noffsinger Chapter 934 Death
Chapter 934 Death
To be honest, Bai Song himself was also a little uneasy.
Clearly, he had kept the patient isolated from beginning to end.
Why can't I control myself?
If this plague continues to spread like this, will it also infect me?
A series of unpleasant speculations lingered in his mind.
Unfortunately, he couldn't solve this problem.
This problem was briefly put aside after dinner, and he began to arrange for personnel to be on duty.
He arranged for two people to be on duty, and Sun Laohai also arranged for two people to be on duty.
As they agreed, starting today, people will be assigned to guard the area at night every day.
Two soldiers and two villagers stepped forward.
As for the women in the East Courtyard and Lu Qingqing and the other three, they were all counted as villagers.
The rules for villagers to take turns on duty are also quite simple: they simply take turns.
Everyone took turns on duty, and then the rotation started again from the beginning.
Sun Laohai set an example, starting with his family.
Tonight, it will be Sun Laohai and Sun Erhe on duty.
The two huddled together by the tent, gazing at the pitch-black night, chatting in hushed tones.
However, both of them deliberately avoided discussing the current situation.
The topics of conversation were all about things that happened in the village before, or about their previous work building walls.
After chatting for about 15 minutes, the entire campsite fell completely silent.
Soon after, snoring began.
Amidst the snoring, the two were also very sleepy.
But this was in the wild, and to avoid any accidents, the two of them forced themselves to stay awake and keep their eyes open.
When I'm extremely tired, I get up and take a walk.
The cold night wind dispelled my drowsiness.
I stayed up until the middle of the night, when I suddenly heard a noise from behind me on the left.
Looking back, I saw someone getting up on the far left side of the camp.
That's the area where the patients with coughs are located.
Sun Dahai stared at that spot and saw the man sway as he stood up, coughing as he moved to the side.
A short while later, the sound of water being released was heard.
Hearing this, both father and son breathed a sigh of relief.
Soon, the man who had gone to relieve himself returned.
But then, a terrified scream rang out from the other side.
"Aaaaa, someone's dead!"
"Brother Zhou, Brother Zhou is all hard!"
That shout woke everyone up.
Because of something on his mind, Bai Song tossed and turned for several hours without being able to sleep.
I had just fallen asleep when I was woken up again.
Just as he was about to lose his temper, he understood the meaning behind the soldier's words.
Zhou Peng is dead?
My drowsiness vanished instantly.
He quickly got up and went out to check the situation.
Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang were also awakened by the shouts, and after getting up, they lit torches.
Before long, everyone in the camp got up and looked toward the leftmost patient area.
Bai Song and Yan Xu stepped forward and learned the truth after inquiring about it.
Zhou Peng was not in good condition in the afternoon.
Not only did it twitch from time to time, but it also choked its own neck as if it couldn't breathe.
There was a lot of bloody phlegm and bloody foam piled up at the corners of his mouth and neck.
Even though Bai Song and Yan Xu specifically instructed the soldiers to give him more medicine.
But his condition continued to deteriorate.
When the person who had gone out to urinate returned and tried to lie down, he was too weak and collapsed onto Zhou Peng.
I was initially worried that if I hurt Zhou Peng, he would yell at me.
Unexpectedly, he didn't react at all.
It wasn't until the soldier stood up that his fingers touched Zhou Peng's neck.
That's when they realized the person was already dead!
This was the first person in the group to die after the outbreak of the plague.
They were also the first people they saw die from the plague.
The remaining patients in the carriage, upon learning of the deaths, swayed as they stood up, attempting to escape the carriage.
Two people who were completely exhausted dragged their hindquarters forward, trying to get off the bus.
A deep sense of panic spread throughout the camp.
Many people covered their faces tightly with face towels, feeling extremely frightened.
Bai Song's mind was also a bit confused, but he could hear the surrounding soldiers talking.
Knowing he couldn't let the fear spread, he forced himself to calm down.
He instructed the soldiers to check on the group of people who were the first to contract the disease.
This investigation uncovered two more people who were already dead.
Bai Song arranged for someone to dig a deep pit.
He then took out some money and asked the infected people to bury the three corpses.
In the darkness, the torchlight shone on Zhou Peng's face.
He was no longer the same person he used to be.
The plague ravaged him, leaving him emaciated.
Perhaps because he was struggling to breathe before he died, the veins on his face were bulging and his eyes were bulging out.
In addition to the vomit and the ulcers on his neck, it was clear that he had suffered a great deal.
Bai Song saw his body being thrown into a deep pit, the soil gradually covering his face.
Until the pit was filled, this person completely disappeared from this world.
Zhou Peng, whom he knew and had known for seven years, was gone just like that.
A nameless sorrow gripped him, making his heart feel as if it had been twisted.
After Bai Song dismissed everyone, he turned his back and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.
He stood in front of the small mound for a while before going back.
The next day, just as dawn broke, Bai Song sent someone to check the situation inside the carriages again.
As expected, two more people died.
Among them are elm trees.
Elm Tree Mother cried until her voice was hoarse, and because of her cough, her crying was intermittent.
She herself was also in bad condition and soon collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.
The wife and sister-in-law from Yushu stood not far away, weeping uncontrollably.
The little girl from the elm tree tried to help her mother up, but was refused.
Bai Song coldly observed the situation and continued to order his soldiers to dig pits.
The other infected people were so terrified when they saw the dead that their fear was almost overwhelming.
Some soldiers saw the white pine tree and tried to rush over to call for help.
Yan Xu noticed the bloody phlegm at the man's mouth and quickly ordered someone to stop him.
But no soldier dared to step forward.
Yan Xu protected Bai Song as they retreated, while also urging the soldier to stop.
As the infected soldier ran over, several nearby soldiers actually dodged away.
Bai Song's face darkened upon seeing this.
Seeing that threats and intimidation were ineffective, Yan Xu drew his long sword from his waist.
He stepped forward and killed the soldier with a single stroke.
His face was terribly cold as he pulled the knife out of the soldier's abdomen.
He glared fiercely at the soldiers who had dodged earlier, his eyes like knives.
The soldiers who had tried to dodge lowered their heads in shock.
Bai Song pulled Yan Xu back a few steps and had the three corpses buried.