Outer Town.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of a hospital called "Frankenstad".

Chen Lun got out of the carriage.

By this time, it was getting late, close to dusk.

After entering the main building of the hospital, he presented his identification in the lobby and underwent some necessary examinations.

I don't know if it was because of the high charm attribute in effect, or because of his simple appearance, Chen Lun won the favor of the young female nurse, which also allowed him to easily get the information about the hospital bed number he wanted to know.

He gently took off his hat and bowed in thanks, fascinating the young nurse, then turned and headed upstairs.

'Ward 404 ......'

Chen Lun walked in the empty and silent corridor.

'This number is a bit unlucky......

He complained to himself.

The silver cane rests rhythmically on the ground with a muffled sound.

As he walked past the third floor, he suddenly heard a strange whisper. The sound came from a separate balcony on the side of the third floor, which is usually used to dry bed linen and laundry.

Chen Lun stopped and listened carefully.

The breeze was blowing, and even with his powerful hearing, he could only catch a man's muffled and indistinct words from the wind:

“…… Lord, please ...... Save ......, you are ...... Invisible ......, all plagues...... Pestilence! ”

Chen Lun frowned.

It's like a prayer to a god, but some of the words don't fit some orthodox gods.

In particular, the word "plague" attracted Chen Lun's attention.

Who is it, and to what being ...... praying? ’

He thought about it and decided to find out.

Pushing open the doorway of the third floor, I walked quickly to the balcony, only to find that it was empty, only a few rows of sheets and cloths lifted by the wind, and the sound of hunting.

It was as if the whispers I had just heard were just my own hallucinations.

Chen Lun put his cane on the ground and performed a simple divination, exploring the whereabouts of the person who had just prayed quietly. However, the crank part rotated in place, and there was no clear direction, which only indicated that the other party was in this hospital and did not leave.

'The clues are not clear, resulting in the blurring of the pointing object, so the divination results are not accurate......? ’

Chen Lun pondered for a moment and decided to visit Mrs. Caroline first. The matter of those who pray, we will investigate it more carefully later.

Leaving the balcony, he noticed that there were many patients on the third floor, and the corridors were full of busy doctors and nurses, as well as crying patients.

'More and more people are infected with the epidemic......

Chen Lun saw some coughing and paralyzed patients sitting on the benches in the corridor, and there were faint wails in various wards.

He shook his head and returned to the hallway.

I immediately went up to the fourth floor and found Ward 404.

After a polite knock on the door, he twisted the handle, pushed it open, and stepped inside.

The ward is not large, with only two beds. One was temporarily empty, and on the other lay a thin old man, an old woman sat beside the bed, and a dog squatted at her feet.

"Oh, little Jack!"

Mrs. Caroline looked back with a look of surprise. Bab also looked at Chen Lun and wagged his tail at him.

The old woman hurriedly got up and met her.

"Why are you here?"

"I heard that there was an accident at 7 Denton Street, so I came over to check it out...... Mrs. Caroline, are you alright? ”

Chen Lun took off his hat and hugged his former landlady.

"Thank you so much for your concern, little Jack, I'm fine...... It's just Mr. Taut, the doctor said he might never wake up. ”

Mrs. Caroline squeezed out a smile.

"But it's also a blessing in misfortune...... At the time I thought he had been killed by the thugs, but in fact he was just in a coma from blood loss...... Poor old fellow, in order to save me, became what he is now. ”

She shook her head.

Chen Lun gave Mrs. Caroline a reassuring smile, and then walked straight to the bedside.

A thin old man with a pale face was lying on his side on the hospital bed, breathing weakly. The head, chest and abdomen were covered in gauze, and the injuries appeared to be severe.

Chen Lun stretched out his hand and gently placed it on Mr. Taut's arm to hide the faint green light in his palm.

After a few seconds, he withdrew his hand.

'Strange...... All the injuries on my body have been healed, but there is still no sign of awakening. ’

Chen Lun's eyes quietly flashed with a churning mist.

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed.

'This is ...... 'Deep Coma', plus one 'Plague Latent', two negative states......

The "deep coma" is understandable, perhaps due to Mr. Taut's old age and aggravated injuries.

But "the plague lurks"......

Chen Lun turned his head without a trace, and checked the information of Mrs. Caroline and Bian Mu Babu again.

He discovers that Mrs. Caroline also has a "plague lurking" in her, while Bab does not.

It seems that it is because it has taken a mysterious substance and strengthened its physical fitness, so it has not been infected with the plague.

So who did this? Or is it the patients of this hospital who are carrying the plague that is starting to spread and infect other people......? ’

Chen Lun secretly guessed.

"Mrs. Caroline, you might as well move to the inner city, the outer city is not peaceful now."

He turned around and smiled.

Mrs. Caroline shook her head.

"I've been accustomed to living at 7 Denton Street for so many years, and now that Mr. Taunt is unconscious, I can't leave him alone."

"The spread of the plague, which is equally noteworthy...... In addition, the inner city is stronger than this in terms of environment and medical facilities. ”

Chen Lun persuaded him.

"Even for the sake of Mr. Tauter's health, wouldn't it be better for you to move to the inner city to take care of him?"

He also had a reason not to say.

It was the tomb of Mrs. Caroline's husband and children, on the site of the former Pompeii estate in the inner city, and it was convenient for her to visit it on weekdays.

When Mrs. Caroline heard this, she hesitated.

She was silent for a moment, then smiled at last.

"You're right, little Jack, I should move here even for the sake of Mr. Tauter's health......"

"If you're not thinking about where to stay for a while, there are still spare rooms in my manor......"

Chen Lun said.

"Oh, thank you for your kindness, little Jack...... Actually, I also have a property in the inner city, but I didn't want to move there because of some things in the early years. ”

Mrs. Caroline seemed to have figured something out, and the smile on her face grew.

Chen Lun nodded.

He was not surprised that Mrs. Caroline also had a house in the inner city.

He asked again about Mrs. Caroline's address in the inner city, and was a little surprised when he received the answer, for it was not far from his Jack's manor, if not very close, about ten minutes away.

'It's okay to take care of it......

He thought to himself.

Chen Lun left his contact information with a pen and paper on the table next to the bedside, and then pretended to take out something from his arms, essentially using the Blood Poetry Ring to take out two packets of anti-epidemic candy cubes.

He handed the candy cube to Mrs. Caroline.

"This is an anti-epidemic medicine, Mrs. Caroline, you and Mr. Taute should take it in time to avoid infection."

The anti-epidemic sugar cube is not very effective, but it is effective.

Chen Lun only hoped that it could stabilize the plague lurking in the two old men's bodies, so that he could leave time to wait for Maggie's return.

Only professionals can cure their symptoms.

"Oh, thank you so much, little Jack......"

Mrs. Caroline seemed very moved, and after taking the medicine bag, she hugged Chen Lun again.

Although Chen Lun healed Mr. Taut's external wounds, it was not easy to explain, so he simply comforted Mrs. Caroline.

He then took his leave.

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After leaving the ward.

Passing by the third floor again, Chen Lun heard a terrible cry.

He thought for a moment, pushed open the doorway, and came to the corridor on the third floor.

The hallway was crowded with people, and a raunchy man fell to his knees, pleading with a crow doctor.

"Doctor! Save Elsa!! She's only seven years old......! ”

"Sir, your daughter has passed away, we did our best and regret it......"

There was a buzzing sound from the crow's mask.

"Please be aware that we cannot save a dead person."

"But! That's what you said! Elsa's body is full of unclean blood, and she only needs to cut the blood vessels and release the filthy blood, and she will be able to recover ......! ”

The man was in tears, his eyes bloodshot.

"So...... Are you cheating?! Deceive a poor girl, and her unfortunate father! ”

The man, who seemed unable to accept his daughter's death from the plague, rushed forward hysterically and pulled the mask of the Raven Doctor.

"I want you to experience the pain of the plague as well! Taste the despair! ”

"Damn madman!"

Dr. Raven pushed the man away, raised the ebony cane in his hand, and struck the man on the forehead, causing his head to bleed.

The man screamed and fell to the ground.

The other onlookers exclaimed in amazement, while the other patients watched the scene numbly.

"Epidemic...... The Lord of the Plague will come down to punish you liars ......! ”

The man lay on the ground and said in a daze.

Chen Lun frowned and looked at the man on the ground.

'Lord of the Blight? ’

Of those present, he was the only one who heard the man's whisper.

I've never heard of this deity...... Is it fiction? Or is there really such a little-known evil god? ’

Wait until the chaos subsides and the crowd disperses.

The man staggered to his feet, ignoring the wound on his forehead, left the third floor with his face covered in blood, and walked straight onto the roof of the hospital.

"Poor Elsa! My Elsa! ”

He knelt on the railing of the roof and wept bitterly.

"I should have trusted the 'Great Plague Lord' sooner rather than later, listened to His gospel, and prayed for you...... And then you won't leave me! ”

The man stood up and stepped over the guardrail, looking down at the crowd walking below.

"Lord of the Blight, Lord of the Plague!

The scourge of ambush, the invisible chaos!

A collection of all plagues, a source of all misery!

Your humble believers pray to you with their lives, and they will punish all the liars here! ”

He shouted frantically, and he was ready to leap down to complete the self-sacrifice ritual.

Then.

A figure suddenly crossed behind him, grabbed him by the collar, and dragged him back.

With a bang, the man leaned back to the sky and fell to the ground.

He was dizzy and dizzy, and before he could see who was coming, he felt a glimmer of light flash in his sight.

"Where did you learn the name of the 'Lord of the Plagues'? And who is spreading His faith......? ”

A deep voice came.

The man didn't want to answer, but he couldn't help but speak:

"A month ago, some guy selling insurance came to my door and whispered to me......"

He was hypnotized, his expression was in a trance, and his mouth recounted the past.

"I didn't believe it at first, but as Elsa fell ill with the plague, I panicked and began to pray to Him......"

The man said some more details, but there was very little useful information.

He didn't even know the name of the insurance salesman.

Chen Lun's brows furrowed.

Just now he heard the man praying and reciting the full honorific name, and the prompt was triggered.

[You know the honorific name of the "Lord of the Plague" and gain 5,000 experience points!] Insight Stats +1! 】

This means that the "Lord of the Plague" does exist!

And His Personality is not inferior!

'There's a lot at stake......

According to the man's clues, Chen Lun secretly used a cane to divination, hoping to get the location of the "insurance salesman...... But the foreshadowing results were quite strange, and there was no such person.

This person is either dead, or there is a higher power that interferes. But with Chen Lun's current divination weight, the only thing that can blind the result is the power above the high sequence.

The recent outbreak of the plague, and the current knowledge of the "Lord of the Plague", made it difficult for Chen Lun not to connect the two.

It seems that behind this incident, there is a deeper secret.

Just now on the third floor, he used the [Voyeur Eye] to scan around and discovered a shocking fact - everyone, including the man in front of him, had a negative state of "plague lurking".

It's just that the man in front of me is a little different.

His state is "Plague Source Latent", and it seems that the abnormalities of other people are caused by him.

This situation can't help but make Chen Lun flash a guess:

Perhaps the recent outbreak of the plague had something to do with the faith of that person...... As long as someone believes in Him and fulfills certain conditions or rituals, they will unknowingly become a source of plague......

When the time comes, those who are infected by the source of the plague will erupt and die in a very short time......! ’

He thought to himself, feeling a little chilly.

Not only in the mind, but also in the body.

At the same time, Chen Lun suddenly felt that his throat was a little itchy.

The [Spiritual Intuition] lit up the signs, and Chen Lun immediately understood in his mind that this was the man on the ground, who was spreading an invisible plague infection to himself.

But his own poison resistance was too high, so he didn't fall for it.

The man suddenly fell to his knees and retched.

Black spots also began to slowly appear on his body, and soon, in a few breathless minutes, the black spots spread all over his body, and he fell to the ground and struggled and convulsed a few times, and then there was no sound.

'Dead ......'

Chen Lun looked at him silently.

Whether he jumps or not, the outcome is already doomed. ’

By now the sky was completely dark, and night was falling.

He ignored the corpse on the ground and turned to leave.

I interrupted his sacrifice just now, so as not to detonate the illness of the other plague lurkers in this hospital, leaving some time for it...... But leave the mess here to the shelter to solve. ’

After Chen Lun made up his mind to leave, he wrote a letter to Meng Na.

Tell me about the matter here in detail, and even the existence of the "Lord of the Plague" will be revealed a little.

And the Moon Church, after all, is the only transcendent organization in Amber City...... Let them have a headache to go. ’

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Mrs. Carolyn moved to the inner city.

She placed Mr. Taute in her own home for her care, but the old gentleman seemed to be asleep with no sign of waking up.

On this day, Chen Lun took a carriage and took Maggie, who had just returned to the manor, to visit. I plan to let her get close to this latent plague, and solve the symptoms of the two old men by the way.

"Captain, I found the nature of this plague very special!"

In the carriage, Maggie excitedly talks about the new discoveries she has made while traveling.

She still held bottles and cans in her hands, and she couldn't wait to open them all and stuff Chen Lun's head into them one by one to take a good look.

But she didn't dare.

He could only show Chen Lun all kinds of strange things inside, including jelly-like gels, carrion-like things, and all kinds of viscous liquids, in short, very unappetizing.

"They're actually very common little creatures, well, can you understand that? It's very small, but it's invisible to the naked eye......"

Maggie explained intimately.

Chen Lun nodded and rolled his eyes secretly.

"Of course, microbes and tiny harmful germs."

"Yes! That's what it's called! I didn't expect you to pay attention to the latest scientific research reports, the professor of the Royal Academy of Trisur, that's how it was named! ”

Maggie looked surprised.

She continued:

"Recent outbreaks of plague, the Black Death, Yellow Fever and Red Dance, have their roots in a variety of common bacteria and viruses.

Originally, these pathogenic factors caused a mild flu or a simple fever at most, but through some strange and strange way, they completed an incredible combination, and they were alienated, and they were enhanced ...... like never before! ”

Maggie vows:

"This is definitely not a natural phenomenon, and I am sure that there is an invisible hand behind the plague that is urging the birth of these diseases...... They can't appear out of nowhere! ”

Chen Lun listened to her words and was a little touched.

Combined with his speculation about the "Lord of the Plague", he felt that he was getting closer and closer to the truth.

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