Chapter 86 Warming Up
It wasn't just one type of black flying insect; there were also many insects with unusual patterns. The ordinary mutated flying insects were about the size of butterflies, while these patterned flying insects were ten times larger than the ordinary mutated flying insects.
They possess mouthparts as slender as mosquitoes, only much larger, roughly as thick as the syringe needle Yu Miaomiao used to threaten Li Yi that day. When these patterned flying insects hover in the air, they resemble a soaring eagle.
Just as the underground military was struggling with the appearance of flying insects, an even greater crisis emerged.
The temperature rose rapidly.
"Sir, the ground observation point is sending a signal that the temperature is rising by more than ten degrees Celsius daily. Should we activate the second emergency plan?"
"If the temperature continues to rise at the same rate after another day of monitoring, there is no need to report again; immediately activate the second emergency plan."
"yes."
Yang Silu has been having a tough time these past few days. His arms and ankles are covered in horrific ulcers caused by insect bites. The base has just survived an earthquake and is now facing a surge of mutated insects. The hospital is overflowing with patients and its medicine stock is running low. He has asked the hospital to prioritize the needs of the people, but his own condition is deteriorating.
"Sir, you can't go on like this. We must get you priority treatment."
"Alright, alright, this isn't a priority right now. Without medicine, the hospital can't do anything. The supply team has been out for a while now, go check on their progress."
Yang Silu's face was ashen. He waved his hand to signal his secretary to leave. Only after the secretary closed the door did he show a pained expression. The constant itching and pain from the festering sores were making him suffer terribly.
However, he still chose to prioritize the people, believing that this was the basic thing he should do as the manager of the underground city.
The control center now only has a few offices left with people, all of whom were trapped inside because they didn't have time to leave work and go home when the insect infestation occurred.
Half of them also suffered, so at this time, wails of pain filled the offices of the central control center.
The hospital was flooded with people seeking medication, but the doctors were helpless. They could only distribute one or two pills of the remaining medicine stock to each person or divide the anti-inflammatory ointment into small doses. Even so, patients continued to pour in, until finally the hospital had no choice but to place a wooden sign at the entrance.
The inscription reads: "No medicine available, please return."
The broadcast repeatedly urged everyone not to panic, not to run around, and to avoid aggravating their injuries. If they had any topical medication, they were advised to try it first. They were also advised not to get the ulcers wet or scratch them, as the dungeon was working hard to develop new types of medicine.
Yang Silu was in a real bind. On one hand, there were the ever-increasing number of flying insects; on the other hand, there were the masses for whom there was no cure; and on yet another hand, there was the ever-rising ground temperature. If the temperature continued to rise, the ice would melt, and floods would occur again.
The underground city is now fraught with danger.
Yu Miaomiao and the others stayed at home for two days, watching the flying insects outside eating the newly sprouted seedlings in the vegetable garden. Their hearts were bleeding. The insects kept hitting the glass, and black slime splattered on the glass, which was disgusting.
Fearing that Ma Jiang and the two kittens might get bitten by flying insects, or that flying insects might land in their fur and not be noticed in time, the three little ones have been kept indoors these days.
Ji Mu's condition has improved somewhat. He had a fever due to inflammation on the day he was bitten, but now the redness and swelling at the ulcer site have subsided, and he is showing signs of improvement. His high fever has also subsided.
The illness was slowly receding. Although the fever had subsided, his mental state had not yet recovered, as the bite wound had not healed. He lay on the sofa with his eyes closed, his face pale. Due to the unbearable itching, sweat dripped down his hair, and his lips trembled incessantly.
Raymond hasn't eaten or drunk anything for the past two days, just resting on his shoulder and occasionally licking the sweat dripping from his body.
Seeing the little dog grow listless day by day, Yu Miaomiao and the others felt a little sorry for it and tried to force it to eat a few bites every day.
That day, Xu Nanwei asked Yu Miaomiao for a bag of dog food strips, but she used her own Asia Crystal Points to exchange for it with Yu Miaomiao. She forced it down Raymond's throat, saying, "Little wooden thing, you need to get better soon. Your dog is waiting for you to earn money to support it. Remember to pay me back for the meat strips these past two days."
Having finally found a companion of similar age, Xu Nanwei didn't want this companion to die in front of her like this.
Upon hearing Xu Nanwei's words, Ji Mu opened his eyes, looked at Raymond and Xu Nanwei, then closed his eyes again, and said with trembling lips, "I'm fine, I will definitely pay back the money. Raymond, eat well."
"Waaaaah..."
Raymond let out a few unusual, mournful sounds.
This was the first time Yu Miaomiao had heard Raymond make a sound in the past few days, but it wasn't a bark, it was a whimper... How strange.
However, since then, Raymond has started eating normally again.
"Thump thump thump thump..."
With an infestation of insects and not a soul in sight on the streets, someone suddenly knocked on Yu Miaomiao's door.
"Who?" In this situation, even if it's someone you know, you can't open the door and let them in. Once the door is opened, the room will immediately be filled with insects.
"I'm He Liang, I'm coming in."
"good."
Yu Miaomiao once again felt that He Liang's superpower was really too useful; the black shadow passed directly through the wall without bringing in a single flying insect.
Chu Bai, Liu Yao, Ye Jian, and He Liang emerged from the shadows one by one.
"Looks like you really are the subway of the apocalypse."
Yu Miaomiao couldn't help but chuckle as she watched a group of people emerge from the shadows.
"Hey, isn't this developing a second side business?"
"Sister, there are bugs everywhere. Have any of you been bitten? I brought some medicine for you."
Liu Yao rushed over and carefully checked Yu Miaomiao to make sure she was alright. She then checked Lu An and Xu Nanwei as well before she felt relieved.
Then everyone noticed that there was a faint, ethereal figure lying on the sofa.
"Sister, who is he?"
"Well, how should I put it? He's a temporary worker we hired. He was originally supposed to look after the vegetable garden, but then there was a pest infestation, and he got bitten, so we're keeping him here temporarily."
Yu Miaomiao thought to herself, "This is just a coincidence."
"That's perfect, let's try our newly developed medicine."
Ye Jian handed a blue bottle to Liu Yao. Liu Yao took it and sprayed it three times onto Ji Mu's wound. Instantly, a blue protective film appeared on the wound, covering the entire wound.
"This medicine can effectively isolate the wound from the air, protecting it while also reducing inflammation and relieving itching. This kid is amazing, he's very patient and hasn't scratched the wound even once. It's a good thing he didn't, because if he had scratched it, the wound would have spread immediately and could have become ulcerated all over his body."
Chu Bai was also a beneficiary; he was among the first volunteers to sign up for the experimental drug. Of course, he also had another purpose: to get closer to Ye Jian.
After all, Ye Jian is now also a suspect in the Li Yi incident.