Chapter 126: Infection
Wei Huo built a temporary camp on an empty ground outside the village. There were houses, bonfires, research tables, and hospital beds there.
Xiao Bin and the others had returned. Unfortunately, they had not found any other survivors.
Wei Huo said, “Mo Guyun, help the injured. Xiao Bin, take some people to burn the bodies and bury them. Then, go back to the building and bring back anything useful.”
At that moment, the sky was already dark and black clouds covered it. Lightning bolts would appear from time to time in the sky. Moments later, terrifying sounds of thunder would rumble. One would be shocked if one was not careful.
Wei Huo thought that he could not stay in the house because he saw the small bungalow tilting vigorously. Although the golden light protected the buildings, it did not seem like it could fix the foundation of the buildings. It would be dangerous to stay in any of the buildings. That was why he planned to build a temporary camp and a cabin there.
The 14-year-old boy leaned against a tree and sat down. He had just eaten something and drunk some water. He was in a much better state, but the 10-year-old girl’s condition was not good.
The girl could not speak and only opened her mouth to drink water. She could not chew or swallow the food given to her.
Mo Guyun felt a little weird and checked her body. In the end, she found a shallow wound on her back. However, the skin around the wound had turned black, and pus was oozing out of the wound.
Mo Guyun’s hands started trembling. “The wound is infected!”
She knew very well what an infection meant under the circumstances.
Wei Huo said calmly, “I know.”
He had known that she was infected the moment he had seen the little girl. The words ‘Mild Blood Loss’ and ‘Infection’ had been clearly written on the Information Feed.
“Don’t be nervous.” Wei Huo was currently building a bonfire. He called the Mimic over and opened its mouth. He then found some bronze pots and bowls. Fortunately, he had the foresight to leave a few common daily necessities behind.
However, at that moment, the 14-year-old boy knelt down with a plop. His dry eyes began to moisten, but his voice was still hoarse and dry. “I’m begging you, please save her! Save my sister!”
He had heard the conversation between the two of them. He had thought that he and his sister were finally safe, so he panicked when he heard that something was wrong.
The strong and proud child knelt down. He did so for his sister. He even kowtowed before Wei Huo. “Please! Please!”
He had seen Wei Huo standing on the canopy of the Tree-Man through his telescope. He knew how powerful Wei Huo was.
Mo Guyun’s eyes were wet. She wanted to save the girl too, but how could she?
However, the young man was very stubborn.
Wei Huo remained expressionless as he pointed at the young man and said, “Stop kowtowing. Take this pot and get some water. When you get back, boil the water. Mo Guyun, I’ll prepare some medicine for you. You can treat the girl.”
The young man lifted his head in a daze and looked at Wei Huo and the bronze pot. He thought of something and got up. He then picked up the bronze pot and ran away.
Mo Guyun was stunned. She asked in disbelief, “Do you have medicine? Do you have alcohol? Do you have anti-inflammatory medicine? Do you have tetanus shots? Do you have Amolin?”
Wei Huo shook his head. “There’s salt water, infection medicine, knives, gauze, and hemostasis medicine. Take care of it.”
Most of the medicine in the market was not cheap, and cheaper medicine was fake. Wei Huo had bought some hemostasis medicine and another medicine for treating infections. This time, he had not bought them one by one. Instead, he had bought a bottle. That was why it had been more expensive.
The medicine was divided into two small white bottles with the words ‘Hemostasis Medicine’ and ‘Infection Medicine’ written on them.
Mo Guyun took the two bottles of medicine and asked doubtfully, “Are they reliable? Why are there only names on them? There are no production dates or instructions.”
She then opened a lid and took a sniff. “It’s Amolin and Yunnan White Medicine. I understand. Leave it to me.”
Mo Guyun started treating the little girl’s infected wound. She used salt water to clean the wound first. The salt water would hurt when it touched the wound. The little girl endured it, but she still twitched and trembled uncontrollably. After washing the wound, Mo Guyun started bandaging the little girl’s wound. Then, she fed the little girl Amolin.
After everything was done, Mo Guyun wiped the sweat on her forehead and said, “This is all that can be done for now. Without professional equipment, this medicine is not perfect either.”
Wei Huo said, “You’ll have to get used to this in the future. Without professional equipment, you can only use your professional judgment.”
At that moment, fine rain started falling from the sky. The thunder became louder, and a cool breeze blew over from the southeast, bringing with it a burnt smell.
“What is this?” Mo Guyun was confused.
At that moment, Xiao Bin and the others returned.
“Everyone, get inside. It’s going to rain!”
Three minutes after Wei Huo finished his sentence, it started raining cats and dogs. Everyone hid in the cabin as the sound of heavy rain filled the air.
The heavy rain also marked the end of the second day. 24 hours had passed, and many organizations on the Camp Roll, Bandit Roll, and Traveling Merchant Roll had disappeared. They had failed their quests, and their organizations had been forcibly dissolved. Many names on the rolls had disappeared.
At that moment, Wei Huo received a Level-21 quest. The Level-21 quest was to study the Technology Tree in Wei Huo’s traveling caravan. A lot of the technology used by the traveling caravan was useful. For example, the accompanying doctor, portable medicine box, herb identification, medicine production, and so on. There was also a simple backpack, pickax, diving equipment, thermal equipment, and sleigh. These were all basics. They were all things that could be studied on a simple research table.
Besides, many research tables could be built. It would be faster if a few people studied them together.
Wei Huo asked Xiao Bin and the others, who had nothing to do, to conduct scientific research together. He asked the young man to boil some meat soup while he flipped through the Item Mall to find useful goods.
After the meat soup was cooked, they let the little girl drink some. The little girl could finally eat something. She was in a much better condition and she could even speak. However, she could only lie down because of the injury on her back.
After some interaction, they finally discovered that the young man’s name was Liu Lei. The girl’s name was Liu Ying. The two siblings were afraid of strangers. They did not speak much and they could not ask them anything. They could only wait for them to get used to the situation.
Time passed minute by minute. The rain continued pouring, and it did not stop even after seven to eight hours. Wei Huo kept studying his notebook until he reached Level 24. The quests from Level 21 to Level 24 were all research quests. Because the three of them were researching together, their progress was fast. After reaching Level 24, Wei Huo received a quest to ‘hunt a Rare creature alone’.
Wei Huo said, “I’ll leave for a while. I might only come back at dawn. You guys take turns to guard the camp at night.”
After saying that, Wei Huo left. The others were confused. Why would he go out in the rain?
As Wei Huo left the cabin, the rain hit him. He looked at the group of savages tied up under the trees and thought about it. He then grabbed a savage and left.
Hunting Rare-ranked creatures was not possible without bait.
Wei Huo left with the savage. After about five hours, the sky brightened up and three moons appeared in the sky. Wei Huo had already set up a trap and was waiting for his prey to get caught. At that moment, a system alert was heard. “Deadly infection!”