Upon hearing this, Fang Chenyan's expression turned very unpleasant. The leader had repeatedly instructed him to prevent the plague.
When an epidemic breaks out, severe cases can lead to successive deaths from infection, while milder cases can cause physical harm and an inability to work.
Either outcome is an unbearable burden.
What if the infection spreads to the leader?
With so many people, we'll be safe as long as the leader is around!
Fang Chenyan took precautions and personally followed Fang Chenxiang to the side of the sick people.
He carefully examined the group of people, his expression serious: "Quickly isolate these individuals and investigate anyone who came into contact with them; everyone should be isolated and observed first."
These people are definitely infected with the plague.
While they were giving instructions, another person collapsed.
Upon examination, Fang Chenyan was found to have a high fever!
They were immediately grouped together with the sick individuals and isolated.
After the notification was issued, the medical team quickly sprang into action and began tracing all contacts.
Fang Chenyan then notified Li Zhong's cleaning department to intensify cleaning efforts and to promptly bury excrement wherever the team advanced.
They also instructed the cleaning staff not to remove the medicine packets, as some people had previously removed them because they found it troublesome.
Li Zhong educated these people many times, and finally said that anyone who removed the medicine pack again would be kicked out of the cleaning department.
If the cleaning staff are fired, many departments won't want them. If they can't even do cleaning well, how can they do anything else well?
This finally calmed everyone down. Without Fang Chenyan saying anything more, everyone in the cleaning department had already hung up their medical kits.
Not only the cleaning department staff must hang up their medicine kits, but all the other teams must do the same. During the epidemic, they must not be removed arbitrarily.
This medicine kit can provide some protection. It took Fang Chenyan's medical team a lot of effort to gather enough for the vanguard team, the guard team, and the medical team; the other teams did not have enough.
The medical kits for the cleaning department and the cooking squad were only provided after Shenxi strongly insisted that everyone in these two departments have them, and Fang Chenyan's medical team worked overtime to barely manage to provide enough.
This was only available to those who joined earlier; those who joined later did not have it, as the medicinal herbs were in extremely short supply.
When Shenxi, who was marking the way ahead and searching for water, heard that the plague had been discovered, she did not panic. She had already explained everything to Fang Chenyan.
However, she still issued an order: those who are sick, as well as those who have been in contact with them, must no longer follow the main group. Some medical personnel will stay behind to take care of them. Those who have been in contact with them need to be confirmed to be fine, and those who are sick need to be completely cured before they can rejoin the main group.
Fortunately, sufficient preparations had been made beforehand, and the refugees who were not checked were kept two miles apart from the main group that had been checked.
He instructed those who had not yet been checked to wait for their turn according to their original ethnic groups, maintaining a certain distance between them.
Shenxi continued to lead the vanguard and guard teams through the jungle, her urgent need being to find a water source.
Living by relying on the water stored in plants is not a long-term solution.
The wild beasts in the jungle were no longer a concern for them; no beast could possibly harm so many people.
Moreover, there were no wildlife protection laws in this era, so any wild animals they saw became their food.
When they came face to face with a tiger, Chenxi inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief: a dragon's den and a tiger's lair, although dangerous, an area with tigers is bound to have an abundant water source!
Tigers are naturally inclined to occupy places with dense forests, lush vegetation, and abundant water sources.
If a tiger appears, then a water source is not far away.
Dealing with tigers without harming people is extremely difficult. Chenxi did not send ordinary guards and vanguard personnel up, but only had them shout loudly to intimidate the tigers.
The tiger did take two steps back, but ultimately, since this was already its central territory, it chose not to retreat any further.
Shenxi directed Zheng Ankang, along with Zheng Anxiang and several other members of the team who knew kung fu, to surround the tiger.
Chenxi brought a long dagger and ordered the archers on the perimeter to shoot arrows to distract the tiger. Those who couldn't shoot arrows used stones to divert the tiger's attention.
If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move either. Chenxi stared at the tiger, a female tiger, weighing about four or five hundred pounds.
Moments later, the tiger launched its attack.
It chose the seemingly smallest of the sinking streams.
Chenxi dodged the tiger's attack with a quick step, while Zheng Ankang, wielding a large cleaver, slashed at the tiger from the side, and Zheng Anxiang joined in with his spear.
The remaining able-bodied men who were in the inner circle also participated in the battle.
As expected of the king of beasts, a young man was caught off guard and had a large gash cut on his arm by the tiger's claws.
Chenxi darted to the tiger's side and thrust his long dagger straight at the tiger's eyes.
Before she could get close, the tiger's claws were already pouncing on her. Chenxi quickly took two steps back and scrambled up a nearby tree.
Chenxi had a good plan. He scrambled up a tree and, from his vantage point, used his dagger to poke the tiger's weak spots.
Unfortunately, while the wish was beautiful, reality was cruel. Shenxi possessed all the martial arts techniques, but his physical agility was too poor.
He leaped three meters into the tree, but one of his hands trembled, and he fell straight down, the dagger slipping from his hand and landing beside him.
Chenxi: "......" Ouch, that hurts! I fell and hurt myself!
The guards and vanguard: "..." They couldn't bear to watch. Had their commander lost his mind?
Tiger: "......" Is this person crazy? Why is he so eager to bring me food?
Shenxi was really cursing. How could this body still be so weak? It seems that she needs to take good care of herself and train hard in the future, otherwise she will fail at the critical moment and it will be a disaster!
The tiger no longer held back; how could it easily give up its prey that was already in its mouth!
It leaped towards Chenxi in one swift motion.
Ignoring the pain, Chenxi rolled over to dodge, and the hidden arrow on her wrist shot directly at the tiger's face.
When everyone saw the tiger pounce on Chenxi, they were all terrified and rushed forward.
To everyone's surprise, the leader dodged it with a quick somersault, a move commonly known as a "donkey roll." Though it was a rather awkward maneuver, he managed to escape swiftly.
As the tiger breathed a long sigh of relief, it let out a mournful roar as a hidden dart struck its eye.
The one-eyed tiger scratched the ground in pain, but only scratched twice. Zheng Ankang, who reacted the fastest, picked up his large cleaver and slashed directly at the tiger.
Despite having one eye injured, the tiger still reacted quickly, not only dodging Zheng Ankang's large cleaver but also sweeping its tail at him, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Zheng Ankang hurriedly retreated to avoid it. In just a moment, one of the vanguard members was bitten in the throat by the tiger and died instantly!
It then swiftly attacked the person next to it with its claws. The person screamed in agony as a large gash appeared in their abdomen, dripping with blood.
Although the guards and vanguard had studied martial arts for a while, they ultimately lacked any real skills. Relying on their youth, high spirits, and large numbers, they dared to confront the tiger head-on.
But once the tiger unleashed its power, every move it made was fatal, and the ordinary people began to feel fear.
Shenxi had already stood up, and upon seeing the enraged tiger, her eyebrows shot up.
These past few days have been too smooth. The biggest obstacle they encountered was the wolf packs, none of which were large. The guards and vanguards only suffered minor injuries at most.
Who would have thought that a tiger could be so powerful!
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