I Like This Dream!

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The rats stopped.

Outside the teleportation room, the group of ground squirrels that rushed towards the last two soldiers stopped in mid-air; in the corridor, the group of rats stopped while biting the soldiers' teeth. In many wards, people who were still fighting or just struggling to their death had saved their lives. They got up in confusion and looked at the motionless enemies around them.

The monsters that had been so irresistible not long ago seemed to have been pressed on the stop button. Half of their corpses were pushed to the ground by invisible hands. The rats and the corpses that were mostly eaten by them floated together. They stopped motionless near the ceiling, and then, with a pop sound, they disappeared out of thin air.

By slowing down time hundreds of times, the naked eye can capture the way these things disappear. It was as if a black hole appeared in their bodies, causing them to collapse from the middle until not a single hair was left. The hospital was cleared in an instant, leaving only the shocked survivors.

Alva stood up suddenly and pushed open the window. Standing in the sky outside the window were the reinforcements summoned by the signal flares. There was only one person, her long light golden hair shining under the silver moon.

Just this one person is enough.

Your Majesty the Earl! the captain shouted excitedly.

It's Lady Anna!

The Earl is here!

Cheers came one after another in the messy hospital, and the tense strings in the air suddenly relaxed. Some people got up from the ground, and more people fell to the ground with a plop, finally feeling the real feeling of surviving the disaster. Rat Infestation is like a disaster movie that was turned off halfway. Hell turned back to the human world in an instant, and the survivors cried with joy.

Anxu fell to the ground, and before she could say anything, Alva, who leaned out most of his body from the window, grabbed her.

Where are those things? he asked eagerly. Where did you get them?

What? Rats and corpses? An Xu hesitated, Anyway, it won't cause any more infection.

I mean are they still there?

Well……

Can you take it out? Alva asked impatiently, Have you eaten it?

An Xu felt like he had been shot in the knee.

Count Anna gained omniscience and omnipotence after upgrading, but she usually does not open the field. She is not like some life-saving and vigilant guys who always pay attention to their surroundings, nor is she like some wild animals that regard detection as their instinct. It can only be said that this guy's life is too smooth, and he does not use this new plug-in ability at all. Awareness - This scornful and wasteful approach will crush the teeth of a large number of careerists who want nothing more than this. After seeing the signal flare, An Xu extended his mental tentacles towards the hospital. The mental tentacles covering the entire area identified the threatening creature.

Then she felt... a little hungry.

So many ground squirrels gathered together into a somewhat familiar longing. By now, Anxu could distinguish this kind of thirst from hunger. She could feel that it was a certain energy that attracted her. Of course, these rats were not as difficult to control as the firebird. The difference between rats and giant birds was like industrial essence and natural fragrance diluted a hundred times.

A poor imitation, but one can still feel the prototype and similar appeal.

So you can imagine Anxu's next move after controlling them.

Strictly speaking, absorbing those things after breaking them down is indeed no different from eating them. When Alva pointed it out, Anxu felt a little uncomfortable. It's like eating a super delicious unknown new dish and then being told that you ate bugs.

Alva saw the answer from her expression. He closed his eyes forcefully and said, I need living diseased creatures.

Is half a corpse okay? An Xu asked.

Half corpses are not good. They were infected twice. Alva shook his head. I paid close attention to these ground squirrels. Each one has a different degree of infection. If we can find their habitat...

They are raised uniformly in the breeding farm. There shouldn't be much difference during the day, otherwise someone will report it. An Xu interjected.

Then someone is involved again. Alva said gloomily, That's good. This is easier to find the source than the plague under natural conditions. They must have something that causes the disease on their hands, most likely a living creature. Find it out Give me.

He looked back at the hospital. Not far away, the two soldiers were helping their comrades in the corridor. The comrade who was knocked down by the rats was still breathing, but his body was dripping with blood. Strong people in the hospital have gotten back on their feet, and survivors have organized to pick up the pieces. Many more people need to be admitted to the isolation ward. They seem to have been sentenced to a suspended death. Whether they recover or die in pain depends on the doctors who are working hard to study the disease.

The sooner the better, Alva said. Please.

Efforts to find the mastermind behind the scenes have never stopped. This year, Nightingale's Throat officially branched off into a branch called Brother Myna. The mission of Brother Myna is different from that of Nightingale who collects intelligence from high-level people. It focuses more on the market. And it is not limited to the task of gathering intelligence. They have been out since they found the dead rat in the well, but there has been no good news yet. An Xu had also participated in the search operation before, but unexpectedly it was fruitless.

The problem was, she didn't know what to look for.

It's like finding a needle in a haystack, no, it's harder than finding a needle in a haystack. If he knew what the needle looked like, An Xu would definitely be able to find it, even if it took a lot of effort to cover the entire ocean inch by inch in his currently not large enough territory. But the mastermind is not another kind of creature, nor does it have particularly strong characteristics that would allow Anxu to distinguish them from the crowd.

Of course, like an artificial intelligence system, she can monitor all places covered by the field. In theory, she can monitor and monitor everyone at the same time and collect all information. However, An Xu does not have the ability to filter and distinguish all the information. The information she gets is stuffed into her head at once. Just like using Google Maps, no matter how much the images on the computer screen cover the whole world, you can only click on part of it at the same time. , pay attention to that small piece.

Today's Anxu is like a half-hearted god, with an omniscient perspective but no ability to analyze omniscience.

Inspired by the attack on the hospital, she sets out to find a creature that can give her the feeling of a firebird. But he didn't know whether the other party's energy was too weak or something else, but An Xu's repeated scans failed to detect anything unusual. After the hospital incident, the mastermind behind the scenes retreated.

Doctors have made new progress in their research, but they are not optimistic. The potion Alva took out could restore symptoms such as high fever, coughing up blood, and cysts, but it was of no use to the half-corpse that had been bitten by the monster. The doctors only slept a few hours a day. Later, Alva started taking stimulants and could not sleep for several days and nights. When he was hungry, he only stuffed things into his mouth. When Anxu saw him again, he was shocked.

This middle-aged man who could be called beautiful became very haggard within a few days. He had two big dark circles under his eyes and sunken cheeks, but he was extremely energetic, like a vampire crawling out of a coffin.

This is impossible! Alva looked like he was going crazy. Antibiotics were injected intravenously. The evil spirit that caused the epidemic should definitely be suppressed. It was completely successful in the petri dish. Why didn't it work on the half corpse? This cannot be explained! Could it be that my Is there something wrong with my superpower? No, my superpower is just acceleration, it’s essentially alchemy... Is it a god? A devil? A wizard? Stop joking!

Anxu looked at the frantic Alva and felt like he was seeing a scientist who doubted science because of unexplainable things. She had Chris knock him out, and the doctor definitely needed some rest.

Alva's semi-finished vaccine is not without its effect. It can treat patients who have not been bitten (such as those caused by eating undercooked monsters, drinking contaminated water, or being infected by the patient's saliva), and it can also treat those who have been bitten. People who have had it have a longer onset time. Patients who used to become half-corpse and then die within a week were able to enjoy half a month of sobriety.

Anxu felt that he was already amazing, as amazing as creating a special cure for the plague in a week. The only problem is that this epidemic is not limited to the bubonic plague. Alva only cured the Black Death part, but was helpless with the biohazard part.

It is too difficult to ask a doctor with a medieval fantasy style to treat diseases in future science fiction movies.

Before half a month passed, a man covered in blood rushed outside the lord's mansion. I am the leader of Myna. I have urgent matters to see the count! the green-eyed young man said, holding a sack tightly in his arms. Stay away from me, I am infected.

An Xu felt something strange as soon as he detected him. Something was about to come out, but he missed the mark. Jay, the leader of Myna, opened the sack in front of her, revealing the cage inside. In the cage was a huge rat, with scales growing out of its fur and its eyes covered with blood films. It banged against the cage and rushed toward Ansu so crazily that Jay could barely catch it.

It's a long story. Jay smiled bitterly, To make a long story short, we found the rest of Ronald, but they were discovered. I released the monster rats they had locked up, and I was the only one of the group of Mynas who went there. After surviving, more than half of them were killed or injured, a few others ran away, I grabbed the sickest looking one and ran back, hoping my idea was accurate enough.

Countless thrilling dangers and sacrifices were mentioned in a few sentences by Jay. An Xu was a little stunned, like a game protagonist who found that the main plot had been completed in a place he didn't know about. A group of people who did not leave their names sacrificed in exchange for the victory. . Her eyes moved and she noticed something cushioned under the cage.

What is this? she asked.

The stuff they put in the cage before, Jay said, I don't know what it was, but I brought it back with me.

It was a piece of parchment as big as the cage, with strange things drawn on it with dark red lines. An Xu reached out and pulled it out, accidentally tearing it in half.

The moment the paper was torn, the presence of the monster in front of him suddenly jumped out in An Xu's senses, as if he had taken off his invisibility cloak. The thin sensation was bright and bright for an instant, and the feeling was similar to that of a firebird (although much weaker than a firebird), which made Anxu immediately salivate over it. If it had been like this before, she swore she could spot it from a city away.

What happened to the paper? What happened to the mouse? What is the relationship between birds, mice and plague? Before he could finish this thought, Jay had already fallen down.

The only survivor, Myna, had multiple penetrating wounds on his body, two arms were bitten to pieces, and he was still suffering from a high fever. It was a miracle of willpower that he could hold on until this point and explain the situation in a clear and coherent manner. The healer saved his life first, and the nurses gave him antibiotics, but they were helpless as his body swelled up at a much faster rate than other patients, so they had to call a doctor.

Alva looked at the apprentices who had been separated for several years, and his usually stable hands trembled.

I brought the living ones back, teacher. Instead, Jay smiled weakly at him, It's nice to see you.

They told me. Very good, Alva said stiffly, looking into the other person's eyes, his throat so dry that he couldn't speak. The previously clear green eyes were cloudy and seemed to be covered with a film. This should have been a scene at the end of the infection.

Teacher, Jay looked at him, his voice getting weaker and weaker, I...

Stop talking! Shut up and take a rest! Alva interrupted.

You won't even let me say your last words, right? Jay complained with a smile.

Shut up. Alva said forcefully, Let's wait fifty or sixty years to think about that kind of thing.

No one will die, the doctor thought fiercely. Even if there is death, I will not allow it to snatch people from me again.

At this time, An Xu was beside the cage, trying hard to catch the flash of inspiration in his mind. She looked at the restless monster in the cage and pondered. Chris next to her looked at her thoughtfully, and suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.

Before the chief knight could turn his premonition into a mind reading, Anxu stretched his finger towards the cage. Chris realized her purpose the moment she moved. His hair stood up in shock and he quickly rushed towards Count Anna. The knight mobilized the speed that he used to the limit when dealing with strong enemies. His reaction was extremely fast, but something blocked in front of him, stopping his hand that stopped Anxu in mid-air.

Chris's pupils that suddenly shrank reflected An's fingers extending into the cage.

Of course, the monster that had been baring its teeth and claws at her did not waste this opportunity. It took a sharp bite at the finger that had fallen into the trap and tore off a piece of flesh. Count Anna's retracted finger was missing a small piece, and blood suddenly gushed out. It was extremely painful just to see it. It's just that the person who screamed was not the wounded man himself, but Chris standing next to him.

An!! He screamed out in a shrill voice, and the spread of blood red made Chris feel like his scalp was going to explode. At this time, the force that restrained him was released, and he rushed to An Xu's side, holding the other person's hand helplessly.

Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's okay. An Xu comforted him, feeling happy that he was cared for, I won't die.

How do you know you won't die? All superpowers are infected! Chris shouted uncontrollably, You can obviously block it! Why don't you block its teeth if you can block it?!

The knight was so angry that he didn't even add an honorific. It was the first time An Xu was scolded by him, and he shrank back from the outburst. He still found it a bit strange. Her relaxed mood of not taking anything seriously could be seen without reading her mind. Chris looked at her bleeding hands, and the half-corpse face and her relaxed expression kept alternating in his mind.

He suddenly had a strange idea and asked hesitantly: You... don't feel any pain?

Yes. An Xu said simply, feeling moved by the mystery, You were the first to discover it.

We can't blame others for not being careful. We can only say that there are so many unexpected things about An Xu, making it easy for people to overlook the small anomalies among a large number of anomalies. The family members who knew about Anna Sullivan's painlessness concealed it as a stain. After that, people in the seminary regarded her as a strong person who could hold on for one breath. After that, most people felt far away from her, and the close-fitting Lydia is an ascetic who regards enduring pain as a normal phenomenon. It can only be said that An Xu is able to live well until now, thanks to the bound milk and strong self-healing ability.

Ann felt no pain.

This answer seems to have revealed some blind spots, and many strange details suddenly have answers. Pain is a person's way of self-protection. It is difficult for a person who does not feel pain to learn to protect himself, and it is even more difficult for a person to understand and sympathize with the pain of others. What would life be like without pain? Chris couldn't imagine it, but he suddenly understood the distance between Ann and the world.

To her, this world lacks a sense of reality - the chief knight accidentally touched the edge of Ansu's thinking under conditions that were not entirely correct.

Everyone can die. He said weakly, Have you never thought about the consequences of being infected? Some superpowers still retain their abilities after turning into half corpses. Do you still remember that wind superpower? He killed several people with his wind blade. If you become like that, everyone you protect will die because of you.

Sure enough, you are worried about other people's safety again. I thought you were caring about me. An Xu half-joked, spreading his hands in front of Chris' helpless expression, If I become like this, you will kill me. Leave me alone.

Chris' expression went blank.

Half corpses don't have a good brain, right? It couldn't be easier to defeat a monster that can only attack but not defend. No matter how sharp the attack is, my body is like this. Here, touch your neck and see if it's a gentle pinch. Can you break it? An Xu grabbed his hands and placed them around his neck playfully, Chris must have been with me when I turned into a half-corpse, so come and be the brave man who kills the devil. Go ahead! I prefer to die in your hands.

The knight's lips trembled, and he looked like he was going to cry.

Although he looked like he was about to cry, Mr. Knight would still do this on a day like this. Anxu was inexplicably convinced of this. A person who would abandon his family for everyone is never considered a good match, but she quite likes this kind of person - perhaps because he has the confidence (of a devil) that he can survive even if the other person abandons him, and that he can be the winner in love and death. On the contrary, she felt that Chris was a little pitiful and cute, which made her a little bit intolerable.

An Xu let go of his hand, shook his head, and said seriously: I won't die. I felt it before I stretched out my hand.

Chris kept his sad expression that said, This kid is talking nonsense again.

...Okay, it sounds a bit unreliable.

But it really is a feeling, like a tiger standing next to a mouse, instinctively knowing that it is higher up the food chain. Anxu could sense the mouse. She didn't feel dangerous or friendly. She just felt: eating this is good for her.

The favored one reached out to the monster just to confirm her suspicion. After evolving, her control over her body has increased a lot. The rat bit her and injected the poisonous germs (let's call it that for now) into her body, but it was equivalent to giving An Xu her trump card.

This told An Xu two things: first, this inferior creature really couldn't do anything to her; second, she seemed to know what the unscientific factors were that drove Alva crazy.

When handing the live rat monster to Alva, Anxu provided the second experimental material. She said to Alva: Take my blood, or cut out a piece of flesh. I think it should be useful.

Alva glanced at her suspiciously, but at this time, it was true that a dead horse could only be treated as a living horse doctor.

On the second and third days, Anxu, who was bitten, remained normal.

On the fourth day, Alva combined something extracted from Anxu's flesh with the previous antibacterial medicine to create a new injection. The first injection was given to volunteer Jay, who was already not very conscious. He struggled and screamed for half an hour, and was in a coma as if without power for several hours. Then his fever subsided and his breathing became stable. The next day, Jay opened his eyes, and his pupils were as green as new leaves in the morning light.

Good morning, teacher. He said in a hoarse voice.

Alva smiled. The doctor, who had not slept for an unknown amount of time, held on to the wall and slid down without any strength.

The vaccine for rabies was born in the second month after the plague appeared.

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The cloaked figure trudged down a path.

Her breathing was heavy and murky, as if there was something stuck in her chest. Her cloak was thick and dirty, and it was hard to tell what color she was. She was probably a homeless person. But it was a strange thing for such a man to suddenly appear alone on the road to Ulburg.

That's what the guards of this small city think.

A guard walked towards the beggar, cursing and trying to drive her away, but the beggar fell down as he approached. The guard cursed unhappily, walked over and tried to kick the body away, but he let out an ouch.

What's the matter? his companion asked lazily.

Damn it, rat! He kicked his bitten foot angrily and saw several black figures running away from the corpse. I've seen people with lice, but I've never seen people with rats!