Chapter 86 My Dad's an Idiot 8 My Hero
Meanwhile, some of the experienced doctors and nurses from the county hospital were transferred there to specifically treat these patients.
Medical staff: "..."
No, they're just too unlucky, aren't they?
Previously, they had to treat these disgusting people at the hospital, but now that a special prevention and control zone has been established, they also want to come and help.
However, the medical staff's duty prevented them from refusing, as they were indeed experienced and knew how to handle these special patients.
Of course, fortunately, although these special patients are a bit disgusting, the maggots and leeches on their bodies only attack them and not others, which is a blessing in disguise.
However, about half a month later, this inexplicable 'infectious disease' suddenly worsened rapidly.
A small village of 400 people in Hejing County was completely infected with this peculiar 'infectious disease'.
All of this was discovered by a postman delivering mail to Sigeda Village.
When the postman arrived at Sigeda to deliver mail, he found the entire village eerily quiet. It was only a little past nine in the morning, a time when villagers should be out and about, but the village was unusually quiet.
The postman felt something was off; he inexplicably felt a chill on his body.
When he entered the courtyard of the family that delivered the letter, he saw the shadow that would haunt him for the rest of his life.
A giant leech, as tall as a person, lay in the middle of the yard. It was entirely red, its skin was taut, and the horizontal stripes around its body looked particularly eerie.
However, that wasn't the strangest thing. The strangest thing was that the postman seemed to see a human body inside the giant humanoid leech.
Postman: "!!!!!!!"
Is this something a normal person could see?!
The leeches have become sentient!!!
Fortunately, the postman was a staunch materialist with an extremely strong mental fortitude. Although he was trembling with fear, he managed to stay upright and not faint.
He wasn't afraid of anything else, except that if he fainted, a giant leech would emerge and swallow him whole.
The mailman dialed the police and, trembling, recounted what had happened.
Officials arrived quickly.
Then they discovered that all 428 villagers in the entire Sigeda Village had been swallowed by giant leeches.
Even more bizarrely, these people were swallowed by leeches, yet their vital signs remained normal.
In other words, they are still alive.
However, when rescuers tried to separate them from the leeches, they found that the people seemed to have become one with the leeches.
In other words, leeches became their external bodies, while they replaced the leeches' internal organs and became part of their bodies.
Even seasoned professionals have never seen anything like it.
In particular, they checked the information and confirmed that these villagers were normal human beings before this.
In modern society, mobile phones and computers are ubiquitous. Sigeda Village is not a remote village in the mountains; every villager has a mobile phone.
This can be seen from the usage records on the phone.
These people last contacted the outside world ten days ago.
Then everything came to a standstill. They were attacked and devoured by leeches that suddenly appeared, and finally merged into the leech's body.
It's hard to say whether they are leeches or people.
Specialist researchers specializing in special events entered the scene, and through their investigation, they discovered something even more terrifying.
These people are not just maintaining vital signs.
Their brainwaves are very active, and they can 'hear' everything happening outside.
In other words, even though their eyes were closed and they became the leeches' internal organs, their consciousness remained clear.
If they are conscious, it proves they are still human. Destroying them would be no different from murder.
Therefore, the only option is to take them all away.
Of course, besides the fact that these people are still alive and cannot be killed casually, another reason is that they also want to investigate what exactly is going on with these leeches that can merge with people.
Will these monsters appear on a large scale? What are their weaknesses? Will they pose a threat to humans?
Moreover, what does their appearance signify, and what dangers will they pose to humanity...?
After all, only a small village has been wiped out so far. If the pest outbreak spreads to the town or even the county seat, the victims will be more than just these four hundred villagers.
Of course, because the incident in Sigeda Village was too horrific, the relevant authorities quickly blocked the news and silenced those who had seen the scene.
This time, however, an entire village disappeared. They were not completely independent of this world; they had their own network of relationships.
Who doesn't have relatives and friends?
After being unable to contact him for a long time, people outside began to have doubts.
Adding to the recent rumors of leech sightings, and the previous reports from county hospitals of patients vomiting leeches, various gossips have begun to circulate.
"Have you heard? There's a demon haunting this place..."
"I heard it's an insect spirit..."
"Why do I hear it's a worm spirit?"
"Oh ho, we have a White Snake Lady around here? Or maybe there's a Xu Xian or something?"
"What are you talking about? I didn't hear about some worm spirit, I heard about vampires! Have you forgotten the zombie incidents of the 90s? This time it's vampires!"
"Aren't vampires from overseas?"
"With transportation so advanced these days, even vampires travel by airplane..."
However, no one knows the truth of the matter. The relevant authorities have kept everything tightly under wraps, leaving only various rumors circulating outside.
With the deliberate manipulation of certain individuals, the previous rumors sounded quite plausible, but they quickly went completely astray.
With such a commotion outside, the students at the county's No. 1 High School naturally heard about it too.
Supernatural events like these are the gossip students love most. After all, they have a lot of studies to do and it's rare to have something to relax about, so they naturally want to find topics to talk about.
"Qi Xiaobao, I remember that Si Geda Village isn't far from your home. Have you heard the rumors about vampires there?"
When get out of class ended, Qi Xiaobao's deskmate, Li Huihui, leaned close to her and whispered a question.
Qi Xiaobao put down his pen and turned to look at Li Huihui, but his gaze was almost like that of someone looking at an idiot.
"You've gone to school for so many years, and you still believe in this?"
Li Huihui's expression froze for a moment, but she quickly composed herself and said with a grin.
“Let’s talk. I have relatives in Sigeda Village. We haven’t been able to contact them for about two weeks. Later, some people went to look for them, but they were stopped before they even got there…”
In other words, the entire village of Sigeda was sealed off, and outsiders couldn't get in at all.
If something is just hearsay, the rumors will disappear in a short time.
But now the people of Sigeda Village have disappeared, and Sigeda has become a restricted area, inaccessible to outsiders.
Some daring individuals attempted to launch drones to investigate, but the drones were shot down as soon as they took off, and the people who launched the drones were arrested.
Li Huihui couldn't contain her gossip and kept talking to Qi Xiaobao.
Qi Xiaobao simply said he wasn't interested in these things, said a few things casually, and then fell silent.
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