Chapter 376: Chapter 375 “Master, I wish you success!

Seeing this, Feng Liang was wildly triumphant, leaping out and unleashing a relentless barrage!

“Speak up, have you all gone mute?”

“You lot were so talkative just now, weren’t you?”

“Do you know who this Lord Lin An is? He is the son of the Eighth Lord! Do you know the Eighth Lord? Do you know about Jiandao Camp?”

“Two years ago, Miss Qi Yue rescued Guyang, the bandit, on the Capital Suburbs, seriously wounding the Eighth Lord. This time, Lord Lin An has come with the Jiandao Camp to seek revenge!”

“…..”

The officials simply bowed their heads in silence, occasionally exchanging glances, but no one spoke!

Lin An suddenly interrupted Feng Liang with a cold voice, “Why bother talking to them? They’re all going to die anyway!”

With that, he drew his knife again…

The sharp point of the knife sliced through the air, as if it could pierce any heart at any moment.

The officials frantically communicated with their eyes, gradually unifying their thoughts and understanding.

What matters is not consistency, but choosing the right power to cling to!

As if Lin An would admit to being a traitor.

The officials were unanimous in thought and equally so in their actions.

They knelt down en masse before Lin An. To show their loyalty, they even crawled forward a few steps.

“We are willing to follow Lord Lin An’s commands!”

Sure enough, upon hearing these words, Lin An burst into laughter, radiating satisfaction.

But Feng Liang was secretly distressed.

He had thought Lin An was here to help him, and with the Jiandao Camp and the hundred and twenty thousand strong army at his disposal, why worry about success?

Yet it had never occurred to him that Lin An would simply take his place!

Now even the officials were pledging allegiance to him!

Feng Liang’s long scheming had all been in vain, and this was the predicament he found himself in.

But he dared not show any dissatisfaction.

For behind Lin An stood Prime Minister Lin Yuan!

Such a man, he could only curry favor with, never afford to offend!

With Lin An’s laughter, the officials all breathed a sigh of relief.

Their lives were spared!

Afterward, they would just adapt to the situation and follow whoever had the power!

All were secretly calculating in their hearts, failing to notice that among them, two people were exchanging glances, their lips twitching slightly as if conveying some message.

One dressed in green was standing right beside Lin An, and the other, clad in armor, was the commander of the new recruits, Li Sanyue!

The officials all thought that Lin An would immediately take action, but unexpectedly, he instructed everyone to perform their duties as usual and continue training the troops.

Although Feng Liang believed this to be inappropriate, he was too dispirited to care anymore since Lin An had usurped his authority.

He hoped that Lin An would miss the perfect opportunity and end in failure, which would then be his chance to take over!

Meanwhile, at Longnan County Government, Zhao Xiyan, upon taking charge, immediately initiated a relief operation.

He gathered the people by family and encouraged them to self-quarantine.

Those who had developed blisters were to be separated from those who hadn’t, both in living arrangements and during mealtimes.

And those who were already showing signs of rigidity were sent to the Hu Residence for centralized management.

Quarantine would have been more effective, but given that nearly half of Longnan County Government’s population was infected, there simply was no place large enough to enforce it.

The Hu Residence, as the former Prefectural Magistrate’s home, was vast, capable of accommodating thousands of rigid patients.

Therefore, Zhao Xiyan declared it a treatment center, where Huang Zai’an, alongside Little Anzi and others, took on the caregiving tasks.

Qi Yue had previously mixed a significant amount of Spiritual Spring Water into the well at the Hu Residence, and now that truly proved its worth.

Before Qi Yue could come up with an antidote, everyone lined up at the Hu Residence to collect water, a water bladder per person each day.

The people were initially puzzled, but after drinking the Spiritual Spring Water, they felt rejuvenated, full of energy and spirit!

Learning that Qi Yue had crafted it with her unique methods, the people were once again moved to tears, regretting their past actions profoundly.

As for the Longnan Army at Nanling, they were essentially under Zhao Xiyan’s control as well.

Everything was just waiting for Qi Yue to come up with the antidote!

By this day, it had already been the eighth day of Qi Yue’s research in the space.

Eight days, for the people of Longnan, was a grueling period of time.

It was for Qi Yue as well.

Sometimes she wondered if Qing Nanzun knew she was a time-traveler who could perform surgeries and autopsies to determine causes of death, so he intentionally unleashed a disease she couldn’t tackle.

But then she felt that perhaps Qing Nanzun didn’t possess such an ability?

Unfortunately, the truth had been buried with Qing Nanzun’s death.

Lady Hu and the others had already become as rigid as they could without dying, but somehow, they were still hanging on by a thread.

Truly a case of being rigid but not dead!

Everything that was happening seemed to indicate that their condition was related to the active nerves of the Immortal Bug.

Having no choice, Qi Yue also had to give up the desire to perform autopsies and focused solely on researching pills that could completely kill the active nerves.

She, along with a small assistant, worked day and night, and finally discovered a mysterious enzyme in the active nerves of the Immortal Bug.

It seemed to be attached to the active nerves of the Immortal Bug, but its properties were completely opposite to the active nerves themselves.

The active nerves were all about splitting and replicating, continuously growing, but this substance was like a thermometer, able to sense the external temperature and control the active nerves to survive within a reasonable temperature range, so as not to be completely killed by temperatures too high or too low, thus maintaining their activity forever.

Qi Yue keenly discovered this and directly sabotaged the enzyme’s temperature-sensing system, incorporating it into the pills.

This day marked the first successful pill production.

Qi Yue first had the small assistant set up a simulated experimental framework to conduct a simulated experiment.

In the simulated imagery, it was possible to see the pill traveling down the esophagus into the stomach and spreading throughout the body; in an instant, the simulated human figure underwent an experience that was neither cold nor hot, a miraculous sensation.

Subsequently, every single one of the active nerve program factors implanted was killed!

“It’s a success!”

The small assistant cheered with excitement!

Qi Yue was also very pleased.

But being a very cautious person, she couldn’t assume success outright without seeing the effects on the patients first.

“Little assistant, bring the constant temperature box.”

She was going to find someone to test the medicine.

The small assistant immediately brought over the constant temperature box, placed the remaining three pills inside it, and handed it to Qi Yue.

“Master, I wish you success!”

Qi Yue hooked her lips into a smile.

“Get ready; as soon as it works, we’re going to mass-produce it immediately.”

“Yes, Master!” the small assistant replied with full confidence!

In the room, Zhao Xiyan was sitting upright on a small couch, holding a scroll that he hadn’t turned a page of for quite a while.

In the past few days, apart from calling Qi Yue out for meals, he had not disturbed her much.

The times they could meet, aside from during meals, were only the occasional brief rests they took together.

He was anxious in his heart.

He didn’t know when this matter would be resolved. If Qi Yue kept on like this, she would wear herself out!

Outside, the afternoon sun was gradually climbing high, and Qi Yue had been inside for yet another night and morning.

He sighed and looked several times towards the empty space opposite him.

“Yueyue, it’s time to come out and rest for a bit!”

Inside the space, Qi Yue had just taken a bath, changed clothes, and swept away the fatigue of working through the night.

Hearing Zhao Xiyan calling her again, she quickly checked herself in the mirror, felt very satisfied with her appearance, and confidently exited the space.

When she appeared again, she was already sitting across from Zhao Xiyan.

“How come every time I come out, you’re sitting here? You haven’t been sitting still the whole time, have you?”

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