Struggle in the Steam Age

"Okay, it's time for us to purify this water source. I need your help in this process." After watching those guys being escorted into a black carriage without any windows, High Priest Arthur patted Lawrence's face Said over his shoulder, and at the same time handed him a large bottle filled with a slightly white glowing liquid.

"When I shout down later, you pour all the holy water in this bottle into the water storage tank, understand?" Seeing Lawrence took the bottle and nodded seriously, High Priest Arthur went straight to In the magic circle glowing with blue light that I drew just now, the purification ceremony began.

As the mantra was chanted, blue rays of light flooded towards the water storage tank like waves. In Lawrence's magic field of vision, a trace of dark green smoke floated from the water, and then disappeared after neutralizing with the blue light.

"It's now." When the magic power in the space above the water tower was raised to a certain concentration, High Priest Arthur shouted to Lawrence. Lawrence immediately uncorked the bottle in his hand and poured the liquid inside into the jug below.

In an instant, a ray of light like the midday sun exploded from the water, forcing Lawrence to close his eyes. After the ray of light ended, he was surprised to find that the water in the water storage tank below started to glow with a faint white light.

"Successful." Looking at the water in the jug in front of him emitting a faint white light, High Priest Arthur let out a sigh of relief. "The sacred power left in the water can help disinfect the pipeline, so that this source of infection will no longer spread the disease."

"This is simply—too powerful." After taking some samples and observing, Lawrence had to admit that in this extraordinary world, extraordinary powers can do many things, even if the advanced technologies in the world in his previous life could not do. to things.

For example, just like the disinfection of this water tower, if it is put in the previous life, the water must be drained and then large-scale disinfection will be carried out. It is impossible to do it without tossing for several hours. It's not like now that the typhoid bacteria in the water can be completely removed after a purification ceremony in less than half an hour.

Not to mention that after the ceremony, these waters with divine power can also disinfect the pipes as they flow down the pipes. It can be seen that extraordinary power is indeed an important productive force in this world.

It's a pity that the mastery of extraordinary power requires talent, and there is no way to be as popular as the power of technology. Therefore, in order to improve the overall strength of the civilized world, the development of science and technology is still indispensable.

When Lawrence and the others returned to St. Gutenberg Cathedral, they learned from others that the operation was very successful. Under the sudden attack of almost all church members and the federal government, except for a master priest who was killed Except for being seriously injured and jumping into the sea to escape, the other members of the Toxic and Disease Church lurking in the Eagle Fort can be regarded as annihilated.

"This time the other party's attack has something to do with you." When everyone went to the cafeteria to eat the late lunch, Priest Carter, who was sitting opposite Lawrence, looked at Lawrence and said seriously, "To be more precise, and Your paper on the theory of microbial cures."

"What happened to that paper?" Lawrence was a little puzzled. "I just pointed out in the paper that many diseases are caused by some microorganisms that we can't see. Then at the end of the paper, I advocated that everyone should refuse to eat raw food and drink raw water. Once you are injured, you should pay attention to cleaning the wound."

"Yes! It sounds simple." Priest Carter shrugged. "However, after we taught those students in charity schools and the workers who came to participate in literacy classes, we found that after following this simple method, the probability of common gastrointestinal diseases and wound infections suddenly became 1/50 of the original."

"Is it so effective?" Lawrence's eyes widened. He really didn't expect such a simple method to have such an immediate effect. But soon a smile appeared on his face. "It would be fantastic if that was the case, it would surely save a lot of lives..."

"You're right, Lawrence." Priest Carter also showed a smile, but he quickly said with a serious face, "Do you know that the method you proposed is a method that is simple to operate but extremely effective?" approach with great effect."

"Of course I know, isn't that great?" Lawrence looked at Carter in a puzzled manner as he said this question with a serious face. "A lot of things are more complicated to operate and harder to spread. Isn't something simple and effective like this the best way?"

"Yes, this is the best for most people, because it can save lives." Priest Carter shrugged. "Not so for members of the Church of Toxic and Disease."

"After your method spread rapidly, the disease of one of the two strong points of the Church of Poison and Disease has been greatly suppressed, and it is also the most important support point."

"In this way, the Church of Toxic Poison and Disease naturally hopes to create a large-scale plague as a counterattack, which will cause a large number of patients and deaths. Only in this way can they restore those lost beliefs."

"You said disease is their most important point of support?" Lawrence asked a little puzzled. "They call it the Church of Poison and Disease. Doesn't the juxtaposition of poison and disease mean that the two support points of this church are balanced?"

"No, that's not the case. Poison and disease are actually two aspects of this church." Priest Carter shook his head. "This church is good at two things. One is to kill some rich people with various poisons and scare away the legal heirs, so as to obtain a large amount of wealth. The other is to intimidate ordinary people by using their fear of unknown diseases. , to gain faith and extract wealth."

"That is to say, the poison can provide the church with financial resources, and the disease can provide the church with faith. What you have done is equivalent to greatly weakening the source of belief of the poison and disease church."

"No wonder you told me when I was about to publish the paper that this paper is very likely to make me be targeted by the church of poison and disease." As Lawrence, who grew up in the church, he naturally knew that the source of belief in the church was against the church. what it means.

"But you don't have to worry." Priest Carter patted Lawrence on the shoulder lightly and cheered him up. "Supernatural beings will inevitably offend such and other forces in the process of growing up. Although there are not many people like you who have completely offended a real church of gods in such a low-level situation, but churches of gods like our church are also Your strong backing."

"What's more, the Church of Poison and Disease has always been like a thief in the shadows in the civilized world, and can only be kept underground in most places, and because of the attacks from other churches and most countries, there are not many people attacking them. So you don't need to worry too much about them."

"It would be fine if that's the case." Lawrence was really worried about being chased and killed by an evil church after being targeted by them. Now after listening to Priest Carter's words, he felt a lot relieved all of a sudden.

After eating this lunch that was several hours late, several members of the church and the supernatural beings from the federal government discussed what to do next in St. Gutenberg Cathedral.

Although the extraordinary threat in this incident has been resolved, the epidemic of typhoid fever is real. The bad thing is that local superpowers are not enough to treat all patients, so everyone has to find a way to find a way to solve the current problem. Lawrence, as a medical expert, naturally also participated in this discussion.