Rebirth: I Am Super Rich in Apocalypse-Chapter 425: Dead Loop

Everyone had made their selections and began to retrieve them from their homes.

The locals didn’t intervene; it was up to them to do it themselves.

They placed everything at the doorstep and then carried it back bit by bit.

It wasn’t too much trouble as they had many hands on deck.

The bigger male students carried the heavy items, while the female students carried the comparatively lighter ones.

If something was too heavy, two people would carry it together, which was quite convenient.

In no time, they had finished.

They had chosen bunk beds, which needed to be assembled upon their return.

Song Yi brought over an electric drill, ready to get to work.

The first task was at Jhiang Yuan’s house.

Everyone was around, which also served as a way to pass the time.

Fortunately, Jhiang Xingzhi had returned.

He knew about moving the items and thought of coming back to lend a hand.

"Uncle, can you manage without being there?"

"It’s fine, today we already sealed off the entrance, and everyone working has left.

I was just waiting for you guys when I locked the door."

Upon hearing this, Kaiyang became somewhat anxious.

The halt in construction meant it might be a significant issue.

"Is it Uncle Ding’s situation that everyone should be aware of by now?"

Hearing this, Jhiang Xingzhi nodded.

"Just now, I went to take a look, and there was a gloomy atmosphere in the infirmary.

Everyone was afraid of further issues and were all attentively observing.

Old Ding said it’s nothing serious, just that the wound was a bit painful.

Moreover, he hasn’t been anywhere recently.

When I left, Camp Commander Xie was there asking questions."

Song Yi did not stop the work he was doing.

However, he was listening to everything that was being discussed.

The situation now was indeed complex and mysterious.

How could worms grow inside a body out of nowhere?

"By the way, dad, you’ve been with Uncle Ding often recently.

Has he been acting unusually at any point, or has there been a day when he seemed different?"

Jhiang Xingzhi thought carefully; the two of them were usually together for either the morning or the afternoon.

They would meet at noon to discuss the day’s work, but being together the whole day was not the case.

"No, Old Ding is also a pitiable person.

He lost his family and survived on his own until a drone from the base discovered him.

When he arrived, he was cared for several days.

He always said if it weren’t for the young people at the base, he would have frozen to death.

He has always been very grateful, and serious about his work.

Also, he doesn’t know anyone here; his daily routine just alternates between the duty room and his dormitory."

With this said by Jhiang Xingzhi, it seemed there were no abnormalities or problems.

However, this was somewhat counterintuitive.

"Uncle, so what you mean is that Uncle Ding had no chance of encountering that worm."

Now, whenever someone mentioned that worm, they would think of Half Moon Lake.

At this moment, Fan Qing also felt puzzled.

"Look, the worms that have appeared in our base are from people who have never been to Half Moon Lake.

Does that imply that it’s not only by going there that one can encounter the worms?

Could there still be a possibility of encountering them in other places?"

After she finished speaking, she observed everyone’s expressions.

Jhiang Yuan had suspected this before, but now she couldn’t be sure.

Ye Mianmian was a bit scared and followed up with a question based on what she said.

"If that’s really the case, does it mean that there could still be many people around us with the same problem?"

"Could it be that the insects, like bacteria, have already taken up residence in our bodies and are just waiting for warmer weather to break out?"

Jhiang Yuan looked at Song Yi in surprise.

Previously, he had mentioned that, in tropical rainforest areas,

there are types of insects that enter a person’s body and hibernate.

They absorb nutrients quietly.

When spring arrives, and the time is right, they emerge from the body.

This coincided exactly with Ye Mianmian’s guess.

The other party also got the last screw tightened and looked up, meeting her eyes.

However, now he didn’t know what to think.

"Zhang Kaiyang, come over and help me put this pad up."

"Okay–"

The bed in her room consisted of a thick pad.

One person couldn’t move it alone, so upon hearing this, Jhiang Xingzhi quickly came over to help.

The girls also wanted to lend a hand, but there wasn’t need for so many people.

After they were done, Song Yi approached her.

He spoke softly, "Let’s move on to the next house now..."

"Okay!"

This response left him a bit puzzled as well. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

The others had already started discussing.

The situation was too bizarre, and they needed to carefully think about what was really going on.

"Right, do you remember during the extreme heat before, there were many red blisters that appeared?

They said it was some kind of shingles, and many people couldn’t bear it, scratching until they were covered in blood."

Zhang Kaiyang mentioned this, and Jhiang Yuan also remembered it.

Back then, the internet wasn’t cut off yet, and everyone was still communicating.

At that time, there were Green Bean Flies and long-legged mosquitoes as well, and because of this, quite a few people died.

At that time, it caused a lot of panic.

"Now that you mention it, I also remember.

The people who contracted this disease were particularly itchy, frantically scratching themselves.

In the end, some people couldn’t hold on anymore, and there were even those who scratched themselves to death.

Just now, Uncle Ding was also fiercely scratching, continually scratching."

Ye Mianmian chimed in, feeling more and more that this situation was eerily similar.

Jhiang Yuan also felt as though she had fallen into an ice cave; if it really was like back then, they were in trouble.

"Brother Song, what do you think about this?"

Zhang Kaiyang couldn’t resist asking, feeling like Song Yi knew more.

In the current situation, probably only he could keep his composure.

However, Song Yi shook his head.

"The insect from today is a bit different from those; you saw it when we extracted it.

Its color is quite pale, tending toward pink.

Based on past experiences, the more dangerous they are, the better they grow, the larger and darker the color."

"Exactly, it seems it didn’t grow fully, which might explain why its agility was a bit off,"

Jhiang Yuan followed his train of thought, implying that the insect was merely a larva.

"Does this mean this thing wasn’t ready to come out yet, and it was just because Sister Yuan accidentally saw it, so it was prematurely extracted?

If we had waited for it to come out naturally, could the situation have been even worse?"

Zhang Kaiyang raised this concern, frightening the others as well.

If that was the case, how devastating could a fully matured insect be!

"What do we do? Could there be many more insects around us?"

Fan Qing was anxious, always thinking they had escaped one disaster, but in the end, it still left them on edge.

This world seemed to have entered a vicious cycle with no good events happening.

Even if they survived this ordeal, another challenge awaited them...