The red moon returns
Chapter 414 Race against time
Chapter 414 Race against time
What is coming cannot be avoided.
Thanks to Lynch's extreme operation, the small town was peaceful for two days, but just before the dawn, the plague finally spread.
And it came without any warning.
Seeing that Knight Terry looked unhappy and a little flustered, Lynch simply gave the order.
Officer Natalie protected Dr. Swain and stayed in the fortress to concentrate on researching treatment drugs and strive to get results as quickly as possible. The other three went to the scene with Knight Terry to find out what happened and why the plague suddenly spread.
Did the mastermind behind the scenes strike again? Or was there a lapse in the previous strict defense, or did someone slip through the net?
Lynch is not sure now, but he is not panicking. His previous several moves have given him the upper hand, and the drug has already begun to be developed.
As long as we hold on until the drug comes out, everything will be fine, just like the real world out there.
After a few days of contact, this rugged knight had already admired Lynch very much and obeyed his orders almost unconditionally. As soon as Lynch said something, he immediately followed the arrangements. Dr. Swain certainly would not object, so a few minutes later, everyone split into two groups, and Lynch and the other two followed Knight Terry straight to the west of the city.
Only after they had set out did everyone have time to ask for detailed information.
There was a family, consisting of parents and a little girl. They fell ill at some point and suddenly rushed out of their home at noon. They chased and bit people on the street, killing two people on the spot and injuring seven or eight others. Only then did the soldiers who Terry had arranged to patrol repeatedly rush over and temporarily control the situation.
Based on previous experience, the three lunatics should have been shot dead on the spot, but the soldiers did not do anything and just controlled the lunatics.
"Why didn't you do it? Any mercy will come at a heavy price."
But before the soldier could answer, a noisy sound was heard in the distance.
We have arrived at the west of the city.
Terry didn't ask any more questions and strode over directly. However, as soon as he entered the scene, the knight was stunned.
Lynch also followed, and the first things he saw were two middle-aged men and women in their forties and a little girl about ten years old. They were all in a state of extreme madness, with bloodshot eyes and bulging blood vessels on their faces, behaving exactly the same as those crazy soldiers before.
"It's them……"
"Ok?"
"Blue's family." Knight Terry said in a deep voice, "Blue is one of the four guards at the south gate. Why did they also get sick?"
Lynch did not answer, but looked around with Diana Judy.
The scene was horrific, with blood everywhere. The bodies of the two victims were lying on the side, with bite marks all over their faces and necks, and the smell of blood was sickening.
In addition, there were eight injured people, none of whom were seriously injured, with only a few bites on their hands and legs.
At this time, they were detained by several soldiers under the pretext of asking Ms. Swain for help with bandaging and treatment. While waiting for the doctor to arrive, these people complained about why their neighbors suddenly went crazy, and they were unaware that their fate was already determined.
Lynch nodded secretly after watching this. It was indeed the Dark Ages. Even the soldiers in the small border town had to use their brains when they went to work. Their ability to adapt to changing circumstances was much better than that of many people in his previous life.
But this is not enough.
Lynch and Miss Diana whispered for a while, then lowered his head 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 it. It was Knight Terry. Seeing him in deep thought, he stared at him expectantly, waiting for him to express his key opinions.
"Treat them first." Lynch ignored the armed knight's expectations and said, "Diana, help these wounded to stop bleeding first. Don't heal them, just stop the bleeding."
Then he said to Judy, "Please translate for Terry and ask him to send someone to find a reason to take all the injured people who have had their wounds treated back to the fortress for compulsory isolation. These are all infected people and must not be allowed to run around outside. Also, ask him to send soldiers and witnesses to repeatedly confirm whether there are any injured people who escaped before the soldiers arrive. If there are, they must do their best to find them."
Thanks to the prestige accumulated before, the mission was quickly arranged. The city was lucky that no injured people escaped, and the few people who stayed behind were all they had.
This made Lin Qi feel relieved. The spread of this kind of plague often grows exponentially. Once it spreads, it is impossible to control it. Moreover, this kind of plague will cause illness within three or four hours. The speed is too fast. If it is not controlled and allowed to spread, by the time the drug is developed at noon tomorrow, it is hard to say whether there will be any living people in the city.
But this was not safe, Lynch took out his pipe and lit it, getting himself into the best mental state, and then he pondered for a long time, waiting for Knight Terry to arrange everything, then Lynch said:
"I now have a guess as to why these three people got sick. We just discovered that the problem was the food, and it was fine and high-quality food. Although the stomachs of the four South Gate guards were empty, they should have eaten similar food. So could it be that the four of them did something together and were treated to these high-quality foods, and Blue couldn't bear to eat them all, so he took some back to his family? So his family was also infected?"
Knight Terry was stunned and nodded thoughtfully.
In order to avoid exposing his suspicion of the city lord, Lin Qi did not mention the source of the food, but only analyzed the problem: "So, if it is really a good thing that is rarely enjoyed, they may not be willing to eat it all at once, so maybe they still have some left at home. I guess I am right, and you will know if you verify it. Do you know the location of his house?"
Of course he knew. Terry immediately rushed to Blue's house with the remaining soldiers. After searching for a while, he really found something special in the cupboard.
A large piece of smoked beef, a basket of fresh fruit, a few loaves of soft white bread, and a bag of snow-white flour.
There seemed to be nothing unusual, but when Lynch looked at them, he always felt a slight pain in his eyebrows.
Is this a mysterious stimulus? Are these the source 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 can sense it, but it's different from the stomach contents just now, and the sense is very weak..." Lin Qi pondered, "Strange, it can't be that I am hallucinating."
【It’s not an illusion, Lynch.】
"If it's not an illusion, then there is only one possibility. These are the sources, but the activation conditions have not been met yet." Under everyone's gaze, Lin Qi said confidently, "As for the activation conditions, it is very likely that they are eaten and mixed with gastric juice."
"I can roughly imagine what happened. After the four of them did something together, they didn't eat these things, but took them back home. It was probably very late at that time, so they didn't eat some of the exquisite food with their family until yesterday, and then..."
"Then I got sick." Knight Terry thought, his expression twisted. "This means that these plagues that can turn people crazy and are contagious can be hidden in any food. No one can find out before eating it. Only after you go crazy can you know that what you ate is the source of the plague?"
"No, it didn't matter that we 'knew' then." Lynch said with a wry smile, "If I'm not mistaken, then as you said, the situation is so critical that the plague could break out at any time. What we have to do is to control the situation and stop the spread of the plague at all costs before Dr. Swain prepares the medicine. Haha, we are racing against time and our opponents, it just depends on who moves faster. As for whether we are right or not, we will know after we take the things back to Dr. Swain for testing. In addition, I thought of another thing."
"kindness?"
"The four of them should have fallen ill at about the same time, which means they ate at about the same time. Now that Blue's family is sick, what about the families of the other three?"
"Damn it!"
Terry had cold sweat on his forehead. He kicked the door open and rushed out with his soldiers.
(End of this chapter)
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