However, in that case, Zhang Qicheng would discover the secret of Xiang Yang's extraordinary sensitivity under the sea.
While Xiang Yang was thinking, Zhang Qicheng next to him suddenly jerked his body, and then squatted down on the seabed with a pale face, shaking all over.
Xiang Yang immediately saw that Zhang Qicheng had one hand tightly covering his calf, where an eel catfish was running away frantically.
Suddenly, Xiang Yang's face changed drastically. He understood that Zhang Qicheng had been stabbed by the eel catfish.
The chemical properties of the eel catfish's sting are still unclear. Xiang Yang only knows that the eel catfish's sting contains at least two or more components, including neurotoxins and hemolytic toxins.
A few years ago, someone in Qinglongwan had his finger stabbed by an eel catfish while catching it.
At first, the fisherman felt only a little pain and just endured it.
But the result was that the fisherman felt more and more pain after a while, and his arm was very uncomfortable.
When the fisherman was forcibly carried to the town hospital by Village Chief Zuo, Yu Xiang and others, his entire hand was paralyzed and even his heart felt a little uncomfortable. If he had gone to the hospital a little later, he might have died.
Seeing that Zhang Qicheng had been hit, Xiang Yang did not dare to hesitate for a moment. He put one arm under Zhang Qicheng's armpit and dragged Zhang Qicheng towards the sea.
When they reached the sea surface, Xiang Yang took off the breathing mask on his face and shouted to the cruise ship: "Mr. Zhang was stung by an eel catfish. Come over and give him a hand."
When the crew on the yacht heard that Zhang Qicheng was injured, they hurried over to help. Together, they hurriedly dragged Zhang Qicheng onto the boat.
"Stop working, I'm fine. Make me a cup of tea and let me rest for a while." Zhang Qicheng was also a tough guy. When he reached the deck, although his face was pale with pain, he did not shout. He forced himself to sit up and said weakly to Xiang Yang beside him.
"How can you be fine after being stung by an eel catfish? After the eel catfish's stinger pierces the human body, the membrane tissue will be destroyed instantly, and the venom will be injected into the wound at the same time, entering the human body through blood circulation, and then destroying the human nerves and blood supply at the same time." Xiang Yang held Zhang Qicheng's back with both hands and shouted loudly: "There is no doctor on the ship?"
Generally, yachts are not equipped with doctors, but on a large yacht like this, even if there is no doctor, there will be a few passengers who know medicine and can at least deal with some simple injuries.
At this time, the captain of the yacht ran over and said anxiously, "Mr. Xiang, there is no doctor on board, but I know a little bit about medicine. How could you provoke eels and catfish on the seabed? Even on the shore, few people dare to provoke eels and catfish."
During the fishing process, if a fisherman catches an eel catfish, he usually does not catch it directly with his hands. Instead, he uses pliers to pull out the poisonous stinger on the eel catfish as soon as possible to prevent himself from being accidentally injured by the eel catfish.
Xiang Yang said directly: "Let's not talk about this now, hurry up and treat Mr. Xiang, and then the yacht will return as soon as possible."
"Come on, Mr. Zhang, lie down first and relax. Don't be nervous." The captain quickly asked Zhang Qicheng to lie flat on the deck, and then asked a steward to get a chair and asked Zhang Qicheng to put his injured foot on the chair to lift it up.
After Zhang Qicheng did as he was told, the captain took a rope and tied it tightly above the wound on Zhang Qicheng's calf.
Xiang Yang's eyes flashed with an inexplicable color, "Isn't this the way to deal with being bitten by a poisonous snake?"
"To be precise, this is the way to deal with a bite by a poisonous creature. This prevents the toxin from spreading further in Zhang's body." said the captain.
At this time, a flight attendant took out a pill from a box, twisted it in half, and handed one half to Zhang Qicheng, saying, "Mr. Zhang, this is a painkiller. It will be a bit painful when the toxins are cleared. Take this first."
Zhang Qicheng was already sweating profusely from the pain, and when he heard about the painkillers, he didn't act pretentiously. He just grabbed the half tablet and stuffed it into his mouth, then said, "Half a tablet is not enough, give me another half."
"No, Mr. Zhang, this painkiller has side effects. You can only take half a tablet at a time. Please wait a little longer. Once the medicine takes effect, half a tablet will also have a pain-relieving effect." The flight attendant shook his head quickly.
Zhang Qicheng waited for two minutes, and sure enough, the pain in the wound on his leg seemed not as intense.
At this time, the captain asked someone to bring a basin of hot salt water and began to repeatedly clean the wound on Zhang Qicheng's leg to prevent the toxin from being absorbed. At the same time, he began to squeeze Zhang Qicheng's wound with both hands, continuously squeezing out the blood and toxins from the wound.
More than ten minutes later, the yacht captain asked the crew to bring a basin of hot water. This time, there was no salt water. He cleaned Zhang Qicheng's wound several times with clean water, and then applied a wet towel to Zhang Qicheng.
"Mr. Xiang, the medical equipment on the yacht is limited. This is all we can do. Next, we have to send Mr. Zhang to the hospital as soon as possible." The yacht captain whispered to Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang was about to say that they should speed up their return, but Zhang Qicheng sat up from the deck by himself and asked, "You didn't see any stinger in the wound, did you?"
The yacht captain quickly said, "No, but Mr. Zhang, although there is no stinger broken inside your wound, the toxin has begun to spread. I think it's better for you to go to the hospital."
Zhang Qicheng shook his head. "This isn't the first time I've been stung by an eel catfish. If I have to go to the hospital for such a minor injury, I might as well just stay in the hospital."
Zhang Qicheng stood up and took a few tentative steps on the deck. Then he found a reclining chair and sat down. He said to a steward beside him, "Go get me a bucket of hot water. The temperature can't be too high or too low, about 50 degrees."
The crew member immediately ran to the cabin and got a bucket of hot water for Zhang Qicheng.
Zhang Qicheng soaked his legs in the bucket, then half-closed his eyes and said, "The toxins of this eel catfish are terrible, but in fact, they are just like those of bees. It is said that if you are stung by a bee of the Chinese honey bee or above, you must go to the hospital, otherwise you will die. But how many people are stung by various bees every year? How many of them go to the hospital? And how many of them die?"
Xiang Yang raised his eyebrows. In fact, fishermen in Qinglongwan are often stung by marine creatures such as jellyfish, jellyfish, eels and catfish. The toxins of these marine creatures can be fatal.
But basically, if someone is stung, everyone just uses folk remedies to treat it, and few people go to the hospital. The fishermen themselves are reluctant to go to the hospital, and Village Chief Zuo is used to it.
Only when the cases are extremely serious will Village Chief Zuo have people forcibly take the injured to the hospital.