Chapter 797: Prelude to the zombie wave, countdown to return!
The mighty Longlong Fairy River runs through the entire wasteland.
The weather in December is already slightly cold, and the breeze on the river is blowing with a chill that makes people shrink their necks.
As the least suitable season for traveling, winter is also the time when all living things subconsciously take a rest.
On the Longlin River.
A fleet that stretches for several miles is moving forward resolutely, and the crew members who can be seen everywhere have put on thick and warm cotton clothes.
Hundreds of small boats are at the head, and hundreds of large ships are at the tail.
Compared with when the fleet just set off three months ago, the large and small ships in the Tianyuan fleet are no longer the same as before as they continue to sail and fight.
On the outside of most ships, undisguised patches and scars can already be seen.
Even the tail of the main cruiser in the center of the fleet can be seen with an obvious dark gap, which has not been repaired yet.
But it is precisely because of this that the entire fleet has become less flashy and more composed.
The elegance of the past is gone, and there is a hint of frightening ferocity.
The deck of the ship.
Sumo picked up a cup of hot ginger tea sent by the guard, leaned against the railing and took a sip. The tea with a strong ginger flavor went straight down his throat, and a wave of excitement arose. Comfortable warmth.
There is no reference for time during the voyage, and it passes extremely quickly. It often takes three to five days to reach the destination on a single voyage.
After more than three months, he had used various means to smooth out two-thirds of the Changlong Xianjiang River going down Tianyuan territory.
Now we are not far away from the destination of this trip, the Longwei River at the end.
It will take more than a month at most to complete all the tasks of this trip and open up this trade route.
And.
Along the way, whenever he visited a new place, the first thing he did was to try his best to find out all kinds of information.
From the most common information about previous shelters, to slightly valuable information about excavation of ruins, to all kinds of mineral resources, natural resources, and energy resources.
It doesn’t matter whether it has been excavated, whether it has had an owner during this period, or whether it has already lost its previous value.
Relying on trading points and supplies to open the way, Soma has now collected hundreds of pieces of information about the ruins alone, including even more about minerals, rare and exotic treasures, and so on.
Not only that, relying on the increasingly powerful influence during the fleet journey, he will also see novel technologies in various territories along the way, and use various means to exchange, buy, and rob them all. Come.
Anything that would benefit the development of the territory, anything that had some potential, Sumo would accept them all, and make copies of them without missing any one, and put them into his pocket.
Today, the number of these technologies is close to fifty, and the categories involved are as many as hundreds.
Although these technologies are still not enough to compare with Yusanjia’s bottom-of-the-box technologies.
And the game may not necessarily let him take back all the gains at the end of the ruins mission.
But this level is already the limit of what he can do.
The next step is to complete various tasks assigned by the game, try to get your score as high as possible, and strive for better rewards.
As he drank the hot tea in the cup, he recovered his thoughts and softly exhaled a breath of hot breath, forming a small pale white circle in the air.
Compared with the information he collected, he was actually more concerned about how adventurer terminals were made in the Adventurer Alliance.
After understanding the power of the ocean and further testing with Xing Yue along the way.
As for the Adventurer Terminal, he is now 100% sure that this tenfold is definitely using a power similar to the power of the ocean.
Only this kind of power can open space and store items in it.
According to the news from the Adventurer League headquarters that Sumo had been trying to find out over the past three months, the production of the terminal was actually not at the same place as the location where the mission was released.
He wanted to find the production location of this device and obtain the production materials inside it, which could not be found in the three major territories.
Extremely difficult!
Unless the other party comes to you!
Creak.
There was a sound of a hatch opening on the deck, coming from the left side, attracting Somo's attention.
"Mr. Su, our Tianyuan fleet is already approaching the Fu'an United Territory. According to the information previously detected, although a dock has been spontaneously built here to accommodate our berthing, the blood in their territory is The epidemic has become very serious and is starting to spread. Do you think we should get out of the way?" Zhang Long, director of the Fleet Data Integration Department, came over with a thick book of information.
Liu Neng, the minister responsible for personnel coordination behind him, was not slow and also stepped out of the opened door.
"Fu'an United Territory is actually a temporary camp with a current population of about 30,000 people. It was a temporary territory formed after the collision of more than a dozen small territories. According to our intelligence , 60% of the people inside have already suffered from blood plague, the situation is not optimistic, the threat level is currently rated as orange-red"
"Is it already so serious?"
Along the way, Sumo left most of the navigation tasks to Lu Yongyi because he had to collect all kinds of information.
Including the blood epidemic that was gradually raging, he only heard about it and didn't really take it to heart.
Now that he was listening to the report of the two people, he began to frown and took the information, sitting on a raised place on the deck and reading through it.
"The blood epidemic transmission channel is currently unknown. There are three known channels."
"First, it is transmitted through blood. Once a small amount of blood is exchanged, the disease will immediately take root in the new host. "Within"
"Second, it is transmitted through gases. Bodies that died of blood plague infection cannot be burned and can only be buried. Once burned, blood plague gas will be produced, and if you inhale the mouth and nose, you will be infected with the disease."
"Third, Liquid transmission, drinking a large amount of liquid mixed with the blood of an infected person, will also be called the target of the epidemic."
The beginning of the material introduces in detail the general infection route of the blood epidemic, as well as the symptoms after the onset.
In the early stage, infected people only have an impulse for flesh and blood, and have an uncontrollable desire to hunt.
In the mid-term, the infected person's body will decline rapidly, begin to suffer from extensive organ failure, and then complications will develop.
In the later stages, the infected person's blood will gradually decrease and gradually degenerate into a mummy until death.
“So scary?”
Su Mo was shocked and quickly continued to read the information below.
It is already early December, and there are still about five months until the zombie wave arrives.
But before that, why did a blood epidemic suddenly appear? Isn’t this
Wait
Looking through the various cases collected later, a thought flashed through Sumohu's mind.
“Don’t tell me?!”
People infected with the blood plague will be unable to restrain their desire to attack and try to attack the same kind.
And after the same kind is attacked and exchanges blood, they will also be infected into new blood plague receptors.
This is very similar to the so-called main force of zombies in the upcoming zombie crisis.
If you look at it aside from the mid-term and late stages, this so-called blood epidemic is just like the prelude to the zombie tide!
If it is not controlled, I am afraid that the zombie wave will not arrive before.
The number of humans must be reduced by at least half first!
“Over there in the territory, what about the research on the blood epidemic?”
"The blood epidemic cannot be cured. Unless the infected individual undergoes a systemic blood transfusion within a short period of time and all the old blood is replaced, there is a slight possibility of recovery. All other methods can only delay the onset of disease and the degree of pain."
Liu Neng felt a little hairy all over when Su Mo stared at him directly.
“But a few days ago, the Academy of Sciences has researched and formulated blood plague inhibitors, which can greatly delay the life time of infected people and reduce the pain caused by the disease. After we received the formula and made it , the infected people on the ship have also verified the treatment effect, which is indeed very good."
"Take me to see" Sumo stood up without hesitation.
If the blood epidemic is really the prelude to the zombie outbreak, then if these infected people are left on the ship, wouldn't they turn into bombs at any time?
It's unclear where Connie, who was once assigned by him to study the virus, has been in the past eight years.
There is no way to see or hear what disaster happened in the wasteland in the second year, and whether the so-called zombie disaster has ever broken out.
Sumo was extremely cautious and soon followed the two of them to the medical room in the cruiser's cabin.
"Commander, please put on this protective suit, just in case."
It is said to be a medical room, but in fact it has become a small prison, with arm-thick steel bars on the outside. All possible places to escape.
Putting on the thick black protective clothing handed over by the medical staff, Sumo coughed lightly and strode in.
When entering the nose, there is a strong smell of disinfectant.
There are many beds in the medical room. At a glance, it can be seen that there are over a hundred people.
After taking the so-called inhibitors, these people were in good spirits. Before they noticed that he came in, there were many people playing cards and chatting.
It wasn’t until the door opened that he stood up and greeted him respectfully.
"How are you feeling? Do you feel anything strange?" Walking to bed No. 1, which had been infected the longest, Sumo sat down and looked at the middle-aged man with a sallow complexion.
It's better than expected. Compared with the zombies I saw on the train before, these people obviously still have complete sanity.
This made Sumo feel slightly relieved.
“Commander, I have no other feelings except...except that I am very thirsty and always want to drink blood.”
"Yes, yes, I still want to fight with someone, but I always feel dissatisfied with the other person." He touched his head nonchalantly, but the man did not dare to lie, and honestly explained all his symptoms.
"What about you, how do you feel?" Sumo looked at bed No. 2 again.
The infected person is a strong woman. Compared with the middle-aged man, her complexion is much better, and she seems to have a slight blush.
When asked by Sumo, the woman shook her head repeatedly: "Commander, I don't have the same feelings as Lao Liu, I just..."
"Just what?" She looked at the woman squirming. , Sumo asked repeatedly.
"Well, my, uh, desire is wrong. The demand in that area has increased a lot."
His.
Through the protective clothing, he saw the woman's brows were bright, and Su Mo quickly hit him Shivering, he walked to the bed in the back.
This blood epidemic is too strange. Does everyone have different symptoms?
“Commander, I also want to drink blood, and I have always had an irrepressible urge to run out and jump constantly. Look at my legs, they have strengthened a lot recently, and I feel like I can now Jump three meters high!”
"Commander, I want to eat meat. They said that my metabolism has become very fast and I must always take in high calories. But look at me, my strength has become great now. I can easily lift a 60kg dumbbell. "Commander, I want to drink blood and eat meat. My changes are not obvious physically, but I feel that my mind is much smarter than before. Can you see if my head is better than before?" Were you much bigger before?"
"Commander, I'm so thirsty. I drink more than ten or twenty liters of fresh water every day. I only weighed one hundred and ninety pounds before, but now I weigh three hundred and ninety pounds. , and my skin is getting rougher and thicker."
"Commander"
Time passes little by little.
Soma walked back and listened to these people's explanations of their symptoms.
Compared with the people who got the blood plague according to the data, most of the people who were treated in the medical cabin were in good condition.
No one died without treatment, and no one was in so much pain that he couldn't get out of bed.
But the more he heard these different symptoms, the colder Somo's heart became.
No other.
The more diverse the symptoms of a disease, the less likely it is to be completely treated.
Hundreds of people, more than thirty different symptoms.
This alone shows how difficult this blood epidemic is.
And if these people who gain different abilities will become members of the zombie tide in the future.
Suma walked out of the medical cabin with a gloomy face, took off his protective clothing, and kept walking. He walked towards the cabin where Lu Yongyi was.
Sure enough, I still underestimated the difficulty of the zombie wave in the mission.
This kind of world-destroying disaster will obviously not come for another five months.
But now, a clue has been revealed.
Based on the remaining time of the voyage, at least three months of the remaining five months will be wasted.
With only two months left, even if it was close to the upper limit of human biology, Sumo was not sure that he would be able to develop a way to overcome the blood epidemic in such a short period of time.
"It seems that I have to return early. I must find the technology of the adventurer terminal as soon as possible and return to the territory to study ways to fight the blood epidemic." "Take it back"
"If you can't finish it, you can only take the subsistence allowance, and you can't take the armor with you. It would be a big loss if you can't take the other things with you."
Go all the way up.
The first thing Sumo thought of was to find a way to find Anzi Connie, who was researching the anti-zombie virus at the time.
On the surface, he established a laboratory underground in Magu Shelter and put Yan Xiaqing in charge of researching the antidote.
But in fact, Connie, who was sent out secretly, was not idle either, and was also tasked with research.
If it is determined that this blood epidemic is related to the previous zombie virus, then there must be something in common between the two, and a lot of research procedures can be omitted.
Just looking through the territory in the game panel now, I can't find any information about Connie.
There is no accurate information about where the remaining aliens have fled to.
If you want to find it, you still have to
"The Adventurers Alliance, it seems that we have to risk our lives again!"
"Fortunately, Lao Lu is here, the rest of the way for the fleet With him in charge, I can rest assured that we can travel without any delay."
Su Mo felt certain and opened the door of Lu Yongyi's cabin and walked in.
Fu'an United Territory.
Temporary pier.
Earlier, when the Tianyuan fleet went all the way down the Changlong Xianjiang River, it actually needed to send its own people to build a docking dock.
Very few territories would send manpower and material resources to build facilities in order to welcome the arrival of this obviously aggressive fleet.
But as the three major battles were settled.
The Tianyuan Fleet relied on its own strength to break up six large territories.
The situation has gradually changed!
When more and more people saw the strength of the Tianyuan fleet and saw the changes in the benefits gained by those territories they passed along the way.
From fearing the arrival of the fleet to looking forward to the arrival of the fleet.
It only took a month, and most civilians even went to build the dock spontaneously, just hoping that the Tianyuan fleet would come over soon.
“Brother Xun, do you think we can be the first to trade with Mr. Su?”
Watching countless ships approaching from a distance, a group of children led by Zhou Xun crowded nervously at the front of the dock.
They looked at the mighty Tianyuan cruiser, their eyes exuding expectation and envy from the inside out.
"Of course, I have collected a lot of information, Mr. Su will definitely be interested!"
Zhou Xun spoke confidently, with a hint of cunning in his eyes.
Unlike ordinary people in the camp, his way of learning information is not limited to word of mouth.
Relying on the device he got by accident, he could even communicate with people from a long distance, and he had already figured out Mr. Su's preferences.
As long as the fleet stops, he will rush up immediately, there will be absolutely no problem.
Unless
"Brother Xun, the speed of the fleet does not seem to have slowed down, they"
Pointing to the small ships that had passed by in front, some people could no longer hold back. shouted in the distance, his eyes excited.
However, many people suddenly discovered that the fleet's route still remained on the center line, with no intention of stopping.
“Don’t worry, they will definitely leave room for Mr. Su’s car.”
Zhou Xun comforted those around him and also comforted himself.
The fleet stopped in the territory of thousands of people along the way. There are 30,000 people in their Fu'an United Territory. There is no reason to stop!
As long as the Tianyuan cruiser stops, as long as it stops.
Staring at the tall ship with the blue and red military flags, Zhou Xun kept mumbling in his mouth and praying in his heart.
However.
When the ship sailed past the dock without any hesitation, it kept a cold attitude and sailed past the dock.
When more and more people around us shouted "stop", some even knelt on the ground and kowtowed to pray for the other party to stop.
He suddenly realized.
Fate made a joke with everyone present, hope turned out not to belong to anyone present.
Everything he did, everything he worked for.
Facing the cruel reality, just like ordinary people facing a blood epidemic, they are helpless!
(End of this chapter)