior's voice interrupted Qin's thoughts, "It has been weighed. I will go and boil the medicine first. Please prepare the medicine according to this new prescription."
After a lot of trouble, the medicine was finally made, but the patient to test it on was not here.
Ye Xuan leaned closer to the bowl and smelled the medicine, but gave up trying it himself: "It seems that we still need to find an infected person. Come on, Xiao Qin, let's try our luck with the other party mentioned by the new patients in the hospital."
The boy followed him obediently, without any trace of the arrogance he had in the laboratory. Instead, he looked at the Chinese medicine doctor with admiration.
Ye Xuan checked the items in the medical kit, told Xiao Qin to put on his glasses again, and finally opened the door and shouted, "Let's go!"
Move forward towards the corner of the city where there are zombies!
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The maps that can be called up in the game are quite detailed, but in order to minimize the possibility of players messing up, the conscientious real-life NPC chose to take a map of the city from the mall in advance and pretend that it was already in the clinic.
Before setting off, he and Qin discussed how to get to the "crime scene". At this time, the city's traffic could be said to be "paralyzed" in a sense. Public transportation had completely stopped operating, and the streets were littered with abandoned cars left by citizens fleeing home for refuge. Walking was the best option.
To be honest, Ye Xuan hardly ever took public transportation in the game—unless the colorful auspicious clouds count—and he was pretty comfortable with walking.
However, Qin stayed in the laboratory all year round to research drugs and seldom went out. He was also dragged to participate in various activities and was used to being picked up by a special car.
Even though he was in good physical condition, long-distance walking was still a test of one's endurance. He always felt that since he had set a destination, the time spent on the road was a waste.
"Senior, when will we arrive?" He thought for a moment and made an excuse for what he said, "I'm worried that the medicine will become too cold and affect its efficacy."
"Don't worry, bitter medicine is good for the disease." Ye Xuan used a pun to get rid of it and continued to observe the surrounding environment. "Besides, zombies can move. You should pay more attention to your surroundings and don't let them escape."
In addition to them, there are naturally many professionals from relevant departments who are searching for zombies. They have to avoid these people as much as possible to avoid being questioned.
"Someone is coming, be careful and hide." Ye Xing dodged and hid in a shop with only half of its shutter door down, and called Xiao Qin to find a place to hide as well.
Most of the zombies hang around outside and rarely go indoors. Search and capture personnel usually don't go into the house to look for clues, so the store can be considered safe.
Those people left after looking around and not finding any zombies. After all, the city was quite large, and it would be difficult to gain any results by just searching with manpower.
"Senior," Qin walked out of the store and came to Ye Xuan's side, "We can't even find so many professionals, can we really do it?"
The boy no longer had the confidence and pride in his eyes. A heavy blow made him often suffer from inferiority complex.
The senior patted Xiao Qin on the shoulder and said, "I believe we can solve this crisis. Just trust me."
Ye Xuan could see that Qin had an inexplicable trust in him.
"Okay, senior." Qin took out the map from his bag and gestured, "Then the next step is to go this way - what's that sound?"
Ye Xing held his breath and concentrated. He immediately recognized the same hoarse howling sound as the last time he caught the zombie: "It's nearby! Follow me closely, and don't act rashly later!"
The search team had just left not long ago. The advanced equipment could certainly distinguish the zombies' cries faster than their human ears. Now they had to hurry and catch the zombies before that team.
Because this time we were not traveling but looking for zombies, we didn't use any auxiliary props like paper horses. Our running speed was definitely not as fast as that of professionals, so it was not easy to seize the initiative.
However, perhaps because of the protagonist's halo, Ye Xuan, who was teaming up with the protagonist of the script, saw the suspicious figure at the end of the street and took out his long needle to get ready.
The zombies must have also sensed the presence of healthy humans and rushed towards them.
"Oh, you're walking into a trap." The Chinese medicine doctor snorted coldly and raised the hand holding the needle and got into a ready position.
It was the first time Qin saw his senior sneering, and he inexplicably felt a chill creeping up his back.
It's a little scary.
Ye Xuan gave a slight flick of his wrist, and several silver needles flew rapidly and accurately towards the zombies as if they had eyes. The zombies sensed something was wrong and jumped up to avoid it as if by reflex, but the corresponding acupoints happened to hit the needles!
What a terrifying predictive ability this is...
There was something wrong with the way the boy looked at the Chinese medicine practitioner; the original admiration was mixed with a bit of fear.
Is this the ability that an old Chinese medicine practitioner should have?
"Xiao Qin, drag this guy back." After the performance, Ye Xing casually instructed the finishing work, put the silver needle back into his medical box and was about to go home.
Before Qin could respond, an angry voice sounded from behind them.
"Stop! Who are you and what do you want to do to the infected?!" The voice was getting closer.
"Senior, this..." Qin was at a loss, holding his glasses, worried that his identity would be exposed.
"Why are you wasting time talking to him?" Ye Xuan pulled Xiao Qin, "Run!"
It happened in a flash. Ye Xing turned around and threw a few needles at the person who came. Knowing that the other party was definitely not alone, he took out the paper horse and put it on himself without even having time to pick up the needles. He also threw two to Xiao Qin who was carrying the unconscious zombie, and quickly prepared to run away.
"Charge!" He ran in the direction he came from, leaving behind the people who came to support their companions.
"Senior, wait for me!" The young man had difficulty moving with the zombie on his back and ran stumblingly.
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After returning to the clinic, Ye Xing closed all the doors and windows. Although the probability of finding them directly was very small, he still had to take necessary precautions.
The zombie should wake up in a few minutes. He asked Xiao Qin to tie the zombie to the chair with ropes, while he went to heat up the medicine soup he had prepared earlier.
The room with closed doors and windows was filled with the smell of medicine. Even the zombies couldn't help but wake up early and let out a few meaningless roars.
Ye Xing was afraid that the scream would attract the search team, so he gave the other party an injection so that he could not make any sound.
This is inevitable in the treatment process, and it is also for the good of the patient.
"Senior, let me pour the medicine into the zombie's mouth." Qin took the medicine bowl from the Chinese medicine doctor, stirred it a few times, took out the spoon, and poured it into the zombie's forced open mouth.
Looking at the zombie with a distorted face, Ye Xing said to the boy in a negotiating tone: "Xiao Qin, can you be more patient with patients in the future? Being gentler will help with treatment."
If Qin had not seen Ye Xing catching zombies with his own eyes, he might still have believed in the "gentleness" of his senior, but now he felt that he was much better in comparison.
At least the zombies wouldn't tremble uncontrollably when they saw him.
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