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| 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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i wish the emperor was that observant in the previous life
ReplyDeletemaybe our lovely couple live will be so different then 💔😩
wow this parasite is really disgusting!! thank u for the chapter~
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