Chapter 593
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"Bitten by a rat? Where is the rat?" a doctor suddenly asked .
No one had initially asked about the rat .
"I guess the rat is still in the village," another doctor said .
"The rat might bite more animals or human beings," the first doctor said .
Everyone started to get anxious . Someone called the village secretary .
The village secretary immediately took action, but he gave up a moment later . It was impossible to target a small rat in a village .
The next morning, an announcement was made through a broadcast . The village secretary asked every household to set up rat traps and sticky rat board to get rid of the rats .
"Why was the broadcast on so early in the morning?" a villager asked .
"What's wrong with rats? They are so common," another villager said .
"I think we are asked to get rid of the rats for a reason," an elderly villager said .
Meanwhile, Wang Yao hadn't left Nanshan Hill . The little rabbit was still alive in the stone cage . It remained quiet and looked a bit sick .
"It worked!" Wang Yao was thrilled . Although he hadn't slept the previous night, he felt energetic . Staying awake overnight was nothing to him .
Hmm? He looked up toward the village .
The village's big speaker was located at the foot of the hill on the west side . It faced the village .
Rats are gonna be a big problem!
Rats were everywhere in the countryside . It was impossible to kill them all . They were not fussy eaters, but they were fast breeders . Someone once said that rats were the true survivors on Earth .
A crazy rat could go anywhere . It was too small to be noticed .
Soon, a second villager was bitten but not by a rat . Instead, he was bitten by a sheep that was normally very gentle .
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The village doctor thought, This is bad!
Two people had been bitten in two consecutive days . This was not a good sign . Once a crack appeared on a dam, the dam would collapse sooner or later . No one could stop it .
Another person was isolated . The only thing was that the female villager was not cooperative when being taken away . She was crying and screaming like a mad woman . Fortunately, the sedative worked on her . The medical staff gave her two injections to temporarily keep her calm .
All the villagers were panicking . A few days ago, they weren't panicking about anything . The moment two people were isolated, they felt the threat was real .
The news traveled fast .
"I heard our village will become a quarantine area . We can't go out, and people can't come in," a middle-aged villager said .
"What can we do? Are we gonna get infected?" his wife asked .
"Who knows?" the middle-aged villager replied .
The panic felt by the villagers was like storm clouds in the sky; it accumulated quickly .
"Sis," Chen Zhou said as he looked at the sky .
"What? Are you worried?" Chen Ying asked .
"Yes," Chen Zhou said . "Did you hear that two people have been isolated?"
"Yeah, let's go to see Dr . Wang in the afternoon," Chen Ying said .
"OK," Chen Zhou said .
Wang Yao went home for lunch at noon .
"Two people have been infected, and they are not both isolated," Zhang Xiuying said . "The village is in a state of siege . A lot of armed policemen came to the village . "
Things have gotten out of control quickly! Wang Yao thought something like this might happen, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly .
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"You and Dad don't need to worry about it . You have me," Wang Yao said with a smile .
At least he could guarantee that his family members would be exempt from any illnesses attacking .
"OK," Zhang Xiuying said .
Actually, most of the villagers didn't like going out anyway . They occasionally went out grocery shop or sell food from their farm . Short-term quarantine didn't really have a big impact on their lives . However, the feeling of being isolated was not good . They felt like they were captured pigs and sheep losing their freedom .
"I don't know when those doctors can come up with a way to cure the disease," Zhang Xiuying said .
Chen Zhou said the same thing .
"Those doctors? They won't," Chen Ying said .
Those doctors had never come across such a disease . It was completely new to them, so they had to start from scratch . From theory to an effective medication was a long journey .
"Should I help them?" Wang Yao murmured .
"What did you say?" Zhang Xiuying asked as she heard Wang Yao talking to himself .
"Oh, nothing . Mom, can you buy several more rabbits for me?" Wang Yao asked .
"More rabbits? OK, I'll get you a few," Zhang Xiuying said .
Before long, Zhang Xiuying came back with several rabbits .
"Here you go," Zhang Xiuying said .
Wang Yao went back to Nanshan Hill with the rabbits .
On his way to the hill, he collected wild dandelion and green bristle grass, which were everywhere on the hill . Soon, he had collected quite a few . He wanted to use them for further testing . He wanted to see if the decoction was still effective if he put wild dandelion and green bristle grass in it .
Chen Ying and Chen Zhou went to find Wang Yao at his clinic .
"Dr . Wang is not here," Chen Ying said .
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"Shall we go find him on the hill?" Chen Zhou asked .
"No, let's wait here," Chen Ying said . "Dr . Wang is probably busy right now . " She vaguely guessed what Wang Yao was doing .
San Xian went on a patrol on the hill . Da Xiao went out to look for food . Wang Yao was brewing a decoction in his cottage . The decoction was soon ready .
The color and taste are similar to the one I brewed last time .
He put some into his mouth . Similar taste . Let me try it .
He infected one rabbit infected and put it into the stone cage .
San Xian returned from patrolling . Woof! Woof! Woof! He walked around the stone cage excitedly . The rabbits were like his new pals .
"San Xian, they can't play with you, and you can't eat them," Wang Yao said .
Woof! San Xian stopped in front of Wang Yao and looked at the rabbit in the stone cage .
"This is a different one," Wang Yao said .
A man and a dog sat quietly in the herbal field . In a different stone cage, the infected but cured rabbit looked sleepy .
Meanwhile, in an isolated room of Lianshan People's hospital, was the first infected patient .
"Multiple organ failure . He has lost consciousness," a doctor said .
"None of the medications worked," another doctor said .
Hmm! The doctors were at a loss . The speed of deterioration had exceeded their expectation . They couldn't even stop the patient from getting worse .
"The other patient is also getting worse," a nurse said .
Now, they were worried there would potentially be more people in the village getting infected .
"My advice is to forbid anyone in the village to go out," a specialist said .
Actually, more than one specialists suggested this . The local government surely would listen to the advice .
The leaders of Lianshan local government made a quick decision . The village was to be completely and strictly isolated . The government sent many armed and unarmed policemen to the village .
There was only one way to leave or enter the village, which was surrounded by hills . They blocked the road exit . However, they couldn't block the paths on the hills . The government had sent all the personnel they could, but they didn't have enough staff . Plus, too many policemen would only make the villagers more panicked .
"What? They are not letting us out?" a villager complained .
"Why?" his wife asked .
People were not allowed to leave the village . It had become a huge cage that made all the villagers panic even more . It was officially a state of siege .
"Do you think we should escape?" a middle-aged villager asked his wife .
"Are you crazy? Where can we go? Everyone in the village had registered his or her name . Do you want to be a nationally wanted person?" his wife replied .
"What wanted person? Nonsense, we are not criminals," the middle-aged man said .
"Then, stay here for now," his wife said .
The rabbit inside the stone cage was unsettled .
"You've been given two bowls of decoctions . How come you are not getting better?" Wang Yao asked .
The rabbit had gotten better last time after taking two bowls of decoctions . Wang Yao gave it a third bowl of decoction . He stayed on the hill for another day .
His experiment failed this time . The rabbit in the cage went crazy for the whole morning . He couldn't make it calm down at all .
Wang Yao gave up . He ended the rabbit's life with his Qi . He then burned the rabbit's body and used it as fertilizer .
He decided to do one more experiment . He did it in the evening but failed again . Both experiments for the day failed .
So, the wild dandelion and bristle grass won't work, Wang Yao concluded .
Another villager was infected the next day . He started to get sick at home . His wife noticed there was something wrong with him and asked him to go to the hospital . He refused . He then became crazy, which really scared the hell of his family .