I became a fox girl and was captured by the True Dragon Saint

"No one washes their hands, all clinics are closed, and patients are encouraged to have close contact with others..." Jiang Ke'er stared at Emperor Jing in disbelief, "You are such a talent! I thank your whole family on behalf of Yi Du!"

"Remove the blockade on the medical practitioners," Emperor Jing sighed. He knew that he had to follow Jiang Ke'er's instructions at this time, otherwise his position as emperor would be replaced in a matter of seconds. "Let the troops from all regions assist the medical practitioners in protecting the clinic and maintaining order and stability."

"Continue to report to me. Just tell me what other sand wall operations this brainless emperor has done. I really can't stand it anymore," Jiang Ke'er was almost out of breath.

"Senior Yiqin's protective suit was torn off by the imperial guards." Huang Dahao continued to expose his shortcomings without mercy.

Jiang Ke'er's heart instantly rose to her throat.

If anything happened to Yiqin, she swore that after curing the virus, she would make the extermination of humanity her goal and execute it at all costs.

"Senior Yiqin was infected, but she didn't have to be dying..." Huang Dahuo became more and more angry as he spoke. "She was imprisoned. Because the prison lacked research conditions, she had to use herself as an experiment. Now she is in the terminal stage of the disease and is dying."

Upon hearing the news, Jiang Keer's eyes went dark.

"I was wondering how the situation could have developed to this point. Lingyin Valley clearly has courses for dealing with the epidemic. I see... I see..."

She was shivering with cold all over, but she had to take deep breaths to keep herself calm and suppress the urge to rush over and cut the Shabi Emperor into pieces.

Emperor Jing was not having a good time at this moment either. He could feel the countless uncontrollable murderous intentions directed towards him from all around him.

When everything was revealed to the world, anger had completely destroyed people's deep-rooted fear of imperial power.

"Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it."

A young shadow came riding a sword and patted Emperor Jing on the shoulder sympathetically.

As for the other party's disrespectful behavior, Emperor Jing could not directly order the imperial guards to drag him out and behead him as he had done in the past.

Emperor Jing recognized the other party and said coldly: "Second son of the Li family, get out."

However, Li Shimin ignored him and just looked at Jiang Ke'er. He knelt on one knee and said in a sonorous voice, "My father and elder brother are both seriously poisoned. Before he passed out, my father appointed me as the commander-in-chief of the entire demon tribe army and asked me to fully assist you in fighting the epidemic! From now on, the demon tribe, from top to bottom, are all at your disposal!"

Huang Dahuo quickly followed suit, not caring about the age and realm gap at all. He knelt on one knee in front of Jiang Keer and said firmly: "The entire Mingyang Sect must obey your command! Completely follow the united front strategy of medical practitioners!"

Everyone around suddenly came to their senses, knelt on one knee respectfully, lowered their heads, and spoke one after another.

"Lingyue Sect accepts united front work!"

"Nanjiang Sect accepts united front work!"

"Taiyue Sword Sect accepts united front work!"

"..."

"The Taiming Sect accepts the united front, and the Shenzhou medical practitioners accept the united front."

A weak voice was heard, Jiang Keer looked over quickly, her nose felt sore, and her eyes suddenly turned red.

However, she knew that she didn't have the time to go over and ask about his well-being.

The best way to repay Yiqin is to do her best to implement the medical oath of Lingyin Valley and protect the lives of the Chinese people that they have devoted their lives to protecting.

"I will use what I have learned throughout my life to help you overcome the difficulties!"

Jiang Ke'er bent down and said while trying hard to hold back her tears.

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An imperial edict spread throughout the Great Si Kingdom and even to places outside Shenzhou, but it was not entirely in the name of the emperor.

Jiang Ke'er's signature was written before Emperor Jing.

At such moments, her name was more convincing than the emperor's.

Shenzhou immediately stopped all gatherings. All monks, whether infected or not, stayed at home in accordance with the instructions of the United Front, watching the live broadcast and being on standby at all times.

…but there are always people who think highly of themselves.

“Here comes the chance,” they thought.

"Send people to intercept the supplies transported to the Jiangdu Palace, and equip each of our soldiers with protective clothing! Take this opportunity to organize mobile speeches, continue to strengthen their hatred for the Dasi Kingdom, and recruit as many people as possible to join the group..."

The dust created by eighteen rebellious flags and sixty-four armies quietly spread among the panic-stricken Dasi Kingdom.

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98. Question

Jiang Ke'er had no idea about the situation outside. She had to devote all her energy to researching an antidote to fight the epidemic and had no extra energy to deal with other things.

"Tell me clearly the symptoms, the course of the disease, and the methods you have tried."

"It has been determined that the initial symptom of the epidemic is coughing. As the disease progresses, the poisoned people will suddenly fall into a coma on the third day, depending on their level of cultivation. At the same time, the blood circulation system and central nervous system begin to completely collapse, with heavy bleeding and rapid skin ulceration." Huang Dahao reported.

Jiang Ke'er memorized every word.

"All elixirs can only temporarily suppress symptoms, but the amount of the virus will then increase dramatically, and the traditional dilution therapy cannot be used to cure the patient."

Jiang Keer nodded, it was obviously the work of bacteria or viruses.

“Have you found the pathogen?”

"Ah? What is that?" Huang Dahao was stunned.

"never mind."

Jiang Ke'er fell into deep thought.

Considering that the cultivators above the Seven Lights Realm in the cultivator world have microscopic vision, which can clearly observe bacteria of about 1 micron in size, they can determine the biological characteristics of this substance.

But Shenzhou did not react according to the other party's biological characteristics, and did not even know about it. It just thought that it was a kind of black particles that could not be seen clearly even with microscopic vision.

In other words, the true identity of the epidemic is most likely a virus.

Viruses are hundreds or even thousands of times smaller than bacteria, and even people with microscopic vision cannot see them clearly.

But if it's a virus...

Jiang Keer’s head was about to explode.

"What's wrong?" Huang Dahao couldn't help but feel a little scared when he saw the worry on Jiang Ke'er's face.

"Viruses are not conventional toxins. You can think of them as parasites. They live in human cells and merge with the human body, but their structure is simpler than that of cells. Therefore, no drug can directly kill the virus without killing the cells..." Jiang Keer explained.

Although Huang Dahuo was confused, he at least understood a little bit and said in despair, "Is this poison impossible to eliminate?"

"It's not that they are completely indestructible. In ancient times, there were some special cells in the human body, such as lymphocytes, mononuclear phagocytes, neutrophils, etc. They will fight against the virus in your body, just like soldiers with self-awareness, able to accurately kill the virus and send it out of the body."

Jiang Ke'er sighed and said, "However, tens of thousands of years have passed, and the cultivators' immune systems have been dormant for a long time. They have gradually degenerated and have been almost completely replaced by the spiritual power protective membrane... The spiritual power protective membrane can protect your body from being invaded by the virus, but once the protection fails, your body will become a sheep without any ability to fight back. Our bodies have become an empty city without an army, and have lost the ability to deal with viruses."

"What should we do then?" Huang Dahao looked horrified.

"Nucleotide analogs can replace normal nucleotides and prevent viral gene replication, but they can also replace human genes and therefore have reproductive toxicity."

"Interferon can further inhibit the virus's ability to replicate itself, buying time for the immune system."

"Cyclosporin blocks the signaling pathways that allow the virus to replicate itself, but it may also affect the immune system."

"There are also some structural proteins that act on the virus, which can disarm the virus or prevent it from binding to human cells..."

At this point, Jiang Ke'er scratched her head and said, "But all of this is just auxiliary. Viruses cannot be killed directly by antibiotics like bacteria. They are a parasitic substance with a very simple structure. In the end, the human immune system is still needed to deal with them... What's more, Shenzhou has never conducted research on these drugs. Not only do we not have reserves, we also don't have the conditions for production and research. That will take at least a dozen years!"

What the hell! Is it really the Hell difficulty level?

Huang Dahao was confused by the confusing terms and felt like an ignorant three-year-old child, but he still realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Is there no other way?"

"No!"

Jiang Keer shook her head.

Even though the problem he faced was the ultimate problem in the medical field that thousands of talented scientists on Earth in the previous life had failed to solve in their entire lives - how to kill viruses in the body without killing cells when the immune system is completely paralyzed.

All the available data proves that this is impossible.

But it's different here.

This is the world of cultivators. You possess abilities that are unimaginable to scientists on Earth, and there are many natural rules that cannot be explained by science... The differences in rules create infinite possibilities!

She understood what it would mean for the entire history of biology if she succeeded.

If this can be achieved, viruses will no longer pose any threat. Hepatitis B, Ebola, SARS, AIDS, rabies, parvovirus, etc., which people are helpless against on Earth, will be completely wiped out in biological history!

If this were Earth, it wouldn't be excessive to award all the Nobel Prizes to myself for a hundred years in a row!

"In theory, viruses can be killed in a targeted manner," Jiang Ke'er said solemnly, "The reason why viruses cannot be killed in the human body is that their structure is too simple. If you want to kill them, you must kill the cells... But if they have a substance that does not exist in cells, you can research a targeted antidote to bypass the cells and kill them."

"But this is impossible. Medical practitioners have already conducted experiments in ancient times," a clear male voice suddenly stood out from the crowd, with undisguised and straightforward questioning in the voice, "I suggest that the primary research approach should be to awaken the immune system and find antigens."

Jiang Keer was not angry because of the offense. She knew that anyone who could come up with the theory of awakening the immune system and searching for antigens was definitely not a mediocre person!

She looked at the man respectfully: "May I ask who you are, senior..."

"I am Sun Shichang, a wanderer from Jingzhao Huayuan." The man answered expressionlessly.

"Thank you for your help, senior," Jiang Ke'er bowed.

"Yiqin's apprentice?" Sun Shichang was not polite, "It seems a bit taken for granted."

"I know this is difficult, especially since time is running out...but awakening the immune system takes longer." Jiang Ke'er argued.

"The ancients spent thousands of years trying to do it but still couldn't do it. I've been studying it for more than a hundred years but still can't do it," Sun Shichang frowned and looked at Jiang Ke'er, "Could it be that you've already studied most of it?"

“I have never been exposed to this field before.”

Sun Shichang was furious: "Aren't you pushing Shenzhou into the fire pit?"

Jiang Ke'er did not refute.

Everyone looked at Jiang Keer's face and it suddenly changed.

It seems... this righteous medical practitioner is not as powerful as she appears to be?

Yes, she is so young, how could she be so powerful?

I almost got fooled by her!

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99. Reinforcements

Jiang Keer understood that before the antidote was developed, all her excuses were useless.

Even most medical practitioners believe that Sun Shichang's theory is more feasible.

After less than ten minutes of unity, the human race and the demon race eventually became two factions.

Perhaps it was because Jiang Ke'er looked too young and unreliable, and her identity as a demon made them unable to believe Jiang Ke'er's motives. In a blink of an eye, all the human forces turned to Sun Shichang's side and completely obeyed Sun Shichang's orders.

Jiang Ke'er did not waste any more time arguing with the other party. She understood that every second counted at this moment and there was no time to waste on quarreling.

"Just let it go like this?" Jie Shui felt extremely unwilling on behalf of Jiang Ke'er, "He was just a bastard who suddenly jumped out and took advantage of the situation!"

"It would be good to have someone like this to help me share the pressure of command, so that I can focus on developing the antidote wholeheartedly," Jiang Ke'er breathed a sigh of relief, "Let's go back to Taiming Sect."

Jiang Keer could understand Sun Shichang's choice, and she didn't care about the damage to her reputation... Letting a professional like Sun Shichang take the lead is definitely better than an idiot like Emperor Jing.

At least Chief Sun Shichang continued to strictly implement Jiang Keer's isolation decision, guiding everything in a good direction without doing anything suicidal.

The two have the same goal, but they differ in the way they act.

The only problem was that most of the medical practitioners who could help him had gone to obey the orders of Chief Sun, so he could only complete the research and development of the antidote independently.

"I'll help you," Yiqin forced a smile and said, "I trust you."

"Master..."

Jiang Ke'er was touched, but she didn't have time to express her true feelings. She just said decisively, "Okay!"

Now that the medical practitioners have taken action, all those who are sick can probably extend their lifespan by three days with the full support of the medical practitioners.

At the same time, Sun Shichang will conduct his own research on immune awakening therapy. If he can make the immune awakening therapy successful within three days, that would naturally be the best. If not, he can only rely on himself.

In fact, resigning from the command position is a good thing for me. This way, I can make good use of the Stars Super Space-Time Training Field and have twenty times more time.

However, even so, Jiang Ke'er was unsure. No one knew whether there really existed such a special small molecule component that was unique to the virus and not found in parasitic cells... and this component had to be critical enough to play a decisive role in the survival of the virus.

I can only bite the bullet and go look for it.

The life and death of the entire monastic civilization and Shenzhou all depend on the research results of himself and Sun Shichang.

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