Chapter 135 Developing an antidote
After Xu Mu returned to the hotel, he found Lingling, and the two immediately set off for Bai Town.

Perhaps because Zhu Meng's attention was completely focused on the black snake, his process of leaving Hangzhou was unusually smooth.

Baizhen was originally just a small post station, similar to the Xuefengshan Post Station in Bocheng.

However, due to its superior geographical location, it became an important transportation hub between the major boundary fortresses. Therefore, this post village gradually grew and eventually evolved into a prosperous town.

Because of the ravages of the plague, the streets that were once bustling like the city center became unusually deserted, and the street vendors all disappeared.

Although the shops are still barely open, there are almost no people coming in and out. In comparison, the situation in the shopping malls is slightly better, but there is still a big gap compared to the usual flow of people.

Plague quarantine area!
Hospital beds were neatly arranged under the white tents. The patients on the beds were covered with abscesses, which were mainly concentrated on their arms and cheeks. They were so densely packed that it was shocking to see.

The patient's complexion became extremely dark and spotty, and his skin became abnormally dry, as if it had not been moisturized for a long time.

"Stop, don't come over here!"

Several mages in protective suits were guarding the quarantine area. When they saw Xu Mu and Lingling, they immediately shouted loudly.

"This is a plague quarantine area, not a place for children to play. Go back quickly." A magician said to Xu Mu and the others.

"Is Doctor Lu here? He's your most powerful healing wizard. I need to see him for something." Xu Mu and Lingling looked at each other, then turned to the guard and said.

"Mr. Lu is now busy in a meeting to discuss countermeasures to the plague. If you have anything to say, please tell me first and I will pass it on to Mr. Lu." The guard mage looked at Xu Mu and said.

"The epidemic in Bai Town is plague. I have special herbs here to treat plague." Seeing this, Xu Mu was too lazy to bother and directly took out a piece of eagle red grass and handed it to the guard.

The guard took the Eagle Red Grass and gave Xu Mu a puzzled look.

Since the outbreak of the plague, many civilians have come forward to offer help and put forward various speculations and solutions to the plague.

However, the severity of this plague exceeded any previous epidemic in Hangzhou. It was a plague that had never been seen before, and all plague speculations and solutions failed.

So far, no one has been able to accurately reveal the true source of the plague. Even the current mainstream snake venom theory is only a speculation by most people based on the appearance of the black snake some time ago.

The guard said to Xu Mu, "Wait here for a moment." Then he told the other guards, "I'll go inform Mr. Lu, you stay here and keep watch."

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Inside the quarantine area, several leading figures in the field of healing gathered in a makeshift tent conference room.

The dilemma they face is not how to treat the infected, but calculating the time left for the patients' lives. Since they awakened to the healing system and became doctors, they have never felt so helpless.

"How long will it take for the condition of the second batch of infected people to worsen?" A tired-looking doctor in a white coat rubbed his forehead and asked with a hint of helplessness in his voice.

This plague was the most terrifying epidemic he had ever encountered in his career.

The entire process from infection to onset of disease and ultimately death took only seven days.

Seven days... For those infected and their doctors, these seven days are too short. It is so short that they don’t even have time to develop an effective antidote to save lives.

"Mr. Lu, tomorrow is the seventh day..." a middle-aged man wearing a white hat answered. "The number of the second batch of infected people is..."

Mr. Lu raised his hand to stop further reporting. He knew the exact number of the second batch of infected people better than anyone else.

"The root cause of this epidemic is definitely not that giant snake!" Mr. Lu said, looking around at the doctors present.

"We are heading in the wrong direction. The black snake blood and bile provided by the Tang family only provide resistance to this unknown plague, but have no therapeutic effect."

A doctor with the same level of experience as Mr. Lu sighed and admitted: "It was our mistake that led to the misfortune of the second batch of patients."

They initially mistakenly believed that the giant snake was the cause of the epidemic. Later, the snake blood and bile provided by the Tang family also had a certain resistance effect, so they became more certain that the giant snake was the source.

But as they conducted in-depth research on snake blood and bile, they found that the antidote developed from snake blood and bile could only alleviate symptoms and relieve pain, but could not completely cure the disease.

When the seven days were up, those who were destined to die had to die. Only then did they suddenly realize that the black snake was not the source of the plague.

The reason why the black snake's blood is resistant is entirely because it is a monarch-level creature and the originator of the poison system. Its blood has extremely high resistance to toxicity.

"Assign some manpower to continue researching drugs to resist snake blood and bile, and the rest of the people should concentrate on studying the plague. If we don't find out the source of the plague, we will never be able to develop an antidote in this lifetime." Mr. Lu said after thinking for a moment.

"What about the second group of infected people?" asked a doctor.

"With our ability, we cannot save the second batch of infected people." Mr. Lu sighed and said weakly.

There is only one day left. Unless the healing wizard from the Parthenon can be invited, the second batch of infected people will have no choice but to wait for death.

Everyone sighed in unison. The only thing they could do was to try their best to research the antidote, hoping to save the lives of the third group of infected people.

"Mr. Lu, a young man came over just now and said that the plague that broke out in Bai Town was plague. This is the antidote for the plague." At this time, a guard walked out of the tent with Eagle Red Grass.

"Ling Plague?" Mr. Lu frowned, took the Eagle Red Grass and said, "I understand, you can go back first."

"Isn't this eagle red grass? I remember that eagle red grass has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. I haven't heard that it can be used as an antidote." As soon as the guard left, a doctor pointed at the eagle red grass and said.

"We can only give it a try." Mr. Lu shook his head, took the eagle red grass and walked out of the tent and headed towards the quarantine area.

Seeing this, other doctors followed Mr. Lu and went to the isolation area together.

Under the current circumstances, let alone those herbal medicines that clear away heat and detoxify, even if someone says that a pile of dog shit can cure the disease, they will probably be eager to try it.

Since chicken shit can cure diseases, what's wrong with dog shit being used as an antidote?
They first went to the shallow quarantine area, where most of the infected people were infected for a day or two and were still able to stay active. Even if they had adverse reactions after taking hawksbill, they could receive timely treatment.

They found a young man as the experimental subject. When the young man heard that there was no definite antidote yet and that hawk red grass might be the antidote, he readily agreed to try the drug.

The drug testing process went quite smoothly. The first test was an external application to check if there would be any adverse reactions, followed by an oral test.

(End of this chapter)