Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi-Chapter 166: Picking Up the Seriously Ill Brother Xiao Ma’s Team (1)

Both of them donned masks and gloves, jumped out of the car, called a few more people over, put on their gear, and went to check it out.

The commotion caught the attention of Captain Cao and Captain Xiao Ni, who both instructed their deputy captains to follow and see what Ye Nai was leading people to do.

Soon, their radios crackled to life.

"Captain, Captain, it’s Ma Xiaolong’s team, they’ve had an accident!"

"Captain, Brother Xiao Ma’s whole team has high fevers, and they’re now unconscious."

"Oh no, they have parasites on their faces, Xiao Yezi pulled out a live one!"

"Has everyone put on their masks and gloves?"

Voice checks urging a review of personal protective equipment came through the radio.

The people setting up the camp felt a sinking sensation and quickly expanded the marked territory of the camp, setting aside half of it for Ma Xiaolong’s team.

In Ye Nai’s group chat, there were eight team captains including two surnamed Ma, one was Sister Da Ma and the other was this Ma Xiaolong, known as Brother Xiao Ma.

Then, Ye Nai’s voice came through the radio.

"Sister Cao, Sister Cao, Brother Xiao Ni, Brother Xiao Ni, Brother Xiao Ma’s whole team is infected with parasites, their camp needs to be quarantined. I’ll spray concentrated salt water on the team members currently on site here, as long as there’s no issue tonight, they’ll be okay."

Captain Cao pressed the talk button on the radio.

"Okay, Xiao Yezi, leave those personnel to you. We’re currently expanding the camp. We’ll notify you once it’s ready."

"Got it, Sister Cao."

After ending the communication, Ye Nai instructed her team members to surround Brother Xiao Ma’s vehicles and not to move them. Meanwhile, she pocketed the tweezers for pulling out the parasites and went aside to take out a brand-new spray can to mix the concentrated salt water, using the large bags of table salt that were stored in sacks. The first aid training wasn’t for nothing, this large bag of salt had been prepared in advance.

The parasites could be prevented from transferring to oneself if detected in time and sprayed with concentrated salt water all over the body, as they couldn’t survive in a high salinity environment.

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This first line of defense was simple, but the problem was detecting it in time.

If it wasn’t for spotting the small pockmarks on Brother Xiao Ma and his team members’ faces, with something wriggling faintly inside, and then watching Ye Nai pull out a 2-centimeter long worm like removing a blackhead, they wouldn’t have realized what was happening.

Fortunately, they had donned the masks and gloves provided by Ye Nai when they arrived, which amounted to an early protection.

After mixing the salt water, Ye Nai pumped air into the can and with the help of a team member, first sprayed herself all over, then took turns drenching the team members from head to toe.

Another can of concentrated salt water was prepared, and she opened the car doors to spray inside, covering the people and leather accessories as well.

Then, a series of skin-crawling events unfolded.

Under the high salt environment, the parasites burrowed into Brother Xiao Ma and his team members’ skin and crept out one by one from the pockmarks.

Those beside them couldn’t even bear to watch, quickly donned the protective suits provided by Ye Nai while still damp, and then began using tweezers to pick off the parasites from their bodies.

These were just the ones visible on exposed skin, more were covered by clothes, unseen, but occasionally parasites would arch out from underneath them.

"Damn, this is disgusting, what kind of mission did they take on, did they jump into a nest of bugs?"

The team members felt sympathy and disgust as they picked off the parasites and cursed.

"It’s quite obvious that the bugs laid eggs on everyone after they fell asleep, turning them into incubatees for spreading their offspring," said Captain Xiao Ni.

"Ugh—"

"This is trouble, these bugs burrowing inside the body, all the flesh will be bitten to pieces."

"We’ll hit the highway tomorrow, and it might be better if we find a hospital along the way."

"Let’s remove them first, clean them up before taking them back, and not contaminate our camp."

Ye Nai listened to the team members cursing and complaining as she was picking bugs off one of them. The spores had informed her that Brother Xiao Ma and his team members had indeed become unfortunate hosts for the bugs’ egg-laying and larval feeding, as well as mobile spreaders. While the spores could clear out the larvae and eggs from their muscles and lower their fever, this time it had drained a huge amount of energy, and they needed to rest well to recover their health.

Spores could handle it, so Ye Nai wasn’t panicking. She picked off all the visible bugs and heard over the walkie-talkie that the camp was ready.

The rescue team members also arrived quickly, and Ye Nai handed them protective suits, telling them to suit up before getting to work.

The Wood Element team members made use of local materials and weaved stretchers out of grass. Ye Nai laid a layer of medical padding on each stretcher, and Brother Xiao Ma and his team members were each carried away resting on these padded stretchers.

Ye Nai followed them back, while others went to find vehicles.

The military team had ample vehicles; on average, two to three people per car, convenient for placing handy items in the rear seat.

However, there were only three vehicles on the scene, all filled to capacity. It was evident that Brother Xiao Ma and his entire team had realized something was wrong with them, tried to rush to the hospital by car but had all collapsed from high fevers not far from the highway.

If they hadn’t been discovered, they all would have died from the infection and fever.

Fortunately, that outcome was averted.

When they got back to camp, Ye Nai took out the trailers specifically for transporting the injured to continue their purpose.

The reason for the padding was now clear; with the current weather, bugs were unavoidable. To prevent any bugs hiding in the grass-woven stretchers from getting on board, they dumped the stretchers before the vehicles and used the corners of the padding to lift the injured onto the cars, letting them lie as is.

Everyone was spaced apart to allow others to move about and care for them.

Ye Nai took out the last new trailer, and the rest of the half-team was settled as well.

Then came the removing of clothes, regardless of gender, everyone was stripped to their underwear.

Once the clothes were off, the sight was even more horrifying, with some having wounds on their abdomens oozing pus.

Ye Nai and two first aiders hurriedly prepared their medications, hanging bottle after bottle of saline, glucose, and anti-inflammatory drugs.

After hanging the IVs, they sprinkled concentrated salt water on the body’s surface. Due to the waterproof padding underneath, the concentrated salt water accumulated below, essentially submerging the skin on their backs in the salt water for a long time. Bugs hidden in the skin could not withstand the high-salt environment and would either come out and die or be drowned.

For the front of the body, they manually removed the bugs one by one before covering them with the padding soaked in concentrated salt water as blankets to drive out parasites hiding deep within the wounds.

Now it was a matter of seeing if they would wake up tomorrow, but definitely, tomorrow’s journey would look like a tractor pulling two trailers.

All those who were still capable of moving, skipped dinner to use tweezers to pick bugs off people.

Ye Nai’s spores were discreetly repairing the internal injuries of the wounded, enhancing the effectiveness of the medication infused into their bodies.

Ye Nai and the two first aiders took turns caring for them, and a few hours later, the people with high fevers gradually began to cool down and regain consciousness. By nearly dawn, the last person’s temperature had returned to normal.

In the middle of the night, they had changed the patients’ pads, as the saltwater-soaked ones made everyone smell pickled after several hours.