Chapter 172 The Lord of Disease! (2-in-1)
Outer city.
The carriage stopped in front of a hospital called "Frankenstadt".
Chen Lun got off the carriage.
It was already getting late at this time, approaching dusk.
After entering the main building of the hospital, he showed his identification in the lobby and underwent some necessary examinations.
Whether it was because of his high charm attribute or simply because of his appearance, Chen Lun gained the favor of the young female nurse, which also allowed him to easily get the bed number information he wanted to know.
He gently took off his hat and bowed to express his gratitude, which fascinated the young nurse. Then he turned around and walked straight upstairs.
‘Ward 404…’
Chen Lun walked in the empty and silent corridor.
‘This number is a bit unlucky...’
He complained to himself.
The silver cane hit the ground rhythmically, making a muffled sound.
As he passed by the third floor, he suddenly heard a strange whisper. The sound came from the independent balcony on the third floor, which is usually used to dry bed sheets and clothes.
Chen Lun stopped and listened carefully.
The breeze was blowing, and even with his powerful hearing, he could only capture a man's low and vague words from the wind:
"...Lord, please...save..., you are...the invisible..., all disasters...plagues!"
Chen Lun frowned.
This is like a prayer to a certain god, but some of the words in it are not consistent with some orthodox gods.
In particular, the word "plague" attracted Chen Lun's attention.
‘Who is he, and what being is he praying to...? ’
He thought for a while and decided to find out.
I pushed open the corridor door on the third floor and walked quickly to the balcony, only to find that there was no one here except for a few rows of bedsheets that were blown up by the wind, making a sound.
It was as if the whisper he just heard was just his imagination.
Chen Lun put his stick on the ground and performed a simple divination to find out the whereabouts of the person who had just prayed quietly. However, the crank part rotates in place without a clear direction. It only indicates that the other party is in this hospital and has not left.
‘The clues are unclear, leading to unclear pointing objects, so the divination results are inaccurate...? ’
Chen Lun pondered for a moment and decided to visit Mrs. Caroline first. The matter of the person praying will be carefully investigated later.
Leaving the independent balcony, he noticed that there were many patients on the third floor. The corridors were full of busy doctors and nurses, as well as crying patients.
‘More and more people are infected with the epidemic...’
Chen Lun saw some coughing and limp patients sitting on the benches in the corridor, and faint wailing sounds could be heard in various wards.
He shook his head and returned to the corridor.
Immediately he climbed to the fourth floor and found Ward No. 404.
After knocking politely on the door, he twisted the handle, pushed it open and walked in.
The ward is not big, with only two beds. One bed was temporarily empty, and on the other bed lay a thin old man, an old woman sitting beside the bed, and a dog squatting at her feet.
"Oh, little Jack!"
Mrs. Caroline turned around, looking surprised. Babu also looked at Chen Lun and wagged his tail at him.
The old woman quickly stood up and came to greet him.
"Why are you here?"
"I heard there was an accident at No. 7 Denton Street, so I came over to see... Mrs. Caroline, are you okay?"
Chen Lun took off his hat and hugged his former landlady.
"Thank you very much for your concern, little Jack. I'm fine...it's just Mr. Totter. The doctor said he may never wake up."
Mrs. Caroline forced a smile.
"But this is also a blessing among misfortunes... At that time, I thought he was killed by those thugs, but in fact he was just comatose from blood loss... The poor old guy became like this in order to save me."
She shook her head.
Chen Lun gave Mrs. Caroline a reassuring smile, and then walked straight to the bedside.
A thin old man with a pale face was lying on his side on the hospital bed, breathing weakly. The head, chest and abdomen were covered with gauze, and the injury looked very serious.
Chen Lun stretched out his hand and gently put it on Mr. Taote's arm to cover up the weak green light in his palm.
After a few seconds, he pulled back.
'Strange... I have healed all the injuries on my body, but there is still no sign of waking up. ’
Chen Lun's eyes quietly flashed with churning fog.
Suddenly his eyes narrowed.
'This is...'Deep Coma', plus a'Plague Latent', two negative states...'
The "deep coma" is understandable, perhaps due to Mr. Taut's old age and severe injuries.
But "the plague lurks"...
Chen Lun tilted his head without leaving any trace, and checked the information about Mrs. Caroline and the border shepherd Babu.
He found that Mrs. Caroline also had "the plague lurking" in her body, but Barb did not.
‘It seems that it is because it has taken a mysterious substance and its physical fitness has been strengthened, so it is not infected with the plague.
So who did this? Or is it that the plague carried by the patients in this hospital has begun to spread and infect other people...? ’
Chen Lun guessed secretly.
"Mrs. Caroline, you might as well move to the inner city. The outer city is not peaceful now."
He turned and smiled.
Mrs. Caroline shook her head.
"I have been accustomed to living at No. 7 Denton Street for so many years, and now that Mr. Totter is unconscious, I cannot leave him alone."
"The spread of the plague is also worth noting... In addition, the environment and medical facilities in the inner city are better than here."
Chen Lun advised.
"For the sake of Mr. Taut's health, wouldn't it be better for you to move to the inner city to take care of him?"
There was one more reason he didn't say.
That is the tomb of Mrs. Caroline's husband and children, at the former site of Pompeii Manor in the inner city. Moving to the inner city will also make it easier for her to visit on weekdays.
When Mrs. Caroline heard this, she hesitated.
She was silent for a long time, and finally smiled.
"You are right, little Jack, even if it is for Mr. Totter's health, I should move there..."
"If you haven't decided where to live yet, I still have spare rooms in my manor..."
Chen Lun said.
"Oh, thank you very much for your kindness, little Jack... I actually own a house in the inner city, but I didn't want to move there because of some things in the early years."
Mrs. Caroline seemed to have figured something out, and she smiled more.
Chen Lun nodded.
He did not find it strange that Mrs. Caroline had a house in the inner city.
He asked Mrs. Caroline's address in the inner city again, and was a little surprised when she got the answer, because it was not far from his Jack Manor, it could even be said to be very close, only less than ten minutes away.
‘That’s okay, it’s convenient to take care of...’
he thought.
Chen Lun left his contact information on the table next to the hospital bed with pen and paper, and then pretended to take something out of his arms. In fact, he used the blood poem ring to take out two packs of anti-epidemic candy bars.
He handed the candy wrapped in paper to Mrs. Caroline.
"This is anti-epidemic medicine, Mrs. Caroline. You and Mr. Totter must take it in time to avoid infection."
The anti-epidemic candy bar is not very effective, but it is effective.
Chen Lun only hoped that it could stabilize the latent plague in the two old people's bodies, so that they could have time to wait for Maggie's return.
Only professionals can cure their symptoms.
"Oh, thank you so much, little Jack..."
Mrs. Caroline seemed very moved. After taking the medicine package, she hugged Chen Lun again.
Although Chen Lun healed Mr. Taote's trauma, it was not easy to explain, so he simply comforted Mrs. Caroline.
He immediately said goodbye and left.
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After leaving the ward.
Passing by the third floor again, Chen Lun heard mournful wailing.
He thought for a moment, pushed open the corridor door, and came to the third floor corridor.
The corridor was crowded with people. A shabby, down-and-out man fell to his knees and begged a crow doctor.
"Doctor! Save Elsa!! She is only seven years old...!"
"Sir, your daughter has passed away from illness. We have tried our best and regret this..."
A buzzing sound came from the crow mask.
"Please recognize the reality, we cannot save a dead person."
"But! You said it! Elsa's body is filled with unclean blood. All she needs to do is cut her blood vessels and release the dirty blood, and she will be able to recover...!"
The man was crying and his eyes were bloodshot.
"So...are you cheating?! Cheating a poor girl and her unfortunate father!"
The man seemed unable to accept that his daughter died of the plague, so he rushed forward hysterically and pulled on Dr. Crow's mask.
"I also want you to experience the pain of the plague! Taste the taste of despair!"
"Damn madman!"
Doctor Crow pushed the man away, raised the ebony cane in his hand, and hit the man on the forehead hard, causing his head to bleed.
The man screamed and fell to the ground.
The other doctors and nurses who were watching screamed in shock, while other patients looked at this scene numbly.
"The epidemic...the Lord of the epidemic will come to the world and punish you liars...!"
The man lay on the ground and said in a daze.
Chen Lun frowned and looked at the man on the ground.
‘The Lord of Disease? ’
Among the people present, he was the only one who heard the man's whisper.
‘I’ve never heard of this god... Is it a fiction? Or is there really such a little-known evil god? ’
Wait until the chaos subsides and the crowd disperses.
The man staggered up and, ignoring the wound on his forehead, left the third floor with blood on his face and walked straight to the rooftop of the hospital.
"Poor Elsa! My Elsa!"
He knelt down beside the rooftop guardrail and cried bitterly.
"I should have believed in the 'Great Lord of Diseases' earlier, listened to His gospel, and prayed for you...so that you would not leave me!"
The man stood up, crossed the guardrail, and looked down at the people walking below.
"The Lord of Plague, the King of Plague!
The lurking disaster, the invisible chaos!
The collection of all disasters and the source of all pain!
Your humble believers pray to you with their lives to send down divine punishment and kill all the liars here! ”
He yelled crazily, ready to jump down and complete the self-sacrifice ceremony.
At this time.
Suddenly a figure rushed behind him, grabbed him by the back of his collar, and dragged him back.
With a bang, the man fell backwards and fell to the ground.
There were stars in his eyes and he was dizzy. Before he could see the person clearly, he felt a glimmer of light flashing in his sight.
"Where did you learn the honorable name of 'Lord of Disease'? And who is spreading his faith...?"
A deep voice came.
The man didn't want to answer, but he couldn't help but said:
"A month ago, a guy selling insurance came to my door and quietly told me..."
He was hypnotized, in a trance, and recounted the past.
"I didn't believe it at first, but when Elsa contracted the plague, I panicked and started praying to Him..."
The man gave some more details, but there was very little useful information.
He didn't even know the insurance salesman's name.
Chen Lun frowned.
Just now he heard the man praying and reciting the complete name, and the prompt was triggered.
[You know the honorable name of "Lord of Disease" and gain 5,000 experience points! Insight attribute +1! 】
This means that the "Lord of Disease" does exist!
And His status is definitely not low!
‘This matter involves a lot...’
Based on the man's clues, Chen Lun secretly performed divination with his stick, hoping to find out the location of the "insurance salesman"... But the predicted results were quite strange, and no such person was found.
This person is either dead, or there is interference from a higher authority. But with Chen Lun's current divination weight, the only thing that can deceive the results is a power of high sequence or above.
The recent spread of the plague, as well as the "Lord of the Disease" he now learned about, made it difficult for Chen Lun not to connect the two.
It seems that there is a deeper secret hidden behind this matter.
Just now on the third floor, he used the [Peer Eye] to scan around and discovered a shocking fact - everyone, including the man in front of him, had the negative state of "lurking plague".
It's just that the man in front of me is slightly different.
His status is "lurking plague source", and it seems that other people's abnormalities are caused by him.
In this situation, Chen Lun couldn't help but make a guess:
‘Perhaps the recent outbreak of plague is related to that person’s belief... As long as someone believes in Him and fulfills certain conditions or rituals, they will unknowingly become a source of plague...
When the time is right, those latent ones infected by the plague source will break out and then die in a very short time...! ’
He thought to himself and felt a little chilly.
Not just in the mind, but also in the body.
At the same time, Chen Lun suddenly felt that his throat was a little itchy.
[Spiritual Intuition] showed signs, and Chen Lun immediately understood in his mind that this was a man on the ground, spreading an invisible plague infection to himself.
But my poison resistance was too high, so I didn't get infected.
The man suddenly knelt on the ground and retched.
Black spots slowly began to appear on his body surface. Soon, after a few breathless moments, the black spots spread all over his body. He fell to the ground and struggled and twitched a few times before making no sound.
‘Dead…’
Chen Lun looked at him silently.
‘Whether he jumps or not, the outcome is already determined. ’
At this moment, the sky has completely darkened and night has fallen.
He ignored the body on the ground and turned to leave.
‘I just interrupted his sacrifice, so I didn’t cause the disease of other plague lurkers in this hospital to explode, and I gave myself some time... But let’s leave the mess here to the asylum. ’
After Chen Lun made up his mind to leave, he wrote a letter to Meng Na.
Tell us in detail what is going on here, and even reveal a little bit about the existence of the "Lord of Disease".
‘Including the Church of the Moon. After all, it is the only extraordinary organization existing in Amber City... Give them a headache. ’
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Mrs. Caroline moved to the inner city.
She placed Mr. Taut in her home for easy care, but the old man seemed to be still sleeping with no sign of waking up.
That day, Chen Lun rode in a carriage and took Maggie, who had just returned to the manor, to visit. The plan was to let her have close contact with this latent plague, and at the same time solve the illnesses of the two old people.
"Captain, I found that the nature of this plague is very special!"
In the carriage, Maggie excitedly talked about her new discoveries during her travels.
She still had bottles and cans in her hand, and she wanted to open them all and stuff Chen Lun's head in one by one to take a closer look.
But she didn't dare.
He could only act like a child and show Chen Lun all kinds of strange things inside. There were jelly-like gels, rotten flesh-like things, and various viscous liquids. All in all, they were very unappetizing.
"They are actually very common small creatures. Well, do you understand? They are very small, but invisible to the naked eye..."
Maggie explained thoughtfully.
Chen Lun nodded and rolled his eyes secretly.
"Of course, microorganisms and tiny harmful germs."
"Yes! That's the name! I didn't expect you, leader, to pay attention to the latest scientific research reports. The professor of the Royal Academy of Trisul is named after him!"
Maggie looked surprised.
She continued:
"The recent outbreaks of plague, the Black Death, Yellow Fever and Red Dance, are actually caused by a variety of common bacteria and viruses.
Originally, these pathogenic factors could at most cause mild flu or simple fever, but through some strange and strange way, they completed an incredible combination, morphed, and were enhanced to an unprecedented degree...! ”
Maggie vowed:
"This is definitely not a natural phenomenon. I am certain that there is an invisible hand behind the plague, driving the birth of these diseases... They cannot appear out of thin air!"
Chen Lun was a little touched after hearing her words.
Combined with his guess about the "Lord of Disease", he felt that he was getting closer and closer to the truth. Thanks to book friend 20220518000029511 for the 1500-point reward~Li Baba’s 1500-point reward~Jianghu is not a 500-point reward~Gu Kui’s 100-point reward~
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