Chapter 169: Dead Blood Disease

Huanhuan took out the snow silk, cut it into a few pieces, and distributed them to Shuang Yun and Jiu Yuan.

She said, “Cover your mouth and nose with this so you don’t get infected.”

Shuang Yun and Jiu Yuan obediently did as they were told.

The sick beasts had been isolated and placed in the same room.

Shuang Yun and Jiu Yuan walked in first. Huanhuan followed them.

The moment she stepped into the room, she suddenly heard the system notification.

“Congratulations to the host for triggering a random mission! Please treat these patients with dead blood disease. After the mission is completed, the reward will be directly given to the host.”

What was dead blood disease? She’d never heard of it.

There were 12 patients. They were placed on the ground with hay and hides under them.

Their faces were all sallow, their lips were dry, their eyes were sunken, and their bodies were as thin as firewood. They looked as if they had been sucked dry by some spirit. Their bodies were lifeless.

Shuang Yun and Jiu Yuan had never seen such a disease before. They could only look at Huanhuan and pin their hopes on her.

Huanhuan put on leather gloves and opened the patients’ mouths. She looked at their teeth and tongues, then pulled open their eyelids and examined their eyeballs.

She couldn’t tell what the illness was, so she could only whisper to the system.

“Little Brat, what’s dead blood disease?”

System 438 explained, “The source of this disease is a mutated demon. Only by drinking the blood of a mutated demon will one suffer from this disease. In the early stages of the disease, the patient will look sallow and thin. In the middle stages, the patient will be unconscious. In the end, there are only two outcomes.”

“What are the outcomes?”

“The patient’s wounds will either fester and they’ll die, or they’ll become a demon’s slave. They’ll become mindless monsters that kill.”

Huanhuan’s heart turned cold. This sounded more like a poison than an illness.

It was a little like the poisons she had read about in fantasy novels in the past. The poison would take control of the victim. It was extremely cruel and strange.

She quickly asked, “Can it be cured?”

“The temple’s healing spells can cure dead blood disease, and so can the host’s flesh.”

Huanhuan had an idea.

She said to Shuang Yun, “It’s dead blood disease. I have to go back and get some medicine for these patients. Have someone find out where they’ve been recently and what they’ve eaten. I suspect this matter might be related to demons.”

She deliberately lowered her voice when saying the last sentence.

Shuang Yun nodded. “I understand.”

Huanhuan said to Jiu Yuan, “Have people guard this place. Once these patients show signs of attacking others, kill them immediately. Burn their corpses and leave nothing behind!”

This was the first time she’d ordered someone to kill someone.

To be honest, she felt quite complicated.

After all, she had grown up in a society ruled by law. She was influenced by the law and could not kill anyone.

But now, she had to sacrifice a small number of lives to protect most of them.

She didn’t know if this change was good or bad.

In contrast, Jiu Yuan and Shuang Yun were much calmer.

They had all survived killing and plundering. They were already familiar with killing people and did not feel burdened at all.

Huanhuan returned to the mountain and brewed a large pot of medicinal soup to replenish her blood and energy. Then, she cut her finger and squeezed a drop of blood into the medicinal soup.

She called Dong Ya over. “Bring this medicine down the mountain and give it to the sick beasts.”

Although they were already familiar with each other, Dong Ya couldn’t help but feel a little shy when facing her.

His cheeks were red as he nodded seriously. “I’ll go now.”

Huanhuan reminded him, “Be careful when you deliver the medicine. Try to stay away from those patients.”

“Okay, I’ll remember.”

Dong Ya went down the mountain with the medicine.

Sang Ye took Huanhuan’s hand and sucked on her fingers. The tip of his tongue gently licked the wound.

Huanhuan’s face turned red from his licking. “It’s just a small injury. It’s fine.”

Only when the smell of blood was gone did Sang Ye let go of her fingers. He lowered his head and looked into her eyes. “I heard that there are people at the foot of the mountain who have dead blood disease?”

Huanhuan nodded. “Yeah.”

“Where there’s dead blood disease, there are definitely demons.”

Huanhuan said slowly, “I’ve already asked Shuang Yun to investigate this matter. We should find something soon.”

That night, Shuang Yun returned with the results of the investigation.

“I found traces of blood left by demons upstream of Black River. Some of the blood flowed into the river. When the unlucky beasts drank it, they drank the demons’ blood as well. Then, they contracted dead blood disease.”

Shuang Yun took a sip of water and continued, “Fortunately, Black River’s current is relatively fast. The blood of the demons was quickly washed downstream, so there are only just a dozen beasts who contracted dead blood disease. Otherwise, the number of people who are sick would have increased by at least ten times!”

The beasts who lived in temporary habitats would go to Black River to drink water. If anything happened to that river, it would easily take their lives.

Bai Di asked, “Have you cleaned up the blood of the demons upstream?”

“It’s been cleared. The river should be fine now.”

Bai Di thought about it. “Why would demons appear near Black River?”

Ever since the war, the demons were defeated by the temple and had retreated from this continent. They had never set foot on this land again. Why had they suddenly appeared now? Was there a conspiracy?

Xue Ling said as he chewed on sunflower seeds, “Maybe they’re here to look for their companions.”

As soon as he said that, everyone immediately thought of the demon bloodline in Sang Ye’s body.

Sang Ye said indifferently, “I’ve never come into contact with the demon race. If Ma Qing hadn’t awakened my demon bloodline, I might never have known what the demon race looked like.”

Bai Di added, “This has nothing to do with Sang Ye.”

Shuang Yun nodded too. “We believe him.”

Xue Ling cracked the sunflower seeds. “You guys are really cute!”

Huanhuan glared at him and said angrily, “If there’s nothing else, go back upstairs. Don’t come out and talk nonsense in the future!”

“Don’t be angry. I’m just objectively suggesting a possibility. I don’t have any prejudice against Sang Ye.” Xue Ling paused as if he had suddenly thought of something. He added, “By the way, the beasts of the feather tribe hate the demons very much. You’d better not let them know that Sang Ye is a demon. Otherwise, they’ll come after him.”

Huanhuan rolled her eyes. “You make it sound like you’re not someone from the feather tribe.”

“Although I’m a feather beast, I’m different from Shen Yan and the others.”

“What’s the difference? Aren’t you all bird people?!”

Xue Ling blinked at her. “My feathers are prettier than theirs. I’m stronger than them. My schlong is bigger than them!”

Huanhuan: “…”

The first two claims were fine, but what the hell was with the last one?

‘Have you seen all the male beasts of the feather tribe? How else would you know that your penis is bigger than theirs?!’