They arrived at the place where the plague was concentrated and walked past the patients who were being quarantined.
The symptoms of these patients appeared to be very normal, because they just kept having snot flowing out of their noses. It should be known that many influenza cases around the world were like this. Without knowing that it was an epidemic, no one would take it seriously. In fact, it was not surprising that many people had the same symptoms.
It was likely that the initial symptoms of the plague were similar to the common flu, which was why the local officials and medical personnel did not notice it in time, allowing more Croatians to be infected.
No one knew how the plague was spread, so the doctors had to be fully armed when they came into contact with the patients. As more patients were discovered and quarantined, Kakka City, which had the highest incidence of the plague, fell into a panic.
On top of that, the officials of Kakka City did not take any measures to prevent the plague from spreading. They did not make the decision to seal off the city, which resulted in a few cities close to Kakka City falling victim to the plague. The people were even more uneasy now that a few cities had fallen victim to the plague.
The officials were utterly helpless against the plague. Even the Magic Association was helpless against it. They had no choice but to seek help from the Parthenon Temple's Hall of the Goddess. However, a Servant that was sent to the Parthenon Temple not long ago was infected by the plague. The situation immediately worsened.
The authorities and the media were all tied up with the plague. The other countries were trying to send help, but no one was willing to die before they could figure out how the plague spread!
As such, Xinxia's request was quite terrifying. If she was infected without any effective treatment, she would die slowly, just like the people who were being quarantined.
Fortunately, even if the disease started, the disease spread relatively slowly. Except for a few people who were weak to begin with, most of the people who were infected with the disease had not died yet.
"Even though not a lot of people have died yet, judging from how weak they are, it's only a matter of time before something happens. If a lot of people die, it's going to be difficult to save them. Even the quarantine zone is going to be affected!" Ling Ling said.
Once the plague killed people and the government failed to find a cure, the morale of the people would collapse. The people would choose to flee for their lives, or even oppose the government that had quarantined them. If that happened, it would be the scariest thing. If the people with the plague were to flee on a large scale, they would eventually infect more people. Croatia was not huge, yet a few cities had already fallen. It would not take long for the whole country to be filled with people infected by the plague.
"I seriously don't understand. The situation is already so bad, yet Parthenon isn't doing anything about it. Are they just going to watch these people die?" Mofan said angrily.
"That's not it, but they have to investigate the source of the plague before they come here. Otherwise, they will be infected too," Xinxia explained.
"In the past, some grave robbers would bring a duck with them. They would place the duck inside the hole to test if there's any oxygen or poison in it. You, you're like the duck they used to test for poison!" Mo Fan tapped Xinxia's nose. He seriously had no idea what to say to her.
Since they were already here, Mofan had no choice but to settle the matter.
He glanced at Ling Ling. He was curious if Ling Ling had any clues.
"I've already done some homework before I came here. I asked the local Hunter Union to compile the information and give it to me. I've already sorted out the information on the plane. Since it's a common cold, it's extremely difficult to find out who the first victim was. However, I believe that people who catch a cold will buy cold medicine when their nose is running non-stop, so I asked the people of the Magic Association to help me compile a list of the people who bought the medicine. It's a relief that most people in this country use medical cards to buy medicine, "Ling Ling said.
"How are you going to find out who the first victim is with such a huge amount of information?" Mofan asked.
"Kakka City must be the source of the plague. There aren't many pharmacies in the city, either. If we narrow down the range based on the severity of the symptoms … there aren't as many people buying the medicine as we thought," Ling Ling said.
"What's the point of looking into the data!? We can't afford to waste our time on something like that, "Fiona snapped.
"Fiona, don't worry. Don't worry, most of our treatments are based on knowing the source of the disease. The Pistil Water we brought to Croatia is effective, at least it can slow down the worsening of the disease, "Xinxia explained to Fiona patiently.
Lingling didn't pay any attention to this straightforward girl. Instead, she glanced at a figure that was flying towards them at an extremely fast speed not too far away.
"Zhang Xiaohou is back," Mofan glanced at the figure and realized that Zhang Xiaohou had been gone for a while since he left the camp.
Zhang Xiaohou's cultivation had improved significantly. He was still a thousand meters away a few seconds ago, but he had already arrived in front of the group. He said with a joyful smile, "Ling Ling, I've checked out the places you asked me to!"
"How did it go?" Ling Ling asked.
"It's just like you said, one of the places has a prison!" Zhang Xiaohou said.
"What's there to be happy about finding a prison? We could have just checked the map," Fiona said.
"The problem is, we didn't check it out beforehand. Ling Ling only asked me to check if there's a prison, and it turned out that there really is one," Zhang Xiaohou said.
"We have to find the first group of people who were infected if we want to solve the plague. We can only find the source of the disease if we can find them. The local authorities have been searching for so long, but there's no way we can find it. I think we should report it to Parthenon and ask them to send more people here," Fiona said.
"We found it," Ling Ling said.
"You found it?" Xinxia was surprised. She felt like Ling Ling had not done anything. How did they find it so quickly?
Mofan looked at Ling Ling, too. He had absolute faith in Ling Ling. If Ling Ling said she had found it, she must have found it. The problem was, wasn't it a little too quick? Did the name Clearsky Hunter Agency really have the same effect as Bao Qingtian?
"I asked Brother Xiao Hou to check if there's a prison because I noticed a prison guard was among the first group of people who bought the medicine. I believe the local authorities have yet to find the first group of people who were infected and find the source of the disease because they weren't the first group of people who were infected, but the prisoners in the prison. The prisoners were locked up in the prison, so they were basically quarantined. They weren't in the initial concentration camp set up by the government, so they weren't listed as the source of the disease. At most, the prison guard would be investigated, but with so much work, no one would purposely investigate him, "Ling Ling said.
"So you asked Zhang Xiaohou to check if there's a prison? Should we notify the government and ask them to send someone here? Otherwise, it's going to be too much work, "Mofan said.
"That won't be necessary. The government is trying to find the source of the disease by focusing on the first group of people. They will have to expand their search circle and send out a lot of people to find the prison. Now that we've found the prison, it's actually quite easy to find the source of the disease with the prison as the center. The area where the prisoners can move around is very narrow. It's only my speculation. It's meaningless to ask the government to send someone here without any proof, "Ling Ling said.
"Let's go, we'll head to the prison," Mofan said.
"If we can find the source, I'm confident that we can find a way to save the disease! Brother Mofan, you and Ling Ling are so impressive! "Xinxia was overjoyed.
"Of course, we even solved the Drowning Curse!" Mofan said.
…
The prison was located at the edge of a cliff. The cliff was tall, steep, and majestic. Since the prisoners were ordinary prisoners, there was not a single barrier around the place. The sheer cliff was enough to drive the prisoners into despair. The bottom of the cliff was full of reefs. There was no way the water could catch them if they jumped off the cliff!
The prison was an unlucky place. Considering that everyone might be infected by the disease, Xinxia purposely chanted a sacred blessing to everyone before they were sent to the prison, allowing the blessing to be imprinted on their skin. Once the Poison Element, Dark Element, or evil energy invaded their bodies, the imprints would form a defensive barrier.
The prison was now in a completely sealed state. Even the prison guards were locked inside. There should be enough food and water in the prison, but the government was already in a terrible state. How could they care about the prison?
"Strange, why is it glowing?" Mofan suddenly murmured to himself.
Mofan took out the Essence Orb. To his surprise, the orb that had been dormant for a long time suddenly glowed. It was flickering, as if it was resonating with something!
Mo Fan finally realized that the Essence Orb originated from a Magician's prison that was filled with a strong evil presence.
However, since it was glowing, did it mean that there was some kind of energy here that it could absorb?
Mo Fan had traveled around the world for quite some time. He had visited quite a number of places, yet the only energy that the Essence Orb could absorb was the ancient Time Liquid. Now that the orb had finally lit up, Mo Fan could not help but feel energized!
Once the Essence Orb was fully charged, he would be able to use the power of the Demon Element without lowering his cultivation. How could Mofan not be excited!?
He did not expect that he would accidentally stumble upon something he needed when he accompanied Xinxia here to transform into the Bodhisattva of Mercy to save the poor.
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