Chapter 463 Plague Theory

The clouds are steaming and the mist is swirling, and the water vapor is rising, changing like floating clouds and like the air of heaven and earth. Everyone surrounded Shulot, listening to His Highness's divine revelation.

"Between heaven and earth, all things live and breathe, and there are various kinds of qi. They are invisible, colorless and tasteless, but they really exist. There are Yang qi that is full of vitality, there are constant qi that change with the seasons, and there are also those that harm life. The epidemic affects the health of the human body together!”

Shulot thought deeply for a long time, and then he spoke in a deep voice until the sun set in the west. Next to her, Naxiu took out a pen and paper and carefully recorded every word of the divine revelation.

"With the birth of a baby, Yang Qi falls into our body and turns into different vitality. It is divided into three, which are the heaven, earth and abyss in the priest's inheritance. The Qi of heaven falls on the head and transforms into different vitalities. The Tonali, which is the head, contains the divinity given by the Lord God and determines the destiny of the person. The energy of the earth falls in the heart, which becomes the Tayolia in the heart, and the energy of the abyss falls in the human soul. The liver, transformed into Ihotel in the liver, is in charge of the health of the human body! "

Hearing this, Na Xiu paused for a moment and her expression became pious.

In the Aztec priestly heritage, there is also the concept of the "Three Talents", which are nothing but the sky, the earth, and the abyss, as manifestations of the divinity of the world. The human body corresponds to the world and has a mysterious connection. It also has three kinds of vitality, just like the "unity of man and nature" in the traditional Chinese thought.

In fact, this concept is widespread in Central America. The three gods of the sun, moon and stars of the Prepecha people and the sacred heaven and earth of the Chichimec dog descendants all have similar perceptions.

"Yang Qi resides in the human body, echoes with the heaven and earth, and maintains the operation of the human body. The cause of disease is the struggle between the Yang Qi in the human body and the normal Qi and epidemic Qi that invade the body! As for the result of the struggle , either the Yang energy prevails and the two evil spirits are expelled, and the body returns to health; or the evil energy goes deep and suppresses the Yang energy, making the disease more difficult to treat; or the two coexist, and the disease is hidden in the body and a balance is temporarily achieved."

Shulot's voice was loud and clear, and every sentence was as deafening as a bell.

The alliance's witch doctor inheritance corresponds to the nature of heaven and earth, which is perfectly integrated with the traditional theory of traditional Chinese medicine. The occult component of witch doctors can only be fully guided by the "qi" of traditional Chinese medicine theory. The reason is probably that the medical science of the Celestial Dynasty comes from the same origin, and many concepts originated from the ancient pre-Qin period. Both the "Huangdi Neijing" and the "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" contain many ancient legends, and can naturally accommodate American witch doctors in the ignorant era.

"Xulot, so the reason why we get sick, grow old or die is because our yang energy is weak and unable to resist evil energy? And when evil energy enters the body, will it destroy the nine systems you mentioned?"

Alyssa blinked her eyes, thoughtfully. Such a statement is easier for the priests to understand than the tiny cells, and it is also easier for the people to believe it.

"Exactly! When evil gas enters the body, the Yang Qi is weakened, and the organs that maintain the body's operation will be damaged. The evil gas that hurts people can be divided into two types, one is the normal gas caused by environmental changes, and the other is the epidemic gas derived from infection !”

In Shurot's mind, he suddenly remembered a buried movie, and the words "Plague Theory" came to his mind. The greatest threat to American civilization is the plague. He smiled with emotion and spoke in a deep voice.

"Diseases in the human body can be divided into two types. Ordinary injuries and colds are caused by feeling the normal qi of heaven and earth; while severe epidemics are caused by feeling the epidemic qi of heaven and earth! Normal qi and evil qi cannot be confused. The two sources are very different, and the responses are also completely different!”

In traditional Chinese medicine, typhoid fever is a general term for exogenous diseases, rather than enteric typhoid, a highly infectious disease in later Western medicine.

"For example, the cold wave moved southward the year before last. Thousands of people in the northern city-states caught cold and fell sick. They had fevers, coughs, weakness and headaches. They were affected by the cold air from heaven and earth. The cold air entered the body and suppressed the Yang energy. Ihotel suffered damage, and his body So it becomes weak. It is necessary to get rid of the cold in order to gradually recover! The summer is hot, and the farmers who faint due to heatstroke are affected by the heat. The sea breeze is humid, and the fishermen's knees are affected by the moisture. These are the normal qi of heaven and earth. The movement of the human body!”

"Ah, so that's it. Shulot, when you say that, I understand!"

Alyssa nodded vigorously, suddenly enlightened. Then, she asked curiously.

"What about epidemic qi? Will it be more powerful than normal qi?"

"Alyssa, there were many casualties in the battle between the two armies. If the corpses are not buried, the disease will be generated and then the plague will be spread. And similar plague diseases can spread over a large area, causing many people to suffer from the same disease. . This is not because of the intrusion of normal qi such as wind, cold, heat, and dampness, but because of the infection from heaven and earth!"

Shulot looked solemn and discussed the most important mechanism of the plague.

"Epidemic qi cannot be seen, touched, or smelled. It can suppress the Yang Qi in the human body and multiply; it can also disperse in the sky and earth, spreading with the wind and water. The way the qi spreads to people is natural. There are two kinds. One is infection, which is caused by contact with a sick person and the disease in his body is contracted; the other is caused by heaven, which is caused by breathing the disease in the wind or drinking the disease in the water. Get sick."

"Most of the ways in which plague qi invades the human body is through the mouth and nose, and then invades the chest and abdomen and spreads throughout the body. In the chest and abdomen, it can damage the Tayolia of the heart and the Ihotel of the liver at the same time. And The essence of epidemic qi is what I said before, bacteria and viruses that are smaller than dust, but they are currently invisible. The entities of these tiny qi are different and use different methods to damage different parts of the human body. Only certain kinds of epidemic qi can cause corresponding infectious diseases. This is the theory of miscellaneous qi!”

Shulot paused for a moment, sighed quietly, and his voice became deeper.

"Because the epidemic can multiply and spread among people, it is particularly dangerous. Once a serious epidemic spreads in a city-state, the number of people who will get sick and die will be hundreds of thousands, or even millions!"

"Huh?! One million people died!"

Alyssa exclaimed when she heard this sensational number. Although she believed her lover's words, she could not imagine how cruel the scene was.

"Yes! Even the death of a million people is just the beginning."

Shulot looked heavy as he thought about the history of another time and space. The thick darkness came like a pavement, making it difficult to breathe.

In 1519-1520, smallpox was spread by the Spanish colonist Hernan Cortez's troops. According to later estimates, in just two years, smallpox caused the deaths of 5 to 8 million people in Central America, and many tribes were wiped out!

The states of the Mexican Union suffered heavy casualties, with most of the nobles and warriors dead and wounded, and even the successor king, Cuitlahuac, died of smallpox. Millions of people fell into apocalyptic panic, struggled into the abyss, and died of despair in the plague. A year later, the Spanish colonists, who had been defeated several times, came back. With the power of smallpox, they captured the empty lake capital, the majestic Tenochtitlan.

In 1545, a new plague floated across the sea and spread across the land of Central America, bringing with it the cry of death, known in history as the "Cokoriztli Pandemic." This pandemic may be caused by the simultaneous spread of multiple severe infectious diseases, including typhus, enteric fever, and measles. Between 1545 and 1548, the three-year pandemic caused a total of 5 million to 15 million deaths, directly taking away more than 80% of the population of Central America!

What is even more frightening is that this pandemic lasted for more than thirty years and was the most tragic plague in human history. From North America to South America, countless indigenous people struggle in despair. The pandemic broke out again between 1576 and 1578. Within three years, it took away half of the remaining population of Central America, causing 2 million to 2.5 million deaths.

By 1578, there were only more than 2 million people alive in the entire Central America, including the Yucatan region. Back in 1519, before the smallpox outbreak, the entire world's population was at least 22 million! In just 60 years, 90% of the Central American population died, which is close to genocide!

The brutal plague took away too many lives, significantly reduced human activities in the Western Hemisphere, and even reduced the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere. Studies have shown that one of the reasons for the occurrence of the Little Ice Age in the late Ming Dynasty was that changes in the gas composition of the atmosphere caused the world to become colder early. Although this statement is questionable, it reflects the devastation of the plague on Native Americans from another aspect.

"Compared to the colonists, the plague is a world-destroying threat! Therefore, both the kingdom and the alliance must give top priority to the development of medicine. Only the medical level that transcends the times can deal with an unprecedented plague. Possibly save American civilization! And this may be the most important meaning of my coming to this era."

Shulot remained silent, a strong sense of mission surged into his heart, like a blazing flame burning in his heart, never stopping for a moment.

At this moment, Alyssa and Naxiu both stopped moving. The two looked at their lover blankly, feeling as if his eyes were burning with light.

Note: The above population figures come from the 2002 document "Megadrought and Megadeath in 1ury Mexico".