dognovel Chapter 638
Chapter 638
Not long after settling on the island, the nearby sea was suddenly shrouded in thick fog.
The thick fog was like solidified milk, heavy and sticky, with visibility less than one meter, making it feel like you could squeeze out water with your hands.
Even ships dare not go out to sea easily.
The Zhou family increased their vigilance. Xiangyang Island was already isolated, and now under the cover of thick fog, it seemed even more isolated from the world.
Except for Grandma Pang, the Zhou family began to take turns on duty, alert to any possible danger.
The heavy fog has a serious impact on people's lives. In addition to difficulty in breathing, washing and drying clothes are also problems.
The warship sent a speedboat to explore the surrounding area and found that the sea fog covered an extremely wide area and no one could explain what the fog was.
"There's something wrong with this fog." Zhou Shuwan stood on the edge of the island, looking into the distance through the thick fog, his brows furrowed.
She whispered to Qi Mingyu beside her, "The fog is so thick that we can't even see the warship's signal lights."
Qi Mingyu nodded, his eyes solemn. "The warship sent people to investigate. They said the fog was so widespread that even the most experienced sailors didn't dare to move rashly."
As he was speaking, the roar of a speedboat was heard in the distance, and a small boat could be vaguely seen breaking through the fog and slowly approaching the shore.
The captain on the boat had a gloomy face and a frown on his face. It was obvious that the results of the investigation were not optimistic.
The visibility in the fog was too low. If the captain had not been experienced and relied on his intuition to bring the boat back safely, the boat might have been lost in the sea fog.
Medical experts on the warship tested the mist and found that it contained an unknown microorganism that could cause discomfort to the human body if inhaled.
The warship hurriedly asked people to prepare masks.
But it’s been so long since the end of the world, and no one still has masks to use.
The warship didn't have much in stock, so the captain called on everyone to make as many masks as possible to filter out the virus.
It was two days later when Zhou Shuwan heard the news, and that bad premonition had come true.
Her heart sank and she had many bad associations.
She actually had a lot of masks stockpiled in her space, but she had already taken out half a ton of planting soil. If she took out a large number of masks, it would inevitably arouse suspicion.
After thinking for a moment, she took out two boxes of N95 masks made of old leather and decided to exchange them for some supplies with the warship. In fact, the most important thing was to provide more protection for the soldiers on the warship.
The warship was naturally very surprised.
The warship's mask reserves were limited to begin with, and with the two boxes provided by Zhou Shuwan, there were only a few thousand masks, enough for everyone on the island to use once.
But the most important thing is that these are disposable masks and they will be gone after use.
Therefore, the warship did not distribute the masks to the troops, but let the military doctors use them.
The captain quickly issued a notice, calling on everyone to make their own masks to filter out the virus in the air as much as possible.
People on the island took action and made simple masks using various materials such as cloth, wood whiskers, and hay leaves.
Although the military doctor reminded that such protection is limited in effect, this is the only way for now.
The specific harm of the virus has not yet been determined, so we can only take it one step at a time.
After Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu finished all these, they decided to go to Zhipeng's house.
The two of them groped their way to Zhipeng's house. After entering the house, they saw Zhipeng lying on the simple bed with a pale face. Yuxuan was busy cleaning the house.
This wooden house has two small rooms in total, and Zhipeng and his friends live here.
Xue Tao, Xue Dong and Chun Chun lived next door.
"How is the wound recovering?" Zhou Shuwan asked with concern.
Zhipeng smiled and said, "It's almost done. It's been foggy for so long, and you're here again! Come and sit down."
Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu took a package and put it directly on the ground after entering Zhipeng's house.
After visiting Zhipeng, they went next door to visit Xue Tao.
Xue Tao's leg injury had almost healed, but in this fog, Chun Chun, who was weak, started coughing and wheezing.
Xue Dong had taken him to see a military doctor during the day.
The military doctor had no better solution and could only prescribe some medicine to help Chunchun breathe less fog outside.
However, this fog is everywhere, how can we avoid it!
Now, whether it is a warship or people living on the island, they all use layers of cloth, plastic, and wooden boards to seal the windows to minimize the entry of fog!
This can only have a general effect.
Air is difficult to block.
Zhou Shuwan felt Chunchun's pulse and frowned slightly. "Chunchun is feeling much better now, but the fog is really affecting him! Is there a filtration system on the warship? Cousin Tao, I think you must send Chunchun to the respiratory department of the warship so that all the air he breathes is filtered. Then he might not have such a severe reaction."
Chunchun has a severe cough and seems unable to stop.
Xue Tao pursed his lips and said, "Okay! I'll take Chunchun there right away."
Zhou Shuwan stopped him: "After we leave, go and take a look at some of the things we brought, and then go."
Xue Tao was only worried about Chunchun's illness at the time and didn't pay much attention to what Zhou Shuwan said.
After she and Qi Mingyu left, they discovered that the other party had left them a thick stack of N95 masks, and they were stunned.
They didn't expect Zhou Shuwan to give them so many masks.
Zhipeng was silent for a moment, then said softly, "We can't afford to exchange these masks now, so we can only return them slowly later."
These are the most important things to Chunchun now.
Xue Tao silently clenched the mask in his hand and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
A few days later, the sea fog still did not dissipate, and people on the island began to show various symptoms.
At first, it was just mild discomfort such as coughing and asthma, and many people thought it was just a common cold, but as time went on, the situation became worse and worse.
As Dr. Wei examined the patient, his brows furrowed more and more. He found something abnormal in the patient's blood sample - a large number of tiny bugs.
He reported the situation to Deputy Captain Shang, who immediately summoned all military doctors and experts for an emergency meeting.
The atmosphere in the conference room was solemn, and the air was filled with tension and anxiety.
Dr. Wei projected the images under the microscope onto the big screen, and everyone gasped.
The scene showed dense swarms of insects wriggling in the blood, which was creepy.
"Are these bugs... mutated viruses?" an expert asked hesitantly, his voice full of