The red moon returns

Chapter 384 The real conspiracy

"In the modern world, there is no strict boundary between disease and plague. Any infectious disease has the potential to transform into a plague. Most of the plagues I have fought before were of this type. They are easier to breed, but also easier to deal with. With isolation, disinfection, and medication, there is basically hope. In the field of mysticism, disease and plague are completely different. Due to the exclusivity of the concepts, disease is absolutely not contagious."

Among the students attending the lecture, Natalie Angell had quickly fallen into a semi-sleep state, Judy was still absent-minded, Diana was making small movements and continued to play with her beautiful flaming red lips. In the reading room, only Leviv was listening attentively: "Concept exclusivity?"

"Yes." Ms. Nightingale held up three fingers. "What's this?"

"three?"

"Why the doubt? Aren't you sure?"

"Okay, it's three!"

"Can't it be four?"

"No."

"why?"

"Huh? Because it's three."

"This is the exclusivity of concepts in the field of mysticism," Nightingale explained. "A concept cannot be both three and four. It can only carry one definition, either three or four. Back to disease, in mysticism, disease is caused by the concept of disease or power, not by organ abnormalities or some external toxins. So according to the exclusivity of concepts, since it already has the concept of disease, it no longer has the concept of infection, and it is impossible for it to transform into a plague on its own."

Lin Qi frowned and thought for a long time before nodding gently: "In other words, diseases in mysticism are completely defined by concepts. A person gets sick entirely because he is affected by the concept of disease. There is no need for a cause, and there is no cause at all."

This completely overturned Lynch's medical knowledge from his previous life, and it took him a long time to understand it.

"That's right. So diseases in the field of occultism are very difficult to treat and cannot be treated by traditional medicines at all. But the good thing about it is that it is a conceptual definition, so it cannot be contagious."

Lin Qi nodded and said, "So, am I just worrying too much?"

"No, exclusivity does not mean that there is no plague in the mysterious world. In fact, in the year 1227 of the Third Era and the year 896 of the Fourth Era, plagues in the field of mysticism occurred in the ancient continent. The symptoms were vomiting, diarrhea, high fever, black spots all over the body, and finally tragic death. The death toll was in the tens of millions."

The corners of Lynch's mouth twitched, and he always felt that it was very similar to the Black Death in his previous life.

"Plague can be born because the concept is not only exclusive but also superimposable. Simply put, several concepts can be superimposed together to produce synergy."

Lynch narrowed his eyes, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. But he did not speak out in surprise, but patiently listened to Ms. Nightingale's explanation. "It's just that the requirements for this kind of synergy are extremely demanding. Even deliberate manipulation is difficult to meet the requirements, and it is absolutely impossible to meet the conditions naturally. First of all, not just any concept can be superimposed together. The superimposed concepts must be of the same level. If they come from theocracy, they must all come from theocracy. One cannot come from theocracy and the other is just an ordinary concept."

"Secondly, the superimposed concepts must also be coherent in time and cannot be separated by too long, otherwise they will be regarded as two isolated concepts and will not form a superposition. Generally speaking, the outbreak of two concepts cannot exceed one month, otherwise it will never form a superposition."

"Third, the convergence of locations. Because the concept of disease comes from theocracy, its outbreak will also affect the whole world, but that is the scope of the effect, not the location of the outbreak. Two superimposed concepts must have the same outbreak location. If one is in Norin and the other is in the Rhine, then they are just two isolated concepts and cannot be put together. Either all are in Norin, or all are in the Rhine."

"And the fourth and most important point is that the core elements of the concept of outbreak must be consistent."

"Wait." Lynch asked, "What do you mean by core elements?"

"That's why we held that ceremony a few days ago, in which you fought against the remaining will of the Ghoul King. You are the core element that caused the outbreak of the disease, and it will only work if you participate. That's why we need the human-faced fruit you cultivate. It is needed to replace you as the core element in the drug configuration. Only the drug configuration with your participation can be of therapeutic significance for this disease. The core element does not have to be a person, it can also be an object, but if you want to superimpose concepts, the core elements must be consistent."

Lynch slowly closed his eyes after hearing this. Ms. Nightingale's words not only did not make him feel relieved, but made him even more nervous. Many things that he couldn't figure out before gradually became clear. The old woman didn't know about his psychological changes and continued to explain:

"After confirming these four points, let's look at the specific situation. Based on the experience summarized from several occult plagues in history, in order to create a plague in the occult field, at least three different concepts, or three powers, are required. The first is the disease itself. This is the foundation and it is absolutely indispensable. Second, if the disease wants to turn one patient into ten, it must have replication and be able to replicate itself. The third is transmission. It must be able to spread, that is, infect other people. None of these three concepts can be burned, and they must be detonated by you in the same area. The time difference between the two cannot exceed one month. Only in this way can there be a possibility of forming a plague."

"Your worries are not without reason, kid, because within a month after you detonated the disease theocracy of the Ghoul King, you also led the destruction of the mirror. The Gate of Illusion and Reality, a descending-level wonder, contains a trace of theocracy of replication, which can be superimposed. You encountered both events, and such coincidences should not appear in occultism, so I believe in your judgment. Someone really wants to use you to create an occult plague. But you don't have to worry, now it's just the superposition of disease and replication, and there is still a lack of transmission. As long as you hold on for another month, the superposition effect will naturally disappear, and their conspiracy will fail..."

Ms. Nightingale stopped explaining because she found that not only Lynch, but even the police officer had turned pale and her eyes were full of surprise.

Lynch leaned back in his chair, looking at the ceiling tiredly, and was dazed for a moment.

Everything that happened after he woke up was now strung together in his mind.

"Ms. Nightingale. Shortly before I destroyed the revival of the Ghoul King, I guided the two evil gods to collide in the basement of the Thorn Flower Club. Both evil gods were shattered, and their divine authority was theoretically leaked out to form an impact."

Lin Qi smiled bitterly. He finally realized that he had been in a huge conspiracy since he crossed over. The people of the Shadow Alliance probably knew that he was the target chosen by his neighbors and that his true power was much stronger than it actually was. They used him to confront the evil god step by step. It was almost impossible to detonate the three kinds of divine power in a short period of time:

"One of the evil gods is the Ancient Flasher, whose divine authority is precisely to spread and proliferate."

"It seems that I was not worrying too much. The plague is coming."

(End of this chapter)