Be the savior from Frostpunk

Chapter 70
There were sixteen days until the blizzard reached Tesla City, and twenty days before it reached New London.

The first wave of 70 refugees arrived in New London without incident, and they were warmly received.

The urban population has also successfully reached 587 people.

For some reason, except for the seriously ill people who were sent to the infirmary, the healthy survivors were invited by the city residents to live in the inner circle near the energy tower.The original residents were keen to live on the outer side close to the rail station.

Although all residential premises are within the heating range, the temperature ratings are consistent.But these latecomers were still a little confused, and no one could find an explanation for a while.

The engineers among the new survivors had a huge impact on their perception of this new London. They all received systematic training, but they saw improved houses, logging buildings, small railcars, and even a three-story building underneath. Unexpected things like robots with machine guns.

Hope and vitality are spreading in this city. Apart from having to wear good clothes when going out, these survivors feel that this place is even more beautiful than the spring time before the end of the world.

After all, apart from the work of the kitchen and the hunters who have not been replaced, there is no work that can be done by manpower.Even the construction planning of the only remaining new houses has a specially arranged team to do it.

It seemed that those people were very excited about their work. They finally came to a good place!

The newcomers live a life of either a house or a tavern, which also increased Li Jianghao's hope value by 10%.

In this way, the old people who knew the news of the blizzard and wanted to live outside the low-lying land, and the new people who didn't know so they were only interested in enjoying each other were not very pleasing to each other.

I thought things would develop in such a stable way, but Li Jianghao just returned from the factory to the control room of the energy tower when he received a report from the clinic.

Among the new survivors, in addition to those with frostbite, there were also patients with wounds that were inflamed and infected.For some patients, amputation can no longer prevent the spread of inflammation, and it is necessary to find a cure.

Li Jianghao wanted to find someone to complain about, but the system simply ignored his complaints.

This his grandma's was in 1897, before penicillin had been discovered.Moreover, in such cold weather, the wounds of these patients can still be inflamed and infected smoothly. Could it be that they came into contact with something strange?

Putting on his clothes and rushing to the infirmary, such a thing would never happen in the original game plot.To deal with any disease, most of the doctors here will treat it permanently.

It is said that as long as the affected part is amputated, it will not be affected by the disease.

When Li Jianghao entered the clinic and saw these patients, he realized why the treatment method of cutting Yiyongzhi didn't work.

The wounds of several patients were all in the abdomen. The skin on the surface of their abdominal wounds exuded a strange stench, but no pus flowed out.The whitened flesh will not bleed, and it will not heal at all, but shriveled.

If he hadn't been able to see with his own eyes that these skin parts are connected to people's bodies, otherwise Li Jianghao would have thought it was a few pieces of dried meat stuck to the skin.

"Mayor, you see, we really can't amputate this limb."

Pierre is very proficient in helping the ambulance station, and he was arranged here after the infirmary was completed.Today was his first amputation, but he couldn't do it, and his face was a bit unwilling. He didn't know if it was because he couldn't save the patient, or because he couldn't do the cut.

Li Jianghao put on his gloves. Gloves made of pulped wood waste fibers are disposable, because they don’t have enough ductility to allow too much movement.

He tried to touch the shriveled flesh, but found that these things were like bark, and he had some confidence in his heart.

Li Jianghao turned around and asked, "Did they eat some raw food on the way?"

Pierre shook his head to express his ignorance, and turned to find the original leader of the group of survivors.

Soon, a frail-looking middle-aged man put his hands in his pockets tightly, the clothes on both sides were pushed in front of him, and walked in tremblingly.

Li Jianghao felt a little strange and said, "It doesn't seem to be that cold here. You don't have to be so nervous."

The visitor bowed respectfully, and said in a hoarse voice: "Mayor Richard, please forgive my rudeness. Unfortunately, I have caught a cold and am not feeling well. I let the seriously ill patients among my compatriots receive treatment first. In a warm room, just wait for it to recover on its own."

"I want to ask, on the way here, did you eat the raw meat of some creatures?"

Li Jianghao narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at the man's abdomen, and asked casually:
"It's been eaten. Nearly 20 days ago, an injured bear was stopped by us. Because there was not much left after charging the heat lamp with charcoal and coal, we processed the bear's fur and slightly processed the meat that could be preserved. It was made into raw jerky and distributed to the adults. The children drank the heated soup."

The other party answered cautiously, did he take a few glances at Li Jianghao, trying to see something from his expression.

Li Jianghao sighed. It seems that the first bear they encountered was met by these people, and the location on the map was also right.That group of bears has the breath of the abyss, so it's no wonder that there is no problem eating them raw.

"I remember, your name is Adolf, right? Do you have Prussian blood?" Li Jianghao paused slightly and walked towards Adolf.

Adolf said nervously: "That's right, my grandfather is an immigrant from Prussia."

"Take off your coat. If it's not what I expected, you also have such a wound on your abdomen, right." Li Jianghao walked up to Adolf and looked straight into his eyes.

"It seems that the mayor's eyes are bright, and I can't hide it. Since eating those jerky, several of us who have stomach problems have experienced this situation. My stomach problem is milder. After these wounds grow It doesn't affect my actions. But they are not so lucky, and they have exhausted their last efforts to come here."

Adolf reluctantly showed his abdomen, a small dry wound was attached to it, bloodless.

"You will all die in three days, it doesn't depend on the size of the wound." Li Jianghao is very thankful that when he handles the bear meat, he can't wait to throw it directly into the energy tower to heat and sterilize it before eating, "I have a way to save you, but there are some pain."

Gritting his teeth, Adolf looked at the few compatriots lying on the hospital bed who were about to lose consciousness, and said with determination:
"I have collected some rumors about you since I came here. Unlike others who completely relax their guard when they get to a safe place. Since you have saved so many people, there is no need to harm us. If you have the means, please Use it.”

Li Jianghao took a deep breath, finally showing a smile on his face, stretched out his hand to Pierre, who was fully armed and ready for surgery, and said:
"Pierre, give me the scalpel, I will do it myself!"

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(End of this chapter)