Chapter 186 3 days
Chapter 186 Three Days
Lan Shiwen has a good physique. A dedicated nutritionist and coach have planned a complete diet and lifestyle for him to keep him in good physical condition. He does not suffer from any of the sub-health symptoms common among ordinary people.
For a healthy adult man, a minor cold caused by a cold does not even require medication, and can be cured within three days relying solely on one's own immune system. However, Lan Shiwen's cold symptoms have unusually persisted until now, and he has even taken medicine during this period.
Something was preventing his body from healing.
It's like preventing those elderly patients from dying.
"Plague God... it's a very telling name." Lan Shiwen covered his mouth with one hand and coughed twice: "I understand what you mean."
There is one thing that is still fresh in Lan Shiwen's mind.
After Ning Zhe took Yin Lishang away from Yanglao Village, some unpleasantness occurred between him and him in the Yundu Western Suburbs Science and Technology Park. To be precise, he killed all the living people in the science and technology park without leaving a single one alive.
Since most of the dead were dogs hired by Ji Bochang who attempted to inherit the family's aristocratic status, Lan Shiwen had no objection to Ning Zhe's slaughter, but he had an objection to another thing that happened next.
——After Yin Lishang was taken away from Yanglao Village, almost all the people in this small village nicknamed the Longevity Village died overnight. All those centenarians who had been talked about in newspapers all died suddenly and mysteriously at the same time. Only a single digit of young people were still alive, and they were traumatized by the corpses scattered all over the village.
Lan Shiwen once suspected whether this was also done by "Ye Yao", but some subsequent investigations dispelled his doubts.
In addition, he has been staying in the hospital these days, monitoring Yin Lishang's movements and the changes in those critically ill patients, and connecting his own observations and predicted results with what happened in Yanglao Village, plus Ning Zhe's explanation today.
Some things are not so difficult to understand.
"The definition of disease is 'abnormal' and 'unhealthy', and the rules of the Plague God can affect the state of 'disease', causing the sick person to always remain in a half-dead state where they cannot be cured but will not die due to the worsening of the disease."
Lan Shiwen concluded: "Although the specific rules of the Plague God are still unknown, its impact on people is already very clear."
This was enough for the government, which did not need to control the god of plague to achieve self-advancement but instead wanted to control the situation.
"So I say you have to move those patients in the intensive care unit away as soon as possible." Ning Zhe said, "Or move the God of Plague away to a place where there are few people, such as the suburbs."
Lan Shiwen was silent. He knew Ning Zhe was right, but...
"But things are always complicated, aren't they?" Lan Shiwen sighed, with a wry smile on his face: "I also want to transfer those patients, but the trouble is that these patients are not all ordinary people."
"Without some financial resources, how can one afford to stay in the intensive care unit of a Class 3 hospital in the capital of Yunzhou?" Ning Zhe shrugged. He was a rich man, so it was no big deal.
As if seeing through Ning Zhe's thoughts, Lan Shiwen said softly: "He is not an ordinary rich man."
"There was an old man who held a very high position in Yunzhou before he retired. Even after he retired for many years and became seriously ill, his unpromising children relied on the old man's protection and connections to maintain their current positions."
Lan Shiwen considered his words for a while, and then continued: "But what about connections? People have connections only when they are alive. Once they die, all the old connections are gone."
When people leave, tea gets cold, and everything ends. This is the style of Yunzhou. Or the political convention.
The old man's children have tried every possible medical method to prolong his life, but he is dying and there is no way to save him. Until recently... the God of Plague came. "Are you worried about his children's resistance? You can pay 1 copper coin to buy a life for this old man." Ning Zhe said casually, "Although I don't know how you dealt with the God of Wealth, you should not be short of money."
Lan Shiwen shook his head: "You are still too young, Ye Yao, why do you think that a person of this level would lack the means to buy his life with money?"
Ning Zhe nodded: "I understand."
This immortal old man is also Ji Bochang's client. The price for his life is so high that even Lan Shiwen cannot afford it.
"Well, let me help you this time out of friendship. I will kill the whole family of this old immortal in one day." Ning Zhe added: "This way there should be no obstacles to prevent us from getting this plague god out of Yundu."
"Of course you can do it, but I don't want you to do it." Lan Shiwen shook his head: "The other upgraders in Yunzhou and the granters supported by the government won't be able to do it either."
"I knew you would say that." Ning Zhe smiled. "Then change the angle - I don't believe that other forces in Yunzhou would be willing to see such an old thing that should have been cremated long ago, relying on strange powers to stay in this world as a ghost. You too."
Is Lan Shiwen willing to see someone gain "eternal life" by taking advantage of the weirdness of the rules?
No. Because once that kind of thing really happens, it will become a "family" to some extent.
Lan Shiwen hated aristocratic families the most. He followed the "One Drop of Blood Principle" in hunting down aristocratic family members. He would trace back five generations and five generations of collateral branches. He would treat anyone who had even a trace of blood relationship with the aristocratic family equally, regardless of gender, age or status. He would kill them all.
Would such radical elements be happy to see that half-human, half-ghost old guy rely on weird inheritance to gain power?
Ning Zhe could see that Lan Shiwen's failure to rush into the ward with a gun and kill the old man on the spot was already the greatest tolerance he could endure.
"For your sake, I'll give you three days. After three days, I'll take Yin Lishang away and place him in a place where he won't affect ordinary people." Ning Zhe said, "These three days are for you to deal with that old guy, Lan Shiwen."
Ning Zhe didn't care whether to kill or talk.
Lan Shiwen was about to respond when his cell phone rang at an inopportune time.
"Do you want me to step away?" Ning Zhe asked.
"No, it's just a small matter." Lan Shiwen unlocked the desktop with facial recognition and said, "After those long-lived elderly people died suddenly, I sent some people to the outskirts of Yanglao Village to monitor the follow-up situation. They are all trustworthy soldiers. Now it is a daily routine report."
"I see." Ning Zhe became interested. If that was the case, he would be very interested to see what the report contained.
But the moment after unlocking the screen and entering the message interface, Lan Shiwen's face changed.
"We may not have three days left," he said in a deep voice.
(End of this chapter)