The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 158 Rise to Power
Chongzhen lay quietly on the spot without moving. Even without asking, he could guess what was going on. He had simply contracted the plague and had been unconscious for some time. Ling Chengen had been taking care of him day and night.

He didn't move mainly because Ling Chengen had very keen senses.

She would wake up immediately to check on him if he made even the slightest movement.

Because most of her face was bathed in sunlight, the blemishes on her skin were clearly visible, especially the dark circles under her eyes.

He couldn't bear to wake her.

Chongzhen didn't stare at her for too long. For a tiger-clan beastman with a strong sixth sense, even a gaze was a distraction and would startle her.

He lay quietly on the haystack, feeling his body still heavy, even his eyelids were heavy. He had only been awake for about twenty minutes when he was so tired that he had to close his eyes again and fall back into an endless nightmare.

After Ling Chengen woke up, the cave was still quiet. She got up and immediately went to check on Chongzhen's condition.

Ling Chengen touched his forehead with his hand and immediately withdrew it.

I've started having a fever again.

As she was about to get up, she noticed some blood on the hay leaves.

Only then was a small patch of dried blood discovered.

Her eyelids twitched heavily a few times, realizing that this couldn't go on. Even Yuheng... might not be able to come up with a treatment for this disease, which might be called plague, in a short time, and it required antibiotics.

This time, Ling Chengen did not hesitate at all and directly exchanged antibiotics with the system.

The system watched as she skillfully disassembled and reassembled the device, used a syringe, wiped her skin with alcohol, and then directly injected the antibiotics.

After she finished using them, she asked the system to destroy them.

The plague is extremely dangerous. According to her previous life's historical records, there have been three major plague pandemics in the world, characterized by rapid onset, high mortality, and natural sources of infection.

In particular, the Black Death, which lasted from the 14th to the 17th century, caused the deaths of more than 100 million people. In the end, this epidemic, which lasted for hundreds of years, was not defeated by humans, but rather the large number of deaths led to a decrease in population density, which slowed the spread of the epidemic.

Ling Chengen has been observing Chongzhen's symptoms for the past few days. They are extremely similar to the symptoms of the plague, but perhaps because the animal's constitution is better, the onset of the disease is slightly delayed, but the symptoms are almost identical.

Chongzhen cannot die; he plays a vital role.

Compared to Bai Qingyu and Yu Heng, his combat ability is indeed not strong, and his personality is also more complicated with many ulterior motives. However, overall, he has strong organizational and management skills and a stronger learning ability.

Just like writing, she hadn't systematically taught any of her family members, but she would occasionally write memos or draw important diagrams on animal hides.

She hadn't explained things in detail to the family members, but Chongzhen was the kind of person who could understand after thinking about it for a while.

He learned words and numbers very quickly, especially.

At least for now, he can understand and comprehend everything she writes.

Building a city is a very troublesome matter, and she cannot handle it all by herself. Chongzhen is the chief person in charge that she had chosen from the beginning.

Moreover, Chongzhen is very good at observing people and grasping their characteristics to make more reasonable plans and arrangements.

Using your accumulated points to redeem an antibiotic is definitely a worthwhile thing to do.

After giving Chongzhen an antibiotic injection, Ling Chengen breathed a sigh of relief and began to clean up the remaining bloodstains.

These things could also cause the spread of the epidemic, so they need to be disposed of in a timely manner.

The system asked curiously, "Aren't you afraid of getting infected yourself?"

Although Ling Chengen took protective measures, the conditions were too poor to be as rigorous as before, but she had done her best.

She didn't want to answer the system's questions.

Regarding the plague, she initially thought the possibility of infection was not high, but she still wanted to be cautious just in case.

Unexpectedly, out of the three, only Chongzhen was infected.

Moreover, she possesses psychic abilities, enabling her to perform internal body visualization and gain a deep understanding of her own body.

In short, I am very healthy.

The kind of health that can kill a bull with one punch.

Furthermore, they inquired with Ling Xiao about the epidemic situation in the Mulan Plain and confirmed the incubation period of the epidemic, which has now passed...

The chances of her being infected are very low.

Of course, she might get infected while taking care of Chongzhen closely, but she had already vaccinated herself and Wuzhuo after Chongzhen fell ill and before Yuheng came.

Although Wu Zhuo was curious about what she was holding, he wisely refrained from asking further questions.

As for Yuheng, she wanted to vaccinate him.

But explaining it is quite complicated.

He wasn't as easily fooled as Wu Zhuo.

She was also very curious whether the unique bloodline of the Yuheng race would give him absolute immunity to this disease.

After burning the blood-stained hay, Ling Chengen asked Yuheng this question directly.

He was sitting on a rock grilling meat when he heard Ling Chengen's question. After a moment of silence, he said, "It won't get infected."

This is also a characteristic of the Fuqing tribe; they are immune to most of the epidemics currently prevalent on the Beast Plains.

Some special diseases can cause people to have no symptoms even if they are infected, but they may become carriers of the virus.

"Because of this characteristic, the Fuqing Clan has been in a rather unfavorable situation for nearly a thousand years in the Southern Beast Plains."

"More than seven hundred years ago, a bleeding disease was prevalent in the Southern Wilderness. Many slaves and nobles died at that time. Because the Fuqing tribe lived with exotic plants, they were considered natural wood-type beastmen and had a strong affinity for plants. Therefore, their shamanic skills were the highest in the Southern Wilderness. Then many beastmen went to the Forest Valley for help, and some people discovered that none of our Fuqing tribe members were infected."

"Because hemorrhage is difficult to treat, the shamanic treatment at that time was very backward, and the understanding of exotic plants and herbs was also very one-sided. So even though the Fuqing tribe of Sen Valley came to the rescue, more than 70% of the people still died."

"Therefore, the other orc races, panicked, thought that our constitution was special and that as long as they consumed our flesh and blood, their illnesses would be completely cured."

"Therefore, the Fuqing tribe fell into a period of turmoil, and many unsuspecting females and cubs were brutally murdered and eaten as human sacrifices..."

"But those people's condition did not improve. More than half of the population on the entire Southern Beast Plain died before the epidemic was finally relieved."

"It wasn't until much later, when a skilled healer from the Fuqing tribe spent a long time treating patients with bleeding, that he discovered that we were not immune to this disease, but simply did not show any symptoms."

"Hemorrhage also spread for a period of time more than 300 years ago, killing many people. Our clan had a genius who was very good at herbal research. He eventually discovered a drug that could treat hemorrhage, reducing the mortality rate from more than half to about 20%." In fact, even a 20% mortality rate is still a very terrifying number.

But it's already much better than the darkest period seven hundred years ago.

Because of the history of two large-scale outbreaks of hemorrhagic disease, the orcs of the Southern Beast Plains gradually figured out a way to deal with hemorrhagic disease.

The first step is isolation.

The awareness of disease isolation in the Northern Beast Plains was transmitted from the Southern Beast Plains.

However, cremating corpses is still relatively rare.

Currently, most orc tribes still have very few members who can accept burning the bodies after death, so most of them simply leave the corpses to rot in the wilderness.

Later, realizing that randomly discarding corpses might exacerbate the spread of the epidemic, they switched to dumping corpses in designated locations, where no tribes lived for dozens of miles around. This is the real reason for the formation of Xilu Youdi.

"I see……"

"So, once you contract hemorrhagic disease, will you carry this condition indefinitely?"

Yuheng shook her head, denying her guess: "No, not everyone who is infected with hemorrhagic disease will die, it's just that the mortality rate is very high. But out of ten people, there are always two or three lucky ones who can recover."

"Later, a shaman discovered that although the hemorrhagic disease came on fiercely, as long as the orc could survive for twenty-eight days, he would recover from the danger and would not be infected with the hemorrhagic disease again. The people of the Fuqing tribe are actually similar to these orcs who recover on their own."

"After infection, there is no death or pain, but the body actually has the power to fight the disease."

"The Fuqing Clan later tried to contact the uninfected orcs, and those people have been doing well ever since."

Ling Chengen said with some envy, "The physique of your clan is indeed quite strong."

Yuheng said, both amused and exasperated, "But have you ever considered that there are some diseases that you would never get, but that we are more likely to get?"

"Could this really happen?" Ling Chengen couldn't imagine it.

Yuheng nodded and said, "Tree fever."

"For the Fuqing people, it is a very serious disease, and the probability of death after infection is even higher than that of hemorrhagic disease."

Can a single tree species get sick?

"Yes, to be precise, the plants got the disease first, and then it was transmitted to us."

"This disease cannot be contracted by beastmen other than the Fuqing Clan. At most, they will feel uncomfortable in their stomach for a few days and there will be no major problems. But for alien plants and us, it is fatal."

"Plants infected with tree fever will develop ugly brown spots and burls, somewhat resembling piles of fish eggs. When the Fuqing tribe beastmen are infected, their skin will develop purplish-red scars, which will then gradually ulcerate from the inside, causing extreme pain and itching. If they scratch, the wounds will break open, and they will die from the unstoppable bleeding."

"Many members of the Fuqing tribe chose to end their lives before bleeding to death because they could not endure this cruel disease."

Ling Chengen blinked: "But isn't your Fuqing clan's regenerative ability very strong?"

"It's not that the Fuqing Clan has a strong regenerative ability. Do you have some misunderstanding about our race?" Yu Heng was a little annoyed and speechless.

"But you weren't killed even after being treated like that?"

"That's because I'm special, and I have a unique plant." Yuheng raised her hand to let Jiaojiao land. In the blink of an eye, Jiaojiao grew into a vine that looked like a python, and carefully stretched out a small white flower in front of her.

"This is my companion plant, it's called 'Jiaojiao', it's a king vine."

After handing the small flower to Ling Chengen, the king vine suddenly retracted its slender tendrils and then swiftly hid behind Yu Heng, secretly turning its large face up to look at her shyly, as if she were a person.

Ling Chengen: "..."

For some reason, she sensed a hint of shyness in the exotic plant.

It's quite amazing.

“The plague caused by rodents has no effect on me. If you are worried that I will be infected with the plague after I cure Chongzhen, then I can stay here for a while longer.” Yuheng was well aware of Ling Chengen’s concerns and did not feel any resentment towards her suspicions. “For her, the safety of the tribe is more important than him as a person, so there is nothing to worry about.”

Put yourself in his shoes. If he were the young clan leader, with his clansmen standing by him forever, he would also have so many concerns.

Ling Chengen felt he had been too cold-hearted, especially looking at Yu Heng's calm face, and felt a rare sense of guilt and remorse.

"I'm not that cold-blooded and heartless to leave you here alone."

Yuheng looked up into her bright eyes, smiled slightly, and was about to say something.

Ling Chengen thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "How about you go to the Youdi area for separate quarantine?"

Yu Heng's smile faded. He stared at her in silence for a few seconds, then nodded expressionlessly. He took the prey that had been roasting over the fire and placed it on a broad leaf that had been cleaned beforehand.

Watching Ling Chengen take the cleaned dagger to cut the meat, he spread his legs, rested his elbows on his knees, and pressed his palms against his cheeks, staring at her back for a long time before finally coming to an answer.

"A female with a heart as hard as stone."

Even Jiaojiao felt a rare pity for him. After transforming back into an earring, she knew perfectly well that Ling Chengen couldn't hear her and Yuheng's voices, but she still whispered, "This little female is so cold and heartless. I thought she would soften her heart and let you go back with them directly."

Yuheng chuckled: "If she were such a soft-hearted female, would her beastly husbands still be spending every night alone in their empty rooms?"

Being soft-hearted is absolutely out of the question.

The little female in front of me is no naive girl; she prioritizes profit above all else, with perhaps a tiny bit of moral decency at best.

Jiaojiao: "But you planted a sea of ​​flowers for her, and she agreed to be your partner? If that's really the case, why didn't she ask you for more?"

When other males pursue females, simply bringing flowers and plants is not enough; they must offer mountains of prey, incredibly precious exotic plants and animal pelts, or even extremely rare gemstones... But Yuheng didn't bring any of these.

Yuheng: "She hasn't said anything yet. If she really does, I'll definitely have to prepare."

Jiaojiao still felt something was off: "She won't give it to you just because she won't tell you? You're still living at her house now, isn't this the kind of gigolo that Senya used to talk about?"

Yuheng: "...Where did you learn all this nonsense from?"

How can he be called a gigolo? He rose to power through his own abilities!

If he wanted prey, fur, exotic plants, he could have anything.
Couldn't it be that he himself shines so brightly that he doesn't need any external embellishments to attract females' attention with his strength and charm?
Jiaojiao knew that he was very narcissistic.

It's a pity that others don't know yet.

However, it still secretly cursed its foolish owner, hoping that his true colors would be exposed soon!