Don't Touch My Tail [Interstellar]

They knocked on the doors of several other families, but basically no one answered them, even if someone was at home, they would not make a sound.

Most of the people I met on the road avoided them, as if they were avoiding the terrible plague.

This is a bit confusing.

A group of people stopped and stopped, and finally touched the gate of the town government. Fortunately, there was a flag of the Kosi Empire erected at the gate, so they did not find the wrong place.

The gate of the town government was actually open. They entered the gate and saw an old man with a vicissitudes of life sitting behind the administrative desk.

The old man was wearing presbyopic glasses and squinted his eyes to read a book. When he felt that someone was coming in, he just raised his head slightly for a look, then lowered his head, and asked, "Where are you from?"

It was still Su Lian who replied: "Old man, we are volunteers from Wiltshire, is the mayor here?"

Hearing that it was a volunteer, the old man finally raised his head, took off his reading glasses and wiped them carefully, and said dully, "Oh...he's from Wiltshire, are you a volunteer?"

Su Lian nodded.

The old man stood up slowly and came out from behind the counter. Only then did everyone realize that he was very short, unbelievably short, almost half the height of an adult.

The old man said slowly: "Please sit down, I am the mayor of Guli, you can call me Reese."

When they all sat down, the mayor of Reis also sat down: "I'm sorry that I can't pour a cup of hot water for you who have come from afar. In fact, the water source here is almost useless. If you bring your own water, it will be a problem." Better yet, with all due respect, do you come here from far Wilt for any business?"

Su Lian said: "Mr. Mayor, our Volunteer Association has received a report that a small-scale infectious disease has appeared in your area. In order to curb the spread of the disease, the Volunteer Association sent us here for treatment and research."

She pointed to the doctors: "This is the accompanying volunteer doctor."

Reese's eyes flashed, his face still had a vicissitudes of life and a dull expression, and he suddenly asked: "Then why are you volunteers here? Where is the imperial army?"

Everyone was dumbfounded.

They also don't know how to answer this question.

Because according to the discovery process of general infectious diseases, the empire will definitely be the first to send troops to control the spread of the disease. However, after they came to Guli Town, they discovered that there was obviously no plan here, let alone the shadow of the army. .

Reese said casually: "Maybe we are just the ones who were abandoned."

There was no emotion in his words, peaceful and stable, but Wen Xiangnan thought of the desolate scene he saw after entering the town, and felt that these words were infinitely sad.

Jin Si said: "No, that's not the case. No one has given up on you. It's just that the empire is dealing with the follow-up work of the Potts War recently, and it may have been forgotten for a while."

Reese gave an indifferent "Oh" and stopped talking.

The atmosphere was awkward for a while.

Qin Luyi broke the silence: "By the way, when we just came in, we found that everyone in the town was huddled in their homes. Is this the case?"

Reese glanced at him: "Do you know the original source of the infectious disease?"

He slowly told the story of the outbreak of the infectious disease.

The original Guli Town was very lively. Although the terrain was remote, the townspeople were hardworking and honest, and they were self-sufficient.

The turning point was that a group of strange people came to the town. They were all wearing protective clothing and a large white cloak, and they often couldn't see their faces clearly even wearing hats.

Reese's expression was a bit gloomy: "They claimed to be from the distant city of Tini, and they came here for vacation, but the people in the team got sick for no reason, and they couldn't get good treatment in the mountains, so they wanted to ask us for help. .”

The townspeople in Guli Town were hospitable, and when they learned that they wanted to stay for a period of time, they stayed and provided free board and lodging.

"They lived here for more than half a month. They clearly said that their companion was injured, but they didn't use the town's doctor. After half a month, the group of them left in a hurry."

"And then an infectious disease broke out here?" Wen Xiangnan felt strange: "Didn't you realize something was wrong at the time?"

Reese lowered his head in pain: "Yes, it's all my fault. If I hadn't made the decision to keep them here, the current Guli Town would not be like this."

"It doesn't make sense to talk about it now." Qin Luyi said softly: "How is the situation in the town now? How many infected people are there and how long have they been infected?"

Reese touched his face, sighed, and began to introduce the current situation of the whole town: "At the beginning, we all thought that the infectious disease was caused by the plague, because the climate here is relatively humid, and it is easy to breed some harmful things. It was summer, and it was easy to get infectious diseases from the carcasses of dead rats."

"As a result, red hard sores slowly appeared on the face of the infected person, and the whole face was swollen. It didn't take long for these hard sores to fester, and the wound was itchy. Our Only then did I realize that it was not the plague, but an infectious disease, and it happened that Xiaode, a kid in the town at that time, had seen the faces of those people hidden under the hoods, which were exactly the same as when we were sick, so he confirmed that the plague was brought by them."

He didn't speak fast, but every word was very orderly, as if he was trying to remember.

Qin Luyi and the others hadn't seen the patient yet, so they could only sort out the information from his few words, so they listened carefully and memorized the notes.

"and after?"

Reese's expression suddenly darkened, and his tone was very hateful: "In less than two months, those who were sick had already started to develop hard sores all over their bodies. With pus on the gauze, these people will also get sick very quickly."

"I remember that the tail was mentioned in the information?" Qin Luyi asked.

"Yes, in the later stage, almost all the sick people's tails began to weaken to varying degrees, including but not limited to hair loss, ulceration and other symptoms, and some people's tails entered the degenerative period ahead of time, and their tails would shed their skin like animals Slowly falling away."

Everyone collectively took a deep breath and realized that the situation was a bit serious.

The growth range of the tail represents the life span of the Kosi people. In other words, as long as the life span of the tail is, the Kosi people can live as long as possible.

When the tail begins to fall off, it means that the person has slowly reached the twilight of life, and time is running out.

Wen Xiangnan touched his ears and felt a chill down his spine: "Now how many people in the town have..."

Reese said with a sullen face: "Dozens of people have passed away not long ago."

There are more than 1000 people in the town of Guli Town. So many people died all at once, and it was basically a random disaster. It is no wonder that the people in the whole town are so xenophobic.

The older doctor Jin said: "Well, since we have come, we still want to see if we can help the people in the town to cure the disease and curb the spread of the infectious disease, but the residents of the town should You won’t trust us easily, and I hope you, Mr. Mayor, can help us with this.”

Everyone echoed, Reese looked around, and finally sighed heavily: "I hope the residents of the town are safe."

He spoke words of hope, but there was no expression of hope on his face.

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