About an hour later, Derek and Fatty returned, each holding a handful of grass-like green plants.

Several people in the camp who had broken out in red rashes had scratched their skin raw and were rolling on the ground, itching.

The air was more流通 outside, and Zoey dragged Jennifer out of the tent to get some fresh air.

After Fatty left, Zoey injected Jennifer with emergency antibiotics and antipyretics.

The fever had subsided now, but the red rash on her body hadn't disappeared at all, and Jennifer was still unconscious.

Derek found a few flat stones and tossed two each to Fatty and Zoey, then taught them how to use the stones to grind the plants into a juice, which they applied to the affected areas.

This juice was the medicine.

Derek, Fatty, and Zoey worked quickly, grinding all the plants in no time, and then applying them to the patients.

The medicinal effect of this plant was truly remarkable. As soon as they applied it, they felt a burning sensation from their skin. Now it wasn't just itchy, but also painful, causing them to roll on the ground and wail.

Dodge said angrily to Derek, "Are you trying to trick us? If you dare to trick us, I'll shoot you dead."

Faced with Dodge's threat, Derek wasn't so flustered. This reaction seemed to be within his expectations. He explained to Dodge, "How would I dare to trick you? The medicine is just strong. Bear with it, and when the pain disappears, the rash will go away."

After persisting for more than ten minutes, the red rashes on Dodge and the others really did slowly subside. Apart from the redness, swelling, and some wounds on their skin from scratching, there were no other major problems.

Dodge quickly used the little water he had to clean his skin, wiping away the remaining plant juice.

Unlike Dodge and the others, after Zoey applied the medicine to Jennifer, although the rash on Jennifer's body subsided, she remained unconscious, and the fever that had just gone down soon returned.

This was the first time Derek had encountered this situation. Seeing Jennifer's condition, Derek was in a difficult position and at a loss.

One of the mercenaries in the team had been a medic's assistant in the army. He came to check on Jennifer's condition.

He pried open Jennifer's eyelids and pressed on her stomach. After a series of diagnoses, he said to Fatty and the others that Jennifer's current condition might be due to some internal problems caused by wearing the exoskeleton equipment, and that an X-ray or surgery was needed to determine the lesion.

"Surgery?" Fatty asked疑惑, "How can we perform surgery in this wilderness?"

The mercenary shook his head and said to Fatty that Jennifer could no longer use the exoskeleton equipment in this condition, and that they could only try to maintain her with antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs first, but the chances of recovery were slim.

Fatty couldn't accept it all at once. How could someone who had been fine a few days ago, and who seemed to be showing signs of improvement, suddenly become like this?

Dodge wiped the remaining green plant juice from his body and said, as if it were none of his business, "She's basically as good as dead now. There's no need to waste any more medicine. Why don't we just find a place to dig a pit and bury her?"

Fatty was already holding back his anger, and Dodge's words were like directly撞 on the muzzle of a gun. Fatty glared at Dodge and was about to step forward to punch him: "Did you tamper with the exoskeleton equipment?"

Knowing Fatty's strength, Dodge raised his hands above his head, with an innocent expression: "If I wanted to kill her, would I need to go to such lengths to get her an exoskeleton equipment? Do you know how much effort I spent and how many people I found to get this thing?"

Seeing that Fatty was still suspicious of him, Dodge continued: "And you also know that this exoskeleton equipment is still in testing and is not yet a mature weapon. It's normal for problems to occur..."

Fatty was very anxious now. He couldn't tell whether Dodge's words were true or false.

However, Fatty still made a decision. He said to Dodge in an irrefutable tone: "I'm taking Jennifer with me. I won't leave her here."

Dodge looked at Fatty in疑惑, thinking that it was already difficult enough to be alone in the rainforest, and now he had to drag another person along. He really didn't know what Fatty was thinking.

Dodge asked, "Are you sure?"

Fatty ignored Dodge and found a few straps from his luggage, strapping Jennifer firmly to his back.

Seeing Fatty's persistence, Dodge smiled helplessly: "This guy is really a madman..."

……

After the red rashes disappeared, the unbearable itching gradually subsided, and there were no other problems with their bodies except for the skin damage left by scratching.

The plan had to proceed as usual. The team members rolled up the tents, packed up the camp, and then Derek continued to guide the team forward.

Although Fatty was carrying Jennifer on his back, he didn't slow the team down, maintaining a steady pace and closely following at the rear of the team.

No matter how thin Jennifer was, she still weighed over a hundred pounds. Fatty, carrying a backpack of more than thirty pounds and a person of more than one hundred pounds on his back, could still maintain a steady pace. Dodge was frightened. He knew that Fatty was not to be trifled with, but he didn't expect him to be a monster.