Yecheng was an important port leading to Atlantis. With a booming tourism industry, it experienced a large volu of population movent. If Yecheng was not locked down and people were allowed to move freely, it could potentially cause a massive epidemic disaster in Atlantis.
Mo Yinhe was also afraid because he had witnessed the virus’s contagiousness. He imdiately issued a governnt decree: "Close all ports imdiately, halt the tourism industry, and forbid anyone from the mainland from coming to Atlantis for tourism."
"Yes, Your Excellency, I’ll take care of it right away!"
After the Minister of Foreign Affairs left, Mo Yinhe called his father on the mainland to explain the seriousness of the situation.
Over the phone, Ye Junqing said, "I’ve already received a call from the hospital confirming there’s a patient. It’s not an outsider, but a student from Yecheng University. I’ve ordered the lockdown of Yecheng University and its affiliated dical college to stop the movent of people."
"Dad, that’s not enough. Activate the protective shield imdiately to prevent anyone from leaving Yecheng."
"Okay." Ye Junqing had not witnessed the severity of an epidemic firsthand but had heard about it and knew this virus was terrifying.
Mo Yinhe continued, "Identify all close contacts of that patient, and secondary close contacts, and quarantine them all. Don’t let a single one slip through the net!"
After giving detailed instructions, Mo Yinhe hung up the phone. The office fell silent.
Mo Yinhe paused in thought for a minute, then made a call to prepare for a eting to discuss specific contingency plans for Atlantis’s defense against the virus.
Si Mingjing, in his chibi dragon form, tilted his head. How could there be a case at Yecheng University? Could it have co from the Mu Continent? That shouldn’t be possible...
"I’ll go to Yecheng University and see how patient zero was infected!" Si Mingjing, the little guy, jumped from Mo Yinhe’s lap onto the desk, tilting his small head as he spoke.
"We already have the secret formula for treating the virus and the traditional Chinese dicine to prevent it. There’s no need to panic. We can imdiately requisition the traditional Chinese dicine from the pharmaceutical plant and distribute a box to every citizen in Yecheng as a preventative asure."
They had already passed the initial stage of being completely ignorant about the virus and having no asures to counteract it.
As long as they took proactive prevention and control asures, there should be no widespread transmission.
"Thankfully, I had already instructed Lun Bobing to produce the traditional Chinese dicine for preventing the virus, and the pharmaceutical plant has it in stock now."
"Don’t panic!" Mo Yinhe suddenly leaned back in his chair, squinting as he said, "First, let’s investigate how patient zero beca infected. My intuition tells this might not be an ordinary, sudden incident. What if soone is trying to stir up trouble in Yecheng?"
Actually, Si Mingjing felt the sa way.
"Then, let’s observe for a week to see if anyone is causing trouble. First, lock down Yecheng University; otherwise, the epidemic could spread throughout the city."
Mo Yinhe agreed with this plan. He wouldn’t be able to eat or sleep peacefully without getting to the bottom of it.
Thus, Yecheng University and its affiliated dical college were sealed off. The municipal governnt acted quickly; the military imdiately set up cordons to prevent any movent of personnel in or out of Yecheng University and its affiliated dical college.
Then, the epidemic prevention departnt moved in for disinfection.
Coincidentally, Lu Jinyi was staying at the Yecheng University Affiliated dical College.
Hua Jinse stood at the window, staring down at the cordon, her brows furrowed.
What was going on?
The entire hospital was in a state of panic.
A nurse walked in, attempting to calm the patients.
Hua Jinse turned and asked, "What happened?"
The nurse said, "A patient in the hospital might be contagious. But don’t panic; that patient has already been isolated. The epidemic prevention departnt is coming to disinfect every corner of the hospital now, so please stay in your rooms and don’t wander around."
Actually, the nurse didn’t know what was truly happening, nor did she understand what a virus was. She only knew that a patient had contracted an infectious disease.
After the nurse left, Lu Jinyi and Hua Jinse exchanged glances. Could it be what we’re thinking? they wondered.
At that mont, Si Mingjing sent Lu Jinyi a WeChat ssage. Actually, it was Mo Yinhe who sent it on Si Mingjing’s behalf.
The content was very brief: "There’s a virus patient in the hospital where you’re staying. Soone will co to pick you up in five minutes. Don’t move before they arrive."
After reading it, Lu Jinyi exclaid, "Damn it! Do we have to be this unlucky?"
Fortunately, his sister said soone was coming to take him and Jinse out of the hospital!
Sure enough, soone arrived five minutes later, dressed in full protective gear, treating them as if they were dangerous individuals.
After picking them up, they did not take them to the palace but to a separate villa.
Preventive dication was delivered, which they took. Specialized dical personnel were also assigned to manage Lu Jinyi’s post-operative rehabilitation, and everything was ticulously arranged.
However, until it was confird that they were not infected, they had to stay in the villa and were not allowed to go anywhere else.
Essentially, they were quarantined!
Lu Jinyi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Is my sister trying to create an opportunity for to be alone with Hua Jinse? But does it have to be so heart-pounding every ti?
Lying in his room in the villa, Lu Jinyi apologized to Hua Jinse, "I’m sorry you have to be stuck with for the foreseeable future. Your company must have a lot for you to handle, and yet because of ... Jinse, don’t worry, we won’t get infected."
Hua Jinse was indeed frustrated; this disrupted her work plan. Originally, she had planned to leave Yecheng that night and return to the Mu Continent.
Hua Jinse stood before the floor-to-ceiling window and called her subordinate. She inford them of the special circumstances and instructed them to put all her work arrangents for the upcoming period on hold.
Then, she walked to the bed and said, "It’s alright. I’m not that busy anyway."
「anwhile」
After ensuring Lu Jinyi was settled, Si Mingjing called his two masters at Yecheng University. "Masters, I’ve sent a batch of dicine to Yecheng University that can prevent virus infection. I hope you can arrange for every student to take a box. But for now, don’t tell them its exact purpose; just say it’s a common dicine that boosts immunity..."
Si Mingjing told his masters over the phone that they feared this outbreak was not a natural disaster but a man-made catastrophe.
Zhang ii replied over the phone, "I understand. Don’t worry, I know how to get the students to take the dicine without raising suspicion."
"Thank you, Master. Please also take care of yourself and don’t get infected. I will go to Yecheng tomorrow..."
"Don’t co. What would you do here? Leave Yecheng University to !" Zhang ii was worried her beloved disciple would get infected.
"I’ll be fine. My immune system has already developed resistance to the virus. But you and Master Ban must be careful!"
Zhang ii said she would be fine. However, that very night, her husband, Ban Chugang, fell ill.
The illness struck suddenly, without any prior warning. He developed a high fever that wouldn’t subside, having contracted the virus. This shocked Si Mingjing so much that he rushed over that very night!
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