Chapter 237: The Abnormality of the Imperial Army
Fear is an emotion that any normal person will have, and after Leo was resurrected in this world, he had the emotions of ordinary people, so he also felt fear. For example, the first time he felt fear was the time when he obtained the activation of psionic energy, and the mysterious subspace that the spirit entered, all the objects there made him feel inexplicably afraid, and he didn't even dare to look back at the mysterious existence that appeared in the darkness in the end.
It's just that because of the assistance of the auxiliary brain, coupled with the influence of skills such as mechanical mind and will to fight, although he feels fear, it is not strong, and it does not even reach the bottom of the affected mind, and he can still make the most correct judgment under the emotion of fear.
However, just now, when Leo inserted his hand into the airflow spiritual energy, he felt a strong sense of horror that he had never felt before, even stronger than the mysterious existence in the subspace when the spiritual energy was activated, and stronger than the Lord of Turbidity and Lightness, as if he felt fear itself.
What puzzled him even more was that the biggest impact of this fear was not the emotional effect, but the physical effect, and while he felt a strong fear in his heart, his body was boiling with blood, eager to rush into the mine immediately and kill everything that could threaten him, including Vasqi beside him.
Luckily, Leo's will was strong enough to control his emotions and body, otherwise, he would have done something wrong just now.
It was precisely because he felt that the things in the pit were beyond his ability, and there was not much information at hand that was worth referring to, so he made the most rational and correct decision, regardless of anything, and left directly.
However, after moving away from the old mine, after all the abnormal reactions on Leo's body subsided, he couldn't help but feel regretful, because he felt that the source of that spiritual energy might be related to his bloodline, and if he investigated deeply, he might be able to find a way to let him master the power of his own bloodline.
However, this regret only lingered in my heart for a moment, and then quickly subsided, because the danger that would be encountered compared to the harvest was too great to be worth it.
What's more, if he wants to understand what is happening inside the mine, he doesn't necessarily need to enter the mine, he only needs to start with the medical school, as long as he knows what the medical school is doing in the mine, it is easy to figure out where the psionic energy that bursts out of the mine comes from.
Leo didn't stop at Miria City any longer, and rushed directly through Miria City towards the secret base in Sylvia on the outskirts of Miria.
Now it doesn't matter if you can't find the Plague Ring, the important thing is that the virus that the medical school has studied through the Plague Ring has been used by Ljungberg. Although, they told Vasqi and others that the virus was only aimed at Imperial soldiers with Beirut ancestry.
But Leo's experience from the Earth Federation is very clear, even if the virus researched by the medical school is really only for the blood of the people of Beirut, but nature has too many material factors that can cause the virus to mutate, once the virus is affected and causes it to mutate, then the situation will be completely out of control, and eventually this virus is likely to really create a great plague that attacks indiscriminately.
Leo had already made up his mind not to wade into the troubled waters, and as soon as Sylvia was told what had happened, he would immediately leave Veron and head to the Inger Islands. As for what the medical school was planning in Miria City, and what the details of the god-making plan were, he didn't plan to track it down, he believed that Sylvia, Vasqui, and even Ljungberg would take the initiative to investigate this matter, and it would be much easier to find a way to get the investigation information from them when the time came.
As for the Blood Wizard's side, he was in no mood to care, and just like Ljungberg, it was difficult to judge whether Lawrence Hillman knew what the medical school was doing, after all, some of the research projects that the medical school had implemented in Miria City that had been investigated were vaguely related to the research that the Blood Wizard had not completed back then. Blood wizards may not be involved in person, but it is not impossible to secretly help them.
All in all, the affairs of Miria City have become a chaotic whirlpool, from the political war on the surface to the planning of the forces inside, all mixed together, which is incomprehensible, and there is a danger of being dragged into it after watching it for a long time.
Leo himself is not good at political intrigue and other things, he is more accustomed to going straight, he used to be assisted by the auxiliary brain system, and through absolutely rational analysis, he may be able to get a glimpse of the truth, but now it is really difficult to rely on his own ability, to avoid becoming a blade in the hands of others, the best way is to withdraw.
Although Leo had decided to leave, his curiosity made him feel the urge to stay and continue his investigation, and even on the road, he hoped that someone would deliberately find trouble and prevent him from leaving, so that he could find an excuse for himself to stay.
It's a pity that the journey has been extremely smooth, not to mention those forces who are ready to plan something in Miria City, even those scavengers who are not long-sighted have not appeared, and even the Imperial Army that originally set up a blockade around Miria City is much rarer.
As he passed by, Leo took a closer look, except for a few key checkpoints where the Imperial occupation forces were still manned, the other soldiers were inexplicably much smaller, the number of patrols was also reduced, and even scavengers like him only checked their documents at random, which was completely different from the situation when he walked through here a day ago.
"There's a problem!" Leo, who took the certificate, also received the situation of the military camp in the outpost from the spirit network, and when he found that there were less than a hundred people in the barracks, he couldn't help but think to himself: "Could it be that the virus has taken effect?"
Counting the time, Vasqui and the others should only be using the viruses that the medical school has researched for a few hours, although it is not known exactly where they use these viruses, but frontline areas like the Dibia Mountains should be among them.
Perhaps it was a coincidence, just when some speculations appeared in Leo's mind, he saw several military carriages galloping quickly on the road, driving directly into the barracks, followed by some military doctors from the imperial military headquarters who got down from the carriages, took some medicines and examination tools, and quickly rushed to the barracks with people, and summoned the soldiers in the barracks to check one by one.
"What must have happened?" A scavenger who had just been checked by the checkpoint sensed that something was wrong, and said to his companion next to him, "Go quickly, so as not to get into trouble." ”
The scavenger's words had some effect, and some of the other people around him who were curious about what was going on became nervous, and they all picked up their things and quickly passed through the checkpoint, and even the vendors sent by some villages around the village to peddle vegetables like imperial soldiers began to pack up their things.
Leo didn't intend to delve into the situation over there, blending in with the crowd, passing through the checkpoint and following the forest path outside, heading deeper into the forest.
Perhaps to prove the scavenger's suspicion, as soon as Leo's figure disappeared into the woods, more than a dozen Imperial soldiers rushed out of the barracks, surrounded the others who had not left, and recruited these people in the name of the Empire, and there was also a conscription team of more than a dozen people began to rush to the nearby villages, it seemed that they should rush to the young people in those villages.
Although Leo left first, his spiritual network still paid attention to the situation on the other side of the outpost, and naturally found the Imperial military's conscription operation, and this conscription operation was definitely evidence of the Empire's garrison in Miria City in his opinion.
The commander of the Imperial Army in charge of this campaign looked down on the inhabitants of Miria City, because they did not encounter any strong resistance during the attack on Miria City, so they all thought in their hearts that the inhabitants of Miria City were cowards and cowards, and recruiting these people into the Imperial Army would only weaken the fighting power of the Imperial Army. Coupled with the Empire's distrust of the residents of Miria City, their recruitment of the residents of Miria City was limited to a small number of labor soldiers of the railway garrison and logistics troops, and the recruitment of these people would also be specially selected, and there would never be any random recruitment.
And now, this military camp located at the front-line outpost has actually been called up on the spot, which can only show that the Imperial garrison stationed in Miria City has a serious shortage of personnel, and the Imperial army can no longer hold on.
With the situation unchanged on the front line, the Imperial army suffered heavy losses that shook the foundation of the battle, and Leo felt that only the mysterious virus studied by the medical school could do it.
"Something is going to happen. "While moving quickly in the Leo Jungle, I also made a prediction about the virus in my mind.
This prediction is not a random guess, but an inference based on a large number of virus warfare and bacteriological warfare conducted by the Earth Federation before, because in those cases, all highly contagious and fast-acting powerful viruses will mutate for the second time within ten days without exception, and the mutated virus will become stronger, and even break the artificial genetic barriers, such as the limitation of transmission type, etc.
Leo knew very well that before the life form reached the omega-level advanced creatures, in the face of some powerful viruses, psionics were no different from ordinary people, and they would not have special immunity. What's more, the virus studied by the medical school this time is derived from an artifact that is suspected to be made by a higher organism, and the underlying virus material is also likely to be the organs and tissues of some powerful creatures, so this virus is also a threat to Leo.
Thinking of this, Leo's pace also quickened a lot, and even in the back, he directly broke away from the path opened up by others, entered the interior of the forest, and headed straight towards the secret base address given by Sylvia.
As he quickened his pace, before dark, Leo arrived at Sylvia's other base in the forests of the Dibia Mountains, a converted natural grotto, with camouflage and traps on the outside. Perhaps because he had just moved here from another secret base, some defensive measures had not yet been activated, and the secret posts and guards had not been arranged, so that when Leo came to the bushes at the entrance of the secret base, those in the secret base were aware of it, which was the result of Leo's deliberate aggravation.
"Don't be nervous, it's your own people. The United Kingdom agent, who had seen Leo at another secret base before, immediately stopped his companion before he could react violently, and then walked over to Leo and asked, "Mr. Leo Dodd, you came much earlier than we expected, have you found something?"
Leo was not surprised that the other party would know his identity, his eyes swept over the extra people around him, and then fell back on Sylvia's men in front of him, and said coldly, "Where's Sylvia?
"Yes, I'll lead you in. The agent didn't care about Leo's cold attitude, nor did he continue to inquire about the Plague Ring, but turned around and led Leo into the cavern.
After passing through a slightly narrow passage, the two came to a very spacious cave**, because the cave** had lit a large number of torches, plus some characteristic reflective mirrors scattered the light, making the brightness of the cave** very comfortable, neither too bright nor too dark.
When Leo entered the cave, Sylvia was arguing fiercely with someone on the other side of the strange object through a wizard strange object similar to a communication device, and judging from the scattered quarrels she heard, Sylvia should have asked the other side for more men, but it seems that the other side refused for some reason, and the reason for this refusal was inappropriate in Sylvia's eyes, and it was not enough to be a reason.
No sooner had Leo entered the cave than Sylvia saw him, just like the United Kingdom agent just now, and Sylvia was a little surprised that he had returned so quickly.
Although her curiosity made her curious to know the outcome of Leo's trip, the things that were being discussed were also very important, so she could only signal Leo to wait in the rest area that she had just sorted out for a while.
It didn't take long, and under Sylvia's arguments, the other side seemed to be relieved and agreed to send more men to Miria City, but the number was reduced. Sylvia didn't feel displeased about this, after all, the number of people she reported just now was too much, and it was impossible for the other side to agree, although the number was only one-third of the number just now, but it was already above her heart, she was quite satisfied, and she was naturally in a good mood.
"Are things going well?" Sylvia walked over to Leo and sat on a rock very casually, she was going to ask directly if she had obtained the Plague Ring, but seeing Leo's serious expression, she couldn't help but have a bad premonition in her heart, and asked in a deep voice.
Leo shook his head slightly, and truthfully Shu Dongao: "Things are going well, I found the whereabouts of the Plague Ring at the beginning, but some unexpected things happened, and now it makes no difference whether I find the Plague Ring or not." ”
As he spoke, without waiting for Sylvia to ask, he directly talked carefully about the things he had investigated and some speculations, and Sylvia's face became more and more gloomy when he heard it.