Surviving In The Ancient Times With Limitless Supplies
Chapter 74: This Water is Poisonous

Chapter 74: This Water is Poisonous

Hearing A Lu Ge’s request, Xu Xiang couldn’t help laughing. She put the bowl on the ground and said, "It seems that you like drinking milk very much."

He grinned at her and said, "I like the milk you gave me because it tastes different from the goat’s milk I usually drink."

She handed him a box of chocolate flavored milk and said with a smile. "I see."

A Lu Ge took the milk and held out his small hand. With a happy smile on his face, he said generously, "Come on, you can draw as much blood as you want."

Seeing A Lu Ge’s brave look, Xu Xiang laughed again. She took out the poison detector from space and took a drop of A Lu Ge’s blood as a sample. When the blood test had already started, she took out a candy from the space and handed it to him.

She said, "This is for you. Thank you for your cooperation."

A Lu Ge took the candy and kept his eyes on the screen of the poison detector. The two waited for a few minutes before the blood test was over. Xu Xiang pressed a few buttons, and the result appeared on the screen.

Seeing the result, her face darkened. A Lu Ge looked at her gloomy expression and asked curiously: "What did you find?"

Instead of answering him, she scooped up a little bit of millet porridge for a sample. She waited patiently until the poison test was over before pressing the button again. Looking at the test results, she turned to look at the boy sitting beside her.

She frowned and said, "You have the same poison as your father in your blood."

Hearing her words, A Lu Ge’s eyes widened. Before he could react, Xu Xiang said, "This porridge also has a high mercury content. I guess everyone here has the same poison in their blood. I’m guessing it’s mainly because of the food and water you consumed, or more likely the source of the water and food."

A Lu Ge didn’t quite understand what she was talking about. He looked at her and anxiously asked, "Can you cure us?"

Xu Xiang lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then looked at A Lu Ge and said, "In the past, has anyone died of the same symptoms as your father?"

Recalling the past, A Lu Ge nodded and said, "I remember my father and brothers said that when I was two months old, my mother died. They said that my mother’s lifespan has come to an end. When they have the same symptoms as my father, they will die. Not just my mother, but everyone here is like that. They would slowly develop symptoms and die after a few years."

Xu Xiang noticed some clues from his words, and her eyes lit up. She has some theories, but she needs to check on something first. She stood up from the ground, looked at A Lu Ge and asked, "Can you show me the water source?"

Nodding at her, A Lu Ge stood up and said, "Follow me."

The two then left the bonfire area and walked to the center of the campsite. After walking for a few minutes, they stopped at a well.

A Lu Ge pointed at the well and said, "This is our water source."

Xu Xiang bent down and sniffed on top of the well. The closer she gets to the water surface, the more pungent the sulfur smell becomes. She saw that there was a basin tied with a rope beside the well. Using the basin, she draws water from the well.

She took out the poison detector from the space and tested the well water. After a few minutes, she looked at the result and sighed.

’As expected. Their water sources are contaminated with mercury and sulfur. No wonder the boy’s father was dying.’

She looked at A Lu Ge and thought to herself: ’If he continues consuming the water, he will suffer like his father in the future. I guessed that everyone here will have the same fate since they use the same water source.’

A Lu Ge looked at her and asked, "Did you find something?"

Xu Xiang looked at him and nodded. Pointing to the well, she said, "The water in the well contains high levels of mercury and sulfur. Drinking this water is equivalent to drinking poison."

Startled by her words, A Lu Ge looked at the well in horror. Xu Xiang looked at the little boy’s pale face, and said, "Actually, it’s not a big deal. I have an antidote for this kind of poisoning. However, it’s hard to say whether your people will believe me or not."

Looking at her calm face, A Lu Ge knew that what she said was true. He could trust her because he believed she was from the Mofa tribe. But he is not sure if his people will believe her.

The two looked at each other in silence, when a woman’s voice came from behind.

"What are you doing here?" She asked, with obvious hostility in her tone.

Xu Xiang turned around and saw a middle-aged woman staring at her, while holding a wooden bucket in her hand. The woman waited for a while, but got no answer from them.

She looked at A Lu Ge and asked, "Xiao Xiong, why did you bring an outsider here?"

A Lu Ge looked at the middle-aged woman and said, "We are here to check the water. Auntie, are you here to fetch water?"

The middle-aged woman looked at A Lu Ge, her face softened, and she said, "Yes. The water in the house has run out."

A Lu Ge heard that she really came to fetch water, so he quickly grabbed her hand and said anxiously: "Auntie, the well water cannot be used. This water is poisonous!"

After hearing what he said, the middle-aged woman frowned and gave Xu Xiang a hard look. She pulled A Lu Ge behind her, stepped away from Xu Xiang, and angrily asked, "What have you done to our water?!"

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