Chapter 414: Race against time
After all, there is still no way to avoid what is coming.
Under Lynch's extreme operation, the small town was peaceful for two days, but just before the dawn was about to light up, the plague spread.
And it came without warning.
Seeing that Knight Terry looked ugly and a little panicked, Lynch simply gave the order directly.
Officer Natalie protected Dr. Swain and stayed in the fortress, concentrating on researching treatment drugs and striving to produce results as quickly as possible. The remaining three people went to the scene of the incident with Terry Knight to find out what happened and why the plague suddenly spread.
Is the culprit behind the scenes taking action again? Or was it that the previous strict precautions were strictly guarded, or did something slip through the net?
Lin Qi is not sure now, but he is not panicking. He has taken the lead several times in the past and has begun to develop the drug.
As long as you persist until the drug comes out, everything will be fine, just like the current situation in the real world outside.
After several days of contact, this rugged knight already admired Lynch quite a lot and obeyed orders almost unconditionally. As soon as Lynch said it, he immediately followed the arrangement. Of course Dr. Swain would not object, so a few minutes later, everyone The troops were divided into two groups, and Lynch and the other three followed Knight Terry straight to the west of the city.
No one had time to ask about the detailed situation until they had already set off.
There was a family, parents and a little girl. They got sick at noon. They suddenly rushed out of the house at noon, chased people on the street and bit them. They killed two people on the spot and injured seven others. Eight days later, the soldiers who Terry had arranged to patrol repeatedly arrived in a hurry and temporarily brought the situation under control.
Based on previous experience, the three lunatics should have been killed on the spot, but the soldiers did not take action and just controlled the lunatic.
"Why didn't you take action? Any kindness will come at a heavy price."
But before the soldier could answer, there was a loud noise in the distance.
The west side of the city has arrived.
Terry stopped asking and strode over. However, as soon as he entered the scene, the knight froze in place.
Lin Qi also followed. The first thing he saw were two middle-aged men and women in their forties and a little girl about ten years old. They were both in a state of extreme madness, with bloodshot eyes and bulging blood vessels on their faces. Starting from the beginning, the behavior was exactly the same as that of the crazy soldiers before.
"It's them..."
"Huh?"
"Blue's family." Knight Terry said solemnly, "Blue is one of the four guards at the south gate. They Why are you getting sick too?”
Lynch did not answer, but looked around with Diana Judy.
The scene was very tragic, with blood everywhere. The bodies of the two victims were lying nearby, with gnawing marks all over their faces and necks. The smell of blood was disgusting.
In addition, there were eight injured, none of them serious, just a few bites on their hands and legs.
At this time, several soldiers used the excuse of asking Ms. Swain to help bandage and treat them. While waiting for the doctor to arrive, these people complained about why their neighbors suddenly went crazy, unaware that their fate was already sealed.
Looking at this, Lin Qi nodded secretly. It was indeed the dark age. Even the soldiers in the small border town were on duty with their brains. This ability to adapt to changes was much stronger than many people in the previous life.
But this is not enough.
Lynch and Miss Diana murmured for a while, then lowered their heads and fell into deep thought. After thinking for a while, he looked up and saw a big face in front of him, which made him almost punch him. When Knight Terry saw him thinking deeply, he stared at him expectantly, waiting for him to make a key comment.
“Treat them first.” Lynch ignored the expectations of the armed knight, “Diana, help these injured people stop bleeding first, don’t heal them, just stop the bleeding. .”
Then he said to Judy: "Help me translate for Terry, and ask him to send people to find a reason to bring these injured people who have treated wounds back to the fort for forced isolation. These are infected people, and they must not be allowed to stay in the fortress." Running around outside. In addition, let him send soldiers and witnesses to repeatedly confirm whether any injured people escaped before the soldiers arrived. If so, they must do their best to find them."
With the prestige accumulated before, the mission. Arrangements were made quickly. The city was lucky, there were no injured people who escaped, and these were all the people who stayed.
This made Lynch feel relieved. The spread of this kind of plague often grows exponentially. Once it spreads, it can no longer be controlled. What's more, this kind of plague will strike in three or four hours, which is too fast. If the infection is allowed to spread without control, it will be hard to say whether there will be any people alive in the city when the drug is developed at noon tomorrow.
But this was not safe. Lynch took out his pipe and lit it to get himself into the best state of mind. He pondered for a long time. After Terry Knight had arranged everything, Lynch said:
"I have a guess now. , about why these three people became ill. Just now we found that the problem was food, and it was fine and high-quality food. Although the stomachs of the four south gate guards were empty, it should be the same thing. So could it be? What did the four of them do together, and they were treated to these high-quality foods, and Blue didn't want to eat them all, and took some of them back to his family, so that his family was also infected?"
Special Knight Li was stunned and nodded thoughtfully.
In order to avoid exposing his doubts about the city lord, Lynch never mentioned the source of the problem and only analyzed the problem: "Then, if it is really a good thing that is rarely enjoyed in ordinary times, they may not be willing to eat it all at once, so maybe they still have it at home now Keep some. If my guess is right, just go and verify it. Do you know the location of his home? "
Of course, Terry immediately rushed to Bru with the remaining soldiers. After rummaging through my home, I really found something special in the cupboard.
A large piece of smoked beef, a basket of fresh fruits, a few loaves of soft white bread, and a bag of snow-white flour.
There seemed to be nothing unusual, but when Lin Qi looked at them, he always felt a slight tingling between his eyebrows.
Is this a mysterious thrill? Are these the sources of infection?
However, Diana and Judy shook their heads in confusion: "The mysterious reaction in the stomach contents just now was very obvious, but we didn't feel any mystery at all from these foods."
"But I have a feeling. It's just different from the stomach contents just now. The feeling is very weak..." Lin Qi muttered, "It's strange. I can't be delusional."
[It's not an illusion, Lynch. 】
"If it is not an illusion, then there is only one possibility. These are the sources, but the activation conditions have not been met." Under everyone's gaze, Lynch said firmly, "As for the activation conditions , it is probably eaten and mixed with gastric juice.”
"I can probably imagine what happened. After the four of them did something together, they didn't eat these things, but took them home. But it might have been very late at that time, so they didn't eat them until yesterday. I ate some exquisite food with my family, and then..."
"Then I got sick." Terry Knight thought, his expression distorted: "This means that these can make people crazy. Moreover, the contagious plague can be hidden in any food, and no one can detect it before eating it. Only when you go crazy will you know that what you eat is the source of the plague."
"No, at that time? There’s no such thing as ‘knowing’.” Lin Qi said with a wry smile, “If I’m not wrong, then as you said, the situation is so critical, and the plague may break out on a large scale at any time, and what we have to do is to spread the disease. Before Dr. Wen prepared the medicine, he firmly controlled the situation and stopped the spread of the plague at all costs. Hey, we were racing against time and against our opponents. It all depends on who is wrong. Take it back and let Dr. Swain test it and you will know. In addition, I also thought of another thing.”
"Huh?"
"The four of them should have gotten sick at about the same time, which means they ate at about the same time. Now that Blue's family members are sick, what about the other three family members?"
< br>“Damn!”
With cold sweat breaking out on his forehead, Terry kicked open the door and rushed out with his soldiers.
(End of this chapter)