Chapter 158 Infection
Do pigeons cough?
Qiao Lan has never raised birds, so she has to ask Xiao Li about this.
Before the end of the world, Xiao Li, who loved watching pet videos and dreamed of opening a pet shop, is indeed quite something.
Qiao Lan brought the cat and the bird back to Xiao Li's room. Seeing this, she asked the pigeon: "Did you bump into anything today? Did you fly too fast and too hard, and get tired from the wind? Did you come into contact with other sick birds? Did you eat or drink anything unhygienic?"
More than ten questions were thrown out, and he held the pigeon and touched here and checked there.
The final verdict: "It must have been infected with the epidemic in the city."
Xiao Li explained that pet birds usually develop coughing symptoms because they have hit their heads while flying, or are choked by strong odors such as oil smoke, or their throats are damaged by excessive screaming, or they have eaten or drunk water containing pathogenic bacteria such as Aspergillus.
If these conditions are ruled out, it can most likely be diagnosed as a cold.
But the gray pigeon's current condition is not only coughing, but also having fever under its wings and legs, as well as bloodshot eyes, a lot of secretions in the corners of its eyes, a lot of mucus in its mouth, and sneezing. After letting it fly around the house twice, it stopped and panted.
These symptoms are similar to those seen in humans during the early stages of urban epidemics.
The biggest difference between this epidemic and the common cold is that the air exhaled by the patients has a special fishy smell.
This is the smell of Huihui's breath now, and you can smell it if you get close. The smell is not strong, which means it's just been infected for a while.
"Meow!"
Dazhuang's blue eyes showed tension and concern, and he was very worried about his little friend.
"Gugugugu! Ahem...Gugu!"
"It said it felt fine, just a little coughing and sneezing, but not uncomfortable at all," Xiao Li translated. "It said it could eat a whole rabbit."
Qiao Lan threw it a few Jiangzhong Jianwei Xiaoshi tablets and said, "Then go ahead and eat them. Don't overeat. If you can't finish them, put them in the refrigerator to keep them fresh and eat them next time."
The pigeon took the digestive tablets and flew back to Dazhuang's back.
"Meow?" Are you really okay?
"Gugu!" No problem, let's go eat!
Da Zhuang picked up the rabbit under his paw again and ran away with the bird.
"Yawn—"
Xiaohan, the little cat who was dozing on Xiao Li's pillow, was not jealous at all when he saw his brother petting the bird. He opened his eyes, looked at his brother's back as he ran away, yawned, changed his posture, and continued to sleep.
It has been particularly fond of sleeping recently. Except for eating and going to the toilet, it sleeps from morning to night. It can be called a sleepy little princess.
Anyway, it is not a mutant beast and is of no use. After checking and finding out that there is nothing wrong with it, it is just sleepy and not sick, everyone just ignores it and lets it sleep freely.
"A mouse in my courier group was coughing yesterday. It's probably infected," Xiao Li said while eating a fast food box.
"Eat less, there will be a hot pot dinner later."
"No, I don't have time. I told you I'd give the little mice extra combat training tonight. The sooner we train them, the sooner they can be put to good use. Sister Lan, aren't you guys working hard all day training your abilities? I can't slack off either." Little Li ate his meal quickly, his cheeks puffed up as he spoke. "Sister, it turns out this disease can affect both humans and animals. It looks like we're not immune. We can only rely on ourselves to get through this."
Qiao Lan remembered Wen Jiaojiao's cough during the call just now.
Could he be infected too?
She hadn't paid attention to mutant animals in her previous life and didn't know that this disease could also infect animals.
If this disease were to infect humans and animals inside and outside the city, no one would be spared, and the air would probably be filled with the disease strains.
She remembered that in her previous life, she had also contracted an illness, but she quickly recovered and soon afterward awakened to the dimension. In this life, her physical fitness and living conditions were much better than they were then, so it shouldn't be a problem. She had never taken the disease seriously.
Among the people and animals around us, only the chef Geng Duofu and the cat Xiaohan have not awakened. Let's give them more nutrition.
Then, everyone resigned themselves to their fate, as the base's medical center had said there were no specific medications or proven treatment options for this particular epidemic.
"Then when you are done, I will save a portion of hot pot for you so that you can have a midnight snack. Eating more can help you resist illness." Qiao Lan reminded Xiao Li.
Then she helped Geng Duofu to prepare a lot of hot pot ingredients and filled the table.
Wen Jiaojiao and her group started eating as soon as they arrived.
There were twelve of them, plus a few from Qiao Lan's group. They sat around a long dining table in the newly cleaned restaurant on the first floor. Each person had a small hot pot in front of them, and they could choose any ingredients they wanted.
Each person got two pieces of rabbit as the main course. There were also slices of lamb, beef, bacon, luncheon meat, tripe, duck throat, duck intestines, chicken wings, quail eggs, prawns, crab meat, fish balls, and squid...
I'm not just trying to fill up the word count, there really are so many different kinds of meat.
There are also many kinds of mushrooms, dried vegetables, and dried fruits.
As well as various soy products, kelp, bean curd, konjac noodles, sweet potato flour and so on.
Qiao Lan explained that when searching for supplies a few days ago, he came across the underground warehouse of a small rural supermarket, so there was an abundance of food today.
Wen Jiaojiao and her group felt very satisfied after eating and kept praising the food.
After dinner, Wen Jiaojiao asked someone to bring in the two large boxes they brought and opened them in front of her.
It was filled with boxes of bags of rice and boxes of bags of noodles.
"I'll give you half of what I found today."
Wen Jiaojiao took out two shiny crystal cores from her pocket and said, "This is a thank you gift for the hot pot today."
They are all crystal cores of second-level mutant beasts, with very good texture, which shows that the beast had high combat power when it was alive and was not easy to defeat.
"Sister, are you okay?" Qiao Lan took the things and was not polite, but she was very concerned about the boss's health.
If she and the boss's sister were alone, would they need to thank each other for everything they ate and drank? Everything she had belonged to her sister. But this was a social interaction between two teams, so everyone was polite and considerate of each other's feelings.
Wen Jiaojiao waved her hand: "No problem, the injuries I suffered from that screaming bastard last time have almost healed, so hunting two mutant beasts is no problem."
She calls "Wang" a "screaming bastard" and has long vowed to kill him the next time they meet. Therefore, she has been fighting mutant beasts very diligently and training herself hard recently.
Qiao Lan said, "I mean, your...cough."
Wen Jiaojiao smiled: "Yes, I am sick. I had a fever in the middle of the night yesterday, but I was fine by dawn. I am not dead, don't worry!"
Many people died crying out in pain and high fever.
Qiao Lan was relieved when she heard this. In her previous life, even she was fine. Sure enough, with the boss's physical fitness, he was fine too.
Wen Jiaojiao took her people and left after dinner. They went back to rest early because they had to get up early tomorrow to train and look for supplies. No one can live a leisurely life in the apocalypse.
Even if Qiao Lan has a full space of supplies and has decorated a small building to enjoy life, he still has to seize the time to train every day to ensure that he has a better chance of survival when facing powerful enemies and mutant beasts in the future.
She saw off Boss Wen and his group, and was about to return to her room to absorb the two crystal cores given by the boss.
Da Zhuang rushed over and eagerly bit her trouser leg and pulled it.
Qiao Lan suddenly realized that there must be something wrong with the pigeon.
So he hurriedly followed Da Zhuang to its room, and sure enough, he saw the gray pigeon lying on the ground with its eyes rolled back, twitching and foaming at the mouth.
What’s up!
I'm so full of rabbit, or...
Qiao Lan stepped forward and picked up the pigeon. A foul odor hit her face, and she quickly took out a gas mask and put it on her face.
The fishy stench coming from the pigeon's mouth and nose was many times stronger than before, even stinkier than a sewer.
"An epidemic has broken out!"
Qiao Lan frowned.
She couldn't even cure a human being, let alone a bird.
Suddenly, Fu Xingyuan's anxious voice rang out from the corridor: "Boss Qiao! Where are you? Come here quickly!"
Qiao Lan carried the pigeon out of the room, "Here, what's going on?"
"Geng Duofu! He fainted!" Fu Xingyuan pointed to the room of the chef and his son on the other side of the corridor.
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