Plague Doctor

It had only been a few days since the sixteen contact points of the Afterlife Society were destroyed, but what they feared would happen still happened.

Gu Junzheng was standing outside the isolation ward of Beihe People's Hospital, accompanied by Deng Ximei, Uncle Dan, dermatologists Zhang Haidong and Sun Wei from the Tianji Bureau, and others. They have seen photos of Xie Yiman's facial lesions remotely, and they all agree that it is not an ordinary allergy or dermatitis.

Because her irregular-shaped protrusions of red skin formed a strange pattern, like the chaotic limbs of the Lord of R'lyeh in the bas-relief.

Or a skin disease? Or are the skin symptoms caused by other diseases? Is it contagious?

The aftermath of Legionnaires' disease has not receded, but Tianji Bureau must prepare for the worst to deal with this unknown disease.

At this time, Xie Yiman was walking around anxiously in the ward. Her face was already red and swollen due to constant scratching, and the skin was damaged in some places. This made her originally youthful and charming face look a little abnormal.

The death of a young patient is always particularly sad, and the destruction of beautiful things is particularly sad.

Everyone looked at the girl and felt uncomfortable.

Of course Gu Jun knew Xie Yiman. Two years ago, when his world was not what it is now, he liked the movies of this new star actor. However, after the incident last year, he didn't have the time to pay attention to it. At that time, I never imagined that such a day would come.

When they opened the door and walked into the ward, Xie Yiman was immediately excited. Although they were all wearing air-tight protective suits, she recognized Gu Jun's face.

The company is also thinking that if she can win the starring role in the movie "Secret Bureau", they will find an opportunity to promote her and Gu Jun's CP for marketing purposes.

After everyone said hello, Gu Jun said: "Miss Xie, we suspect that your disease is related to abnormal power, and then we will make some attempts on you."

He is now less than half a meter away from Xie Yiman, looking at her face so close, and there seems to be a sense of fantasy surging in his heart...

When Xie Yiman opened his mouth to speak, he seemed to see that his teeth had turned into another kind of jagged fangs, and his mouth was stained with a layer of black.

Deng Ximei nodded silently to Gu Jun. She felt that this was related to "Conqueror Worm".

Uncle Dan presided over some routine steps, asking Xie Yiman to press the old seal to purify the stone, and to apply the old seal to her, etc., but it was of no use. Xie Yiman still had an unbearable itching.

Then Zhang Haidong, Sun Wei and other experts examined her. From the dermatology point of view, her symptoms were erythema, severe itching, local edema, and now she also has secondary skin lesions such as scratches. In addition to the rapid development of the disease, , the erythema forms a specific shape, and no other abnormalities can be seen.

The most urgent thing now is to understand its cause and pathogenesis, and whether it is contagious.

Therefore, Xie Yiman must be immediately incised and scraped, and the tissue fluid taken out should be used for rapid PCR screening, as well as subsequent bacterial culture, etc., to see if there are any bacteria, viruses or parasites in her active skin lesions.

"My face..." Xie Yiman heard the word "cut and shave" and immediately nervously said what to say.

“Ms. The nail has almost broken the skin, and a band-aid can be used to stop the bleeding without leaving any scars."

Xie Yiman still couldn't feel relieved, but soon a nurse came with scalpels, smears and other tools.

In fact, she had more to worry about than these small wounds. If she looked in the mirror again, she would know how seriously sick her face had become.

"Amei, do you think this is contagious?" Gu Jun asked Deng Ximei while watching Zhang Haidong incision and scraping Xie Yiman's skin. Her feeling was very important.

Are people like Xie Yiman "Ligeia"?

"It's just a feeling." Deng Ximei said softly, "I feel like this is a random selection from the actors on the stage."

Randomly selected? Gu Jun couldn't help but ponder, facing all living beings, the randomness of misfortune and the finality of death...

If this is the case, then not only celebrities, but other "stage" practitioners are also at risk.

But maybe there’s good news? Audience members outside the stage will not be at risk of infection for the time being.

After completing the skin incision and scraping, several experts first prescribed Xie Yiman some anti-allergic and anti-infective drugs. They also tried the generic version of the "No. 1 drug" that is effective in treating Legionnaires' disease, as well as external application of boric acid. Relieve itching. Until the cause of the disease is understood, this can only be the case.

A disease control alert has been issued nationwide, and all hospitals across the country must immediately isolate and report patients with such skin symptoms.

In the early morning of that day, the PCR results came out, and no conventional bacteria and viruses were detected.

None of Xie Yiman's agents, assistants, and the film crew who had been in contact with her for many days fell ill.

However, the second, third and other new patients still appeared, showing an outbreak on the "stage". Actors, singers, models, hosts, anchors, etc., by noon the next day, 136 people had been diagnosed, distributed Across the country, there are not only big stars but also little-known people.

At the same time, this unknown disease also broke out not just in their country, but also in countries such as Citigroup and the United Kingdom.

The number of patients worldwide has exceeded 1,000, and many very successful celebrities are on the patient list.

It is also a global scale. Goa and Mo have not been officially established yet, and they are all subject to

A serious challenge has come...

The pathologies of the patients are all the same. The face suddenly becomes itchy, and then the more it is scratched, the more it itches, reaching a critical outbreak point, and erythema and local edema begin to appear.

But the time they reach the critical breaking point is different. Judging from the information collected about them, it seems that the more famous the person, the faster the time.

Now this information is still hidden from the public, and all relevant insiders are under control and isolated.

But if it continues to spread like this, it won't be hidden for long, because people will suddenly find that all those people on the stage have disappeared.

"Ajun, could this be the 'different scale disease' that Great Elder Atal mentioned?" Tongye and the others have this question. The predicted strange scale disease is the growth of some kind of scales all over the body, which is obviously a kind of skin disease. According to the speculation of medical experts, the symptoms of the disease can only be hyperkeratosis of the skin, forming keratinized skin similar to scaly.

"It's not impossible." Gu Jun had thought about this for a long time, the deep diver...

What is the relationship between those aliens who believe in the Lord of R'lyeh and the strange scale disease? And the patients now have limb-like erythema on their faces...

However, the alien scale disease played such a large role in the legends of later generations. Even if it is not contagious, it must have the ability to cause extremely serious consequences.

It’s still unclear whether it’s metazoanism. Now many treatment problems have been put in front of them, and once again there is no specific medicine.

No. 1 medicine didn’t work, loratadine didn’t work, external application of boric acid didn’t work either… Even local anesthesia on the face didn’t work.

"Ah..." In less than a day, Xie Yiman, who was first admitted to the hospital, was very haggard. She had not slept and rested since the onset of the disease. The itching on her face was getting worse little by little. She had already scratched it in many places. It was in tatters. If the isolation ward was not a sterile environment, it would be easy to get infected.

She didn't want to scratch, she didn't want any skin lesions, and the medical staff didn't want her to scratch, but she got itchy without scratching, causing her to have symptoms such as tachycardia and difficulty breathing, and her mental condition also changed. It's worrying.

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