The bad news came one after another. The global patient count for petrification disease was increasing exponentially, it was about to break 500,000. Faced with a pathogen that could not be stopped by quarantining the patients, the disease control department was powerless. On the other hand, the public demanded the truth about 'supernatural forces'.
Whether it was the United States, England, or Russia, they were all in chaos.
Their medical resources were already stretched to the limit in order to treat the patients of the measles disaster. Now that the petrification disease had broken out, the situation had worsened overnight. The emergency rooms of hospitals in these countries were filled with patients who were in pain all over their bodies.
To make matters worse, one of the speculations from the GOA meeting a few days ago came true.
The Amazon River, the Mississippi River, the Danube River, and so on …
"Latest news from FBM, the Ancient Seal Stone is ineffective and the water level of the Mississippi River is still rising.
"Patients in the second stage of the disease are showing obvious signs of agitation. They say the abnormal water flow in their body is increasing.
"The global patient count has broken through 500,000 …"
The latest news echoed in the Phecda headquarters at Da Hwa City. Every department had a heavy expression on their faces. Even though there was no petrification disease outbreak in their country, they knew very well that no one would be spared from the apocalypse.
On the large screen in the command center, the latest number was displayed: 500,000. It was like a boulder crushing the air in this place.
"Take it off, take it off. Take down the live numbers." When Elder Tong walked past the meeting room, he naturally noticed the gloominess in everyone's eyes. From three days ago until now, in just three short days, the number had grown from two digits to five hundred thousand. The psychological pressure that came with it was unimaginable. They did not need this kind of pressure.
After the live numbers were taken down, the atmosphere did lighten up.
Tong Ye's heart was taut. He knew that was just a smokescreen. In reality, the number was still rising.
The question before Phecda was, should they send out the elite Special Mobile Force to participate in the investigation and disaster relief?
The members of GOA had been begging for this. The higher-ups had not made a decision yet. They wanted to hear Tong Ye's opinion first. Tong Ye's mind was a mess. They should have sent people to the disaster sites to search for clues. That way, they might have a breakthrough as soon as possible.
However, members of the supernatural department were affected, it was worse than Phecda at Eastern State during the Nightmare Illness.
Petrification disease was not limited to normal people, people with high spirituality might be at greater risk.
Therefore, if they sent people out, would they be infected as well? In this situation, they had to be careful about the arrangements.
When Tong Ye walked into the meeting room, the communication line with Qing An was set. Lou Xiaoning, Xiao Xu, Wang Ruoxiang and Chang Qianhang were already there.
As soon as the meeting started, a dark cloud came over them. Professor Jonah Glasser from FBM had a relapse … FBM didn't inform them of the situation immediately. Professor Glasser had been feeling strange in his back since last night. After performing tests on alkaline phosphatase and bone specific alkaline phosphatase, the results showed that the values were abnormally high, 16 times higher than the normal range.
When the communication started, Prof Glasser appeared on the screen. His face was much more haggard than before. His voice was hoarse, the strain on his words was making him uncomfortable. "From the moment I felt the strange sensation in my body, 12 hours and 45 minutes later, it felt like a flood was flowing through my body."
"Prof Glasser, you mean the disease is progressing faster?" Even people like Tong Ye and Lou Xiaoning who were not from the medical field could understand what he was saying.
"Indeed … We did a statistical analysis on 50,000 patients. The higher the spirituality, the faster the rate of ossification. I belong to the group of people with high spirituality. However, over the past day, the ossification rate of normal patients has been increasing as well. Their ALP levels have increased to 12 to 13 times higher. I think this is indeed like a flood. The more patients there are, the more rapid the water flow, and the higher the water level … the speed of development of the petrification disease will also be affected. This is like a flood. "
Prof Glasser's face was covered in cold sweat from the pain. He was not in a good condition. The Phecda members could not provide him with an answer. The communication ended quickly. Prof Glasser needed to rest and to feel his body's condition for more information.
A flood, a great flood.
The rivers that were experiencing abnormal floods all over the world did not have abnormal rainfall or snowmelt properties, so where did the rising water come from?
This was a problem but they had their own speculation. Those places might have mutated.
The energy that supported these mutated areas came from these patients …
"Do you want to go out and explore? Share your thoughts." Tong Ye asked, "You all know the risk of going out."
"Ol 'Tong, don't give me that." Lou Xiaoning grumbled, "Is there no risk in sitting here? We have to go to the actual site to find out what's going on. We can go to these flooded rivers or go to Egypt to take a look. Furthermore, if we don't go, who will? "
"I agree." Wang Ruoxiang nodded. "Actually, if possible, I wish to come into contact with patients with petrification. Without actual observation, there will be no accurate diagnosis."
"The place to go …" Chang Qianhang said hoarsely, "The source should be the land nourished by the Nile River, the land with the pyramids."
The Ten Scourges in Egypt had been mentioned but none of them were from Egypt or Sudan.
Now there were patients with petrification in both places but the number was not higher than other places. The Nile River had not experienced any abnormal floods, not yet.
Lou Xiaoning and Uncle Dan agreed that Egypt was probably the ritual center of the plague. The Great Pyramid of Giza, which was constantly mentioned by the patients, needed more investigation.
"When I was young at Mo Bei Base," Xiao Xu said. His voice was young but powerful. "Me, Ah Jun and Shi Yu were training there. After the outbreak of Nightmare Illness at Eastern State, Ah Jun could have chosen not to return to Eastern State but he chose to do so. He has already made that choice for us. "
"What Ah Jun? It's your Brother Jun. You have no manners." Tong Ye cursed. He understood their determination so he did not say anything else. "Then you should pack up and prepare to go to Egypt. I've communicated with FBM, this should be a joint operation between many countries, I hope everyone is more mature than before. "
With a little determination, good things would happen.
At that moment, another piece of news came to cheer everyone up.
Deng Ximei, Peacock, Malachite and the rest returned from Mysterium World. Feng Peiqian and Chen Ziyuan also came to help. The two worlds were interdependent, Phecda and Mysterium had a common understanding about that.
They had just arrived at Mo Bei and they were preparing to return to Da Hua's Spell Department to meet up.
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