Si Xu brought the first team of the seven comprehensive teams with him on this trip. Together with Si Xu and Lu Jiu, there were exactly 12 people.
After they arrived in Country F by plane, someone was waiting at the airport and took them directly to the outskirts of the town where the incident occurred. There was a temporary base there, which was convenient for monitoring the town and receiving people with abilities from various countries.
The town had been surrounded by the army. The person in charge of this incident was Walton Croft, a very strong middle-aged man.
As soon as they got off the car, Croft came out to greet them, shook hands with Si Xu first, and led them to the base.
Si Xu asked Croft in Interlingua, "What is the current situation?"
Croft: "More than a dozen people have died in their sleep, and the number is still increasing."
Si Xu: "What did the doctor say? Are they really just sleeping?"
Croft: "They are sleeping, but they cannot be awakened. They are not in any pain, as if they are in a wonderful dream."
The group entered the temporary base, and there were already many people standing inside.
Ru Jiu saw a group of Asians with black hair and black eyes standing in the base. Their eyes were originally on Si Xu, but they were obviously stunned after seeing Ru Jiu.
A man who was obviously dressed up carefully whispered something to his companions beside him, and his eyes drifted to Ru Jiu from time to time, which made Ru Jiu wonder if he was saying something bad about him.
Lu Jiu had very good hearing, he could hear, but he could not understand.
The well-dressed man came over, with a look in his eyes and a smile on his face, and said something to Lu Jiu, but Lu Jiu did not understand.
However, Si Xu, who was talking to Krof, understood, and he looked at the man who was heavily scented with powder.
Krof noticed that the atmosphere between them was a bit strange, and introduced them to each other in international language.
Lu Jiu could understand international language and knew that they were from H country. Even without the introduction, Lu Jiu could hear it. He could not understand the language of H country, but he could distinguish the language.
The leader of H country, Jin Shengshu, came over, shook hands with Si Xu, and spoke in the language of H country.
Si Xu said lightly: "This is a serious matter, and it is not a bad thing to be cautious."
Si Xu spoke in the language of Z country.
Jin Shengshu was stunned. When Cui Zaicheng was talking to the long-haired young man, the leader of Country Z obviously understood. He thought Si Xu would speak H country to him, but he didn't expect the other party to speak Z country directly.
Si Xu could understand H country, but Jin Shengshu couldn't understand Z country. He didn't show his embarrassment and quietly switched to international language.
"Your team members look familiar to me."
Jin Shengshu glanced at Lu Jiu while speaking.
Lu Jiu was wearing a mask, but Si Xu was not.
Si Xu also replied to him in international language, "Public figures are inevitably familiar."
Jin Shengshu observed Si Xu, but he didn't see anything.
I don't know if he is really open-minded or if he hides it too well.
When the people from Country H saw Lu Jiu for the first time, they thought he looked like a wanted mermaid, whether it was his body shape, the way he wore a mask or his long hair, the only thing that was different was the color of his eyes. Of course, changing the color of your eyes is actually very simple, a pair of cosmetic contact lenses is enough.
Si Xu didn't say much to Jin Shengshu, and continued to ask Krov the question at hand.
The people from Country H were observing them, and the people from Country Z were open and unrestrained, letting them watch.
The one they observed the most was Lu Jiu, and their eyes were open and aboveboard.
Krov soon went out to greet the people from other countries.
Jiu Jiu walked up to Si Xu and asked in a low voice, "How is it? Have you found anything?"
Si Xu shook his head, "Nothing has been found so far. The blood test of the sleeper is normal, there is no sign of poisoning, it looks very much like natural sleep."
No matter how much it looks like natural sleep, it is not natural sleep. No normal person can't be woken up from sleep, and they will die in their sleep.
If it could be solved so easily, Country F would not seek help from other countries.
Krov soon brought in another group of people. They were Western faces. According to Krov's introduction, they were a team of capable people from Country M. Not only did they come, but they also brought advanced testing equipment.
As soon as the Country M team arrived, they asked to enter the town to check. Krov had the same intention. The countries that responded had already arrived, so they could indeed enter the town to check.
Not all of them have to go in. Each country can choose a few people to go in. The town is not safe, and the current situation is unclear. If someone gets infected and falls asleep, no one can do anything. It is purely voluntary to go in.
Si Xu will definitely go in, and Lu Jiu will follow. There are only two of them going in.
Three people went in from Country H.
Other countries also sent two or three people in, each using their own methods to try to resolve this matter as soon as possible.
Lu Jiu and Si Xu put on isolation suits and gas masks, got on an off-road vehicle, and headed towards the town. There were
tens of thousands of people in this town, and they all fell down overnight. Whether it was a toxin or an infectious disease, it was very scary.
Several off-road vehicles stopped in front of a house, and everyone got out and followed Krof into the house.
Five people were lying side by side on the thick carpet, all of them covered with quilts. They were probably placed like this for easy observation.
Five people, an old couple, a young couple, and a little boy of a few years old, a family of five were lying here.
The quilt was lifted, and someone checked the exposed skin, hoping to find something.
The M country people took their blood samples and prepared to retest them. Even though they had done a blood test before and no problems were found, they still wanted to check it again. Their distrust was very obvious. They carefully examined the body of the unconscious person and found that the skin elasticity was very healthy and the complexion was normal. It really looked like he was asleep, and there was no problem.
A female ability user from H country squatted down and held the child's hand. A soft light was transmitted from the ability user's hand to the child.
The people around were all surprised, and they were all wondering if this female user had the ability to heal.
Lu Jiu was also surprised. He had never seen a user with the ability to heal until today. Could it be that there really was such an ability?
Si Xu went to observe the five people who were sleeping, and only Lu Jiu stood by and watched.
In fact, he was not idle either, he was bargaining with the system.
Lu Jiu: I will give you 3 points of magic at most, find out the reason for it.
[Can you give me a little more? I will never do it with 3 points of magic. ]
Regarding the magic value, the system dare not share it with the male god, it can only argue with Lu Jiu.
Lu Jiu: They are just ordinary people, not even people with special abilities. 3 points of magic value are enough, don’t be ungrateful.
[5 points, give me 5 points and I will check it for you.]
Lu Jiu: I can give you 5 points, but you must find out the reason.
[Don’t look down on the system, you have already come in, are you afraid that I can’t find the problem?]
Lu Jiu: Seize the time.
Lu Jiu was waiting for the result when he heard a person next to him greet him in Interlingua with a heavy accent.
"Hello, I am Cui Zaicheng, can I know your name?"
Lu Jiu looked at the man with a gas mask on and could only see the other person's two eyes. Lu Jiu wondered how he could still recognize himself.
The point is, doesn't this person speak Interlingua? He was pretending to be so great before. Did he think that H country’s language was world-famous and everyone could speak it?
H country attacked first. Although the target was not Lu Jiu, they sent fishing boats to salvage it, so the target was definitely him. Later, they publicly framed him for controlling a giant sea monster to create a tsunami that flooded the coastal city. Lu Jiu didn’t have a good face for them at all. Lu
Jiu: “No.”
Cui Zaicheng was stunned. He didn’t expect that the other party was unwilling to reveal even his name.
Cui Zaicheng was not discouraged. He continued in the international language with a heavy accent: “You are very beautiful, with a great figure and beautiful hair.”
Lu Jiu: “…” Lu Jiu: “…”
Lu Jiu: “Are you a X-ray eye? Do you know what I look like without taking off my mask?”
Cui Zaicheng: “…”
Lu Jiu was like a hedgehog, with thorns all over his body, and the only difference was that he had “Don’t talk to me” clearly pasted on his forehead.
Cui Zaicheng was silent for a moment, and then he spoke again with great strength in his heart, "Don't you know me?"
Rujiu stared at Si Xu, the person with the ability who was suspected to have the healing ability was talking to Si Xu.
Rujiu answered Cui Zaicheng absent-mindedly, "No."
Cui Zaicheng: "..."
Cui Zaicheng said firmly, "I am an artist, I have a lot of fans, do you really not know me?"
Rujiu: "No."
Rujiu said and walked towards Si Xu, "Did you find anything?"
The female person with the ability who ignored the whole audience and only talked to Si Xu glanced at Rujiu, said something in Mandarin to Si Xu, and went to the other side.
Si Xu said, "When Han Yajing transfers energy, it will be absorbed by the sleeping person. Her ability has a therapeutic effect. But the child did not wake up. It may be that her strength is not enough. If there is enough energy, perhaps the child can be saved."
Lu Jiu stared at him, "Have I caught evidence of cheating?"
Si Xu: "..."
Si Xu was helpless, "What are you thinking about."
Lu Jiu raised an eyebrow, "Such an important discovery, she didn't keep it secret and didn't tell her own people, why would she tell you?"
Si Xu held Lu Jiu's hand, "Information exchange."
Han Yajing first asked Si Xu if he had discovered anything. Si Xu casually asked her if she had discovered anything. Unexpectedly, Han Yajing really told her about her discovery. Si Xu did not hide it and also told her about his discovery.
In fact, all these discoveries will eventually be summarized in Croft's hands, and everyone will work together to find a solution. There is nothing wrong with saying it in advance.
Lu Jiu: "What did you find?"
Si Xu: "The smell, they all have a fishy smell."
Lu Jiu sniffed, but did not smell the fishy smell that Si Xu said.
Si Xu: "It's very faint, and there is only a faint fishy smell when you get close."
That is definitely not the smell of a human.
Lu Jiu squatted down, leaned over and smelled the scent of the sleeping person, but smelled nothing. Lu Jiu wanted to pick up a person's arm and smell it closer, but the system suddenly spoke.
[You'd better not touch them.]
Lu Jiu paused and withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened.
Lu Jiu: What did you find?
[This is a big problem. You can’t solve it. Let’s go quickly. If we’re late, we might not be able to leave.]
Lu Jiu immediately became alert: What’s going on?
[These humans are so bold. They touched something they shouldn’t have touched. They are asking for trouble. No one can save them…]
Lu Jiu: Stop talking nonsense. Get to the point.
[They ate the Seven-Star Blue Devil Egg.]
Lu Jiu: !!! Lu Jiu: !!! !!!
!!! Lu Jiu: !!! !!! !!!
Lu Jiu: !!! !!! !!!
Lu Jiu’s mind is now filled with a big “WTF?”. No words can describe his shock at this moment.
How did they get the Seven-Star Blue Devil Egg? !
Si Xu keenly noticed that Lu Jiu was in a bad mood.
[The Seven-Star Blue Devil eggs will emit a unique pheromone. If the eggs are intact, the pheromone will be emitted very slowly. Once the eggs are broken, it will be a pheromone explosion. The human body is not strong enough to resist the pheromones of the Seven-Star Blue Devil eggs, and will fall into a deep sleep. This is actually a symptom of poisoning... These are not the main points. The main point is that the Seven-Star Blue Devil will chase you following the smell of pheromones. Anyone with the smell of pheromones on their bodies will be hunted down. You'd better stay away from them.]
Rujiu stood up in a flash and took several steps back before stopping.
Everyone looked at him strangely.
Rujiu covered his chest. Was he trying to scare him to death? Being chased by a terrifying Seven-Star Sea Devil, that scene was simply unimaginable!
Si Xu asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
Lu Jiu grabbed Si Xu's hand and asked in a low voice: "Did you run into them just now?"
Si Xu: "No."
Lu Jiu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was okay.
Lu Jiu asked the system to tell Si Xu the news. He didn't know what to do. If the Seven-Star Sea Demon really chased after him, let alone this town, everyone here would be in trouble.
After hearing the system's retelling, Si Xu became cold.
He never thought that the truth would be this.
They were still celebrating before that such a huge seven-star sea devil only existed in the high seas and would not come ashore. If it came ashore, it would be a hellish disaster. Unexpectedly, someone actually brought the eggs of the seven-star sea devil ashore, and they might have been eaten!
The system enabled information sharing so that both Lu Jiu and Si Xu could receive it.
[I have good news, do you want to hear it?]
Lu Jiu said without hesitation: Tell me now!
[During the egg-laying period, the seven-star blue devil will not easily leave the vicinity of the eggs. They will assign other sea monsters to bring the eggs back. Once the eggs are gone, anyone with the pheromones of the eggs on their bodies will be targeted.]
Lu Jiu: ...
What kind of good news is this? !
Thinking about the giant sea monsters they saw in the sea area with the highest radiation, the two felt their scalps tingling.
[You'd better hope that the eggs haven't hatched yet and the Seven-Star Blue Devils are restrained, otherwise the Seven-Star Blue Devils and other giant sea monsters are definitely not the same level of threat.]
Rujiu: I'm not comforted at all!
[So I advise you to take your people away immediately, leave here immediately before you are contaminated by the pheromone smell, and don't cause trouble for your country. The smell of this pheromone is not easy to remove, even those with special abilities can't smell it, and only the demons with their super strong sense of smell can smell it a little.]
Rujiu: ...
Rujiu looked at Si Xu.
If they left so quietly, it's easy to imagine what would happen here.
Can they really just leave tens of thousands of lives alone?
Si Xu obviously couldn't just sit back and do nothing, not to mention that they had already come here and accepted the help from Country F. If they did nothing and took their people back, and this place was destroyed, with so many lives lost, they would definitely be condemned.
In addition to the current crisis, Si Xu was most concerned about the number of Seven-Star Sea Devil eggs. Si Xu
asked in his mind: How many eggs can a Seven-Star Blue Devil lay at a time?
[Conservative estimates, at least hundreds of thousands.]
Si Xu closed his eyes tightly, not daring to imagine what would happen if these eggs grew into little blue devils, and finally grew into Seven-Star Sea Devil.
Jiu Jiu's heart sank.
Since the Seven-Star Blue Devil is female, if it can lay eggs this time, it will be able to lay eggs next time. Isn't the Earth plane doomed?
Rujiu couldn't keep calm any more, "What, what should we do?"
Si Xu asked the system: Are we now stained with the smell of pheromones?
[The whole town is filled with the smell of pheromones of the Seven-Star Blue Devil Egg. You are in it, so you will definitely be stained with it, but the smell is not strong, and there is protection. You can go to the Demon Sea Plane to find something to remove it.]
In other words, if they don't remove the smell of pheromones, once they return to their country, they may bring disaster back.
The system started to nag again.
[This is a tragic lesson. Host, you must remember it. The little blue devil can be killed, but the Seven-Star Blue Devil Egg must not be touched!]
Krov came over, "Did you two find anything?"
Rujiu kept silent. Although he could understand international languages, he didn't speak them very well.
Si Xu was also thinking about how to solve the current problem. Obviously, the people in this town could not move. Even those who had been to the town could not go out casually. They were all contaminated with the pheromone scent of the Seven-Star Blue Devil Eggs. If they left without warning and the pheromone was spread, humans would probably be doomed.
Si Xu said, "Mr. Croft, please immediately order the town to be sealed off. No one who has been to the town can leave, so as not to spread the smell here."
Croft grasped the key point, "Are you talking about the smell? What exactly is it?"
Si Xu said solemnly, "The smell that can attract giant sea monsters."
Croft was very surprised, "Are you sure? But I don't smell anything."
Si Xu: "This is a pheromone smell that only sea monsters can receive. We humans can't smell it, and we may not be able to detect it. I can discover it because of my special awakening ability. Please believe me."
Si Xu couldn't expose Lu Jiu, let alone the existence of the system. He could only take everything on himself.
Croft hesitated, "Do you have evidence to prove the existence of this pheromone?"
If only Si Xu could smell it, it would be difficult to convince others.
The M country's ability user collected the blood sample and prepared to go back with the box.
[Wow, the suicide squad has started again, the pheromone in the blood sample is very strong.]
Si Xu suddenly thought of a question, "I heard that more than a dozen people have died before, where are their bodies?"
Krof: "In the autopsy room of the temporary base."
[Very good, the first ones to die must be the ones who were most poisoned. They must have eaten the Seven-Star Blue Devil Egg. There is no hope. Let's go back.]
The only thing to be thankful for is that they did not transport the bodies out, and they are very careful to keep them here.
Si Xu asked, "Has anyone left the town after being there? If the pheromone smell spreads, it will attract giant sea monsters. It would be best to eliminate the source here."
Croft was silent for a long time before he said, "Will it not work even with isolation suits and gas masks?"
Si Xu shook his head, "Probably not."
Si Xu had expected that someone must have left, otherwise Croft would not have asked this question.
This was indeed the case. After the people outside entered the town and fell asleep, the people who entered wore isolation suits and gas masks. They thought it was safe. Since they were not asleep, they should be fine. They took blood samples and sent them to more authoritative institutions for testing and research.
It is said that the earth is a village. If something goes wrong, it is not somewhere else. As long as you do not hurt yourself, you will be fine. As long as you are still on the earth, you cannot escape this threat.
The system may not understand, but Si Xu and Lu Jiu will understand.