Chapter 865 Insectization (Ⅱ)

For example, are "beastmen" still considered a member of human society?

Should it be recognized that the city-states established by the lycanthropy race in the old and new continents?

Should "beastmen" be accepted into civilized society, or should they be resolutely eliminated?

These debates about "beastmen" are enduring hot topics in upper-class salons and even middle-class clubs, often prompting people to argue with each other and blush their necks.

"Insectization" is unpopular to the professional teams engaged in related research all over the world, adding up to less than ten fingers, and outsiders are even more indifferent to it.

"Lyracism" is so popular that even Mrs. Anderson, Joan's landlord, can vividly tell two horror legends about "a girl turned into a werewolf" at the dinner table.

There is such a big difference in the degree of attention between "worm disease" and "lycanthropy disease", which topic is easier to win funding support, easier to publish papers, and more likely to bring academic reputation, university teaching positions and even monetary benefits to researchers ,it goes without saying.

People's time and energy are limited, and scholars are no exception. Out of rational considerations, they will naturally be more inclined to choose popular topics.

On the contrary, amateurs like Joan have no ambition to become famous and start a family, nor are they eager to publish core journal papers or seek a professorship appointment letter, let alone rely on research results to earn money to support their families, but they don't care much about hot topics or not.

Of course, Qiao An didn't do research entirely out of interest. After all, he himself was infected with "worm disease", so even if it was just for the sake of his own health, he should pay more attention to this aspect.

Judging from the existing relevant information, a creature infected with "worm disease" will not have any symptoms at first, and the virus dormant in the body will break out violently until the night of the full moon.

Infected persons of "worm disease" will always involuntarily change into the insect form corresponding to the virus they carry on the first lunar night of the disease.

During this period, the patient will completely forget his identity and remain in the form of a vermin until dawn the next day.

When the sun shines on the patient instead of the moonlight, the vigor of the parasite virus also decreases, and it re-enters the latent state.

At this point, the patient will likely regain consciousness, confused by his worm form.

Most of the patients couldn't recall the details of the night of the onset, and couldn't accept the cruel reality of becoming a giant worm, which was like a nightmare, so that they had mental breakdowns and became insane.

Once the patient loses control of his mind, the virus will cause irreparable damage to the brain. After that, he will behave more and more like a real insect and become more and more aggressive.

If the patient is in a densely populated town or country, his abnormal behavior will soon be discovered by his family and neighbors, which will lead to fierce confrontation.

The natural weapons of the "worm disease" patients, such as jaws, sharp teeth, claws, and bee needles, all carry the worm virus. If they cause trauma to others during the fight, the victim may be infected with the worm virus.

Whether it is out of fear of giant worms or to prevent the spread of viruses, most human communities will not allow out-of-control wormed patients to move freely.

People usually follow mainstream religious rituals everywhere, treating sick people as demons and dividing them by burning at the stake.

Although this is cruel, it has to be admitted that high temperature is the easiest and most effective way to kill insecticide viruses.

Infestation patients who were burned to ashes are no longer in danger of spreading the virus.

A very small number of out-of-control patients may continue to survive under the care of their families.

However, as the damage to the brain from the virus deepens day by day, the living habits and way of thinking become more and more like insects, and it is no longer possible to communicate with family members.

If this situation continues, no matter how unbearable the family members are, for safety reasons, they can only isolate the more and more crazy patients and live a prisoner life isolated from the world until they die.

Among all credible cases of worming, according to the statistics of the researchers, less than one tenth of the patients were able to find themselves with strong willpower after the first night of the onset, and managed to return to their human form .

These very few lucky ones are the so-called "wormed people".

"Insectified people" will have a clear understanding of their physical conditions, they will not forget their identities, and under normal circumstances, their behavior will not lose control.

However, when the night of the next full moon comes, or when you bleed and get injured in a battle, the virus in the "worm-like man" will become active, prompting the host to become emotionally out of control, furious and violent, and have a strong urge to transform into an insect form.

Only those with extremely strong willpower can restrain this violent impulse.

However, considering that there is one day every month when you lose control of your emotions, coupled with accidental injuries, in terms of probability, no matter how strong a person's self-control is, he will inevitably lose control in the end.

Once transformed out of control driven by the virus, the spirit will irreparably tend to collapse, and the consequences are no different from those of patients who lost control of their mind from the beginning.

In fact, it is not a good way to rely on will and luck to resist the emotional loss caused by the change of the moon phase.

Relatively speaking, spells such as "Stable Mind" can more safely keep patients from going crazy.

If conditions permit, the "Insectized Man" must always carry at least one bottle of "Soothing Mind" potion with him, and save it for taking it on a full moon night or when he is accidentally injured, so as to prevent his mind from losing control.

The potion prepared with the extract of belladonna twigs, after oral administration, can also have a similar effect to the "calming mind" potion.

In addition, Joan also found a way to completely cure "worm disease" in a document.

Infected people can be cured of the disease by receiving "remove disease", "heal", or other similar magical spells.

Seeing this, Joan was secretly relieved.

If a low-level magical technique such as "remove disease" can cure "worm disease", I have nothing to worry about.

In addition to consulting related literature on "worm disease", Qiao An also read a lot of articles about the biological structure and living habits of bees by the way.

He selected those passages in the article that were useful to him, copied them into a notebook, and then left the library and returned to the apartment.

During dinner, Qiao An was still thinking about her illness, appearing absent-minded.

Audrey saw that he was preoccupied, so she casually asked him what he was busy with recently, and went out early in the morning all day long, and came back after dark.

Joan looked at Miss Paladin across the table, hesitating to speak.

He was moved by the concern in Audrey's eyes, and he also knew that Audrey's "Lay on Treatment" also had the effect of "removing diseases". As long as he revealed the truth, Audrey would immediately help him get rid of the disease.

However, after thinking about it, Qiao An decided that it would be better not to announce the news that he was infected with "worm disease".

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