Apocalypse: I Can See Health Bars
He carefully disinfected the corpse, placed it in a body bag, and moved it into a freezer. Then, he cleaned up the bloodstains that had splattered on the floor. Finally, he meticulously sprayed every surface he had touched with hydrogen peroxide disinfectant. As if cleaning a murder scene, Lin Fan methodically sanitized every blood-stained corner. He was a veterinarian who ran a small pet clinic out of a residential unit on the ground floor of his building. And today, it seemed an unknown animal epidemic was spreading through the urban districts of Linjiang. Three dogs in a row had been brought to him, and three dogs in a row had been sent off by his hand. This was certainly not because of his lack of skill or his reckless disregard for their lives. Although he only ran a clinic of less than sixty square meters out of a ground-floor unit in this old, run-down residential complex, and his clientele mostly consisted of poodles that couldn't poop or wouldn't eat... He had, in fact, worked for many years at the Linjiang City Zoo and possessed a wealth of medical and emergency treatment experience. It was just that today's cases were truly bizarre. Each dog would show slight signs of improvement before suddenly dying. The pathology reports showed nothing conclusive, and all common viruses came back negative. 'I should probably stop taking appointments tomorrow. Better wait for the official medical guidelines to come out...' He gave himself a quick wipedown with alcohol in the pet bathing area. His undershirt had gotten blood on it earlier, so he had already thrown it away. So, he was shirtless as he prepared to head home for a proper shower. His home was on the third floor, in the same building as his clinic, separated by one level. After losing his previous job, he had rented this ground-floor storefront. The air, heavy with the promise of a downpour, felt even more suffocating in the stairwell. Compounded by the unknown epidemic, it left him feeling agitated. Lin Fan l
