The curtain fell on the clinic's opening event.

And Liu Zixuan and their life in Ghost Wood City officially began!

Jiang Yiyi and Liu Ruyan were managing the company, while Liu Zixuan stayed in the clinic every day.

It must be said, the couplet at the entrance of his clinic alone attracted quite a few people.

It's one thing to heal people, but claiming to cure deities with such bold words naturally drew many to check it out!

It should be mentioned that You Long was also running his clinic these days, maintaining his business with some former customers, which made things seem much calmer.

Liu Zixuan understood that beneath this calmness, undercurrents were surely brewing. Zuo Chenggong, who supported You Long, hadn't truly acted yet. When he did, there would surely be another tempestuous storm!

...

That day, Liu Zixuan opened his clinic as usual.

As soon as he opened the door, a middle-aged woman, leading a child about seven or eight years old, came in.

"Doctor, please look at my daughter." The middle-aged woman said with a worried face, "Since last night she's had a high fever that won't subside. It's not like a heatstroke with vomiting and diarrhea, just dazed, and she has some red spots on her body."

Upon hearing this, Liu Zixuan looked at the little girl. Her delicate face had a flush, but her lips were purple and chapped, her eyes dull, and there were small red spots about the size of millet grains on her arms.

Frowning slightly, he asked, "What did you eat last night?"

"Well, there's this exam today, so I thought I'd give her something good to eat. I bought a roast chicken and also made her favorite crayfish." The middle-aged woman lifted her head suddenly, "Is it food poisoning or an allergy?"

Liu Zixuan didn't rush to answer. Instead, he asked the little girl, "Little sister, where do you feel uncomfortable?"

"No... no energy. Dizzy!" The little girl answered shyly.

Initially, when she came in, Liu Zixuan also thought it was an allergy, but in the case of an allergy, the skin tone and the spots' color would be more similar, and the spots would be larger than they are now.

If it was poisoning, symptoms like diarrhea and difficulty in breathing should appear, but this girl was just listless and dizzy!

This made Liu Zixuan furrow his brow.

"You... you don't know what illness this is?" the middle-aged woman asked tentatively.

Liu Zixuan shook his head, "If I'm not mistaken, this illness is called Tailflower!"

"Tailflower?" Clearly, this unique name was unfamiliar to the middle-aged woman.

Liu Zixuan explained, "To put it simply, this illness is similar to smallpox, which we often call chickenpox, a viral infection."

"But isn't it that smallpox spots have blister-like features?"

"That's right, and that's the difference between Tailflower and smallpox."

Liu Zixuan touched his chin and muttered, "But it shouldn't be, according to current medical standards, children would get vaccinated at a very young age, so they shouldn't catch this disease, and Tailflower... is extremely rare!"

It's not just rare, it hasn't appeared for nearly a hundred years, and this disease has never occurred in Star Sea, only twice in the Witch Country region!

Of course, those two outbreaks directly caused hundreds of people to lose their lives overnight!

Listening to Liu Zixuan, the middle-aged woman slightly relaxed. Whether it's smallpox or chickenpox, they have now become common childhood illnesses, with many people catching them each year.

Just some medication and infusion would fix it.

She then smiled, "Then doctor, please treat her. Given current conditions, smallpox is no longer a disease as deadly as it was before!"

It was apparent that the middle-aged woman understood a little about medical matters.

Smallpox used to appear worldwide and was once one of the deadliest illnesses! Even princes and crown princes in ancient dynasties would die from smallpox.

However, with the development of medicine, this disease has been controlled; just take vaccinations to prevent it, and effective treatment can be provided when the disease occurs.

Liu Zixuan grinned, "Ma'am, as I just said, this isn't smallpox, but Tailflower. There's a difference between the two!"

"How are they different?" the middle-aged woman asked.

"As everyone knows, smallpox is caused by respiratory tract membrane infection, leading to symptoms such as dizziness, body heat, and the appearance of chickenpox on the skin. But as you can see with your child, she's just listless, and with red millet-like spots," Liu Zixuan explained.

"I'm not trying to scare you; smallpox can be treated, but Tailflower is much harder... because Tailflower's pathology is vastly different from smallpox, and its viral power is a hundred times more potent than smallpox!"

Although she couldn't understand this professional jargon, the middle-aged woman understood that Liu Zixuan meant that the Tailflower disease is over a hundred times harder to treat than smallpox!

In other words, one simply cannot use smallpox treatment methods for Tailflower!

She immediately showed a sad expression, grabbed Liu Zixuan's hand, and said, "You must save my child!"

"Don't worry, I definitely will. The little girl is just in the early stage, the virus hasn't spread, but it's also my first time encountering Tailflower. To be more certain, I'll need to consult medical records. I'll prepare some medicine, and you should come back this afternoon," Liu Zixuan assured.

At this point, what more could the middle-aged woman say! She could only agree.

Liu Zixuan prepared a couple of herbal remedies. These couldn't cure the root cause, only alleviate the worsening of the condition.

Watching the mother and daughter leave, Liu Zixuan furrowed his brows.

He had a vague, uneasy feeling!

Tailflower and smallpox share a common characteristic, and that is rapid transmission. The emergence of Tailflower in this little girl signifies a potential outbreak of a Tailflower viral epidemic in Ghost Wood City!

If there is no treatment method, many people will die from this disease!

Liu Zixuan, being a doctor, could not bear to see such an event unfold!

He quickly moved to the side and took out his Holy Medical Scripture, carefully reviewing it.

...

As time ticked by, during the morning when Liu Zixuan was contemplating how to treat Tailflower, already seven or eight patients with similar Tailflower symptoms had come in. He understood that his earlier prediction was spot on!

"Zixuan, look at the TV quickly," said Liu Ruyan as she came in around eleven and called to Liu Zixuan.

Liu Zixuan hesitated for a moment and then turned on the TV.

"Attention all citizens, a new strain of flu is spreading. According to reports from hospital correspondents, from this morning until now, 126 patients have been diagnosed with the virus. It's aggressive and unprecedented. The hospital has already assembled an expert team to devise a treatment plan. We urge all citizens not to take their children out casually..."

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