Chapter 2070 Demons in the World (Ⅱ)
"Joan, you are an expert in virus research. Do you think it is really possible to create a virus that only infects a certain group of people that Haakon said in reality through technical means?"
Hailar looked eagerly at the young mage, expecting him to support his doubts as an authoritative scholar.
However, to her great disappointment, Joan still didn't say a word, bit her lips tightly, and her face looked extremely pale.
"Whether you believe it or not, this is the truth." Slude said coldly, "Miss Hailar, you mentioned the word 'virus weapon' just now, which can be described as wrong. In fact, River Valley Town is not the only one where smallpox broke out. In places where the epidemic has occurred, from the Vymur Valley to the shores of Lake Aosta, smallpox has also appeared in many Asa settlements in the western region, and the behind-the-scenes of this disaster is none other than the army of the Midgard colony. Senior Fang!"
"Judging from the information we collected afterwards, the 'butcher' Benedict Laval and the Midgard military supply department under his leadership had already started to invest a large sum of money at least five years ago, and employed a total of There are no less than two-digit experts and scholars in the field of viruses, who are devoted to researching virus weapons."
"Sadly, the gods sit on the sidelines in the sky, but the demons do whatever they want in the world. These demons in human skin have successfully developed a 'perfect' mutated smallpox virus. The colonists infected with this new virus have almost no Symptoms, fever will recover on its own within two days at most, and once our aborigines are infected with the same virus... Hegu Town is not bad, and some villages in the epidemic area have a fatality rate as high as 40% within two weeks!"
"The colonial military secretly hired a group of profit-seeking profiteers as agents to operate in our aborigines' settlements in the name of selling blankets, and sold the blankets contaminated by the new virus to various parts of the west with extremely low prices as bait. We were one of those affected by the outbreak of smallpox among the Asa tribes of the Vymur Valley."
"Miss Slude, I sympathize with the misfortune of the Asa people, but if you want to attribute this disaster to a conspiracy led by the colonial military, you can't just rely on guesswork, and you need to produce stronger evidence." Hall Say it as calmly as possible.
"Of course I have evidence!" Slude turned and walked towards the wooden house near the crematorium. When he came back, he held a roll of printed blankets in his hand and threw it over.
Holden took the blanket, dazed.
"After the outbreak, in order to trace the source of the virus, we visited many Asa villages where smallpox was endemic at the same time, and found a common suspicion. Most of the villages, including our Hegu town, were the first to be infected with smallpox. A number of patients, all of whom had purchased discounted printed blankets from a grocer named Johnson, contracted smallpox shortly thereafter."
"You mean that the blankets sold by Johnson were already infected with the new type of smallpox virus, and they were deliberately sold to you, which caused the outbreak of smallpox among the aborigines in the Vymur Valley..." Holden muttered to himself, his face uncertain.
Audrey snatched the blanket from her younger brother and used the "detection toxin" exhibition, and she really had a viral reaction.
"Slude, this blanket...was really sold to you by a merchant from the colony?"
Hyrule was still reluctant to believe the evidence before him.
Slude sneered: "Look carefully at the patterns on the blanket. They are all woven by machines. Do you think our aborigines can have such industrial capabilities?"
Hailar and the Zion siblings looked at each other speechlessly, irrefutable.
From the very beginning, Joan didn't intend to question the sensational conspiracy described by Slude, because he knew in his heart that what Slude said was true, the new type of smallpox virus that was transmitted to the Asir people was indeed the Midgard army It is one of the results of the "Virus Weapon Project" promoted by Fang, and it is likely to be cultivated by his mentor, Professor Moriarty!
To be honest, during his recuperation at the Baden Hot Springs, he was also involved in the research and development of new viruses as an experimental assistant of his mentor. If Professor Moriarty is guilty, then why isn't he, Joan Vader, a sinner?
During the recuperation at the Baden Hot Springs, in addition to using slaves for human experiments, he and his mentor mainly focused on attenuating the smallpox virus and cultivating vaccinia. They tried to inoculate healthy people with smallpox vaccinia to gain immunity and establish a A new set of epidemic prevention plan.
Although I feel a little sorry for the slaves who died of illness in the virus experiment, thanks to their sacrifice, the research work of the teacher and the student in the hot spring resort has been very effective. The fly in the ointment is that the risk of "human pox" is still too high , and limited by the suppression of military employers, Professor Moriarty cannot publicly publish his research results.
Up to that time, Joann hadn't noticed that his mentor had plans to develop a mutant smallpox virus. Until last summer, Professor Moriarty was persuaded by Mr. Herrell to assist him in enchanting the "ghost ship". The reward was a A "Holy Grail of Death".
Joan was once curious about the magical function of this magical device, so much so that even his mentor couldn't help but be moved by it.
Later he asked Mr. Herrell, but the other party hesitated and refused to tell the truth.
From then on, Joan suspected that the "Holy Grail of Death" might not be a good thing, and it was probably used to harm people!
More than a month ago, Joann returned to Midgard University from Freeport, and inquired about the use of the Holy Grail of Death to his instructor. Professor Moriarty reluctantly revealed to him that this thing can be used to cultivate toxins and germs, target To improve the virus characteristics!
Professor Moriarty had been privately serving the colonial military over the years and was one of the many "virus experts" Sluder described as employed by the military.
Now that he has the "Holy Grail of Death" in his hand and has experience in studying smallpox virus, what will he do with the "Holy Grail of Death" next?
If Professor Moriarty is a person who particularly cares about academic ethics and has a strong sense of morality, even with the "Holy Grail of Death" in his hand, he may not necessarily cater to the will of some ambitious military people and start cultivating physiques only for the Asa people deadly virus.
However, unfortunately, no matter how much Joan admires his mentor, he has to admit the fact that Professor Moriarty has never been a "good person" in the secular sense. , Qiao An is not surprised at all to do such a frenzied thing!
Joan dared not confide the truth to Hailar, the Zion brothers and the Logan brothers and sisters. Hearing them accuse the scholars who developed the new smallpox virus of being insane and inhumane, his cheeks became hot, and his heart was full of conscience and guilt. .