Gentle and bright eyes.
The fine black hair fell loosely, covering the forehead.
Qin Yihan had already gotten used to Jian Busian's appearance.
But every time he looked at the other person, he couldn't help but think——
Don’t judge a book by its cover!
If anyone were to bully or flirt with Jane Bumian because she is so well-behaved and pretty, that person would definitely... be doomed.
*****
The players each found something that could replace the protective equipment and gathered in the church hall.
The holographic counter above the hall had quickly slid to a heart-wrenching number.
【24h new infections: 100】
By the time they were looking for protective equipment, a hundred new people had been infected.
At this growth rate, they don’t have much time left!
Moreover, at the speed of one person telling ten, ten people telling a hundred, a hundred people telling..., the growth rate will only get faster and faster, and may even reach a period of explosive growth!
What's more, they don't know whether the current methods can control the increase of infected population!
The dungeons in the infinite world often cannot be cleared by conventional means.
Dr. Li stood at the front of the team and pushed open the heavy door of the church.
"Let's go."
As soon as he finished speaking, all the players standing at the door smelled an unpleasant stench.
This stench was different from the smell of rotting corpses and flesh and blood smelled in other copies. It was a simple mixture of feces, urine and farts.
Deep into the bone marrow.
Jane Busian didn't smell any odor because of the tight mask.
He squinted his eyes and counted the number of people.
Three people are missing.
He turned around and asked Dr. Li next to him: "Why are there three people missing?"
Dr. Li did not look at Jian Bumian, but his forehead covered with sweat, his Adam's apple rolling up and down, and his slightly trembling pupils revealed his uneasiness.
"I also found out about this. I went to find them specifically... and asked them to go to the church with us and persuade the residents to pay attention to epidemic prevention."
"But they are not ordinary players. They are the fourth-ranked members of the team rankings, and their status in the team seems to be quite high. ...So, I don't dare to provoke them."
Fourth place in the team rankings?
Isn't that the Star Hunter Alliance?
A powerful team that vowed to capture an NPC with star-blue light alive.
Jane's sleepless look flashed with excitement.
Ah, he just happened to have something to ask them.
The results are automatically delivered to your door.
The audience in the live broadcast room were all excited when they heard the name of the team "Star Hunter Alliance".
[Ah, it’s the Star Hunter!!! The Star Hunter is out looking for stars again!!]
[………Scratching my head, why do they appear in this instance? Is there anything special about this instance? ]
[Why does Mianmian seem to be very interested? Mianmian, don’t do it, it will be dangerous! ]
[Does this little player want to join the Star Hunter Alliance? ? Hahaha, does he know what this team does? ]
[A copy where a Star Hunter appears will definitely cause trouble]
******
Jian Bumian followed the player team and gradually headed towards the town.
Players have already learned during their nine years of compulsory education that the sanitation conditions in medieval Europe were very poor.
There is no drainage facility, the government doesn't care, the streets are full of filth, and people don't take showers or change their clothes.
But that was only in books.
When they experience this atmosphere in person, it will be truly unforgettable.
The road is not paved, it's all natural land. When you step on it, you can clearly feel the sticky, soft touch, and the splashes of unknown liquid wet your shoes.
Maybe it was just mud wet by rain, but it was more likely that it was filth dumped by nearby residents.
After wandering around, the group finally arrived at the center of the town.
In the center of the town is an evening market street, crowded with people.
When the players saw the NPC residents here, they couldn't help but gasp.
Like normal humans, they have various faces, wear different clothes, and are old and young, male and female.
But their expressions were like those of the dead, cold and stiff.
For example, when speaking, his lips would only open and close mechanically, his eyes would always look straight ahead, and his limbs would move stiffly and straight.
"Like a controlled puppet..." sighed a player.
In addition, what surprised the players even more was their hygiene conditions.
Obviously, the feces and urine all over the ground have already made the players more shocked...
Among this group of NPC residents, there was not a single piece of white clothing to be found; all the clothes were black and dark.
It was impossible to tell the original color of each of their hair, which was bunched up on their heads like a straw nest.
Not to mention the faces and limbs exposed to the air, which were covered with dirty dust and dirt.
These are the “common people” in this small town.
The stench in the air grew stronger.
Such an environment and people are a great breeding ground for biological/chemical weapons/disease germs.
Doctor Li held back his nausea and arranged the players:
"I and these players will stay here to do hygiene propaganda... You and the other girls will go door to door to ask people to take a bath and clean up."
Jian Bumian pointed at herself: "Me?"
Doctor Li nodded: "Because you don't look like a bad person, the residents will definitely be willing to open the door for you."
Jane Busian nodded.
He also doesn't think he is a bad person.
Jian Busian and several girls started persuading people from the first house on the street.
The girl knocked on the door.
The door was quickly opened, and a fat middle-aged woman poked her head out and asked impatiently, "What's the matter?"
The girl thought for a moment and said, "Miss, there will be a major epidemic soon. I hope you can stay at home and don't run around."
The middle-aged woman opened her eyes wide, as if she had heard a huge joke: "Big epidemic?! Are you kidding me?!"
girl:"…………"
Jian Busian echoed softly, "It's true, and it has already erupted."
The middle-aged woman immediately threw her head back and laughed, her foul-smelling saliva spraying everywhere: "Oh my God, look what I heard, plague and death will never come to this town!"
Jian Busian raised his eyebrows: "Why do you say that?"
The middle-aged woman became interested: "Because our town is blessed by the gods. In order to welcome the gods, the mayor spent a lot of money to build a church. The gods will bless us! So, you little fools, get out of here. You might as well go to church instead of spending this time!"
The middle-aged woman sneered and slammed the door shut.
The players in front of the door were silent for a moment and then went to the next one quietly.
The next house was a small orphanage, and the person who opened the door was an old believer wearing a black hood.
If you ignore the unpleasant smell on her, she looks kind and reasonable.
The leading female player patiently explained to the old believer what the plague was, what harm it would cause, and how to prevent it.
For example, boiling water for a bath.
The old believer tilted his ear and listened very carefully.
After the female player finished speaking, the old believer slowly spoke. She made the sign of a cross in front of her chest, half-closed her eyes, and spoke in a pious tone:
“He who bathes in Jesus needs no second bath*”
"Well……"
The girl hesitated to speak.
The other person shook his head, sighed softly, and whispered in a voice that only the players could hear: "Let's go. These stubborn old believers are the hardest to persuade. They are even harder to persuade than the middle-aged lady just now."
A large part of the reason why people in medieval Europe were unhygienic was because of their religious beliefs.
For example, some people believe that bathing is related to flesh/lust, and that one should not let God see one's ugly body.
Jian Busian and several other girls had no choice but to go to the next house.
On the way to transfer, Jian Bumian saw a very beautiful female NPC with blonde hair and blue eyes. The reason why she caught Jian Bumian's attention was that she was wearing a huge puffy skirt.
She seemed to have only the upper body, growing on a giant mushroom.
Then Jane Bumian saw a servant carrying a basin and crawling into her puffy skirt.
Puff, puff, the sound of dirt falling to the ground and the sound of constipation were heard.
After a long time, the servant came out from under her skirt and poured the dirt in the basin into the street.
Jian Bumian: “…………”
He couldn't help but ask about the system:
"System, will the target NPC of the strategy be the same as these residents? Has it been marinated by the stench?"
【…………】
【Won't. 】
[He might be a non-human being who can smell good without taking a bath.]
"Wow..." Jian Busian suddenly realized and looked excited.
They soon arrived at the door of the third family.
The owner of this house is a middle-aged fat uncle.
When he heard the visitor mention the word "bath", he finally stopped showing the same look of disgust or indifference as the two families above.
He smiled and said, "Yes, I like taking a bath too!"
But this middle-aged fat uncle's black clothes and unspeakable stench did not seem to be a hygienic person at all.
A few sharp-eyed players even spotted flea nests in his hair.
A dense mass of flea eggs, like a twisted lotus pod, hung on his greasy hair, swaying precariously.
The Black Death had begun to spread, and no one knew whether he had been infected.
Several players in front of him took a few steps back.
He didn't notice everyone's strangeness and happily told the truth: "I took a bath ten years ago, so I don't need to take a bath again in this life!"
"Fuck..." A player couldn't help but curse, but the next moment, she was even more angry.
Players including Jian Bumian saw this fat resident NPC and their whole bodies changed strangely.
His flesh-pink skin instantly turned grayish white like a corpse.
What was even more horrifying was that his dark pupils gradually enlarged, finally filling his entire eye sockets. There was not a trace of white in his eyes, and his grayish-white face looked like two black holes had been dug out.
Not only his eyes, but his nose also turned into holes.
Grayish-white skin with fine, hard black hair.
A few black whiskers covered with mucus suddenly appeared on both sides of the cheeks.
His entire body shape changed, his back bent, his chest collapsed, his hands drooped, and swayed inadvertently on the ground like his legs.
He seemed to want to crawl on all fours like an animal.
What he uttered was no longer human language, but strange animal-like noises coming from his deformed and twisted chest.
He turned into a mouse.
To be exact, it is man-rat.
"This?! What's going on?!"
The players quickly moved away from this strange NPC and ran out of the alley.
Fortunately, the other party did not catch up.
Jian Bumian said calmly:
"This NPC is infected with the Black Death."
This setting has absolutely no prejudice against real-life victims of the Black Death.
All NPCs, whether infected or not, are not human, but tools to advance the plot.
Residents who become infected with the disease will turn into rat people, which is just an exaggerated way of expression in the infinite world, infinitely magnifying the source of the Black Death to achieve a creepy effect for players.
...But this is too weird.
The audience swiped the screen.
[Damn, I've seen a lot of scary monsters, but none of them gave me this much creeps! ]
[I was reminded of the uncanny valley effect. This half-human, half-ghost monster is the most frightening... It turns into a mouse, but it is completely different and looks like a human. ]
[Ahhh, Mianmian, please don’t die in this dungeon! ! This dungeon is dirty and smelly! ]
***
The players in Jian Bushian's group no longer dared to go to other people's doorsteps to persuade them, for fear of encountering a few more "rats" like the one just now.
They met Dr. Li at the street corner.
Doctor Li brought a few loud-voiced players to do epidemic prevention propaganda at the street corner.
But it doesn't work well at all.
The residents in this era had no awareness of "germs" or "plague" and were extremely ignorant.
Not to mention asking them to use scientific methods to prevent and control the Black Death.
Doctor Li sighed softly and said helplessly:
"They believe that all the illness and death that occurs are punishment from God. As long as they please the gods and the church, everything will be solved."
"This is not something that the Infinite World purposely set up to make things difficult for us. This concept did exist in medieval Europe. The replica just replicated that background to create an imaginary world."
Not only did some residents not listen to Dr. Li's propaganda, they even regarded him and other players as reactionaries who insulted the church.
Almost brought crosses and torches to burn them to death.
People on the streets were still coming and going, completely unaware that the dangerous plague was spreading rapidly among them.
The players clearly saw that several NPC residents who were originally normal suddenly turned into rat people as they were walking.
The other NPCs acted as if they saw nothing and continued talking to it and buying its wares. Then, within a few minutes, they also turned into ratmen.
In just a few minutes, the players looked around and saw that half of the people had turned into something neither human nor rat, using their human limbs covered with rat hair to scurry around on the ground in a twisted manner.
There were four dark holes on the face, looking around.
The scene was extremely weird.
If placed in other copies, players would not care about the life or death of these NPCs.
But it's completely different in this copy.
Every time a person turns into a rat man, it means one more person is infected.
The probability of them being wiped out is increased.
They haven't found a way to control the infection trend at all!
Doctor Li sat on the stone on the ground, rubbing his hair helplessly. After a long while, he said calmly, "Let's go back, clean ourselves up, and slowly think of a solution. The most important thing is that the counter is in the church, and we must always pay attention to the extent to which the number of infections has increased."
The clean cloths that the players brought out from the church became dirty and covered with filth and fleas in a short period of time because they were wrapped around their bodies as protective equipment.
But Jian Busian didn't know what was going on. He had done everything he was supposed to do, but he still looked clean.
The little bit of skin that was exposed was fair and clean.
Players who walked past him inadvertently could smell the faint scent of plants and trees on him.
*****
The players returned to the church dejectedly.
The luxurious church funded by the nobility and the church was completely different from the dirty and dilapidated civilian town.
They took off their soiled coats and collapsed on the polished floor of the church hall, exhausted.
Someone said in a trembling voice: "The counter on the dome..."
Everyone's eyes were directed towards the blood-red counter suspended in mid-air.
【24h new infections: 275】
【24h new infections: 280】
【298……】
【300……】
The infection is getting faster and faster!
But they haven't done anything yet!
Just two hundred infected people away, all the players present would be wiped out.
Maybe, like those victims of the Black Death, they will turn into strange humanoid rats and stay in this copy forever, scurrying around in sewers and garbage.
Doctor Li frowned and speculated, "At this rate of growth, if we don't stop it, we will all be wiped out in three hours instead of twenty-four hours."
"This means that within three hours, we must find a way to stop the spread of the Black Death. Even if we can only control it for 24 hours, we will win."
A player whispered: "But..."
He wanted to continue speaking, but stopped himself.
Everyone understood what he wanted to say.
It's just that I can't find a solution.
The most effective and scientific methods simply cannot work in this era.
All the players were dejected and distressed, except Jian Bumian, who acted as if nothing had happened and secretly ran to boil some hot water for a bath.
The facilities in the church are very complete, and there is even a luxurious and large bathroom.
Although people here regard bathing as a disaster, some baptismal ceremonies in the church are still related to bathing.
Perhaps this is why there are luxurious bathrooms in the church.
There is a stone table in the bathroom for toiletries, a huge round bathtub, and a stone pillar in the middle of the bathtub engraved with intricate and gorgeous patterns, which makes it look like an aristocratic bath in the Roman period.
After Jian Busian placed the pajamas he was going to change on the stone table, he turned around and filled the bathtub with water.
He did not see the clothes on the stone table behind him, moving slowly, as if an invisible hand was pulling the fabric.
The water in the bathtub has been filled. The water is clear and clean, steaming and emitting warm milky mist, like a newly born volcanic hot spring.
Jian Busian was soaking in the pool, his whole body wrapped in the warm water. He couldn't help but let out a comfortable sigh.
Apart from eating, eating evil spirits and sleeping, his favorite thing to do is to take a bath.
Jane Busian's face, which was exposed above the water, was red from the heat, like a ripe fruit waiting to be picked.
The wet black hair was scattered in front of the forehead, and even the eyes were wet. Bead-sized drops of water rolled down the eyelashes and gathered on the collarbone.
Jian Busian did not notice that the heat rising slowly behind him was blown away by gusts of cold wind coming from nowhere.
He closed his eyes and tried to take a nap, but his body touched something that became stiff.
He picked it up and looked at it——
It's a little duck toy.
It's a very common bathtub toy that floats on the water and makes a squeaky sound when you squeeze it. It's very cute.
Jian Busian's eyes lit up slightly, and he pinched the little duck's yellow head with his two fingers and squeezed it.
"grumble--!"
"grumble--!"
[Hahaha, my wife is so cute! ! Let my wife play with toys! ! ]
[Mianmian taking a bath is so tempting, I want to eat it in one bite! ! ]
[Am I the only one who noticed that the hot air behind Mianmian was blown away? There is obviously no vent here. It seems that there is an invisible person exhaling...]
【Chirp, chirp, chirp! 】
The chirping sound of the little duck toy echoed throughout the huge bathroom, creating an incompatible contrast with the terrifying and weird infinite flow copy.
After a few minutes, the chirping sound was still there.
[Ah, it turns out my wife likes playing with toys so much. When she has a boyfriend, I will reward her with a bunch of small toys.]
[Mianmian, you'd better not pinch it. I have a bad feeling...]
[Plus one, I also think...]
Jian Busian glanced at the comments and was slightly stunned. He blinked and said innocently:
"I wasn't pinching the duckling. I just pinched it once and then let go...it was the duckling itself that was quacking."
The barrage of comments paused instantly.
If the duck he was talking about was a live duck, the audience would not be surprised at all.
But that "little duck" was a dead thing.
There is an invisible "person" who keeps pinching the little duck.
When Jane Busian said this, the little duck stopped chirping.
After a long time, a barrage of comments popped up from the live broadcast room.
[I feel like the target NPC in this dungeon will definitely bully Mian Mian.]
Jane Bumian is not afraid of the little duck that makes a sound.
He thought it was a bit noisy, so he got out of the bath after soaking for a while.
Jane Busian stepped on the cold porcelain floor with her bare, slender white feet, leaving a trail of wet water marks.
He came to the stone table where he had placed his clean clothes.
Then, Jane Bumian's expression changed.
You know, he only has mood swings because he is hungry, has no clothes to wear, is sleepy, etc.
All the terrifying changes in the copy could not shake him at all.
But his expression at this moment revealed a hint of fear, his pupils trembled slightly, and his cheeks quickly turned red due to the fluctuations of emotions.
He rubbed his white hands together hurriedly, and for the first time he showed an expression of helplessness, which was very consistent with his delicate appearance.
——He found clean clothes that he was going to change into after taking a shower.
Gone!!!
Gone!
The clothes he had worn before, which he had boiled in boiling water, were now hanging on the window to dry, and were not dry yet.
This copy only provides players with one set of washable clothes of the same style.
In other words, he has no clothes to wear now, not even clothes to wear.
There is nothing more terrifying than this!
The author has something to say:
*Quote from Saint Jeremiah
Woohoo, everyone, please don’t make me fat QAQ!! The updates in the first three days of v-ing are really important! It is related to a very important list. I want Mianmian to be liked and seen by more people (poor)
There will be another 10,000-word update before 6pm! Since Xiao Erduo is so sincere in updating, please don't overdo it and give me more praise. qwq
* (This copy is purely fictional, the main storyline is very positive!)
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