Chapter 176: The Source of the Plague
The red horse retracted the pet space, and the three fools began to circle around it, Lin Shuai set the "coward" mode for the red horse, which is the kind that can't fight back, otherwise he is afraid of kicking the three fools out with one kick, after all, the three of them are puppies.
Liu Mingzhi led four people into the village, and the other person continued to stay in place and stick to his post, and after recovering all his strength, he still had no problem dealing with ordinary rotting corpses, but he couldn't help but stare at it 24 hours a day.
There was a faint rancid stench in the village, and as soon as they stepped inside, the four of them were alerted to the plague buff, losing 1 blood every thirty minutes.
Lin Shuai used the holy hand to drive it away, and in less than half a minute, he was infected again, so he had to give up, anyway, the blood loss was not serious.
Along the way, the doors of every house were closed, and the cries of children and women could be faintly heard, and the whole village was shrouded in a gloomy fog.
"How long has the plague lasted?" Lin Shuai asked Liu Mingzhi, the task was just sent to the player, but it didn't look like it had just been infected.
"The plague has been going on for more than half a month, and the imperial side has not sent anyone to support, and hundreds of people have died in the village!"
Liu Mingzhi was grieved as soon as he said this, obviously it was only a dozen miles away, and if he sent some people casually, the village didn't have to bear such a big loss, but no one came!
"How so! Didn't you send someone to ask for help? Lin Shuai was surprised.
"We have sent dozens of people to Longyuan City, but every time we get a reply that we are short of manpower and wait a few more days, and the Holy See will not even see anyone."
Liu Mingzhi continued to complain, "I thought the empire was going to abandon us, but fortunately, I finally waited for the arrival of the adults!" ”
"That's right."
Lin Shuai pondered, Liu Mingzhi didn't dare to disturb him, and immediately stopped talking.
"It's weird, it seems that the Empire, or Dragon Yuan City, is deliberately allowing the plague to develop." Turned around and said in the team channel.
Holy Hand.
There was a half-old child standing stupidly on the side of the road, looking at a group of five people blankly, Lin Shuai saw that he was wrapped in black gas, his face was pale and his eyes were black, he must have been infected with the plague, so he raised his hand and hit a holy light.
After all, it was not a level 20 "dispersal technique" that could be learned, and the holy hand rejuvenated the boy, but the breath of the plague still tightly wrapped around his body.
The boy smiled weakly at Lin Shuai, turned around and ran back to the house, if nothing else, if there was no means to completely cure the plague, the boy should not be able to last a few days.
"I checked it just now, it seems that a player passed by here by accident, and then received a mission to return to the city to ask for support, otherwise..."
Zero said, sending out the post she searched for on the forum, which was posted an hour ago, and the player was more interested in "traveling", so every time he went to a map, he would take a screenshot to commemorate it.
"Are you sure someone is doing something?"
Leng Xinyao had been pinching around with various gestures looking for something, she originally thought that miracles were just ordinary games, and she didn't have much time to play, so she didn't explore the problem of spell ability very deeply.
Now that she was sure that the miracle was not easy, she began to try to use her abilities in the game, and it worked well.
"There is evil energy in the village, but the evil energy is not pure, mixed with an energy that is difficult to distinguish, and the plague does not seem to be as simple as corpse poison."
Leng Xinyao stretched out her hand and took in a gray gas, lingering in her hand and condensing without dissipating, and analyzed it seriously.
Maybe because of her profession, Leng Xinyao can use the Dao skills she knows in the game, but the system has not prompted her own skills.
"That's pretty much the way to that." Lin Shuai frowned deeply and looked at the lifeless village, "This village is a bit unlucky, it is listed as a cultivation source of some kind of plague. ”
Speaking of judgment, there was a cool breath behind him for no reason, the jurisdiction of Longyuan City is not only hundreds of millions of people, and it is indeed nothing to kill a few hundred people, but to do this kind of thing under the noses of millions of people in the main city, without an official background, Lin Shuai does not believe it.
If it weren't for the player's inadvertent break, I'm afraid that no one would know about these people until they died.
"My lord, the village chief is inside."
Liu Mingzhi took several people to a wooden house, where some people were wailing, and they could hear crazy roars and the sound of iron cages being hit.
"Thank you for your hard work." Lin Shuai once again brushed Liu Mingzhi with a holy light, and he retreated flatteredly, hoping that Lin Shuai could leave his divine power to those who needed it more.
Lin Shuai is also helpless, the holy light can dispel the mild symptoms of the plague and keep normal people from the virus, but he can't do anything about the terminally ill NPC.
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Opening the door of the house, the situation in the house shocked Lin Shuai.
More than a dozen people were lying on the simple bed and wailing in pain, and there were several iron cages in the corners, all of which were locked up by villagers who had been zombied, their eyes were red, and they were frantically biting the cages, a blur of flesh and blood, and the whole room was like a scene of purgatory on earth.
There were several heavily armed villagers in the house, busy feeding the lying patient a black medicinal soup, and an old man without the slightest protection standing in front of the cage sighing.
Several people have golden exclamation marks on their heads, indicating that they have tasks to take on.
"How many of them were sent by the Empire? Go out quickly, and say that the plague is terrible in this house. ”
When the village chief saw the comer, he hurriedly greeted them out and did not let the four of them enter the door.
Lin Shuai didn't want to enter the house at all, the smell of excrement and rotten meat in the room was mixed together, and they almost smelled it and wanted to vomit it.
It's not smelly, it's disgusting.
"It's a collection order from the empire, and there will be many more people coming soon, so you don't have to worry about the village chief."
Although he guessed some of the facts, Lin Shuai couldn't bear to hit the expectations of this old man, he didn't know if anyone from the empire came, how much of a role a group of 15.6-level players could play? It can only bring a little hope to the villagers.
"Great, everyone is saved." Village Chief Liu was suddenly excited and burst into tears, and his face full of wrinkles and brown spots trembled.
Lin Shuai looked at him, suspicious in his heart, he always felt that there was something weird, but he never found anything weird.
"We have found a way to curb the plague, but unfortunately we can't cure it completely, and now we urgently need a few medicinal herbs, can a few warriors help us?"
Village Chief Liu calmed down and pleaded to the four of them, and the system then sounded a reminder of the task.
"No problem, we've got it covered."
Several people take it separately, there is no limit to the number of people, the more the merrier, and each task rewards different amounts of experience, credits, and regional contribution points.
"Thank you a few warriors, but there are still many people in this village waiting for help, I hope you can find them."
The village chief asked again, and then several people received an errand task to complete the tasks of Aunt Wang, Aunt Li, Liu Lihu, Song Xiucai and a bunch of others.
Contribution points are used to exchange for items, and after receiving regional tasks, an interface will appear, which displays the contribution rankings and the items that can be exchanged for contribution points.
After the completion of the regional mission, the rewards will also be based on the total ranking, just like the novice boss.
"Plague-Infested Village" lasts for 24 hours, and is classified as a medium regional quest by the system, with a significant final settlement reward.