Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 242 Elemental Devouring
Through the clear images recorded by the magic stone, Harvey could see that after the patients infected with the plague were injected with a certain dose of magic vaccine, the dark green mold spots on their bodies dried up and scabbed over very quickly, and then fell off naturally from the skin.

This is definitely not a highly contagious disease like the plague, cold epidemic, and schistosomiasis. Although the mold spots on the infected person's body quickly subside after taking the medicine, the high fever, vomiting blood, and abdominal fluid accumulation still persist. The symptoms will not gradually improve until the magic vaccine is injected three times within 24 hours.

It can be seen that the toxicity of this strange plague is far more deadly than the common epidemics of this era.

Fortunately, the magic vaccine that was developed was able to produce a therapeutic effect by accident, which made Harvey feel a little relieved.

He called Egno, who had been on standby at the infirmary. "The plague and schistosomiasis vaccines should be prepared in a three-to-one ratio. The dosage can be slightly increased; it won't have any side effects anyway."

"Also...all those who have come into contact with infected people, regardless of whether they have symptoms or not, need to be vaccinated with a large dose of the vaccine to have a preventive effect."

Chris, who came with them, asked in confusion, "Sir, if this isn't the Black Death, bloodworm disease, or cold plague, then what exactly is causing the infection? Could it really be what the church says... a leaked necromancer experiment?"

Harvey rolled his eyes and said angrily, "I'm a necromancer myself. Do you think my daily experiments have ever involved any research projects related to toxins and plagues? This is nonsense! Stereotype! Academic discrimination!"

Egno slipped a finger from his sleeves and poked Chris's back, prompting him to immediately understand and change the subject. "Sir, could we... collect some blood and mold fragments from infected individuals and study them using a magic microscope? This could be a valuable resource for future vaccine and pharmaceutical development!"

"If you can ensure the virus experiment is closed and operate according to safety procedures... it's feasible." But Harvey still patiently reminded, "Plague viruses are different from vaccines. I will never allow you to conduct clinical trials. Do you understand?"

The epidemic prevention and control work in Jackdaw Town is proceeding in an orderly manner under the coordination of the Federation and the pressure of the Northern Defense Force.

Many small nobles and local residents who were originally skeptical finally had to choose to believe the Federation's words after they began to show symptoms of infection. They obediently came to the temporary treatment station in the town square and queued up all night to receive vaccine injections.

After the last batch of townspeople completed their vaccination, it was almost dawn. The defense forces removed the roadblocks that temporarily closed the town, dismantled the treatment sheds set up in the small square, and quietly left Jackdaw Town before dawn.

"These well-trained mage followers come and go so quickly. If they couldn't speak, I'd be tempted to suspect they were all zombie puppets transformed and controlled by Mr. Kel'Thuzad..."

Jin was still standing by the window on the second floor of the hotel, watching the defense forces marching silently away from the town, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

Melissa waved her hand wearily. "I've never seen a high-level independent spellcaster maintain such a large retinue... Could Mr. Kel'Thuzad be a direct descendant of an ancient wizard family?"

"It's very likely. I haven't done much research on the genealogical history of ancient wizard families. I wonder what powerful wizard families have emerged from Saint Valen in the past... I really envy these descendants of wizards who are born with countless magical heritages!"

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Harvey hurried to the closed laboratory set up underground in the territory medical hospital.

Egno and Chris were fully armed and wearing protective suits, staying in a laboratory compartment isolated by a transparent glass cover. They were operating the magic microscope and arguing fiercely about something.

Seeing Harvey coming, the two of them hurriedly picked up the alchemical microphone hanging on the wall and reported the situation through the protective glass cover.

"My Lord, this is so strange! The blood of these infected people and the mold spots falling off their skin actually contain the same magical microorganisms as those in the magic vaccine!"

Harvey was stunned. "What? There are magical microorganisms in the plague virus?"

Chris nodded confidently. "It's absolutely true. These plague microbes... are also bizarre insectoids, and possess the same phagocytic and assimilation abilities as the magical microbes. When I mixed them with blood drawn from healthy animals, I discovered that it only took a few seconds for these bizarre microbes to completely infect the normal microbes in the blood. Then, this drop of originally bright red blood transformed into a horrible green mold..."

A plague virus that is related to magic power could never be naturally produced. Ordinary bacteria and viruses could never be so horribly contagious and lethal.

"This strange plague is very likely man-made!" Harvey frowned and made a grave judgment. Could it really be the work of a high-ranking necromancer who concealed his true identity? But among the spellcasters Harvey had encountered during his college years, he had never heard of any high-ranking necromancer residing permanently in the Principality of Saint Valen.

Moreover, the experimental research direction of most undead spellcasters is inclined towards the use and transformation of death energy. Even the Undead Academy where Harvey studied did not offer unpopular poison spellcasting courses. It is rumored that only certain necromancer families who adhere to tradition will pass down a small amount of knowledge about poison spells from generation to generation.

It is unlikely that a necromancer would set up a magic laboratory in the capital of a secular kingdom, not to mention that he was so audacious as to conduct magical experiments on the plague virus. This was simply fooling the Federation branch and church personnel in Jinhui City as if they were fools.

There is definitely a problem here. It is very likely that the church or the nobles fabricated the charges and wanted to put the blame on the group of spellcasters in the city, thereby implicating the Federation and giving them the opportunity to act openly.

Thinking of this, Harvey immediately turned to Asdalen and instructed, "Send a message in my own voice to Mr. Shield and Mr. Scorching Lord, informing them of the specific truth behind the plague outbreak in Saint Valen's capital. No need to explain too much, just say that I discovered traces of human intervention in the plague virus... It could be caused by necromancy, or perhaps divine magic from the church..."

After Harvey finished his instructions, Egno leaned over and whispered to the glass partition wall, "Sir, we discovered an interesting phenomenon during our observation experiment. You might be interested..."

What he said naturally aroused Harvey's curiosity.

With the help of his personal guards, he put on protective clothing and entered the experimental compartment. He walked to the magic microscope and observed it closely. As he continued to adjust the observation values, the scene in the lens gradually became clearer, and Harvey almost couldn't believe his eyes.

On the glass slide dripped with the blood of a plague-infected person, countless fat insects with tentacles were swimming slowly in the light red liquid. They were very uniform in shape and size, but there was a clear difference between them and the magical microorganisms in the vaccine potion. Their bodies were not transparent, but a rich dark green, which looked extremely weird and disgusting.

"This is the microbial form of the plague virus..."

Chris took a glass dropper and carefully mixed a drop of transparent liquid into the infected person's blood, then signaled Harvey to observe again.

The scene in the magic microscope lens immediately underwent a drastic change - the magical microorganisms brought by the drop of transparent liquid launched a swift attack the moment they came into contact with the virus. Although the viral microorganisms also tried to fight back and spit out the dark green pus in their bodies, it seemed to have no effect on the microorganisms contained in the drop of liquid. They were quickly divided and eaten away, disappearing in the light red blood sample.

"What kind of magic vaccine did you just mix into the blood sample?" Harvey looked up at Chris and asked.

"Sir, this isn't just any vaccine or potion. This is a special product from his hometown, the Demonic Web Spirit, that your friend from another dimension, Mr. Heart Demon, brings back whenever he visits the territory. We've extracted an unknown substance from the spirit's body, rich in pure magic power... It was originally used to concoct liquid magic energy."

Harvey was stunned. "Extracts from demon spirits can be used to cure plague viruses? How could creatures from another dimension have such strange properties?"

Egno interrupted with a bit of excitement, "My lord, not only that, this unknown substance in the demon spirit can even devour and assimilate the magical microorganisms in our magical vaccines, which are originally used to cure diseases. Chris and I have tried various fusion methods and found that this thing can devour everything. But the strange thing is... it only devours, and the final assimilation product is actually the most common liquid magic energy."

Why is this description so similar to a water purifier and filtration device...

Harvey immediately asked the two to bring more magic extract and demonstrated the experimental process to him again in person. He found that it was just as they said. As long as this extract was integrated into other magic-rich substances, it would immediately convert them into pure magic energy without any other impurities.

Even a high-quality fire element magic stone, after being soaked in the magic spirit extract for several minutes, lost its unique red crystal color and was completely transformed into a charging magic stone of the same grade.

However, the concentration and purity of the magic energy contained within it have not changed at all, which is equivalent to a completely equivalent transformation of energy properties.

A thought suddenly flashed through Harvey's mind, and he couldn't help but mutter subconsciously.

"Isn't this just a reducing agent? A magical version of it!"

(End of this chapter)