Chapter 40: The Great Plague of Philadelphia
In fact, Liu Shengzhi had already smelled this smell, and he said: "This is the smell of vinegar...... Heated vinegar ......"
Halfway through, he froze himself. What is the heated vinegar used for? Liu Shengzhi himself knew too well.
In the modern world, almost every few years, there will be a large-scale infectious disease, such as SARS, avian flu or something. At this time, all kinds of brick beasts came out, what kind of banlan root and what white vinegar disinfection......
It is said that this kind of cultivation has been passed down for decades, and it has almost become a custom, just like the people of the Six Dynasties who carried things like ghost pills on their bodies, inserted calamus, and drank realgar wine......
The most outrageous thing is that Liu Shengzhi also saw a joke at that time on the Internet, and it seems to be a real thing.
When the nuclear power plant exploded at the end of the day, rumors spread that the price of salt would rise.
Many people rushed to buy salt, but a "mother" did not act. Some people are strange, this "Shifu Mom" likes to make trouble the most, and she is the first to toss when there is a disturbance. And this time it was very calm.
Later, someone asked her what was going on, and this "mother" sighed and said that the salt she bought during the SARS epidemic still has half a room......
Therefore, Liu Shengzhi is no stranger to the use of this hot vinegar. He's a little weird, what's the vinegar smell all over here?
"There's a corpse here!" someone shouted.
Sure enough, at the corner of the street, there was a corpse leaning against the wall on the corner, looking stiff.
Before they had time to take a closer look, they saw a few guys wearing masks holding torches in their hands in broad daylight. They even kept piling up straw in a pile and then setting it on a street corner and setting it on fire.
"There are corpses here!" they cried. He quickly pushed the cart and ran over and threw the body on it.
Until all this is dealt with. Only then did they notice Liu Shengzhi's group. As you can see, most of these are black, both male and female, and most of them are elderly.
"Who are you? Now that there is a plague in Philadelphia, why didn't you leave?"
Philadelphia, plague? These two keywords made Liu Sheng's heart move, what is going on?
Bradley shouted, "Philadelphia." What the hell is going on with the plague?"
No one answered Bradley, but someone pointed at Liu Shengzhi and shouted: "Look, this guy's eyes are black, he must be the devil." These people are devils......"
Hearing this, the people who were already suspicious suddenly shouted, didn't care about anything, turned around and ran. The fart is full of urine, and he doesn't even care about the car and the corpse.
"What the hell is going on?" O'Neill asked, a little agitated.
"I don't know. Bradley looked at the names of the streets written on the houses around him. And the name of the store. After a while, Fang smiled bitterly: "Gentlemen, if we are not mistaken, our luck does not seem to be good. Came to Philadelphia, the capital at the time of the founding of the country......"
"And the sound of this cannon firing is probably not a salute, but to drive away the disease!"
Then. He explained. If he doesn't explain, an outsider like Liu Shengzhi may be difficult to know. Hundreds of years ago, the plague that nearly destroyed the entire nation that would later claim to be the most powerful nation on the planet.
Hear this, though. Liu Shengzhi and Bai Juying immediately glanced at each other.
Bai Juying shook her head. "It's not a dream, at least I didn't find it like a dream......"
That's even more wrong. Liu Shengzhi looked at the sky worriedly. The original intention of killing the Quartet as soon as he entered this space and found those guardians was temporarily pressed again.
"Gentlemen, something is very wrong. I think we should go back to the monastery. Let's see if we can get out there...... What is happening here is beyond our comprehension......"
He had barely finished his sentence when he heard footsteps again. This time, the footsteps were quite neat, and people knew that it was the sound of the team running.
If it were in the real world, Liu Shengzhi would think that these were students or someone else. But here, the only thing Liu Shengzhi could think of was the army who could make such a neat footsteps.
Obviously, the rest of the people also thought about it and became vigilant. Take advantage of a variety of vantage points to cover your figure.
Sure enough, a dozen soldiers soon ran out of the street corner. They wore long red, white and blue military uniforms, somewhat similar to the current short trench coats.
In addition to the red collar and red epaulettes, there is also a wide red brim on the placket, which is quite gorgeous. Of course, it looks a little funny with the current eyes, lacking the prestige and masculinity of a military uniform.
The guns they were carrying were clearly still front-loaded, and they were stuffing bullets into their muzzles, crackling and firing in this direction. Obviously, I don't plan to give Liu Shengzhi and these people a chance to explain!
Although this gun is very backward, bullets can also kill. Liu Shengzhi was shot on a railing not far from him, and a scar the size of a bowl was cut on the wooden handrail. Sawdust flew and almost scratched Liu Shengzhi's face.
And there was an even more unlucky mercenary, but he screamed and was shot in the head, apparently dead and could not die again.
They had experienced so many dangers along the way, but they didn't expect to die here......
"Fire ......"
Hardly without any hesitation, O'Neill and the men fought back. The guns in their hands are much more advanced than those in the hands of these people.
Bullets shot like a storm, again in the middle of this narrow street. A dozen soldiers fell in pools of blood!
The smell of gunpowder and blood filled the air, and the sky was dark and gloomy, and although there was no sun, it was very hot. inexplicably fought a battle, and also lost a manpower, so that their morale obviously fell a little.
"If I'm not mistaken, it's the time of the plague outbreak in Philadelphia, and at least five or six thousand people died in Philadelphia alone.
Philadelphia, the provisional capital of the United States, was the largest city in North America at the time, with no more than 50,000 inhabitants. The population of the entire country will not exceed four million......"
Hearing this bloody number, even Liu Shengzhi was taken aback. So many people died?
This may not seem like a lot, but if you look at the percentages, it's pretty frightening.
With a tenth of the people in a city dead, it's no wonder that this ghost place looks empty, almost like a ghost town. (To be continued......)