Chapter 1122: Villager Conflict

"You aren't going to let us pass, are you?" The old village chief was furious. He beckoned to the people behind him: "Bring everyone over here immediately. If he dares to stop us from taking these people, we'll fight him to the death."

"Alright, they'll be here in a moment," one villager said angrily. "Are these idiots trying to get everyone killed?"

The villagers on the old village chief's side had been in contact with the patients and knew how terrifying the disease was. They had once watched with their own eyes as a villager died covered in blood blisters, so they were very proactive about this.

Now that Zhou Laohu was stopping everyone, he was trying to get them all killed, which was something they absolutely would not agree to.

Both sides were at daggers drawn, with the situation ready to explode at the slightest disagreement.

Moreover, people from these deep mountains and old forests were reckless when it came to fighting. This time, the numbers on both sides were equal; if a real fight broke out, both sides would suffer heavy losses.

"Wait." Just at this moment, Chen Yu hurried over. He asked: "Wang Yi, what is going on?"

"Mr. Chen, you've finally arrived. We discovered a family of five in here who are highly suspected cases. The patients are already in the fever stage. If they keep holding on like this, it might be too late to save them," Wang Yi replied.

"But the people in this place are stopping us from taking the people away, and they are also stopping us from examining the patients' bodies."

"Mr. Chen, don't worry. With me here, these people won't be able to stir up any trouble. When this kid Zhou Laohu's father was alive, he didn't dare speak loudly in front of me. He's nothing."

The old village chief's temper flared up too, and he beckoned for his people to go and fight.

"Village chief, let me handle it," Chen Yu stopped him. If both sides started a chaotic brawl, many people would surely get hurt.

He stepped forward and said: "Who is in charge?"

"I am the village chief of this village. I heard you discovered a gold mine?" Zhou Laohu tilted his head and looked at Chen Yu.

"A gold mine? Who are you listening to spouting nonsense?" Chen Yu was slightly stunned. Only then did he understand the true reason for this conflict.

In places like the countryside, some things would always be spread around in a messy way.

Besides, the nearby villages would even fight over water, let alone a gold mine.

"Heh, it seems this matter is true. You outsiders really don't have good intentions." Seeing Chen Yu's expression, Zhou Laohu assumed he had guessed Chen Yu's secret thoughts.

He sneered: "I'm telling you, if a gold mine is discovered, it is the property of our nearby villages. You outsiders can just roll back to wherever you came from."

"There is no gold mine, but there are plenty of viruses. This disease is not like an ordinary illness. If it really breaks out, everyone in your entire village will be infected."

"I won't describe how miserable the death will be. We are going in to see the patients now, not taking them away. Is that alright?" Chen Yu said.

"No. I have the final say in this village. I say I won't let you in, so I won't let you in," Zhou Laohu sneered.

"Laohu, are you being ungrateful for the face I'm giving you?" The old village chief was enraged. He stepped forward, ready to call his people to teach this kid a lesson.

But the old village chief was not as fast as Chen Yu.

A slap directly stunned Zhou Laohu. He spat out a mouthful of blood with a 'puff', and then several teeth fell out along with it.

"You dare hit me? I'll fight you to the death..." Zhou Laohu was furious. He roared: "Go, kill this kid."

A group of people grabbed their tools and were about to make a move, but just then, a villager ran over in a panic: "Village chief, it's bad! Gou's wife, she, she..."

"What's wrong with her?" Zhou Laohu was slightly stunned. Seeing the villager gasping for air, he shouted angrily: "Speak slowly, damn it!"

"Blood blisters have already appeared on her body, and Lao Er's wife, who was in contact with her just now, has also started running a fever."

Chen Yu's expression changed. He said in a deep voice: "The situation is already out of control. Everyone go back to your own homes. Someone will come by later to disinfect your houses. If you don't want to die, do as I say."

"Is this disease really contagious?" The group of villagers finally panicked.

Since their place was isolated from the outside world, it was normal for them to be ignorant by nature.

They didn't believe that a fever could cost them their lives, but only now were they truly panicked.

The group of people dropped what they were holding and ran home one after another.

Zhou Laohu was dumbfounded. Actually, no one had said the old village chief found a gold mine; the reason he acted like that was just to cause some trouble for the village chief.

It wasn't until the villager's wife started getting sick that he felt something was unusual.

*Slap*... Chen Yu swung another slap, knocking Zhou Laohu directly to the ground.

"Still not leading the way? If something really happens, I'll take your life."

"Alright, alright, follow me. Quick, it's at the west end of the village." Zhou Laohu didn't dare talk back now. He hurriedly led Chen Yu and the others to the home of the sick villager.

The family of five that had the incident consisted of a couple, two children, and an elderly person.

The blisters on one of the patients had already started to fester and ooze blood. From the moment the blisters were discovered to the oozing of blood, it had been less than ten minutes.

Chen Yu hurriedly took out his needles and began Acupuncture, then the others started preparing the medicine.

"Master, the speed at which they are getting sick is so fast." Su Qingcheng watched the blood blisters on a patient's body start to ooze blood at an extremely rapid speed, and she couldn't help but be shocked.

"This is different from what we saw when we arrived at the village." Chen Yu's expression changed slightly.

Although the symptoms were the same, the speed of the onset was more than five times faster. He hurriedly channeled his Primordial Qi, using the powerful Primordial Qi to clear the virus from the patient's body.

"Has the virus mutated?" Liu Ying had also received the news and rushed over. Seeing this situation, she couldn't help but be shocked.

"It's not a mutation; it's just that its natural speed is this fast." Chen Yu had finished applying needles to one patient; he quickly withdrew the needles and walked toward another patient.

"But why wasn't it this fast before? I feel that at this rate of onset, these patients will definitely die within five hours, let alone 72 hours." Liu Ying frowned tightly.

"I understand." After Chen Yu finished applying needles to another patient, a flash of Spiritual Light suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Master, what did you think of?" Su Qingcheng asked.

"It's not that the virus mutated, but that the amount of virus they were exposed to before was small, and the activity of this virus isn't very high. Liu Ying, immediately take samples from the patients, go back to the lab, and test them. I'll ask them where they went," Chen Yu said.

"Alright, I'll go right away." Liu Ying nodded, quickly took samples, and then hurried away.

After a round of Acupuncture, Chen Yu finally managed to save the lives of the five people. When the person involved woke up, he asked: "Where did you go? What did you come into contact with? What did you eat today?"

"I... I didn't," the villager stammered.