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She couldn't help but ask.

"Cohen, the recording is finished, come on, come on, take a look at this little guy."

The chariot brought the source stone insect in front of Ashes as if it was holding some treasure.

"You have one...what is this thing called?"

Cohen looked at the slowly moving little guy on the palm of the chariot and asked.

"The locals call this thing the Origin Stone Worm, although I don't know why they call it that."

Chariot stretched out his fingers and flicked the hard shell on the back of the source stone insect, making a crisp sound.

"...You actually have the heart to raise such a thing."

Hui Jin sighed. Although she was not opposed to this matter, she should be more serious at ordinary times.

"Haha, otherwise, I sit on the roof every day and have to find something to do. I can't chat with machine guns... although I did that a long time ago."

When he said this, Chariot touched the machine gun he was carrying across his body. This old guy had been with him for many years.

"Your job is to ensure the safety of the surrounding area, not to play with this mutant snail."

"What you said makes sense, but what should we be wary of? Are it the trembling patients or the townspeople who live a kilometer away and never come near here?"

At this point, Chariot became a little angry.

"Until now, we don't know why these patients with certain infectious diseases are treated like this, even if they take protective measures. No, even if protective measures are not taken, under normal circumstances, this infectious disease will not be easily transmitted. .”

Hui Jing didn't know how to answer, because she was also a little confused about this matter, so she could only change the topic.

"Where are Tina and Kurtz?"

Chariot thought for a while and then replied: "They went to exchange supplies with those patients. Tina hunted some things yesterday. She is getting more and more skilled, although she didn't know anything about the wild animals here at first."

Chariot pointed to the skin peeled off from an unknown animal hanging on the wall. It was a commemoration of Tina's first successful hunting and was hung on the wall as a trophy.

"Going hunting alone again? To be honest, I'm a little worried. After all, she came back with injuries several times."

"There's no need to worry too much. She recently tried to catch a camel. To be honest, the meat of that animal seems to be very good. If she succeeds, we will be in luck."

Ashes nodded silently, and Chariot continued.

"Kuz went to town. Do you remember that thing we removed from the car? Kurtz said he knew a mechanic in the town and wanted to ask."

"Okay, I understand."

Chariot stopped Hui Ji, who was about to turn around and leave, and said.

"Don't be so anxious, Cohen. We won't be able to go back for a while anyway. Learn from Kurtz and talk to those people. At least the patients here are relatively friendly to us."

"Speaking of which, this guy Kuz is really capable. I haven't learned to speak the local language yet, but this guy can actually understand what those weird symbols mean."

"But, this is what I'm worried about. Kuz is too close to them, which is not good for us."

Ashes spoke.

"Why do you say that?"

"We've been here for a month. You must have noticed by now that the local atmosphere is very abnormal and there are many conflicts in the town."

"A local government leader who is hiding in a mansion without leaving home, as well as heavily armed guards, and an area around him."

"And we are a place called a patient community."

"As long as you get this infectious disease, you will be driven here. Moreover, the sick people who are driven here also take this as a matter of course."

Chariot also said: "When the plague was raging, patients were locked together. Of course this happened in history. At least the lord didn't tie up all the patients and burn them to death."

"But the only thing I don't understand is why we don't get this infectious disease, if the reason we don't get it is because of differences in our bodies."

"What about the locals? Those locals who voluntarily moved here because their family members were sick. Some have even lived here for almost two years without getting sick."

Ashes sighed and said: "Almost all healthy people discriminate against sick people. Even in this patient community, those who are sick will do everything possible to cover their skin."

"Everyone agrees that we should know the basics of this disease. Is it true that in this world, this infectious disease is as common as the common cold? It happens everywhere?"

"This disease is either common knowledge in this city or in the entire world, but this so-called common sense is a bit..."

Chariot interrupted Ashes' words and said: "No, Cohen, from what I have seen and heard, this is completely a mistake, completely."

"Alexander, you can see that this patient community is a prison without walls. The patients and the townspeople hate each other."

"Yes, the word I used was hate."

Hui Jin specially emphasized those two words.

"It's not rejection and discrimination. That look is hatred. Hatred is engraved in everyone's every move and word. It's more like a part of their culture, a part that we can't understand."

"Let's assume a scenario."

Ashes continued to ask.

"If the townspeople rushed to the homes of these patients with torches and pitchforks, what were you going to do, shoot them directly?"

"That's a possibility, Cohen. We were wandering around, trudging through the wilderness, attacked by anything that moved, until we got their help."

"Food, water, medicine, we have to thank them."

"Most of them are good people, kind-hearted people, and they are the vulnerable party and the party in need of help."

"You know, I've always been on the side of these people."

Chapter 318 Dr. Miyaro

"Do you think we can stand by and watch, Cohen? If they rush directly into Dr. Miyaro's clinic with weapons, you will just stand by and watch?"

Chariot asked, no questioning or dissatisfaction could be heard from his tone, only doubts about this issue.

He wanted to know Ashes' answer to this question.

"........"

Ashes was silent again. She wanted to answer, "Yes, I will observe the situation from the sidelines and make the right judgment."

But if this thing really happened, she should be the one at the front with a gun. "

(Referring to the initial rush point being killed directly)

"Perhaps we should pay more attention to the spread of this infectious disease. Maybe we are asymptomatic carriers, and rash contact with other people may lead to unpredictable things."

Ashes changed the topic again, but Chariot knew what kind of answer she gave.

"Indeed, according to my observation, among all the people we met, no one was defenseless against this. On the contrary, everyone seemed to have received the most professional chemical warfare training, even the children who had just learned to speak. They can cover their mouth and nose in an instant, and they are extremely sensitive to respiratory protection."

"but."

Chariot continued: "Dr. Miyaro did not raise any objections to our protective measures. As long as he thinks there is no problem with our protective measures, nothing should happen."

"What did the doctor say?"

Ashes asked.

Chariot shook his head regretfully and continued: "Every time I talk to the doctor about ore disease, he obviously shows his unwillingness to talk in detail. Although I don't know why, But I think it was out of good intentions.”

"Why do you think so?"

"Ha, who knows, maybe his every move reminds me of that person."

Chariot smiled and replied

Hui Jin nodded, Cha Chao had already said so, of course she would not ask any more questions.

Just when Ashes turned around to leave, he suddenly turned around and stuck to the door of the house, making a silencing gesture towards the chariot.

"I didn't order pizza."

There were two knocks on the door, followed by the voice of a young man.

"No need to exchange codes, Miss Cohen, it's me, Miyaro."

"Haha, the doctor is here."

Chariot reached out and opened the locked door, welcoming the doctor in.

"Good morning, Miss Cohen, good morning, Mr. Alexander."

The doctor named Miyaro took off his old hat that he used to protect himself from the sun and greeted the two of them.

"Good morning, doctor..."

"Hey, we were just talking about you and here you are."

Chariot directly interrupted Hui Jin's greetings. He really liked the young man in front of him.

"You raised an Originium worm, Mr. Alexander."

Miyaro saw the Originium Insect crawling on the table at a glance.

"Yes, this little thing is quite fun. I caught it with Tina before. This one was too small, so I just kept it by myself. So are you still here to see Tina today?"

Miyaro shook his head, took off his satchel, took out all the things from it, and arranged the bottles and cans neatly on the table. The stoneworm was pushed to the middle of the table.

"This time I came to deliver things. They are all medical supplies. There are still a lot left this time."

"Thank you very much, doctor, I'm always bothering you."

"No, it's me who should say thank you. Thanks to the Source Stone Bug caught by Miss Tina, everyone has been able to use it for medicine in the past few months."

Chariot casually picked up a bottle filled with transparent liquid and shook it. He looked at the Origin Stone Worm still crawling on the table and asked, "So this Source Stone Worm can really cure diseases?"

"What should I say..."

Miyaro thought for a while and said: "Of course ore disease cannot be cured. This kind of fermented earthworm body fluid can only relieve pain and can be used for simple disinfection. It does not really cure the disease. .”

"However, for infected people, it is very valuable to be able to relieve pain. Crystals on the body surface will affect normal life, and some people may even be unable to walk off the ground in pain."

"I wish I could help you."

Ashes collected these medicines. Although they were very crude and not very effective, they were the only medicines they could use at the moment.

"By the way, Mr. Alexander, this is the book you asked me to help find last time."

Miyaro suddenly remembered something and took out a book from his satchel and placed it in Chariot's hand.

"I specifically looked for the Ursus language."

"Thank you very much, doctor."

Chariot opened the book and began to read it carefully, but soon frowned.

"Do you understand?"

Ashes asked.

Chariot shook his head and said: "It's a bit difficult. At first glance, it looks a bit like Russian, but if you look closely, you will find that most of the words and grammar are different, but you can still barely understand part of the meaning even by guessing."

"At least you have something to do. Just think of learning a new language. It's more interesting than teasing snails."

Ashes still couldn't forget that Origin Stone Worm.

"Speaking of language, doctor, what do you call the language we speak now?"

Chariot suddenly thought of this problem. After all, when they first came here, they didn't expect that someone could communicate with the four of them in a similar language.

"Although your accent and vocabulary are a bit weird, it should be Victorian. I only have a superficial understanding of it."

Because of this, there was a misunderstanding between the two parties when they first met. After all, anyone would be frightened if they encountered a few people aggressively speaking in unfamiliar accents and questioning tones.

"Well...Victoria, this is interesting. What about the locals? What did they say?"

Ashes nodded and continued to ask.

"People here all speak Sargon, but there are many branches of Sargon and there are many dialects."

"For example, the tribesmen in the rainforest east of Sargon speak a language that most Sargon people cannot understand."

"It's really a bit complicated, Chariot. It seems that the place we came from is not very good. It's probably an area similar to Africa."

"Desert, rain forest, tribe, hey, it's true, but at least we didn't go to Antarctica to accompany penguins, if there are such creatures here."

"correct."

Chariot turned his head and looked at Miyaro, and asked with expectant eyes: "What kind of place is that Ursus you mentioned?"