Chapter 92 Infection
In Xile Town, corpses were sent to the west of the town and burned.
Chen Qiangli, the person in charge of the incineration site, looked at the horrific corpses burning in the fire, and his mood had long since changed from the initial pity to numbness.
Since it was discovered that the plague only infects mortals, in order to minimize the number of infections, almost all young medical practitioners rushed to the morgue to carry out the work as soon as they came out of the pharmacy. They worked day and night, and when they were tired, they would close their eyes, then get up and continue to work.
With such an outrageous schedule, even medical practitioners began to feel the strain.
Fortunately, at this time three cultivators came here to seek medical treatment, which barely helped them relieve some of the pressure.
Thinking of this, Chen Qianli looked at the three cultivators.
The youngest girl and boy looked quite sad and did not dare to look directly at the corpse covered with livor mortis. Their hands were shaking when they were carrying the corpse.
He could understand it, after all, he was the same at the beginning, but after getting used to seeing corpses, he became numb.
On the other hand, the woman whose appearance was barely average looked unusually calm. People said that she had already started moving the body when the two children were still afraid to touch it. She was totally unlike an eighteen-year-old girl.
Noticing his gaze, Tao Zi turned and looked over. He walked over and said, "We've collected about the same amount of corpses this morning. You can go back and rest and eat. You just need to wash and change clothes to prevent the plague from lingering on your clothes and shoes and causing trouble for mortals."
"Thank you very much."
Tao Zi thanked him politely, then looked at his fellow apprentices and said, "You go back first, I'll stay here."
Xi Jing and the others nodded hurriedly, not even thinking of asking her why she stayed.
Chen Qianli watched them hurriedly leave and said gently, "They are just children. It's normal for them to be unable to bear this."
She recalled the scene when they first arrived at the morgue and couldn't stop retching. She smiled and didn't answer.
"Miss Tao, I heard from Senior Liang that you are only eighteen years old, but you seem much calmer than them."
Tao Zi randomly found an answer: "I am a senior sister."
"That's right. In a sect, senior brothers and sisters always have to shoulder more responsibilities."
She looked at the forty-year-old medical practitioner, sensed something was wrong, and asked directly: "What do you want to say?"
Chen Qiangli raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked, "Am I being so obvious?"
"In this place, no one has the energy to talk so much."
He fell silent, then smiled helplessly and said, "Yes, then I'll tell you the truth. Miss Tao, you seem to have been through a lot. Excuse me, do you have any solution?"
"No, I'm not a medical practitioner, and I can't treat illnesses."
Hearing her words without hesitation, he said with a self-deprecating smile: "I was desperate and tried all sorts of treatments. I'm really sorry."
He returned to his original position and stared at the corpses in a daze.
Tao Zi turned around and wanted to walk towards the pharmacy, but three or four mortals rushed over from the street.
Chen Qiangli's face turned pale. He immediately stood in front of the fire with his arms outstretched, shouting, "Don't come over here!"
Hearing this, she immediately stopped them.
After a while, two guards rushed over and completely controlled them.
Although he had the situation under control, Chen Qianli's expression was extremely ugly, even uglier than before.
He shouted angrily, "What are you doing? Do you know what you are doing?"
The leader was a woman in her thirties, her face bruised as if she had been beaten.
Facing Chen Qianli's anger, she remained indifferent. Instead, she looked at a burning corpse and forced a strange and crazy smile: "First it was my mother-in-law, then my husband, and now it's my child. Who's next? Instead of waiting to die, I might as well drag you all down with me!"
Tao Zi frowned. What did this mean?
Not long after, two young medical practitioners hurried over and took them back in silence.
The two guards continued to stay where they were and looked at Chen Qianli.
He whispered, "You guys go to the pharmacy, maybe everything will be fine."
They both nodded quietly, and one of them asked, "Where is the pharmacy?"
Tao Zi heard this and said, "I just happened to be going over for something, so you guys come with me."
The man clasped his fists and said, "Thank you very much."
She took the two of them to the pharmacy, and on the way, she suddenly heard someone sobbing.
Not to mention sobbing, even crying is common in a place like this. Surprisingly, the sound came from behind.
She stopped and looked back. The guard who had been silent until then had red eyes. Seeing her looking at him, he forced a smile and said, "I'm fine. I just missed my parents at home."
"May I ask what's going on?"
Although the two were a little surprised, they still explained in detail.
It turns out that once mortals get close to people infected with the plague, nine out of ten times they will be infected, which means that they are probably now patients.
The guard, who remained calm throughout, said, "Currently, no patient has been cured. Our fate is almost certain."
The tone was calm, without any emotion, but Tao Zi felt despair from it, deep despair.
She inquired, "What are those people going to do?"
"Enter the fire and die."
He remained calm while saying this: "They are all infected. What we have to do is to risk our own lives to prevent them from dying."
Tao Zi stopped talking and took them to the pharmacy.
The people in the pharmacy were not surprised to see them coming.
The good doctor, the old man, actually said, "Is there anyone else who is desperate?"
The calm guard nodded and said, "Well, thanks to this girl, she stopped the man in time and prevented Doctor Chen from getting hurt."
He nodded and sighed, "It's better to live a miserable life than to die. When will these people understand this?"
No one in the pharmacy responded, all focused on the prescriptions in their hands. Instead, the doctor standing at the door asked in confusion, "Master, isn't life good enough? Why are they seeking death?"
The good doctor Xiu changed his previous indifference and said anxiously: "Oh! My little ancestor, didn't I tell you not to go out? Why don't you go back and rest!"
When he walked in, the two guards subconsciously took several steps to the side, staying away from him to avoid infecting him.
"Master, you said that those who practice medicine should forget about life and death."
The good doctor blew his beard and glared, "I told you to forget about life and death, not to commit suicide! You don't know how to do anything right now, so stay out of this and go back to take care of the immortal."
The medical boy touched his head and said, "The immortal has woken up, and his fellow apprentice brothers and sisters are with him now."
Tao Zi was attracted by this and asked, "My junior brother is awake?"
"Yes, Senior Sister Tao."
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