According to Wang Xiaojun's instructions, Mofan and Ling Ling soon arrived at the woods and caught a poisonous rat that Wang Xiaojun had mentioned.
Ling Ling was very familiar with demon beasts. She immediately recognized the rat as a branch of the demon rats that lived in the caves in the woods, called the Cold Claw Plague Rats.
The Cold Claw Plague Rats were the weakest among the Servant-class creatures. Mofan had fought against them before. These Servant-class creatures were a lot weaker than the Colossal-eyed Ape Rats in Bo City.
Ling Ling immediately dissected one of the Cold Claw Plague Rats. Mofan and Wang Xiaojun had strange looks on their faces as they watched her dissect. They could not believe a ten-year-old little girl was capable of such a feat.
"Strange, there's some mutated blood. Am I really that lucky?" Ling Ling said. She glanced at Mofan and pointed deeper into the woods, "Go catch a few more and kill them to see if there's any mutated blood."
Mofan did as he was told. It did not take much effort to deal with demon beasts of this level. To Mofan's surprise, every one of the Cold Claw Plague Rats had a mutated blood.
Mutated blood, it was something that only a few drops would be found in a few hundred demon beasts. It was an important material that was hard to find in the market. Hunters risked their lives to kill demon beasts in the wild just to obtain mutated blood, bones, and skins from the demon beasts. Mutated bones and skins were important materials to refine magic equipment. Mutated blood was even more useful, as the blood serums used to treat illnesses were refined from mutated blood.
Mutated blood was relatively rare, yet every single one of the Cold Claw Plague Rats had it. It was utterly unbelievable.
Mofan told Ling Ling, who was still dissecting the rats. Ling Ling seemed to have come to a conclusion. Her lips curled upward as she said, "We've made some progress."
Mofan and Wang Xiaojun sat beside her, waiting for Ling Ling's explanation.
"These Cold Claw Plague Rats are very unique. They're a rare species among the rat species. They're extremely weak, and can't even protect themselves at the bottom of the food chain. I was curious when I was reading some books about the rat species. Why haven't these weak, stupid Cold Claw Plague Rats gone extinct yet? It turns out that they have a unique way of reproducing.
"First of all, their bodies contain a kind of diseased blood. Diseased blood and mutated blood are very different! It's almost impossible to tell if they're real or fake, without a strict analysis, they're real. Now that we've thought about it … "
Mofan had already figured out the whole story. He continued Ling Ling's explanation, "Someone is using the mutated blood of these Cold Claw Plague Rats to make up the numbers and mass-produce the blood serums, which led to the outbreak of the plague."
Ling Ling nodded and said, "According to the information my sister gave me, the two rotting corpses that were found at the scene were the ones who bought the blood serums in White Town. It's very likely that the first batch of people who suffered from the plague had bought the blood serums mixed with the mutated blood of the Cold Claw Plague Rats."
The production of the blood serums was strictly controlled by the Magic Association. The possibility of a mistake in the selection of the blood serums was very low. The biggest possibility was that someone had colluded with the Magic Association to use the mutated blood of the Cold Claw Plague Rats to mass-produce the blood serums.
It was assumed that the blood serums had the same effect as the regular blood serums, but to their surprise, the mutated blood of the Cold Claw Plague Rats that had been hiding in the human body suddenly mutated and became contagious. On top of that, the mutated blood in the bodies of the people who had consumed the blood serums was quickly activated, resulting in the spread of the plague at an even faster rate, leading to the tragedy in Hangzhou.
They had finally found the source of the plague!
The Black Totem Snake had nothing to do with the whole incident. The natural disaster was a man-made disaster!
It was time to find out who was the heartless person that was using such a terrifying incident to make money.
Ling Ling and Mofan informed Leng Qing of the great discovery. Meanwhile, Leng Qing had her own findings too. She had found out that the person who was in charge of the blood serums was the wife of the Vice Elder of the Magic Court, Wang Yi.
However, no matter how bold Wang Yi was, he would not dare to put the mutated blood into the production of the blood serums. If they were to investigate further, they would only find one culprit — Councilman Luo Mian.
If it was really Councilman Luo Mian, it would explain why he had colluded with Councilman Zhu Meng all of a sudden!
After all, he needed a scapegoat for the plague. The Black Totem Snake's appearance had solved the problem for him. As such, he could not wait for the Black Totem Snake to be executed, so he could push all the blame onto the Black Totem Snake who had already been executed.
What a shocking result, and what a hair-raising conspiracy it was!
… …
Mofan, Ling Ling, Wang Xiaojun, Leng Qing, and Tangyue soon met up at West Lake. When Mofan told them the truth, Tangyue's face reddened with anger. Her chest heaved heavily. She did not expect Councilman Luo Mian to be the culprit behind the plague. Most importantly, the Councilman was not remorseful at all. He had taken advantage of the people's fear toward the Black Totem Snake and Councilman Zhu Meng's impatience to make the Black Totem Snake bear the responsibility. How heartless and vicious he was!
"Since we've found out the truth, let's arrest Councilman Luo Mian as soon as possible," said Wang Xiaojun.
"A Councilman is more powerful than a Vice Elder of the Magic Court. It's not going to be easy to arrest him. Let's ask Councilman Zhu Meng to release the Black Totem Snake first. The Black Totem Snake is weak to begin with. I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on any longer, "said Mofan.
Leng Qing nodded. It was not easy to take down a Councilman, not to mention that they did not have any solid evidence to prove that he was the culprit behind the Sick Blood Serums. They could only wait and see what Li Tian had found.
Tangyue clenched her fists. Even though they knew who the culprit was, they still could not bring him to justice.
In the middle of the conversation, Leng Qing seemed to have received a message. She wore a helpless expression while holding her phone and said, "Vice Elder Wang Yi has committed suicide to escape punishment. The news has been spread in West Fortress not long ago."
"The blood serums that were transported from the warehouse to West Fortress were all problematic. It's normal for the plague to happen in West Fortress. If we knew about it beforehand, we would have stopped the blood serums from entering West Fortress," said Mofan.
"It's meaningless even if we've found out the truth. Councilman Luo Mian sacrificed the rook to save the king. He has blamed everything on Vice Elder Wang Yi. Now that the whole West Fortress is affected by the plague, its defense is greatly weakened. The army of White Magic Falcons might take advantage of the situation to invade … Hangzhou City is in great trouble, "said Leng Qing.
Saying this, Leng Qing raised her gaze and glanced toward the west.
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