Wilderness Redemption Tour

Back at the dock in the Copperhead territory, while Arthur was delivering the boat, Lin Yan took out the civilian clothes that he had prepared for John and Josiah and asked them to change into. Although the American West was in chaos today, it was still a society ruled by law. If you were to run around in prison uniforms in broad daylight, you would attract a group of law enforcement officers or bounty hunters in a matter of minutes.

After changing clothes, John jumped on Charles' horse, while Josiah and Lin Yan rode on the same horse. The six of them and four riders ran towards the new camp, Lakai, against the sunset.

Lin Yan thought that Josiah, a man with a family, would definitely choose to go home as soon as he escaped from prison. However, he did not expect that when they were discussing where to go back to on the boat, he did not even mention going home. When Lin Yan asked him the reason, he just replied lightly, "I am a trouble now, so it is better not to contact them for the time being."

Josiah didn't return to Saint Denis, and Lin Yan's original plan to take Arthur to see a doctor was also ruined. In fact, when he and Sadie Charles discussed Arthur's condition before, he thought of the bottle of "magic medicine" in his bag - a panacea described by the system that can slowly cure all diseases. This bottle of medicine was the reward he received after helping the wandering black doctor Leonard recover the carriage. It was also the first item that Lin Yan got from the NPC in this world that was comparable to the system's special lottery, so he had a deep impression of this thing.

The system will not lie. Since the item description says it can cure all diseases, it must be able to cure them. Moreover, Arthur is the protagonist of this game, so the appearance of this potion is much more reasonable. But before taking out this potion, Lin Yan still wanted to understand what disease Arthur had.

Is it ordinary overwork, or tuberculosis, which is a dreaded disease in this era, or the ultimate killer with a higher mortality rate than tuberculosis - lung cancer.

Back at the camp, John and Josiah's safe return did not lift everyone's spirits as much as the last time Sean was rescued. For those who still insisted on staying in the camp, apart from hoping Dutch would return soon, nothing else seemed to cause much waves in their hearts.

"Oh, John! You really did bring him back!"

Abigail rushed up and hugged John tightly while her eyes glanced at Lin Yan and others with gratitude, thanking them again and again. Even little Jack hugged John's thighs and said thank you in a baby voice to the uncles and aunts who helped his mother rescue his father.

Sadie leaned over and patted Jack's little head lovingly, then stood up and left Abigail with a graceful back view. "Since we promised you, we will definitely do it."

During dinner, Arthur started coughing again. Although it was not as strong as the time when he set out from the camp in the afternoon, its intensity still made the listeners particularly worried. Many people looked at him sideways, and some outspoken people even asked Arthur directly what was wrong, but Arthur answered them all casually.

After dinner, Lin Yan, Sadie, Charles, and Hosea all came to Arthur. They were all worried about Arthur's health.

When Lin Yan and Sadie found Arthur, Hosea had already arrived. When they entered the house, Hosea was asking about Arthur's condition.

Seeing Lin Yan and Sadie coming in, Hosea looked up and greeted them, "You are here for Arthur's illness, right? You came just in time, Arthur was just about to talk."

As soon as the two of them entered the room and sat down, Charles pushed the door open and walked in. Seeing so many people in the room, Charles was stunned and blurted out: "What are you doing..."

The other three people except Arthur said in unison: "Same as you."

Arthur rubbed his forehead, pointed at the bed in the room and said to Charles: "Come on, since you all care about me so much, come and help me analyze it."

After Charles entered the room and sat down, Arthur looked at the door vigilantly. After confirming that no one pushed the door open, he drank a sip of water and said slowly, "I think I have tuberculosis."

Lin Yanshadi and Charles had already analyzed this result during their discussion in the afternoon, so they did not seem surprised when they heard Arthur say that he might have tuberculosis. Hosea, the knowledgeable old man, was not very surprised after hearing Arthur's "self-diagnosis", but instead showed an expression of "as expected".

"Have you seen a doctor?" Hosea asked calmly.

Arthur shook his head. "Not yet. The discomfort has only become a little more serious in the past two days. Now that John and the others have been rescued, there is nothing more urgent. I plan to go to St. Denis tomorrow to find a clinic to see someone."

"I think... it shouldn't be tuberculosis..." Lin Yan analyzed based on the transmission law of infectious diseases: "If Arthur has tuberculosis, then how come we who eat with him all day long and use mixed bowls, plates, and spoons don't have any symptoms? Isn't tuberculosis highly contagious?"

"Maybe I have infected other people without knowing it, but those people may still be in the incubation period." Arthur guessed.

Hosea thought for a moment, looked at Arthur, who was pale and thin-cheeked, and asked, "Arthur, have you been in contact with anyone with tuberculosis recently?"

Arthur nodded and admitted without thinking: "Yes, one of Leopold's debtors had tuberculosis. When I went to collect the debt from him, he coughed up blood that sprayed on my face. I guess I was infected at that time."

"Ah? Debt collection? When?" Lin Yan was a little curious. He was the one who collected debts for Leopold in recent times. He remembered that the last time Arthur helped Leopold was when he was at Horseshoe Watchtower.

"When the camp was still at Horseshoe Overlook, I remember you had only joined for a few days."

After a pause, Arthur added, "Remember the fellow I told you about who borrowed money to preach? That was him, Thomas Downes, the fellow who distributed flyers and shouted loudly near Valentine's stable all day. He died not long after I found him, and in the end it was his wife who sold the farm to pay off the money she owed us."

"Oh, it's him..." After Arthur's reminder, Lin Yan remembered that he had met and talked with Thomas Downes. He seemed to be doing some fundraising at that time, and he even gave him money. He didn't expect that this person was also an important promoter of the game's plot.

"If he had close contact with the blood of a tuberculosis patient..." Hosea analyzed, "Then Arthur is most likely suffering from tuberculosis, and the symptoms of Arthur's illness are basically the same as those of tuberculosis patients I know. Although I don't know if it's too late, we still have to take some necessary preventive measures from now on..."