Mu Shaoling invited her in, and only after their conversation did he learn that the old lady had lost one son to the illness yesterday, and the other was also stricken.
What's more, Mu Shaoling had discovered new information, that these people, in the end, seemed to lose all sensation of pain and hunger. They wouldn't just be unable to eat; they didn't even realize they needed to. If no one fed them, they would die sooner. In any case, once afflicted with the illness, they would either starve because no one fed them or be unable to eat and starve to death regardless.
The most noticeable trait of the sick was their visible emaciation.
From the onset of the illness to death, it could be as quick as two months or as slow as four to five months—death was certain.
