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The incurable disease caused panic among the residents, who retrospectively found that almost all newly infected patients had contact with previous patients. For a while, everyone knew that the disease was contagious.

But at the same time, they also found that some children who had also had close contact with the patient did not have the same symptoms.

These kids all have one thing in common.

They like to hang out with the priest in the church in the town center.

The residents who were suffering from the disease had no time to think about it, so they went to the church together and wanted to ask the priest how to do it.

At first the priest was at a loss, because he didn't know what was going on. The residents who thought they had found hope returned home in despair. However, the next day, they were pleasantly surprised to find that their symptoms had eased a lot.

Although it is impossible to determine whether it has something to do with going to the church yesterday, the facts are in front of the eyes, and the residents went to the church again.

As the time spent in the church became longer and longer, the first group of people who went there quickly recovered from their skin diseases, so the remaining residents also went to the church to pray, and even those who were not sick followed .

The unknown disease appeared in less than half a month, and then completely disappeared. During the whole process, the role of doctors was minimal.

A rumor gradually spread in the town:

The sickness is because they betrayed their faith and were punished by God, and because they returned to God's arms, the sickness was relieved by the compassionate God.

Chapter 436 Blasphemy

"What kind of bullshit logic is this?"

Xia Ren thought to himself when he saw this.

If you don’t believe in me, I’ll torture you until you believe in me, and I’ll make you thankful that I don’t torture you. Is this a merciful God?

Is everyone in this small town suffering from Stockholm Syndrome?

He was patient and continued to read.

Sure enough, the matter did not end so easily. Just a few days after the residents had just got rid of the disease, a few mysterious foreigners suddenly came to the town.

They found the priest, and they didn't know what they said, but from that moment on, the whole town gradually began to go to hell.

The same disease spread to every household almost overnight. Residents of the small town opened their eyes and saw moss-like things appearing on their bodies, and walked out of the street in panic, but the street had already been covered by the same disease. People who discovered the situation were full.

No one went to the hospital. After discussing with everyone, they came to the church together. However, the changes that happened inside were simply unacceptable to these residents who had just developed a pious belief.

The idol collapsed.

The priest dressed in black sat among the ruins, holding the blue gemstones that were cut out from the eyes of the statue, and said with a bit of madness:

"God will not come to save you! But, I can..."

Everyone thought the priest was crazy, and the residents left the church angrily.

The doctor began to study the cause of the illness from the earliest days. According to the records in the notes, she found that the illnesses suffered by the residents were caused by a fungal infection that had never been seen before.

And this fungus can penetrate the stratum corneum of the skin, directly erode the subcutaneous nerve, and spread along the nerve.Infected nerves lose their original function, which is why patients with worsening symptoms experience slow movements and numbness of senses.

What is even more incredible is that these fungi can replace the original nerve function after infecting the nerve, so that the patient will not completely lose the ability to move, and even the final stage of development, making it possible for a person to become a person who is controlled by the fungus.

If the human body is compared to a computer, then illness is equivalent to some hardware damage, or program operation errors, but this fungus is like a hacker, directly controlling the operation of the entire program.

In order to make it easier to record, the doctor temporarily called this incredible fungus a neurofungus.

Just when the doctor found the cause, walked out of the laboratory, and wanted to tell everyone, it was already too late.

Her guess is correct, the last step of the neurofungi is to replace all the nerve functions in the human body and completely control human beings.

The streets are already filled with aimlessly wandering residents. They are dead, but their bodies are not completely dead. Their instinct drives them towards the church in the center of the town, worshiping the smashed idol, and dragging all the residents away. in hell...

demon.

"That guy succeeded, and no one can escape his control. My body is gradually getting out of control, and I'm afraid I will become like them."

"Finally, may the priest and those despicable outsiders receive the most severe punishment in the world!"

Xia Ren turned back and found that it was all blank paper.

He closed his notes and briefly organized in his mind what he had just seen.

The doctor said that she studied the cause from the beginning, but the time was not right. The first wave of illness lasted only a few days, and everyone recovered. The second wave of illness occurred even faster, although the notes did not specify the specific duration. It took a few days, but according to speculation, everyone had no time to escape from the town. It is estimated that the disease developed to the point of irreversible on the day it happened.

In such a short period of time, there is no time for doctors to study carefully.

Unless the doctor is studying herself, she was already sick when the first wave of the disease spread. Even though she knew that going to church could cure the disease, she still chose to use scientific methods to find the cause instead of blindly relying on the so-called God.

However, there is no mention of the transcendent thing that Xia Ren most wants to know, but combined with the development of the matter, the first time the residents fell ill, they were infected with neurofungus, and the cure was to go to the church, so the church probably hid There's that thing that inhibits fungal growth.

The residents went to the church with the second illness and found that the priest had smashed the idol. Since then, the disease has completely lost control and developed into what it is today.

Xia Ren recalled the details, and noticed that the notes said that the church was holding blue gemstones cut from the eyes of the statue.

"The gemstone, could it be something beyond?"

"Now, you should know the origin of the incident."

The real estate agent leaned on the outpatient desk, with a half-smile, making it impossible to see what he was thinking.

"There are always lunatics in this world."

Xia Ren put the notebook on the window sill beside him.

The neurofungi this time are similar to the first-instar larvae of the burrower in that they can manipulate humans to a certain extent, but atypical insectophobia affects patients mentally, causing them to gather and cause swarms to fly Phenomena, while the manipulation of neurofungi is more thorough, directly turning human beings into their puppets.

In terms of transmission methods, there is also a significant difference between the two. Xia Ren originally thought that the neurofungus was only spread by contact, but according to the records in the notes, when the second outbreak occurred, all the residents of the small town were infected overnight, which shows that it is still alive. There are other more efficient methods of transmission, and even the transmission efficiency is even more terrifying than atypical insectophobia.

In terms of treatment, with my own physique, there is nothing I can do after infection. Even Shoggoth, which can swallow pollutants, suffers from the fungus. It is hard to imagine that there is any medicine that can eliminate this fungus. , once an ordinary person is infected, they will quickly transform into a puppet state, completely controlled by the nerve fungus, and there is no way to survive. Even the real estate agent who is a B-level investigator has to rely on Mingshui to continue his life.

So, if put outside, neurofungi might really be able to become a plague on the same level as atypical insectophobia.

Must be contained as soon as possible!

Just as Xia Ren was about to take out his mobile phone to contact the outside world, he saw the real estate agent looking at him with a smile.

"It's useless, the pollution here is too serious, and there seems to be some shielding device, even the Foundation's mobile phone, there is no signal."

Xia Ren looked at the phone screen, and sure enough, as the real estate agent said, there was no signal at all.

He looked up at the other party, and said with firm eyes: "Then I will leave here and go outside to inform the Foundation that this town must not continue to exist, and none of the aberrations inside can escape."

Neurofungus must not be allowed to spread and become another plague!

The real estate agent shook his head: "That's not necessary, little brother Xia underestimated me. Before entering the town, I had already notified Lord Jiufeng and asked her to help. She should be able to arrive here tomorrow at the latest. "