Back to the Wilderness

The sun shines through the layers of clouds and mist, and the birds sing melodiously. The dew on the grass leaves gradually evaporates, and the flowers and plants that have slept all night stretch their limbs.The valley that had been quiet for a long time was bustled by the waking crowd.

A busy day has begun.

Food was still what they needed most. Xie Cheng led Fang Wei's team to continue hunting. By the way, they explored the terrain around the safe zone and worked out a reasonable and effective hunting plan.

Zhou Qiming chiseled a stone ax out of rocks on the grass, and later went to the mountains to cut trees, which can be used for various daily necessities such as buckets and wooden basins.

Others are either using bones to continue grinding various weapons, or cleaning caves.

Everything is in vain and needs their joint efforts.

And Ji Fuyun took Zhao Lan and a few people who were familiar with farming to open up arable land on a fertile grassland by the lake, where he planned to plant the three packets of vegetable seeds left by his teacher.After all, they cannot eat meat forever and need more balanced nutrition.

Ji Fuyun looked up and saw He Zhongqing and Xu Huihui not far away holding a tree vine and playing rope skipping with Lu Nianzhi.Of course, it's not just about playing.

Rope skipping is Zhao Lan's method of abortion. The effect is very fast and the damage to the body can be minimized.In her hometown, many women accidentally slipped their tires while running around in the mountains without knowing it in the early stages of pregnancy.Zhao Lan has seen it many times, it is relatively safe, and it is not very painful. Those women who have been accustomed to suffering since childhood can even get out of bed and work the next day.

Although Lu Nianzhi hated the child in every possible way, he had to choose to give up.Lu Nianzhi would not hesitate if she could exchange her own life for her child's, but the cruel thing is, she didn't even have such a chance.There is only one home for a child.

"Abolished now, the child has not yet formed, has no thoughts, and will not feel pain. When the belly grows bigger, the child will move and kick you, and he will have his own consciousness, but he will have to face the conflict between himself and his mother. If you die together, can you treat him so cruelly?"

What Zhao Lan said made Lu Nianzhi cry, and in the end he had no choice but to bid farewell to the child.She was going crazy just thinking about the moving baby in her stomach feeling death.How about just like this, and solve everything before the child knows nothing, maybe, you can still catch up with a good pregnancy.

Maybe later I can go to the mountain to find some edible wild vegetables to supplement Lu Nianzhi.Ji Fuyun thought, it would be bad for the aborted people to eat those animal meats, and they could also experiment with the special function of distinguishing plants.

The rope skipping method was very effective. When it was close to noon, Lu Nianzhi suddenly felt cramps in her lower abdomen. Zhao Lan and others hurriedly took her to a remote place.

The others in the cave looked at each other, stopped what they were busy with, and prayed silently for Lu Nianzhi.Even Xu Caicai stayed there peacefully.

After a painful wail, the atmosphere fell silent.

They knew that a child was lost just like that.

When Lu Nianzhi was carried out, his face was as pale as paper, and his lower lip was bleeding from her bite. The comparison between the two was shocking.Compared with these, her empty eyes are more distressing, as if she has lost her soul, a mother-to-be who can't even meet her own child, Lu Nianzhi is really unwilling!

After the aftermath, Zhao Lan dug a hole and buried a piece of unformed flesh in it, carefully filled it with soil, and built a small tomb. After all, this is also a life.

When Li Congyun came back from hunting, he was carrying a wild pheasant happily. Before he entered the cave, he roared, "Nianzhi, I caught a wild pheasant for you. Boss Xie said he would dig out a pot for you. stew……"

The next words came to an abrupt end, Li Congyun saw Lu Nianzhi lying weakly on the haystack, his eyes moved from Lu Nianzhi's numb face to his lower abdomen, it was still flat, no difference from last night, But he knew that a fresh life inside was gone.

Li Congyun has been making psychological preparations, but until this moment he realized that all the preparations were useless.

After a long time, he pulled out a smile: "You look bad, you need to rest more."

Li Congyun walked to Lu Nianzhi's side and touched her forehead. It was icy cold, and after being wiped off by Zhao Lan, the cold sweat kept coming out again.

"Let me do it." Li Congyun nodded to Zhao Lan, took the cotton cloth from her hand, and carefully wiped it for Lu Nianzhi.

Lu Nianzhi then slowly turned his head to look at Li Congyun, his dry eye sockets burst again, and his voice was mournful: "Congyun, the child is gone..."

Li Congyun, who was pretending to be calm, couldn't help mourning, hugged Lu Nianzhi in his arms, and comforted him in a low voice: "I'm still here, I'm still here, I'm still here..."

Everyone in the cave retreated silently, leaving a separate space for the two of them.Time will slowly heal their wounds.

When everyone was feeling sad about this incident, they didn't know that a bigger disaster was coming quietly.

That night, Lu Nianzhi developed a high fever, his body temperature fluctuated, and he kept talking nonsense.Li Congyun was so anxious that he fell ill.

Everyone, including Xie Chengcheng, thought that these two people had heart problems, but at noon the next day, they suddenly discovered that there were ten people with high fever symptoms!

After observing all ten people, Xie Cheng was even more shocked!

Most of the people with high fever had nosebleeds inexplicably before. Xie Cheng had a bad feeling and his mood became heavy.

There's really no effective way to get sick in this world but to get over it, if only it wasn't contagious.However, in order to prevent this possibility, Xie Cheng still arranged people with persistent high fevers together separately, trying to keep a distance from healthy people as much as possible.

At the same time, he moved a large rock, and Xie Cheng directly used a dagger to assist the harder and slender rock to dig a deep hole in it. It was used as a big pot, and it was placed beside the hole to burn hot water continuously. Disinfection, drinking healthier, warming the lungs; on the one hand, it is also to wipe the body of those who have a fever, so as to cool down.

But this simple and crude method did not alleviate their condition.

At night, people with high fever developed red bumps, erythema, etc. on their skin. Some people also experienced symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea, and in severe cases, they fell into a coma.

At the same time, more people showed symptoms of high fever.

"It's a bit like acclimatization, but it's much more serious than acclimatization!" Ji Fuyun said with a sullen face, and his condition was not good.His left hand was scratched by a rock, and the wound has not healed, but it has been itchy for the past few days, and today, the wound actually shows signs of suppuration.Is this an infection?

"It should be a large-scale infection." Xie Cheng said in a deep voice, "Esophageal infection, respiratory infection, wound infection...almost all functions of the human body have been destroyed."

Everyone's face sank like water, and the atmosphere was oppressive.The sky outside was bright and sunny, but inside the cave was gray and hazy.Even if they encountered a large beast, they would not feel such a strong sense of powerlessness, but in the face of the disease, they could only do nothing and resign themselves to their fate.

Wei Xing wiped his face vigorously, and wanted to swear, but found that his oral cavity was severely ulcerated, and there were a bunch of blisters at the corner of his mouth, and it hurt unceasingly when he opened his mouth.

This infection came quietly, or there may have been symptoms of infection from the very beginning, but it was so small that the naked eye could not detect it, bit by bit eroding people's immunity, destroying human body functions, and changing to a certain extent , finally produced a qualitative change!The disease came in such a surge that they could not even resist it.Like a flat boat, swaying in the wind and waves.

"Come on." Xie Cheng sighed softly. It was the first time that he showed his powerlessness so clearly.

The others lowered their heads, their spirits were sluggish, and a wave of negative emotions inevitably spread, and the wide cave suddenly seemed congested, making people feel more and more dull.

Ji Fuyun's eyes were blank, and he seemed to be worried about the bleak future, but he was thinking about the way to deal with this disaster in his heart.Xie Cheng has nothing to do with this, but he, Ji Fuyun, has a little hope that he can find a solution, although that hope is so small that there is only a tiny bit of hope.

What people need most when they are sick is medicine, and Ji Fuyun hopes to find a herbal medicine for the infection.But that said, how difficult it is to do.

Although Ji Fuyun has researched on plants, he is more specialized in agricultural products rather than medicinal herbs. He can only recognize common and common varieties.As for his supernatural powers, they are really too limited.There are countless plants here, but the number of times he can identify plants is only three times a day. In such a vast ocean of plants, finding a medicine that is helpful to the current condition is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

Thinking of this, Ji Fuyun only felt extremely tired.

The next day, the symptoms of the infection developed in a worsening direction.There were nearly 50 people in the cave, and more than 30 of them had a high fever. Among them, 20 people had terrible red spots on their bodies, and dehydration, shock and other severe conditions also occurred from time to time.People who had been wounded in battle with half-dogs also had complications from infection, and the wounds were festering and pus.

"Someone is dead!"

Ji Fuyun heard the frightening news when he came back from hunting.

The one who died was a very thin woman. Her physical fitness was not good in the first place. After all the high fever, she couldn't overcome it after all.

Ji Fuyun was stunned for a while, feeling complicated, and didn't know what to say for a while.

These people did not die under the claws of wild beasts. They found a safe zone after all kinds of difficulties and obstacles. They thought they could live in safety, but they didn't expect a high fever to easily take her life.

Give the snake berry that Ji Fuyun picked to the injured person. This is a very common plant that Ji Fuyun picked while hunting today. It has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification. It can be crushed and applied to the wound to inhibit the spread of infection. , although the effect is not great, but better than nothing.

"How is Zhong Qing?" Ji Fuyun walked to the side of the cave, He Zhongqing blushed and fell asleep on the ground.

Zhao Lan shook her head sadly, and subconsciously cried a little: "The body temperature seems to be getting higher and higher."

Ji Fuyun's eyes sank, and he sat on the floor next to He Zhongqing, covering her forehead with his hand, the temperature was so hot that Ji Fuyun felt chills in his heart.

"Brother Fuyun..." He Zhongqing woke up quietly, and when she saw Ji Fuyun, she leaned over aggrieved, "I feel so uncomfortable."

Ji Fuyun hugged He Zhongqing distressedly, let her lean into his arms, and comforted her softly: "Persist for a while, it will be fine. Brother Fuyun assures you!"

Thinking of the process of searching for herbs during the day, Ji Fuyun couldn't help being sad. He deliberately identified three plants that might be herbs with his own knowledge, and when he used his special ability to identify them, he found that they were herbs, but they were just some plants. The medicine for promoting blood circulation and improving eyesight does not help their current situation at all.

"I still can't live anymore..." A groan came from the sick crowd, and it was unclear who said the words, or the voice of everyone there, "I really want to live!"

"I didn't do anything bad...why punish me like this?"

"Wooooow, I really want to go home, go home..."

"It's okay to die, or..."

Crying and scolding suddenly became noisy, disturbing people's panic.But no one can reprimand those fearful people at this time.

Zhao Lan secretly wiped away tears.

Ji Fuyun looked at the uncomfortably rolling people on the ground and those unconscious people, the expression on his face gradually changed from complicated sympathy to firmness.

At night, even without the threat of wild animals, it is still impossible to sleep.

Dreaming sounds kept ringing in the cave, and without exception, they were crying out of fear.

"Dad, Dad, Dad!" He Zhongqing cried out suddenly, Ji Fuyun hugged her hurriedly, and found that she was also dreaming, a nightmare.

"Don't bite my father!" The voice was sharp and full of fear and grief, "Ah! Don't!"

"Daddy's head... Daddy's head..."

He Zhongqing suddenly trembled violently, her lips trembled, and she let out an inexplicable cry.

Ji Fuyun closed his eyes in pain, tightly wrapped He Zhongqing's hand that was clenched into a fist because of fear, and whispered: "Don't be afraid, brother Fuyun is here."

Ji Fuyun has always known that He Zhongqing saw the scene where the teacher died tragically under the mouth of the saber-toothed tiger. Even Ji Fuyun doesn't want to recall that scene, but it appears in He Zhongqing's dreams every night. She is just a little girl, how could she Can you stand such torture?

Don't be afraid, even if Brother Fuyun dies, he will keep you alive.