No one else objected, since if a case of zombie virus was indeed discovered, there was likely to be more than one.
Everyone watched Duan Bohai and Chen Xing leave, speechless.
Lin Hu and Duan Linzhou quickly followed, and Dr. Qian and Dr. Wang also came out to catch up along the way.
They had wanted to study zombies before, but because the risks were too great, none of them had mentioned to Duan Bohai the idea of capturing a zombie for research.
When the group arrived at Chen Xing's raft, three teenagers were sitting at the entrance, all looking confused and scared.
Seeing Chen Xing arrive with his men, they immediately surrounded him as if they had found their pillar of support.
"How's the situation?" Chen Xing stepped forward and asked the two.
Chen Hongfei: "We tied him up while he was calm."
"Take me to see it."
After Duan Bohai finished speaking, Chen Hongfei led the group over and opened Chen Mingyao's bedroom.
In the bedroom, on a bed, Chen Mingyao was wrapped in rope like a caterpillar, still whimpering incessantly, trying to escape.
Upon seeing someone enter, his struggles intensified, like a hungry dog seeing food.
It seems to be infected, but the eyes are still black and the skin is still a normal yellowish color, so it shouldn't be fully infected yet.
"Let me take a look." The former doctor said, putting on gloves, walking to the edge of the bed and sitting down. He reached out and touched the other person's forehead, his palm glowing green.
The former doctor's superpower is hallucination, which has an anesthetic effect. Does that mean he can sit directly on the bed without any fear?
Chen Mingyao gradually calmed down, and finally closed his eyes and remained motionless as if he were asleep.
The former doctor then began to examine him, pulling at his eyelids and looking at his mouth. After a thorough examination, he concluded, "He will be fully infected in two days at most."
Chen Xing and his group felt like the sky had fallen that day. They had been together since childhood and had stayed together ever since after the apocalypse, and had long regarded each other as their last family.
Chen Xing immediately stepped forward and knelt down in front of the former doctor. "Dr. Former doctor, please save him. If you can save him, my life is yours. Whatever you ask me to do, I will have no complaints."
The same was true for the others. Teenagers at this age should have the strongest sense of self-esteem, but they didn't.
"Get up, everyone. This is not something I can save just by saying so. I have been researching the zombie virus for a long time, and I still haven't fully figured out an antidote."
The former doctor said helplessly, looking at the teenagers whose eyes gradually dimmed because of his words, and he felt a little uneasy.
Finally, he took out a vial of medicine. "I have an inhibitor here, but I've never tested it on a human. If you trust me, give it to him. It should buy him five or six days."
This was a last resort; he had no other choice. In any case, the decision rested with them.
Some of the teenagers agreed, while others disagreed, fearing that the medicine might prevent Chen Mingyao from ever recovering.
In the end, Chen Xing still injected Chen Mingyao with the drug. After the others left, he slumped down by Chen Mingyao's bedside. Looking at the other's face, which looked like he was asleep, he couldn't help but cry.
From a young age, he was gossiped about by his neighbors, who falsely accused him of stealing. His family told him he had been in a fight and was beaten, but he didn't cry.
When the apocalypse came, he didn't cry when he saw his loved ones turn into zombies. He didn't cry when he was freezing and starving in the extreme cold. But now, if he makes the wrong move, he will feel guilty, hate himself, and be unable to face his other brothers.
Finally, when he came out of the room, Duan Bohai and the others had already learned about the situation from the others and left with them.
Outside the raft, only the three boys stood in a row, as if waiting for him to come out.
"Boss, don't be sad, Yao will be alright." The youngest, Chen Xiang, was the first to comfort him, though he knew these words were just meant to reassure him.
“Yeah, we can’t let our hearts get sick from holding it in,” Chen Feng said. He had initially disagreed with using the drug, but now that it had been injected, even if it didn’t work, the living still had to keep living.
"Are you hungry? I'll go cook." Chen Hongfei changed the subject, trying to liven up the atmosphere.
Chen Xing couldn't muster the energy to reply. Even lifting her eyelids felt heavy, and she said in a muffled voice, "I'm not hungry. I'm going back to my room."
The group watched Chen Xing's dejected figure go upstairs, exchanging silent glances and all hanging their heads.
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"Dr. Qian, I hope you can speed up the process of obtaining the antidote. Thank you for your help," Duan Bohai instructed at the last moment before leaving, glancing at Dr. Wang beside him.
"You too, don't slack off. If other patients come, you hold them off for a while and give the former doctor some time to research a cure."
When faced with being lectured by someone seven or eight years younger than himself, Dr. Wang could only smile and nod and bow.
He was indeed too lazy, and the former doctor did most of the work.
He thought Duan Bohai didn't know, but he never expected this.
Duan Bohai left, taking Duan Linzhou with him to continue the previous meeting. Lin Hu had no intention of participating, and just then received a message from Ling Jiuqi, so he made an excuse to leave.
On his way back, Lin Hu took the opportunity to ask Ling Jiuqi about the situation.
It turned out that Belle had come looking for them, saying she had a clue about Wenxi, but she needed Linhu's potion to help her.
Moreover, this time, their Mermaid King will also be mobilized, determined to annihilate the black mermaids.
When Lin Hu arrived at the raft, Belle was sitting on a swing chair under the wisteria trellis, swinging high, while Ling Jiuqi watched from the side.
"Oh, you're back." Belle was the first to see Linhu. She quickly got off the swing, walked to the side of Linhu, and excitedly pulled people to walk into the sea.
"Wait, wait, wait!" Lin Hu hurriedly hit someone... Yu shouted to stop, and at the same time withdrew his hand.
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