Due to the low administrative level of Shuo Province, Li Ang traveled overnight by train to Yunzhou.
In Yunzhou, he presented his Jade Pendant to prove his identity and obtained the Nearby Worm. Using the Nearby Worm, he contacted Sacrificial Officer Chen Danqiu and Emperor Yu, Li Shun, who were far away in Chang'an.
Li Ang explained the severity of the plague, describing it as more serious than both the Han Dynasty's great plague and the plagues of the two Jin Dynasties.
This was no exaggeration; fundamentally, the plague is a virulent infectious disease spread by the Plague Bacteria via rat fleas.
A flea carrying the disease might have only a few hundred Plague Bacteria in its body. But once it bites a human, the bacteria travel through the lymphatic vessels to reach the local lymph nodes. There, they multiply rapidly, releasing large amounts of toxins and causing acute lymph node inflammation, resulting in dense, egg-sized swellings.
