Chapter 128 - Endless Seas 03 (1/2)
Chapter 128 – Endless Seas 03
Shao Qingge’s idea was that so many people went to the free restaurant to eat. If there were food problems, everyone would collectively vomit and have diarrhea. He chose an expensive and elegant Chinese restaurant for breakfast. Who would’ve thought that the Keeper of Spades didn’t play according to common sense. He spent money and still got diarrhea! For Shao Qingge, this was the first time he ‘paid for his sins’ and he inwardly scolded A of Spades a hundred times.
There were long queues for the public restrooms and everyone was forced to go back to their cabin to solve the problem.
Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou headed to the infirmary together and asked for medicine for diarrhea. Old Mo went back to the shopping centre on the 7th floor to buy some common medicine for fever, headaches, etc. He also bought bandages, iodine for disinfection etc.
By the time the group gathered again in 311, the supplies were fully prepared. Xiao Lou asked Mo Xuemin, “Old Mo, have you partic.i.p.ated in the Spades weekly room? Have you encountered food problems?”
Mo Xuemin replied, “In last month’s World Weekly, A of Spades took everyone to a desert island. We found many wild vegetables and fruit. As a result, people died of poisoning after eating them. There is always a high probability of food problems in the Spades secret rooms. I didn’t expect that this time, Shao Qingge was affected despite avoiding the free restaurant and taking us to eat expensive dumplings!”
Shao Qingge had a headache. “Don’t mention it. My wisdom was in the wrong direction.”
Xiao Lou smiled and glanced at Shao Qingge. “It doesn’t matter. You spend money and can always make more money then you spent.”
Shao Qingge was comforted by Professor Xiao and his mood improved a bit.
Xie Qi suddenly said, “Yes, I don’t know what happened to the person who booked a meal at the captain’s restaurant yesterday? It is said that they are delicacies made by the captain himself and costs hundreds of thousands per meal. It would be a real injustice if they get diarrhea!”
Hearing this, Xiao Lou suddenly sensed that something was wrong. “There is a food problem no matter what restaurant you eat in. This isn’t a food problem but a problem with the fresh water stored on the s.h.i.+p. My guess is that the water source onboard has been polluted. Judging from your symptoms, it is very similar to the acute gastrointestinal bacterial infection caused by Salmonella or Staphylococcus exceeding the standard.”
There was a doctor in the team and everyone was naturally convinced of Xiao Lou’s judgment.
Xiao Lou’s a.n.a.lysis was very reasonable. In the morning, they ate steamed buns and porridge. They also drank the free water. At the free restaurant, people would eat cake and milk or noodles. The cruise s.h.i.+p would definitely check the food before going to sea. It is impossible for all the vegetables, meat, rice, noodles and egg to be rotten. There is only one possibility for why everyone has diarrhea. There is something wrong with the water.
As long as the drinking water was contaminated, every tourist on the s.h.i.+p would be affected. The more terrible thing was that more people were used to drinking hot water to warm their stomachs and relieve the discomfort in their gastrointestinal tract when they had diarrhea. They didn’t know that the water was the real culprit!
If a challenger with a bad stomach couldn’t figure this out and kept drinking water or used the water on board to take medicine, the symptoms wouldn’t be reduced. Instead, they would become more and more serious.
Yu Hanjiang frowned. “The s.h.i.+p provides free hot water. Every floor contains a water tank in the corner. I just saw many people holding cups to go and get hot water. People with acute diarrhea will continue to drink water containing bacteria. Professor Xiao, will they die if their symptoms get worse?”
Xiao Lou nodded seriously. “Continuous diarrhea can cause a disorder of electrolytes in the body, an imbalance of sodium and pota.s.sium ion in the blood, damage to myocardial cells and this will lead to eventual shock and even death.”
Xie Qi looked at the cup of hot water he just grabbed like he was poisoned. He immediately poured the water in the cup into the bathroom and patted his chest with fear. “I almost drank it! From childhood, our parents have instilled in us the concept that when we have a cold, diarrhea or are uncomfortable, we should drink hot water…”
The subconscious habit at this time was likely to take everyone’s life.
Old Mo quickly took out a sealed mineral water bottle from his backpack. “The mineral water should have no problems?”
Xiao Lou took the bottle and carefully checked it. “The seal is normal and the mineral water trademark is the same as what we have bought in the previous Financial Crisis room and the materials supply package. It should be okay.”
Everyone was relieved and Yu Hanjiang opened the bottle of mineral water. “Use the mineral to take medicine and control the illness as soon as possible.”
After an hour of rest, everyone’s symptoms had eased a lot.
Yu Hanjiang went to the seventh floor to see the situation and everyone followed him to the shopping centre. Sure enough, many challengers realized that something was wrong with the water and bought mineral water directly by the box in the supermarket. More than half of the mineral water had been removed from the shelves of the supermarket and many challengers were entering the supermarket to buy materials.
This made Xiao Lou think of the original Financial Crisis where everyone emptied the market.
Just then, a scream was heard from the crowd. “Ah! A dead person!”
Xiao Lou immediately strode forward and squeezed into the crowd. He saw a young girl lying on the ground. Her face was as white as paper, her lips were purple-blue and she had no breath. Another girl was holding her and repeatedly calling her name. “Xiao You, wake up!”
Yu Hanjiang also walked over to see the situation.
The girl was crying while saying, “Xiao You had diarrhea and her stomach was uncomfortable. She didn’t eat anything today and only drank a few cups of hot water…” She seemed to detect something was wrong and was slightly stunned. “Is the water poisonous?”
Many people heard this and their expressions were difficult to see.
A grumpy woman screamed. “It must be poisonous water! No wonder why my husband’s diarrhea didn’t stop. He has been drinking hot water!”
“Where is the Captain?”
”He checked for so long and haven’t found any results!”
“We want a refund for our tickets!”
The group of people ran to the deck on the top floor, demanding that the captain was found. Several more people suddenly fell down on the way, dead. In the blink of an eye, several pa.s.sengers died and the entire cruise s.h.i.+p was in a state of panic.
Some calmed down and grabbed mineral water from the supermarket. Some leaned against the fence and looked at the bodies of the people in a daze. Some radicals rushed to the captain’s room, angrily denouncing the cruise company and asking for a statement from the captain.
The old captain ran to the deck while sweating. “Please don’t get excited! We are investigating…”
The tourists didn’t listen to his explanation and roared, “What investigation? It has been so long and you haven’t found the reason?”
”There must be a water problem. I only drank a gla.s.s of water in the morning and I also have a stomach problem!”
”The entire s.h.i.+p has food poisoning and people have died.”
”Don’t you have to be responsible for the death of so many people?”
A man suddenly rushed over, grabbed the captain’s collar as he growled out, “My wife! My wife is dead, dead! She died of food poisoning just because she got on your d.a.m.n cruise s.h.i.+p!”