Prior to this, the Emperor had never seen such a virus.

The mutation of an infected heart, which is eventually replaced by machinery and gears, makes no biological sense to a person who believes in modern science.

This also made him even more curious about what kind of future Diego saw, so he would kill Father Gourdell in this way.

He took Diego away from the central square of Silvermoon Harbor and returned to the ruins of the Church of the Eclipse Cult, which is now home to orphans.

When he got home, he asked, "What did you see?" ”

"Father Gaudall infected everyone and turned them into monsters."

"Monsters?"

"Robot ...... They look just like you. ”

This answer silenced the Emperor.

First of all, he felt that he needed to clarify that he had not been infected with the virus, but had voluntarily replaced the prostheses in order to fight dangerous enemies like Domination.

The weakness of psionics lies in their weak bodies, and prosthetic modification is a means to get rid of these weaknesses quickly.

Psychic researchers are apparently aware of this, and hence the idea of conceptual arming, a way to fuse prosthetics and psionic powers.

Still, he doesn't have a good grasp of what Diego sees in the future.

"You mean, Father Godell forced the others in the harbor to transplant prostheses?"

"Prosthetics?"

Diego looked a little confused.

Remembering that the concept of prosthetics was not yet widespread in the "outside world", the Emperor explained, "Presumably, it is the transformation of parts of the body into machinery through surgery." ”

"It's not."

Diego shook his head, "Whoever is infected will soon be like this. ”

He did not regret it, and if he had to do it all over again, he would not hesitate to attack Father Godell and strangle the plague in its cradle.

The Messenger of God the Father said that taking their hearts was the only way to kill them.

Otherwise, other fatal injuries will only increase the rate of mutation in their bodies.

Although the townspeople wanted to capture them for a bounty, he still loved the port city, which had many fond memories and Diego never wanted to be replaced by cold machines.

The Emperor fell silent.

He began using the operating system's built-in engine, searching for keywords like "mechanical virus" based on Diego's description, but found nothing.

So far, neither the coalition government nor the "outside world" has ever had a virus capable of transforming human flesh into machinery, and the only virus similar to it is called the "Flesh Plague", which also happens to occur in the territory of the Third Neutral Country, and the inhabitants infected with the Flesh Plague will eventually lose their minds and become beasts driven by instinct, and their behavior is roughly similar to the zombies in the film.

The Coalition Government's expatriate department has discovered that the "Flesh Plague" can not only infect humans, but if exposed to the plague for a long time, even machines and artificial intelligence will be affected by the plague and undergo mutations.

The "mechanical plague" described by Diego is the opposite.

If he hadn't seen Father Gaudall's heart grow into a gear set, he would have mistaken it for Diego's gibberish.

A fanatical believer, his spirit is often in a rather unstable state.

At this moment, Diego became the only way for him to learn about the plague.

"How do we tell who is infected with this ...... Mechanical plague? ”

"I don't know."

Diego shook his head blankly, "The messenger of the Father told me that Father Gaudall was infected, so I got rid of him. ”

He also had no idea when or how Father Gaudall was infected.

The Emperor knew that the messenger of the Father was referring to the Whispers of the Aura Troupe, and the last time they met, he asked to go to the Misty Islands, where some major events were taking place on the island that could affect the future of the coalition government and the entire world.

But now his plans have been disrupted.

Father Gourdell, who was able to take him to the Misty Isles, is dead.

The Church of the Tides in Silvermoon Harbor is in turmoil after losing its backbone, some of them are in fear, and some are threatening to torture the murderer to death.

He had to find a way to cross the uncharted seas anew.

It would be irrational to fight a monster of that size on the surface of the sea, and his abilities would be restrained - with full force activation, his ship would sink to the bottom of the sea first.

His instincts told him that there must be even more terrifying monsters beneath that sea.

………………………………

When Song Lan woke up from her sleep, it was already noon outside.

Although he slept lazily, he did not relax at all, and his mood became heavier and heavier.

A mechanical plague was born in Silvermoon Harbor that he had never heard of, and until the end, he had not figured out how to identify those who were infected.

Diego saw a blurry scene in his dreams, he only saw that all the people in the port had become fleshless machines, but he couldn't tell how their temperament would change when they became machines.

And after talking to Lu Xiang on the phone, he heard even worse news.

A similar case occurred in the seventeenth district.

The deceased were three homeless people who had their hearts hollowed out.

This indicates that the mechanical plague has infiltrated Sector 17.

"You're saying that their hearts turned into gears after they were infestation, and that the people who killed them were actually trying to prevent the plague from spreading?"

Lu Xiang summarized Song Lan's account on the other end of the phone.

Captain Doug has taken this sudden and vicious case very seriously, and now the special operations team is holding an emergency meeting next door.

However, Song Lan, who had not been to the scene and had just slept at home, was one step ahead of them and discovered new clues.

This had to remind Lu Xiang of the absurd theory put forward by Song Lan - as long as you are lucky, everyone is a detective.

Dumb Bird seems to be proving his theory right with practical actions.

This may be called the "dream solving method".

Song Lan asked, "Where did those three people last go?" ”

"The bar, they soak in the bar every day."

Although he had a premonition in his heart, Lu Xiang still confirmed the result, "They may have infected other people in the bar, or the person who infected them is still spreading this virus in the bar." ”

Thanks Rodrigo. 4,000 starting coins from Pokia!