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Chapter 751: Grave Situation

On the deck of the liner, Hu Zhenfeng and the others' eyes turned saucer when they saw that Tang Xiu and his men were easily jumping six-plus meters away. The world's long jump record was 8.95 meters, but it was achieved through the inertia of a full sprint run-up. Although the deck was only six-plus meters away from the shore, they seemed so relaxed jumping over without a run-up. What they did was simply beyond Hu Zhenfeng's imagination.

"What monsters! They just lifted their legs and yet jumped so far. Wouldn't they be able to break the world record if they were to participate in the Olympic Games?"

The contempt inside Hu Zhenfeng's heart toward Tang Xiu reduced a lot.

The members of the Phantom Special Combat Squad, including Captain Yu Shuqing, were also surprised by the long jump ability of Tang Xiu and his men. Though they too could jump ashore, doing it so easily was not something they could achieve.

"These fellas are experts, Captain," said Chen Yangfan, who had always been proud of his speed, leaned towards Yu Shuqing and said with a solemn expression.

"I already noticed that they are all masters, but I didn't think that they were so powerful," Yu Shuqing nodded. "Of all the members of our Phantom Squad, I'm afraid there's only you who could barely match them."

"That is if I take a few steps back to run, else it will be a bit difficult," said Chen Yangfan with a forced, wry smile.

"I don't think I could go anywhere close to the people who can become the envoys sent by our superiors to solve the crisis here. Alright, keep your vigilance. Don't displease them."

"Roger that!" The squad nodded.

On the shore, there was a medium-sized bus that could accommodate twenty-plus people, with a young man donned in a leather suit and wearing a mask standing at the door. After he saw Hu Zhenfeng, his eyes immediately shimmered as he greeted him with a salute, "You're finally back, Chief of Staff. Our garrison is in huge trouble."

"How is the situation now, and how many men in the army got infected by the virus?" Asked Hu Zhenfeng.

"Only 88 people were not infected by the virus, and they are the ones who got assigned to the two patrol ships in nearby waters. As for the rest, all of them have cold, fever, and weakened body symptoms. We have taken various antivirus drugs, but it doesn't have any effect whatsoever, while the preventive medication we bought from that foreign black market will come too late."

"Do the other officers and men still retain their combat capabilities other than those on the two ships?" Asked Hu Zhenfeng quickly.

"We can pull it through for some time, but only 3 to 5 days at best," the young man nodded. "Chief, the first carrier died just six hours ago, and there are now dozens of people who are seriously ill on the island. They could die at any time."

With a slightly changed expression, Hu Zhenfeng asked in a deep voice, "How many people not infected are left on the island now?"

Anger flashed on the young man's face as he said, "More than 1000 people, but more than 90% of them are from those foreign forces. They took that preventive agent before coming here, hence avoiding getting infected. Division Commander Yang forbid us to take action against them, so they are practically running wild on the island, although they have yet to do anything too outrageous. They… kind of scattered on the island, surveying the mineral resources and inquiring about various information."

A cold glint flashed in Hu Zhenfeng's eyes as he asked again, "Did you bring that antivirus gas mask?"

"Yeah, I brought them over. Thirty of them in total," the young man nodded.

Hu Zhenfeng turned to look at Tang Xiu, Yu Shuqing and the others, and then said in a heavy voice, "We have not yet taken any preventive drugs before coming here, so we must wear gas masks on the island to prevent us from getting infected."

"Chief, we only bought 100 preventive drugs from those foreign forces, so we don't have to worry about being infected after taking them. We'll be fine with only wearing the masks."

With that said, he poured a lot of black pills from the vial he carried along and gave them to Hu Zhenfeng.

Hu Zhenfeng's eyes lit up, and immediately grabbed one and stuffed it into his mouth. He then handed the rest to Yu Shuqing and his men while watching as they took them. When he gave it to Tang Xiu, however, he was rejected.

"We don't need it."

Tang Xiu was reluctant and even unwilling to take this drug of unknown origin, because he firmly believed that the virus would not be a threat for them, cultivators.

"Tang Xiu, you may be the commander of this operation, but you cannot be arrogant!" Hu Zhenfeng angrily said. "This preventive drug is effective, you must take it as precaution and safety's sake!"

"You're not my superior and I don't have to obey your orders," said Tang Xiu indifferently. "Alright, it's urgent so we gotta hurry up."

Anger gushed inside Hu Zhenfeng's heart, but he forcefully suppressed it. He could not figure out the origins of Tang Xiu and his men, and he even thought that they were simply not from the Security Agency.

On the road, Tang Xiu learned from the young man driving the bus about the situation of Divine Doctor Gui Jianchou who had also taken the preventive drug and was now studying the virus on the island and had not yet been able to find any anything from his study since yesterday.

After driving for more than two hours, the bus entered a rugged mountain road, and the bumpy travel lasted for an hour before they finally entered an olive green military camp.

Yang Chuxiong was the commander of the garrison. Despite being a division commander, his rank was Major General. This man was still young, 46 years old, looking sturdy and robust, and had the bearings of a brave, tiger general.

"Welcome, Tang Xiu."

The first moment he saw Tang Xiu, Yang Chuxiong was slightly stunned. Though he received the orders from the superior leader that the name of the person who would aid them in the crisis was Tang Xiu, never did he expect that Tang Xiu was as young as the rumors said. Hu Zhenfeng might be unaware how great the achievements Tang Xiu performed before, but Yang Chuxiong had investigated Tang Xiu by using his privileges, and he could tell that Tang Xiu was not that simple on the surface.

Tang Xiu gave a slight nod in response and said, "Division Commander Yang, right? I already learned the current situation on Mist Source Island. It's grave, right?"

"It's far more than grave. It's simply an indescribable mess!" said Yang Chuoxing with a bitter expression. "I'm afraid more than a half of the hundreds of thousands of people on the island will die if you can't solve the virus within 2 or 3 days."

There are only 2 or 3 days of time?

"Where is Divine Doctor Gui Jianchou?" asked Tang Xiu bluntly. "Take me to him."

"He's in the temporary lab inside," answered Yang Chuxiong immediately. "We have collected blood samples from the infected people and the Divine Doctor is currently doing everything he can to study the nature of this virus and trying to find a solution."

Ten minutes later, Tang Xiu saw the legendary Divine Doctor Gui Jianchou, who was now wearing a white coat and a pair of white gloves inside a temporary lab. He was now observing a small piece of carrion with a pair of tweezers.

"Hello, Doctor. I'm Tang Xiu." Tang Xiu walked forward and introduced himself.

Gui Jianchou was very thin, and his wrinkled face was full of solemnity. His brows slightly pressed after hearing Tang Xiu's words, as he carefully scrutinized Tang Xiu and slowly nodded, "The Young Divine Doctor of the Star City Chinese Medical Hospital, Tang Xiu. You have made those two conceited disciples of mine feel ashamed of their inferior abilities. Anyways, I have paid particular attention to some cases of your treatment, especially the acupuncture technique you used. It's simply a technique that turns bad into good, amazingly powerful!"

"You're overpraising me," Tang Xiu politely replied. "Senior Gui Jianchou, since you came here ahead of me, could you tell me the results of your study and the situation with the virus?"

"Since I've began studying medicine I have encountered all sorts of diseases, but this virus is very strange. It has a wide range of transmission, be it through saliva, blood, air, water… any healthy person has the possibility of being infected as long as they are within ten meters from a infected person. Of course, I have also studied Western medicine as well and have quite some achievements on it. Yet still, I find it very difficult to extract anything from this virus sample no matter what means I try. Furthermore, I've also tried over 100 methods, using massive medicinal herbs to carry out a mixed research, and yet am still unable to create an agent that can kill this virus. Its tenacity is way too strong."

After a short silence, Tang Xiu took out a porcelain bottle and handed it to Gui Jianchou, saying, "This is a medicine I refined myself. It has a good effect on tempering the human body. Try to put this into it, and let's see if it has any effect."

Gui Jianchou looked surprised, but still took the porcelain bottle and carefully poured a drop on the carrion.

Zzzt…

It was as though a strong sulphuric acid was poured on the carrion as it rotted at a very fast rate and turned into black water with pungent stench.

Gui Jianchou's brows knitted. He forced a smile and said, "Not only does it have no effect, but it also will make the infected die a violent death once used on them."

Tang Xiu squinted his eyes. Then, he grabbed paper and a pen on the table, quickly wrote down a list of medicinal herbs' names: Honeysuckle, Wild Lily, Venom String Seed, Black Scorpion, and Golden Cicada.

"Awu, come in," shouted Tang Xiu.

Mo Awu pushed the door, came in and asked, "Any instructions, Boss?"

Tang Xiu handed him the list and seriously said, "Find these herbs immediately and send them to me as fast as possible. Ask aid from Division Commander Yang as he is more familiar with this place than you."

"Understood!" Mo Awu took the list and left.

Gui Jianchou took back his vision from Mo Awu's back and asked with a confused expression, "Tang… anyways, I'll call you Little Tang! What prescription did you make?"


"That liquid is a body tempering medicine, while the prescription I just made has the opposite medicinal property than the first. I want to try to make the opposite medicinal property and see whether it's effective on this virus."

Gui Jianchou looked to be absorbed in his thoughts. Then, he nodded and said, "The possibility is indeed quite high. I also refined medicinal herbs and prepared some medicines. After pouring it on the carrion, the aggravate decaying and corrosion did not happen. All things will develop in the opposite direction when they turn extreme, hence poison can be used to fight poison. Maybe the prescription you just made will have an effect."

"I'm also trying anything in a crisis like this, so I don't want to miss any possibility," Tang Xiu forced a wry smile. "And to be honest, my medical skills are special, but one thing for sure is, I admit that I won't be able to match you at all. You yourself have yet to thoroughly study the nature of this virus, while I have yet to even study the medicine for treating the infected. Hence, what I just made is perhaps no better either."

Chapter 752: In The Eye Of The Storm

"Do not underestimate yourself, Little Tang," Gui Jianchou shook his head. "Perhaps those special medical skills of yours would be an unconventional approach and the very reason to finally find a solution. That's right. I just had a new idea, we might as well experiment with it before those herbs are found and sent to you."

"Please do say…"

Gui Jianchou explained his thoughts, and the duo immediately started to experiment. After a failure, they kept brainstorming, unceasingly doing experiments, proposing new ideas and continuing testing them and meeting failures.

Time passed by.

The continuous research drained the duo, and as a cultivator, Tang Xiu was able to carry on the longtime research. But Gui Jianchou was quite old, and despite having paid attention to the training of his body all these years, he still had to stop due to fatigue. He then went to the next room to sleep for several hours.

In the next afternoon.

Statistics on the deaths of the infected in Misty Source Island had been made. The number of infected who had died had increased to 562. At the moment the data was sent to Tang Xiu, Mo Awu returned with the herbs needed.

"All the herbs have been found, Boss."

Mo Awu put two suitcases in front of Tang Xiu and then wiped off the sweat on his forehead.

Tang Xiu nodded and immediately began to refine the medicine. After refining for several hours, he successfully concocted a jet black pill. Under Divine Doctor Gui Jianchou's gaze, he grounded the pill and then sprinkled its powder on the carrion. This time, the carrion did not appear to decay and immediately festered, and yet, it still had little to no effect on the virus.

"I just found a black line on the carrion after you poured your medicine powder on it, Little Tang. I used a magnifying glass to observe it, and it turns out that it's composed of countless very tiny active particles. It seems like they are alive. From the Western medicine perspective, it can be called as a bacterium," said Gui Jianchou slowly.

Tang Xiu thought about it for a while. A bright idea suddenly birthed inside his head and he hurriedly said, "If it's bacteria, or rather, viral bacteria, there are many ways to sterilize it. We can consider sterilizing it by using electric current."

"Sterilizing it by using electric current?"

Gui Jianchou was stunned. He suddenly recalled something and then immediately said, "There was an eccentric doctor in Northeast China 42 years ago. He was called Gao Yitong and invented this electric current sterilization method, using static electricity to encircle and suppress viral bacteria with the aid of alcohol and moxstick. He eventually succeeded in creating this very special method after his study, and even though only few people use this method in reality, it has been spread to some mountainous areas of the Northeast Region since. I say let's try it."

"Let's try it, then!"

Tang Xiu did think of doing it. What surprised him was that the after the next carrion was brought and the static electricity method was used on it, the black lines on the carrion continued to burn, turning into a black smoke with pungent stench, while the piece of carrion gradually turned bright. Through the following study of Gui Jianchou and Tang Xiu, it was found that the viral bacteria was unexpectedly suppressed.

"It does have an effect on it. But the fission speed at which the viral bacteria grow is too fast. Although this static electricity method can kill a large number of these viral bacteria, it will still be difficult to completely eradicate it. We can temporarily allay the death predicament for the infected by electrifying them. We can use this as a temporary suppressing action," said Gui Jianchou excitedly.

"We need to find a living experiment. Also, it's necessary to generate static electricity into the human body without harming their health. Only then can we try to use it on all infected persons," Tang Xiu nodded.

"Yes!"

There were four commonly used methods in generating static electricity, which was electric charge migration, breaking electrification, induction electrification, and contact-induced charge separation. Among them, the most suitable method to be used on a large number of people was contact-induced charge separation by using objects made of chemical fiber texture such as underwear, carpet, cushion, or wallpaper, whereby static electricity would be generated and induced after the contact and separation.

Furthermore, household appliances also generated static electricity when used, or passed static electricity to its outer casing, such as TV screens or LCD.

Huff…

After studying this temporarily curbing plan, Tang Xiu did not hesitate to report the situation to Yang Chuxiong. After relaying the broadcast on TV, radio, and texts to mobile phones, the soldiers in the camp then rushed everywhere to spread the news…

The third night after Tang Xiu landed on Mist Source Island, the virus crisis had been temporarily solved, while numerous people who were dying finally hung on the death line.

The terrain of Mist Source Island had only four areas suitable for living, which were inhabited by the people who lived here for decades. There were also some villages on the hills, which, according to the official statistics, numbered up to 24 villages. Each village was inhabited by several hundreds of people at the lowest to several thousand people at the highest.

Python City, Wolfpack City, Twin Brook City, and Mixed Summit City.

The population of these four major urban areas, with the largest being Python City with 100-200 thousand inhabitants and the smallest one being Mixed Summit City with only 7-8 thousand people. After decades of development, all four cities were now connected with many main roads, dozens of small roads, and mountain roads.

Mixed Summit City.

Traveling along the road was rows and lines of the neat and orderly hamlet and village buildings. The bustling commercial streets here were almost no different from the urban areas in the outside world. Though the place was placed under strict concealment, the state had been supporting it secretly, hence the continuous commodity and supplies shipped from the outside. The inhabitants who lived here not only had their foodstuffs provided by the government, but were also able to gather herbs, find minerals and other resources, and many even had their own private factories.

On a certain street in the north of the city.

Dozens hardened robust men in suits crowded inside the five buildings, while many people came from various places and entered the five buildings in a rush.

In the middle of the building, a high-ranking member of the Stygian Club, Keith Moore, was smoking the world's top Cuban cigar and sipped a delicious coffee while listening to a report from his confidant.

"The result of our investigation is that the person who invented the electrostatic treatment is called Tang Xiu. From our intel data, he's the secret Boss of the Magnificent Tang Corporation in China and is also hailed as the Young Divine Doctor of the Chinese traditional medical field. We have yet to investigate how he came to Mist Source Island. Furthermore, the electrostatic sterilization treatment can only temporarily suppress the virus, but he has yet to find a way to have it under control. As the matter stands, it could be said that he has helped our cause a lot," reported the thin middle-aged man.

Keith Moore's eyes shimmered. He nodded and said, "You're right. We are the ones who brought the virus, but completely eradicating all the humans on this island is not our purpose. We did that just to destroy some people and then take control of a large number of people through their fear, so we can free them and drive them to work for us. Only, there's something problematic with the environment of this place that affects the multiplication of the virus outbreak and finally made it out of our control. The arrival of this Tang Xiu is actually a relief for us."

"So, what should we do now, Sir?" asked the middle-aged man.

"Assign some assassination agents to abduct this Tang Xiu," Keith Moore touched his chin and coldly said. "He has an amazing talent given that he can think of this electrostatic sterilization method. Perhaps, he can be of some use for us later. Furthermore, we must not relax our investigation of the mountain ranges around Mixed Summit City. We have only prospected a small lithium mine here. The more mineral resources we find from the survey, the bigger the harvest we can get from the Chinese government when we negotiate with them."

"Understood. I'll arrange it immediately. However, what should we do if Tang Xiu refuses and resists us?" asked the middle-aged man.

"Don't kill him even if he resists," said Keith Moore. "He just needs a short time to find a way to suppress this Darkening Virus. So I'm sure he can develop a new type of Darkening Virus antidote. We will need a new Darkening Virus antidote after the negotiation with the Chinese government later."

"I understand," said the lean middle-aged man as he turned around and left.

Keith Moore's eyes followed the back of the middle-aged man as he left. Then, he clapped his hands as two young men in black trench overcoats and pale skin appeared in front of him.

"The two of you will follow the Darksoul team. This Tang Xiu has an extraordinary identity and I believe the Chinese military will protect him. You will take over if the assassination fails."

"Understood!"

The two young men replied and their figures instantly disappeared.

The valley dozens of kilometers south of Twin Brook City was a place of verdant and lush vegetation, with fresh wildflowers and animals everywhere. It was a picture of vibrant biological life compared to the heavy death qi and bleak atmosphere in Twin Brook City. And at present, there were dozens of army tents built there.

A dark-skinned, foreign old man in a black tuxedo and with a walking stick made of gold was standing on a slope on the south side of the army tents.

Behind him were two men and two women donned in black leather fur coats with sinister auras exuding from their bodies—existences that were out of line with the vibrant scene in the valley. Even some of the wild animals were avoiding them.

"Siou, how is the deployment of the virus gene conversion agents?" The foreign old man suddenly asked.

The man on the far left behind him replied in a moderate and somewhat hoarse voice, "There's only the last step left. We can expect to have it mixed successfully within three days."

The foreign old man nodded and then said, "This fella called Tang Xiu does have some skills, much more capable than that group of idiots led by Keith Moore. Now that our Pyramid organization has set our feet here, we'll ruin the plans and scheme of the Stygian Club, hence we must be ready to have a full frontal clash with them. Send some men to harass and create troubles for them. They want to do some prospecting for mineral deposits here, but we will not let them do as they wish."

"I'll go and manage it at once," said Siou respectfully.

The foreign old man touched his chin and said, "After conveying my order, you will immediately lead some men to kill this Tang Xiu. He thought of and found the method to temporarily suppress the Darkening Virus. It may be a relief for us, but we must not let him find the means to fully cure the Darkening Virus and neither let him be caught by those Stygian Club's bastards."

"Let me do it alone, Sir!" said Siou with a hideous grin.

Hmph. The foreign old man hummed coldly and said, "There's an old adage in China: 'Caution is the parent of safety'. You're a capable man, I admit. But don't let your arrogance rob you of your life."





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