"Hmm....."

Stephen had the same expression that someone had asked him why the sun was shaped.

"Actually..... You should understand, maybe I have a problem with the name, zombie is the name for a certain type of mutant human in Livonia, and there are various names in other regions, such as rotten skin, post-human, or ghoul..... I've heard that the name ghoul is often called in the east and even further east, so.... Have you seen it? Those guys whose skin is wrinkled and ugly like the skin of a mutant fruit, and even stench like rotten meat? ”

Andy muttered to himself, I don't even know what the mutant fruit you said looks like.

"I haven't seen it."

Stephen looked a little speechless.

"Hmm..... Maybe someone told you to go out and see more, otherwise people will become old hats, cough cough..... Sometimes you'll meet ugly guys out there, their skin is as bad as if they have rotted after burns, and many of them have completely lost their hair and even their lips and noses.... Some of the guys have unsightly faces like they've been kicked by a two-headed cow, not to mention the stench on their bodies.... So you... Ahem, ahem... You should be able to understand how they will be treated by people. ”

Andy imagined the image in his mind, if that group of people really looked so sorry, then zombies might really be a good name.... Oh, and ghouls aren't bad either.....

"Why did they become like that?"

Stephen took a sip of water and leaned against the tin sheet of the trunk with his head tilted, looking like he was struggling to breathe.

"Of course it is.... Radiation, those big bombs that were blooming all over the land at that time, leaving behind an impact that will never go away, those.... Radiation, invisible and colorless poison, they coexist with us in the air, everyone.... Born contaminated with them, your food, clothing, shelter and transportation.... It can't be avoided, it.... Make water, air, and soil poisonous, and turn animals into monsters. ”

"Ahem.... Those who survived the Great War... There is some resistance, but it is not enough..... If the amount absorbed is too large, the person will be poisoned by radiation... In addition to red, swollen and ulcerated skin, blurred vision, and weakness .... There could be worse developments..... Do not use radiation agents in a timely manner and stay away from radiation sources .... You could just be the kind of guy I'm talking about, of course.... Ahem, most people are simply... Dead. ”

Andy remembered the strange black flower he had come across earlier, and it turned out to be a strange species mutated by radiation.

"Okay, thanks for the info Stephen.... But there's something else I'd like to know more about. ”

The weakened Stephen showed a painful expression of torture, thinking and talking was no less than torture for him to be seriously ill, but there was a reason why he cooperated with Andy so much......

“..... cough cough cough ..... I, will answer you.... But I need you to promise me something. ”

"What's the matter? Go ahead. ”

Stephen turned his head to look at Andy with difficulty.

"I need you to take me with me.... Go to the settlement to the north and find a doctor..... As you can see, I'm about to ..... Sick and died. ”

"Everybody can see this... But what good can you give me? ”

Andy looked at Stephen with his arms crossed, the so-called taking him on the road, looking at him like this, I am afraid that he will turn into carrying him on the road, this is not an easy life, not to mention what kind of disease this guy has......

Stephen's slender eyes glanced at Andy, and there was no expression on his face.

"Oh..... Ahem, of course.... I'll give you something back.... It's just not a bottle cap or anything of value.... As you can see, I'm penniless right now.... But I can tell you something important, and I can tell you right now...."

He gritted his teeth and let out a low roar before he got up from the box, the rod-like body swaying from side to side, but the eyes were still burning with a strong desire to survive, and he raised his left hand and pulled off his right shoulder clothes.

As Andy had seen before, Stephen's entire right shoulder, including his neck, was covered with dense blue blisters, which looked terrifying and disgusting.

He tilted his head to look at Andy and continued to speak with difficulty.

"Of course you saw that..... Ahem.... These cute little blue bubbles.... I told you that I was captured by a group of natives and prepared to be sold as slaves, but I escaped.... Not long after I came out, I became ill and blue blisters began to grow on my body... cough cough cough cough .... I know why I'm sick, and there are several of the slaves who were imprisoned who had this kind of stuff on them..... I was infected after only a day there. ”

Andy couldn't help but feel a tight heart, couldn't help but take a step back, and touched the holster with one hand.

This action did not escape Stephen's eyes, and he smiled narrowly and shook his head at Andy.

"Of course it's a contagion.... I'm sure it's very contagious, but don't rush to turn around and leave..... Ahem, ahem, because.... Because..... Because you've already been infected! ”

Stephen, who was already sweating profusely, finally couldn't hold on, and his weak body couldn't stand anymore and fell directly to the ground, but he still stared at Andy, gasping for breath to finish what he had to say.

"When you escaped..... cough cough cough .... I see it..... I see that there are people like me.... They all have blue blisters... That's why we, who don't have a good relationship, why we're caught in this machine house, so ..... cough cough!! ”

Stephen suddenly fell to the ground and coughed, but his meaning was basically clear.

Andy was already sweating on his forehead, he threw away his cowboy hat and leather jacket, and then pulled off his tights prison clothes, and sure enough, several blisters had grown on Andy's back, but he still didn't feel anything.

His face couldn't help but become gloomy all of a sudden, he originally thought that he had finally been free this time, but who knew that now he suddenly realized that he was seriously ill, and the development of things always made Andy feel unexpected..... If Stephen is right, all Tibbetts inmates should have been infected with the virus that causes blue blisters, but some have already flare-ups and others seem to be unaffected for the time being.

In this case, the reason why he was suddenly attacked by strange robots in prison and sent to Tibbetts Prison is clear, and it is because he does not know if he contracted the virus before or after his first prison entry.

He walked over briskly and grabbed Stephen by the collar and pulled him up from the ground, his grim expression looking full of evil.

"So do you know how to treat it? What are the symptoms? What else do you know? Answer-A-me. ”

Pip-Boy silently updated the mission guide.

[New Mission: Find the Truth About a Mysterious Disease]