Chapter 14 The Plague
This past memory is like a fossil buried deep in soil and sandstone. It is fragmented with the changes of geology, and then it is excavated from the depths of Halandir's consciousness bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit.
The whole process was half-wake, which made people very tired. Soon, Halandier lost the ability to continue to recall and fell into sleep.
I don't know how long it took, but he woke up again, moved his hands and feet, and thought for a while before he realized that he was sleeping on the sofa. He looked out the window, where the night was thick.
At the end of this memory... I was invited to conduct a very dangerous scientific test. Did I agree in the past? It felt like the opening of a horror movie, and there was definitely nothing good next. However, this memory is likely to be related to my current experience. If you continue, you may find clues.
Harandil groped for the emerald ring, closed his eyes, and tried to sleep for a while, but found that he could no longer sleep. He slowly stood up and wanted to drink some water. At this moment, he saw his raised hands, his skin was bruised and pale. He immediately sat up in shock, pulled his shirt open, and found that the skin color of his chest and arms was equally terrifying, and it was not as dry as a human figure. His breathing and heartbeat were also trembling. Harandil was startled and wanted to speak, but he could only make a strange giggle in his throat, which was not much greater than a murmuring whisper.
It's like a corpse crawling out of the grave...
This sudden physical abnormality scared Harandil very much and immediately wanted to find a doctor to check his physical examination to see if he was sick. However, after a few seconds he became a little timid again. Extraordinary people like him have the ability to surpass the limits of human beings, but they are also accompanied by the danger of madness and loss of control, because it is not uncommon for the loss of control of power to become a distorted monster. One of the main reasons why the half-elves warriors were forced to sleep was to restore their rationality through hints during sleep and slow down the speed of mutation.
It is said that even with such careful suppression, people in the semi-elves often suddenly go crazy, growing weird patches of compound eyes, mouthparts and tentacles, turning into abominable monsters to attack their companions.
When he thought that he used the body of a self-sighted ranger after he came to this world, Halandil became even more panicked. If this was a sign of mutation and out of control, he was discovered by the official during the medical treatment process and would not be dealt with on the spot and would be imprisoned!
At this time, you must calm down and observe again. But how to calm down... It's still a while before dawn, Pilottis was sleeping soundly in his bedroom. If you push the door and ask her for help, it will scare her.
Just when Han Randir was in a dilemma, the abnormal feeling suddenly disappeared. His body gradually returned to normal, his muscles were no longer shriveled, and his bruised and pale skin disappeared like a nightmare of nothingness.
Halandil was frightened and was relieved, glad that he did not break out, otherwise he would have to explain to the investigator why he took off his clothes and stood by her bed in the middle of the night with a breath...
After such a strange accident, Halandil couldn't sleep at all. His body was abnormal, the appearance of white death and monsters, suicide rangers and elves, suspicious half-elf veterans, prostitutes killed in the alley...
A series of clues are vaguely related.
However, Halandil could not see through the fog that shrouded the truth. No matter how hard he tried, it was only in vain. Soon, he gave up thinking and turned to a new idea.
When I can't sleep in the middle of the night, I can just have a good meal and sleep well! I can also prepare breakfast for Pilotis... Halandir felt that he had found the answer, so he immediately brought a gem for case handling funds and went out.
Due to his experience last night, he found a well-known road hidden in the building and planned to go there to buy some fresh vegetables and mutton, and eat it with free bread.
It took a long way to get from the investigator's home to the market in the sewer world, but for fresh food, the distance was still tolerated. The only thing Harandil was worried about was that it would be less than four in the morning and would there be no one in the underground market.
Soon, his concerns disappeared. Compared to the crowded bustle last night, the sewer has become much quieter now. However, many small shops are still preparing fresh vegetables and meat and are about to open. Many guests, mainly humans, have also come and are carefully selecting.
"It's so early for you~" Halandier, who had never bought much vegetables in his previous memory, came to a vegetable stall and exclaimed sincerely.
It will be less than four o'clock in the morning, but the food has been prepared in the market in the Underground World, and the owner and the guests are busy.
"It's getting late, brother," said the stall owner, "it's almost time to prepare breakfast for the elf men. The servants should buy the ingredients before four o'clock and clean them. The fresh baked apple pie and roast goose on the table before seven o'clock. The breakfast soup cannot be tasted without cooking for two hours;
"There are also lunch steaks, stir-fry and desserts, which need to be prepared together. The elves must prepare before going out."
Putting aside the difference between race and mysterious power, this place is really similar to the world I originally lived in~ Halandier sighed in his heart while purchasing food. Those ordinary people who swayed in front of him live in such a mysterious world, but their way of living is so the same as that of another real world.
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Halandil exchanged a small piece of gem as funding for 50 Yinlang. This is a common currency for humans circulating outside the Elf Kingdom. Each Yinlang can buy a good meal with meat, vegetables and desserts. If you save a little, 50 Yinlang is enough for an ordinary family of three to spend a month.
Halandil bought enough potatoes, eggs, mutton, tomatoes and other ingredients for a few days to eat. After that, he was still a little anxious and completely improved because of public funds. He walked back quickly, thinking about giving the investigator a surprise to the investigator during breakfast. Although he was not very good at cooking, he was still a little better than her who only knows how to fry eggs and cookies. No matter how bad the food was used, it was better than the rationed paste food.
Having said that, this place is really quiet, and there is no one.
Halandir hugged his pockets of food, gradually slowed down, and looked left and right with vigilantly. There was only the echo of boots stepping across the ground in the empty sewer, and the dim light casts on the shaking figure on the cold wall.
In this dim underground, the breeze mixed with distant calls constitutes a palpitation that makes people feel whispered, and it is not true to hear it. The flickering of light and shadow will make people feel illusion. When the eyes swept through the corner, you will even see elusive and strange twists like phantoms, as if something is hidden in the darkness. If you look closely, you will not be able to find anything.
Halandir was a little nervous in such a closed and dark underground and couldn't help but speed up his pace. When he turned a corner, he saw a shadow squirming and undulating in the darkness.
"I really saw something!" At this moment, Halandier exclaimed, and his hair stood up. Is it so scary to get up early to buy vegetables!
He looked at it intently, and there was a living creature hidden in the darkness. His pale teeth and claws and faint eyes were hiding in a darkness. Its whereabouts were as vague as a mirage, passing silently in the hazy fog.
Halandir hurriedly took a step back and rubbed his eyes to make sure that it was not an hallucination caused by darkness and inner fear, but could not accurately identify its appearance and location.
I was attacked? Sure enough, someone was following me and plotting against me. This series of incidents was by no means accidental! Could this be the murderer who killed Rose!
Harandil immediately put down his pocket, held the battle blade on his waist, and mobilized the strength of his whole body. At this moment, the emerald ring was slightly hot, connecting with his spirit.
Driven by the height of tension and rising fighting spirit, some kind of existence is like a monster imprisoned in the body, breaking away from the cage bit by bit, revealing its hideous fangs and terrifying appearance.
Halandil instantly grasped some mysterious powers that he had never touched. He seemed to see the illusory door again, and the sound of horse hooves echoed behind the door. The irrecognizable murmur echoed deep in the heart, and irresistible into his mind.
At the same time, his body became dull and weak, completely losing the agility that the ranger should have. The abnormal and twisted power was beating at his fingertips. With just one thought, he could release a mysterious and evil power.
Harandil was surprised to find that he was no longer a ranger, and the extraordinary power that was good at long-range shooting and perception had gone away. Some new force was ready. Suddenly, he coughed violently.
"Ahem!——!"
This rapid gasp and cough almost tear the lungs apart, and the bile and gastric juice were sprayed out so violently. As well, there were irresistible dizziness and fever. Halandier instantly fell into a state of nearly exhaustion, and he couldn't even hold the sword in his hand.
He suddenly gained a series of strange knowledge and realized without warning that he had mastered a rare extraordinary characteristic - "plague", which could spread his own diseases in various ways. He gained two strange extraordinary abilities -
The first extraordinary ability is "viral cold". Extraordinary people who are in the "plague" route cough and infect all hostile creatures within a radius of fifteen meters through droplets when sneezing. The infected hostile creatures may intermittently experience symptoms such as coughing, fever, vomiting, etc., and will cause high-probability casting failure due to high fever, chills, and headaches, reduce movement and attack speed due to muscle soreness, or significantly weaken perception and mental state due to symptoms such as otitis media and encephalitis.
The ability of "viral cold" may develop extraordinary power as the growth of extraordinary people, causing serious pneumonia and respiratory failure.
The symptoms of the disease caused by the extraordinary characteristics of the "plague" pathway are caused by the mysterious power and will not be ineffective because of the physical health and strong resistance of the infected person.
The second extraordinary ability is "cholera". Through contact melee attacks, extraordinary people with plague pathways have a higher probability of infecting the enemy. The infected person's disease will lurk for at least fifteen minutes. Then, extraordinary people can activate the Vibrio cholerae in the infected person's body to create a severe disease. The infected person will experience severe diarrhea, severe dehydration, muscle spasms, acidosis, etc., and even shock and acute renal failure, which will be severely hindered by casting, slow down and trauma.
Halandil's pupils contracted, and he immediately realized that the original experience and experience of this body was indeed extremely difficult.
Conspiracy, from the moment I came to this world, I was plotted!
He immediately prepared to fight with all his might, first deal with the enemy in front of him before doing research. At this moment, the living creature in the dark suddenly twisted and transformed, and turned into a 14 or 15-year-old elf girl. She emerged from the shadows, and in the darkness, she revealed her white skin as white as snow, her long dark hair hanging on her shoulders, and her eyes as bright as stars.
She grinned and looked fierce and growled:
"Meow is the transformer Alyosha, just surrender to the powerful Meow! Throw the knife down, kick the thing on the ground, stand facing the wall, Meow wants to check!"
Halandil looked at the food bag in his hand, which contained the eggs, tomatoes, winter melons, and a pile of vegetables that he had just bought. If he had a kick, he would definitely be ruined.
Besides, this strange creature was both mysterious and dangerous when hiding in the shadows, and now it has become the appearance of a minor girl...
There is nothing to be afraid of!
Halandil immediately looked terrified and said with a cold expression:
Chapter completed!