Chapter 573 Merlin's Artificial God Plan

The news that the Oran Palace sent tens of thousands of cannon fodder quickly spread throughout the entire coalition defense line.

Those old Oran ministers who had given up everything to join Chujiu, King Augustus, also knew that their family members were among them. I miss my loved ones so much, but after all, I can’t bear to see my family members suffer.

Soon, pairs of eyes on the forts at various points along the defense line quietly stared at the ragged crowd, and the atmosphere gradually became heavier.

The old, weak, women and children in the crowd were encouraged to call out the name of "Your Majesty Chujiu".

It seemed that as long as she took action, she could save the children and the elderly who were about to die from the Black Death.

The desperate and painful wails echoed around the canyon, causing the desperate and sad atmosphere to spread quickly.

After all, they were all their own family and relatives in front of them. The soldiers of the coalition army looked at them with emotion.

"That's my mother and my newly born sister! Damn it, the Royal Court of Oran actually treats babies as vectors of plague. How could they do this?"

"My grandma, sister and family are all there too. God, if I could replace them, I would rather bear the suffering myself."

"His Majesty Arthur is really disappointing. Even if it is a war, how can you let your family members become cannon fodder?"

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"These people carry the plague, we must not let them in!"

"But. They are."

"There is no but. Once the plague spreads to the coalition forces, none of us will survive! His Majesty Chujiu cannot save so many people. This is the enemy's treacherous plot. He wants to use this to disintegrate our unity from within."

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The poisonous plan of the Oran Royal Court is not clever, but it touches people's hearts.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see what the enemy is going to do.

Although reason also tells everyone that His Majesty Chujiu could not have saved so many people, and those family members infected with the plague would most likely not survive.

But after all, it was his relatives in front of him. Seeing them wailing in pain was like someone was tearing out the flesh from his heart. The grief was beyond words.

As long as there is a glimmer of hope, they still want to see their families survive.

In the command room, Reni, Lake and all the old Oran ministers were silent.

After listening to Ji Xun's popular science about the horror of the "Black Death", they became even more aware of the viciousness of the enemy's plan.

The cannon fodder selected by the Oran royal family was obviously deliberately selected, and most of them were close relatives of the "defected ministers".

Although they recognized King Augustus, Chujiu was an exiled princess after all, and the foundation of trust was still shallow.

If we really let those tens of thousands of people die here, the people's hearts that have finally been gathered together will probably disperse immediately.

There are endless wailings in the ears, and not everyone has the courage to watch their loved ones die in front of their eyes.

Everyone knows something should be done, but they don’t know what can be done.

Just when a big change was about to happen, suddenly something happened that no one expected.

A low-pitched curse sounded next to my ears: "Mystery: A song to praise the soul!"

Others may not have noticed what happened, but Ji Xun did.

A man with white hair leaned against a fort window on the rock wall. He calmly took out a black card, made a sword with two fingers, and cast a spell.

It was none other than Long Yu, the leader of the revolutionary army and the "anti-law".

His lips and teeth moved slightly, as if chanting some kind of prayer that could soothe people's hearts: "Those with good intentions will not be tortured by illness, their minds will be stable, and they will not be afraid of terror; those who have evil intentions will have a hateful appearance and will not hide their traces."

When Ji Xun heard the subtle incantation next to his ear, he exclaimed in his heart: "Group incantation?"

Without waiting for more thought, as soon as the spell was cast, the tens of thousands of old, weak, women and children infected with the plague in the vast open space of the canyon immediately stopped crying, and the desperate atmosphere ended abruptly.

People seemed to have received great encouragement in their hearts. The fear of death was instantly gone, and they no longer felt the torture of illness. The desire and determination for life appeared on their faces.

Ji Xun saw this scene, thought about it for a moment, and exclaimed in his heart: "What a clever method!"

It looks like mental hypnosis, but it’s not just superficial!

Disease not only damages the body, but also affects the mind to a large extent.

If the mentality is positive and optimistic enough, the body can resist the pain in its best condition.

Even healing.

It can be said that in the absence of effective treatment, inspiration is the best treatment!

And Ji Xun was shocked not only by this, but by the number of people covered by this spell!

[Diamond 9-Human Desire] He knows that he is good at spiritual magic.

However, there are tens of thousands of people in front of us!

You know, general mental spells are single-target spells, and being able to control dozens of people in a group is already a very incredible method.

Long Yu managed to control tens of thousands of people in a group. What is the concept?

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Ji Xun would have thought it was a Shinto method used by some outside god to bewitch believers.

And it’s not over yet!

"Resistor" Long Yu's spell not only calmed the tens of thousands of civilians infected with the plague, it also had another important purpose.

Everyone knew that there must be enemy spies among these tens of thousands of people, and it was those guys who had made the noise just now.

I originally wanted to screen them all out, but almost no one could do it in a short time.

But if they are left among this crowd, there will be consequences.

Unexpectedly, Long Yu's spell would directly expose those spies.

As soon as the spell was cast, the civilians in the crowd looked peaceful and calmed down.

On the other side, there were hundreds of people who seemed to be tortured by the curse in their ears, and suddenly their faces became ferocious.

They looked at the turrets around them, as if they had completely forgotten their hidden mission. They looked like crazy wild dogs, making terrifying roars in their throats, and then rushed towards the turrets.

They wanted to climb up the turret and reenter the defense line, but the tongues of fire from the muzzles beat these people into sieves without mercy.

One of them, an old woman who looked sickly, turned out to be an extremely powerful seventh-level [Witch]!

If she hadn't exposed herself, it would have been really hard to tell.

Everyone realized that this guy was most likely an "assassin". Once Chujiu really planned to use the Holy Grail to treat him, this guy would probably get close to him and assassinate him.

Fortunately, it was exposed.

The seventh level was killed on the spot without making any waves at the coalition headquarters where experts gathered.

Longyu's divine hand skillfully solved many major hidden dangers.

As soon as the tens of thousands of infected civilians fell silent, the previously shaky military morale stabilized.

The top leaders of the coalition also breathed a sigh of relief.

Ji Xun cast an admiring look at Long Yu at the high fort, and the leader of the revolutionary army responded with a calm smile.

Except for him, no one can solve this matter so perfectly.

However, the plague has not been solved, and the problem still exists.

Everyone's eyes turned to Chujiu involuntarily. As King Augustus, she was the only one qualified to make a decision.

Reni and other veterans looked embarrassed, knowing that this decision was not easy to make.

Originally, it was just a matter of letting the medical team handle it. No matter what the outcome was, no one would say anything after trying their best.

But now everyone knows that the [Sismark Holy Grail] can cure the Black Death.

If Chujiu cared about his original magic power and didn't try it, the soldiers would definitely feel chilled.

But if it is cured, it can only save a few people.

Some were saved, but what about the others?

This is an inherently unsolvable contradiction.

However, just when all the senior officials had tangled and solemn expressions, Chujiu did not hesitate and decisively ordered: "Go and appease the soldiers and tell them that I will solve it."

"But Your Majesty. You."

As the first of the King's Four Knights to be conferred on Chujiu, Rennie is well aware of the difficulty of this decision.

Others didn't know how terrifying the Black Death was, but he got a glimpse of it from the fragments of consciousness of the ancestors of the God of Play clan in the "Gray Mist Remains".

There is no cure for the plague, except for the Holy Grail, and all we can do is wait for death.

He thought that if someone wanted to be the villain, he would never back down.

He said directly: "Your Majesty, please leave these people to me. I will arrange a medical team to treat them."

Reni thought that if he couldn't be cured by then, he would use contamination as an excuse to directly eliminate those infected people.

This may give you the reputation of a butcher.

But His Majesty and the coalition forces will be protected to the greatest extent.

However, before he could finish speaking, Chujiu shook her head and said directly: "No need to say more. I have my own way. Let me tell you that this is the 'Black Death' and it is not an incurable disease. But we must be careful about the internal spread within us. ."

"Ah this."

Reni wanted to say something more, but looking at Chujiu's firm expression, he hesitated.

With inexplicable thoughts in his mind, he glanced at Ji Xun who had been silent not far away. He seemed to have guessed something, and he respectfully responded: "Yes."

Seeing this, everyone left.

After the people left, there were only Ji Xun, Dong Qi, and Chu Jiu in the command room.

Dong Qi frowned when he looked at the terrifying state of tens of thousands of people below who were covered with black spots.

But looking at Ji Xun, who looked calm from beginning to end, she knew that this guy must have something up his sleeve.

That kind of tacit understanding existed a long time ago.

Seeing the people leave, Dong Qi couldn't help but ask: "Ji Xun, what is the Black Death?"

Ji Xunke said: "It started out as a plague, and later evolved into a plague that was compounded by multiple deadly pathogens. But this is just an appearance. In fact, this is the 'source of plague, Takpara', which uses the law of plague to manifest living things It is a kind of high-level law pollution on the body. It can be understood that the wider the plague seeds spread on the human body, the more divine power can be harvested. Therefore, ordinary medicines cannot solve it. "

Plague and aberration are actually similar. They are both external extraordinary pollution that the human body cannot bear.

When Dong Qiyi heard that an outside god was involved, he also knew that the matter was serious, "Ah? What should we do?"

Ji Xun said calmly: "Well, the trouble we are encountering now has been encountered by the Tarun Empire before, and it is a hundred times more difficult."

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When Dong Qi heard this, he understood that Ji Xun really had a solution.

But she frowned and did not forget to complain: "If the Oran Royal Court dares to use this method, are you not afraid of backlash?"

"Who knows."

Ji Xun also felt a little incomprehensible.

Even if King Arthur was contaminated by [Tyrant], he wouldn't make such a completely reckless decision, right?

In Ji Xun's deductions, this incident always gave him a very evil premonition, as if there was some bigger conspiracy brewing.

And the other side.

Without the outsiders around, Chujiu took out a mysterious mask and put it on his face.

Dong Qi had never seen her before, so he stared at her curiously.

Ji Xun has seen it many times.

This is the mask that represents the identity of the "Exile" in the "Hermitage of Illumination".

Now he fully understood what was going on with that ancient and mysterious organization.

The relationship between the Augustus royal family and the Illuminati Hermitage can be described in one sentence: light shines on people and casts long shadows.

Augustus is the face standing on the stage,

the Hermitage is the shadow hidden in the dark.

They are the most important means to maintain the continuation of the card master civilization.

And each member of the Illuminati has a mask representing his identity.

This is not just a relic to maintain mystery and isolate perception.

More importantly, it represents some exclusive inheritance, and also has the functions of "communicator" and "locator".

Wearing a mask, Chujiu can contact other members.

Probably after communicating something, Chujiu took out a golden card in his hand, and after infusing the spell power, a nine-pointed star spiritual formation appeared in front of him.

This is the [Spade 4] Curse God Card that Ji Xun got from the South Continent before.

Ji Xun has two JOKER Curse God Cards in his hand, and there is not much meaning in having one more, so he gave it to Chujiu.

The Curse God Card can use a certain engraved spell almost infinitely, which also gives her too much convenience.

At this moment, she used space summoning.

The summoned person was not a spiritual being, but an old man with a head full of explosive white hair.

Ji Xun looked at the person who came and took the initiative to greet him: "Master Merlin."

The person who came was none other than Master Merlin, one of the members of the Illuminati.

"Ji Xun, you are here too"

Merlin looked at himself being summoned, responded, and seemed to have forgotten it in a blink of an eye.

He didn't even put down the experimental notebook in his hand, and turned around and said: "Xiao Chujiu, what do you want to talk to me about? I'm still busy in the laboratory."

Ji Xun was also used to being ignored by this old man, and rubbed his eyebrows.

Chujiu said, "The Black Death has appeared."

"The Black Death?"

Merlin was immediately alert when he heard it, but his brows were furrowed: "Isn't that plague extinct? How could it appear?"

"The Oran Royal Court used this plague to attack the city."

Chujiu simply explained the cause and effect in two sentences, and then said, "So I can only trouble the master."

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Merlin's expression darkened when he heard it, but he didn't think it was a trouble. He just said, "Those guys in Oran really don't care about the consequences. They dare to use plague as a means?"

As he said, he looked down from the window of the command room and saw the black spots on the skin of those people, and said, " I'll go down and take a look. "

"Yes. Be careful, there may be assassins in the crowd."

Merlin thought about it and it was right. He turned around and remembered Ji Xun: "Then Ji Xun kid will go with me."

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Ji Xun rolled his eyes. Although he knew that the problem was not serious, he also jokingly complained: "Master, aren't you afraid that I will be infected too?"

Master Merlin said unhappily: "The Black Death only targets low-level creatures. You kid are already level eight, what are you afraid of. What's more, you have [Blood Plague] on your body, which is much more difficult than the Black Death. It can't contaminate you kid!"

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Ji Xun certainly knew that this was the case.

But this old man really treated Chujiu differently. He treated Chujiu like his own daughter, but he had a completely different attitude towards himself.

Dong Qi on the side looked at him and smiled softly.

Even if he didn't say it, Ji Xun would accompany Master Merlin on a trip.

The reason why he was confident before was because Master Merlin had a potion to treat the Black Death.

This is the information Ji Xun got from the [DP-955 Research Institute] left by the Bai family in the Plague Swamp a long time ago.

At the end of Taren, one of the seven natural disaster monarchs, the 'Source of Plague·Takpara', also ravaged the Old Continent.

At that time, the Taren Royal Court also thought of various ways to deal with the seven natural disasters.

And the Bai family, as the main force of the Royal Academy of Sciences at that time, dealt with at least two.

One was to seal the blood plague 'Scarlet Corruption·Sayadis' in the East Wilderness;

The other was to study the potion to solve the Black Death in the [DP-955 Research Institute].

That research was successful.

Even the jar of the "Source of Plague" was sealed in that research institute.

At the beginning, Ji Xun and Qin Ru happened to get those materials in the research institute, and then gave them to Master Merlin for research.

Because they speculated that the outer god might make a comeback, they made a batch of potions and made some preparations.

Now I just happened to encounter a real case, so I went to see it.

Master Merlin said he wanted to protect them, but he actually relied on his divine power to advance to the seventh level.

Although his fighting skills were a little worse, his abilities were very strong.

To be on the safe side, Ji Xun and the old man still wore protective clothing, and then jumped down from the rock wall, landing directly in front of the tens of thousands of plague victims.

This move was not only full of surprise for these tens of thousands of eyes, after all, someone really came to take care of them, which gave them hope of survival;

On the other hand, the soldiers of the coalition forces in the bunker were also surprised and surprised.

Just now, they received the king's order, saying that someone would go to deal with it, and now someone really went?

Although Master Merlin was exiled to the City of Innocence for many years, he was one of the genuine "three legendary card makers" in the East Wasteland, and his reputation was not small at all.

They knew Ji Xun and Merlin.

So when they saw the two big men appear at the same time to solve the plague, everyone realized that the order of King Augustus was not a stopgap measure to appease them. But if you really want to solve it, you can solve the plague!

For a while, everyone looked on expectantly.

But no one saw that because of this decision, the royal power of Chujiu in the command room became more and more solid.

Ji Xun accompanied Master Merlin and walked directly to the refugee group.

Ji Xun was afraid that these people did not know Merlin, so he introduced him: "Don't be afraid, this is Master Merlin. His Majesty Chujiu arranged for us to help you treat your diseases."

He also did not forget to create a wise monarch for Chujiu.

When they heard that it was Merlin, everyone's eyes immediately showed expectations.

A mother holding a young child immediately seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and knelt on the ground: "Master, please help me see my daughter! She... She has difficulty breathing."

Even though the lady was so anxious, she was kind-hearted. She knew that she was infected with the plague and was afraid of infecting Ji Xun and the others, so she kept a distance.

Merlin did not have the airs of a master at all. He walked over and started to check the child's symptoms.

After looking for a while, he roughly determined something and muttered: "It is indeed the Black Death."

Ji Xun watched from the side and observed closely. The black spots on people's bodies were like clusters of foreign laws that were rejected by the body.

Merlin added: "But the situation is not bad. This is the early stage of infection. The treatment is timely enough, so there is no big problem."

When the woman said this, her eyes full of tears suddenly showed surprise, and she kowtowed repeatedly: "Master, please save my daughter."

The plague needs to continue to infect and evolve in the organism; if it is not nourished by the essence of the organism for a long time, it will also degenerate.

The current Black Death is still in its early stages, and the medicine can completely solve it.

Ji Xun has read many classics. Although he is not proficient, he also understands.

"Don't be so polite."

Master Merlin motioned the woman to get up, then took out a green potion and fed the child a small half of it, saying at the same time: "And the reason why this child's condition is different is that the antibodies in his body are fighting fiercely against the plague. This is a good thing. This little guy is an excellent seedling for the [Plague Doctor] sequence"

Most of the old ministers of Orlan are descendants of the top strongmen of the Talen Empire three thousand years ago. From a genetic level, they are much stronger than ordinary humans.

Ji Xun listened and looked at the child more.

He is indeed a good candidate for Master Ka.

As soon as the potion was taken, the child's rapid breathing was indeed smoothed, and the dark spots on the tender skin also faded visibly.

The mother cried with joy, holding the child and unable to speak, just kowtowed to Master Merlin.

Master Merlin didn't care, and also helped the mother to check.

Ji Xun looked at it, and his eyes flashed, as if he saw a causal line that should have been cut off, and continued out.

In the far future, this causal line will bloom with its own glory in another era.

This scene was seen by everyone, and tens of thousands of people burst into warm cheers in an instant.

They were sent to the front line as cannon fodder, and were infected with the plague without knowing it. People who were originally desperate now saw the hope of living again.

That kind of gratitude came from the bottom of the heart, which made people dance and move.

Especially those soldiers who had families down there, they were so moved that their eyes filled with tears.

I don’t know who started it, but the whole canyon was suddenly filled with cheers like a wave.

“Great King Augustus, praise your wisdom and kindness.”

“King!”

“King!”

“King!”

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After confirming that the Black Death could be cured, the coalition also sent soldiers wearing protective clothing to maintain order.

Soon these tens of thousands of people were properly resettled.

The early stage of the epidemic can be solved with medicine, and Master Merlin doesn’t have to see it in person.

Ji Xun walked a few steps with the old man.

Long time no see, talking while walking.

Ji Xun asked: "By the way, Master, what have you been busy with recently?"

Master Merlin said: "[Bloodline Gene Potion]."

Ji Xun asked curiously: "Isn't that potion ready?"

Merlin smiled mysteriously: "Hey, this potion is very deep. Thanks to you for giving me so many mythological samples brought back from the South Continent, and those pure-blooded dragons, I discovered a great secret of human genes."

Hearing this, Ji Xun also became very interested: "Oh?"

Master Merlin said: "The biggest difference between humans and gods, in addition to the indescribable understanding of the laws, is the difference in the flesh. Because the upper limit of the human gene chain is only this high, and there is no more at the ninth level. It's like a mountain, climbing up The peak. And the God level is even higher up on the top of the mountain. This phenomenon is particularly obvious in the gene chains of humans and dragons."

After taking a breath, he continued: "I have carefully studied a variety of samples of higher organisms, and they all point to the same rule. The gene chain of lower organisms ends at the ninth level. The gene chain of so-called "higher organisms" is far more than the gap at the blood level. Theoretically, grafting a gene chain above the God level can break through that limit. Just like using the myth crystal core to break through at the seventh level, it is actually a means of advanced gene grafting."

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Hearing this beginning, Ji Xun had a vague hunch that this old man might be studying some extraordinary topic.

Sure enough.

Master Merlin said: "So, I have some ideas. Can the bottleneck of the ninth-order supremacy also be broken through through such gene grafting? I suspect that the method of Master Ka's fifty-two sequences to break through the god-level, the change in the flesh, is essentially to make the human gene chain break through that bottleneck. Theoretically, if I can find a stable breakthrough method, I can make humans directly from the blood level, into higher creatures!"

"Ah this."

Hearing this, Ji Xun's eyes twitched, and he was in awe.

This old man is really quietly tinkering with a major project that can subvert civilization.

If it really works, wouldn't it be possible to create a race of gods?

Master Merlin was not so optimistic. Science requires rigor. He added: "But the current research progress is still very limited. I can get too few references, and there are few experimental samples at present. If you can find me some god-level samples, it would be even better."

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Ji Xun's eyes twitched when he heard this, and he complained in his heart that god-level materials are not so easy to find.

I still know how much I weigh.

But seeing the confidence in the old man's eyes, Ji Xun swallowed his complaints and said faintly: "I'll try my best."

Master Merlin laughed.

Ji Xun pursed his lips.

As he was walking, he suddenly felt someone looking at him.

Looking up, he saw a guy in a cloak sitting on a protrusion at the top of the rock wall, leisurely overlooking the entire canyon.

Ji Xun looked at the person coming, smiled, and muttered: "This guy is here too"

The guy on the rock wall didn't want to be seen, and the mechanical sentry couldn't find him.

Now he appeared, which means he wanted to be found.

When Ji Xun looked over, the cloaked man also looked over.

It was none other than "Light Chaser" Jia Yu.