Chapter 174: Testing the Poison on Yourself, Leaving No Trace
Biyi City is located in the east of Dongting Lake and is a city with almost militarized management. As an important barrier to protect the east, any disturbance near Dongting Lake cannot be hidden from their eyes and ears.
In the fortress conference hall, Qiu Xin of the Military Intelligence Bureau was looking at the real information about the Dongting Lake Killer God that had been making a lot of noise recently.
"Bai Mo? Young people nowadays are so reckless."
Qiu Xin put down the information and shouted to the outside.
"Someone, go find Bai Mo, the Dongting Lake Killer God, and ask him to go somewhere else. Some of the big guys in the Lizard Demon Tribe have already set their sights on him."
The messenger had just come in with new intelligence. He was startled when he heard this and reported hesitantly:
"Military Control Commission, the killer has entered Huyang City in the north and bought a ticket to Jiangcheng."
Two waters surround a mirror, and two bridges cast rainbows.
It was not until he boarded the train to Jiangcheng in Huyang that Bai Mo realized that in just one month he had traveled from the south of Dongting Lake to the north of Dongting Lake.
It was now late April, and since he had arrived in Jiangzhou, he planned to go to Jiangcheng to see the flowers and take a rest.
In addition, there are no flights in Huyang, so you need to transfer to return to Mo.
The harvest after a month of fighting was very good. In short, the goal was achieved, and by the way, the earth nebula of the Divine Dust Tiger was fed with the warrior-level spirit.
After coming out of the station, Bai Mo took a taxi to the hotel he had booked, but found that many areas were cordoned off, even the main roads, which caused the driver to take a lot of detours.
There weren't many pedestrians on the street. Even if there were, they looked like they were forced out, or they were just tourists like him.
And at the edges of those blocked areas, there are people standing guard and patrolling. Any normal person who sees this scene will have doubts.
"Master, what's going on? Why are they all sealed?"
"Alas~, it is said that an evil poison wizard released the plague, and the authorities blocked those areas to prevent the plague from spreading!"
The driver sighed, not understanding why there were such evil people in the world who harmed others without benefiting themselves.
"Poison mage? Plague?" Bai Mo frowned and asked, "Are there many sealed places?"
"Well." The driver paused for a moment, as if trying to organize his words, "It's not a small amount, but compared to the entire Jiangcheng, it's not a lot either."
Talking about this seemed to open up the driver's mouth, and he continued:
"I don't know where this plague came from. At first, there was only one area that was blocked off. Later, there was another area. Then, there were two areas, then three areas, and then it became what it is now."
"The authorities have been saying that they are solving the problem and investigating it..." At this point, his voice became lower and quieter.
"Let me tell you, according to rumors, even those advanced wizards have been infected with the plague, and some have even become seriously ill and died!"
"The mage is also infected?"
"Yes, I heard it's a healing one!"
The driver glanced at him through the rearview mirror and smiled.
"Young man, you came to Jiangcheng to enjoy the flowers, but you came here in vain. Something is wrong this year. None of the flowers in the city are in good shape."
The vehicle happened to drive into a main road with flower trees planted on the roadside. Bai Mo took a look and found that the flowers were blooming, but they looked withered and lacked vitality.
"Master, just stay here, I'll turn around."
Bai Mo said something, paid the fare and walked away.
As he walked, he was thinking about this matter. The head of the Bai family said that something happened in Jiangcheng. Could it be this? Then what about Li Tao's statement that Jiangzhou was not stable?
Is this "plague" really caused by the poison mage?
While pacing and thinking about these things, he plucked a few strings with his fingers to investigate all the situations within eight kilometers.
Bai Mo raised his eyebrows. There were some areas where its sound waves could not penetrate as they were isolated.
Even dimensional magic is isolated. It seems that those so-called blockades and isolations are not just talk, they are extremely serious.
He walked at a leisurely pace and soon arrived at the hotel he had booked. He did not go in because he saw someone.
Walking forward, Bai Mo greeted him, "Teacher Baimei."
"Bai Mo! Why are you here? This is not the place."
Seeing Bai Mo, Bai Mei's face changed, and he was about to say something subconsciously, but he heard a gentle woman who was leading them in front say sternly:
"White Eyebrow!"
Baimei paused, then asked awkwardly, "Why are you here?"
"I went to Dongting Lake for a month. I came here to rest for a while and will return to the Magic City in a few days."
As Bai Mo spoke, he looked at them a few times and felt that some of them looked familiar.
After thinking for a while, he looked at the gentle woman who had just reprimanded Bai Mei and asked hesitantly, "Dean Lin?"
"Are you a student of Pearl Academy?"
Dean Lin adjusted his glasses and glanced at Bai Mo. The other teachers Mingzhu and others in the team also looked at Bai Mo.
They were attracted by Bai Mo's words that he went to Dongting Lake for a month. As one of the three most dangerous lakes, Dongting Lake is not that fun.
Moreover, the cultivation levels of those present were all strong, and Bai Mo had just finished killing not long ago, so it was easy for them to feel the murderous and bloody aura on his body.
After finding out that Dean Lin acknowledged his identity as the Dean of Bai College of Mingzhu Academy, Bai Mo began to have some guesses in his mind.
"Yes, my name is Bai Mo."
"I've heard of you."
Dean Lin nodded slightly. During the conversation, Bai Mo had followed them into an isolated area. Then, under their instructions, he put on a brooch that looked like a protective shield. Then he heard Dean Lin say:
"I believe you have heard that there is a plague in Jiangcheng. We are sent by Mingzhu Academy to help heal those who are afflicted with the plague."
"I heard that it was a poison wizard who poisoned?"
When Bai Mo saw that she stopped at the intersection of the quarantine area and did not go in, he knew that she had no intention of taking him in, so he also stopped.
"At the beginning of the plague, we did think so, but later we found that even if we isolated all the infected areas and the Magic Association made every effort to investigate, both inside and outside, the incidence of the disease still did not decrease."
"What is that?"
"We have some guesses. The Hunter Alliance also has a bonus pool exclusively for Hunter Masters to investigate this matter. Are you interested?"
Oh my goodness, it turns out they are going to give him a mission. Bai Mo was still wondering why they took him into the quarantine area. Before Bai Mo could say anything, he heard Bai Mei say:
"Dean Lin, Bai Mo's cultivation is too low, and if he gets infected..."
Dean Lin raised his hand to stop Bai Mei from speaking. He did not look at anyone, but only looked at the windows, some bright and some dark, on the buildings in the isolation area, and spoke in a neither light nor heavy voice.
"You only know that this plague is extremely powerful, and healing magic cannot completely cure it, not even my magic.
A group of teachers and students from the healing department of Jiangzhou Academy also contracted the plague. Some of them even became seriously ill and died, worse than ordinary people who were sick at the same time."
"Then do you know how they got sick?"
The people behind Dean Lin fell silent. Some who had heard something about it became even more silent. Some who didn't know, but saw their colleagues doing this, kept silent.
"They initially tracked the patients' movements, what they did, what they ate, where they went, and found nothing. They couldn't find any source."
The gentle voice was like the still water of a calm lake, flowing slowly into everyone's ears. Then the water continued to say:
"Later, in order to find a way to cure the plague, the healing master of Jiangzhou Academy brought a group of teachers and students from the healing department to make a decision. That was to test the poison on themselves. They drank the blood of those patients!"
Behind Dean Lin were many healing mages from Jiangzhou. They had all heard about this incident, and their expressions were complicated when they heard it.
"So except for this group of people and those who did not take proper protection and had contact with patients on weekdays, all other mages are intact."
After taking a deep breath, Dean Lin looked at Bai Mo and said:
"Over the past few days, we have also made some discoveries about this plague. It is not simply poison, but a mixture of curse and poison. And our bounty has also yielded some results, that is, the source of this cursed poison may be related to some plague water monsters that suddenly appeared in the waters near Jiangcheng."
"The dean wants me to destroy those water monsters?"
Bai Mo was puzzled. He thought that even if Jiangcheng was short of manpower, the situation would not be so urgent.
"Someone is dealing with the plague water monster. If you want to help, that's fine."
Dean Lin chuckled lightly and continued:
"I heard that you are also the master hunter of Qingtian Hunting Station, so I would like to ask you to investigate the source of those plague water monsters."
"The source? Aren't those plague water monsters the source?!"
"Yes, we found that those plague water monsters were just monsters that were infected with the plague and spread. They do not have the ability to curse or poison."
Nodding slightly, Dean Lin continued, "Jiangcheng can still hold on for a while, you don't have to be too anxious."
"Okay, I'll investigate." Bai Mo nodded.
Hearing this, Dean Lin showed a gratified smile on her face. She had met many children from aristocratic families, and most of them put profit above all else. The fact that Bai Mo agreed to this changed her perception of the Bai family.
After pondering for a while, Dean Lin took out a space scroll and handed it to Bai Mo.
"A demon that can infect so many creatures must be extremely powerful. I give this to you, just in case."
Bai Mo took it without hesitation.
After bidding farewell to Dean Lin and others, Bai Mo immediately accepted a mission to clear out the plague water monsters and came to the area around the lake.
"Dude, where do these water monsters come from?"
Bai Mo, pretending to be a little earth mage, followed a few people in the team and asked.
"They are originally water monsters that live around the lake. They have gone crazy recently and keep running to the shore."
Standing on the shore, Bai Mo watched the jade-scaled fish monsters leaping up in the churning lake water. They had been infected with the plague and had turned purple. There was only madness in their eyes.
Although these fish monsters cannot go ashore, they can control the lake water to form high waves and go ashore, turning land into swamps.
In addition, they are infected with the plague. Once they invade the city, the people in the city will be in great danger.
According to Dean Lin's speculation, most of the plague in the urban area comes from water contaminated by these plague water monsters.
Although there was a water purification device, it only purified a part of the derivative plague belonging to these water monsters, and the more essential plague carried by them was not purified.
The essential plague does not spread or diffuse, and is not contained in all waters. It is hidden in a drop of water, waiting for someone who is unfortunate enough to drink it.
The nature of this plague is very extraordinary, and even Dean Lin’s super-level healing magic cannot cure it, so it is necessary to find the source of the plague water monster.
Bai Mo asked as he used rock barriers to block the waves that were about to hit the shore.
"It is? Don't these jade-scaled fish monsters come from somewhere else?"
"You are not a local, are you? There are always Jade-Scaled Fish Monsters living around this lake. They are not found anywhere else. And normally, as long as you don't go to the center of the lake, they will ignore you. I don't know what disease these things have."
There was a flash of light in Bai Mo's eyes, and the sound detection instantly spread throughout the entire lake, but he found that there was no powerful monster in it.
This means that many of the plague water monsters are not directly infected, perhaps it is a problem with the water.
But if it is a water problem, how can we check it? The original plague toxins are hidden in the water droplets, and they don’t spread and have no obvious color.
You can't tell just by looking at the water flow.
What's more, Jiangzhou's water system is too developed, and Jiangcheng is even more so.
Bai Mo felt a little tricky and scratched his head.
After dealing with this wave of water monsters, he came to the Hunter Hall. As a hunter master, he was qualified to know and investigate the plague in Jiangcheng, so he was matched with a hunter girl.
"I want to know all about the plague in Jiangcheng. You can use the money in the card as you like."
Sitting in the comfortable reception room, Bai Mo lazily lay on the sofa, resting his chin on his hand and spoke to the hunter girl with a standard oval face.
"OK."
With a polite smile, the hunter girl walked out.
Bai Mo drank two cups of tea and watched a few short videos before the hunter girl came back leisurely. Without Bai Mo asking, she began to speak:
"The plague in Jiangcheng was first discovered three months ago. When it was discovered that the plague was spreading rapidly, the authorities immediately implemented strict isolation measures and then dispatched healing mages. In the following months, the plague spread in Jiangcheng at irregular times and locations. As of now, three of the nine districts in the entire city have entered a complete isolation state."
"Where did the plague come from? Any clues?" Bai Mo asked.
"There are three guesses." The hunter girl nodded slightly.
"Tell me everything."
"Four months ago, a mountain near Chenghu Lake in the upper reaches of the Changhe River suddenly collapsed, and the area within a kilometer around it turned into a dead zone. All the demons living in that area were wiped out."
The hunter girl paused, then continued, "This was discovered by a hunter. He went to explore the area, but found nothing except a pit and one kilometer of corroded ground."
"Originally, this might have been the work of a powerful wizard or demon who passed by, but later, a plague broke out in Jiangcheng, and someone else went there to explore."
"What did you find?"
“It seems to be the mausoleum of an ancient prince. There are no undead spirits there. The reason for the collapse of the mountain is unknown. The hunters investigating the situation suspect that it was caused by the leakage of ancient toxins from the mausoleum.
Therefore, the plague can be solved by killing all the plague water monsters. Now most of Jiangzhou’s military magician forces are blocking the plague water monsters that are surging in various waterways. "
Shaking his head, Bai Mo didn't care about this judgment at all. Those water monsters were not the source of the poison. Killing them all might prevent the spread of the plague, but how to eradicate the plague?
"Tell me about the second one?"
Nodding slightly, the hunter girl's voice and expression became solemn.
"A month ago, two super-class hunters jointly investigated the distribution of plague water monsters, hoping to find the source of the plague, but they are nowhere to be found!"
“Missing!”
(End of this chapter)
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