1056 The Demon Orb Lights Up (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
The group arrived at the camp and walked past the sick people that were placed in quarantine.
The patients seemed fairly normal after a rough glance, but their noses would not stop running. It was similar to common influenza across the world, and before knowing that it was some deadly disease, no one treated it seriously. The people did not even feel it was strange when many were showing the same symptoms.
The local authority and the experts in the medical field did not realize there was a plague in because its symptom was just too similar to common flu. As a result, many Croatians had fallen victim to it.
No one knew how the disease spread, so the medical team had to wear hazmat suits when in direct contact with the patients. As many patients were diagnosed and quarantined, all of Kakka City, which had the highest number of victims, was immersed in terror.
Unfortunately, the authorities of Kakka City did not treat the plague seriously enough and seal the city decisively. As a result, the nearby cities were struck by the disease, too. The people were even more terrified knowing that more cities had fallen victim to the plague.
The local authorities were utterly clueless about what to do with the plague. Even the Magic Association was helpless, so they could only ask the Parthenon Temple for help. However, a Servant that had been sent here had contracted the disease, too. The seriousness of the plague immediately escalated.
The whole city was troubled by the plague, and the local government was tied up with the media. Other countries were keen to help, too, but before they knew how the disease spread, no one would come here just to die!
Therefore, it was quite scary considering how Xinxia was assigned to resolve the plague. If she contracted the disease when there was no viable treatment to it, she would end up waiting for her death, just like the others that were quarantined.
Fortunately, even when someone contracted the disease, it did not kill them within a short period, except those that were already suffering from other diseases. Most people that contracted the disease were still alive.
”Even though we have yet to see a whole lot of people dying to the plague, it's only a matter of time judging from how weak these people seem. If a huge bunch of them die, the situation is only going to worsen, and even the quarantine zone is going to be affected!” Lingling observed.
Once people started to die to the plague before the government found a cure for it, the people would start to lose hope and would choose to flee for their lives. They would even oppose the government that tried to quarantine them. Once that happened, sick people could do anything. They would flee in large numbers to random places and spread the disease to more people. Croatia was not a big country, and a few cities had already fallen to the plague. Soon, everybody in the country would contract the disease!
”I don't understand, the situation is already this bad, yet the Parthenon Temple didn't seem to care too much about it. Are they seriously just going to stand and watch these people die?” Mo Fan snapped furiously.
”That's not it, but they want to investigate the source of the plague before sending more people here. Otherwise, they would only join the sick,” Xinxia explained.
”In the past, graverobbers would bring a duck with them and put the duck into the tombs to check if there was oxygen or poison inside them. You are like the duck that was used to test for poison!” Mo Fan tapped Xinxia on her nose. He was utterly speechless by how naive she was.
However, since they were already here, they had no choice but to resolve the matter!
Mo Fan glanced at Lingling, trying to see if the girl had found any useful traces.
”I've done some homework before coming here, and I've asked someone in the Hunter Union to collect any related information for me. I've briefly organized the findings on the flight here. Since the symptoms are too similar to common flu, it's going to be tricky to find the first victim of the disease. That being said, I assume everyone that has the flu will buy some medicine if their noses kept running, so I've asked the Magic Association to list the names that have bought flu medicine recently. It's quite fortunate that the people in this country are required to present their medical card when buying medicine!” Lingling remarked.
”How are you going to find the first batch of people that contracted the disease within such a huge pile of data?” Mo Fan said.
”We know that Kakka City is the source of the plague for sure, and there aren't many chemists in the city. If we shrink the area further according to the symptoms...there aren't really that many people that bought the medicine,” Lingling said.
”What's the point of gathering data like this!? We can't afford to waste any time further on it,” Fiona said crossly.
”Fiona, be patient. Our healing only works if we could learn more about the disease. The Pistil Drops we brought to Croatia are working; at least they can slow down the pace of worsening of the patients,” Xinxia explained to Fiona.
Lingling simply ignored the blunt young woman. She glanced at a figure that was approaching them rapidly.
”Zhang Xiaohou is back,” Mo Fan followed her gaze and realized Zhang Xiaohou had disappeared for a while after they came out from the camp.
Zhang Xiaohou's cultivation had significantly improved. He was a few thousand meters away a few seconds ago, but he was already right in front of them. He said with a hint of joy, ”Lingling, I've checked the places that you told me to!”
”What did you find?” Lingling asked.