Quadruple split.

Chapter 187 Analysis
The relaxed atmosphere didn't last long. After a short exchange of pleasantries, everyone began to seriously discuss the most important thing right now—mutants.

"It happened very suddenly." The city lord Sola looked up at the wall clock on the wall, and said with a bitter face: "It was about sixteen hours ago, when I was sitting here thinking about food, and then He was dragged to the top of the city by Byrne who slammed into the door directly, he is the guard captain of Mida City, one of the people I trust the most."

Xia Lian nodded: "Then what? What did you see at the top of the city?"

Sola's face was a little pale, he looked out the window in a daze, and replied in a low voice: "Hell..."

The middle-aged elf, who hadn't had a good rest for more than thirty hours, seemed to have just had time to get rid of his fear. His body trembled slightly, as if he had returned to the moment when he just appeared on the city wall last night, and the screams came one after another. The screams and howls were still in his ears, and the bloody smell in the cold wind almost suffocated him. The tense atmosphere of the previous ten hours did not leave the city owner with a little time to fear and despair, but when the crisis passed, Now, the negative emotions that had been imprisoned in Sora's heart finally broke out.

"It's all right, Mr. City Master, look at me." Xia Lian immediately walked in front of Sola, pressed the cross in her hand against the other's chin to force him to raise his head, and said word by word: "Calm down."

Sola calmed down in front of those hazy eyes, he smiled gratefully at Xia Lian, then took two steps back and sat down on his chair, apologetically saying: "I'm sorry, I lost my composure .”

"It's nothing, I see you..."

Xia Lian chuckled, and was about to make another few jokes, but was interrupted by Mo Tan who came forward.

"Your Excellency Sol." Mo Tan bowed to the middle-aged elf whose complexion was still a little pale, and said softly: "If possible, we hope that you can tell everything that happened before as soon as possible, maybe...time is running out too much."

Knight Tai Luo, who was standing beside Yuchen, frowned slightly, obviously dissatisfied with Mo Tan's behavior of interrupting Her Majesty the Holy Maiden, but the former tugged him lightly, and shook him firmly. Shake your head.

Xia Lian just glanced at Mo Tan with some surprise, and then turned her eyes to Sol together with him.

Sol, who had stabilized his mind, nodded, and said in a deep voice: "I heard a lot of screams just as I boarded the top of the city last night, and there was a strong smell of blood at the same time, so I immediately let the two accompanying people A priest casts Illuminati..."

With the help of the light of divine magic, the hell-like tragedy was reflected in front of Sol's eyes. Those originally simple and strong temporary barracks had turned into ruins, and there were mutilated corpses everywhere. The infected civilians who originally had more than [-] people In an instant, there were only a little over four thousand left, and this number was still decreasing rapidly.

Dozens of crazy figures rampaged through the crowd, roaring loudly, tearing apart any living thing that appeared in sight, their shriveled skin was covered with blood, and their physical fitness was far stronger than that of other civilians, like an efficient Harvesters are generally slaughtering frantically.

"Those monsters were all living people not long ago." Sol shook his head, smiled wryly and spread his hands to everyone: "No one knows why they are crazy, and they have become so powerful."

Xia Lian nodded slightly, motioning for him to continue talking.

Thor stroked the decorative longbow in his hand, and sighed: "Isolating those infected people outside the city is a stopgap measure. Thousands of people were slaughtered like this, I asked Byrne to take the guards out of the city to support those poor people, and then found those enthusiastic adventurers and entrusted them to help deal with those crises..."

"So the adventurers and the guards resisted those monsters for more than a dozen hours?" Furman couldn't help exclaiming: "God, what a heroic act..."

"It's not just that, Lord Priest." Thor's pale face finally became better, and he smiled proudly: "Soldiers and adventurers were the first batch of people who left the city, and after that, the mercenary guild and magician guild in the city , Thieves Guild, and Knights Association have almost all come out, and there are even many young and strong civilians who volunteered to go out of the city to support them, they are all good."

Taylor suddenly asked with some doubts: "I remember that most of the combat forces in the county were organized to go to the blockades some time ago, why..."

"You are right, Lord Knight." Sol nodded to Taylor, and then explained with a smile: "Most of the middle-level professionals have left, and those who stay in the city are mainly low-level or apprentices. Professionals, and many new faces who have never been to various guilds before, their strength is generally not very strong."

Tai Luo immediately stood in awe: "God bless you."

Mo Tan asked Sol after pondering for a while: "How are the strengths of those monsters? Are they high or low?"

"Sorry, I don't know much about this." Sol shook his head, and awkwardly removed the quiver hanging from his waist: "As Her Royal Highness said, I can be said to know nothing about combat, but You can go back and ask Byrne, he should be more clear."

After a short pause, Sol continued to tell everyone about the situation at that time...

At that time, after several support troops left the city one after another, the situation improved temporarily, and the civilians infected with the plague were slowly gathered together. Although hundreds of people were still killed in the process, most of them finally retreated there. Behind a simple line of defense that was temporarily established.

"Those monsters charged the defense line tirelessly. In the first period, because they didn't understand their weaknesses, many people died." Thor clenched his fists tightly, and said in a deep voice: "They don't seem to have obvious vital points. Except for being beheaded, we will never completely lose combat effectiveness, but we were still full of confidence at that time, after all, there were only less than one hundred of them, but..."

……

Ten minutes later, Xia Lian, Taylor, Bishop Furman, and the two players left the city hall with heavy faces. The Lord Saul, who hadn't closed his eyes for nearly two days, was helped to rest. He was exhausted but still wanted to continue. While working, he was given a sleep technique (physics) by Furman, and he probably wouldn't be able to wake up before dinner.

"What plans do you have next?" Xia Lian sat on the steps in front of the city hall, carefully placed the cross in her hand on the ground, and asked the frowning Furman: "It seems that the previous idea is no longer feasible. gone."

"I'll go back to the church first, maybe I can listen to the oracle of my lord." The strong orc priest sighed, and said in a low voice: "I really didn't expect this place to become like this overnight. If you are in a hurry to leave..."

Xia Lian shook her head: "If you stay here, it's just one more person boxing with those monsters. It's useless."

Fuhrman nodded, then took his leave and left.

After a while, Xia Lian looked up at the three of Mo Tan and asked in a low voice, "What do you think?"

"I don't think those monsters are strong in combat." Taro immediately replied sternly: "Although they are difficult to be fatally injured, and their speed and strength are higher than ordinary people, they are definitely not opponents of us paladins."

Xia Lian rolled her eyes, then looked at Yu Chen: "What do you think Wang Yu?"

Yuchen lowered his head and pursed his lips, and said in a low voice: "I want to go out of the city to find out the situation. Your Excellency Saul said that many of the healthy civilians who were injured by monsters immediately suffered from the plague. If this is a common situation If so... it will be troublesome."

"Yes, this is something we need to understand as soon as possible." Xia Lian nodded, and then glanced at Mo Tan: "You had the most questions just now, what did you think of?"

Mo Tan rubbed his forehead: "This incident must be related to the plague, because only the infected can become a monster. This can be seen from the fact that no one in Mida City has mutated. Five thousand people outside the city were infected with the plague. A total of more than [-] civilians in the city turned into monsters within [-] hours, but none of the [-] healthy civilians in the city had any problems, so it is obvious..."

Xia Lian smiled at him approvingly: "I think so too, is there anything else?"

"The direct factor of turning into a monster is indeed related to physical fitness." Mo Tan replied without thinking: "The Yuying girl said that three people in their team turned into monsters before, and the common point is that they are not in good health, and It is said that the physical condition of that group of people is not bad among the large number of refugee groups in the county. At least they can eat enough and sleep in tents at night, so the mutation rate may be relatively low. The specific situation is similar to that of the [-] people outside Mida City. , As for most of the other refugees, they are not so lucky. Lack of clothing and food, and weak health are common conditions, for example..."

Xia Lian blinked: "For example, what?"

"For example, the nineteen monsters that Yu Ying encountered before." Mo Tan said softly, "Maybe they are in a relatively poor state. Of course, this is just my guess."

Xia Lian tugged at her ears: "A very reliable guess."

"Also." Mo Tan narrowed his eyes and continued: "I just saw the map of Misha County in the city hall, and found that the distance between Mida City and Bunis Town is far away, but some of them have mutated, so……"

"Knights of Taylor." Xia Lian immediately looked back at Taylor, and said in a rare commanding tone: "Arrange fifty paladins to search around Mida City to see if there are those monsters everywhere. The bigger the range, the better."

Taylor immediately said loudly: "Yes!"

Then he nodded to Mo Tan and strode away.

Xia Lian looked Mo Tan up and down for a long time: "Is there any more? If there is, let's finish it at once."

"There is also the issue of the time of mutation." In the end, Mo Tan really didn't finish, he subconsciously tapped his chin with his index finger: "The time of mutation that Yuying said before is the same as the time when the infected civilians outside Mida City appeared. The time for the third batch of monsters is almost the same, and the time interval between the first batch that suddenly appeared to the second batch, and from the second batch to the third batch is almost five hours, so it seems... If there's going to be another batch, it's likely to be two hours away."

Both Yuchen and Xia Lian looked at him in surprise.

Maybe Mo Tan didn't make any difficult reasoning, but there are few people who can think through all the details in a short time like him, at least the two of them couldn't.

"There is one last point, although it is useless to say it now." Mo Tan said: "This situation should have started last night, because no matter how many people died of the plague before that, it has never changed. Having become that kind of monster, we must know that the population base of Hoover City is also sufficient, so if we can spare time to investigate the cause of this incident... Maybe we can pay attention to this time."

Xia Lian smacked her lips: "You are amazing."

'It's really reliable _(:3 」∠)_'

This is Yuchen's exclamation in the news.

Mo Tan spread his hands: "In short, that's all, Your Highness Xia Lian, please make up your mind."

"Let's stay in Mida City for the time being." Xia Lian nodded, and said while thinking: "After the knights who went out to search come back, if it is confirmed that this situation has occurred in the whole territory, then I will personally bring a batch People go out to deal with those monsters, they must not be kept!"

Yu Chen nodded in agreement.

Mo Tan frowned slightly, as if he felt that something was inappropriate, but he didn't say anything.

Xia Lian breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "You two immediately go to the outside of the city to find those infected people who have been gathered together. After all, you are the Goddess of the Goddess. Although the ability to cure the plague is not as strong as mine, There are also some, how much can be saved according to the order of half-dead, serious, and minor injuries, Hei Fan, you are her target, in case something goes wrong with Wangyu's magic, you understand."

Mo Tan nodded: "I understand."

Yu Chen whispered in a troubled voice, "My dawn wish can only be used once in a long time, and the range is very small..."

"Your ordinary magic should also have a dispelling effect." Xia Lian raised her hand and poked Yu Chen's forehead, and said with a smile, "Don't forget that you are also a saint, girl."

Mo Tan also nodded and said: "If this is the case, there is no need to cure them completely, as long as the physical condition is not too bad, this will at least reduce the chance of becoming a monster."

"Well, let me try." Yu Chen nodded vigorously.

"One more thing." Xia Lian's complexion suddenly became serious: "Hei Fan, you can do it, as long as the mutation time is approaching, immediately take Yu Chen to a safe place, otherwise even if there are paladins watching I don’t worry about you, go.”

"What about you, Sister Saint?" Yu Chen asked curiously, "Do you go to church or chapel?"

Xia Lian shook her head: "No, I'll just sit here and not go anywhere."

"what?"

"I'm overdrawn, okay, leave me alone and hurry up."

"Yes, Sister Saint..."

"By the way, Your Highness Xia Lian."

"Ok?"

"Shall I bring you two oranges back?"

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Chapter [-]: The End

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