At 9 o'clock in the evening, the Island Medical Center was crowded and noisy.
"Hey, hey, hey, why are you cutting in line? Go to the back!"
"Exactly, who are you? Everyone is in a hurry to see a doctor, why do you have such privileges?"
At the registration desk right in front, a group of people started making noise.
The lady who was supporting the old man looked anxious. She kept explaining to the people in the queue in front of her, hoping that they could understand.
"Please, my dad has been stung by an insect and is in a daze. He's elderly and I'm afraid he can't hold on any longer. Please be kind, I'll be grateful to you forever!"
"Get out! Don't you understand what we're saying? If you continue to make trouble and maliciously disrupt the queue, we'll call the security guards!" Two men in the back row were extremely dissatisfied and shouted a warning.
Song Yue looked closely. Aren’t these the people who were chattering on the roadside that day?
However, she remembered that there were 3 people on the other side, but now there are only 2 people in line.
Too lazy to investigate further, she withdrew her gaze, stopped a nurse who was passing by in a hurry, and asked her where the dean's office was.
If you want to use the hospital as a shelter, you must obtain the director's consent.
Unexpectedly, the young nurse looked regretful and shook her head, "It's no use looking for Director Guo now. He's in the intensive care unit."
What? Song Yue was stunned for a moment, and then asked hurriedly: "Did something happen to Dean Guo?"
The young nurse looked her up and down, and instead of answering her directly, she asked, "Who are you? Are you Dean Guo's student?"
Song Yue said: "I am."
The nurse finally put aside her suspicions and said, "It seems Director Guo was stung by a poisonous insect this afternoon. The toxin was extremely strong, and Director Guo developed symptoms very quickly. He was immediately sent to the intensive care unit. Here, it's on the southwest side of the third floor. You can go see your teacher."
"Thank you~" Song Yue responded with a sweet smile.
But when he turned around, the smile was gone.
She didn't expect that even the dean was infected.
If the situation was the worst, Song Yue thought, she might have to use some force to requisition the medical center.
Thinking in his mind, he was about to climb the stairs.
Suddenly, the registration office erupted in cries that shook the roof off.
"Dad! No, Dad! What's wrong with you? Look at me, do you still recognize me?!" The lady who had been supporting the old man screamed, and her voice was so shrill that passers-by couldn't help but look at her sideways.
However, it was just a sidelong glance. Everyone was busy with their own affairs, so who had the time to care about others?
Song Yue stood sideways on the steps and saw that the old man's eyes were wide open and his body was twitching.
Exactly the same as Qian Jian’s performance.
The old man twitched a few more times, and finally his head tilted and he fell to the ground.
The woman screamed heartbreakingly, which made the two men, who already disliked her, even more annoyed.
"Don't cry, there'll be plenty of time to mourn for you when we get back!"
"Take the dead man and get out of here! Don't get in the way!"
The woman was already in great pain because of the loss of her loved ones, and now the two men in the back row added fuel to the fire, causing the anger and resentment in her heart to burst out like fire!
"It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, you, and you, my dad wouldn't even bother to see his illness! Go to hell, my dad can't live, so don't even think about living!"
When the last string of reason breaks, that's when you have nothing to worry about.
The woman took out a fruit knife from her messenger bag and stabbed the sarcastic man!
The man had no time to react before he was stabbed in the lower abdomen.
Blood gushed out, and he stared at the woman in shock and fear, unable to believe it: "...You, you dare to stab me?!"
The woman giggled, her hair stained with blood. “Not only will I stab you, I’ll stab your friends too.”
After saying that, she turned around and knocked down another man next to her. The fruit knife in her hand was like a kitchen knife, stabbing into the man's body again and again.
The floor tiles were instantly stained red with blood, and the registration area was in chaos. Those people who had previously refused to let the woman cut in line and made sarcastic remarks were now afraid to avoid her and retreated one after another.
The two foul-mouthed men were both killed by her knife. The woman smiled, looked around with satisfaction, and giggled.
She stood up and walked step by step to the empty registration area. She handed over her blood-stained medical card and said to the equally terrified medical staff inside, "I want to register to see my father."
The woman is crazy.
The people around were even more afraid to step forward, for fear of being stabbed by this crazy woman.
But just this action allowed Song Yue, who was not far away, to see the old man lying on the ground more clearly.
There were more and more bumps under the old man's skin, some on his cheeks and some on his neck. In just a few seconds, those bumps burst one after another, just like colorful bubbles being popped.
Unfortunately, it is not as beautiful and dreamy as bubbles, but only disgusting and scary.
Fist-sized insects emerged from the broken skin, their mouthparts expanding and contracting, and twisting like a long, flexible black worm.
They crawled to the ground one after another. When someone saw them, they screamed, "Ahhh, there are bugs!!!"
People who had never seen such a big insect exclaimed and pushed outside while shouting.
Unfortunately, the people on the outside had no idea what was happening. After being pushed, they not only refused to move away, but also looked unhappy and accused the people who pushed them of being uncultured.
"Fuck you, if you want to talk nonsense, go talk to the bugs on the ground! I don't want to die yet, get out of the way!" The person who wanted to escape cursed.
But as soon as the words left his mouth, the fist-sized insect suddenly took off. The curved carapace on its back opened to the sides, forming hind wings, from which emerged two pairs of membranous wings like those of a dragonfly.
The membranous wings flapped rapidly, carrying their fat bodies.
Then with a snap, it flew down to the back of the curser's head.
The person who cursed was stunned for a moment, then slowly and stiffly reached out his hand to touch his head.
The insect, as big as a fist, neither flew nor escaped, but just let him catch it.
The man mechanically spread out his palm and made eye contact with the black insect on it.
The air was silent for two seconds.
Then, the black insect opened its mouth fearlessly, revealing the tiny serrations inside.
Snap!
It bit the man's palm.
The man couldn't hold it in any longer and started howling!
This cry was like the beginning of an insect hunt. The insects on the ground flapped their wings and took off on the spot. They flew greedily towards their target humans like primitive creatures thirsty for flesh and blood.
The people in the inner circle were the first to be targeted by the insects. Their arms, back of the neck, head... any part that was exposed was sucked by the insects.
After seeing this, the people in the outer circle finally realized that something had happened.
In the lobby on the first floor, people were running around in a hurry. Some were running outside, some were going into the rooms, and some were rushing upstairs.
Song Yue was one of the people who followed the crowd upstairs.
Maybe it was because of the bandages, but the bug didn't pay any attention to her or sting her the entire time.
Relying on this physical buff, she quickly rushed to the intensive care unit on the third floor.
The doctors on the third floor didn't know what had happened downstairs, so Song Yue had to explain it to them in the simplest way possible.
After hearing this, an attending doctor took a few more glances at the bandages on her body, frowning slightly: "Are you saying that Director Guo is beyond saving?"
Song Yue said bluntly: "Yes. So, I hope you can make a decision as soon as possible."
Dean Guo will explode sooner or later, and the insects inside will become a time bomb.
People definitely cannot be left behind, for their own safety, and of course to save the hospital and protect the shelter. Song Yue hopes that the attending physician can take the lead and agree to move the dean to a closed place, such as the morgue.
"But Dr. Chen, the dean is not dead yet! We can't..." A young male doctor clenched his fists, opposing Song Yue's proposal, and glanced at Song Yue with a bad look.
This woman is dressed strangely. Who knows if she is trying to cheat people on purpose?
Song Yue didn't care at all. She leaned towards the door and gestured for permission: "Since you don't believe it, go downstairs and verify it yourself."
"This..." The male doctor hesitated and was afraid to take a step forward.
Song Yue chuckled and said word by word, "You see, you're afraid too. Afraid that what I say is true, afraid that your life is in danger. Since you value your life, why can't you stop the danger in time? Dean Guo is already beyond saving. This is an ironclad fact, and he won't be brought back to life because of your persistence. This insect has a very strong gnawing ability. In the early stages, it lurks in the body and cannot be discovered. Once it breaks out, the situation will be completely irreversible."
She spoke so forcefully, and with the faint cries coming from downstairs, the male doctor didn't know how to refute her. He could only frown and remain silent.
Finally, the attending physician said, "According to what this girl said, transfer the dean immediately."
"Doctor Chen!" The male doctor was still trying to persuade them to stay. "We are doctors! We must not give up on our patients until the very last moment!"
Doctor Chen turned his head, a cold light reflecting off his glasses. "You're right, Xiao Xue. This is what I said during my first class with you. However, the premise for this statement to be valid is that the doctor must ensure that he or she stays alive."
Otherwise, if all the doctors die, what will happen to the remaining patients?
The male doctor named Xiao Xue was stunned. He did not expect his teacher to say that.
His lips moved, and he wanted to argue.
Suddenly, the female nurse next to him covered her mouth in surprise: "Look, there seems to be something inside the director's skin!"
Everyone rushed over upon hearing the sound.
I saw small lumps moving under the dean's grayish-white skin.
The male doctor's face trembled with fear.
Song Yue was already familiar with this situation and immediately said, "Move quickly! Before the bugs come out!"
Now everyone stopped hesitating, and the male doctor himself was so frightened that he hurriedly removed the tube and pushed the bed.
"Hurry up, everyone, push!" He was even the first to urge.
Fortunately, the morgue was in the building next door, separated from this building by only a long corridor.
Doctor Chen led everyone to quickly transfer the person.
In less than 10 minutes, Song Yue waited in the intensive care unit until they came back.
The sealing measures in the intensive care unit were very well done. After confirming that all windows and doors were sealed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The male doctor Xiao Xue fell to the ground with cold sweat on his forehead.
"How could this happen... How could the dean be like this..." His face turned pale. He didn't understand why these insects grew so fast. This was clearly beyond all the knowledge he had learned in the past!
The female nurse was also frightened, but her ability to accept things was obviously higher than Xiao Xue's. She took several breaths in place and her expression slowly returned to normal.
The atmosphere in the intensive care unit was solemn.
Finally, it was Dr. Chen who broke the silence.
"Girl, do you know where these bugs come from?" he asked.
Song Yue shook her head: "Sorry, I don't know either."
"Let me put it another way. Where and when did you first discover insect bites?"
I have to say that the attending physician has a steady mindset and can remain calm even in the face of panic and accidents.
Song Yue truthfully recounted what she had encountered in the coconut grove and along the roadside: "Those people were basically the first group to be bitten."
Dr. Chen fell into deep thought. After a while, he said, "In other words, from the first bites to the onset of the disease and then to the outbreak, the entire process took no more than 10 hours."
"Almost." Song Yue nodded.
When she came into this world, it was 1 p.m., and she learned that Lucy had an accident. It was past 8 p.m., and she drove to the medical center. It was almost 9 p.m., and the registration office exploded, and the pointer on the wall just passed 9 o'clock.
It’s not even half a day.
As medical personnel, Dr. Chen and others knew too well how fast the outbreak was.
Even the most terrifying virus usually takes at least one day from incubation to the onset of symptoms, but now... it can kill people in less than 10 hours!
They don't even have enough time to start treatment!
Everyone immediately realized the severity of the situation on the island, and their mood plummeted.
"Doctor Chen, I'm going to call H City for help." The female nurse immediately stood up and took out her cell phone.
But the next moment, her movements froze.
"What's wrong, Jiaojiao?" Xiao Xue asked suspiciously when he saw that she was not moving.
Jiaojiao slowly turned around and handed the phone screen to everyone: "The signal is 0..."
"What? Why is there no signal?" Xiao Xue's face tightened and he quickly took out his cell phone from his hanging white coat.
The result was also shocking.
"I... I have no signal either!" he said in despair.
How could that be!
The islands are H City's most celebrated tourist attraction, generating a significant amount of revenue annually. For this reason, H City places particular emphasis on island safety. To prevent the islands from being disconnected from H City in emergencies, the mayor has stepped up efforts to build signal towers on the islands.
He has worked on the island for so many years and has never encountered a time when the signal was 0.
What should we do? Are they just going to hide like this?
How long would we have to hide? What if we could never get in touch with the outside world?
Questions came one after another, and Xiao Xue felt that the more he thought about it, the more he felt upset.
The female nurse Jiaojiao also realized that everyone on the island was isolated.
No one can save them, they can only rely on themselves.
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