Chapter 415 The Secret Diffusion
Lynch feels particularly lucky for two things now.
First, thanks to people’s living habits, since the age of mythology, buildings in this world have had doors.
Second, thank the infected people for not learning to open the door.
So the situation is better than he imagined, although the good is limited.
One of the other three guards had a family with just two parents. The old couple did not want to eat. They only prepared one portion for their son for dinner last night. The two of them ate the food stored at home, so they were safe and sound. .
But the family members of the other two families ate some, and all nine people were infected. Fortunately, the door of their house was relatively strong, and before they could break open the door and attack passers-by, Terry arrived with his soldiers.
The situation was brought under control in time, but no one was happy about it. Anyone with a brain can see that the situation in the city is like a rotten broken ship. Water may leak everywhere. Although it is blocked, it has already appeared. gap, but no one knows whether the next gap will cause the broken ship to collapse directly.
There are always dangers, but at least it’s okay for now.
There are just nine more infected people, and the underground prison can no longer hold it. But seeing that the medicine might be prepared tomorrow, it would be too cruel to purify these infected people directly now. No one has the heart to do it, so they can only let these people squeeze in first. After all, they should not complain that the living environment is not comfortable enough.
The food that was suspected to be problematic was gathered together. One family had eaten all the food, leaving only empty bags and baskets. The remaining food from the other two families was gathered together. Let’s make an estimate. , the types and quantities of the four portions are very similar, and it looks like food prepared in the same way.
Lin Qi held his pipe in his mouth and stared at the food closely, occasionally discussing a few words in a low voice with the two ladies. The heavily armed Terry Knight stood aside with his hands lowered, watching Lynch's expression carefully.
"I'm thinking about something." Looking at the rugged knight's pitiful eyes, Lynch sighed and explained, "I have been exposed to some stories about hard life. There are very few people who are used to living a hard life. After getting the exquisite food, some people are willing to eat it all at once. Like other restaurants, it is most normal to only eat a little bit. So what happened to the one with only empty containers? "
"They...hid the food?"
"That's best, I'm afraid not. I'm worried that they only left a small amount of food for themselves, and the rest was gone before dinner yesterday They sold it." Lin Qi smiled bitterly, "This means that these dangerous things have been divided into countless portions and are being passed around the corners of the city. My only hope is that the people who buy them will be reluctant to eat them for a while. Be patient until tomorrow night, otherwise..."
Knight Terry was stunned for a long time with a pale face, and suddenly stamped his foot: "I will immediately send people to investigate, ask door to door, and find things at all costs."
"Be sure to keep it confidential, sometimes Panic is more terrifying than the destructive power of the plague," Lynch reminded, "In addition, arrange for soldiers to go. Don't go by yourself. There is something we need to discuss with you now."
Terry Knight thought again. As soon as it sank, soldiers were arranged to go door to door to check and interrogate, and they hurried back. He now did not dare to despise Lynch's words at all, and listened to his every word as if he were listening to the king's will.
"I want to discuss what the other party wants to do and to what extent." Lynch gestured to Judy to help translate, and explained to Terry Knight, "Before these four people, the other party's behavior was directional, whether it was in distress The travelers, Leonard and Kemit, all have precise targets. Although the bite is contagious, at least it is directional in origin. "We can regard this behavior as an experimental one." He nodded vigorously, but Lynch doubted whether he understood. After all, this person must have never been in a university laboratory in the 21st century.
But it doesn’t matter. Lynch said that these are also opportunities to sort out his thoughts. He continued to analyze: "But starting from the families of these four people, the behavior patterns have changed significantly, and the goals have begun. Spread to their family members and even unrelated people. There are often underlying reasons for this change. Well, it should be that the preliminary experiment was successful and the other party is ready to further expand the scope of the experiment and obtain more data.”
"Now that results from further experiments have begun to appear, what then? If he is satisfied and stops doing other experiments, then it will be safe for us to control the existing infected people."
< br>As he said this, he sighed in his heart. Lin Qi also hoped that the plot would develop like this, but the information read in the deep layer did not say so:
"But in case the other party continues to expand The scope of the experiment, or one of the other party's purposes, is to spread this plague throughout the city and completely destroy it. Then we will not be safe for a second, just like these foods that spread the plague, I can sense these now. There is an abnormality, but it is already very weak. I can’t guarantee that I can still detect it if the concentration is lower, let alone the source of the next experiment. Maybe tonight we will be under the conspiracy of the manipulator behind the scenes. By eating the plague food without realizing it, everyone becomes an infected madman.”
"So the situation may collapse at any time. We must at least support it until the drug is available, and we must prepare for the worst. What if the antidote cannot be prepared or is not as effective." As he spoke, Lynch suddenly He was stunned, frowned and thought for a while, then sighed softly, collected his emotions and continued, "The most effective way now is to walk on two legs, mix medicine and find the person who caused all this. So, Mr. Knight, what do you think? Do you have any ideas about this? "
Terry Knight closed his mouth tightly, his expression tense and silent, but his eyes became quite complicated.
"We actually already have an idea, but we are outsiders and what we say has no credibility." Lynch smiled and said calmly, "Now that the matter has been laid out in front of you, then It’s up to you to consider the answer to this question.”
"I..." Knight Terry looked around to make sure that none of his men were nearby, and only these few travelers were around, and then whispered, "Before Kemit and Leonard set off, the Lord of the City met them specially. , telling them how to report to the police. This is a normal process, but after the interview, they set off directly from the city lord's palace and did not return to the fortress to collect the food. "
"Is this abnormal? "
"It's normal, because the Lord of the City cares about the soldiers and often prepares food on the road directly from the kitchen of the mansion for the soldiers who are sending letters on missions."
"Of course the food in the city lord's mansion will not be the same as ordinary people. It must be high-quality and fine ingredients." Lin Qi smiled and looked at the plague food in front of him, "Is this all you want?"
Terry Knight pursed his lips: "Large pieces of bacon, fresh fruits, and fine flour are not what ordinary people can get at home, and they are still four servings of the same thing at a time. What you just said reminded me of something Something happened. Mr. Lodge, the housekeeper of the City Lord’s Mansion, came to me a few days ago and said that he would ask me to borrow four soldiers to help move some things in two days. I asked him to pick the people himself.”
"Do you think it might be the four of them? What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to see the city lord and ask him clearly in person."
"That's why Dr. Swain stopped you." Lynch rolled his eyes and induced, "It would be the most stupid thing to question the city lord in person now. Instead of asking the city lord rashly, why not ask the magical one first... and ask the housekeeper?"
As he spoke, Lin Qi pulled the knight and murmured for a while, making the knight nod frequently, and then Depart with hope.
(End of this chapter)