Soul echo

Chapter 377 The Plague Spreads

Zhong Ye's tracking operation has reached a deadlock, and they have no other choice but to aimlessly search for the traces left by the group of traffickers.

Since you can find it wherever you go, why can't you go to Constantia?

After a night of rest in Schaffhausen, Zhong Ye and the others set off on the road again early the next morning.

After traveling with Zhong Ye and the others for three months, Lily, who felt that such a trip was exhausting at first, has now fully adapted to this kind of life and can get a good rest during the rush.

According to previous investigations, the big ship of Lord Schwenningen’s family sails twice a year, once in spring and once in autumn, which is a fixed time every year, but this year Montreux has been unable to provide help to the group of traffickers. I don’t know who those Will the guys still use this route.

Even if they continue to use this route, it will be some time before that ship sails.

Therefore, Zhong Ye and the others still have room to solve other problems.

Schaffhausen is not far from Constantia, and it can be reached within a day even on foot. In this era, this distance can almost be said to be close to the face.

You know, even if most towns in the world are only a hundred kilometers apart, sometimes it takes a day or two to walk, and Schaffhausen and Constantia are only a few hours away.

Because of the bad road conditions, Zhong Ye and the others walked for more than three hours before arriving near Constantia.

The city wall appeared in the distance, and before approaching the city, Zhong Ye vaguely felt something was wrong.

"It's not right, be prepared."

Hearing this, Lily and Lilian, who were chatting in the carriage, instantly jumped up from their seats, took off their respective tactical belts and fanny packs from behind the door panels, and silently and quickly equipped themselves with items.

Holy water, hot glue, darts, chain mail, signal flares, hand crossbows, ropes, helmets...

These equipments can ensure that they still maintain strong combat power and survivability after they are separated from Zhong Ye, and they have been tested, and they carry props that will not affect their mobility.

With the help of Lilian, Lili quickly put on the half body armor, put on the iron leggings, and then asked Zhong Ye: "What's the situation outside?"

Zhong Ye looked up at the sky, and saw a falcon hovering over the city.

"It's not clear yet, but it's so quiet."

At this distance, he could hear the voices in the city, but compared to other towns, as a city of large size, Constantia was too quiet.

Zhong Ye drove the carriage and continued to approach. The falcons in the sky seemed to have noticed them, flapped their wings, and flew to the other side of the city.

As they approached Constantia, a faint rancid smell entered Zhong Ye's nasal cavity and was captured by his olfactory cells.

This smell came with the wind, and the direction of this gust of wind was Constantia.

Swish!
There were living creatures moving in the snow, and when Zhong Ye lowered his head, he saw the snow-white rabbit.

When he looked over, the rabbit also raised its head and looked at him with its big red eyes.

After a moment of silence, the rabbit suddenly screamed and rushed towards the carriage.

Zhong Ye reined in the reins, jumped out of the driver's seat, and trampled the flying rabbit under his feet.

Lilian and the others who heard the noise suddenly opened the car door and jumped out of the car.

Lilian had already raised the hand crossbow, but was surprised to find that their 'enemy' was just a rabbit.

Even though it was stepped on by Zhong Ye, the rabbit was still twisting its body frantically, its upper and lower jaws were constantly opening and closing, and its claws were scraping the ground, trying to attack Zhong Ye.

Click!

Zhong Ye stepped on and broke the rabbit's spine. Logically speaking, it would die because of this, but its existence seemed to have surpassed life and death. Even though its limbs were momentarily stiff and unable to move, its mouth kept opening and closing, and after Zhong Ye let go of it, , moved his body with his chin, and approached Zhong Ye.

Lily and Lilian watched this scene dumbfounded, and suddenly a chill came out from the bottom of their hearts, and it went straight to the top of the sky, causing goose bumps to protrude all over their bodies.

In the end, it was Zhong Ye who pierced the rabbit's head with a knife, and it stopped.

He stood aside and waited for a moment to confirm that the rabbit's heart had stopped and the blood was no longer flowing.

"This, what is this?" Lily turned her stiff neck and looked at Zhong Ye.

Zhong Ye didn't answer, and silently looked at the knife in his hand.

Suddenly, he turned to Lily and the others and said, "Put on the mask!"

Lily and Lilian's bodies stiffened suddenly, then they got into the carriage and put on their breathing masks.

They didn't dare to take a big breath until the faint herbal smell filled their nostrils.

The visor has been specially adapted to be used with the helmet.

"Is it the plague?" Lily walked to Zhong Ye's side and asked in a low voice.

At this time, Zhong Ye had already cut open the rabbit's skin and muscles with the knife in his hand, and was observing its internal organs.

What made him feel a little relaxed was that, at least before that, the rabbit was still quite healthy, with no signs of disease in any internal organs.

"should be."

Zhong Ye dug a hole, threw the knife and the rabbit's body into it, and lit it with flames.

With the fire still burning in the pit, he stood up and looked at Constantia.

"There may be many infected people in that city."

If not, how could such a small city be so quiet?

I just don't know whether this plague can infect humans. If it can infect humans across species, then this event should be related to the 'Abyss'.

Schaffhausen and Constantia are so close, even though they belong to two countries and two different lords, the personnel exchanges should be quite close.

If nothing else, let's talk about businessmen, they will definitely travel frequently between the two places.

That being the case, how could the priest in Schaffhausen not know what happened to Constantia?Didn't the merchant or adventurer who came to Constantia and was driven back tell the others about the misfortune?

Or is it actually this morning when the plague broke out?

[The mission 'Plague Buster: Spread' has been activated, players are requested to do their best to help overcome this plague! 】

Just as Zhong Ye was deep in thought, a message popped up.

The sudden mission information almost startled him, and it was only after seeing this news that he remembered that he was not a native of the world of Dan, and he had activated a series of missions called [Plague Buster].

Obviously, I saw a message when I was in Schwenningen before, and I usually browsed the game forum when I was resting in the Adventurer's House. Why did I forget it so quickly...

Zhong Ye sighed, and when he clicked on the map attached to the mission, his pupils suddenly dilated.

Not only Constantia, but also the towns of Schaffhausen and Lake Constance on the shores of Lake Constance were dyed red with the red symbolizing the 'plague'.

Constantia has turned dark red, while other towns are still light in color, which means that the plague in those towns is still lurking and has not broken out.

This is not a situation that can be prevented by individual strength at all. It requires concerted efforts and cooperation.

As shown on the map, Lily and Lilian may have been infected with the plague long ago, but they have not yet shown symptoms.

Zhong Ye clenched his fist quietly, and looked sideways at Lilian.

Lilian didn't move much, as if she had fallen into a daze. From this point of view, she might have also received that mission.

"What's the matter?" Lily followed Zhong Ye's gaze, and when she saw Lilian who was standing still, she was a little puzzled, "What did you find?"

Lilian withdrew her gaze from the mission panel, exhaled a sigh of relief, and said, "...I suddenly thought of a possibility—what if the plague has already spread?"

"The plague is spreading?" Lily's body trembled, as if recalling the tragic scene.

Even if this plague does not infect humans, as long as it can infect other animals, it is an extremely terrible thing.

They have all seen the extremely aggressiveness of the rabbit just now, and the strong vitality that did not die even if the spine was broken. If the plague really spread...

Lily shuddered unexpectedly, Zhong Ye silently withdrew his gaze and looked at Constantia.

"Get in the car, what's going on there, you have to see it with your own eyes to know."

It is less than 1000 meters away from Constantia. They didn't see any crazy animals like that rabbit on the way before. They just hope that the plague doesn't spread so fast...

(End of this chapter)