Supreme Pharmacist System - Chapter 24

Chapter 24: Jinx

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The Biotype plaster was extraordinarily effective and could fight against the virus via osmosis. It destroyed all the viruses over an extensive area that had invaded the esophageal mucous membrane most. 

Editor Liu, who had already begun to experience respiratory failure, was akin to a drowning man floating to the surface of the water. He was breathing in fresh air again in large gulps. 

The owner of the exotic food restaurant almost cried out in excitement. The customer lying on the ground was almost dead earlier, yet he could begin to breathe normally after some treatment. This had proven that Zhou Wen was genuinely capable. 

Had it not been the crowd around him, the owner wanted to kneel and give two kowtows to express his gratitude to Zhou Wen. 

“Is… Is he cured now?”

Upon hearing the owner’s question, Zhou Wen answered with a stern expression, “His symptoms have been temporarily relieved.”

The owner, who felt somewhat relieved seconds ago, felt as if his heart had gone up to his throat. His tears of gratitude turned into tears of terror. 

Meanwhile, Wu Yan, Xu Jiajia, and the rest came out as well. 

After learning about the situation, these people magically retrieved their masks and gloves from their pockets and put them on. There was a saying that it was ‘better to be safe than sorry’! Soon afterward, Wu Yan said to the surrounding crowd, “The condition of the patient is still unknown currently. There may be a risk of infection. Don’t gather around here anymore; make yourself scarce.”

The people who had gathered around immediately stayed far away from them after hearing about infection risk. They dared not surround the place to watch the scene anymore. 

Later, Wu Yan came to Zhou Wen’s side and whispered, “How do you that it’s a viral infection?”

“It’s a guess.”

“…”

Could one make a guess in this kind of matter?

Nevertheless, now that the story played out like this and the antiviral plaster worked, it was apparent that Zhou Wen’s guess was right. 

Wu Yan did not have the time to look into the antiviral plaster ingredients though it certainly caught her attention. She said, “We still need to get the patient to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.”

“Noted…” Zhou Wen nodded. 

Even though the Filoviridae virus in the esophagus had been inhibited, there was still a large amount of virus remaining in the oral cavity. The antiviral reagent in the Biotype plaster was utterly incapable of beaming to the oral cavity, so the patient would still require immediate treatment in the hospital. 

“Let’s get him downstairs quick and wait for the ambulance.”

Zhou Wen, Jiang Hexuan, Wei Zhaogong, and the exotic food restaurant owner carried Editor Liu downstairs. 

Before they left, Zhou Wen repeatedly urged Wu Yan, “Tell Seafood City to make sure their customers do not use the toilet for the time being. The vomit needs to be sterilized following strict procedures.”

Wu Yan nodded. “Don’t worry; I know what to do.”

As a staff member of the laboratory department, the first mandatory lesson was infection control. Whether or not a case was genuinely infectious, the case had to be treated as a real case even if there was the slightest doubt. 

“Please help me to contact the staff member of Seafood City…”

At the entrance of Seafood City, the ambulance arrived just in time when Zhou Wen and the rest got down. 

The doctors and nurses were all covered in full personal protective suits when they got down from the ambulance because the call was made to the virus protection department.

Zhou Wen was powerless after he sent Editor Liu to the ambulance. What happened next would depend on Editor Liu’s luck. 

On the other hand, Editor Liu’s colleagues and friends who came down with them followed him to get into the ambulance. 

The exotic food restaurant owner had an extremely unpleasant expression as he watched the departing ambulance with its loud siren. However, he still turned his head to the side and said to Zhou Wen and the others, “Thanks a lot. I mean it.”

As he spoke, he took out three name cards from his pocket and gave one to each person. He said with a forced smile, “All your meals in my restaurant from now on will be given a 50% discount, as long as I can still operate the business…”

To which Zhou Wen replied, “…You’re too courteous, boss.”

Zhou Wen and his friends were different from ordinary people. They studied biology and viral tests. They were well aware that wild animals contained many unknown bacteria and viruses, which made them inedible.

This was because a virus was capable of mutating to adapt to a change of environment. It may be fine living in an animal’s body, but it did not mean that it would be fine after being absorbed into the human body. 

Zhou Wen and the rest were not in the mood to continue their meal after bidding farewell to the owner. So, they called two taxis to take them home. 

Along the way, Wei Zhaogong and Jiang Hexuan discussed the events that took place tonight, and the taxi driver had also joined in the conversation after listening to them. 

Zhou Wen recalled the incident of him saving a man’s life in the night market previously. He said in amusement, “I realize that I’m a jinx; the incident in our campus previously…”

…

In the laboratory department of the First People’s Hospital, the case was reported as a respiratory failure caused by a viral infection. A blood sample was immediately taken from the patient upon arrival in the hospital, which was sent to the laboratory department for a viral test. 

There was nothing that the doctors could do at the moment because they had no idea if a virus caused it, and they also could not identify the virus. 

These queries could only be solved when the laboratory department provided a result; only then would they be able to treat the condition with the correct medicines. 

Editor Liu was sent into the isolation room of the high dependency unit. 

Meanwhile, the viral test team leader, Yang Liqun, was still studying the test data in his office when his team member, Xu Jian, charged into the room without even knocking. 

“Boss, come and take a look downstairs. Quick.’

Yang Liqun noticed the astonished expression on Xu Jian’s face, so he stood up without the slightest hesitation and joined Xu Jian to head to the laboratory on the fourth floor. 

They entered the laboratory after they got dressed in personal protective equipment. They met a team member on the clock standing next to the electron microscope with an astonished expression. 

Noticing Yang Liqun’s presence, the team member said, “Boss, come take a look at this.”

Yang Liqun made his way to the electron microscope in a few swift steps and stretched out his neck to take a look. 

He could see the white blood cells in the blood disappearing rapidly under the lens. 

“Hmm?” Yang Liqun voiced his curiosity. He extended his hand to adjust the electron microscope’s magnification level. Soon, the blood’s visual image became even clearer with the more microscopic content of the blood beginning to appear. 

“What… What is this?” Yang Liqun was extremely startled to find an arc-shaped Filoviridae viruses in the blood. 

Yu Jian replied, “It’s an unknown Filoviridae virus that was extracted from a newly-admitted patient. It was said that the patient consumed raw snake bile in an exotic food restaurant located at the Food City and began to exhibit the symptom of vomiting blood. He was suffering from severe respiratory failure within a short period of time. However, the patient was coincidentally discovered by a few doctors passing by. His condition was relieved after receiving their emergency treatment. The patient is being quarantined in an isolation ward now.”

Yang Liqun turned his head to the side and said in curiosity, “How did they know that a virus caused it?”

“I’m not sure about this. I believe that they speculated it based on the patient’s symptoms.”

Yang Liqun nodded. There might have been a specialist in infectious disease amongst the doctors. “Let’s perform a viral test first.”

“Sure, boss.”

Time passed by, and an hour later, a woman and a young person came to see Yang Liqun being accompanied by the hospital director and the emergency medicine specialist. She sobbed and said, “Team Leader Yang, what is the sickness that my husband, Old Liu, has? Haih… Boo-hoo…”

The hospital director explained to them upon hearing her question, “The patient is the chief editor of Jiangzhou Post, and his name is Liu Bin. This is his spouse.”

Yang Liqun answered, “Hello. Editor Liu is suffering from a viral infection caused by the Filoviridae virus. We are carrying out some tests currently, and it will still take some time before we can find out about the specific situation.”

Liu Bin’s wife, Huang Haili, asked sincerely, “Is it treatable?”

Yang Liqun answered, “We can only determine that when the test result is out. It’s still uncertain for the time being.”

Upon hearing that, Huang Haili cried out in tears. “How can you be uncertain? The few doctors were able to save my Old Liu from the jaws of death despite not having any medical equipment. How can a huge hospital like yours with complete medical equipment say that you’re uncertain? You might as well just say that you’re unskilled!”

Yang Liqun detested encountering a savage and unreasonable woman like this. If it were someone else, he would have called for the security to take her away. However, he endured it for the sake of this person being the wife of Jiangzhou Post’s chief editor. 

One should not offend a media journalist, especially when the journalist was the chief editor of a traditional daily newspaper like Jiangzhou Post. The organization surely had excellent connections around the country. 

Instead of making matters worse, Yang Liqun immediately explained, “They had only cured the symptoms, but it was just a temporary relief. In order to eradicate Editor Liu’s illness, we must find out the type of virus that infected him so we can prescribe the right remedy for his illness.”

The hospital director had also chimed in from the side, “That’s right. Don’t worry; we will certainly try our best to save Editor Liu.”

Huang Haili remembered that she still needed these people to treat her husband, so she dared not offend them too much either. She tried to seek their sympathy by crying after throwing a tantrum, hoping that Yang Liqun would treat her husband to the best of his abilities.

Yang Liqun took on the task, naturally. 

It was 4.30 am. 

Just as numerous people were waiting for the test result anxiously, the news of Liu Bing’s death was heard coming from the isolation room in the high dependency unit.