blood plague

Chapter 43 Deeper Despair

Back at the church, after arranging Andy and the others for a while, Iger saw that the four of them were shivering from the cold, so he took the four of them to the place where the sundries were piled up behind the isolation room, and each chose a suit of clothes that fit them.

This is the case in autumn. The first few days may be so hot that people feel that summer is still not over. After a few continuous autumn rains, people immediately become cold enough to doubt life.

While the four were changing clothes, Elvira treated the wounds of the two ladies with iodophor spray and clean gauze, and Iger helped Father Locke take care of the two more seriously injured men.

Since Clyde was wearing shorts, he had more wounds than Andy.

Finally, when Clyde carefully unwrapped a strip of cloth from his right ear, he revealed a half ear that looked a little scary.

Father Locke made Clyde sit by the window, and after lightly touching the edge of the wound with his fingers, he frowned.

"Hey, what's the matter, Father." Clyde forced a smile on his face and said to Father Locke, "Thank you for the previous broadcast announcement. We also found that being bitten by an infected person does not cause infection."

"How long has your wound been?" Father Locke asked Clyde.

"Uh, it happened shortly after the sun rose this morning." Clyde said nervously.

Father Locke didn't hide anything, and said directly: "Your wound looks a little strange."

When Father Locke said this, Andy and Iger, who were busy at the side, both turned their eyes.

Father Locke continued: "Based on the time, your ear injury should have been about 10 hours ago, and judging by the condition of your clothes, your body has been stained with unclean water today."

Clyde nodded.

When they encountered two strong infected people in the morning, the six of them fell for a long time in the wetland with stagnant water and mud, and it took all their strength to bring down the two infected people.

In the afternoon, it was hard to feel dry, but a violent thunderstorm struck, and the four of them were drowned from head to toe.

In the silence of Father Locke, Clyde finally couldn't help asking: "Father, what is the problem with the wound, you can tell me directly."

Father Locke shook his head and said, "It's not that there's anything wrong with you, but that there's nothing wrong with you."

Ok?
The three people on the side were confused.

Father Locke turned to Andy seriously and said, "Show me the wounds on your body, too."

Andy raised his left leg, and there was a stab wound on the inner thigh that he didn't know was made by something. The wound was not long, but deep.

Father Locke squatted down and carefully checked Andy's injuries, then he pointed to the wounds and said to Iger, "Look, their wounds are too new."

New wound?Isn't that bad?

Iger moved closer to look at Andy's thigh in doubt, and suddenly a flash of light flashed through his mind, yes, something is really wrong!
Iger discovered the problem pointed out by Father Locke, the wound was indeed too new.

These two injuries were not too light, at least not superficial injuries.

All day today, they were busy fleeing for their lives in the wild, and the exposed wounds were covered with rain and mud. It has been more than ten hours now.

According to the worse prediction, their current wounds should be red or white, that is, there are some signs of bacterial infection.

But Iger saw that whether it was Andy's leg injury or Clyde's ear, after washing it with cold water, the wound was very pink and tender, with no signs of infection at all.

This is not normal.

Iger gasped, and he hurriedly raised his left arm. The bite mark on his left arm had healed, leaving only a scar.

Father Locke asked Iger very seriously: "Did you use any other disinfectant or sterilizer than sparkling water that day?"

Iger shook his head.

After treating the wound with sparkling water and underwear that day, he saw that the lost HP had recovered, so he didn't take it to heart any more. In addition, there were a lot of things in those days, so he forgot when he got busy.

If Iger remembers correctly, the fat infected person bit him on his left arm that day, and Vance shot him in the eye from the bottom up while lying down.The infected person's eye socket was pierced, and then the stuff in his cranial cavity sprayed out of the eye socket, covering Iger all over his body.

When Vance went to meet the last infected person alone with an axe, Iger checked the wound because of severe pain. He clearly saw the foul-smelling paste sticking to his wound, which Iger could clearly understand with his shallow hygiene knowledge. Awareness: The wound is contaminated.

That's why Iger hurriedly took out the sparkling water to rinse and disinfect the wound.

Carbonic acid does have a certain killing effect on bacteria, but the effect is also limited.Originally, it was just going to be temporarily bandaged, but because of discussing the formation of a search and rescue team after returning to the camp, Iger was quickly forgotten.

Today, Iger realized belatedly that he had never had any infection symptoms such as fever and wound suppuration.

After Iger froze for a moment, he changed the subject, and said to Father Locke, "It's a good thing that the wounds are not infected. Let's bandage them quickly."

Father Locke nodded, and the two quickly healed the wounds of Andy and Clyde who were confused.

After Andy and Clyde thanked the two of them gratefully, they walked out of the priest's bedroom, which was used as a temporary medical room, while Iger put forward his hypothesis to Father Locke while packing up the medical equipment.

"Father, I think one of my previous conjectures may have been confirmed." Iger didn't look like a child at all at this time. Only when he was alone with Father Locke, could Iger unscrupulously show that he was completely incompatible with a child. The side of the child's personality.

"Tell me about it." Father Locke said encouragingly to Iger.

"The blood plague creature infected everyone." Iger said, "All of us have been infected by the blood plague creature, and so far, we have not been cured."

After Iger corrected his thinking and reorganized his language, he said: "I mean, although our bodies temporarily show immunity to the blood plague, the blood plague creatures have filled our bodies, and they have occupied our bodies. All skin, muscle, blood, various organs and tissues.

Due to unknown reasons, blood plague creatures are temporarily helpless against our bodies.But they kill other competitors in our body, such as various parasitic bacteria and bacteria that try to invade, and even viruses. "

After tidying up the medical box, Iger closed it. He straightened up, turned around and said to Father Locke: "On the bright side, we may not get sick anymore. All diseases caused by microorganisms have been 'miracles' Generally gone."

"The bad thing is." Iger said very seriously to the priest: "We don't know how long this current 'immunity' situation will last."

Eger paused and said: "In other words, no matter what we do or don't do, we may suddenly become plagued by blood without warning."

If Iger's conjecture is true, there may no longer be any survivors in this world at any time.

It's a desperately suffocating world.

(End of this chapter)