PNB Chapter 183 Deboning and Slicing Meat
Chapter 183 Deboning and Slicing Meat
Looking at the charred and fragrant insect corpses scattered all over the ground, everyone felt uncomfortable all over.
The smell of barbecue makes me hungry, but the thought that it smells like man-eating insects makes me want to vomit.
Although Zhou Yang was tired and sleepy and wanted to go back to sleep, there were more important things to deal with.
After the apocalypse, many insects underwent mutations, and even their habits changed along with them.
Insects that should lay their eggs in specific environments often fail to obtain sufficient nutrients during incubation and instead lay and hatch their eggs inside other organisms, such as cockroaches, mosquitoes, termites, and mantises. These insects can survive as long as the parasitized flesh is detected and removed in time.
Those that naturally prefer to parasitize other organisms are even more disgusting, only emerging after completely draining their host. Examples include flies, horsehair worms, parasitic wasps, and bloodsucking worms. Once parasitized, these are a death sentence, with virtually no chance of recovery.
These insect-eating horseflies are now very likely to lay eggs and parasitize in the human body.
He had never encountered a horsefly before and was unsure which type it was, so he decided to go and check it out first.
"Yan Fei, quickly tell your uncle that the injured need to be isolated for observation. The insects that have mutated after the apocalypse have also changed their survival habits. They may lay eggs and parasitize in the human body, and there is also a risk of infection. They must be isolated first, and then check the condition of the wounded as soon as possible."
Upon hearing this, Yan Fei's expression hardened, and he immediately took out his satellite phone to call Gu Tianqi and exchange a few words with him.
After hanging up the phone, she turned to Zhou Yang and asked, "What are the characteristics of this parasitic organism?"
Zhou Yang thought for a moment and said, "The eggs of mutated insects usually parasitize near wounds, and the eggs grow very quickly. If someone is parasitized, it will be detected very quickly. Because once their larvae hatch, they need to tear a path to the host's body, so the person being parasitized will experience obvious signs of wriggling and a burning sensation in the wound. As long as the parasitized flesh and eggs are removed before they enter the bloodstream, the host will not be in mortal danger."
What I'm more worried about now is that it's the second type of parasitism. This type is inconspicuous, the wounds aren't painful, and it's difficult to detect because the eggs have a long hatching period. However, the infected person will become extremely hungry, no matter how much they eat, it's never enough, and they lose weight very quickly. In this type of parasitism, if the host cannot provide enough energy for the larvae, it will control the host to find new hosts for them, making it contagious and almost impossible to save, making it much more difficult to treat.
After hearing Zhou Yang's words, everyone shuddered.
"What kind of parasite is this insect-eating horsefly?"
"We don't know yet; we'll have to get it checked out."
"Then let's go down and take a look!"
The group quickly went into the underground parking garage to check, and then found the officer in charge of the soldiers and survivors in that area and told him about it.
The officer knew a few of them, and upon hearing the news, he immediately reported it and then took them to see the soldiers who had been injured that night, asking them to cooperate with the examination.
Zhou Yang randomly picked a wounded soldier from among the soldiers and went over to him.
He was a young soldier with a wound on his arm, which had just been bandaged by his comrades.
Zhou Yang crouched down, looked at the other person's wound, and asked, "Was your wound caused by an insect bite?"
The soldier, his face covered in dust and stained with blood, still smiled at the group: "Yeah, I got bitten by accident, but it's nothing serious, I'll be fine in a few days."
Can we see your wound?
"Huh?" The soldier was confused, but he still reached out his hand.
The straps were tied with a loose knot, and Zhou Yang easily untied them with a gentle pull.
The wound on his arm was clearly from a horsefly bite. The wound wasn't deep, but a chunk of skin and flesh had been torn away.
Zhou Yang lifted the soldier's arm with one hand and held a flashlight in the other, staring at the wound for a long time.
Just when he thought there might be no parasite, or perhaps a more terrifying kind of parasite, he saw several transparent, thread-like objects wriggling inside the blood-red flesh.
Just as I was about to take a closer look, I heard the soldier suddenly gasp: "Ouch! It's starting to hurt again so suddenly? It feels like I've been bitten by something, but it's not particularly painful..."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yang understood the situation. Seeing that the larvae were already making biting motions, he immediately called Yan Fei over.
"It's the first type of parasite. It's already biting the host; we need to cut the flesh off immediately!"
Yan Fei immediately used his supernatural ability to forge a new sword, and said to the warrior, "Bear with it for now."
After saying that, he raised his knife and sliced off the flesh near the wound.
"Ah!" The soldier only had time to scream before the wound was cut away, leaving a new, smoother incision.
Seeing that the wound had been cut off, Zhou Yang immediately took out some iodine mixed with spring water and sprayed it on the wound. Then, amidst the soldier's cries of pain, he quickly re-bandaged the wound.
"Okay, just be careful not to get the wound wet afterward."
Upon seeing this, the officer standing to the side immediately stepped forward and asked, "How is it? Will you no longer be parasitized now?"
"Fortunately, the parasitism of this horsefly can be resolved by simply cutting away the flesh on the surface of the wound. But if it is not treated in time, it may lead to amputation or even death."
Upon hearing this, the officer did not dare to delay and immediately ordered them to continue treating the wounded soldiers' wounds, while the other uninjured soldiers were sent to treat the wounds of more injured ordinary survivors.
Zhou Yang and the others didn't refuse. They paired up and started treating the wounds of the others, giving each of them a bottle of iodine mixed with spring water.
The survivors on the other side trembled with fear when they heard that the flesh from their wounds had to be cut away again, and none of them wanted to do so. But when they heard that if they didn't cut it away, they would be parasitized by insects and die, they hesitated again.
Finally, after seeing the wounded soldiers in the army also cutting off their flesh, these survivors dared not delay any longer and closed their eyes to let the soldiers do it.
For a moment, screams echoed throughout the underground parking garage.
By the time Zhou Yang and his team finished treating the soldiers' wounds, it was already past 2 a.m.
The agonizing screams and cries of agony in my ears have finally subsided considerably.
After all, it involves removing bones and flesh, and without anesthesia, so the pain is unimaginable, probably only slightly better than a woman giving birth.
Fortunately, most people were not seriously injured. As long as the wounds were cleaned and the bleeding was stopped and bandaged in time, there would be no problem.
However, some were more seriously injured, with hardly any good skin or flesh on their bodies. They couldn't withstand having their bones and flesh removed, so they had to be isolated. But for these people, it was basically a wait-to-die situation.
After dealing with the parasite problem of the wounded, the uninjured people began to deal with the dead insects outside, which all had to be transported outside the foundation and then burned in a centralized manner.
The entire base was busy until almost dawn.
When Chi Feng and his team returned, they happened to witness the base taking out a large number of insect corpses for disposal, a scene that almost made them vomit.
After parking the car, they rushed back to the underground shelter without even having time to unload the contents.
Upon entering the house but not finding Ni Fan inside, Chi Feng immediately went to knock on Zhou Yang's door.
Inside the door, Zhou Yang and the others had just returned and were talking to the others about what had happened outside.
Just as we were discussing the issue of parasitism, we heard a knock on the door.
Upon opening it, they found Chi Feng and his two companions, who had rushed back, looking travel-worn.