Chapter 2022 Bugs
"By the way, my father has also started to gather manpower and is preparing to lead troops to garrison in Yuan City."
Young Master Ying suddenly said: "Although Yuan City is not a strong city, its geographical location is very important, and there are many excellent water sources around it, which can be used to supply the daily needs of the army, so we still need to defend Yuan City. , at least we cannot let Yuancheng be captured so easily."
Hearing what Young Master Ying said, Liu Xing remembered one thing, that is, the New Dragon Empire in the martial arts module this time is very particular about "drinking water". If the water source is of average quality, they will choose to drink hot water.
Yes, Xinlong Empire also likes to drink boiled water.
Although drinking boiled water is a normal thing for Liu Xing and others, everyone also knows that around the world, most countries only drink boiled water when they need to brew coffee, tea or other things. I know how to boil water and usually drink cold water.
Why is this?
First of all, we must "thank" some "people" for their great virtues, otherwise we would not develop the habit of drinking boiled water. This means that a few decades ago, there were almost no people in the world who could drink boiled water all year round. A place to drink hot water.
The reason is very simple. The level of medicine at that time was still very limited, so people were not aware of the existence of microorganisms, so they had no way of realizing that there might be dangers in water sources that seemed clear and translucent. Secondly, boiling water required firewood. Or charcoal. At that time, firewood could still be sold in bundles for money, so who would “waste” firewood?
So for a while, Liu Xing was also curious about why the New Dragon Empire started the "boiling water" technology tree, because in "Liu Peng's" memory, the habit of drinking boiling water was innate, ever since he could remember It has always been like this, so "Liu Peng" has never cared about this issue, because it is not a problem for him.
It seems that if you want to know the answer to this question, you have to find those elderly NPCs.
However, "Liu Peng" still knew that the water sources in some places reached the level of direct drinking water. For example, the mountain spring in Tianshui Town was one of them, and the same was true for several deep pools near Yuancheng, so many residents of Yuancheng would At daybreak, he went outside the city to fetch water.
As for the rivers near the town, they basically do not meet the standards of direct drinking water, so they need to be boiled before drinking. Therefore, Gongzi Ying mentioned that the deep pool near Yuancheng can provide sufficient direct drinking water for the army to facilitate the army. action.
This seems a little strange, or a little unreasonable.
Soldiers are very fast, and even a few hours' time difference can affect the outcome of the battle, thus affecting the outcome of the entire war! For example, in the classic Battle of Waterloo, if Napoleon's side could hold on for a while longer, or if Napoleon's reinforcements could arrive faster, then the balance of victory would most likely tip towards Napoleon.
In addition, the story of "Beheading Ma Su with tears" makes us sigh and lament why Ma Su set up camp on the mountain, which led to the loss of the street pavilion and the complete failure of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition; but most people don't know, After Zhuge Liang heard about this incident, he felt that the situation was not good, so he immediately led his troops to reinforce. However, after a few hours, he could only see Ma Su's troops defeated.
Therefore, in Liu Xing's view, these armies do not have to boil water or drink qualified drinking water. When necessary, they can fetch water on the spot for emergency marches, and it does not cost much effort. The most important thing is that those who are very The source of direct drinking water is not too bad, so it should be no problem to just drink it, right?
When you think there is no problem, then there should be a problem.
As the saying goes, when you see a very strange and outrageous rule in a place, it means that such a thing has happened in this place before, and it also caused serious consequences! Especially those written on safety regulations. Behind every strange rule may mean the end of at least one life.
So there must be a reason for this!
Thinking of this, Liu Xing finished his dinner in a hurry, then found an excuse to go for a walk by the river, and agreed to practice on the football field with Yin En and others in half an hour.
Because Cuju had been invented before the Xinlong Empire, football is now considered the most popular sports activity in Tianshui Town, while basketball is much less popular. . . The reason is very simple. The average height in Tianshui Town is still a little lower. After all, most people still consume too little nutrition when they are young. Therefore, before everyone has mastered basketball skills, the height advantage is enough for someone. Some people become dominant players in the world of football.
Therefore, on the basketball court in Sweetwater Town, most of the players are playing, while the NPCs are concentrated on the table tennis table and football field.
Back to the topic, Liu Xing, who came to the river at this time, looked into the water and did not find anything strange. He could only occasionally see a fish jumping onto the water.
However, Liu Xing knew that just watching here would be fruitless, so he made a bowl shape with his hands by the river, scooped up some water, and began to observe carefully.
At this moment, Liu Xing heard the sound of the dice falling to the ground!
Sure enough there is a problem!
Since the Cthulhu Running Group Game Hall has given a judgment at this time, it means that there may be a problem in the water in front of you! And this is still a secret project.
However, Liu Xing looked for a long time and found nothing strange, so he only thought of one possibility.
The judgment failed.
Thinking of this, Liu Xing knew that the samples he had collected now were still too few, so it was normal for the judgment to fail. So Liu Xing went home and took out a bowl, which was the same bowl that contained fish fillet soup before.
As for the original fish fillet soup in this bowl, Liu Xing couldn't bear to eat it in the end, because the real burrowing beast meat was still too ugly, and Liu Xing was not sure whether it had any side effects, so he I had no choice but to give up.
But for Yin En, the fish slice soup after turning on the beauty filter looks pretty good, and he has eaten several bowls of fish slice soup before, and he did not feel any side effects of these fish slice soup. I also got a good buff, and the most important thing is that the fish fillet soup is also delicious, so the bowl of fish fillet soup ended up in Yin En's stomach, but the bowl was left in Liu Xing's room.
So Liu Xing took the bowl and washed it in the river water first, because Liu Xing himself was considered a person with mild mysophobia.
As a result, at this time, there was another sound of the dice falling to the ground, and then Liu Xing saw an abnormal reflection in the bowl.
Seeing this, Liu Xing immediately scooped up some water with a bowl, and then observed it carefully again, and then saw something that made him frown.
An almost transparent spindle-shaped insect, about the size of half a grain of rice, is very active in the water and can swim from one end of the bowl to the other in the blink of an eye.
If this were converted to human terms, it would be equivalent to someone swimming a distance of more than fifty meters in less than one second.
This is a bit outrageous.
So is this also a kind of monster?
Liu Xing took a look at the World of Warcraft illustrated book and did not find a new illustrated book, so the little bug in front of him should be an "ordinary" water creature. Maybe it is the reason why it cannot drink river water directly.
At this time, Yin En also came to find Liu Xing after eating, because Liu Xing's sudden departure also made him realize that something was wrong.
So Liu Xing handed the bowl in his hand to Yin En and told him what he had discovered.
Yin En, on the other hand, held the bowl and looked at it for a while, then said with some embarrassment: "If you didn't lie to me, Liu Xing, then I really can't see the existence of this bug, so although this bug is not a magical beast, it is They also enjoy the same treatment as World of Warcraft, that is, only people like you, Liu Xing, can clearly see their existence."
To be on the safe side, Liu Xing took the bowl and took a look. After making sure that the bug was still in the bowl, he said, "Just like Yin En said, this bug may only be seen by certain people, so Although it is not a World of Warcraft, it enjoys the treatment that only Warcraft can have. Then we have to suspect that this bug and Warcraft may have the same origin, so mirage will affect our understanding of them at the same time! This is why we The reason why you need to drink hot water is because there may be such bugs in water sources other than direct drinking water, and if you drink it directly, some bad things may happen.”
"So many years ago, although some people could not see this bug, they could feel that there were some problems in some water, but these problems could be solved by boiling water, so these people began to promote We have started the habit of boiling water; and the reason why the deep pools near Yuan City and the mountain springs in our Tianshui Town are drinking water should be because they do not interact too much with the river water, so these insects do not get mixed in. "
"In this case, the importance of Yuancheng may be beyond our expectation, because I felt that Yuancheng was not important at the beginning. After all, although Yuancheng is at the forefront, it is not at the forefront. It is an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack location, and it is not a strong city itself, so there is no need to defend Yuan City. It is better to put the troops in more important places; but now it seems that Yuan City is because of the nearby Deep pools will directly double the value. After all, with these direct drinking water sources, the army does not need to waste time on boiling water during the march, so the mobility can be directly improved to a higher level."
Yin En nodded and said: "I see, I'm going to tell you why the third prince personally led troops to garrison in Yuan City. It turned out to be because drinking water directly from the source has such important strategic value... Wait, I doubt us. Some of the players have directly drank river water and well water! Because the water quality looks pretty good, and some people unknowingly drink a few mouthfuls of water while swimming! So I am going to find someone to inform all players now , let them check if there is anything wrong with their character cards!"
As a doctor, Liu Xing naturally agreed with Yin En's idea, so the two found Meng Fugui and asked him to help handle the matter.
Because it was all players, the investigation ended quickly, and the result was that a debuff named "Water Parasite" appeared on one person's character card. The effect of this debuff is that when the progress bar is full, It will show up later.
The current progress bar is only one percent.
According to this player's recollection, he went swimming in the river a week ago, and was having a rough time with his friends. As a result, he was attacked by a friend and his whole body was pinned in the water; although he himself was He can swim and has passed the diving certificate, but because the incident happened suddenly, he still drank a sip of water at the beginning, but he didn't pay much attention to it. After all, he had drank more or less when swimming before. water.
Then he didn't feel anything unusual in the past two days. At most, he had a good appetite, while his friends all had appetite problems due to the weather.
"It seems we have to find a way to give this lucky guy some anti-worming medicine."
Liu Xing thought for a while and decided to find Liu Nan to find out what was going on.
When Liu Xing was in coma for the past two days, Liu Nan came to check Liu Xing's pulse. After confirming that everything was normal, Liu Nan didn't say anything more because he still believed in his medical skills. After hearing that Liu Xing returned to normal, Liu Nan just smiled and continued to see doctors at the hospital.
Or because the weather has been a bit hot these two days, the number of sick NPCs has obviously increased a lot, so Liu Nan has indeed been very busy these days. . . Fortunately, players are unlikely to get sick easily, otherwise Liu Nan's workload would have doubled in the past two days.
Therefore, we have to find a way to add one or two more doctors to Tianshui Town, otherwise Liu Nan's work pressure will be a bit too much.
Thinking of this, Liu Xing thought of Uncle Hua in Far West City. If he could be fooled, there would be no shortage of doctors in Tianshui Town.
However, Liu Xing also knew that his Uncle Hua had no intention of leaving Far West City, because many doctors had left Far West City, and the medical clinics in the city were very poor, so Uncle Hua was in such a situation. Under such circumstances, it is even more impossible to leave. After all, he really takes it as his mission to cure diseases and save people, and to help the world by hanging pots.
So I have to find a solution elsewhere.
After Liu Nan prescribed medicine to the last patient, Liu Xing stepped forward and expressed his question - why should we drink hot water? And a friend of mine felt something was wrong with her body today after drinking the river water directly.