"What? You want me to check the source of the epidemic?" Gu Yuchuan's eyes were full of disbelief, as if he was looking at a madman.
"I'm a weak scholar who can't even tell the difference between herbs and weeds. I've never practiced medicine before. How can I find the source of the epidemic? Your idea is ridiculous."
Gu Jiayue quickly raised her hand, signaling him to speak more quietly. She glanced around and lowered her voice: "Be careful, don't let the system in your body hear you."
Gu Yuchuan curled his lips and didn't refute. He just stood there with his arms folded, with an expression that said, "I want to hear what you can come up with."
Gu Jiayue took a half step forward, almost close to his ear, and whispered, "You don't need to know medical skills. Isn't the system in your body able to scan data? Just find a way to get it to tell you something. Ask it where in the village there are any anomalies. Follow the clues and you'll definitely find something."
"Can it be obedient?" Gu Yuchuan raised his eyebrows, his tone full of doubt.
"Let's try, what else can we do?" Gu Jiayue's voice was filled with helplessness. At this point, the only thing left to do was to try and save the situation.
"We can't just sit there and watch the villagers die, right? Besides, this disease is contagious, and who knows when it will get to us."
Gu Yuchuan was silent for a moment, which was considered as his agreement.
There was no better solution now. This plague was so dangerous that if it continued to develop, the entire Taohua Village would surely be wiped out.
Seeing that he didn't refute, Gu Jiayue breathed a sigh of relief and warned him, "Be careful, don't let it know your intentions."
Gu Yuchuan said "hmm" and turned around and walked out of Doctor Lin's yard.
The yard was crowded with sick children, with coughing and crying sounds coming one after another. The air was filled with a strong smell of medicine and an indescribable fishy odor. He really didn't want to stay there any longer.
He walked slowly towards his residence, silently operated in his mind, and unblocked the system.
In the past few days, he has already figured out the characteristics of the system, such as being able to independently control whether to allow the system to eavesdrop on his thoughts and conversations.
When he went to see Gu Jiayue just now, he turned off the system's permissions, so the system knew nothing about their conversation.
"You said that as long as I complete the task, you can help me return to the top and hold power?" He spoke to the air, and there was no emotion in his tone.
The system's voice sounded immediately, with a hint of excitement. "Yes, host! As long as you complete the mission and earn points, you can redeem various props in the mall. These props can help you regain everything you lost in your previous life!"
"Are those props really that magical?" Gu Yuchuan asked, "You said before that you knew the cure for this plague? Were you lying to me?"
"Of course!" the system's voice was full of pride. "Anything produced by the system must be of the highest quality. As long as you have points, you can redeem anything in the mall. This little plague is no problem at all."
Gu Yuchuan sighed deliberately, his tone lazily and deliberately worried. "I'm afraid I'll be infected by the plague before I complete the mission. What's the point of talking about the mission when I'm almost dead? Forget it, let's just take it one day at a time."
In the past few days, no matter how the system threatened or tempted him, Gu Yuchuan remained unmoved and had no intention of completing the task at all.
The system was in a panic, but there was nothing it could do.
A huge amount of points had already been spent on changing the host before, and now the mission was stalled, and it had no way to get points.
The remaining points were only enough to maintain its own operations, and it was impossible to use electric shock punishment to force Gu Yuchuan like it did to Zhang Yangzai.
When the host took the initiative to mention the mission today, the system immediately became alert and said hurriedly: "Host, don't worry! As long as you agree to complete the mission, I can give you a pill to ensure that you will not be infected by this plague!"
"Oh? There's such a good thing?" Gu Yuchuan pretended to be surprised. "Can it cure the plague?"
"It can't be cured, but you will definitely not be infected by this plague after eating it!" The system said firmly.
Gu Yuchuan changed his mind and said slowly: "Okay, then you give me the pill first, and I will agree to do the mission."
"Host, are you serious?" The system was still a little wary. "If I give you the pill and you don't complete the mission, I will punish you with electric shocks!"
"A real man should keep his word." Gu Yuchuan said in a firm tone.
The system hesitated for a moment and quietly checked the points.
Excluding the part needed to maintain operation, the remaining points are enough to buy pills and support two electric shocks.
That’s enough. If this host dares to lie to me, I’ll let him experience the electric shock!
After thinking it through, the system immediately exchanged for preventive pills in the mall.
A gray-black pill appeared out of thin air in Gu Yuchuan's palm.
"Host, eat quickly." The system urged, "After eating, quickly find a way to complete the mission. We don't have much time."
Gu Yuchuan took the pill in his hand and looked at it, becoming interested. "Let's take the pill later. Let's go do the mission first."
The system was a little confused and scanned the surrounding environment. "Host, the mission target is in Lin Yi's yard, why are you walking into the mountains?"
Gu Yuchuan continued walking into the mountains, and his steps did not stop because of the system's words.
"If I can find the source of the plague, and then use this excuse to trick Gu Jiayue into the mountains, then I can do it without anyone noticing, and no one will suspect me."
The system thought this idea made sense and immediately agreed: "Host, you are right! As long as we can complete the task, any method is acceptable!"
So, Gu Yuchuan took the system and circled around the mountains around Taohua Village again and again, climbing one mountain after another.
The mountain road was soaked with rain and became muddy. His feet slipped from time to time. His trouser legs were covered with mud spots. Beads of sweat oozed from his forehead and flowed down mixed with the rain.
Finally, he couldn't climb anymore, so Gu Yuchuan sat down on the rain-soaked stone, gasping for breath.
"Alas, I've tried my best, but I still can't find where this plague came from. It seems I'll have to find a way to complete this task another time."
Seeing the host about to give up, the system panicked. "Host, don't give up! We're really running out of time! You don't even need to find the real source, just use this excuse to trick the target out!"
"Do you know her better, or do I?" Gu Yuchuan raised an eyebrow, his tone tinged with disdain. "Gu Jiayue isn't that easy to fool. If I go back without finding the source, what if she asks and I can't answer? Telling one lie requires a hundred lies to cover it up. It's too much trouble. It's better to find the real source directly, so it will be easier to act then."
The system felt that what the host said made a lot of sense.
As expected of a person with great luck, his mind works quickly and his plans are thorough!
"Host, don't worry!" The system volunteered, seemingly energized. "I can quickly scan the surrounding environment and geology, and through data integration and analysis, I can give you a general direction. Follow this direction, and you'll soon find a clue!"
Gu Yuchuan breathed a sigh of relief.
Wouldn't it have been better if this had been done earlier? He had been wandering around in the mountains all day, exhausted.
"Then I'll trouble you."
"When the mission is completed, I will remember your contribution."
The system was delighted by this and immediately started scanning at full speed.
Although its level is not high and it is not very intelligent, it still has a certain ability to think.
As long as the mission is completed, he will not be abandoned by the Lord God.
In addition, now that he is bound to such a smart and lucky host, he can travel through three thousand small worlds by himself in the future, complete various tasks, and maybe even become a high-level existence in the system world!
The more I think about it, the more promising the future seems, and I scan even harder.
After a while, the system completed the scan of the mountains and rivers around Taohua Village.
"The data from the well at the east end of the village and the cave on the west slope are abnormal. The scanning system shows that the water sources in these areas may be contaminated."
Gu Yuchuan stood up and brushed the mud off his butt. "The well at the east end of the village has long been dry. The cave on the west slope... I remember there was an underground river underneath. The villagers went to see it before, and the water there has long been dry too."
"There's water accumulated after the rain, and it might have soaked some dirt." The system answered casually.
Gu Yuchuan said nothing more and turned to walk towards the West Mountain.
Once we got into the cave, we walked down the slippery stone steps to the underground riverbed.
The originally dry riverbed has accumulated shallow water due to the heavy rain in recent days, and is now flowing.
He squatted down, stared at the muddy stuff in the water, and asked deliberately, "What kind of dirty stuff could it be?"
The system immediately scanned. "Animal carcass residue detected, bacterial concentration significantly exceeded the permitted level."
Gu Yuchuan frowned and pretended to be confused: "Where did the corpse come from? What are bacteria?"
"Before the drought, this was probably a water source for many animals in the mountains, and many small animals came here to drink. After the drought, many animals gathered here and died in the riverbed due to lack of water or other reasons. Later, when it rained, water accumulated in the riverbed, soaking the bodies and rotting them, breeding bacteria and contaminating the water source. Villagers became sick after drinking this water."
The system explained everything in detail, without noticing anything unusual.
Gu Yuchuan stood up, his mind fully grasping the situation, but he remained expressionless: "So, the water containing the corpses is the source of the plague?"
Without further ado, the system responded directly: "The data shows that it is highly likely."
Gu Yuchuan turned around and walked back, a barely perceptible smile on his lips: "Got it."
He hurried back to Doctor Lin's yard. As soon as he entered, he saw Gu Jiayue squatting beside the bed, writing something in a notebook with a furrowed brow and a focused expression.
There was a wooden board in front of her with the children's symptoms written on it with charcoal. Her knuckles were turning white from the force with which she drew the pen.
The coughing and crying of children in the yard continued, making people feel heartbroken.
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