Doomsday: Humanity shrinks 100 times

Chapter 44 Colds and Fever

Lu Yuning roughly understood the situation, and the three of them quickly arrived at the pavilion.

The wall here is much higher and looks quite large.

At this time, many people gathered in the residential area of the shelter, whispering to each other.

"How is Miss Xu Qi?" someone in the crowd asked.

"He's still running a fever and a little confused," said one of the middle-aged women.

"What should we do? Should we give her some more water?" someone asked.

The people around became noisy again.

"It's not impossible to drink more, but it doesn't seem to have any effect. How about thinking of another way?"

"Liu Ze, I think you are worried that you will have no water to drink?" Someone said.

"You, you're talking nonsense. I just said that we should think of other ways. What's the point of just drinking water? Who would worry about whether there is water to drink? At worst, I can give all my share to Xu Qi." The young man named Liu Ze blushed and raised his voice by several decibels.

"If there is a way, do you still need me to tell you?"

The crowd started arguing again.

"Stop making noise. Has anyone seen Lele?" A young woman who looked young suddenly asked the crowd.

"She's not here. Isn't she in there?"

"Ah? Not here? She seemed to have run away just now and never came back. Where could this child have gone?" The young woman's tone began to get a little anxious.

Obviously everyone finally noticed that Xu Lele had disappeared, and the scene became a little chaotic.

Zhang Xinyue heard the discussion of the crowd from afar and told Lu Yuning about the situation.

"These people still have a conscience. Xu Qi's efforts are worth it." Lu Yuning nodded.

The chipmunk quickly jumped over the wall and stopped in front of the people in the shelter.

The crowd was startled, but they were already familiar with the giant beast and reacted quickly.

Lu Yuning and the other two jumped off the chipmunk's back.

The crowd was stunned when they saw Lu Yuning. They were obviously impressed by this ruthless young man. They looked at each other in silence.

"LeLe! Where have you been? You scared me to death."

The young woman who had asked the question just now was obviously relieved when she saw Xu Lele, and hurried towards her.

"Sister Xu Ting, how is my sister?" Xu Lele asked.

"I'm still running a fever. I just woke up and was looking for you. You guys..." Xu Ting answered, and the rest of the words were obviously directed at Lu Yuning.

"Come in and take a look." Lu Yuning nodded at her.

"it is good"

Xu Ting understood and led the way towards the residential area. The crowd automatically parted ways when they saw Lu Yuning and did not dare to provoke him.

Lu Yuning walked in through the mineral water bottle, and a mixed smell first entered his nose.

He sniffed and frowned at the messy living area in front of him. The sanitation here was worrying.

Several people walked through the residential area in front and headed towards the innermost part.

Lu Yuning saw Ma Zhiqiang, Chen Hong and a middle-aged woman standing in front of a bed from a distance. She guessed that Xu Qi was there.

The movement here immediately attracted Ma Zhiqiang's attention. He turned around and saw that Lu Yuning was obviously frightened. He subconsciously took a few steps back with an alert look.

"You, why are you here?"

Chen Hong was also slightly stunned, but when he came to his senses, he immediately stood between the two of them.

Lu Yuning ignored Ma Zhiqiang, nodded slightly to Chen Hong, and then walked towards Xu Qi.

She was lying on a simple bed at this time, her face flushed, her mouth slightly open, her chest heaving rapidly, and she seemed to be having difficulty breathing.

"Sister, Brother Yuning is here." Xu Lele pulled Lu Yuning and walked to Xu Qi's bed.

When Xu Qi heard the voice, he slowly opened his eyes, then saw Lu Yuning, paused, and then nodded slightly.

She probably understood what was going on.

When he was awake, he told Xu Lele that if anything happened to him, she should go find Lu Yuning, and he secretly told her Lu Yuning's location.

This kid probably saw that he was unconscious and went to call Lu Yuning over.

"I'm sorry, I thought it was just typhoid fever or a cold, but I didn't expect it to be so serious," Xu Qi said softly, weakly.

"Stop talking, save some energy." Seeing that she had difficulty speaking, Lu Yuning stopped her.

"If I could help take care of Lele," Xu Qi said. "Her special ability is quite useful, and Xiao Jin has a good relationship with her," perhaps feeling that it was embarrassing for Lu Yuning, she added a few more words.

Lu Yuning shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. There is another way."

Zhang Xinyue walked forward, touched her forehead, then retracted her hand in surprise.

"The temperature is very high. We need to cool it down quickly. Why don't we take her back? The environment here is too bad." Zhang Xinyue said softly to Lu Yuning.

Lu Yuning glanced at the dirty and messy environment around him, thought for a moment, and nodded slowly.

Xu Qi fell unconscious again at this time and could no longer hear what the others were saying.

He did not delay, walked forward, picked up Xu Qi by the waist, and then gestured slightly to Chen Hong and Xu Ting.

"What do you want to do?" Ma Zhiqiang spoke first.

Chen Hong stopped him behind him, nodded to Lu Yuning, and said, "I know, I'm counting on you."

Lu Yuning didn't look at Ma Zhiqiang, and walked out of the residential area with Xu Qi in her arms.

The crowd outside were a little surprised to see Lu Yuning carrying Xu Qi out, but they could probably guess what was going on, so they didn't dare to stop him and automatically made way for him.

Xu Lele naturally had to go with them, and without her, Lu Yuning would not be able to command the chipmunks.

Lu Yuning carried Xu Qi up, and the four of them rode on chipmunks out of the shelter and ran towards the tree hole.

The three people were gathered in the tree hole to discuss this matter when they saw Lu Yuning climbing up the stairs panting, followed by Zhang Xinyue and Xu Lele.

Lu Yuning was holding a girl in his arms, and upon closer inspection, it was Xu Qi.

"Yu Ning, what is this?" Zhang Qian asked.

"She has a fever, and the conditions over there are a bit poor. Let's settle her here first. By the way, Sister Qian, your ability can reduce fever, right?"

Lu Yuning briefly explained the situation, and then suddenly thought of Zhang Qian's special ability, which he almost forgot about.

"Ah, I haven't mentioned this before. Although my ability can cool down people, it doesn't absorb heat, but isolates it." Zhang Qian hurriedly explained.

"Isolated?" Lu Yuning was stunned.

"Well, anyway, her temperature won't go down. We just can't feel it, so it won't do anything for the fever."

".What a strange ability. We can only try sponge bathing. Old Zou, boil some water. Xinyue and Sister Qian can help her sponge bath with warm water." Lu Yuning was a little confused, but she didn't think about it anymore because she had to help Xu Qi cool down.

Seeing that Lu Yuning's tone was a little anxious and Xu Qi looked like he was not in good condition, they hurried into action.

Lu Yuning put Xu Qi on the bed, then pulled up the other sleeve of his clothes, made a towel, and handed it to Zhang Xinyue.

Zou Yunxin acted quickly. After a while, he and Wu Xiao brought up some warm water, and then the men left the room.

They actually don't have any good solutions for fever. The only thing they can think of is physical cooling. Common methods include ice compresses or warm water baths.

Ice compress is more effective, but obviously we don’t have the conditions for that now, so we can only use sponge bath. Although the effect is slow, it is the only way.

Several people were busy running back and forth all morning, helping her cool down and replenish her water.

There is no medicine available now and basically everything that can be done has been done. She has to rely on herself for the rest.

Fortunately, Xu Qi finally showed some improvement. Her expression was no longer as painful as before, her temperature dropped, and she gradually fell asleep peacefully.

Seeing this, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, you still need to check her temperature at all times and continue to cool her down if she has a slight fever.

This method may not be very effective under normal circumstances, but it is surprisingly effective now. When the water evaporates, it can take away a considerable amount of heat.

Xu Qi finally woke up before dark.

"Qiqi, are you awake? How do you feel?" Zhang Xinyue's voice came first.

Xu Qi looked up and saw Zhang Qian standing beside her, and Xu Lele was asleep beside her bed.

"I feel much better. Is this... in a tree hole? I haven't slept on this kind of bed for a long time." Xu Qi touched the soft mattress.

"Well, this is Qianqian and I's room. Yu Ning made this mattress specially for you. It's warmer this way." Zhang Xinyue replied.

Lu Yuning replaced Xu Qi's bed with tissue paper so that she would not catch a cold again.

"I'm so sorry to bother you guys. I never thought a cold would be so serious. I didn't take it seriously at first, but I didn't expect the disease to come so suddenly. My body is really fragile now."

"Well, Yu Ning's previous idea was right. Our bodies can't stand the tossing and turning now, and the weather is gradually getting colder. We should start paying attention to the problem of keeping warm."

"He's really far-sighted. We're still fighting over a few sips of water every day, and we haven't considered this issue."

Xu Qi was a little discouraged. He thought that as the shelter manager, he was actually not competent at all. He even fell ill first. He couldn't help feeling a little frustrated.

(End of this chapter)