The soldier in charge of the martial law and isolation within the Yi family was a captain. He witnessed a living person being disemboweled in front of him, and then the organs inside the body were touched by a young man's hands. Then, the body suddenly healed. This scene made even this soldier, who considered himself a veteran of many battles, exclaim in surprise.
"Get out! What are you yelling about? Are you going to take responsibility if you disrupt the experiment?!"
The Grand Elder, Yi Potian, lowered his voice and shouted, glaring at the captain. With a wave of his left hand, a burly man dressed in full protective gear and wearing a gas mask flew into the air, crashing far out of the gate and landing among the martial law troops, causing a commotion. Dozens of guns instantly started firing and pulling the safety.
"Stop! No firing without my order! Everyone back to your positions, continue on guard!"
The captain, having just fallen to the ground, immediately understood the consequences of his actions. He quickly issued a command, stopping a misunderstanding and conflict caused by his surprise. After giving the order, he got up and was astonished to find that he felt no pain at all from falling from such a distance. He was even more amazed by this martial arts family and decided never to cause trouble again, but to cooperate fully with their work.
"Next!"
Lin Yao's tone remained harsh, but the Yi family members didn't care at all. They immediately cooperated by carrying one of the most seriously ill patients to Lin Yao's side. Without him even having to say a word, they ripped off all of the patient's clothes.
"Elder, notify those outside to prepare all kinds of medicinal herbs immediately, and make sure there are enough. They can be sent to Yanji City now. If we wait until we find a way to procure the herbs, there won't be enough time."
"Yes, sir."
The First Elder, Yi Potian, readily accepted Lin Yao's order, replying loudly. This was an attitude that made everyone understand that Lin Yao's status was the highest at this moment, and his words were orders that had to be obeyed.
In one afternoon, Lin Yao treated all fifty patients, but still could not find a solution for industrial production.
Although all fifty patients endured the pain of being disemboweled, they were very happy. They felt no pain during the surgery and were able to recover immediately afterward. Without careful examination, even the surface of their skin was not visible as to where the wounds had been cut.
Except for the first patient, every subsequent patient was isolated during surgery. Essentially, they were covered with a veil to prevent other patients from witnessing the gruesome open-chest procedure. Furthermore, these patients were immediately knocked unconscious, so they only knew that upon waking, they were cured, albeit weak and unable to engage in strenuous activity, requiring proper recuperation. They were then taken to the homes of their respective daughters or sons in Yijia Town for further care, enjoying the happiness of surviving a near-death experience.
“Yaoyao, this won’t work. Each medicine is most effective for a specific organ, but no single medicine can solve all problems. Mixing them won’t work either. Moreover, the purity of the medicinal powder you produced using your true qi is beyond what ordinary processing equipment can achieve. Also, the method of administration makes it impossible to directly apply all the medicine to the key areas. It either needs to be made into an injection or taken orally, and the effect of oral administration is greatly reduced after passing through the digestive system.”
Xiao Cao's voice sounded troubled. She was also at a loss with this low-level medicinal treatment plan. However, if she were to take action, directly extracting the medicinal energy from the herbs would be too wasteful. In fact, one dose of medicinal energy could only save one person, while Lin Yao's method could save twenty-five people. Given the current large number of patients, she couldn't help.
Most importantly, certain Western medicine ingredients cannot be released by the herb at all, just like the biological agent "nerve growth factor" used in the past, which is effective for the human body but does not contain any so-called medicinal gas.
"Didn't you mention before that there's a medicine that can temporarily stop the secretion of gastric juices and digestive enzymes? Let's use that medicine. That way, the body's digestive function will temporarily stop working, but its absorption function will still be effective, and the active ingredients in the medicine won't be lost much."
Lin Yao immediately pointed out the little grass's forgotten ability. She had only said that at the time, and she had long forgotten this trivial ability.
"Injections are too difficult, there are hundreds of thousands of people, and the conditions in Yanji are not good enough. Oral medication is no longer an issue, but now we need to figure out how to develop a drug that can completely cure this disease."
Lin Yao was very troubled, but Xiao Cao seemed even more troubled than him. "That's true, but the medicine I mentioned last time needs you to refine it with pseudo-dan fire. I've calculated that it only needs to consume one-third of your accumulated pseudo-dan fire. That medicine can be diluted many times to achieve the desired effect."
"Pseudo-elixir fire?"
Lin Yao was taken aback. He had a vague idea in his mind, as if he had found the key to the matter. But when he thought about it carefully, the inspiration disappeared, which drove him crazy.
"By the way, Yaoyao, wasn't it said that this outbreak was man-made? Why haven't we heard anything about what's been found? Tens of thousands of soldiers came to Yanji, how come they can't even find the person who poisoned the virus? That's impossible, isn't it?"
Xiaocao's thinking was very divergent. She was just studying treatment plans, but a moment later she turned to exploring the root causes of the epidemic, which made Lin Yao pause.
"You check it out, I'll think about it carefully. I think I just had an inspiration."
After Lin Yao finished speaking, he ignored the grass and closed his eyes to ponder.
Seeing that Lin Yao had closed his eyes, Elder Yi Potian did not dare to disturb him. He carefully instructed the Yi family members to bring the newly arrived sick relatives from Yi Family Town to the hall. Under Yi Potian's hand gestures, these patients were knocked unconscious one by one, so as not to make any noise and disturb Lin Yao, because this was the most crucial moment.
Elites from various powerful families have gathered outside Yanji City. ZY has put the plan to burn Yanji City with cluster incendiary bombs on the agenda and has already approved it as a last resort. A large number of military bombers have gathered at Jilin City Airport, which is only 200 kilometers away. They are equipped with batches of incendiary bombs. If things go wrong, the entire city of Yanji will be engulfed in flames in less than half an hour.
Even if the Yi family members could survive, there would probably only be two or three hundred of them. Then they would have to face the other powerful families blocking the way in the city's restricted area. Unless these survivors could barely hide in the tunnels with the help of the "Bigu Pill" given to them by Lin Yao, and the powerful families outside would have to give up their pursuit, the entire Yi family might only have one person left, along with a few hundred peripheral disciples who had been staying outside Yanji City.
This outcome is absolutely unacceptable to Elder Yi Potian. Indeed, it is the final result that ZY and other aristocratic families have to guarantee. Everyone is certain that Yi Potian can break through, and no one is worried that he will spread the virus to people in other regions, because it is impossible for a Heavenly-level expert to be infected by the virus. Therefore, Yi Potian may be the only clean person in the entire Yanji City.
Of course, this also includes Lin Yao, who is also clean, but this result will not be accepted by ZY and others, except for the Heavenly Elders of the Pei and Sun families.
Therefore, Elder Yi Potian was more nervous and excited than ever before, and more anxious than ever before. Lin Yao's words could make him risk his life. He had already ordered all the peripheral Yi family members to carry out the task of preparing medicinal materials, and even issued the authority that if any local government leader did not fully cooperate, they could be directly coerced by force, or even killed on the spot, and then coerced into the next government official in charge.
At this critical juncture, the life and death of the Yi family had come to an end. The First Elder, Yi Potian, no longer showed any mercy and displayed immense heroism, doing everything in his power to preserve the bloodline and foundation of the Yi family.
"Pseudo-elixir fire... medicine refining... industrial production... traditional medicine brewing methods... pseudo-elixir fire..."
Lin Yao's brain was racing, but he still couldn't grasp that faint thought. This thought had been there all along, but he just couldn't get it, which made him very distressed.
"Yaoyao, something's wrong! There's something wrong at the source of the water supply plant. Someone's trying to poison it!"
The sharp sound of the grass jolted Lin Yao awake, instantly snapping him back to reality. He immediately roared at Elder Yi Potian:
"Elder! Come with me to the water plant to arrest them! The rest of you stay here and keep watch; someone has poisoned the water!"
After saying that, he flew up into the air in a sitting position, as if there was a transparent flying carpet under his feet, carrying him to the outdoors at top speed.
Xiao Cao immediately pulled Lin Yao away and flew up, also taking the somewhat dazed Elder Yi Potian into the air. After flying for a second, the Heavenly-level expert came to his senses and quickly mobilized the energy of heaven and earth to help him accelerate.
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Ge Pingan knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face, wailing like a child.
This is the workshop for the final step in tap water processing, the "contact tank." The person lying unconscious on the ground is Ge Ping'an's colleague, the one who just called him to take over.
Originally, after the handover, only Ge Ping'an was supposed to be on duty here. However, this colleague suddenly noticed that Ge Ping'an looked unwell and thought he hadn't rested enough. Fearing that it would delay the work, he voluntarily stayed to work overtime, wanting to work with Ge Ping'an to do a good job and prevent the already panicked Yanji City from being further affected by the tap water problem.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ge Ping'an knocked out his colleague with a heavy steel wrench. Now he should have taken off his work clothes and thrown them into the water tank, but he hesitated, was in pain, and cried like a baby. He muttered to himself, reviewing all his life experiences and cursing "Mr. Liu" who forced him to poison the water.
As a result, the nervous little grass noticed and immediately used its ability to control Ge Ping'an's behavior at any time, preventing him from successfully poisoning the animals.
But this person is clearly just a pawn, a worker who already works here. The real person behind the scenes is Lin Yao and Xiao Cao's target. If they can find the person behind the scenes as quickly as possible, they might be able to find a solution to the epidemic.
With them in hand, Lin Yao and Xiao Cao were confident they could uncover their deepest secrets.
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