Scientific Travel

Oh no! There's no rabies vaccine here. I've heard that people are very likely to get rabies if they're bitten by a dog.

In any case, the system is now much like a human being. Since it can bleed from a dog bite, it is also possible to get rabies.

Dogs are very rare animals on Hezi Star, so rare that Deng Yin has never seen one in person.

She even learned from interstellar history that people bitten by dogs could get rabies, as vaccines are not sold on Heci Star.

In this situation, he should immediately buy a vaccine from the system, but the problem is he has amnesia!

If the system gets rabies, can it recover?

This idea was so bold that Deng Yin rubbed salt into Gou Dan's wound.

Salt is said to have antibacterial properties; I don't know if it's true, but I'll give it a shot if I have no other choice.

"What are you doing?!" Whether rubbing salt into a wound can kill bacteria is unknown, but Gou Dan knows it really hurts.

The pain is even greater than when you are bitten.

"I'll disinfect it for you," Deng Yin said matter-of-factly. "If you get bitten by a dog and don't disinfect it, you can easily get rabies. Do you know rabies? It means you'll become like a mad dog."

This was the first time Gou Dan had ever heard the word rabies, and he couldn't help but believe it to some extent. "Really? But what does disinfection have to do with sprinkling salt?"

"Salt can kill bacteria, didn't you know that?" Deng Yin explained to Gou Dan in a serious tone: "For example, when pickling vegetables, you need to sprinkle a lot of salt. If you don't put in enough salt, the pickles will spoil easily."

"But..." Gou Dan hesitated, "I'm not a pushover, and neither was the dog that bit me. Will this work?"

"Of course!" Deng Yinyue said with increasing confidence, as if she really knew the secret. "Some pickled vegetables also contain meat; it's not just vegetables that can be pickled. And another thing, have you ever heard of cured meat? Cured meat also requires a lot of salt."

Deng Yin's tone was so sincere that Gou Dan had no choice but to believe him.

But the sterilization process was so painful that Gou Dan's arm trembled involuntarily.

"Are there any other ways to kill germs?" Gou Dan said, "My hands hurt so much right now."

"Don't worry about the pain." Deng Yin wasn't good at comforting people, so she could only be practical: "Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease. Similarly, the more pain you feel, the better the medicine is. Just wait, the wound will be almost healed by tomorrow."

Tonight is destined to be long. The kite was placed in Deng Yin's room. Whether it was from the heat or the pain, Gou Dan was covered in sweat.

No sleep for one night.

Deng Yin got up early and knocked on Gou Dan's door. "Are you up?"

No one answered.

Deng Yin assumed he was sleeping too soundly, so she stopped knocking and went to make breakfast.

She prepared a hundred cakes today and needs to go sell them early.

Dog Egg didn't get up until after breakfast was finished.

After knocking on the door for a while without getting any response, Deng Yin couldn't hold back any longer: "If you don't open the door, I'm coming in!"

Still no answer.

Deng Yin pushed open the door and saw Gou Dan lying on the bed, his clothes soaked with sweat.

"Hey." Deng Yin nudged Gou Dan a couple of times, but he didn't react at all.

Deng Yin panicked and increased the pressure on his hands. "Hey! Are you alright? Wake up!"

Still no response.

Deng Yin carried Gou Dan on his back and ran towards the clinic. As he passed through the courtyard, he also put the breakfast on the table into his spatial storage.

By this time, many people should be awake, and riding an electric bike would make you easily spotted.

Gou Dan was at least a head taller than Deng Yin, and his weight was almost twice that of hers.

As soon as they stepped out the door, Deng Yin threw Gou Dan on the ground.

I can't carry it, I really can't carry it.

Deng Yin went to Gou Dan's room and brought out his mattress. It was hot, and the mattresses were made of bamboo, so they wouldn't easily break even if dragged on the ground.

She moved Gou Dan onto the mattress, poked a hole in it, threaded a rope through the hole, and Deng Yin pulled the rope toward the clinic.

This was much easier than carrying him on his back, but the hemp rope was rough, and Deng Yin's hands were soon rubbed red.

"You bastard! Staying up all night instead of sleeping to tease cats and dogs! I knew you were always so sleepy, you were out out playing in the middle of the night. Playing is one thing, but getting bitten by a dog is another. Such a small wound and you're making such a fuss? You were electrocuted like that before and nothing happened to you!"

Deng Yin cursed as she walked, and her mouth didn't stop until she reached the entrance of the clinic.

When the people at the clinic saw Deng Yin dragging someone in, they blocked the doorway and wouldn't let her in, saying, "Our clinic has a business license. Even if the person is dead, you can't try to extort money from us."

Deng Yin was already full of resentment, and seeing her like this made him even angrier. "Who said I came here to extort money? Can't you see I brought him here for treatment? Are you a doctor? If you're just sweeping, then sweep properly. Why do you have to come here and say such unlucky things?"

The patient's family members are usually more short-tempered than the patient. Knowing that he was in the wrong, the man did not argue back, but instead helped Deng Yin carry the person in.

Deng Yin was embarrassed by her actions and said softly, "I'm sorry, I was too hasty just now."

"No, no," Liu Ding said, waving her hand. "I misspoke just now."

There was no one else in the clinic. Gou Dan was still unconscious. Deng Yin asked Liu Ding, "He was bitten by a dog yesterday, and I only found him unconscious this morning. Can you take a look at him?"

“I’m not a doctor,” Liu Ding said. “Wait for me a moment, I’ll go and get a doctor for you.”

After a long while, Liu Ding finally came out of the inner room, and she was alone when she came out.

Liu Ding said embarrassedly, "Dr. Zhang and Dr. Li haven't arrived yet, Dr. Liu went out for a consultation, and Dr. Wu had an upset stomach last night and is still squatting in the outhouse."

Before Deng Yin could even lament Gou Dan's unfortunate fate—that such a large clinic didn't have a single doctor—he heard Liu Ding continue, "I've been studying at the clinic for a while now. If you don't believe me, I can examine him first."

"I believe you! Of course I believe you!" Deng Yin was still feeling guilty about what had just happened, and when he heard her say that, he quickly got up and gave her the seat on Gou Dan's right hand.

Liu Ding untied the strip of cloth from Gou Dan's arm. It looked badly injured, with the wound stuck tightly to the flesh. Liu Ding slowly tore the cloth strip away from the wound.

Gou Dan's brows were furrowed, indicating he was in pain, but he showed no signs of waking up.

The wound was somewhat ulcerated, with unidentified red granules on it. Liu Ding couldn't tell what they were, so she asked Deng Yin, "What medicine did you put on him?"

"Salt." Fearing that Liu Ding might not be knowledgeable enough to know, Deng Yin specially explained it to her. "I heard that people can get rabies after being bitten by a dog, and salt has a bactericidal effect, so I sprinkled salt on him."

Liu Ding was silent for two seconds before speaking: "Have you ever heard that salt can cause wounds to fester and not heal?"