The red moon returns

Chapter 427 Good News and Bad News

What the hell.

Lynch retracted his fingers and broke out in a cold sweat.

This thing is essentially a highly poisonous fruit. It has no hard shell and cannot bite through your fingers, but it happened so suddenly that Lynch was still startled.

what happened?

The four of them looked at each other in surprise, a little confused about the situation.

Ms. Nightingale never said that this thing would bite people before, and the finished products in the two tests did not bite Lynch. He was just chased and beaten by the testers because he poked the lady's face with his fruit.

But why did it bite me this time? Was it because I was just grouchy when I woke up? Or was it because I was annoyed by it?
Lynch thought about it and extended his finger again.

The moment it touched the peel, its already open mouth closed again at a very fast speed. If the human head had been unable to turn, it might have actually bitten the fruit.

Lynch closed his eyes and calmed down for a moment, then looked at Officer Natalie. The officer understood what he meant and pointed her finger at the fruit.

Be obedient, don't bite, and don't follow your prototype.

However, they separated as soon as they touched, because the fruit's mouth bit down again.

Something is definitely wrong.

It's not because it's the first time, nor is it distinguishing its targets. This thing just bites people indiscriminately.

Exactly like those crazy infected ones.

The four of them all had an ominous premonition in their hearts. This thing possessed the symbol of humanity, so it might not have been contaminated by the plague.

But they weren't bitten, so how could they be infected?

"No, they just have human appearance, but they are still plants in nature," said Miss Diana, "just like those contaminated grains."

"But this shouldn't happen. The tester's finished product didn't have this phenomenon." Lynch felt a headache and thought, pressing his forehead. "Although what happened in the strange object has changed because of our arrival, there should not be any fundamental changes. Just like the culprits must be old Swen and the city lord, and the contaminated must be the grains, and the method must be the body of the youngest son Jack. It's just that the recent behavior is different and caused things to change. This means that the soil and grains during the test must have problems. If they can really contaminate the human-faced fruit, they would not be fine those two times."

"That's true... but I'm still inclined to believe that they're contaminated. Such a high stillbirth rate is already very strange, and the fruit can bite people, so everything is a sign of contamination."

"Instead of making wild guesses, why not harvest the remaining fruits first?" Officer Natalie interrupted the two people's tangle. "Maybe it's just an isolated incident, and the rest are normal."

Well, that's true. A single piece of evidence is not enough to prove anything. I was just too nervous.

Lynch scratched his head awkwardly, carefully put away his four heads, and headed straight for the next location.

However, it turned out that the two had not wasted their time, and the plant was not an isolated piece of evidence.

All ten plants in the first batch matured, but their growth was poor and the stillbirth rate was high. Only eight fruits from three plants were viable.

But these eight are all crazy, trying to bite anyone who touches them.

This forced Lynch to admit that these fruits might really be contaminated.

But why is there such a big difference from the test results?

"Want to hear my guess?"

"You're awake?" Lynch discovered that Judy had regained consciousness. "You've woken up several times in the past few days. I heard that you were awake all night last night. Are you mentally okay?"

"It's a little problem, but it can be solved, and the situation here is quite interesting." Judy's eyes were full of interest, "I have a guess."

"Ok?"

"The 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 Blazing Lady's followers. "This concept originally has subsidiary concepts such as resistance and isolation."

The other three listened carefully and nodded in unison.

"According to our speculation, the body was previously buried outside the city, which contaminated the soil of the entire area, causing this year's crops to be contaminated and becoming the source of the plague. However, in the two tests, the human-faced fruits planted in the city were normal. This is because the concept of the city protected the soil within the city and isolated the concept of the plague."

No one spoke. After a long silence, Miss Diana said thoughtfully: "It makes sense. The concept of blocking and isolation protects the city, but this time... huh, I understand." The three listeners all understood.

"I'm afraid that our arrival or the attention of the billions of Lords of Glory has slightly changed everything, causing old Swindi to come up with the idea of ​​digging out the body ahead of time." Lynch took over the conversation and continued, "Not only did this cause City Lord Jackson to confirm that his son had woken up in advance and prepare a room for his son in advance, it also caused the body that was originally outside the city to be brought into the city, and it happened to be hidden in the basement, which is theoretically buried underground. Therefore, the plants in the city that were originally not contaminated were also contaminated and turned into crazy plants."

Judy nodded and said, "Yes, this is just a guess I made based on my knowledge of occultism. It may not be correct."

"But at least it is the most reasonable guess right now." Lin Qi said, "The biggest question now is, can such a fruit still be used?"

Several people looked at each other, and no one could answer this question.

The purpose of the human-faced 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 it is not really added to the medicine to be taken, how can the medicine prepared under the influence of the concept of contamination not be affected?
The possibility is probably very low.

Several people felt a sense of despair in their hearts.

I have been working so hard these days just to get these fruits, but because of my arrival, the fruits have been contaminated.

Is this mission going to end in failure?

Indeed, even if it fails, we can still spend another five days to start over, but the situation in the Fifth Epoch is no better than here. The plague may break out at any time within ten days, and time must be reserved for transportation. There is no extra five days to start over.

Natalie clenched her fists and Diana bit her lip. Although theoretically there was still hope for tomorrow's batch, as long as the previous inference was correct, there would be no change for tomorrow's batch and it would be contaminated as well.

Both of them were feeling quite depressed.

However, Lynch suddenly slapped his palms and his eyes lit up.

"No, we still have hope. Don't forget, we left the last batch of supplies outside the city."

"According to the time, when we were planting the fruits outside the city, the body had already been moved to the basement."

"The concept of urban isolation and protection is not only for the outside of the city, it also blocks the concept of the inside of the city from spreading to the outside of the city, just like the house model can block the concept of star color."

"In other words, as long as the corpse's contamination of the soil is not long-term, and the soil is only used as a medium to transfer to the grains, then the batch of human-faced 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."

A word of advice can wake you up from your dream. After thinking about it carefully, it is indeed true.

Seeing that it was almost noon, the four of them did not dare to delay and quickly 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 trepidation.

Doctor Swen was sitting next to his cauldron, and was startled when he saw the four people returning: "From the looks of you, it seems that things are not going well."

"One good news and one bad news." Lynch tried to be amused. "The bad news is that my head is going crazy. Eight."

Then he took out eight heads and demonstrated to Dr. Swain how plants bite people.

"What about the good news?"

"The good news is that we may still have a few heads that are not crazy. We will know the result 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."

Lin Qi immediately stopped laughing: "Go ahead, I can handle it."

"The good news is that the drug has been prepared."

"Where's the bad news?"

"The effect is not what we expected." Doctor Swain said with a wry smile, "It cannot cure the infected."

Lynch felt like his breathing slowed down.

The medicine is ineffective? Is this plague simply incurable? What about the plague outside?
The four of them were all worried, but seeing that Dr. Swen didn't look desperate, Lynch tried to stay calm and asked:
"What do you mean? Explain it clearly."

(End of this chapter)