Chapter 243 The Source of Plague
After everyone arrived, they went to the plague concentration camp, took a quick look at the condition of each patient, and learned some information about the plague from the medical staff.
The symptoms of these patients seem very common, just a runny nose, which is not much different from the symptoms of a cold. A cold may even cause fever, but plague does not.
It was precisely because of this that when the plague first appeared, neither the government nor the hospitals took it seriously. Even the patients themselves did not take it seriously, thinking it was just a common cold that could be cured by taking some medicine and getting some rest. This led to more Croatians being infected.
The most outrageous thing is that they don't even know how the plague is spread. They don't know how to isolate and prevent it, which has plunged the entire city of Croatia into panic.
In addition, officials did not take timely measures in the face of the epidemic and did not make a decisive decision to lock down the city. Now several surrounding cities have also been infected. This happened to several cities in a row at one time, which made people even more uneasy.
The only good news now is that even if the disease breaks out, the symptoms spread relatively slowly. Except for some people with weak constitutions who did not survive, most people who contracted the disease did not die.
Otherwise Croatia would be in even greater panic now.
"Although only the weak have died so far, if we don't find a solution, even those in good health will succumb in the long run. If that happens, it will be really difficult to recover, and even the isolation zone will be affected!"
Lingling looked at a burly man lying on the hospital bed with a weak face and spoke.
"But right now, apart from knowing the symptoms, we don't even know the source of infection. Where should we start investigating?"
Mo Fan scratched his head and said with a headache.
He found that investigating cases was not really suitable for him, and he still preferred to fight with others openly and directly.
"Lingling, check where you bought a lot of cold medicine before the plague was discovered."
Ye Feiyang spoke slowly.
Hearing Ye Feiyang's words, Lingling said, "Before I came here, I asked the Magic Association to help me sort out the records of cold medicine purchases. This is thanks to the fact that most people here buy medicine with medical cards. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to find out."
Lingling said lightly.
"With such a large amount of data, how do you find the first group of people?" Mo Fan asked.
"It's simple. If you draw a circle around all the cities where the plague has occurred, Kakaka City would be the center of the circle. Therefore, Kakaka City must have been the first to be hit by the plague. All Lingling needs to do is retrieve the data on cold medicine purchases in Kakaka City."
Ye Feiyang explained
"That's right."
Lingling nodded.
Ye Feiyang glanced at Fen Ai and continued, "So now we just have to go to Kakaka to find the source of the plague, and then we can find a way to solve the plague."
After hearing Ye Feiyang's words, Fen Ai, who was about to say something, just closed her mouth.
"What did you ask Xiao Hou to investigate?"
After Ye Feiyang finished speaking, he looked at Lingling and asked.
"prison."
Lingling said lightly.
"You suspect the source of the plague is the prison?"
Ye Feiyang spoke.
"That's right. When I was sorting through the data, I discovered that among the first group of people to buy the medicine were prison guards. I think local government officials have never found the first group of infected people, which is why they have been unable to find the source and cause of the disease. If the first group of infected people were prisoners in the prison, then everything makes sense.
First, the prisoners were locked up in prison, effectively isolated. Therefore, they weren't in the original government-established disease concentration camps, and thus weren't on the list of sources for investigation. At most, the guard who bought the medicine would be investigated, but even if they found him, who would think it was the prisoners? After all, the prisoners were locked up all day, with no chance of contact with the outside world.
Lingling slowly began to explain.
"That's right, so now we just have to wait for Xiao Hou to come back and we'll know the result."
Ye Feiyang said lightly.
Listening to Ye Feiyang and Lingling's conversation, they figured out the source of the plague that had troubled the government for a long time in just a few words. Mo Fan, Xinxia, and Fen'ai all looked at them in shock.
"This head is truly worthy of being a partner."
Mo Fan secretly complained in his heart. He looked at Ye Feiyang with a bit of envy in his eyes.
He knew that it was impossible for him to be as smart as Ye Feiyang. He just wanted a partner as smart as Lingling, so that he wouldn't have to use his brain at all.
It's a pity that not only has he not found one yet, he doesn't even have a partner.
After a while, Zhang Xiaohou rushed back.
"How about it?"
Lingling looked at Zhang Xiaohou and asked.
"As you said, there really is a prison somewhere."
Zhang Xiaohou nodded.
After hearing Zhang Xiaohou's words, Fen'ai and Xinxia looked at Lingling with admiration and excitement in their eyes.
"If we find the source, I'm confident we can find a cure."
Xinxia clenched her fists, a faint smile on her pretty face as she spoke confidently.
"How about we tell the local government about this and ask them to cooperate?"
Fen Ai spoke.
"No need. Even if we told them, they wouldn't believe us rashly. They would definitely send someone to investigate. That would be a waste of time. They have time to investigate, but those patients may not have the time to wait."
Ye Feiyang shook his head and spoke.
"How about this, Fen Ai, you and Xiao Hou go inform the government officials, and we're going to the prison now."
Lingling spoke.
"That's fine too."
Ye Feiyang nodded in agreement.
"Oh well."
Fen Ai glanced at Xinxia, and seeing Xinxia nod, she nodded in agreement.
The prison is located on the edge of a sea cliff. The cliff is very high, steep and towering. However, since the prisoners here are ordinary prisoners, the prison does not have any restrictions. The dangerous terrain of the cliff is enough to make them despair and not have any thoughts of escaping from prison.
These dangerous terrains might be enough for ordinary people, but for high-level mages like Ye Feiyang and Mo Fan, they would be useless.
Ye Feiyang drew a space teleportation array and brought several people directly to the interior of the prison.
Because this place was the source of the plague, Xinxia had chanted a blessing sermon for everyone before entering, allowing the blessing seals to penetrate their skin. If poisonous, dark, or evil spirits tried to invade, these seals would form a defensive barrier.