Chapter 162: Lonely City First Release
Because the owner of the stray dog farm has been hesitant to respond directly to netizens, his social media account, "Furry Child Dad," has been flooded with extreme abuse. Most netizens have already concluded that he is the culprit behind this unidentified virus.
Some netizens who were not afraid of trouble directly exposed his personal information.
"'Furry Daddy' is Yu Donglei, a 41-year-old male native of Nanze City. He holds a college degree and once owned a snack bar. After his wife died five years ago, he closed it and began operating this so-called stray dog shelter. This shelter has been operating for five years. Yu Donglei has repeatedly solicited donations and tips on the platform under the guise of rescuing animals, amassing nearly one million yuan!"
Some people think that it is not a good idea to open the box and reveal personal information at will, but as soon as this voice appeared, it was met with countless ridicules.
"I hope you can still be so kind when your family members are infected with the crazy virus."
Most netizens did not think there was anything wrong with opening the box for Yu Donglei, because their attention shifted to a more horrifying question - was the death of Yu Donglei's late wife an accident or did Yu Donglei, a beast in human form, brutally murder his wife?
In an instant, the "Furry Dad", a kind-hearted blogger who was originally regarded by fans as a lover of small animals, was completely transformed into a super evil demon with a human face and a beastly heart who killed people without blinking an eye.
The fans who were still struggling saw that the blogger they supported had not responded yet, and the number of people who were abusing him was increasing, so they all had to shut up in the end.
The direction of the discussion became increasingly biased, and the past experiences of Yu Donglei, the person in charge of the stray dog shelter, were dug up one by one for people to comment on at will.
"Look at the dogs in these videos. They're all so dirty. How can this person be a dog lover?"
"Actually, I've been wanting to say this for a while now. The way this person looks at the dog always gives me a very strange feeling. There's no emotion at all."
"This person is definitely the instigator of this incident. He might have been taken into custody long ago."
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Lin Yunqing scrolled through her phone non-stop, unsurprisingly stumbling upon the recently popular "culprit." She didn't follow the others with indignant comments, instead browsing previous videos posted by "Furry Child Dad." The stray dogs in those videos certainly weren't clean or beautiful, much like the local dogs in her hometown, whose owners never bothered to bathe them. These stray dogs were actually quite similar to the domesticated dogs she'd seen. Their eyes weren't lost, but rather gentle and bright. They walked with a spring in their step. Without a warm home and protectors, these stray dogs wouldn't have such eyes.
But Lin Yunqing didn't understand why this key figure had not responded yet.
Next to the assembly line of Kunyuan Medicinal Materials Factory, Boss Chen was busy receiving leaders sent by the government, and Chen Songxue followed him.
Boss Chen, noticing the serious demeanor of the young government official, took the initiative to break the deadlock. "I didn't expect to be chosen by the government this time. You can rest assured about our factory. Our equipment and processes are very sophisticated. How about I show you our equipment and production process first..."
The person assigned by Secretary Kang to escort the medicinal materials was not his secretary or his subordinate, but an outstanding elite transferred directly from the army.
This is an emergency, and any mishap or risk could turn this into an irreversible disaster. No flaws are allowed in any link.
Before coming, Secretary Kang specifically emphasized the value of this batch of medicinal materials, hoping that these people would fully understand and attach importance to this mission.
The person sent here was not just any rookie, but an outstanding elite who had been promoted to a senior officer at a young age, named Zhou Hai.
Although Zhou Hai looked young, he had a stern face and an air of authority, more imposing than Boss Chen. Standing next to the two of them, Chen Songxue could easily tell who was the dominant figure in the relationship.
Zhou Hai decisively rejected Boss Chen's enthusiastic invitation. His eyes were fixed on the precious medicinal materials he brought with him. "Don't waste time. Make the medicine quickly."
What's wrong with this guy? He looks so honored and proud, but he's actually wasting time.
Chen Songxue's right eye twitched inexplicably, which reminded her of the saying that a twitching left eye means good fortune and a twitching right eye means disaster.
That's not right. The factory received such a big order today, so it should be a huge profit.
Chen Songxue couldn't help but reach out and press his eyelids.
As a soldier, Zhou Hai naturally wouldn't deliberately create panic among the people, but the man in front of him was so slow that he couldn't help but urge him again: "How long will it take? Can you make the medicine within an hour?"
Boss Chen was stunned when he heard this. Shen Jiang had told them to stop all the work at hand and give priority to producing the batch of medicine needed by the government. However, the raw materials were expensive, and in order to avoid waste, the production process was relatively sophisticated and complicated.
"One hour...are you in such a hurry?" Boss Chen accidentally said what was in his heart.
Chen Songxue quickly added, "Mr. Chen meant that he didn't expect you to be so focused on efficiency. Don't worry, we will do our best to get this batch of medicine out."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Songxue's right eyelid began to twitch uncontrollably.
When Shen Jiang first arrived at the base, the number of patients was only around 200. But within two hours, the number of patients admitted to the base hospital had exceeded 400. In addition, all major hospitals in the city were required to set aside space to accommodate new patients infected with the unknown virus.
Due to limited space at the base, Shen Jiang only left a portion of the medicinal materials to be decocted in the temporary decoction room at the base. Most of the musk and other precious medicinal materials were taken to Kunyuan Medicinal Materials Factory and directly processed quickly on the production line.
Since the army took over the escort mission of the medicines, all finished medicines were registered after they were produced, and no one could abuse their power to secretly embezzle some of the medicines at various links.
Despite this, the number of sick people eventually exceeded the number of medicines.
The government temporarily issued emergency measures, and Nanze City announced an emergency closure at 3:19 pm. All road entrances and exits were closed to entry only, and all public transportation stopped immediately.
This move caused an uproar across the country.
Nanze City was in chaos, with heavily armed soldiers everywhere. Martial law was immediately imposed, but the results were less than ideal. They needed to control the infected population immediately while also suppressing the growing frenzy of the people in a doomsday atmosphere.
Citizens could all see what was happening online. Some rushed home, while others rushed to supermarkets and other places to grab supplies. Traffic had already been paralyzed, but the traffic police were simply unable to handle it. They had limited manpower, and at this critical moment, minor scrapes like collisions were nothing. They only dealt with serious traffic accidents that were life-threatening.
Shen Jiang, who was so busy in the base hospital that she didn't even have time to drink a sip of water, had no idea what was happening outside. She was constantly performing light magic to exorcise the sick patients.
Those infected patients who were still conscious were very cooperative. Upon hearing that there was a symptomatic drug, they took it without hesitation. Their treatment was also the most effective. Shen Jiang only needed to place a light magic circle in their room that could actively provide magical energy. Even without becoming ill, these people only needed to stay there for a full day to develop antibodies.
But it is not so simple for those who have already fallen ill. Just feeding them medicine is very troublesome, and it is easy to waste the medicine in the process. It takes three people to help feed medicine to one person.
But these are not the problems. The problem is that in the end, there are still many patients, but there is no medicine.
Although Shen Jiang had reminded Chen Songxue and the others not to throw away used herbs and to reuse them as many times as possible, even if some of the medicines were less effective, they still had some effect. Even so, the number of patients kept increasing, and by six o'clock in the evening, all the medicines containing musk had run out.
Shen Jiang and her colleagues had to use other herbs to replace the key ones, but their effectiveness was greatly reduced. Those who were unaware thought they had finally found a cheap and effective substitute, but it was only slightly less effective than the original batch. But in fact, if Shen Jiang hadn't set up magic circles in every room, these patients would have been in critical condition long ago.
Shen Jiang used nine-segmented insects instead of musk. There are corresponding substitutes for other rare medicinal herbs. However, this prescription works well in this base hospital, but it does not have the desired effect in other hospitals.
Shen Anlian looked up and saw Secretary Kang's secretary rushing over. She hurried over and asked, "Have you found the musk?"
Secretary Kang had been preparing to find musk since the afternoon, and now, after several hours, he finally saw some progress.
The secretary looked embarrassed and hesitated: "No, I'm still looking."
Shen Anlian looked disappointed, but still asked softly, "What's the matter with you coming here?"
The secretary actually had something to ask her: "Doctor Shen, it's the same medicine. It works at our base, but it's ineffective at the temporary clinics set up by the city hospitals. Secretary Kang asked me to come over and ask what's going on."
Shen Anlian was extremely surprised to hear him say this, and her astonishment didn't seem fake: "No effect at all? How is that possible?"
Seeing her like this, the secretary couldn't help but sigh and said with a wry smile, "People are very dissatisfied with the government's decision to use traditional Chinese medicine to treat this serious disease. They believe that traditional Chinese medicine is completely ineffective, and now it is indeed the case."
It's not that they don't want to publicize that traditional Chinese medicine has indeed cured some patients, but once everyone knows that musk played a key role, the already priceless musk will only become more tightly held in the hands of collectors. It will only make it more difficult for them to obtain musk through some means.
Shen Jiang was resting nearby, having drawn hundreds of light magic circles. Her strength was severely depleted, and even lifting a finger trembled. She desperately needed to rest and recuperate. She needed to gather Quick, Ellis, and the others to help her search for the musk deer, the producers of musk.
Shen Jiang thought that she had to find a place where no one was around to sleep, otherwise the worldview of the people in this world would really be shaken.
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