"Damn it, is it some kind of contagious disease? Didn't I tell you we shouldn't bring these sick people along? Everyone in the group is infected!" Zhao Manyan panicked when he saw Ling Ling and Guan Yu's condition.
"It's such a headache to not have a Healer. What should we do now? A few of us are sick all of a sudden," said Jiang Yu.
Following Guan Yu, Ling Ling and Ai Jiangtu were obviously suffering from altitude sickness. They were having trouble breathing, had headaches, and felt nauseous. They were struggling to move due to the fatigue.
"No … no … it's not contagious …" Ling Ling's voice was extremely weak.
"Stop talking, get some rest," Mofan was worried about Ling Ling. He did not let her speak.
She was running out of energy to speak. The entire Mailong Private Military Group only had one third-rate Healer. There was nothing they could do about the strange symptoms. They could not rely on him.
Mofan glanced at the others and asked them about their condition.
Ai Jiangtu, Guan Yu, and Ling Ling were suffering from the same symptoms. The rest of the group did not have the same symptoms.
Nan Jue went to talk to the people of the Mailong Private Military Group who were leading the way. Nan Jue soon returned with a displeased look.
"More than twenty people in the Mailong Private Military Group are suffering from the same symptoms," said Nan Jue.
"More than twenty people …" Zhao Manyan took a deep breath.
"What should we do now? Don't tell me the whole group is going to fall sick in the end? But what's the problem? How is it possible for so many people to fall sick at once, apart from an acute contagious disease? We are all Mages, how could our bodies be so weak?" said Jiang Yu.
"Isn't Ai Jiangtu a Super Mage? How can a Super Mage fall sick?"
"I don't think it has anything to do with our cultivation," said Mu Ningxue.
As soon as Mu Ningxue finished the sentence, a huge firelight suddenly appeared ahead of them. The blinding red light revealed a few dozen figures in the outfits of the Mailong Private Military Group. They all looked ferocious and furious!
"It must be them. They carried the disease with them and spread it to the others. Deputy Commander said to leave them behind. Why did you hypocrites do such a stupid thing? Now you've caused more of us to get sick!"
"What's the matter? Do you want to burn your own team members to death? Then what about the twenty to thirty people on your side?" Mofan sneered at these people when he saw how aggressive they were.
These mercenaries did have a little bit of strength, but their manners were really low. Sure enough, seeing was believing. It was right not to interact with mercenaries in the past.
"Stop messing around! Behave yourselves!" Kuma's sharp voice was heard.
"Vice Captain, we can't keep these sick people. They'll only cause more of us to get sick. When that happens, we'll all die here." The leader was the old gambler, Li Yu.
"Now, split into two groups. The healthy ones will walk in front, and the sick ones will be separated at the back. If it's contagious, there will be more patients in the sick group, "Kuma said.
"But …"
"Enough talk, just do as I say!"
Kuma quickly split the Mailong Private Military Group into two groups. The front group was made up of fifty healthy members. They were around three kilometers away from the sick group. They would leave markings for the sick group along the way.
In the sick group, there were more than 30 people who were sick. They could only let the healthy people take turns to use magic to carry them forward.
"Damn it, there are already more than thirty people in a group of fifty. We're all going to die if we stumble into something like the Bone-Eating Spiders in the desert!" Zhao Manyan cursed.
"Our people are sick too," Nan Jue said helplessly.
It was meaningless to leave the group now. Everyone was in the same situation. They could only solve the problem as soon as possible.
…
As expected, the number of sick people was still increasing. Another ten people in the group of healthy people were suffering from altitude sickness. Among the twenty people in the group of sick people, five of them were sick, including Mu Ningxue.
Mu Ningxue was having trouble breathing. Mofan Summoned the Flying Creek Snow Wolf and asked him to carry Ling Ling and Mu Ningxue.
Now that things had come to this, everyone was panicking!
How did he fall sick? Furthermore, anyone could fall sick!
"Mofan, my nose doesn't feel good either," Zhao Manyan said.
"Not feeling good my ass, stop scaring yourself. What the f * * k is this? We haven't seen any demon creatures along the way, yet we are stuck with a strange disease, and there's nothing we can do about it," Mofan snarled.
Zhao Manyan was perfectly fine. It was just his mind playing tricks on him.
Almost half of the group had fallen sick. Even the people who were fine would feel like they were having trouble breathing when they saw a bunch of people struggling to get oxygen.
The healthy group of the Mailong Private Military Group had returned. They were able to tell the disease was not contagious after the quarantine.
If it was contagious, there would be more than 30 patients in the group of 50. That would mean that more patients would fall ill in the following days. Furthermore, the health team was at the upper end of the group, so no one was carrying any patients. However, in the end, there were still ten people who fell ill.
"The ratio of people falling sick is the same," Kuma said.
"If it's not contagious, it must be because of the environment," Doctor Warner said.
"Don't tell me you're only able to determine the cause after so many people have fallen sick!" Gavin snapped.
"Didn't we find a few corpses in the desert? I think I know the cause of their deaths now. They must have encountered the same situation as us, so they wanted to return to the town. They fled from the meadow layer to the desert layer, but in the end, they died of illness not long after they avoided the mudslide, "Doctor Warner said.
"I don't want your useless analysis. Tell me how we can help them recover, or make sure there aren't more patients!" Kuma said impatiently.
"There's a plant called the Mountain Frost Lotus in the meadow. It's said that it's a plant derived from the withered leaves of the Tianshan Ice Lotus that flows to the next altitude as the snow melts. It can detoxify and cure diseases. The place we're in now is where the Mountain Frost Lotus grows," Warner said.
"I've heard about the Mountain Frost Lotus from the people at the entrance of the canyon," Tommy said.
"Then let's find it!" Kuma said.
…
Mofan was the substitute captain of the ninth team. He was given the order to look for the Mountain Frost Lotus, too.
After returning to the team to discuss the matter with the others, the groggy Ling Ling let out a murmur.
Ling Ling was trying to tell Mofan that the Mountain Frost Lotus was mentioned in the Million Secret Scrolls. It was best to prepare the Mountain Frost Lotus before entering the Rift Valley of Tianshan Mountain. Ling Ling had tried to buy it, but she could not find any.
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