In the middle of the large army, there are military vehicles where the wounded are placed.
This is a military truck used for loading, and the limited space is full of injured soldiers.
Different from the general treatment received when injured, none of these soldiers stayed comfortably in the carriage. Their hands and feet were tightly tied with ropes, and even their mouths were covered with special protective gear.
It was like treating a crazy beast, treating these soldiers whose wounds were still bleeding.
On the other hand, there was no trace of dissatisfaction in the soldiers' eyes. Underneath the despair of accepting their fate, there was still a little bit of strong desire to survive.
Ma Long sat cross-legged at the entrance of the carriage. The strange stick he had used to kill the secondary infected had already been returned to Jidonghai, and the only weapon on his body was a pistol at his waist.
Although he was now bare-handed, Ma Long still calmly closed his eyes and rested, seemingly not afraid of the soldiers around him who were about to transform into corpses.
Xu Xiaoxiao walked back and forth outside the car, looking inside the car from time to time. Curiousness and worry flashed in his eyes. He wanted to say something several times, but felt the silent atmosphere in the car and forced himself to swallow the words that came to his lips. Went back.
The sound of hurried footsteps came from the front of the car, like a string of rapid drum beats, clattering to the rear of the car.
"Are all the wounded here?"
Qiu Qianjun's questioning sounded from outside. Ma Long raised his brows slightly, opened his closed eyes, and looked back.
After the battle, he did not go to rest immediately. Instead, he met Zhang Jike and told him the whole story.
Ma Long knew very well that the current zombie crisis had come to an end for the time being, but the crisis hidden within the large army was about to begin.
In the current situation, Ma Long's idea is very simple, that is, to stabilize Qiu Qianjun's leadership position and prevent the emergence of internal strife.
And in his hands, he just had the bargaining chip to prevent internal strife from arising.
That is the strength of a first-level ability user.
Although one first-level ability user can't mean anything, if two first-level ability users appear in Qiu Qianjun's camp, it will be of great help to the stability of his leadership.
In his brief description of Zhang Jike, Ma Long only briefly mentioned Qiu Qianjun's disguise as a brain-enhancement system user. He did not think this would have any major impact on the development of subsequent events.
After all, there were two first-level ability users in Qiu Qianjun's team, so whether the team leader's identity was true or not seemed less important.
However, there are certain drawbacks to this, that is, their team of survivors is tied to Qiu Qianjun's chariot. If anything happens in the future, they are likely to be implicated.
However, the situation is urgent and the two evils intersect to choose the lesser, so we can only do this first, and then take it one step at a time.
But it turns out that Malone was wrong.
Thanks to Zhang Jike's careful thinking, he saw the loopholes in Qiu Qianjun's disguise, and when he talked with Dugu Po and Duan Yun, he perfectly fulfilled the lie.
The fact that Qiu Qianjun was disguised as a brain enhancer was not revealed, nor was he, Ma Long and others tied to Qiu Qianjun's chariot.
After all, Zhang Jike never said anything like "I am just on Captain Qiu's side" at that time.
Although the intention of alliance with the other party is clear, if some words are not stated clearly, there will always be room for maneuver.
"They are all here, except for one brother who is deeply infected..."
Ma Long's voice was not loud, but it was extremely clear in the quiet car.
"There is special medicine here that can resist secondary virus infection to a certain extent. Give it to all brothers."
Qiu Qianjun followed the sound and found Ma Long sitting in the carriage, and nodded slightly.
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He lowered his head and ordered to another soldier.
"Special medicine?"
The soldiers who heard the order were also stunned, and reflexively took the cloth bag handed over by Qiu Qianjun.
The troops have been marching for more than a day or two. Captain Qiu also has special medicine for treating viral infections. Why have you never heard of it?
However, a soldier's bounden duty has always been to obey orders. No matter how many doubts he had in his heart, the soldier only hesitated for a moment and immediately set out to carry out the order.
Many infected soldiers had symptoms of high fever before taking the medicine. The most serious soldier had bulging black blood vessels on his face.
The aspirin in the cloth bag was quickly distributed to several soldiers, and then fed to the injured soldiers in the carriage.
There was not a word of unnecessary nonsense during the whole process, and everyone was nervously waiting for the results.
Time passed slowly while waiting. The injured soldiers closed their eyes tightly, feeling the changes taking place in their bodies. Qiu Qianjun and others glanced back and forth at the faces of the soldiers, trying to find signs of improvement in infection symptoms.
However, things did not seem to develop as Qiu Qianjun imagined.
After the soldiers took one or two aspirin, their high fever symptoms were not relieved. However, the black blood vessels on the face of the soldier with the most serious infection began to slowly disappear.
But the whole person's condition was still very abnormal, and patches of blood began to appear under the pale skin, like a drunkard's face after drinking, and his whole face turned red.
"What's going on? Why are the symptoms not relieved after taking the medicine?"
The surrounding soldiers all cast doubtful glances at Qiu Qianjun. The leader could only pretend to be calm, as if these reactions were what he expected.
In fact, Qiu Qianjun was more uneasy than any other soldier. He had no idea how effective the medicine given by Zhang Jike would be.
The reason why it was initially said to be a special medicine for treating viral infections was just to give those injured soldiers a small comfort.
Just when Qiu Qianjun was about to say something to ease the awkward atmosphere, Ma Long, who had been sitting cross-legged, suddenly stood up from where he was and walked straight to the innermost part of the carriage.
"How do you feel physically right now?"
The person Malone was talking to was a young soldier with a bandage on his arm. His injury looked serious, because even with a thick bandage, blood could still be seen seeping out of it.
"I feel...the wound hurts...and my body feels so hot..."
"anything else?"
Like a doctor making rounds, Ma Long patiently inquired about every detail.
"Gone……"
"Okay, stay awake at all times. If anything unusual happens, report it immediately."
The soldier with the bandage on his arm nodded, but then a look of confusion appeared on his face.
Could it be that my situation is not a normal phenomenon that should occur after taking medicine?
But before the soldier could ask any questions, Ma Long left him and asked a similar question to an injured soldier next to him.
"I also feel that my body is very hot...and the wound hurts..."
Through the thick protective gear, the soldier answered truthfully.
I asked several questions in succession and got similar answers.
It wasn't until it was the turn of the most seriously injured soldier that the content of his answer changed slightly.
"I feel so sleepy...my eyelids are so heavy..."
"Sleepy?"
As if he heard what he wanted to hear, Ma Long's eyes lit up and he immediately spoke.
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"Go to sleep if you feel sleepy. If you have a dream, try to remember the details of the dream and write it down when you wake up."
"What?"
The soldier who was most seriously injured obviously didn't understand Ma Long's intention of asking him to do this, and subconsciously asked.
In fact, in this soldier's perception, he had already been sentenced to death.
Of all the injured, he was the most seriously injured and the first to experience the virus outbreak.
Although he took the special medicine distributed by Qiu Qianjun, the soldier knew very well that the team leader probably just wanted to give them some inner comfort so that they would not be in so much pain before they transformed into corpses.
"I might fall asleep and never wake up again..."
The soldier smiled bitterly and whispered.
He was still very young and had never even had a girlfriend. He originally planned to use his retirement pay to go back to his hometown to find a wife, get married and have children, and live an ordinary life like an ordinary person should.
But I didn't expect that the disaster would break out and disrupt the original trajectory of things.
He was afraid that it would be difficult for him to find a wife and live an ordinary life.
Even returning to my hometown has become a luxury.
"No, you will wake up."
Just when all the light was about to disappear from the soldier, Ma Long's powerful words sounded from the front. Although the sound was not loud, it was enough for the desperate soldier to hear clearly.
It's like throwing a penetrating beam of sunlight into a deep, dark pool.
"Remember, if you have a dream, you must remember everything that happened in the dream."
After saying this, Malone walked towards the next soldier and continued to repeat the previous inquiry.
After questioning all the injured soldiers, Ma Long frowned deeply.
Among a total of thirty-six soldiers who were infected with the secondary virus due to injuries, only eight reported symptoms of drowsiness. The rest felt pain in their wounds and fever all over their bodies.
"Could it be that I guessed wrong, and that sleepiness is actually a sign of failure of resistance?"
The reason why Ma Long asked the injured soldiers one by one how they felt after taking the medicine was to compare them with how he felt after taking the medicine.
Because he developed a drowsy reaction after taking the medicine and later became a reinforcer.
That's why Malone subconsciously believed that the sleepiness reaction meant that the body had successfully resisted the secondary virus.
However, only eight of the thirty-six soldiers showed drowsiness. The probability of this drug resisting the virus was too low. According to his idea, there should be at least a fifty percent probability of making the infected people resistant to the virus. Only after taking medicine can you successfully fight off the virus.
But no matter what, these speculations and thoughts always lingered in Ma Long's mind and he did not tell anyone else.
In today's sensitive atmosphere, any slight disturbance will cause an uproar.
After thinking for a long time, Ma Long finally came to Qiu Qianjun and whispered a few words in his ear.
"Is this really necessary?"
Qiu Qianjun frowned deeply after listening to Ma Long's whisper.
"It's better to separate to avoid any accidents. We can't afford the loss..."
Ma Long took a deep breath, as if he had done something very tiring, returned to the car, and sat down cross-legged.
"Two of you, take two more and move the eight people, Zhao Hang, Zhu Zhan, Zhao Zhiqi, Wang Mingming, Wang Zidan, Wang Xiao, Xiang Yang, and Hu Tengye, from the carriage..."
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