I Like This Dream!

(Sixty-nine)

At first, one omega had an emergency. He was diagnosed as a sick prostitute. He started having diarrhea at the stall where he was about to be sent out. He used this as an excuse to wallow and refused to leave. The law enforcement team had to temporarily settle him down and recruit some people to take care of him. Then, as if following his example, the prostitutes who lived with the omega also began to complain of illness.

For the first two days, the law enforcement team thought this was another trick used by people who did not want to move. The registration and identification work was so cumbersome that the law enforcement team had to temporarily stay in the old city. They chose to leave these old fritters who pretended to be sick so realistically for final processing. On the third day, the first omega began to vomit violently, and the vomit sprayed everywhere, and he did not stop even after he was unable to eat.

This omega didn't eat much anymore. His body seemed to dissolve itself in his belly, digesting it into filth and flowing out of his body. Anyone would be horrified by his current appearance: his eyes were sunken deeply, his skin was wrinkled like a leather bag, and there was a big hole in the depression of his abdomen. What's even scarier is that a day ago he looked like a normal person.

A few hours later, the patient died.

A few hours later, more "malingering" omegas began vomiting.

Then, healthy people caring for the patients, and even some members of the law enforcement team, began to suffer from diarrhea.

The ghostly disease swept through the old city, and people who were unwilling to leave before fled like a nest, but now they can no longer leave. Realizing that something was not going well, David organized his manpower to maintain the overall situation, and at the same time asked the superpower to send a message to the outside world. After receiving the news, the border army quickly surrounded the old city, and not even a mouse could get out.

"The preparations for the plague have been completed." Charlotte said seriously to the God's Favored One, "The priests are also in place. Please give the order before the plague spreads."

"Priest?" An Xu asked, "Is there anyone who can cure diseases?"

"Sir, the disease cannot be cured." Charlotte sighed, "All the superpowers have been withdrawn."

"Then what's the use of letting the priests go? Aren't they also likely to be infected?" An Xu said hurriedly, "People with superpowers won't be infected. Let them help! Isolate the patients!"

"The entire Old City has been quarantined, and the priests are outside the quarantine area." Charlotte replied, "Please... don't hesitate any longer."

An Xu had a bad premonition. She felt that the development of things seemed to be a little different from what she imagined. She asked: “What does preparedness mean for plague?”

"The old city is quarantined, and the superpowers are evacuated. The pyres, oil, and fire superpowers are ready. The priests and exorcists are outside the quarantine area and can start purification at any time." Charlotte said, "The General has already brought The team to capture the wizard sets out..."

"Wait a minute!" An Xu stopped her, "What, what?"

"Yesterday, not long after your explanation, the law enforcement captain David discovered the precursor of the plague. I immediately applied to the general and sent a border army that was enough to surround Honghe Village. It must have arrived by now." Charlotte said with admiration. , "You are really good at predicting things. Sure enough, there are wizards spreading the plague."

"Is this preparation?" An Xu asked dumbfounded, "So what? Are you planning to burn down the epidemic area? And then burn the 'wizard' to death?"

"If everything goes well, purifying the spreaders and sources of the plague can eliminate it." Charlotte said solemnly. "If unfortunately the plague spreads again, we can only purify more places, just like during the 'Black Disaster'. Please ask God for mercy." us."

An Xu looked at her motionless and realized that she was serious.

The God's Favorite remembered the classics he had read. The "Black Disaster" a hundred years ago was also a plague. It is like the Black Death in this world, and it ends faster than the Black Death, because among the crowd, a person with supernatural powers who can touch the lumps and cure the disease is lucky enough to be born, that is, the closest saint to today, St. Roch. The black plague is not as serious as the Black Death due to the combination of superpowers who are not prone to illness and the God-given golden finger that can cure diseases.

But whether the consequences are good or bad is hard to tell.

The germ of modern medicine that was supposed to be born during the Black Death never appeared. The feudal and theocratic forces that were supposed to be weakened experienced some chaos and then resurrected and became more stable. These people who cheated and skipped the disaster sincerely believed that burning black cats, hunting wizards, and purifying patients was the most correct way to deal with it. You see, wasn't God pleased by this and sent down the savior? As for the fact that tens of thousands of people had already died when the savior appeared, it must be blamed on people's lack of piety and insufficient purification.

St. Roch is dead, and the remaining people have no antibodies in their bodies, and there is no effective way to fight the plague (except burning, burning, burning). If the black plague comes back at this time, people will still be like lambs waiting to be slaughtered in front of it.

This world that relies on supernatural powers seems to be built on a bubble. People are just waiting for the next time the gods toss the coin with survival written on one side and destruction written on the other.

"Burn the corpses, not the living people." An Xu said word for word. After saying that, she turned around and flew into the old city.

There were almost no people on the streets in the old city. Only David and the law enforcement team who were not infected were patrolling the perimeter, and anyone who wanted to rush out would be killed without mercy. An Xu ignored him and flew directly into the epidemic area.

There was a stench from every door that could be pushed open, and the patient was left alone on the bed to die. Each one of them was out of shape, twitching on the bed, covered in filth as thin as rice water. Most of the healthy people hid in closed doors and prayed. A small number of gangsters who knew they were about to die fell into the final madness and began to wander around the epidemic areas, smashing doors, and pulling out people who did not appear to be infected. A doomsday scene.

An Xu watched all this from the sky, surprisingly calm.

She was in a strange state. On the one hand, she felt that this was just an insignificant dream, out of sight, out of mind. On the other hand, she couldn't help but be touched by what she saw and heard. After all, what happened in front of her was not in a game. A plague occurred and you lost XXX farmers" is a brief reminder. It was too real, real and ugly, so there was a conflict between "the ordinary An Xu in reality" and "the An Xu who enjoys dreams", and then doubts arose.

In the history of this world, there have been precedents where faith was shaken and supernatural powers became weak. The Holy See used this to promote that supernatural powers come from divine grace. In fact, it is more about faith than faith in things related to supernatural powers, spirits, and souls.

Even if ordinary people's beliefs are shaken, it will not be serious enough to shake the fundamentals. But Anxu's entire understanding of the world is based on a certain misunderstanding, which makes her belief particularly firm, but at the same time, once that understanding is subverted...

The subconscious sounds the alarm, and the two conflicting minds compromise each other, blending together to deceive their masters. An Xu felt vaguely that something was wrong, but felt that there was no need to care. The desire to explode was controlled by the cold and rational surface thinking, and turned into an unprecedented, powerful and sophisticated ability control.

Tiny electric arcs invisible to the naked eye spread from An Xu's feet. She closed her eyes, and everything in front of her disappeared, leaving only the large net woven by the electric arcs. The spreading fine network encountered many small dots, some were dying and as weak as candles in the wind; some were bright and moving vigorously, like small flying insects that were entangled. Anxu is the spider in the center of the web who controls everything. She weaves the grid and makes them her eyes, ears, hands and feet.

She couldn't say how she did it, but the arc could smell fear, rage, or excitement in their skin. The invisible electric snake targeted the excited tormentor and then scurried in.

The perpetrators fell down at the same time, their internal organs were turned into cokes by electricity, but the victims whose skin was close to them were no different. At most, they felt a numbness on their bodies like static electricity. As the victims fled in terror from the silent robbers, rapists and murderers, a voice rang out in the sky.

"I can't guarantee that everyone will survive," said the God's Favored One, "but as long as you obey my orders, I can guarantee that everyone will not die."

Healthy people in the epidemic area were organized, and the corpses and clothes stained with filth were gathered together and burned; the patients who were still angry were moved to the sun to wipe themselves and change, and the favored ones ordered those with supernatural powers who were not susceptible to the disease to come from a distance. The doctor brought water with salt and sugar and drank it while the patient was vomiting. It is strange to say that those patients who should have died immediately struggled to survive because of this ordinary water.

"Is this your power?" David murmured to himself, and said with some worry: "It's just that if you detain someone who is destined to be taken away..."

"Why, are you afraid that you won't get God's mercy?" An Xu calculated the proportion of saline solution and glanced at him, "Don't be stupid, instead of begging for its mercy, you should think about how to snatch people from it. "

There are no basic medical measures here, the time spent trying to make up for the medical shortcomings is too short, and the plague comes too quickly. But there is her here, there are people with special powers who have opened golden fingers, there are people who want to survive, and there is the hidden NPC doctor who has not yet arrived. An Xu does not believe that they will be defeated by a disease.

Anxu was not sure what the source of the plague was, so she took precautions against all the possibilities she knew.

Residents near the epidemic area were relocated, and water from nearby wells was not allowed to be used. Everyone in the epidemic area had to cover their mouths and noses with scented gauze. Everyone who has been to an infected area must be cleaned by an exorcist. The entire city must take a bath every day and wash hands frequently. Water and food other than fruits must be boiled before consumption. Thunder Castle has temporarily entered a semi-closed state, and entry and exit must be reviewed for three days. Only if there is no illness can the person be released. The crowded market every day was temporarily suspended, and the border troops were responsible for accepting purchase requests door-to-door and helping with purchasing. This was the reason for the express delivery business many years later, let’s not mention this for now. People chose to believe her, just like they always did.

There are also discordant voices among them. The foreign priests who came to travel and preach under the reputation of Thunder Castle jointly signed a letter and even went to the streets to shout loudly, demanding that the favored ones of God complete the purification according to the teachings.

"If you don't repent to God, the end will be near!" The leading priest, wearing the holy emblem representing Alinggu's origin, angrily shouted beside the burning platform they set up, "You are greedy for pleasure and associate with unclean omegas. # Confession, this is the wrath of God! Omega! These devils are born to lead people to corruption! They have corrupted morality and made us lose the grace of God! Repent! The only way is to throw the devil into the fire, you Only then can the soul be saved!”

Their intimidation was particularly terrifying at this moment of panic. People were whispering and looking at God's Favored One frequently. The girl waited expressionlessly for him to finish, then nodded and said, "Yes, this world is very dirty. Since you love cleanliness so much, I respect you too."

With a wave of her hand she gagged the priest and threw him into the fire.

The echoes that had just come and went suddenly stopped, and the outside priests were like chickens being strangled by their necks. The abbot Dennis, who had been silent in the crowd, curled his lips in his heart and sneered secretly, you idiots, why do you think I don't jump out?

The remaining priests suddenly discovered that burning things was a very environmentally unfriendly idea. God's instruction to them was not to purify anything, but to purify the souls of God's favored ones. The favored one gave a short speech, saying that it was not wizards and black cats that spread evil spirits, but fleas, cockroaches, flies, mosquitoes and rats, and purifying them was worth a sincere prayer. The people of Thunder Castle devoutly eliminate the five evils. The flames of the burning platform never go out all day long, and the smell of rat meat always makes passersby drool. From the beginning of its construction, no one has burned the burning platform except its builder.

The orderly command calmed down the panic, and within a few days people became accustomed to the plague. It's not quite accurate to say that. Most people don't even know what the plague looks like. They can only see people with their faces covered coming in and out. They didn't know what the busy God's Favored Ones were doing, but there was no doubt about one thing: the God's Favored Ones who did not use flames to burn both the living and the dead really stopped the plague within the high wall.

More than a dozen people fell ill in the epidemic area, but there were only three new deaths, and the disease was not as aggressive as before. People in contact with the epidemic area also began to optimistically expect that the epidemic would be cured without a cure, just like the many miracles created by the Thunder Queen.

And An Xu, who knew full well that everything he did was only treating the symptoms but not the root cause, had set off again and came to Honghe Village, which he had left not long ago.