Following Tang En back to the castle, John made a large bucket of holy water in the castle and distributed it to all the servants and guards in the castle.
"This kind of natural holy water can resist the invasion of the plague for a certain period of time even if people who are not infected with the plague drink it. People who come into contact with the source of infection will have obvious discomfort reactions. After everyone drinks the holy water, this plague will
There won’t be anything slipping through the net.”
"Very good!"
Tang En was naturally overjoyed after hearing this, and immediately arranged for the people in the castle to drink the holy water in batches. As a result, two unknown infected patients were discovered. They seemed to be fine, but after drinking the holy water, their expressions changed and they ran out.
Vomiting continuously.
This made Tang En's face change, and he was obviously a little scared. These two people were undoubtedly patients in the incubation period of the plague virus, and one of them was still in charge of kitchen miscellaneous items. If they were not discovered and left alone, a large number of people might be infected soon.
Leaving the Burns family to deal with the rest, John took people back to the laboratory. The five servants had the strength to move, so they were arranged to serve John and others in the laboratory. After all, the little maid Winnie was still too young.
Can't do much.
After entering the laboratory, John sent the servants outside and called the three Vanderlin brothers to come closer.
"You all know the plan. I'll ask you to work harder these days. I hope I can catch that hateful guy."
The youngest Joe, who still had fluff on his mouth, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, John. We Druid wolves are also wolves, and we are all nocturnal creatures. No one can escape our pursuit under the moonlight."
As the first person to make friends with John, Joe Vanderlin looked like a young man in his early twenties. In fact, he was only under eighteen this year, a little younger than Phil.
John himself is not a complicated person, but he is used to seeing all kinds of life in his previous life, and the world is cold and cold, so he is somewhat mentally senile, so he likes to deal with simple and passionate young people like Joe and Phil the most.
He gave Joe a thumbs up, and then said worriedly:
"What I'm worried about is actually not whether I can catch the mastermind behind it, but I'm afraid that the guy will behave unpredictably when faced with a desperate situation."
As he spoke, he recounted the discovery of Swick's body and the reasons for his death.
John had taken some time to do some research in the laboratory before, taking a small piece of carrion from the virus sample preserved by Swick.
That piece was a piece of mutton sealed and collected by Swick with his own saliva. It has mutated plague virus. This mutated plague can quickly infect living creatures in contact with it. Even the blood of extraordinary people can be spiritually contaminated by it. It is absolutely
It's a more powerful variant of the plague. If that's what the black hand released at the beginning, I'm afraid that several nearby territories would now look like the ruins in Resident Evil, right?
Recalling the horror of this plague, a cautious expression appeared on John's face.
"I named this extraordinary virus with extremely high fatality rate "Type 2 Plague Virus". Ordinary patients will have a high fever on the first day, coughing up blood, abnormal green spots appearing on the surface of the body, and then the internal organs will be damaged.
It starts to rot and will die within three days."
Now think about how young Swick was able to force himself to leave these records in his notes after learning that he was infected. It is really great!
At first, John had doubts about the skill of the dead Dr. Swick, but in fact, through later understanding, he found that this young man's medical skills were not as low as imagined, but at least he was basically as good as him in practical ability.
He was a field doctor during World War II. Of course, this is also related to the fact that Swick studied under Dr. William and was guided by him. From time to time, he would go to cemeteries to steal corpses for his own anatomy study.
John's words made the three brothers look ugly, and Arthur asked:
"So can these two types of plague viruses infect extraordinary people?"
John did not answer directly, but first explained: "The virus before it mutated was named 'Plague Virus Type 1' by me. But don't underestimate this type 1 virus that looks very mild. Although it is not easy to be infected with this plague in the early stages,
It is fatal. It will take at least a month to seriously erode the internal organs. The time to death depends on the patient's physical condition. This is why Earl Burns still did not die despite being infected for more than three months. But it is
It is this concealment that allows the plague to spread more silently."
When John said this, the three brothers also understood the horror of this plague. Although Earl Burns was only infected with the original version of the plague, as a knight with an extraordinary profession, the Earl's physique is undoubtedly far superior to ordinary people.
of.
John continued:
"A conclusion can be drawn from the study of the blood of Brandon, the violent bear knight. The good news is that type 1 virus cannot invade the blood of Brandon knight at all. As soon as the two come into contact, they will be infected by the blood.
That kind of extraordinary spiritual power was extinguished. So the conclusion is that an extraordinary strong man as a formal knight can definitely resist the erosion of type 1 plague virus, and can even eliminate it through the immune system as soon as he is infected.
Most of them are just minor symptoms of a cold.”
"But the bad news for us is that the second type of plague virus, even the official knights of this world who are equivalent to extraordinary beings, cannot resist it. It is definitely a terrible plague that can wipe out a country or even the whole world. Fortunately, the purification and poison avoidance technique
We can get rid of this plague in time, which is our advantage."
Thinking of the magic ritual taught to them by the young noble in front of him, Arthur's face looked much better, but he also analyzed: "But I have a question, the type 1 plague virus is more hidden than the type 2 plague virus, and the infection is not easy.
After being discovered, it would take at least ten days or even a month for symptoms to appear. Over the years in the Federation, I have also seen some such medical research. I don’t think the people who created the plague will not discover these. After all, every virus
All studies require multiple trials."
Perhaps because of the extraordinary power, the medical development in the main world seems to be more advanced than in this world. At least there are high-level academies and well-known medical scientists who have conducted research on various infectious diseases, and have invented some drugs similar to sulfonamides in previous lives.
, early antibiotic drugs such as penicillin. Just like in previous lives, every time a new drug is invented, capital will publicize it in newspapers in order to gain fame, causing a sensation among the people. John is also impressed by these.
Dashiell also expressed his doubts:
"So the other party may have released Type 1 virus just to cause widespread panic and then take certain actions against the Burns family?"
Joe held a different opinion and said:
"It's also possible that the other party doesn't want to be implicated too much, and will treat these people after achieving its goal, so they choose such a slow-onset plague variety."
As a policeman for more than ten years, John has witnessed all kinds of bizarre cases. He has never been afraid to use the worst malice to speculate on people's hearts and put forward another situation:
"In other words, the mastermind behind the scenes didn't think so much at all. The use of type 1 plague virus was just because the plague spread very covertly and could infect the earl who was under heavy protection. It had nothing to do with kindness and compassion!"
Regarding Dashiell and Joe's analysis, John understood that there was some truth to it, but even if the other party really had unknown difficulties, as a human being's moral conscience and the sense of justice of a policeman in his previous life, he did not think it was a kind of kindness or mercy.
The so-called pitiable people must be hateful. Even if there is great hatred towards the Burns family, these innocent people should not be implicated. Even if they find a way to save it in the end, so many lives have been lost before.
So John has identified the mastermind as an evil villain who needs to be punished.