[BL] Rebirth: Back to Zero - Chapter 18 Part1

       

Rebirth: Back to Zero 
Author: 祎庭沫瞳 (Yi Ting Mo Tong)

Chapter 18 Abnormalities (Part 1/3)

Back at the manor, Jun Lixuan informed Ling Qiyang of the Emperor's decision. Ling Qiyang frowned in confusion, "How did Emperor Father know that I'm a doctor?"

"Maybe Empress Mother told him." Jun Lixuan took the small scale from his hand and pulled him to sit down.

Ling Qiyang shook his head, "Even if it's Empress Mother, she won't know the extent of my medical skills. Even if she told Emperor Father, it would be a passing remark. Those soldiers could not be diagnosed even by the Imperial Doctors. How could Emperor Father place his confidence in me so easily?"

Hearing Ling Qiyang's thoughts, Jun Lixuan also felt a little puzzled. Omegas were not allowed to enter the barracks. Yet Emperor Father ordered Ling Qiyang to go, making an exception especially for him. He must have had absolute confidence in him. Otherwise, his image would be tarnished.

Ling Qiyang held the teacup and ran through his thoughts in silence. He looked up and said, "It may be because of Mo Yu'er ."

"Mo Yu'er ?" Jun Lixuan was confounded.

"Do you remember the first time Emperor Father saw Mo Yu'er? He looked at Mo Yu'er as if it was familiar, and asked me to raise one for him."

Jun Lixuan recalled the scene at Serene Palace that day and thought it made sense.

"Perhaps Emperor Father knows the existence of Medicine Cats, so he found Mo Yu'er familiar. Moreover, he knows of Medicine Cats and how rare the skills to raise Medicine Cats are. Since I raised Mo Yu 'er, he could guess that my medical skills were refined." After analyzing this, Ling Qiyang felt that it was suddenly clear.

"It seems that I can't hide anything from Emperor Father." Jun Lixuan shrugged his shoulders and sighed.

Ling Qiyang chuckled. Judging Emperor Yanxi's attitude, there should be no taboo about his medical skills, so he could feel at ease.

The next day, Jun Lixuan took Ling Qiyang to Jun Liyuan’s military camp. At this time, the soldiers were training. The two entered the barracks in a low-key manner. After seeing Jun Liyuan, they went to the place where the wounded soldiers were held.

The soldiers sat against the wall, their eyes were hazy and dispirited, and their heads hung low. It was as if they did not even have the strength to speak or the will to live.

"As Doctor Zheng said, their health is deteriorating. Since last night, they have been a little lethargic and inattentive. Only the one who injured people three days ago is still sober." Jun Liyuan said.

Ling Qiyang found a soldier nearby and squatted down to check his condition. After putting on a pair of gloves that were as thin as cicada wings, Ling Qiyang felt his pulse and checked his eyelids and tongue. Jun Lixuan stood behind him and watched the soldiers with vigilant eyes. He feared that these people would lose their minds and hurt Ling Qiyang.

Individually, Ling Qiyang examined the listless soldiers. He found a peculiar trend. These soldiers had a bluish-black line at the upper part of the whites of the eyes. Their tongues purple, but the lips were rosy, which indicated that they were not poisoned.

After that, Ling Qiyang went to see the soldier who lost his mind again. Similarly, he found the bluish-black lines on the whites of his eyes. However, these lines had turned into dots, the size of rice grains and were popping up.

"What did you find out?" Jun Lixuan took Ling Qiyang's medicine box into his hands and asked.

Ling Qiyang took off his gloves and replied, "It doesn't look like poisoning, it's more likely to be a parasitic infection."

"Parasite?" Jun Liyuan frowned. This almost did not exist in Ye Empire. Only some countries in the south experienced this kind of thing.

"Yeah. Although there are few cases here in Ye Empire, it does not mean that parasites did not exist. Parasites are unique. Different parasites can help their owners achieve different goals. However, the people who raise parasites often serves as host bodies and would experience backlash.” Ling Qiyang continued, “The parasite on the soldiers' bodies should be the Corpse Thread Parasite. Once the parasite infects a person, that man will be at the mercy of the Parasite Master. At that point, only death awaits them. Judging from their symptoms and the time of their onset, the period of infection should not exceed one month, which means that they were infected after returning to the Capital."

At that thought, ridges formed on Jun Lixuan's forehead. This kind of thing seemed too fantastical to be true. Not only that, Ling Qiyang's knowledge of such unscrupulous techniques made him exceedingly astonished.

"In fact, the actual result of parasitic infection should be losing mental awareness, and then gradually dying. As for the previous soldiers who regained consciousness after the massacre, it might be the Parasite Master's attempt at distracting your attention. Their recovery made everyone treat this as a simple case of sleepwalking and unintentional killing." Ling Qiyang analyzed the situation further. "Critically, when the parasite-host dies, there is a chance of transmissibility. Suppose someone touches the corpse or checks on the host within an hour after death. In that case, the parasite could crawl onto the living person, enter his body and make him the new host body. In this way, the sleepwalking and murder will repeat itself endlessly."

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Translator's Notes:

Looks like things are turning very very bad for the poor Third Prince! But as always, the remarkable Ling Qiyang saves the day!!! Also, the Emperor seems very genius to be able to tell so much of Qiyang's background at one glance!

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2 comments:

  1. i wish the emperor was that observant in the previous life
    maybe our lovely couple live will be so different then 💔😩

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  2. wow this parasite is really disgusting!! thank u for the chapter~

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