Chapter 427 Good News and Bad News
What the hell.
Lin Qi retracted his fingers and broke into a cold sweat.
This thing is essentially a highly poisonous fruit. It has no hard shell and is impossible to bite your fingers. However, it was so sudden that it still startled Lynch.
What's going on?
The four of them looked at each other in shock, a little confused about the situation.
Ms. Nightingale had never said that this thing would bite people before, and the finished product in the two tests did not bite Lynch. He was only chased and beaten by the tester for poking the lady's face.
But why did you bite me this time? Is it the wake-up gas that just came off? Or do you get annoyed just by looking at me?
Lin Qi thought for a while and stretched out his finger again.
The moment it touched the peel, the already open mouth closed again at a very fast speed. If the person's head hadn't been unable to turn, he might have actually bitten it.
Lynch closed his eyes and calmed down for a moment, then looked at Officer Natalie. The officer understood what she was doing and stretched out her finger towards the fruit.
Be obedient, don’t bite, and don’t learn from your prototype.
However, it was broken at the first touch, because the fruit's mouth bit down again.
Absolutely something is wrong.
Not because it is the first time, nor because it distinguishes the target, this thing just bites people indiscriminately.
Exactly like those crazy infected people.
An ominous premonition arose in the four people's hearts. This thing has a symbol of human beings, and it won't be contaminated by this plague.
But they were not bitten, how could they be infected?
"No, they only have human symbols, but they are still plants in essence." Miss Diana said, "Just like those contaminated grains."
"But this shouldn't happen, tester The finished product doesn't have this phenomenon." Lin Qi felt his head was pounding and thought, "Although what happened in the strange object has changed because of our arrival, it should not be fundamentally changed. For example, the culprits must be old Swin and the city lord, the contamination must be the grains, and the method must be the body of the younger son Jack. However, the recent behavior has caused things to change. This means that there must be problems with the soil and grains during the test. , if it can really contaminate the human face fruit, they will be fine those two times."
"That's right...but I still tend to think that there is something wrong with such a high stillbirth rate. It also bites people, everything is contaminated. ”
"Rather than making guesses like this, it's better to harvest the remaining fruits first." Officer Natalie interrupted the two people's entanglement, "Maybe it's just an isolated incident, and everything else is normal."
Well, that's true. Without any evidence, I'm still too nervous.
Lin Qi scratched his head in embarrassment, carefully put away the four heads of his own, and went straight to the next location.
However, it turns out that the two of them were not wasting their time, and the plant was not an isolated proof.
The first batch of ten plants were all mature, but their growth was poor and the stillbirth rate was high. Only three plants had eight viable fruits.
But these eight are crazy, trying to bite anyone who touches them.
This forced Lynch to admit that the fruits may indeed be contaminated.
But why is there such a big difference from the test results?
“Want to hear my guess?”
"Are you awake?" Lynch realized that it was Judy who had regained consciousness. "You have woken up several times in the past few days. I heard that you were awake all night last night. Are you mentally okay?"
"There is a small problem, but it can be solved, and the situation here is more interesting." Judy's eyes were full of interest, "I have a guess."
"Huh?"
"City is a concept." Judy's erratic voice became firm and powerful, and her eyes were full of confidence. Perhaps this is the true temperament of the Fiery Lady's family, "In this concept, there are already subsidiary concepts such as resistance and isolation. "
The other three listened carefully and nodded in unison.
“According to our speculation, the body was buried outside the city before, thereby contaminating the soil in the entire area, causing this year’s crops to be contaminated, and becoming the source of the plague. But between the two In this test, the human-faced fruits planted in the city were normal. That is because the concept of the city protected the soil in the city and isolated the concept of plague.”
No one spoke. After a long silence, Miss Diana said thoughtfully: "It makes sense. The concept of isolation protects the city, but this time... Phew, I understand." All three listeners Got it.
"I am afraid that our arrival or the attention of the billions of radiant lords has slightly changed everything, causing old Swindi to have the idea of digging up the body in advance." Lynch took over and continued, "This not only caused the Lord Jackson to make sure his son woke up in advance and prepare a room for his son in advance, but also caused the body that was originally outside the city to arrive in the city, and happened to be hidden in the basement. In theory, it was also buried in the city. Underground. So the plants in the city that were not polluted were also polluted and turned into crazy plants.”
Judy nodded and said: "Yes, this is just a guess I made based on my occult knowledge. It may not be correct."
"But at least it is the most reasonable guess right now." Lynch said, " The biggest question now is, can such a fruit still be used?"
A few people looked at each other, and no one could answer this question.
The purpose of the Human Face Fruit is to prepare medicine to treat the plague, but now the fruit itself is contaminated by the plague. Although the fruit only works from the concept of mysticism and is not actually added to the medicines taken, can medicines prepared under the influence of the concept of pollution not be affected?
The possibility is probably very low.
A few people felt a sense of despair in their hearts.
These days of hard work, the purpose is these fruits, but because of his arrival, the fruits were contaminated.
Did this mission end in failure?
Indeed, even if you fail, you can still spend another five days and start over, but the situation in the Fifth Age is no better than here. The plague may break out at any time within ten days, so you have to set aside some time. In terms of transportation time, there are still five more days to start over.
Natalie clenched her fists, and Diana bit her lip. Although theoretically, there was still hope for tomorrow's batch, but as long as the inference just now was correct, there would be no change for tomorrow's batch, and they would still be contaminated.
The two of them felt quite disappointed.
However, Lin Qi suddenly slapped his palm and his eyes lit up.
"No, we still have hope. Don't forget, we left the last batch of spare supplies outside the city."
"Counting the time, when we were planting fruits outside the city, that The corpse has been moved to the basement. "
"The concept of city barrier protection is not only aimed at the outside of the city, it will also prevent the concept of the city from spreading outside the city, just like the house model can isolate the color of the stars. The concept is the same.”
"In other words, as long as the corpse does not contaminate the soil for a long time, but only uses the soil as a medium to transfer it to the grains, then the batch of human face fruits outside the city will be safe. That is our last hope."
"As long as the stillbirth rate is not as high as in the city, our mission may not fail."
The words woke up the dreamer, and it turned out to be true after thinking about it carefully.
Seeing that it was almost noon, the four of them did not dare to neglect and hurriedly watered the last two batches of fruits inside and outside the city, especially the batch outside the city. After confirming that there was nothing abnormal, they returned to the fortress with anxiety. .
Doctor Swain was sitting beside his cauldron and was startled when he saw the four returning people: "Looking at your faces, it seems that things are not going well."
"A piece of good news and "Bad news." Lin Qi said happily, "The bad news is that my head is going crazy."
Then he took out eight heads and showed Dr. Swain how the plants bite people.
“What about the good news?”
“The good news is that we may still have a few heads who are not crazy. We won’t know the result until tomorrow.”
Seeing that Lynch was still having fun at this time, Dr. Swain shook his head and said, "I also have good news and bad news."
Lynch couldn't laugh anymore: "Go ahead, I'll take it." Live.”
“The good news is that the medicine has been prepared.”
"What's the bad news?"
"The effect is not as expected." Dr. Swain said with a wry smile, "It cannot cure the infected."
Lynch felt that his breathing was slow. One shot.
Medication not working? Is this plague simply impossible to cure with medicine? What about the plague outside?
The hearts of the four of them were clenched, but seeing that Dr. Swain did not look desperate, Lynch still tried to stay calm and asked:
"What do you mean, explain it clearly. ”
(End of this chapter)