Chapter 360: Chapter 360 - 247: In the Depths of Winter (Part 2)

Some children, even wrapped in their mother's arms, wake up with purple lips and stiff limbs in the morning.At the edge of the Red Residence District, a firmly installed Fire-backed Turtle stove stands, with a heavy iron shell beneath which the sound of bubbling steam can be heard.Several heat rings are embedded at the top of the turtle shell, emitting heat flows day and night to ensure the surrounding buildings are not frozen.Even such a strict heating system only covers the core of the city and limited collective housing.The first to fall was a sixty-year-old mason who suddenly had chest pains while inspecting water pipes on a cold night and never woke up again.Soon after, frostbite, necrosis, influenza. like a silent poisonous mist, it permeated stone cracks and cotton quilts, sweeping everywhere.The winter nights of the Red Tide had never been so heavy.Some children were already dying when they arrived, their lips black, their chests barely rising and falling."Can he still be saved?""My youngest has had a high fever for three days, can he still hold on?""I beg you, sir. can you give her some herbs?"These voices, mixed with coughs and groans, seem to press on every medic's heart.On the other side of the corridor, several bodies hastily wrapped in burlap mats were carried out.Weak children, hunched old people, and even mothers died next to their children, still clutching the little bodies that had long since lost their warmth.Worse still was the outbreak of acute low-temperature influenza.At this time, a swift command from the great Lord Louis halted the death trap."Move the reserve Fire-backed Turtle to the refugee camp shelter house, fill it thoroughly with lava moss fuel, and keep it burning all day."