#882 - Chapter 882 Something happened!
"A moth?"
"Why would there be a moth here?"
The woman sitting next to the man looked at his hand with a puzzled expression. Sure enough, she saw a small insect about two fingers wide, its shape somewhat resembling a moth she had seen before.
However, this thing was pure white, and it was difficult to confirm its original shape because the man had swatted it flat.
"I don't know where it came from, but its bite was strangely painful!"
"Hiss——"
"Damn it! A bump is already forming!? Is it that poisonous!?"
The man flicked the insect's corpse off his hand and touched the back of his neck, feeling a bump that was gradually swelling up. He exclaimed softly.
A bump had formed in such a short time after being bitten!?
His colleague next to him couldn't help but take a look, and sure enough, he saw a small red dot on the back of his neck!
A bump had indeed formed!
"A bump has indeed formed, but it's not very big. It'll probably go down on its own after a while," the colleague said quickly after a brief moment of surprise.
The man scratched irritably, feeling nothing more than a slight itch and no other discomfort for the time being.
After the apocalypse, conditions were harsh. Many people had gone through various hardships to finally join Green Source Base, so they didn't make a big fuss about being bitten by an insect.
This minor problem would probably heal on its own in a few hours.
This kind of minor matter that didn't even count as an injury was naturally not worth the man applying for medicine from the squad leader.
That would cost points.
He would just have to endure it.
The man, who had been slightly delayed, quickly returned to work and put this "minor matter" behind him.
In this workshop, there were still several snow-white moths clinging to a ventilation outlet...
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Time quickly came to evening.
Still in Small Residence Area 16.
"Ring ring ring ring ring~~~~~"
A series of bells rang, announcing that today's work had come to a temporary end, and the personnel in this residential area could normally receive a portion of food and return to their dormitories to eat and rest.
Most of the people in the small residential area were Level 1 personnel, and a small number were newcomers who had just joined and had not yet obtained the Level 1 title.
The difference in their food was naturally different.
Level 1 personnel received more food and a small side dish to eat with their meal.
Some time ago, after the base planted new rice, the rice that lacked the aroma of rice once caused everyone to complain.
It was really much less delicious compared to the fragrant rice of the past.
Everyone only accepted it because they were hungry and had no choice.
Fortunately, as time passed, everyone slowly began to accept the taste of this unpalatable new rice.
And it was said that the base was planning to use this new rice to make rice noodles and other foods to adjust the taste.
However, considering the losses, only Level 2 personnel in the large residential areas and Level 3 personnel in the headquarters base could eat rice noodles made from the new rice.
"Time to get off work, Xiao Lin. Why are you still sitting at your workstation? Today's meal is stir-fried water spinach with porridge! Go get it early and take it back to the dormitory to warm up and eat!"
A man reminded his colleague sitting at his workstation.
The person he was talking to was the man who had been bitten by the moth in the morning.
But.
Xiao Lin, who had swatted the insect to death with his hand this morning, was now pale, listless, and trembling slightly as he sat there.
"Huh? Are you sick!? Do you want me to help you ask the residential area doctor to come and take a look?"
This kind-hearted colleague noticed Xiao Lin's strange state and suggested this.
The residential area doctor he was talking about was a base personnel who possessed certain medical knowledge.
Because the entire Green Source Base was not small and was divided into various large and small residential areas, and transportation was inconvenient at night or when heavy snow blocked the roads, the headquarters selected one or two people with a certain medical foundation from each residential area to study at the headquarters.
This was to facilitate each residential area having a certain emergency rescue capability to deal with minor illnesses and pains.
"......."
"Help... help me... call for one... I feel so cold... something's wrong..."
Xiao Lin's face was extremely pale. After hearing his colleague's suggestion, he didn't dare to be brave and agreed. He had noticed something wrong with his body in the afternoon, as if something was sucking his strength, and it was getting more and more serious!
Even if he was reluctant to spend his points, he had to ask the residential area doctor to take a look!
The kind-hearted colleague nodded upon hearing this and prepared to go and invite someone over.
Just then!
"Pfft——"
He watched as his colleague Xiao Lin suddenly widened his eyes, then painfully clutched his chest and spat out a large mouthful of blood!
!!!
Something happened!!!?
"Someone come!!! Something happened to Xiao Lin!!!"
His scream echoed throughout the workshop of this small residential area...
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A man stood next to the unconscious Xiao Lin, touching and looking, unable to determine the cause of the patient's illness.
This was beyond his capabilities.
He was the doctor of this small residential area. Someone had suddenly vomited blood and fainted in the workshop, so they quickly found him to come and treat him.
However.
Looking at Xiao Lin, a man lying on the bed with a bloodless face and traces of blood at the corner of his mouth, he searched his mind but couldn't find a similar case.
"What disease did he contract? Or has he suffered any injuries before? Tell me all the information you know."
Helpless, the doctor, who had only learned a little superficial medical skills, began to obtain information from Xiao Lin's colleagues for reference.
Xiao Lin's fellow workers naturally didn't know much and said that Xiao Lin had suddenly developed problems.
"That's strange."
"I can't handle this patient. I may have to ask the headquarters to send more professional people over."
The doctor said to himself with a good sense of self-awareness.
The others present could only nod helplessly.
"It's bad! It's bad! Is Doctor Zhang here!? Two more people have vomited blood and fainted in the dormitory!! Please go and help take a look!"
Just as the doctor was about to go to the communications office to report to the headquarters that someone in this small residential area had fallen ill and could not be treated, screams came from outside again!
Two more!?
Doctor Zhang quickly followed the two people who came to report to the dormitory, and sure enough, he saw two residential area personnel who had vomited blood and fallen to the ground!
He roughly checked the symptoms of the two people, and they were exactly the same as Xiao Lin's!
What exactly happened to them!?
Realizing that something was wrong, Doctor Zhang quickly ran to the communications office to report to the headquarters...
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At almost the same time, the communications department of Green Source Headquarters successively received news from the large and small residential areas outside that people were falling ill!
In less than an hour, 9 small residential areas and 2 large residential areas had symptoms of Green Source personnel vomiting blood and collapsing!
The initial count was already forty or fifty people!
Something happened!!
(End of this chapter)
