Chapter 427 Good News and Bad News

What the hell.

Lin Qi retracted his fingers and broke into a cold sweat.

This thing is essentially a highly poisonous fruit. It has no hard shell and is impossible to bite your fingers. However, it was so sudden that it still startled Lynch.

what happened?

The four of them looked at each other in shock, a little confused about the situation.

Ms. Nightingale had never said that this thing would bite people before, and the finished product in the two tests did not bite Lynch. He was only chased and beaten by the tester because he poked the woman in the face.

But why did you bite me this time? Is it the wake-up gas that just came off? Or do you get annoyed just by looking at me?

Lin Qi thought for a moment and stretched out his finger again.

The moment it touched the peel, the already open mouth closed again at a very fast speed. If the person's head hadn't been unable to turn, he might have actually bitten it.

Lynch closed his eyes and calmed down for a moment, then looked at Officer Natalie. The officer understood what she was doing and stretched out her finger towards the fruit.

Be obedient, don't bite, and don't mess with your archetype.

However, it was broken at the first touch, because the fruit's mouth bit down again.

Something is definitely wrong.

Not because it was the first time, nor because it differentiated the target, this thing just bit people indiscriminately.

Exactly like those crazy infected people.

An ominous premonition arose in the four people's hearts. This thing was a symbol of human beings, so it couldn't be contaminated by this plague.

But they were not bitten, so how could they be infected?

"No, they only have human symbols, but they are still plants in nature." Miss Diana said, "Just like those contaminated grains."

"But this kind of thing shouldn't happen. The tester's finished product doesn't have this phenomenon." Lynch felt like his head was getting bigger, and he thought while pressing his forehead, "Although what happened in the strange object has changed because of our arrival, But there shouldn't be any fundamental change. Just like the culprits must be old Swin and the city lord, the contaminated ones must be the grain, and the method must be the body of the younger son Jack. It's just that the recent behavior has changed. It means that there must be something wrong with the soil and grains during the test. If it can really contaminate the human face fruit, they will be fine in those two times. "

"That's right...but I still tend to think that they are contaminated. There is something wrong with such a high stillbirth rate. The fruits can bite people. Everything is contaminated."

"Instead of making such wild guesses, it's better to harvest the remaining fruits first." Officer Natalie interrupted the two people's entanglement. "Maybe it's just an isolated incident, and everything else is normal."

Well, that's true. Without proof, I'm still too nervous.

Lin Qi scratched his head in embarrassment, carefully put away the four heads of his own, and went straight to the next location.

However, it turns out that the two of them were not wasting their time, and the plant was not an isolated proof.

The first batch of ten plants were all mature, but their growth was poor and the stillbirth rate was high. Only three plants had eight viable fruits.

But all eight of them went crazy and tried to bite anyone who touched them.

This forced Lynch to admit that the fruits may indeed be contaminated.

But why is there such a big difference from the test results?

"Want to hear my guess?"

"Are you awake?" Lynch realized that it was Judy who had regained consciousness. "You have woken up several times in the past few days. I heard that you were awake all night last night. Are you mentally okay?"

"It's a small problem, but it can be solved, and the situation here is quite interesting." Judy's eyes were full of interest, "I have a guess."

"Um?"

"City is a concept." Judy's erratic voice became firm and powerful, and her eyes were full of confidence. Perhaps this is the true temperament of the Fiery Lady's family, "In this concept, there are already subsidiary concepts such as resistance and isolation. ”

The other three people listened carefully and nodded in unison.

"According to our speculation, the body was buried outside the city before, thereby contaminating the soil in the entire area, causing this year's crops to be contaminated, and becoming the source of the plague. But in the two tests, in the city The planted Human Face Fruit is normal, that’s because the concept of city protects the soil within the city and isolates the concept of plague.”

No one spoke. After a long silence, Miss Diana said thoughtfully: "It makes sense. The concept of isolation protects the city, but this time... Phew, I understand."

All three listeners understood.

"I'm afraid our arrival or the attention of the billions of radiant lords has slightly changed everything, causing old Swindi to have the idea of ​​digging up the body in advance." Lynch took over and continued, "This not only caused City Lord Jackson made sure his son woke up in advance and prepared a room for him in advance, which also caused the body that was originally outside the city to arrive in the city and happened to be hidden in the basement. In theory, it was also buried underground, so the plants in the city that were not originally contaminated were also included. Then it became contaminated and turned into a crazy plant."

Judy nodded and said: "Yes, this is just a guess I made based on my occult knowledge, and it may not be correct."

"But at least this is the most reasonable speculation right now." Lynch said, "The biggest question now is, can such a fruit still be used?"

Several people looked at each other, and no one could answer this question.

The purpose of the Human Face Fruit is to prepare medicine to treat the plague, but now the fruit itself is contaminated by the plague. Although the fruit only works from the concept of occultism and is not actually added to the medicines taken, can medicines prepared under the influence of the concept of pollution not be affected?

The possibility is probably very low.

Several people had a feeling of despair in their hearts.

These days of hard work, the purpose is these fruits, but because of his arrival, the fruits were contaminated.

Could it be that this mission ended in failure?

Indeed, even if you fail, you can still spend another five days and start over, but the situation in the Fifth Age is no better than here. The plague may break out at any time within ten days, and you have to set aside time for transportation. How can you still do it? Five more days to do it all over again.

Natalie clenched her fists, and Diana bit her lip. Although theoretically, there was still hope for tomorrow's batch, but as long as the inference just now was correct, there would be no change for tomorrow's batch, and they would still be contaminated.

The two of them felt quite disappointed.

However, Lin Qi suddenly slapped his palm and his eyes lit up.

"No, we still have hope. Don't forget, we still have the last batch of spare supplies left outside the city."

"Counting the time, when we were planting the fruit outside the city, the body had already been moved to the basement."

"The city's concept of barrier protection is not only aimed at the outside of the city, it will also prevent the concepts within the city from spreading outside the city, just like the house model can isolate the concept of Star Color."

"In other words, as long as the corpse does not contaminate the soil for a long time, but only uses the soil as a medium to transfer it to the grains, then the batch of human face fruits outside the city will be safe. That is our last hope."

"As long as the stillbirth rate is not as high as in the city, our mission may not fail."

A word that wakes up the person in the dream, and if you think about it carefully, it turns out to be the case.

Seeing that it was almost noon, the four of them did not dare to neglect and hurriedly watered the last two batches of fruits inside and outside the city, especially the batch outside the city. After confirming that there was nothing abnormal, they returned to the fortress with anxiety. .

Doctor Swain was sitting beside his cauldron. He was startled when he saw the four returning people: "Looking at your faces, it seems that things are not going well."

"One good news and one bad news." Lin Qi said happily, "The bad news is, my head is going crazy, eight."

Then he took out eight heads and showed Dr. Swain how the plants bite people.

"What about the good news?"

"The good news is that we may still have a few heads that are not crazy. We won't know the results until tomorrow."

Seeing that Lynch was still having fun at this time, Dr. Swain shook his head and said, "I also have good news and bad news."

Lynch stopped laughing immediately: "Just tell me, I can handle it."

"The good news is, the medicine has been prepared."

"Where's the bad news?"

"The effect is not as expected." Dr. Swain said with a wry smile, "It cannot cure infected people."

Lin Qi felt his breathing slow down.

Medication not working? Is this plague simply impossible to cure with medicine? What about the plague outside?

The hearts of the four of them were clenched, but seeing that Dr. Swain did not look desperate, Lynch still tried to stay calm and asked:

"What do you mean? Please explain it clearly."