Chapter 414: Race Against Time

After all, you can't escape what is coming.

Under Lynch's extreme operation, the small town was peaceful for two days, but just before dawn, the plague spread.

And it came without warning.

Seeing that Knight Terry looked ugly and panicked, Lynch simply gave the order directly.

Officer Natalie protected Dr. Swain and stayed in the fortress, concentrating on researching treatment drugs and striving to obtain results as quickly as possible. The remaining three people went to the scene of the incident with Terry Knight to find out what happened and why the plague suddenly spread.

Is the culprit behind the scenes taking action again? Or was it that the previous strict precautions were strictly guarded, or did something slip through the net?

Lynch is not sure now, but he is not panicking. He has taken the lead several times in a row and has started to develop the drug.

As long as we hold on until the drug comes out, everything will be fine, just like it is in the real world out there.

After several days of contact, this rugged knight already admired Lynch quite a lot and obeyed orders almost unconditionally. As soon as Lynch said it, he immediately followed the arrangement. Of course Dr. Swain would not object, so a few minutes later, everyone The troops were divided into two groups, and Lynch and the other three followed Knight Terry straight to the west of the city.

It wasn't until they had set off that everyone had time to ask about the details.

There was a family, parents and a little girl. They got sick at noon. They suddenly rushed out of the house at noon, chased and bit people on the street, and killed two people on the spot. After biting seven or eight people, Terry Soldiers who had arranged repeated patrols arrived in a hurry and temporarily controlled the situation.

Based on previous experience, the three lunatics should have been killed on the spot, but the soldiers did not take action and just controlled the lunatic.

"Why didn't you take action? Any kindness will come at a heavy price."

But before the soldier could answer, there was already a loud noise in the distance.

The west side of the city has arrived.

Terry stopped asking and strode over. However, as soon as he entered the scene, the knight froze on the spot.

Lin Qi also followed. The first thing he saw were two middle-aged men and women in their forties and a little girl about ten years old. They were both in an extremely crazy state, with bloodshot eyes and bulging blood vessels on their faces. They were completely different from those before. The mad soldier behaves the same way.

"It's them……"

"Um?"

"Blue's family." Knight Terry said solemnly, "Blue is one of the four guards at the south gate. Why are they also sick?"

Lynch did not answer, but looked around with Diana Judy.

The scene was tragic, with blood everywhere. The bodies of the two victims were lying nearby, with gnawing marks all over their faces and necks. The smell of blood was disgusting.

In addition, there were eight injured, none of them serious, just a few bites on their hands and legs.

At this time, several soldiers used the excuse of asking Ms. Swain to help bandage and treat them. While waiting for the doctor to arrive, these people complained about why their neighbors suddenly went crazy, unaware that their fate was already sealed.

Lin Qi watched and nodded secretly. It was indeed the dark age. Even the soldiers in the small border town were on duty with their brains. This ability to adapt to changes was much better than that of many people in previous lives.

But this is not enough.

Lynch and Miss Diana murmured for a while, then lowered their heads and fell into deep thought. After thinking for a while, he looked up and saw a big face in front of him, which made him almost punch him.

When Knight Terry saw him thinking deeply, he stared at him expectantly, waiting for him to make a key comment.

"Treat them first." Lynch ignored the expectations of the armed knight, "Diana, you stop the bleeding of these injured people first. Don't heal them. Just stop the bleeding."

Then he said to Judy: "Help me translate for Terry, and ask him to send people to find a reason to bring these injured people who have treated wounds back to the fort for forced isolation. These are infected people, and they must not be allowed to stay in the fort." Running around outside. In addition, he asked him to send soldiers and witnesses to repeatedly confirm whether there were any injured people who escaped before the soldiers arrived. If so, they must do their best to find them."

With the prestige accumulated in the past, the task was quickly arranged. The city was lucky, there were no injured people who escaped, and these few people were all left.

This made Lynch feel relieved. The spread of this kind of plague often grows exponentially. Once it spreads, it can no longer be controlled. What's more, this kind of plague will strike in three or four hours, which is too fast. If the infection is allowed to spread without control, it will be hard to say whether there will be anyone alive in the city when the drug is developed at noon tomorrow.

But this was not safe. Lynch took out his pipe and lit it to get himself into the best state of mind. He pondered for a long time. After Terry Knight had arranged everything, Lynch said:

"Now I have a guess as to why these three people got sick. We just found out that the problem was food, and it was fine and high-quality food. Although the stomachs of the four south gate guards were empty, they should have the same thing. . Then could it be that the four of them did something together and were treated to these high-quality foods, but Blue didn't want to eat them all and took some of them back to his family, which led to his family being infected?"

Knight Terry was stunned and nodded thoughtfully.

In order to avoid exposing his doubts about the city lord, Lynch never mentioned the source of the problem and only analyzed the problem: "Then, if it is really a good thing that is rarely enjoyed in ordinary times, they may not be willing to eat it all at once, so maybe they still have it at home now Keep some to see if my guess is right. I’ll check it out. Do you know the location of his home?”

Of course he knew it, and Terry immediately rushed to Blue's home with the remaining soldiers. After a while of rummaging, he really found something special in the cupboard.

A large piece of smoked beef, a basket of fresh fruit, a few loaves of soft white bread, and a bag of snow-white flour.

There seemed to be nothing unusual, but when Lin Qi looked at them, he always felt a slight tingling between his eyebrows.

Is this a mysterious thrill? Are these the sources of infection?

However, two ladies, Diana and Judy, shook their heads in confusion: "The mysterious reaction in the stomach contents just now was very obvious, but we didn't feel any mystery at all from these foods."

"But I have a feeling. It's just different from the stomach contents just now. The feeling is very weak..." Lin Qi muttered, "It's strange. I can't be delusional."

[It’s not an illusion, Lynch. 】

"If it's not an illusion, then there is only one possibility. These are the sources, but the activation conditions have not been met." Under everyone's gaze, Lynch said firmly, "As for the activation conditions, it is probably eating it. Mixed with gastric juices.”

"I can probably imagine what happened. After the four of them did something together, they didn't eat these things, but took them home. But it might have been very late at that time, so they didn't eat them until yesterday. Had some fine food with the family and..."

"Then it gets sick." Knight Terry thought, his expression distorted: "This means that these plagues that can turn people into madmen and are contagious can be hidden in any food, and anyone can eat it before eating it. You can't even find it, and you can only find out that what you ate is the source of the plague when you go crazy?"

"No, there was no such thing as 'knowing' at that time." Lynch said with a wry smile, "If I'm not wrong, then as you said, the situation is so critical, and the plague may break out on a large scale at any time. And we have to do Before Dr. Swain can prepare the medicine, we must control the situation and stop the spread of the plague at all costs. Hehe, we are racing against time and against our opponents. As for who can move faster. We were right. We'll know after we take it back to Dr. Swain for testing. In addition, I also thought of another thing."

"kindness?"

"The four of them should have gotten sick at about the same time, which means they ate at about the same time. Now that Blue's family members are sick, what about the other three family members?"

"Damn it!"

With cold sweat breaking out on his forehead, Terry kicked open the door and rushed out with his soldiers.