Chapter 33 Extreme Heat, Hounds
Lu Zhifeng's action of chopping mushrooms came to an abrupt halt.
Jiang Si wanted to check the condition of Jiang Linhai's hand, but he stopped her loudly: "Don't touch me, these giant mushrooms are not poisonous on the surface, but they are poisonous inside the stems and veins. Don't be reckless!"
Jiang Si quickly put on two layers of plastic gloves and said, "It's okay now, Dad, let me see."
Jiang Linhai stretched out his hands, which were swollen and covered with thick blisters. The situation was a bit like being stung by a bee.
Jiang Si took out iodine-alcohol ointment from her bag to reduce the swelling. A light touch made Jiang Linhai scream in pain, as if it was worse than a rat bite.
His hands were truly terrifying, with yellow pus flowing inside.
Shen Baoying was extremely worried, "It's so swollen. If the blisters burst, will the whole hand rot?"
Jiang Linhai's eyes widened, "Baoying, don't scare me."
There are too many poisonous creatures in the apocalypse, and this giant mushroom is the first time Jiang Si has encountered it.
We can only try and see if iodine alcohol ointment is effective.
Not long after applying the medicine, Jiang Linhai's hands felt like they were burning and itchy. If Jiang Si hadn't been afraid that his hands would rot and held his arms, the blisters on his hands would have burst from his scratching.
Iodine and alcohol ointment had no effect. Zhang Qingfang's eyes were red as she anxiously asked, "Is it only possible to save my life by cutting off my hands?"
Jiang Linhai hurriedly shook his head, "Maybe if I just bear with it, it will be fine."
He might as well die than have his hands chopped off and become a burden to his family.
Jiang Si became even more anxious and even began to regret letting his whole family take the risk of going into the forest.
If she had tested the situation first, Jiang Linhai wouldn't have ended up like this.
She forced herself to calm down. "Everything is interdependent and mutually exclusive. Maybe there is something around here that can remove the toxicity of the mushrooms."
This is also the experience Jiang Si gained in the end times in his previous life.
Lu Zhifeng nodded: "That's right, let's look carefully."
In the past, whenever he was injured or bitten by insects in the forest, he could always find herbs around to relieve the pain of the wound.
The apocalypse caused mutations in plants and animals, but it also may have produced antidotes that counteracted their own growth and growth.
But looking around, there are nothing but mushrooms around.
After a while, Jiang Linhai's hand became more seriously injured, and the blisters continued to spread to his arm.
Zhang Qingzhi was extremely worried and suddenly asked Qin Shen, "Xiao Shen, you are a doctor, do you know how to save his hand?"
Everyone looked at Qin Shen, holding on to their last remaining hope.
Qin Shen stared at Jiang Linhai's hand and thought for a long time.
Jiang Linhai thought there was no hope, and tried to comfort Qin Shen: "The symptoms that appear at the end of the world are inherently strange. Xiao Shen is a surgeon, not a dermatologist, so it's normal that he doesn't know."
Facing Jiang Linhai's forced smile, regret almost filled Jiang Si's heart.
Suddenly, Qin Shen raised his eyelids and said surprisingly, "I have a skin medicine at home that might be effective."
Jiang Si's family's eyes suddenly lit up, and they said excitedly: "Then let's go back quickly!"
Wearing latex gloves, Jiang Si cut the mushrooms, wrapped the mushroom stems tightly with a layer of cloth and then a plastic glove before letting everyone hold them in their hands.
Lu Zhifeng marked this place, and whenever he needed to go out under the sun in the future, he could come here to collect mushrooms as a parasol.
After walking for a while holding the mushrooms, a lookout tower gradually emerged in the dry forest.
Lu Zhifeng said, "That's the lookout tower guarded by Zhou Dajin. I don't know if he's still alive."
Zhou Dajin is in his fifties, unmarried, and a loner. None of the other members of the forest ranger team like to live in the mountains for a long time, but he has been guarding the mountains for twenty years.
He doesn't like to communicate with others unless he needs to exchange information or replenish supplies with the forest rangers.
Jiang Si took out a telescope and looked towards the watchtower, but he happened to meet the eyes of a man on the watchtower who was wearing sunglasses and holding a military telescope in his hand.
And behind the man, there was actually someone holding a mushroom umbrella for him.
Jiang Si sensed the danger in an instant and hurriedly said to everyone, "There are strangers in the watchtower, hurry up!"
Anyone who can survive in the forest must have extraordinary abilities.
When Jiang Si spoke, everyone immediately sped up their pace.
But in Zhang Xianchao's eyes, the movement trajectory of Jiang Si and his group, who were holding bright mushrooms, was extremely obvious.
The mushroom umbrella can resist the radiation of the sun. If you take it to the city, you can exchange it for a large amount of supplies.
Compared to their original poaching, the profits have increased by dozens of times.
Also because of the scarce resources, it is possible to build a huge force.
When others cannot go out, you can control the world at any time.
Zhang Xianchao must not let more people know the secret of the giant mushroom.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, beckoned to Luo Daqiang and ordered: "Go, cut the grass and eradicate it completely!"
Luo Daqiang hurriedly stuffed a mouthful of instant noodles and stood up stupidly, "Brother, didn't we kill Zhou Dajin?"
Zhang Xianchao glared at him, took off his sunglasses and slammed them at him: "Eat, eat, eat! All you do every day is eat, eat, eat! You have a brain bigger than a pig! Get out of here, bring your men and kill them all!"
Luo Daqiang grabbed his sunglasses, received the hint from his younger brother in a daze, was startled, picked up the gun and ran downstairs in a hurry, but he hit the door with a "bang".
Luo Daqiang fell down the stairs dizzy and dazed, and the sound of him falling could be heard.
If the fortune teller hadn't said that Luo Daqiang would bring him good luck, Zhang Xianchao would have wanted to destroy him immediately.
Luo Daqiang brought eight people, led a ferocious hunting dog, and ran towards where Jiang Si was.
Luo Daqiang was strong and fat, running behind and panting, like an old dog.
“Woof woof woof——”
The hunting dogs discovered the traces of Jiang Si and the others and were very close.
Luo Daqiang was delighted and stepped on the giant mushroom, forgetting the trap they had set around it.
"ah--"
Luo Daqiang screamed, his feet were caught, and he was hanging on the tree in an instant.
The moment the mushroom cap fell off, the exposed skin felt like it was being roasted on a charcoal stove, and the pain made him cover his face and scream heart-wrenchingly.
The younger brother who ran away had to turn back and get two of them down from the tree quickly.
Zhang Xianchao saw Luo Daqiang slumped on the ground wailing with blisters all over his face, and he gritted his teeth, "Wang your mother!"
The eight hunting dogs were like wild horses that had broken free from their reins, baring their teeth ferociously and surrounding Jiang Si and the others.
Big Black and Little Black barked non-stop, warning them not to come near.
These hunting dogs, which were trained to bite their prey, naturally did not take Big Black and Little Black seriously.
He arched his waist, tensed his muscles, and was about to attack Jiang Si and the others.
Jiang Si raised his pistol, but before the bullet was fired, the hounds suddenly showed fear in their eyes, tucked their tails between their legs, howled, and ran away without hesitation.
Jiang Si was stunned and looked at Qin Shen.
The hounds seemed to be frightened after taking one look at him.
Before she had time to think, six men with guns appeared in their sight.
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