I've Become the King of Villains in the Game-Chapter 215 - 171: Lord of the Plague! (Two in One) - Part 3
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He was under hypnosis, his expression was dazed, and he kept repeating the past.
"At first I didn’t believe, but as Elsa caught the plague, I panicked and began to pray to Him..."
The man mentioned some more details, but there was little useful information.
He didn’t even know the name of the insurance salesman.
Chen Lun frowned deeply.
Just now, after hearing the man complete the prayer with the full name of a deity, a prompt was triggered.
[You have learned the reverent name of the "Master of Pestilence," gaining 5000 experience points! Insight Attribute +1!]
That meant the "Master of Pestilence" truly existed!
And His Rank was certainly not low!
’This is big...’
Chen Lun used his cane to perform a divination based on the man’s clues, hoping to find the whereabouts of the "insurance salesman"... but the divination results were oddly disturbing, indicating that no such person existed.
Either this person was dead, or some higher power interfered with the divination. But with Chen Lun’s current weight in divination, only powers of a high sequence or above could obscure the results.
The plague outbreak that had been spreading recently, together with the newfound knowledge of the "Master of Pestilence," made it hard for Chen Lun not to link the two together.
It seemed there were deeper secrets behind this affair.
Earlier on the third floor, he had used the [Peeping Eye of Fate] to scan around and discovered a shockingly horrifying fact—all the people, including the man in front of him, were afflicted by the negative status of "Plague Lurking."
However, the man in front of him was slightly different.
His status was "Plague Source Lurking"; it seemed that the abnormalities in others were caused by him.
This situation led Chen Lun to make a guess:
’Perhaps the recent plague outbreak is related to that deity’s worship... As long as someone believes in Him, fulfills certain conditions or performs a ritual, they can unknowingly become a source of the plague...
When the time is ripe, those infected by the plague source will erupt, and then die within a very short time...!’
Thinking this, he felt a chill.
And it wasn’t just in his mind; his body felt it too.
At the same time, Chen Lun suddenly felt an itch in his throat.
[Spiritual Intuition]flared a warning, and Chen Lun immediately understood in his mind that the man on the ground was spreading an invisible plague infection to him.
But his Poison Resistance was too high, and he didn’t succumb to the infection.
The man suddenly knelt on the ground and began retching.
Dark spots also started to slowly appear on his skin, and in just a few breaths’ time, they spread throughout his body. He fell to the ground, convulsed a few times, and then went silent.
’Dead...’
Chen Lun watched him in silence.
’Whether he jumps or not, the end result has already been determined.’
By now, the sky had completely darkened, and nightfall had come.
He paid no attention to the corpse on the ground and turned to leave.
’I just interrupted his sacrifice, avoiding detonating the plague lurking in other patients in this hospital, sparing a little time... But this mess is better left to the Shelter to deal with.’
Having resolved to leave, Chen Lun wrote a letter to Mona.
To inform her in detail of the situation here, and even reveal a hint of the existence of the "Master of Pestilence."
’Plus taking into account the Moon Church, after all, they are the only remaining organization of Transcendents in Amber City... Let them deal with this headache.’
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She housed Mr. Tao Te in her home for better care, but the old gentleman seemed to still be unconscious, showing no signs of awakening.
That day, Chen Lun, along with Maggie who had just returned to the manor, rode in a carriage to pay a visit, planning to let her come in close contact with the lurking plague and incidentally cure the ailments of the two elders. Enjoy new adventures at novelbuddy
"Leader, I’ve found the nature of this plague to be very special!"
In the carriage, Maggie excitedly shared her new discovery from her travels.
In her hands, she held jars and bottles, wishing she could open them all and stuff Chen Lun’s head in for a thorough inspection.
But she didn’t dare.
She could only, like a child, show Chen Lun all sorts of strange contents inside: there were jelly-like gels, decaying flesh-like substances, and various sticky liquids, all in all, quite repulsive.
"They’re actually a very common type of tiny organism, um, can you understand if I put it like this? They’re very small and invisible to the naked eye..."
Maggie explained thoughtfully.
Chen Lun nodded, inwardly rolling his eyes.
"Of course, microorganisms and tiny harmful germs."
"Yes, that’s the term! I didn’t expect you to be up to date with the latest scientific research reports, that’s precisely what the professors at the Tresor Royal Academy have called them!"
Maggie appeared very surprised.
She continued:
"The plague that broke out recently, the Black Death, yellow fever, and the Scarlett Waltz, their root cause is actually a variety of common bacteria and viruses.
Originally, these pathogenic factors would at most cause mild flu or simple fever symptoms, but they have undergone some strange and eerie combination through an unbelievable process, and have mutated, obtaining an unprecedented enhancement...!"
Maggie asserted with conviction:
"This is definitely not a natural phenomenon, I can assure you, there’s an invisible hand behind the plague, directing the birth of these diseases... They couldn’t have appeared out of thin air!"
Listening to her, Chen Lun felt slightly stirred.
Combining this with his own conjectures about the "Master of Pestilence," he felt he was getting closer to the truth.
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