Two days later, they arrived at a settlement.
When he knew that the next stop on the road was the settlement, Tianyang felt curious, curious that the Ruby Chamber of Commerce was still doing business with the settlement. In the past, Zhang Rui's caravan had contacts with the settlement. After all, Zhang Rui's caravan was not on the market at that time, so it was reasonable to do business with the settlement.
But now it is the Ruby Chamber of Commerce, a chamber of commerce with strong financial resources. What exactly does it want in a settlement
As if seeing Tianyang's question, Zhang Rui answered it on the spot.
It turned out that the settlement they were going to had an ancient city sunken underground behind their settlement. People in the settlement often venture into the ancient city and bring back some items from their adventures. These items that have been stored for a long time in time usually have collection value.
Not to mention the collectors in the Eastern Continent are interested, even if they are sold in other continents, there is a huge market.
Therefore, the caravans of Tumo Mountain often do business with this settlement, and the Songyue caravan will transport food and weapons. The former can ensure the survival of the people in the settlement, and the latter can improve their survival rate in adventures in the ancient city.
There are even some gold diggers in the settlement. They were injured in the reverse world and can no longer enter the reverse world. They simply live in this settlement and venture into the ancient city with the men in the settlement.
Before evening, the caravan arrived near the settlement. They were hidden in a forest and needed to go deep along a path to see them.
Tu Moshan personally led the way, and each of the three caravans selected a few people to follow the chairman of the Ruby Chamber of Commerce to the settlement.
In line with the principle of long-term knowledge, Tianyang took Xingluo and followed him on the grounds of protecting Zhang Rui.
Zhang Rui was protected by them. Although it was his first time to come to this settlement, he was not panicked at all. He had a smile on his face the whole time, as if he was not afraid of mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead of him.
After walking for a while, there was a sudden "whoosh" sound in the forest, and a loud arrow pierced the front of the team, in front of Tu Moshan.
Ma Liangji, who was responsible for protecting Tu Moshan, immediately stood forward. However, the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce laughed, pulled Ma Liangji aside, and then took a step forward: "I am Tu Moshan from the Ruby Chamber of Commerce. I wonder if Huang Sheng is here? ?”
Pieces of leaves fell from the trees in front, and soon two figures slid down the trunks and fell to the ground.
Tianyang looked around and saw that they were two lean and dark men. They wore dark brown coats, white shirts underneath, wide-legged trousers, and brown and dark green cloth belts.
They were without shoes, one had a turban on his head, the other without. They all carried bows and arrows, quivers, and short swords hanging on their waists, and their eyes were alert.
One of them said: "Dad Huang Sheng is sick."
"I got sick?"
Tu Moshan said quickly: "Take me to see him quickly. I have medicines and a doctor."
He immediately asked people to leave the forest, but a team doctor was found outside and ordered to bring common medications.
Seeing that Tu Moshan was so friendly, the two men in the settlement exchanged glances, and one of them hurried back to the settlement to report. After a while, the team doctor from the Chamber of Commerce arrived with a nurse and two medical boxes. A group of people also came out of the settlement, led by a middle-aged man with short white hair, bronze complexion, soft features and no features, but very sharp eyes.
When he saw Tu Moshan, he laughed: "It is indeed Mr. Tu. I thought they heard it wrong.
I thought that Mr. Tu’s caravan would not come at this time. "
Tu Moshan also recognized him, nodded and said: "Aliwang, long time no see, you seem to be looking good."
The middle-aged man known as Aliwang waved his hand: "How can you look good? You have to run around for three meals every day. It's good to be alive."
"Come on, come on, let's go this way." Aliwang led the way.
Tu Moshan walked beside him: "Is Father Huang Sheng sick? He has always been in good health. Is he infected with cold or some other emergency?"
Aliwang's face dimmed and he shook his head and said: "It's a long story. In fact, dad is not the only one who is sick. There are more than a dozen people in the settlement who are sick now. And their symptoms are all the same. Let's go to Harvest Castle for help. I called a doctor, but there was nothing I could do.”
Tu Moshan was surprised: "Even the doctors from Harvest Castle can't do anything?"
The doctor in his team is not a famous doctor. I think the doctor who comes to Harvest Castle should be no worse than his own. If even the doctors in Harvest Castle can't do anything, then he, a random doctor, probably can't do anything good.
I thought it was just an ordinary disease, but now it seems that what happened in the settlement is not simple.
When the team doctor heard that the symptoms were the same, he immediately reminded: "Mr. Tu, if the symptoms are the same, it may be an infectious disease. Look, do you want me to go check it out first? If it's not an infectious disease, you can go in again?"
Aliwang immediately said: "It's not an infectious disease. The doctors at Harvest Fort also suspected it, but they have ruled it out. This disease began to appear more than half a year ago, and every now and then, patients with such symptoms will appear. "
"If it was an infectious disease, the doctor said there was no way we could survive until now, and there are only a dozen people sick, which does not meet the characteristics of an infectious disease."
"That's true. However, safety comes first." The team doctor still insisted.
Tu Moshan nodded and said to the middle-aged man: "Aliwang, it's not that I can't trust you, but we are going to the Western Continent this time. The journey is long. I need to be responsible for my own people."
"Therefore, if you agree, then let me, the doctor, go to your settlement. If you don't agree, it doesn't matter. I will leave the food and guns with you and give them to you for free. I hope you can get through this difficulty. ”
Tianyang secretly praised Tu Moshan's words when he heard this. He said these words very appropriately and would not offend anyone.
Sure enough, Ali Wang shook his head and said with a smile: "Mr. Tu, you are too outrageous to say this. In the early years, if it weren't for your support, how could we survive today."
"Okay, just ask your doctor to come to our place for an examination. That's fine. I hope you, the doctor, can find a way to treat it."
With Aliwang's consent, the doctor and nurse went in with the two men from the settlement. Tianyang and others were waiting in the nearby woods. About an hour later, the sun began to set and the nurse came back.
"Mr. Tu, Dr. Liao said it is indeed not an infectious disease. We can go in."
Ali Wang immediately said: "Mr. Tu, please."
After walking for a while, the woods gradually receded, and Tianyang saw a clearing, which was surrounded by wooden stakes as a simple fortification.
Behind the wooden piles, there were small buildings made of wood. There were lean men with bronze skin walking upstairs. Tianyang saw that there were machine guns and bows and arrows set up in the buildings.
Entering from the gate, you will see a row of wooden structures. These houses are built on wooden piles, with the first floor at least one or two meters away from the ground. There are children playing in and out of these wooden buildings.
The roads in the settlement are very narrow, there is no planning, and there is no hard surface. They are all made of sand. It seemed that it had rained before, which made the road a little muddy.
Tianyang also discovered that brightly colored decorations made of various stones and animal bones were hung on the doors and pillars of the buildings on both sides.
Above their heads, ropes hung between the buildings on both sides, and the clothes of the people in the settlement were hung on these ropes to dry.
After walking through a small road, a not too big square appeared. There was a well in the middle of the square. The dark-skinned and short settlement women were queuing up at the well with buckets or basins.
There were two men at the mouth of the well. One of them took water from the well and distributed it among the women. The other one was holding a rifle, his eyes constantly scanning the surroundings to maintain order.
Opposite the square, there is a stilt wooden building with a large area but only two floors. A wild geomagnetic energy vehicle was parked downstairs, and two lean men stood at the door of the small building, seemingly as guards.
Aliwang took Tu Moshan, Tianyang and others straight to the stilt wooden building.
You need to take off your shoes when entering here. The space inside the building is very spacious, and the open windows ensure sufficient lighting and air circulation in the building.
The ground is covered with a 'carpet' made of hay. Stepping on it feels like stepping on lawn. It is soft, does not hurt your feet, and exudes a faint fragrance of grass and trees.
When Tianyang and others came in, the doctor from the Chamber of Commerce happened to come out of a small room, shaking his head and frowning, and he knew at a glance that there was no solution.
Tu Moshan knew that there might not be any improvement, but he still asked: "How is the situation of Huang Sheng?"
The doctor smiled bitterly: "Mr. Tu, this is so strange. I even suspect that this is not a disease, but that the patient is parasitized by something."
Tianyang immediately frowned when he heard the word "parasitism". Since entering the tomb, he has been extremely sensitive to these two words.
"parasitic?"
Tu Moshan said: "Please be more careful."
The doctor first disinfected his hands, wiped them clean, and then said: "I have examined the patient and his body functions are normal. But his nutrition has been lost inexplicably. This situation is very similar to parasitic diseases. But I have checked with instruments and there are no parasites in the patient’s body.”
"I examined people with the same disease, and they were all in the same condition. They were losing nutrients in their bodies. Over time, their organs would gradually fail and eventually they would die."
Tu Moshan frowned and said, "What kind of disease is this?"
The doctor shook his head: "I don't know either, and the conditions here don't allow it. If you want to find out, you have to go to a fortress like Harvest Fort. Only their medical center has the conditions to conduct a comprehensive and careful diagnosis of the patient."
At this time, Aliwang smiled bitterly and said: "The doctors at Harvest Fort told me that there are actually patients with similar symptoms in their fort, and they can't figure out what is going on."
"They call this 'lost element syndrome', which means the gradual loss of vitality. It is said that this strange disease appeared after the city lord of Harvest Castle changed his faith. Therefore, they are also secretly guessing whether it is The city lord believes in something evil."