Chapter 555
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Chapter 555: The Outbreak of Influenza (2)
In the various cities, outside the hospitals and nursing homes.
The establishment of isolation zones caused quite a stir among the people.
A man insisted on visiting his brother but was stopped by a patrol team member guarding the isolation zone.
“Why not? My brother is inside. I am his elder brother, why can’t I go in to see him?!”
The man was filled with outrage at the patrol team member’s actions.
The surrounding pedestrians heard the commotion and gathered around.
In the blink of an eye, a large crowd had assembled outside.
However, most of the patrol team members in the various cities of the Myriad World Civilization were soldiers retired from the battlefield.
These individuals had all faced immense danger.
This small commotion clearly wouldn’t intimidate them.
One of the leading patrol team captains pointed to the nearby notice board and spoke.
“It is clearly written on this notice board that they are suffering from a highly contagious influenza. What if you get infected if you come into contact with the patients? What if you then infect others? Will that not cause more people to get sick?”
“I, I…”
Three consecutive questions rendered the man, who wanted to visit his brother, speechless.
The patrol team captain, seizing the opportunity, pressed on.
“Now is the peak season for influenza. There are already enough sick people. If everyone truly cares for the patients, then you should cooperate with the hospital’s treatment policy. Let the patients rest well and not cause more trouble for the doctors!”
His words were reasonable and logical, causing many of the gathered people to nod subconsciously.
They then expressed their willingness to actively cooperate with the hospital’s treatment policy.
Hearing this, the patrol team captain cupped his fists towards the crowd.
“Thank you all for your understanding and cooperation. Please disperse quickly!”
The surrounding crowd soon dispersed.
The man who had been so insistent on visiting his brother could only leave with the crowd.
Seeing this, a patrol team member standing behind couldn’t help but show a hint of surprise in his eyes.
“When did Captain’s tongue become so agile? He speaks so smoothly.”
Another patrol team member next to him chuckled.
“How could that be? Director Zhou of the Medical Department told him all of that beforehand. The captain just repeated what he was told.”
“I see.”
What happened outside did not affect the doctors inside.
They simply did not have the extra energy to pay attention to other matters.
As the patrol team captain said, there were already enough sick people.
For the past few days, just taking care of the patients had kept them overwhelmingly busy.
“Cough, cough, cough!!!”
The violent coughing seemed to tear his lungs out.
The patient lying on the bed breathed with difficulty.
“Doctor Wang, I am so uncomfortable. I cannot breathe. Am I going to die?”
Hearing the patient’s weak question, the doctor in the white coat and medical mask felt his heart go heavy.
Fear? Pleading? Despair? Hope?
The patient’s eyes, which had become increasingly dull due to the severe illness, were now unusually complex.
Doctor Wang’s mouth opened and closed a few times, but he couldn’t utter a single word.
Just yesterday, this patient was confirmed to have worsened and was directly transferred to this deeper isolation room.
The six patients who had previously stayed in this isolation room had all turned into ashes.
Doctor Wang, knowing the truth, didn’t know what to say.
His spirit was being tormented!
It wasn’t until another violent cough pulled him back to reality that he looked at the patient, who was almost deathly pale.
Doctor Wang, regaining his composure, quickly held the patient’s hand.
“No, believe me, you will be fine.”
As he said this, he felt an unprecedented sense of powerlessness.
Even his voice was clearly strained.
However, upon hearing these words, a glimmer of hope appeared in the patient’s eyes.
“Really? I will, I will be fine…”
Those hopeful eyes gazed at him.
For some reason, as Doctor Wang met those eyes, a surge of courage welled up within him.
He nodded vigorously.
“Really, you will get better. You will definitely get better!”
As he spoke, Doctor Wang quickly pushed open the window next to the bed to let in the fresh air.
At the same time, he reached out and helped the patient lying on the bed to sit up.
“Come, sit for a while. This will make you feel more comfortable. I will go get you a glass of water.”
Doctor Wang said as he walked out.
However, he had only taken a few steps when the almost continuous coughing sound from behind him suddenly disappeared.
Doctor Wang, who was mid-stride, froze.
He then lowered his raised foot and stood still.
Finally, he painfully closed his eyes.
On this day, another patient died in the isolation ward of the Mirror City nursing home.
The number of deaths and sick patients increased daily.
Meanwhile, Luo Ji, in the Hall of Political Affairs, was making efforts in his own way.
On his desk, stacks of identity files were piled so high they almost buried him alive.
He went through them one by one.
After multiple comparisons, Luo Ji’s thoughts began to connect.
“Jie Zichuan!”
“Your subordinate is here!”
“Go to this place for me and inquire about some things…”
As he spoke, Luo Ji directly handed a stack of identity files to Jie Zichuan.
“Your subordinate obeys.”
Quickly putting on the issued medical mask, Jie Zichuan left the Hall of Political Affairs.
Ever since he took over He Liang’s guard captain position, no one could deny his efficiency.
The tasks assigned to him were usually handled in an orderly manner, and his work efficiency was very high, requiring no worries from Luo Ji.
About an hour later, Jie Zichuan, having completed the task, rushed back to the Hall of Political Affairs.
“Your Majesty, your subordinate has confirmed that the patient surnamed Yang in that chicken farm was the first to get sick. Later, the owner of the chicken farm asked Old Zhao, who worked with him, to take chicken soup to visit the patient.”
“Then Old Zhao found that the patient was seriously ill and rushed him to the hospital for treatment.”
“The next day, Old Zhao went to work at the chicken farm as usual. Nothing happened then, but about 4 or 5 days later, Old Zhao also started to develop a fever and severe cough. He took sick leave and went to the hospital that afternoon.”
“After that, many employees in the chicken farm became infected one after another.”
“Then your subordinate went to the nursing home again and asked the patient surnamed Yang.”
“According to the patient, he hadn’t experienced anything strange before he fell ill. If he had to say something, it was that the new employee in the factory was clumsy and let a rooster run loose, causing chaos in the farm.”
At this point, Jie Zichuan, as if remembering something else, suddenly added.
“Oh, and also, when he was catching the rooster, his forearm was scratched by something, and it bled a little, but that kind of small injury quickly scabbed over.”
