The security minister took out his handkerchief again and wiped the sweat from his forehead. “If possible, no one wants to do this, but the infection rate in those blocks is rising. If the transmission chain is not blocked in time, parasites will soon appear throughout the city.”
"If the whole city breaks out, then..."
At this moment, the door of the city lord's office was almost knocked open. The Minister of Health, the white-haired old man Mu Chen, looked pale and panted, "I don't know if it's the evolution of the bacterial flora or we didn't notice it before. We just sampled the air in the outbreak area and found bacterial spores in the air."
"Those things are most likely floating out from the sewage pipe outlet of the underground waterway, because according to our inspection, the saturation rate of bacterial spores in those places is the highest."
"Those things can be carried by air currents and float around like dandelion seeds. Once they enter the respiratory system, they will take root in the host's body and then evolve rapidly, invading the host's body from the inside out and completing the parasitism."
Huo Hanshan sat down on the chair with a serious look in his eyes.
Mu Chen smiled bitterly: "And..."
"Anything else?" The security chief called out, "Mr. Mu, what else did you find? Tell us all."
Mu Chen nodded and continued, "We have conducted various experiments on bacterial samples, trying to find a way to inhibit or even kill them."
“The results are as follows.”
"First, Mr. Tianyang mentioned that the bacteria in the reverse world would stop moving under light. This did not happen in the bacteria in our fortress. However, under light, their activity was slower than in other environments. From this, I speculate that the bacteria in our fortress now may have evolved from the bacteria found in the reverse world No. 127."
"But how could the bacteria from the 127th Reverse World get to the Ares Castle? It's separated by two continents and an ocean. So we came to the conclusion that this is an artificially cultivated bacteria colony, and it was brought to the Ares Castle intentionally."
The security minister suddenly exclaimed: "What, who did it?"
Naturally, there is no answer to this question.
Elder Muchen continued, "Next, we conducted other tests on the bacteria. We conducted various tests including burning, freezing, strong acid, and highly toxic tests."
"We found that these methods can only kill them temporarily."
Huo Hanshan was stunned for a moment, and he and the security minister looked at each other: "What do you mean by temporary killing?"
"It means literally. For example, burning them can indeed kill them, but after a period of time, they will become active again. If there is a host parasitized by them, they will recover faster."
"Also, they have quite good resistance to low temperatures and strong acids. Their resistance to various toxins is a little worse, but they can adapt quickly and produce neutralizing factors."
"From this, we can see that these things can survive in extremely harsh conditions. If they spread out, based on the continental environment we know, only the Scarlet Rift would be difficult to survive in. All other places would be occupied by them."
"They are just like plant versions of the evil spirits, but fortunately, we have discovered that the star element beams and the various abilities generated by the star essence can completely kill them."
"Yes,
As a product of the reverse world, Xing Yun is still their biggest nemesis."
Huo Hanshan's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Well done, Mr. Mu, you really gave us a shot in the arm."
The city lord immediately looked at the security minister and said, "Immediately equip all frontline soldiers and personnel with star weapons and equipment, and stop using other weapons."
"Also, notify the Church of War. I need them to provide all the Elemental Heart Ascendants, preferably those above level 3. Also, broadcast throughout the city, asking all Elemental Hearts above level 3 to gather at the City Lord's Mansion. We need their help to extinguish the bacteria that is now rampant in the city!"
"At the same time, the outbreak area is blocked and a detection channel is established. According to the current situation of the parasites, the process from implantation to completion of parasitism is very short, and during this process, the body's immune mechanism is stimulated, resulting in high body temperature, headaches, abnormal black spots on the body, and other phenomena."
"Based on these phenomena, we can test the residents in the outbreak area. As long as there are no signs of infection, they will be allowed to leave the outbreak area and sent to the observation and isolation area. After completing this work, we can let the Heart of Elements clean up the outbreak area indiscriminately. Those who do not cooperate during the testing process can be shot on the spot. I will be responsible for all problems arising from this!"
Under Huo Hanshan's order, the city broadcast started to sound. The War God Castle asked for help from all the Ascendants staying in the city, and asked the Elemental Hearts above Level 3 to gather at the City Lord's Mansion to deal with the bacterial outbreak together.
At the same time, all the star weapons in the armory of the War God Castle were continuously shipped out and sent to the front line at full speed.
In addition, a large number of soldiers, humanoid machines, and tanks were deployed to several outbreak areas for armed blockade. Testing stations were also set up to allow residents who were not infected and had no abnormal conditions to queue up for testing in an orderly manner. If there were no abnormalities, they would be sent to the isolation observation area by unmanned vehicles.
In the City Lord's Mansion, Huo Hanshan communicated the situation in the city with Xiao Hanling of the Shenye Base, and urged the search team there to find the "Demon Brain" as soon as possible and eradicate it as soon as possible to prevent the situation in the city from further deteriorating.
After the communication ended, Huo Hanshan received another notification that the Golden Council had learned about the infection in the Wargod Castle and had sent troops and researchers to provide support, who would arrive tonight or tomorrow morning.
This was undoubtedly good news for the War God Castle, and it gave Huo Hanshan hope.
The lair of evil spirits.
Tianyang's communicator started ringing, and every once in a while they would receive the latest news about the Castle of War.
"It's spread through the air. It's a plant-based evil. It can be controlled by the stars. It has begun to gather the hearts of elements in the city..."
After reading the above information, Tianyang exhaled: "We have to speed up. Although War God Castle still has strategies and manpower to deal with it, the longer it delays, the more unfavorable the situation will be."
Alice next to him whispered, "Fortunately, this is in Ares Castle, so we have such manpower and resources. If it was in Scavenger City, I really can't imagine it."
Reading and the others nodded.
There is no unified management department in the Waste Pickering City, and the several large organizations in the city are all busy with their own business, and rarely cooperate to deal with something.
If a bacterial infection breaks out, it will be an extremely chaotic situation.
, the scavenger city will become a hell on earth.
But then again, although there are many fortresses, only a few of them have the strength of Fortress of the God of War.
In fact, there are not many fortresses that can respond quickly. If such a thing happened in those small fortresses, the result would not be much better than that of the Scavenger City.
"Anyway, we must quickly find the 'Demon Brain'. I hope it won't hide in the black area." Tianyang raised his head. The cave was deep and dark under the light, and he didn't know when he could find the target.
On the way before, they encountered several waves of evil spirits, some of whom were parasitized and some were not, but none of them had any clues about the "devil's brain".
When they came out of this passage, they found a long and narrow natural slope and a huge sense of openness around them, as if they had come to a relatively large underground cave.
In front, Ridore threw a cold firework down and watched it roll for a long time before reaching the end. It was estimated that the slope was at least forty or fifty meters.
To prevent any accidents, Ridore fired a flare at the cave. When the light came on, Tianyang immediately saw that below the cave, there were seven or eight different types of monsters walking around.
Their attention was attracted by the light above their heads, and for a moment they did not notice the humans on the top of the slope, but Tianyang saw that the ground of the cave below the slope where those evil gods were was covered with black and blue fungi.
Those things were like a carpet, almost filling up the entire cave. There were so many of them that it made one's scalp tingle.
Ridore gasped immediately: "So many fungi?"
"That's right." Tian Yang was not surprised but happy. "It seems that this place is not far from the hiding place of the 'Devil's Brain'. That thing will create a fungus forest near its hiding place to protect itself."
"Be careful from here on. The 'Devil Brain' can attack all invaders by controlling the bacterial colony. In addition, it will create some guards to protect itself."
Ridore quickly sent this important information to other exploration teams, asking them to keep an eye out for the fungus forest and report to the headquarters immediately if they found any.
At this time, the evil gods finally discovered the humans on the top of the slope. They roared and rushed up in unnatural postures.
The bodies of these monsters are almost completely covered with bacteria. The dense bacteria make it difficult to see their original appearance.
A battle begins.
Those who can participate in the search operation are naturally not ordinary people. Tianyang did not intervene in this battle, and the whole process was handled by Ridore and his team.
They showed amazing tacit understanding and through precise coordination, they quickly harvested these monsters that were parasitized by the fungus. They used the power generated by the star essence to dispose of the corpses of these monsters together with the fungus on them.
After the battle, the team began to go downhill. As if sensing the arrival of the invaders, the fungus colony on the ground retreated like a tide.
At this time, Alice's eyes became blank: "I heard a voice..."
Tianyang and the others looked at her. The girl showed an expression of listening attentively: "It is very angry, it is cursing us, it wants to kill us, it is a malicious but very huge consciousness..."
Tianyang whispered: "That should be the 'Devil's Brain', Alice, can you find its location?"