Ma Wei remembered the rat plague he encountered when he was in New Ross City.
The plague outbreak in New Ross City was very similar to this widespread dysentery incident. They both broke out suddenly in a short period of time, catching everyone off guard.
By the time you notice anything unusual, it's already too late.
After checking the conditions of Levin and Daniel to ensure that their lives were not in danger for the time being, Mavey took Yunia and Edward, who had just woken up, out of St. Basil's Cathedral.
The streets that used to be crowded with people seemed a bit empty, with few pedestrians in sight. Occasionally, doctors carrying medical kits held their hats and ran in the morning breeze, knocking on doors from door to door to check on the condition of their patients.
The monks of the Church of Truth were also affected. Many of them were lying in bed unable to move and were extremely weak.
"Where is Fat Orange? Did something happen to him?"
"Archbishop Fat Orange is fine. He was the first to notice that something was wrong in the city. He asked me to rush to inform you. I took the cat and started the investigation first." Christopher said.
"Um...."
Just when Mavey was deep in thought, considering where to start the investigation, the door of the Kremlin opened. Katerina came out with Bodelinov and a group of guards. Seeing that Mavey was safe and sound, she was obviously relieved. Take a breath.
"Father!" Katerina came over in a hurry.
"Your Majesty, just be okay."
"What is going on? Why did cholera suddenly break out in the city?"
Mawei couldn't answer Katerina's doubts for a while, and he was also wondering.
"Your Majesty, we should gather all the people who can still move and investigate the sick residents and ask them what they have been exposed to and what they have eaten in the past two days."
"What if the disease is contagious?" Katerina asked: "So many people have become sick. If the remaining people are infected again, Mosk will be in a state of stagnation!"
"It shouldn't be contagious. Levine and Daniel were infected. Dino and I had close contact with them yesterday and they are fine today. Either the disease has an incubation period or it is not contagious. I think the latter is possible. higher."
Ma Wei did not think this was cholera. No large-scale infectious disease could suddenly break out in a short period of time and bring down half of the city's residents in one day...
Virus infection also takes time, this is basic common sense in life.
"Bodelinov, you lead a door-to-door investigation to find out the source of this epidemic!" Katerina made a decision.
"yes!"
Bodelinov waved his arm and immediately mobilized manpower to launch a large-scale investigation campaign.
After the Guards left, Ma Wei looked at Yunia beside him: "Yunia, please bless the holy water to see if the holy water can cure this epidemic."
"knew!"
Everyone returned to the church, prepared a bowl of holy water blessed by the goddess, and went upstairs.
Christopher lifted up Levin, who was lying weakly on the bed, and poured the holy water into his throat little by little. Mawei and others waited nervously, hoping that the holy water could cure the disease this time like last time.
but....
Levin's condition did not improve after drinking the holy water. His face was still sallow and his spirit was listless.
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"Dad, it was not a curse that caused this epidemic." Seeing that the holy water had no effect, Yunia turned to look at Mavey: "I didn't feel the existence of other curses in Uncle Levin's body..."
"Don't...."
Suddenly, Levin, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes and sat up as if he was having a flashback, startling everyone.
He could only see his eyes staring and his mouth moving with difficulty. Christopher hurriedly came forward and listened to his voice like a mosquito.
Katerina asked: "What did he say?"
"He said..." Christopher looked at Yunia with a strange expression: "Don't call him uncle..."
"How long has it been since he still cared about this!"
Ma Wei almost ran out of breath and fainted. He knew that Levin had an inexplicable obsession with the title 'uncle'. He had never liked Yunia calling him that, but he never expected...
Levin, who was already exhausted and on the verge of coma, still had the strength to refute...
"Feed him more water and let him have a good rest!"
Leaving Christopher to take care of Levin and Daniel, Mavey and others went to the living room on the first floor and began to search for the source of the disease based on the intelligence sent by Bodelinov.
The area around Red Square was the area with the most severe dysentery outbreaks. Many families fell down at the same time and were too sick to get up.
The food they ate was normal, no different than usual, a few pieces of bread, a few pieces of butter, corn soup...
Even the ingredients used for cooking were bought from different markets, from several towns around Mosk. Many families who were infected did not even cook, and ate only canned food and the like. How could it be the source of infection?
If canned food is the source of the disease, how did other people who did not eat canned food contract the disease?
The activity areas are different, the food eaten is different...the only thing that is the same is that the areas with large-scale outbreaks of the disease are almost all concentrated near the river.
Mavey discovered this special phenomenon by inserting nails representing the homes of infected people on Mosk's map.
"Father, this..."
Katerina looked at the densely packed nails on the map and said in surprise: "The area with the worst outbreak of the disease seems to be near the Mosk River! Is there a problem with the water source?!"
People living in Mosk believe that the Mosk River, which spans the entire city, is their mother river. The city is built next to the water, and the water it uses on daily basis comes from this wide river.
If there is a problem with the water source...
That would explain the large-scale outbreak of the disease.
Ma Wei couldn't help but think about the food he ate yesterday. When he got up in the morning, he ate two slices of buttered bread, a stack of scrambled eggs, and drank a cup of hot tea. He had mutton borscht with bread for lunch. He had no appetite at night and didn't eat anything. ....
I clearly drank water yesterday!
The water source of St. Basil's Cathedral also comes from the Mosk River!
Almost all the monks working in the church fell down. Only he, Junia and Edward were safe. What was the problem?
Full of doubts, Ma Wei found Mocelli, the chef hired by the church. After careful questioning, he found...
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The water used for cooking yesterday morning and noon did come from the tap water pipe, but the key to the problem was the mutton borscht for lunch. This dish took a long time to cook, so the chef started preparing ingredients for stew early in the morning. Yes, the food Ma Wei ate at lunch...
The water comes in the morning!
In the evening, Ma Wei did not eat the food prepared by the church, and the monks who had eaten the dinner... all contracted the disease!
The more you eat, the worse your symptoms become!
"It seems there is really a problem with the water source..."
Ma Wei looked at Katerina: "Your Highness, didn't you eat anything last night?"
"I ate barbecue with vodka last night." Katerina pursed her lips and said, "Last night, Bodelinov and the Guards held a bonfire party and invited me to eat some... Could it be that someone poisoned the river?"
"The Mosk River is very fast. If you want to achieve the effect of large-scale disease, you must continuously pour poisons. All the fish in the river should have died long ago. Besides, what are the poisoners doing by putting laxatives in the river? Even if they are poisoned, they should be poisoned. Pour deadly poison!"
"You mean, this is not a deliberate poisoning incident?"
"....Just go to the Mosk River and do some on-the-spot investigation."
After confirming that there was a problem with the water source, everyone immediately set off and came to the banks of the Mosk River. On the riverbank, the ground was covered with gravel and filled with cats.
"Yeah! It's Fat Orange!"
At a glance, Yunia saw Fat Orange squatting by the riverside, staring at the flowing river water. Its expression was solemn, and its eyes were full of vigilance.
Obviously, Fat Orange was one step ahead of them and discovered the water source problem.
Hearing the footsteps behind him, Fat Orange looked back and said calmly: "I was just going to inform you that there may be a problem with the river water. All the cats who drank the river water yesterday developed severe dysentery symptoms."
"Where's Xiao Hei?"
"It was hit, and it screamed like a killing pig. It kept shouting, "Big brother, save me, meow, big brother, help me, meow." I was upset when I heard that, so I knocked it unconscious.
"..."
It is your most loyal little brother...
Thank you so much for declawing.
Shaking his head, Ma Wei remembered Xiao Hei with pity for half a second, and then turned his gaze to the river.
Under the calm river surface is mixed with filthy mud. Although it is called the Mother River, people living in Mosk still dump feces and dirty water into this river. The high flow rate of the river in summer can take away the dirt in the river. Things, once winter comes and the river flow rate drops...
The entire river will emit a thick stench that lingers over the city.
While Ma Wei was observing quietly, Yunia suddenly grabbed his sleeve.
"Dad, something swam in the river."
thing?
Ma Wei looked closely and found nothing strange under the calm river surface, but he did find a few fish.
Yunia would not make nonsense. She must have seen something invisible to the naked eye before she said this. Ma Wei observed the river surface, quietly took out the Siren's Tears, and held Yunia's little hand.
The majestic divine power poured into the divine body, the muscles and bones crackled, the vision suddenly became clear, the river flow seemed to slow down, the mud could no longer block the vision, everything became meticulous...
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This was the first time that Ma Wei borrowed Yunia's power after she became a god. Endless power filled his body, and a warm feeling flowed between his limbs. There was a kind of intoxicating magic.
Behind him, Edward looked at Mavi, who had borrowed Yunia's magical power. His pupils shrank imperceptibly, and soon returned to normal.
The invisible bone wings stretched behind his back. Ma Wei moved his neck and looked at the river again.
In the surging water, there was a faint colloid-like object swimming, and it was very fast. It rushed over in the blink of an eye and merged with the river water, making it extremely difficult to find.
fish?
Transparent fish?
No...it's not a fish...
Looking at the transparent gelatinous objects swimming along the river into the distance, like a migrating army, Ma Wei held onto the Siren's Tears tightly and exerted slight pressure on the soles of his feet.
The Siren's Tears burst out with dazzling light, and the broad river suddenly divided in the middle. The river was cut into two parts, revealing the muddy river bottom. With a crash, several blue monsters broke through the water wall and fell into the mud. Among them, the upper body is the same as that of a human being, but the lower body is the tail fin of a fish.
"This is..." Katerina recalled the "Album of Alien Beasts" she had read, her eyes narrowed, and she had some impression of the blue monster in front of her: "Water Demon Seran!"
"It is indeed the water demon Seran."
Ma Wei, who had also read through the Apocalypse Divine Sect's classics, also saw through the monster's identity.
The water demon Seran is an extraordinary creature that lives in fresh water. It has a dark blue body. When swimming in the water, its body will merge with the current, making it difficult to detect. It has a group nature and rarely moves alone. All of them are female. They usually make a living by eating fish and will not actively attack humans. Only during the mating season will they swim towards the sea to find another ethnic group in the ocean...the Siren tribe.
Sirens, also known as mermaids, are all male according to records in the Catalog of Alien Beasts. They have beautiful singing voices and a girl-like appearance. They like to eat flesh and blood and are extremely cruel. They live in the sea. He often attacks passing ships at night, charms sailors with his appearance and singing voice, and drags them into the depths of the ocean to eat...
Before reading the classics left by the Apocalypse Cult, Ma Wei, who had many years of sailing experience, always thought that mermaids were female. In fact...
They are all male.
The mermaid princesses in fairy tales are actually the Sirans who swim into the ocean during the mating period to find mates. Occasionally, they cannot find the Sirens, but the mating period is only a short month. In order to continue the race, they cannot find the Sirens. The female water demon of the Ren tribe will turn into a human form and go ashore to find a mate.
Reproductive isolation is not a problem at all for the half-human, half-fish Siren tribe. Although they live in fresh water, they are very close to humans. Female water monsters are not very aggressive, which is completely different from the bloody and cruel Siren tribe. .
The danger in the ocean has created the brutality of the Siren tribe, while the warmth of fresh water has also created the gentleness of the Siren tribe.
If you see two beautiful mermaids intertwined in the shallows of the sea while sailing, don’t panic. That’s the Sirens and the Serans mating. The Sirens will not actively attack humans until the mating is over. , but if the mating ends, the Siren tribe will reveal their bloody side.
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Curiosity kills is not an empty saying.
The right choice is to turn around and run away, unless you have absolute power and are confident that you can defeat the sirens raging in the ocean.
As for the root causes of water pollution and epidemics, the truth became clear after the existence of the water demon Seran was exposed.
Although the water demon Seran has a gentle temperament and will not actively attack humans, an algae plant called blue moon algae will grow where they swim. This algae will emit blue fluorescence under the moonlight. Hence the name.
At the same time, blue moon algae emit toxins, which are fatally attractive to fish. The effect is similar to catnip in a cat's eyes, attracting fish to gather, thereby providing a large amount of food for the Seran tribe.
This toxin cannot be killed by high or low temperatures. If humans drink the water where blue moon algae grows, they will not die, but...
I will have diarrhea all the time.
Pull until the toxins are completely digested and metabolized by the body.
In ancient times, if people had constipation, they would go out at night to look for water sources where blue algae grows, pick one and take it home, grind it into pulp, and give it to the constipated person. It is a very ancient laxative. With the disappearance of the Seran tribe and the extinction of the blue moon algae, this method was lost.
Now that disaster has struck, the Serran tribe has reappeared in the world. They happened to pass by the Mosk River and caught Mawei off guard.
What makes Ma Wei a little strange is that the Seran tribe usually has its own fixed habitat, such as a wide inland freshwater lake, where they settle and rarely swim around. Their mating period is in late October and autumn, and right now It's been a full month, why are they showing up in Moscow in droves?
Just when Ma Wei was puzzled, one by one blue bodies emerged from the water, and fine scales appeared on their beautiful faces due to anger. The Seran tribe was angry at Ma Wei for interrupting them. They were angry because of the migration, but were afraid of Yunia standing next to Ma Wei. Their keen intuition of danger made them aware of the strength of their opponent.
Each Seran water demon bared its teeth at Ma Wei, but did not dare to attack. They wanted to scare off the enemy with a low, threatening roar in their throats.
"Father..."
Katerina leaned behind Ma Wei and whispered: "It is recorded in the classics that the tears of the Seran tribe are extremely precious secret medicine, which can only be encountered but cannot be obtained. Now that the disaster has revived on a large scale, the emergence of the Seran tribe has This is a sign. If the legendary plant appears again, the ancient medicine will come in handy..."
"Your Majesty, no matter how precious a treasure is, we still have to consider whether it is desirable or not. The behavior of bandits is not the truth."
"Aren't you tempted?"
"You are tempted, but a very important aspect of the civilization created by human beings is morality. A country with corrupt morals will not last long." Ma Wei said quietly: "A gentleman loves money and gets it in a wise way."
"But dad, you were the vice-captain of the privateering fleet before!" Yunia said with a wink.
The corner of Ma Wei's mouth twitched slightly: "Oh... I have changed my mind. The Battle of Perea is the punishment we received."
"What should we do with them?" Katerina looked at more and more Seran water monsters emerging from the water and asked, "They have caused us so much trouble, are we going to let them go like this?"
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"Um...."
Ma Wei thought for a while and said to the Seran water demon in front of him: "If you can understand what I am saying, please ask your clan leader to come out and see me."
After a brief silence, the river suddenly churned, and the Seran water monsters retreated one after another. A huge figure...
Floated out of the water.
