The lethality of a large-scale plague outbreak is absolutely no less than a war, and it is even more terrifying than a war. At least on the battlefield, you can still see blood and tragic with your own eyes, but the plague cannot be seen or touched, and kill people invisibly. You will never know who will die next moment.
This plague has caused at least three countries to die in name only, first controlled, then isolated, and then, when the plague spreads into the inner courtyard of the palace, there is only one way left to escape.
Those who escaped were princes, nobles, and nobles. In order to curb the plague, the poor people were even deprived of their qualifications to escape. During the plague, those who leave the country without any distinction between old and young will be killed!
The place where the plague broke out was like a purgatory on earth, with corpses everywhere and wailing all over the sky.
So when Xu Lei and others entered the area where the plague broke out the most, everyone wanted to see the monsters and looked at the few people.
Li Yan raised his head and raised his chest to show off the flag of the leader of the plague-killing alliance awarded by the Jianghu Festival, preparing to accept the enthusiasm for helping the country, but it was a burst of laughter, "Haha, no wonder he was going to enter the epidemic area, it turned out to be a few fools."
In other people's eyes, those who take the plague as a devil are no different from fools. Organizations like the plague as an devil are not uncommon on this continent. Official, gangs, and spontaneous private organizations will appear more or less whenever the plague breaks out. However, what these so-called plague as an devil is done is to count the death toll after the plague, and then write a long and messy thing to finish the work, like a forced rush into an epidemic area, which is the first time.
Li Yan angrily put away the flag of the leader of the plague-killing alliance. Looking at the group of people with ridicule, his eyes suddenly turned pale, and he fell to the ground with a thud. He still let out a "pain" sound, "Plague...Plague, it's a plague..."
Then the group of onlookers couldn't laugh, and their faces became pale and scattered like birds and beasts.
"Little Yanzi, stop playing." Xu Lei was not as relaxed as Li Yan. Although he had never experienced it personally, it was not difficult to see the plague from those who were scared to death.
"Don't take it lightly. Take more pills that Juqi San and Hanqing give to you. Don't run around after entering and touch any items at will."
After Xu Lei finished speaking, he took out some bottles and jars from the ring and shook out a few pills and took them. In addition to gathering Qi and dispersing, some of these pills were configured by Mu Hanqing before. As the daughter of the Hundred Herb Immortal, it is not a problem to prepare some pills. Although Mu Hanqing said that these pills could not completely suppress the plague, after taking them, they could at least greatly reduce the infection rate of the plague.
After taking the pill, several people began to head deep into the epidemic area. At first, it was fine. Except for the fewer people, there was nothing unusual, but the deeper they went in, the more they made their scalp numb, dead trees, weeds, stinky corpses everywhere, and the desolation that could not be seen from a distance. Not to mention human figures, there were not even birds or beasts.
The most terrifying thing happened, Xu Lei and others went deep into the epidemic area for nearly a day, and except for them, they didn't even see a living person!
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Li Yan kicked a big iron pot hard and shouted loudly, "Is there anyone who can breathe? It's just a sound!"
"Come on, stop yelling, there is no breath of life around here." Su Mu looked grim, sighed, and said, "This is the sixth village we have passed by, and I haven't seen a living person. It seems that the plague is far beyond our imagination!"
"Will there be other situations besides the plague, such as robbers and bandits?" Ding Xiaodou said, looking at the empty village.
"No." Xu Lei shook his head, "This village is well preserved and has not been destroyed again. The villagers' homes are neatly arranged, unlike robbers and bandits."
"But I just looked around. Although I found many corpses nearby, not a single living person was left behind. It is impossible for a village to hit like this, so there are only dozens of corpses. Where will the rest go?"
"Maybe they all escaped." Xu Lei looked around, "We went around separately to see if there were any clues. Remember, you must not touch any items at will, and send a signal immediately whenever there is any situation!"
The few people nodded and immediately scattered their heads.
Xu Lei walked around the neighborhood without finding meaningful clues. After watching for a while, his eyes stopped on a slightly raised ground in front of the entrance of the village. After carefully looking at it, he walked towards the raised ground.
Although there are some weeds on the ground, it can still be distinguished from the color of some of the soil that was turned out to be seen that the land had been turned upside down not long ago. Based on the traces of the newly turned soil, Xu Lei drew a circle of about three feet around the ground with branches.
At this moment, Su Mu and others also came over, and from their expressions they all returned without success.
"Where is Xiao Yanzi?" Xu Lei frowned, and no Li Yan was seen among the few people.
"Oh, I met him just now. He said that we would wait a moment. He found a clear stream and wanted to take a shower before coming over." Ding Xiaodou replied."
"Don't you know where this place is here? What if there is a plague in the water, go and get him back immediately!"
After hearing this, the few people's expression suddenly changed, and then they realized that this was an epidemic area. Not to mention finding a stream to take a bath, even a tree and no matter how much it is, it cannot be touched by a single grass or a tree.
At this moment, several people saw Li Yan running over from afar, holding a wooden stick in his hand, and there seemed to be something in front of the stick.
"New discovery, I have new discovery!" Li Yan shouted excitedly while running.
After Li Yan ran closer, several people saw clearly that the wooden stick in Li Yan was actually picking a human arm that had been more than half rotten!
"Why are you doing this? You're almost throwing it away, it's so stinking!" Ning Fei'er covered her nose and turned her head to look at that disgusting thing.
"No, listen to me!"
Li Yan was so angry that he seemed very excited, "Look carefully, what's the difference between this arm?"
"What else can it be different? Are there six fingers?" Ding Xiaodou also covered his nose with disgust on his face.
Xu Lei looked at Li Yan, and saw that he was not joking, so he took two steps forward, carefully looked at the arm for a while, and said in surprise, "This hand has been cooked?"
Li Yan nodded and said, "Yes, I was about to go into the water to take a shower just now, and I saw this thing on the shore. I didn't care at first, but later I found that it was actually familiar!"
"Cooked!" Su Mu looked surprised and took two steps forward. He carefully observed the arm that had been rotten more than halfway, and found that the oil on it was turned outward and the muscle texture was grayish white. It was really cooked!
"But... but why are you cooking this thing? Is it because everyone here likes to eat human flesh!" Ding Xiaodou said, and his face suddenly changed.
Mu Hanqing shook his head and said, "It is said that human flesh can have a slight effect of suppressing plague."
Xu Lei turned his head to look at Mu Hanqing and said, "Can you eat human flesh cure the plague? Hanqing, is this true?"
Mu Hanqing shook his head and said, "I don't know either, but some ingredients in human flesh can indeed have the effect of taking medicine. However, I just heard that it can cure the plague and cannot be sure it is true."
"But..." Mu Hanqing looked at the cooked arm carefully and frowned, "From the texture and color of this arm, the owner of this arm has never suffered from illness before his lifetime."
"In other words, this person did not die of the plague, but was killed!" Su Mu said in surprise.
Xu Lei suddenly thought of something and ordered, "Go and find a few shovels and hoes!"
After hearing this, Ding Xiaodou turned his head and ran towards the village. After a while, he carried a few hoes and shovels and ran over.
"Dig in the circle I drew!" Xu Lei took a shovel and pointed to the circle he drew on the ground.
The few people rushed to the scene, but after digging for a few times, they smelled a strong stench, and removed some bones stained with some shredded meat.
"Continue to dig!" Xu Lei frowned and another shovel inserted into it.
After a while, a round pit with a diameter of about three meters appeared. The round pit was filled with human bones, and a foul smell followed.
Xu Lei casually shoveled a few pieces of white bones from the pit, held his breath and squatted down to look at the bones carefully, and said, "Han Qing, please look at these bones. They were all killed by the plague."
After fiddling with the branches for a while, Mu Hanqing said affirmatively, "I'm sure they didn't cause any plague when they were alive."
"In other words, these pits of white bones were all killed and buried here!" Xu Lei said in surprise.
Mu Hanqing nodded, "And without exception, they were all cooked."
"Who did this!" Su Mu's fist clattered, "Kill someone and cook them again, is it really someone who likes to eat human flesh?"
"I'm going to be touched by me. I'm roasting him with a handful of fire and let him eat his own meat!" Yang Weiwei also gritted her teeth with hatred.
Xu Lei slowly let out a breath, calmed down his emotions, sighed, and said, "Buried them back first, Han Qing, I have to ask you to search everywhere and check the bodies around you to see what's going on. Brother Su, please accompany Han Qing."
Su Mu nodded and left with Mu Hanqing. In less than a while, the two of them left back.
"We found six corpses nearby, four intact, and two with only some flesh-and-small bones left."
"Did they all die from the plague?" Xu Lei asked.
Mu Hanqing shook his head, "The four clothes are all well-dressed and killed by the plague, and the two are only bones left." Mu Hanqing pointed to the small mound of soil that had been buried again, "Like the ones buried here, they are all considered to be killed and then cooked."
Xu Lei frowned, "Now we can confirm two points. First, there is indeed a plague here. Second, in addition to the plague, there is also a mysterious force at work!"
"Who, come out!" At this moment, Mu Hanqing suddenly shouted, then rushed towards a place with a sweep. Xu Lei and others also spread their bodies and followed.