On the construction site, there are friends who call friends, gather in groups of three or five, and spend some life to buy roast chicken, roast duck, drink wine and eat meat.

There are also slaves who huddle in corners and struggle to survive.

Considering that the artisan slaves knew very little, Su Xing directly chose to skip it, and soon came to a camp guarded by guards.

Under the cover of night, with the ability of 'shadow escape', Su Xing easily sneaked into the camp and saw an unconscious person.

Judging by the clothes this man was wearing, he was supposed to be a slave on the construction site.

Su Xing looked at this person's eyes, and saw that the other party's complexion did not look like he was sick, and there were no scars on his body, so he had a trace of doubt in his heart.

He changed back into human form from the dark shadow, tapped the storage bag on his waist again, took out a wooden stick and pushed the other man.

The latter shook twice, but there was no response.

Seeing this, Su Xing turned into a black shadow again, planning to continue to investigate other places.

But at this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the house.

Soon, two high-ranking Daomen officials dressed as stewards hurriedly walked in.

From the groveling attitude of one of the stewards, it is not difficult to see that these two should have a superior-subordinate relationship.

The junior steward was the first to speak: "Chief Manager Chu, this is the slave I am talking about, he has been lying here for more than half a month. ”

"It's been more than half a month?" Chief Manager Chu frowned and said, "There is such a big incident, why did you notify me now?" ”

"This matter is a poor consideration by subordinates."

The subordinate manager admitted his mistake in advance, and then defended himself: "At the beginning, this slave was unconscious, and it didn't have much impact, I thought there was no need to disturb the adult, so I arranged him here all the time, but I never thought that this 'poor disease' was actually ...."

'Poor disease'?

In the corner, hearing what the subordinate steward said, Su Xing felt even more puzzled in his heart.

It's the same as the world before he travels through.

Mortals on the birthday star can also be infected with wind and typhoid fever, and even plague and other incurable diseases.

But this 'disease of poverty'....

Su Xing has traveled to the birthday star for three years, and he has never heard of this strange symptom.

Out of curiosity, he was even more reluctant to leave the tent at the moment, and was attentive to eavesdropping on the information about the 'poor disease'.

"Alright."

Chief Chu didn't really want to hold this lower-level manager responsible.

Seeing the other party's respectful attitude, his tone also softened: "The most important thing now is to find a way to control the 'poor disease' as soon as possible and not let too many people get infected." ”

"It's hard...."

The subordinate steward smiled bitterly: "Our people still haven't figured out how this 'poor disease' is transmitted, we only know that the more ignorant people are, the more likely they are to contract this disease." ”

Chief Chu said unhappily: "What is an 'ignorant' person? Can you be specific? ”

"How do I describe this..."

The subordinate steward looked embarrassed: "The so-called 'ignorance' is basically the kind of person who is easy to be deceived by us, easy to be controlled by us, and can't understand it all his life.... In short, there is no specific limit to this concept. ”

Manager Chu nodded, indicating that he understood what the other party meant: "Then how many people on the construction site are infected with the 'poor disease'?" ”

"It's not much, except for this person to be used for research, there are only two slaves and one craftsman who have been infected, and I have had people secretly kill them." Subordinate supervisor returns.

"Well, pretty!"

Manager Chu nodded again, and said with a satisfied face: "You have handled this matter well, remember: if you can't solve the problem, solve the problem in time!" ”

The subordinate steward hurriedly lowered his head and responded: "The subordinates understand! ”

Boy....

Hearing this, Su Xing had roughly understood what this 'poor disease' was all about.

- If he is not mistaken, this 'poor disease' is probably a 'disease' beyond physical cognition.

It is likely that the way it spreads involves cause and effect, and it cannot be explained by common sense at all, so there is no cure.

I don't know if this disease will spread widely in Wangcheng....

In the tent.

Chief Chu asked again: "Has this been the case since this slave fell into a coma?" ”

The subordinate steward replied: "Sometimes I wake up occasionally, but even if I wake up, I am weak and of no use at all." ”

Manager Chu asked, "Have you ever given him anything to eat?" ”

"Yes."

The subordinate steward replied: "Considering that this slave cannot work, he is only fed some liquid food these days, so that he can hang his breath." ”

"And what did the doctor say?"

"The doctor said that this 'poor disease' would not kill people, but it would make people feel weak all the time and lie on the hospital bed."

Speaking of this, the subordinate steward seemed to think of something: "Oh, yes! In order to make it easier to distinguish, the doctor also gave this state a name, which is called 'lying flat'! ”

"Lie flat? It's really quite vivid! ”

After tasting it carefully, Mr. Chu said with a serious face: "You can't let these craftsmen and slaves lie flat!" Otherwise, who will build the 'longevity statue' on the construction site? If this delays the construction period, you and I can't afford to blame it! ”

The subordinate steward said in fear: "What do you mean, then Chief Chu?" ”

"If anyone is found lying flat, they will all be solved secretly, and don't let the 'poor disease' spread on the construction site."

Manager Chu emphasized: "I don't care what means you use, but no matter what, this 'longevity statue' must be built on time!" ”

"My subordinates understand!"

"Do it well!"

After the subordinate steward answered, Chief Steward Chu stopped saying more and walked out of the tent.

in the corner.

After listening to the conversation between the two, Su Xing was shocked in his heart, and became more and more curious about the 'poor disease' related to the law of cause and effect.

Well-known week.

Most diseases are caused by viruses or cell function, morphology, and metabolic disorders.

But this 'disease of poverty' is no longer among them.

Therefore, there is a high probability that ordinary doctors will not be able to cure this disease, and even the entire Southern Ganbu Continent may not be able to find a doctor who can cure this disease at its root.

The cause of this disease is very likely to hide some big secret....

After eavesdropping on the conversation between the two stewards of the completion site, Su Xing carefully explored the other areas.

After making sure that there was no important information, he returned to his residence.

Because of the longevity of more than 1,000 years, plus the longevity of the monks in the foundation building period is more than 200 years.

Considering this, Su Xing did not rush to the Daomen station to investigate, but chose to work steadily and steadily, and still went to the 'Shouxiang construction site' every day to investigate information.

Su Xing's idea of exploring intelligence is not to seek merit, but to seek no fault.

He doesn't necessarily have to find out anything, but he must not let the people of the Dao Sect find out, let alone put himself in danger.

And the 'Shouxiang Construction Site' is loosely managed, and it is almost impossible to discover his existence.

This step-by-step approach is naturally the safest approach.

And so another six days passed.

Finally, after the subordinate steward 'dealt with' a large number of poor and sick patients, another Taoist elder came to the secret tent.