36 Ruined City-Day 6
Mushroom poisoning
On the 5th day of the Ruined City map, the humidity was 80%. On the 6th day, the humidity was 85%, and the air was already humid and sticky.
Yan Lan is used to getting up early in the morning to boil a pot of hot water for tea. While boiling the water, she replaces the desiccant in the RV.
I just opened a few new bags before going to bed last night. When I looked this morning, I found that the box containing the desiccant was already full of water, weighing at least a pound, and this was just in a closed room.
Not to mention the outdoor weather. Although it was normal and there was no rain, it was foggy due to the high water vapor, as if a thin layer of gauze was separating people from the environment.
Yan Lan shook her head speechlessly and poured out the water box along with the used desiccant.
The indoor trash cans were full, and the RV hadn't been cleaned for a few days, so she took out the automatic cleaning prop card from the secret compartment of the dining table and used it once.
A flash of white light appeared, and all the objects in the room became shiny as if they were covered with a high-definition filter. The garbage disappeared without a trace, and even the sewage tank and black water tank of the RV were cleaned out.
When the living environment is clean, the whole mental outlook will also change.
She sat on the sofa happily, drinking tea and flipping through the magazine she got from Xie Yuan.
At this time, Snowball flew in from the balcony with a basket full of fruits, and landed on the dining table with his nimble legs.
Yan Lan looked at it slowly and continued to sip the tea in her hand.
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she felt that the swelling in her body was recovering much slower than in the past few days. Yesterday, drinking only one cup of tea was enough to fully take effect, but now it was her third cup.
He frowned and pinched the slightly swollen and painful forearm muscles. Just when he was about to ask everyone in the group if they had any good ideas, a heart-wrenching scream came from beside him.
“Chi!!!”
Yan Lan's heart skipped a beat and she looked up suddenly, only to see Snowball screaming with his mouth wide open and his two paws pinching his throat.
She immediately picked up the snowball and looked into its open mouth.
"Is it stuck in your throat? Spit it out quickly."
“Chirp~”
Snowball shook his head wildly. When he failed to strangle his throat, he began to tear his own hair frantically, as if doing so could relieve the pain in his body.
The snow-white fur was scratched into a mess, and the fallen white hair on the dining table was spread out in layers, which looked shocking.
Seeing its self-mutilating appearance, Yan Lan felt a pain in her heart as if it were being pricked by needles. She had met Snowball in the first map, and they had been together for such a long time that they had already developed a spiritual connection.
Yan Lan held its two paws tightly with her hands to prevent it from hurting itself. She rubbed its head and patiently comforted it, "Bear with it a little longer. The doctor will be here soon."
Time passed quickly, but she still felt that the days passed by slowly.
When there was a knock on the door, she rushed to the door almost impatiently, and pulled the person outside in without even saying hello.
"Luowen, come and take a look. I don't know what's wrong with Snowball today."
Although Rowan had never treated an elf before, she had treated animals and read several veterinary books. She held the ferocious snowball and began to treat him.
Yan Lan didn't understand, so she stared at it intently, afraid that something might happen to this cute little ball.
Luo Wen's brows unconsciously frowned. Yan Lan's attention was all on her. Seeing this, her heart suddenly jumped up and her voice trembled: "What's wrong with it?"
Luo Wen glanced at Yan Lan, smoothing his brows to avoid her worrying, and asked calmly, "Did Xueqiu eat anything this morning?"
Yan Lan quickly pushed the pile of fruits on the table over: "It's all here. We eat it every day, so..."
Her voice stopped abruptly when she saw the bright mushroom in Luo Wen's hand. She asked curiously, "What is this? I've never seen it before."
Luo Wen used a pair of crude homemade tweezers to pick up the mushroom and examined it from top to bottom, his brow furrowing ever tighter. "This is a poisonous mushroom. Snowball's symptoms must have been caused by eating this mushroom."
Yan Lan was so frightened when she heard the word poisonous mushroom that she was at a loss as to what to do. She asked anxiously, "Is there any hope?"
Luo Wen took out a pack of acupuncture pills and a few pills from his backpack and comforted her, "Don't worry, I have some homemade detoxification tablets. You'll be fine after a good night's sleep."
Then Snowball was given two injections and a pill. He then stopped self-harming and fell asleep.
Yan Lan took the snowball from Luo Wen's hand and held it in her arms. It was a small and fragile ball. It was the first time she saw it so quiet at this time.
She confirmed anxiously, "Will everything be alright after a good night's sleep?"
Luo Wen nodded solemnly: "Trust me, after a good night's sleep, I'll return you to a lively Snowball."
Yan Lan finally felt relieved. In order to keep an eye on it at all times, she made a temporary bed for it on the dining table and put a mini quilt printed with strawberries on its belly. After making sure that it was fine, she carefully looked at the culprit.
She looked at the neat row of tooth marks on the brightly colored mushroom and blamed herself intensely: "It's all my fault. I didn't check carefully what it ate."
Luo Wen shook her hand and comforted her: "It's not your fault. There are many kinds of mushrooms. Even people can't tell them apart, let alone a little elf. It's okay."
Yan Lan still couldn't forgive her own negligence: "But I should have noticed this kind of mushroom for no reason."
Recently, Snowball took the initiative to take on the task of picking and sorting vegetables. She felt that having someone to help could save a lot of time, so she handed it over to it with confidence, but she forgot that it was just a little elf who knew nothing.
If she had looked more closely, Snowball would not have suffered this pain.
Luo Wen had been sitting opposite Yan Lan, trying to distract her. He picked up another poisonous mushroom and pondered, "Where did you get this poisonous mushroom from?"
"It's the balcony flowerpot. It's been picking vegetables lately."
After saying that, the two of them looked at each other, and then stood up and went to the balcony tacitly.
The fast-growing flowerpots that occupy half of the balcony are filled with various crops. A few brightly colored poisonous mushrooms are squeezed in where the mushrooms originally grew. They grow very fast and have already surpassed the largest chanterelles in size.
It grows together with normal mushrooms and tastes even better than chanterelles. No wonder Snowball made a mistake and took a bite.
She carefully pulled up the poisonous mushrooms by the roots and threw them from the balcony onto the road outside.
"Yan Lan, look!"
Luo Wen's voice came from behind.
Snowball poisoning happened today, and Yan Lan almost had a stress reaction. She was almost frightened by Luo Wen's words.
There is a water collector at the other end of the balcony, but now the filter at the water inlet is covered with a layer of green hairs, which are firmly rooted in the filter and look very disgusting.
"The air is too humid and it's moldy!" said Luo Wen.
"Um."
Yan Lan responded, took off the filter of the water collector and threw it out of the balcony. This filter was not a major component, and she could replace it with something else.
But the problem now is not the water collector, but the sudden appearance of various molds and poisonous mushrooms.
I had just put away the water collector when the game prompt sound started beeping non-stop.
The two looked at each other and both had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, as soon as I clicked into the game panel, Shi Yuanyuan’s message bombarded me.
In the "Let's Get Rich Together Group", he sent several messages in succession.
"Go look at the crowd! A lot of people have been poisoned by eating poisonous mushrooms!"
"How stupid! You can't even identify a poisonous mushroom!"
"Oh my god, how can these idiots always bring Yan Lan into everything? They must be crazy!"
"By the way, Yan Lan, don't show up. We can give you a more convincing proof."
At first glance, his message seemed confusing, but when I clicked on the regional channel, all my questions were answered.
Player 1: "Everyone, come out and judge, my girlfriend bought some mushrooms from Yan Lan and got poisoned today. She has no good intentions!"
He also took a picture of the woman with the whites of her eyes showing, her lips black, and foam coming out of her mouth.
This person's miserable condition soon attracted everyone's criticism.
Player 2: "This is too heartless. They sell poisonous things to people to eat!"
Player 3: "She's so heartless! This is how she makes her ill-gotten gains. No wonder she has so many supplies!"
Player 4: "Am I the only one who cares about how they started dating in the game?"
The first victim, Player 1, stood up and said, "I don't care. Yan Lan caused my girlfriend so much pain. I want her to compensate me!"
There is always a group of such organized and disciplined players in the group. No matter right or wrong, no matter logic, as soon as a problem occurs, they will blame Yan Lan.
Shi Yuanyuan had already handled the situation well and argued loudly in the group chat: "You said that Yan Lan was the one who poisoned your girlfriend. Do you have any evidence?"
Player 1 was prepared. He took a photo of the mushrooms and posted it: "Of course I have evidence. These are only sold at Yan Lan's place. My girlfriend foamed at the mouth after eating them."
The other players were willing to believe Yan Lan, but they had indeed seen Yan Lan sell these things in the trading center, so this time they all kept their mouths shut.
Luo Wen clicked on the picture and enlarged it. Sure enough, he saw a bright poisonous mushroom hidden in it. He showed it to Yan Lan and took a screenshot and sent it to her.
"It's true that we bought the other mushrooms from Yan Lan, but those are common chanterelles and shiitake mushrooms, which I'm sure everyone is familiar with."
"But this—
It's a poisonous mushroom. Your girlfriend's symptoms are also caused by eating it. Yan Lan has never sold this kind of poisonous mushroom. You accidentally ate it and you are trying to put the blame on Yan Lan. "
Shi Yuanyuan immediately called on the other players to agree: "Yes, I also helped Yan Lan sell, but I have never seen this kind of poisonous mushroom. Everyone rushed to buy it. Don't you agree?"
Lu Xiaokui: "I've bought them a few times, but they were all fragrant chanterelles, not this kind of stuff."
Lei Xiaoyan: "Yes, I always check out Yan Lan's products every time. I've never seen this kind of mushroom before."
Wang Da: "You were the one who accidentally ate poisonous mushrooms because of your greed, and you still want to slander others. You are really something."
Seeing his rogue intentions exposed, the player began to cry out in injustice: "That was also grown together with the mushrooms sold by Yan Lan. Who knows if it contains spores of poisonous mushrooms?"
Shi Yuanyuan: "You are being unreasonable. We sell you the finished product. You use it to grow other things. Can you blame us for that?"
Player: "I don't blame you, who else should I blame? I got the goods from you, so I have to pay for it!"
Shi Yuanyuan was so angry that he cursed: "You are such a weirdo."
Before the two of them started arguing, there was a big turn of events.
"I've never bought Yan Lan's mushrooms, but I have some growing in my flowerpots at home! They smell so good, I almost couldn't resist cooking them."
"Help! I just ate it! It tastes better than porcini mushrooms. Haha, after I ate one, I found my lips are swollen. Does anyone have an antidote? I'm dying!"
"I couldn't help eating it, and now I'm dizzy and can't help myself. Please give me a high price for the antidote!"
"I've been exhausted these past two days and haven't found any food. I was so hungry I couldn't help but eat a few slices. Now my health is showing a negative status of poisoning."
"Isn't Luo Wen a pharmacist? Do you have any antidote pills?"
"Save me! I don't want to die yet."
…
Everyone was stunned by the subsequent wave of comments, and no one paid attention to the player whose girlfriend was poisoned and demanded Yan Lan to pay a hundred times the compensation.
Yan Lan and Luo Wen had already returned indoors while the players were chatting.
Luo Wen took out all the detoxification pills from his backpack and looked at Yan Lan across from him with embarrassment: "This is all I have. I don't think it's enough."
Yan Lan was tucking Snowball in, and she felt relieved when she saw that his breathing was steady.
Looking up, he saw Luo Wen looking worried, and smiled to comfort him: "It's okay, I can use the magnification skill to make it more."
Luo Wen's eyes lit up, but he was still confused: "But what about the dehumidifying tea?"
Yan Lan replied, "Without the dehumidifying tea, I'll be in pain at best, but I won't die. Poisoning is more serious. Let's just hold on for today."
Luo Wen nodded worriedly, "That's the only way."
The detoxification pill she made was the size of a soybean. Yan Lan enlarged it to the size of a fist, and Luo Wen used tools to divide it into several small portions to sell to players.
The number of people poisoned in the area was no less than 500. Luo Wen had just sent away one batch of patients when a new batch arrived. At the end of the treatment, she, who was usually quiet and gentle, began to complain.
"How can they be so lacking in common sense that they eat mushrooms they don't recognize?"
Yan Lan pushed a newly copied antidote pill in front of her and calmly said, "Maybe she's just starving and trying all sorts of cures."
It is normal for many players to accidentally eat poisonous mushrooms because they are too tempting due to lack of food.
Luo Wen nodded in agreement, and suddenly she had an idea and remembered something that she had overlooked.
"Why didn't I see the player who first said he was poisoned come over to buy the antidote pills? Wasn't he the one causing the most trouble?"
Yan Lan paused and curled her lips in disdain: "Maybe this was all planned."
After all, this was not the first time she had been criticized, and she was used to it.
Just as she guessed, after the player howled in the group for a while, he contacted Li Zhiyong in a sneaky way.
"Hey, Brother Li, what do you think of this letter of surrender?"
Li Zhiyong lay sprawled on the bed, his white sweatshirt stained black but he didn't even bother to wash it. In the thick smoke, he squinted his eyes and glanced at the message panel.
He sneered and said, "Old Wang, this is not good. Not only did you fail to get Yan Lan, but you also let her make a lot of money."
Lao Wang's confidence was initially swollen, but upon seeing Li Zhiyong's reply, it immediately deflated. He argued unconvincedly, "Who said it wasn't done? It's just that no one said it directly."
His original plan was to frame Yan Lan, causing her reputation to plummet, and at the same time, to obtain a huge amount of compensation.
But who would have thought that so many players would come out to support her later.
Li Zhiyong snorted, "The process is not important, as long as the result is not good, it doesn't count."
Lao Wang continued to lick his face: "Please help me say something good, Brother Li."
Li Zhiyong: "No need to say anything, get lost."
Lao Wang's blood boiled instantly, his face flushed red. "You can't do this! My girlfriend has been poisoned by me, and I even hired several people at my own expense. Even if you don't drag me into Brother Sha's cigarette-selling group, you have to compensate me!"
Li Zhiyong's dark fingers pinched a cigarette, his eyes narrowed into slits, and he shamelessly replied, "I didn't ask you to use your girlfriend. You screwed up and you blame me? Idiot!"
Old Wang was now being manipulated. He felt extremely painful when he thought about his losses. He begged Li Zhiyong humbly, "Brother Li, you can't say that. Even if I haven't made any contributions, I have worked hard. Please look at me..."
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"Please, for my sake..."
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I sent it several times in a row, but the other party ignored me.
Seeing the news fall on deaf ears, Lao Wang pounded the wall hard: "Fuck!"
Glancing at his girlfriend lying on the ground again, he felt extremely regretful, but it was too late to say anything now.
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