Chapter 31: Despair?
(PS: I just found out that I forgot to upload the article under jì, sorry!) )
"The Divine Punisher?"
Chen Xiaoyao muttered in a low voice, and his delicate and 'elegant' brows furrowed, because Chen Xiaoyao really couldn't think of what a 'divine punisher' was.
"The Divine Punisher? Wait, Divine Punisher, is it... Damn it, sure enough, how did you show up again..." Giovanni looked terrified and ran towards the four or five people, but soon everyone saw Giovanni stop a few meters away from them.
Chen Xiaoyao walked forward quickly with curiosity, and the others hurriedly followed.
Then a terrifying scene appeared in Chen Xiaoyao's eyes, only to see that the upper half of their upper bodies were **, the most stern was that four of them were swollen where they were exposed, and blood was constantly flowing out of their skin, and in some places it was a large spot left when the blood clotted, obviously they had spent a day or two like this, in addition to this, their skin was also large and black and purple, and their own white was only faintly visible.
Every breath they breathe must be accompanied by a violent cough, and the cough will cough up a lot of bloody sputum from time to time, only one of them is relatively good, he only has obvious suppuration and ulceration in the groin, armpits, neck and jaw, and the rest of the place is fine, and only the skin is a little black and purple.
But looking at their appearance, Chen Xiaoyao immediately understood what this was.
"Plague!"
When it comes to the plague, you may not know it very well, but it has another name, and everyone will understand that it is what we usually say: the Black Death!
In the middle of the fourteenth century, Europe was struck by a plague with devastating effects, and it was the bubonic plague that first appeared in the world, known as the Black Death.
It spread westward from Central Asia, reaching the Crimea in the winter of 1346, from where two huge circular routes began.
One of the routes runs in a counterclockwise direction, heading south and east.
The plague reached Egypt in the autumn of 1347, spread along the Nile, struck Cyprus and Rhodes in early 1348, passed through the cities of the Mediterranean coast and Palestine in the summer of the same year: Gaza, Jerusalem, Damascus, Aleppo, and then eastward to the holy cities of Mecca, Armenia, and stopped in Baghdad in 1349.
The other route of the same period was wider in terms of distance and duration.
The road travels in a clockwise direction to the west and north, and finally to the east. According to later Italian chronicles, the plague broke out in 1347 in the port cities of Kaffa, **, Sicily, and Alexandria, from where it spread to Tunisia, the interior of Italy, and Provence, and the following year swept across North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, pointing fingers at France, Germany, Sweden, Austria, and as far away as the English Islands.
Cargo ships from England brought the plague to Scandinavia. In 1350 the plague spread to northern Germany, Sweden, and the Baltic region, in 1351 it reached northern Poland, and in the next two years it invaded Russia, whipping up Moscow, thus completing a huge circuit that bound all of Europe like a noose.
And the plague was so devastating that from 1348 to 1352 it turned Europe into a grave of death, destroying a third of Europe's population at the time, totaling about 25 million people! It can be said that about 500 people die every day in a city of 50,000 people, and the monks who often deal with the dead have the highest mortality rate.
At the same time, these servants of God are so vulnerable, which undoubtedly greatly reduces the status of the church in the hearts of the people, damages the authority of the Holy See, and challenges the prestige of God, which also leads to long-lasting debates and constant wars around the nature of religion, which makes the top of the Catholic See also uneasy, so the Holy See in order to gather the hearts of the people, the explanation is: 'The hearts of the people are not ancient, sin is rampant, the end is coming, and the great plague is God's punishment for the people, so the Holy See is powerless. ’
Then all the sick people are slandered as punishments, and the ugly ones can be said to be witches or demons, and the few who survive will be burned alive on the cross.
"How could I not have thought that God would punish the Black Death? Wait, no, I remember there was no outbreak of the Black Death in the game, there was never one, isn't it... Chen Xiaoyao hurriedly called in his mind.
"Master, is there anything going on?"
"Xiaoxue, what's going on with this Black Death, is it because of the sequelae of changing the plot time in "Assassin's Creed 2"?"
"Yes, master."
"How can this be? You said that if I change the plot, there won't be any sequelae... Wait, it's not me who changes the plot, it's Ezio and them. Damn, I didn't even notice the issue. ”
Chen Xiaoyao clenched his fists and lowered his head, hiding the sadness on his face in the assassin's costume.
"Master." Nian Xue's voice appeared in Chen Xiaoyao's mind, and there was some worry in his voice.
"Xiaoxue, is there any way to remedy it." Chen Xiaoyao hurriedly asked, he believed that there must be a way to the omnipotent conceptual space.
"Master, there is a way, please see." As soon as Nian Xue's words disappeared in his mind, a screen similar to future technology appeared in front of Chen Xiaoyao's eyes, densely marked with all kinds of words, numbers and patterns.
"No. 1, antimicrobial drugs (set) from the world of low martial arts: 1, streptomycin, 2, gentamicin 3, tetracycline and chloramphenicol 4, sulfonamides, 5 dipyrimidine. Price: 10,000:1 (10,000 sets for huàn and one for huàn points) Advantages: None. Disadvantages: Slow onset, long time, and no guarantee of 100% cure for patients. ”
"No. 2, a special drug (pill) from the low-level and mysterious world: antibacterial capsules. The price is 10,000:1 (10,000 pieces for huàn and one for huàn points) Advantages: fast effect, 100% cure. Disadvantages: The drug is not strong, the symptoms are not cured, it is very easy to relapse and it is addictive. ”
"No. 3, a crystalline (block) from the special type of low-martial micro mysterious world: white lost crystals. The price is 10,000:1 (10,000 yuan for huàn and one for huàn points) Advantages: The effect is very fast, and it can also speed up the recovery of the body. Disadvantages: When it fails, it can cause the human body to become infected (undead), the chance of infection in ordinary people is 50%, and the chance of infection in anyone who is sick is 60% (the chance of infection increases depending on the severity of the disease). ”
“・・・・・・”
"Five hundred and fifty-five, pills/potions (pills/bottles) from the mysterious world of Zhongwu: Antidote Pill/Antidote. Price: 1000:1 (1,000 to 1) Advantages: Fast action and no side effects. Disadvantages: Unable to produce antibodies, so that they can be infected again.
“・・・・・・・・”
Chen Xiaoyao looked at the large and large pieces of various things in front of him for the diagnosis and treatment of the Black Death, and directly felt speechless, after watching it for so long, he found an elixir that was more in line with the current situation, especially when he saw the almost infinite serial number under the screen.
Oh my God! How can there be so many unreliable things!
What's going on with this No. 2 drug, not only is it easy to relapse but it's addictive, doesn't the government of this world care? Are all the eyes of the medical association blind?
And this number three. What kind of advantage is this, and it works quickly? I think it's fast to transform into a loss at all! Moreover, what is the reason for this shortcoming? Is it disgusted that a few of them died not fast enough or how to drop!
Chen Xiaoyao was speechless when he first faced this, and the other low-martial and low-mysterious worlds behind him also had all kinds of pitfalls, but fortunately, he found something suitable when he just saw the first thing in the Zhongwu world, which made Chen Xiaoyao feel a little comforted.
"Xiaoxue, why are there so many options?" Chen Xiaoyao sighed silently, because he had found a way to diagnose and treat at this time, and Chen Xiaoyao was also relieved.
"Master, there are several, if not dozens, of the same or different, parallel or non-parallel worlds in one plane. And I don't know how many planes there are, even if it's Xiaoxue, I've tried to eliminate some of the same or similar things. Nian Xue's voice sounded, which moved Chen Xiaoyao's heart for a while. Because Chen Xiaoyao knew that some of what Nian Xue said was estimated to be very, very many options that could not be indicated by numbers.
"Thank you, Xiaoxue."
"Master? Why thank me? ”
"Haha, nothing. Na~~ Xiaoxue, help me exchange the medicine of Huàn Wu Bai 55, come to a five, no, come to a point of redemption. Chen Xiaoyao said happily in his heart.
"Sorry, master, we can't provide a huàn right now."
Nian Xue's words were like a large basin of ice water splashing down from the top of Chen Xiaoyao's head, making Chen Xiaoyao feel that his whole body was cold.
"What's going on? Sue sù me, Xiaoxue. ”
"Master, you can only say that you can open the Huàn space now, but you haven't activated it yet, you have to activate the Huàn space like I did, and you have to go back to the concept space first to activate the Huàn space."
Nian Xue's two talents made Chen Xiaoyao's whole person sluggish, and Chen Xiaoyao's heart now has only two words, 'Pit Dad'. (Author: Isn't that three words?) Where did these two words come from! Chen Xiaoyao: Get out! Then, with a kick the author flew away)
"Shall I go back to conceptual space now, and then come back here?" Chen Xiaoyao asked Nian Xue calmly.
"Master, I'm sorry, you didn't cast the plane coordinates here, next time I come I will need some time to find this world, after all, there are too many worlds, and this is also because I can't scan too openly, otherwise I will be detected by those supreme beings, if I can scan, I can easily let you, master, shuttle between the two."
"So Xiaoxue, how long will it take?"
"I don't know the master, and Xiaoxue hasn't encountered this problem either, so Xiaoxue doesn't know either."
Listening to Nian Xue's voice that seemed to have some apologies, Chen Xiaoyao couldn't say anything to Nian Xue.
Can I just watch!
Watching this cruel world play out in front of me, and I can only do nothing!