Chapter 112
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After visiting the last scenic spot in Xiagong City, it was already past 1 p.m. when Lin Huang and Lin Xin returned to the hotel.
Just when they returned to the hotel room, Lin Huang's Emperor's Heart Ring vibrated.
Seeing that it was a video call from Yi Zheng on the communication page, Lin Huang picked up the call.
"Did you need my help yesterday?" Yi Zheng asked directly.
"I needed your help to look up some information. It's been settled." Lin Huang nodded.
"Oh, I was busy yesterday." Yi Zheng explained, "I heard that you're in Xiagong City now?"
"Yes, I'm going to the Xiagong Ruins tomorrow." Lin Huang nodded.
"Xiagong City is not very peaceful recently. I suggest that you don't stay there anymore." Yi Zheng reminded him.
"You're talking about the murder case, right? I'll be careful. "Lin Huang knew that Yi Zheng meant well.
"Forget it. You're not alert at all. Let me tell you something." Yi Zheng shook his head and said helplessly.
"The murder case that you're talking about, the results were out this morning. However, the Coalition government did not announce it. The culprit of the murder case has been arrested for the past few days. All of them were humans who were infected by parasites. "
Lin Huang frowned. "How could the parasites pass through the city gate's warning system?! It might be possible if it's a small foothold but Xiagong City is a B-grade foothold. The warning system should be more complete. "
"I heard that it's a new type of parasite that has never appeared before. Moreover, the way it parasitizes is different from other parasites. That's why the warning system failed to detect it. Fortunately, the parasite can't change its host for a second time. It can't spread widely. "
"However, the biggest problem now is that Xiagong City has hired a few exorcists but none of them could remove the parasite. That's why the Coalition government did not announce the truth as they did not want to cause panic. "Yi Zheng's words were out of Lin Huang's expectation.
"Although there is no way for the parasites to infect the city a second time, if the city gate's alarm system is not working, the entire Xiagong City could still fall …" Lin Huang frowned as he began to realize the severity of the situation. "Does the Coalition government have any countermeasures?"
"Currently, there are only three strategies. The first one is to strengthen the surveillance of people entering the city, the second one is to increase the security control in the city, and the third one is to increase the research on this new parasite in order to find a new detection method as soon as possible." Yi Zheng shrugged.
"Treating the symptoms but not the root cause …" Lin Huang shook his head.
"What else can we do? Are we supposed to inform all the residents that there's a problem with the city gate's warning system and that an unknown number of parasites have infiltrated the city and that there's no way to remove the parasites?" Yi Zheng raised his eyebrow and asked. "If it was a small foothold, we might be able to do that, but this is a B-grade foothold. Once it's exposed, who would dare to trust the Coalition government in the future? Do you want everyone to move to an A-grade large-scale foothold to be safe? "
Lin Huang nodded helplessly. He knew that there was no better way to deal with this. If it really caused panic among the people, the situation would be even more serious. Emotions were contagious, and panic was contagious.
Lin Huang recalled that when he was on Earth, if it was exposed that there was a water pollution incident, many people would rush to the market to buy all kinds of purified water and mineral water. If it was exposed that there was a death due to the flu, people would rush to the pharmacy to buy medicines such as Isatis indigotica. That was the spread of panic.
"You shouldn't stay there any longer. It'll be troublesome if you get infected by the new parasite," Yi Zheng reminded him.
"I understand. Thanks for telling me all this. I still have something to deal with here. I'll leave as soon as I'm done with it. "Lin Huang nodded and agreed.
Although he had received some unusual news from Yi Zheng, Lin Huang did not plan to leave immediately. He had already seen the notebook left behind by Xia Hao. He would not be satisfied if he did not investigate it.
After turning off the communication page, information about parasites appeared in Lin Huang's mind.
In this world, parasites were one of the most hated species by humans.
This was because most of the parasites could live on humans. Moreover, once they entered the foothold, it would be hard to defend against them.
There were five types of parasites based on the different methods of parasitism.
The first type was invasive parasitism. The parasite would enter the host's body directly and control everything about the host. Those with a higher level of evolution could even learn human knowledge through the host. These parasites usually had high intelligence.
The second type was seed parasitism. The parasite would release a large number of seeds at once. Those who were accidentally infected by the seeds would become the host. These parasites could usually control thousands of hosts at once. Every time they appeared, they would cause great damage. Usually, plant parasites would choose this method of parasitism.
The third type was egg parasitism. The parasite would implant eggs into the host's body to incubate. The host would then become the incubator and food for the larvae to reproduce. Many insect parasites would choose this method of parasitism.
The fourth type was soul parasitism. This type of parasitism was relatively rare. The parasite would use a special method to live on the host's Life Soul. It would erase the host's consciousness and take over the host's body. They could even completely inherit the host's memory and live on as a host. It would be difficult for the outside world to detect any abnormalities.
The fifth type was an uncategorized foreign parasite. Similar to soul parasitism, it was also a relatively rare type.
According to the information provided by Yi Zheng, the possibility of invasive parasitism and seed parasitism were higher in this incident.
Lin Huang was not afraid of these two types of parasites.
Most of the parasites that used invasive parasitism were visible to the naked eye. It was not difficult to kill them as long as one was prepared. As for the seed parasitism, it could usually be isolated by weapons. As long as the body parts that were not covered by weapons did not come into contact with the seeds, there would be no problem.
Although it was not a big problem for Lin Huang, he could not help but frown when he thought of Lin Xin. "Xiagong City is not safe. Xiaoxia City at the ruins is definitely not safe. It seems like I can't bring Lin Xin along."
After hesitating for a while, Lin Huang knocked on Lin Xin's door and told her everything that Yi Zheng had told him.
Lin Xin was shocked after listening to him.
"Brother, let's leave Xiagong City first thing tomorrow morning."
"I still need to go to the Xiagong Ruins to settle something." Lin Huang had also made arrangements for Lin Xin. "I'll leave Bai here to protect you. Try not to go out when I'm not around. If you want to eat, just order takeout and get Bai to open the door for you."
"Also, this is for you. Didn't you always want this?" Lin Huang said and took out a GrayEagle17 and a few boxes of ammunition. He no longer needed unarmed firearms.
"What about you?" Lin Xin immediately asked.
"I have the BlackEagle33 and a flying summoning beast. I can escape if there's any danger." Lin Huang smiled and explained.
"Must you go?" Lin Xin was worried that something might happen to Lin Huang.
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