Chapter 159 - 151: Who Asked Him to Meddle?
On the way over, Su Mo had already heard the gist of the situation from Fei Yun.
A couple of days ago, a few elderly beastmen in the tribe showed symptoms of a cold. They went to Huang Ming Witch Doctor for some medicine, but not only did they fail to improve, but they also quickly infected their families and even their neighbors.
Now, even Huang Ming himself was showing symptoms. The medicine he prescribed had no effect, and that afternoon, several more tribe members had come in, most with the same symptoms.
When Su Mo, Fei Yan, and the others arrived, a crowd of people was gathered inside the clinic.
Coughs echoed one after another. Obvious exhaustion was written on Huang Ming’s face, and he sounded weak and listless as he explained how to prepare the medicinal brews.
Su Mo casually took the pulse of one of the beastmen. After asking about his symptoms, she couldn’t help but frown.
She checked two more people, and sure enough, their conditions were all much the same.
Su Mo then looked at the prescriptions Huang Ming had written and frowned. "Leave these medicines here for now. Huang Ming Witch Doctor and I will study the prescriptions, and we’ll write you new ones later."
The people looked at Su Mo, then turned to Huang Ming.
Huang Ming said through a cough, "If everyone could please head back for now."
The crowd got up and started to leave.
After everyone had left, Su Mo looked at Huang Ming with a tight frown and said, "This isn’t a common cold. It’s a plague."
"A plague?"
Huang Ming’s expression changed drastically, as did Fei Yun’s, who was standing beside him.
Fei Yan and the others didn’t look much better. This kind of illness was notoriously difficult to treat and extremely contagious.
Su Mo frowned. "The most urgent task right now is to isolate those who are already sick. The people they’ve had contact with must also be separated. We need to assign dedicated people to manage their food and daily needs."
"We need to arrange all of this immediately. Otherwise, the situation will become even more dire."
Fei Yan said with a grave expression, "I’ll go arrange this right away."
Su Mo turned her head to Yue Ying. "Go handle my affairs at the market, quickly. Get Mo Xiao to help you."
’I have to find something to keep Jin Tong and the female lead busy. If they use this opportunity to launch a sneak attack, it’ll be a real headache.’
Yue Ying nodded and left with Fei Yan.
After they left, Su Mo grabbed Huang Ming’s hand, pricked him with a needle, and drew a blood sample.
Then, she and Huang Ming began discussing the medication. It wasn’t that this kind of disease had never occurred in the Beast World, just that such cases were very rare.
Su Mo vaguely recalled that in the original book, a plague had occurred, but it was supposed to be in the later stages of the story. By that time, the female lead had already conquered half of the Beast World.
But this time, it had happened so much earlier?
Su Mo quickly wrote out another prescription for preventive medicine and had Ye Yuan take it to spread awareness about prevention among those who weren’t infected.
"You don’t need to make it sound too serious. Just tell them this wave of colds is quite severe and that they should take extra precautions. Those who are already sick should avoid contact with healthy beastmen in their homes as much as possible."
Ye Yuan nodded. "Understood!"
Su Mo turned to Fei Yun with a frown. "If more patients with the same symptoms arrive, record their cases according to severity and assign them to the appropriate isolation zones."
Fei Yun replied, "I understand."
Su Mo thought for a moment and said, "I need to head back home first to arrange for the others to take people up the mountain to gather herbs."
At this rate, the herbs in the tribe’s clinic would definitely not be enough. She had to have them start preparing in advance.
She also had a batch of herbs in her System Space ready to be sold, which she could take out when she got back.
Ye Yuan first escorted Su Mo home before heading off to handle the tasks she had assigned him.
As soon as Su Mo returned home, she first gave them some preventive medicine.
It was a batch she had just prepared using herbs from her System Space.
Then, standing in the courtyard, she assigned tasks. Mo Xiao and Fei Yan were to arrange the isolation and observation zones. Ye Yuan and Cang Lan, along with Yue Ying once he was free, were to gather beastmen to collect herbs.
Looking up, she saw Xuan Qing leaning against a tree not far away and was momentarily stunned.
’What should I have him do? If I don’t give him a job, he’ll probably think I’m treating him differently again, won’t he? Besides, it would be a waste not to use his high Combat Power!’
’Maybe I should just have him...’
Mo Xiao and Fei Yan exchanged a look.
Then, Mo Xiao said calmly, "Third Young Master should stay in the courtyard and take care of our wife."
Although he didn’t like Xuan Qing, his love rival, Xuan Qing’s Combat Power was currently the highest among them all. Leaving him to protect their wife was the most suitable arrangement. After all, it’s during times like these that trouble is most likely to stir.
It was reassuring to leave someone with high combat strength at home.
Before Su Mo could speak, Xuan Qing replied calmly, "Alright."
Mo Xiao frowned. "I’ll be troubling you then, Third Young Master."
Xuan Qing’s tone remained perfectly level. "Young Master Snake is too polite."