Chapter 415: Spreading in Secret

Lynch is particularly grateful for two things now.

First, thanks to people's living habits, since the age of mythology, buildings in this world have had doors.

Second, thank the infected people for not learning to open the door.

So the situation was better than he imagined, although the good was limited.

Among the other three guards, there was a family with only two parents. The old couple did not want to eat. They only prepared one portion for their son for dinner last night. The two of them ate the food stored at home, so they were safe and sound.

But the family members of the other two families ate some, and all nine people were infected. Fortunately, their door was relatively strong, and before they could break open the door and attack passers-by, Terry arrived with his soldiers.

The situation was brought under control in time, but no one was happy about it. Anyone with a brain could see that the situation in the city was like a rotten broken ship, with leaks everywhere. Although the gaps that had appeared were blocked, no one could I don’t know if the next gap will cause the broken ship to collapse directly.

There are always dangers, but at least it's okay for now.

There are just nine more infected people, and the underground prison can no longer hold it. But seeing as the medicine may be prepared tomorrow, it would be too cruel to directly purify these infected people now. No one has the heart to do it, so they can only let these people squeeze in first. After all, they should not complain that the living environment is not comfortable enough.

The food that was suspected of being problematic was all gathered together. One family had already eaten all the food, leaving only empty bags and baskets. The remaining food from the other two families was gathered together. It was estimated that the four types and The quantities are very close, and it looks like the food is prepared uniformly.

Lynch held his pipe in his mouth and stared at the food, occasionally discussing in a low voice with the two ladies. The heavily armed Terry Knight stood aside with his hands lowered, watching Lynch's expression carefully.

"I'm thinking about something." Looking at the rugged knight's pitiful eyes, Lynch sighed and explained, "I have been exposed to some stories about hard life. There are very few people who are used to living a hard life. After getting the exquisite food, it is normal for some people to eat only a little bit like other restaurants, so what happened to the one with only empty containers?”

"They...hid the food?"

"This is best, but I'm afraid it's not. I'm worried that they only kept a small amount of food for themselves, and the rest was sold by them before yesterday's dinner." Lynch smiled bitterly, "This means that these dangerous things have been It has been divided into countless portions and is being passed around the corner of the city. My only hope is that the person who bought it is reluctant to eat it for a while, and must endure it at least until tomorrow night, otherwise..."

Knight Terry was stunned for a long time with a livid face, and suddenly stamped his foot: "I will immediately send people to investigate, asking door to door, and find the things at all costs."

"Pay attention to absolute confidentiality. Sometimes panic is more terrifying than the destructive power of the plague." Lynch reminded, "In addition, arrange for soldiers to go. Don't go yourself. There is something we need to discuss with you now."

Knight Terry's heart sank again. He arranged for soldiers to go door to door to check and interrogate, and hurried back. He now did not dare to despise Lynch's words at all, and listened to his every word as if he were listening to the king's will.

"I want to discuss what the other party wants to do and to what extent." Lynch gestured to Judy to help translate, and explained to Terry Knight, "Before these four people, the other party's behavior was directional, whether it was in distress The travelers, Leonard and Kemit, all have precise targets. Although the bite is contagious, at least it is directional in nature. "

The armed knight nodded vigorously, but Lynch doubted whether he understood. After all, this person must have never been in a university laboratory in the 21st century.

But it doesn’t matter. Lynch said that these are also opportunities to sort out his thoughts. He continued to analyze: "But starting from the family members of these four people, the behavior patterns have changed significantly, and the targets have begun to spread to their family members and even unrelated people. This There are often underlying reasons for such changes. Well, it should be that the preliminary experiment was successful, and the other party is ready to further expand the scope of the experiment and obtain more data. "

"Now that results from further experiments have begun to appear, what then? If he is satisfied and stops doing other experiments, then it will be safe for us to control the existing infected people."

As he said this, he sighed in his heart. Lin Qi also hoped that the plot would develop like this, but the information read in the deep layer did not say this:

"But if the other party continues to expand the scope of the experiment, or one of the other party's purposes is to spread the plague throughout the city and completely destroy the city, then we will not be safe for a second. Just like these spread Plague food, I can sense abnormalities now, but they are already very weak. I can't guarantee that I can still detect them if the concentration is lower, let alone the source of the next experiment. Maybe we will find it tonight. Under the conspiracy of the manipulator behind the scenes, everyone ate the plague food without realizing it, and everyone became infected madmen. "

"So the situation may collapse at any time. We must at least support it until the drug is available, and we must prepare for the worst. What if the antidote cannot be prepared or is not as effective." As he spoke, Lynch suddenly He was stunned, frowned and thought for a while, then sighed softly, collected his emotions and continued, "The most effective way now is to walk on two legs, mix the medicine and find the person who caused all this. So, Mr. Knight, what do you think? Any thoughts on this?”

Knight Terry closed his mouth tightly, his expression tense and silent, but his eyes became quite complicated.

"We actually already have an idea, but we are outsiders and what we say has no credibility." Lynch smiled and said calmly, "Now that the matter has been laid out in front of you, it is up to you to consider this issue yourself. s answer."

"I..." Knight Terry looked around to make sure that none of his men were nearby, and only these few travelers were around, and then whispered, "Before Kemit and Leonard set off, the Lord of the City met them specially. , telling them how to report to the superiors. This is a normal process, but after the interview, they set off directly from the city lord's palace and did not return to the fortress to collect the army supplies. "

"Isn't this normal?"

"It's normal, because the Lord of the City cares about the soldiers and often prepares food on the road directly from the kitchen of the mansion for the soldiers who are sending letters on missions."

"Of course the food in the city lord's mansion will not be the same as ordinary people. It must be high-quality and fine ingredients." Lin Qi smiled and looked at the plague food in front of him, "Is this all you want?"

Terry Knight pursed his lips: "Large pieces of bacon, fresh fruits, and fine flour are not what ordinary people can get at home, and they are still four servings of the same thing at a time. What you just said reminded me of something Something happened. Mr. Rocky, the housekeeper of the City Lord’s Mansion, came to me a few days ago and said that he would ask me to borrow four soldiers to help move some things in two days. I asked him to pick the people himself. "

"Do you think it might be the four of them? Then what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to see the city lord and ask him clearly in person."

"So Dr. Swain stopped you." Lynch rolled his eyes and induced, "It would be the stupidest move to question the city lord face to face now. Instead of asking the city lord rashly, why not ask the magical... Let’s ask the housekeeper?”

With that said, Lynch pulled the knight and murmured for a while, making the knight nod frequently, and then left with hope.