Chapter 424 The epidemic is rampant (22)
Xia Yueke was stunned for a moment, "Liu Dawei, calm down! How could they die? Aren't they fine? They must be extremely tired, so they are sleeping!"
That's right. Xia Yueke observed them for a long time and felt that they must have fallen asleep due to exhaustion, because their breathing was even and their eyes were closed, and they looked no different from those who were asleep.
Liu Dawei's tears and snot flowed down his face, and his voice stammered, "No, no, they are not asleep, they are sick with the plague. It's all my fault. I should have separated them. I thought they would be fine. The disease is only effective for orcs, but I didn't expect it to work on humans too..."
Xia Yueke's pupils shrank. "What did you say? An epidemic? How can something like this be contagious nowadays?"
Liu Dawei hugged them, feeling very sad. "I don't know either. We were running out in a desperate situation. The dwarf bumped into an orc. His body was covered with red sores, but we were so busy running for our lives. When the dwarf mentioned it, none of us paid any attention. Later, we just tried our best to avoid the orc zombies here."
"We had only been hiding there for two days when something started to go wrong with the short guy. He started turning pale and had a rash. But we had medicine. We had purchased a batch of medicine from the beginning. We didn't know what it was for, but luckily the fat guy had it with him. We gave it to him, even without water, and he swallowed it straight away. The illness seemed to be suppressed, and the rash on his body stopped growing."
"Yesterday, he suddenly developed a high fever. Today, he's had a low-grade fever and now he's unconscious. What should I do?"
Xia Yueke's face was solemn, and she suddenly didn't know what to say. She thought of herself first. She had very little contact with the dwarf in the past half day, and there was no physical contact. But she had been here for most of the day, and she was only two or three meters away from them. It seemed that she might not be infected, right?
Xia Yueke brushed away the veil on her face and felt a little safer, but she still felt uneasy.
No, just in case she had to find the old witch doctor and ask for some antidote.
Cangwu was also very worried and held Xia Yueke's hand, "Are you okay? Let's go back now."
Xia Yueke nodded and said, "Let's take them back. Maybe the witch doctor has a solution or can save them."
Cangwu couldn't deny it, but what he was thinking in his head was, if Xia Yueke was really infected, he didn't know whether the old witch doctor's medicine would be reliable, so he still had to use it for experiments. Aren't these two ready-made test subjects?
So he didn't stop him.
Liu Dawei followed the two men holding his two brothers, feeling very heavy-hearted. However, when he heard that the two men might have a way to save the fat man and the short man, he didn't care about anything else.
When they arrived at their cave, surprisingly, Lu Chunlai had already returned. She had already given the herbs to the old witch doctor, and she looked very cheerful.
When she saw Xia Yueke, she wanted to pounce on her, but Xia Yueke dodged her with a flash.
Xia Yueke covered her mouth and nose, "Don't come over here, I might have the plague. You should arm yourself quickly. We've taken in two humans with the plague and will place them nearby. Don't run around anymore."
Lu Chunlai listened to this long string of words and paused for a long time. Then he looked at Cangwu questioningly, "What's wrong with you? How did Xia Yue get infected?"
Xia Yueke said quickly: "Chunlai, don't worry. I'm not sure either. I need to wait and see for a few more days. Cangwu will place me next door. You and the old witch doctor should not come to contact me for now."
Cangwu didn't say much. He actually dug out a cave nearby with his bare hands. He drove the three people in first, covered the cave with vines from the outside, and took enough food for the three people. Then he returned to their cave and dug out a new place next to their cave.
Cangwu's strength has reached a new level in the hearts of several people, but Xia Yueke can no longer care about so much. She just wants to rest and have a good sleep. After all, she has been out all day and she is exhausted.
Cangwu brought the stone slabs from next door in a few minutes, as well as the familiar bed. Xia Yueke deliberately avoided Cangwu and lay on the bed, her voice low and hoarse:
"Cangwu, you should go back and rest too. I'll sleep here for a while, it should be fine."
Cangwu was worried and wanted to stay here, but Xia Yue was helpless. "What if I really get infected and you're still here? Then neither of us can escape. And you'll fall ill too. Who will supervise the witch doctor's work? What if he slacks off? I'll be finished then. You have to keep an eye on him and make him make the antidote quickly."
Xia Yueke's explanation was very logical, and Cangwu nodded slightly, "Okay, go to sleep first. I'll ask the old witch doctor to check on you later to see if you've been infected with the plague. Didn't he say he had an antidote? In any case, you should take some first."
Cangwu's voice gradually faded away, and Xia Yueke actually fell asleep slowly.
She only felt her head dizzy and she could not hear anything clearly, and finally she fell into darkness.
Cangwu looked at Xia Yueke, whose face was as pale as paper and lifeless, and immediately ran next door to pull the old witch doctor over.
"Take a look at her. Is she infected? Can she be saved? Hurry!"
The old witch doctor staggered when Cangwu pulled him, but he didn't say anything. After all, Xia Yuke had been with him for so long, and he didn't want anything to happen to her.
The old witch doctor flipped Xia Yueke's eyelids, and then tested her temperature. After a while, he said:
"It seems they are really infected, and this disease is much stronger than before. I heard that they were infected by the three people you brought back?"
Cangwu nodded immediately, "Those three people are still in a cave outside. I plan to try your medicine on them now. It would be best if it cures them."
The old witch doctor hadn't thought of this yet, so he could only nod. "Okay, I'll give that person my old recipe and see how he feels. We can't delay Xia Yueke either. If we miss the opportunity, it will worsen and that won't be good. Right now, it's only mild and the easiest to treat."
Cangwu nodded and went to boil medicine for the first time. Lu Chunlai was not idle either. He boiled medicine for the three people and sent it to them for them to drink. He went to check again in the afternoon and found that the two infected people were in good condition.
The condition did not get any worse, so it seems the medicine is still effective.
Cangwu was fully responsible for Xia Yueke, helping her drink water and apply hot towels when eating.
He was not impatient at all, but he became more and more anxious as he looked at Xia Yueke.
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