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Chapter 540 The Plague Box That Destroyed a Country

"No good news, but there is some bad news."

As he spoke, Erin's voice became serious: "I just did a divination and discovered that the flu outbreak in Simonhardt City is not an ordinary flu, but is very likely a plague spread by that water demon using something."

"As far as I know, you also suddenly caught this bad cold after returning from Simon Hart City, right?"

"Given Kamar-Taj's extraordinary physique, for her to have a cold that has worsened over half a month instead of improving... is that normal?"

Upon hearing this, the king, who was far away in Kamar-Taj, suddenly perked up, his mind still reeling from a persistent high fever. Recalling James, who had recently fallen ill and returned to Kamar-Taj to recuperate, the king slowly straightened up and said, "You mean the flu outbreak in Simon Hart City is a plague spread by water demons?"

"Wait, the water demon, the plague... I seem to have seen similar records somewhere before..."

After muttering a few words, as if recalling something, the king seemed to be suddenly injected with some kind of power. He got up from the bed, wrapped himself in a blanket, and staggered towards the library of Kamar-Taj, much to the astonishment of the mages who remained in Kamar-Taj.

"Found it."

A few minutes later, after turning the bookshelf containing information about demons upside down, Wang's eyes narrowed, and he finally found what he was looking for among the ancient books.

"In 430 BC, the XXX army was under the control of a powerful empire when a sudden plague broke out within its borders. This plague had no incubation period."

"After infection, patients experience a severe fever in the head, red and inflamed eyes, rapid congestion of the throat and tongue, followed by difficulty breathing, sneezing and hoarseness, violent coughing, nausea, and violent convulsions. The body surface may not feel very hot to the touch, and the skin may not appear very pale, but it will gradually turn from bluish to reddish-gray, and pustules and ulcers will appear on the skin surface."

"Many people also experienced insomnia and anxiety. According to records, patients suffered from an uncontrollable thirst that compelled them to jump into wells..."

"Infected individuals typically die on the seventh or eighth day after infection. If someone does survive this period, they will develop uncontrollable diarrhea, which often also leads to death..."

"Those who survive this stage may suffer from paralysis, amnesia, or blindness for the rest of their lives."

"In just one month, the plague spread throughout the entire Kingdom of XXX, and the number of people who died directly from the plague is in the hundreds of thousands."

"The high priest of the XXX Kingdom at that time, after investigation, discovered that the source of the plague outbreak was a river in a polluted country. In that river, the high priest found a plague box that contained the source of the plague. But just as the high priest and the kingdom's priests were about to purify the plague box, a demon hidden in the river suddenly appeared."

"In the critical moment, the high priest sacrificed the lives of the entire kingdom's priestly order to the gods, gaining immense power to kill the demon hiding in the river. However, afterwards, the Plague Box mysteriously disappeared."

After this battle, the strength of XXX country was greatly reduced, and it was destroyed by its neighboring country the following year.

After finding this record of a plague that destroyed a country sometime before the Common Era.

Wang took out his phone, snapped photos of what was recorded in the book, and sent them to Erin.

"The Plague Box"

After carefully reading through the photos Wang sent, Erin's gaze instantly locked onto the mysteriously vanished Plague Box mentioned in the last record.

"I remember in that hazy scene during my divination, I saw the thing that the water demon spat out of its mouth was a box-shaped object. Could that box be the Plague Box?"

After explaining his guess...

Wang Tingyi's voice came from the other end of the phone: "If the flu outbreak in Simon Hart City is indeed a plague spread by that water demon, then without a doubt, the thing you divined is the Plague Box mentioned in the records. Even that water demon is inextricably linked to the demon hidden in the river before Christ, cough cough..."

After coughing for a while, Wang, who had caught his breath, said, "I remember when I was infected, the flu outbreak in Simon Hart City hadn't started yet, so I was very likely one of the first people to be infected with the plague."

"I was infected while patrolling the Bekos River, and at that time, traces of the Water Demon happened to have appeared in that section of the river. If that's the case, then the plague box you divined was very likely placed by the Water Demon in the section of the river I was patrolling, and then spread the plague by polluting the Bekos River."

At this point, despite feeling unwell, Wang stood up and said, "I will immediately tell Archmage Gandalf and Mordo to thoroughly patrol that area of water and see if they can find the plague box you divined."

"Alright! If you go search for the Plague Box, then I'll go find a way to deal with the plague. Let's split up."

The level of technology and medical care in the 21st century is incomparable to that of the period before Christ.

Even if the water demons spread a plague with supernatural elements, current technology may still be able to contain and cure it.

at this point.

The fact that there have been no reports of mass deaths from the flu in Simon Hart, which has been ongoing for almost two weeks, speaks volumes.

After hanging up the phone.

Sitting next to Erin, Gwen said, "Do you need my help? When I was an intern under Dr. Kurt Connors, he introduced me to some experts in disease control and prevention."

Before I met Erin.

Gwen, this academic high-achiever, didn't major in business administration, but in biomedicine.

The Osborne Corporation, where she interned at the time, was a top medical giant in the United States, possessing numerous world-leading medical patents and various inventions.

Dr. Kurt Connors, who was in charge of leading Gwen at the time, was also a top expert in biology and genetics.

Because of his expertise and field, Dr. Kurt Connors knows many leading experts in medicine and disease.

Gwen, who was then Dr. Kurt Connors' student, also got to know some experts and professors.

Seeing the worry on Gwen's face, Erin chuckled and nodded: "Of course you need to."

Miracle Corporation is hailed as a medical miracle thanks to its miraculous drugs.

However, apart from the Miracle Potion, which can quickly heal external injuries, the newly established Miracle Group lacks substantial resources.

At least in the area of plagues, Miracle Corp. is not good at it.

of course.

Erin didn't intend to solve this problem on her own.

Soon, Erin contacted the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) through Freguesia, passing the buck on the outbreak in Simon Hart to this federal department dedicated to disease prevention and control.

In fact.

Before Erin approached them.

The CDC had long been monitoring the sudden and rapidly spreading flu outbreak in Simon Hart.

Furthermore, through testing samples and pathology, the experienced CDC directly pinpointed the source of the flu to the Becco River.

Before this, the CDC had never imagined that supernatural forces were involved in the flu outbreak in Simon Hart.

After reporting the information obtained from Miracle Group.

The flu outbreak in Simon Hart immediately drew the attention of the federal government.

After learning that the flu might be a plague spread by demons.

Following an emergency meeting.

Armored vehicles quickly drove out of various military bases and then swiftly sealed off all major transportation routes in Simon Hart, completely isolating the city, shrouded in the shadow of the plague, from the outside world.

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"Is Simonhart City under military lockdown?"

"Ha, this is truly the Federation's style!"

The military's actions in Simon Hart have triggered panic among countless Simon Hart residents, and this has quickly sparked heated discussions online.

Not long after, Erin also learned about this through Luo.

As for the federal military's response...

Erin had to say.

This is very federal.

After shaking his head, Erin drove to the New York Sanctum with Captain America, who had suddenly come to their door, as well as Gillies, Wanda, and Pietro.

When Erin and his group arrived here...

Wang, who had come despite his illness, had been waiting for a long time at the entrance of the New York Sanctuary.

After glancing at the empty New York Sanctum, Erin asked the King, who was sitting listlessly at the entrance, "What are you doing here? Where is everyone else? Why are you the only one here?"

talking.

Erin took out the Angelic Scepter from his spatial ring, then channeled its holy light towards the pale-faced king.

Strands of holy light flowed out of the [Angel's Scepter] like gossamer threads and then entered the king's body.

Although this wisp of holy light is not specifically used for healing [Holy Light Healing].

However, almost the instant the Holy Light flowed into the King's body, wisps of black gas were forced out of the King's body by the Holy Light.

Immediately afterwards, beams of holy light, also emanating from the body, burst forth from the king's body and relentlessly pursued and entangled the black gas that had escaped from his body.

hum!

As the blazing white holy flames burned, the wisps of black gas were quickly incinerated completely.

After the black gas left his body, Wang's symptoms seemed to lessen, causing him to close his eyes contentedly.

"This feels so good. I haven't felt this good in decades."

After shaking his head, he slowly opened his eyes with a calm expression, then glanced at the group of guys following behind Erin and said, "Gandalf and Mordo went to Simonheart City to search for the Plague Box long before you arrived. If I hadn't come here, you guys might not have been able to get there so quickly."

talking.

Feeling much better, the king controlled his expression and manipulated the ring to draw circles in mid-air.

Before long, a door leading directly to Simon Hart City appeared in front of him.

"Walk!"

After saying this, Erin took the lead and stepped into the dimensional gate.

Behind him, heavily armored Qilin soldiers also strode into the dimensional gate.

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Meanwhile, Erin was heading to Simon Hart.

We learned from military sources that the flu outbreak in Simonhardt City may be a consequence of the plague spread by the Water Demon.

Tony Stark then piloted the Mark armor directly through the sky and flew to Texas.

the other side.

On the surface, Duke, who had also learned of this news from the military, dispatched two of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s few remaining Quinjet fighters, and then quickly headed to Simon Hart City with Natasha and the others.

In an instant.

The winds of change are blowing.

Ok?

Hidden in the Bekos River, not far from Simonhardt City, the water demon, with its innate ability to control water, quickly sensed the changes in Simonhardt City.

After sensing the sudden appearance of extraordinary mages on the Bekos River, who seemed to be searching for something, and the federal soldiers guarding the various traffic arteries of Simonhardt City.

The water demon, its body now merged into the surging river, suddenly laughed, "Interesting. So, it discovered my setup and roughly pinpointed the location of the Plague Box?"

"Heh, but now that things have come to this, do you think discovering all this will stop it?"

The plague box left by my ancestors has already done its job admirably over the past two weeks.

now.

Even if Simon Hart City retrieves the Plague Box, it will not escape this calamity.

Once a plague spreads, everyone can become a new source.

Unless they can find the one who spread this plague, or find the source of this plague and destroy the plague box that contains countless resources and viruses.

Let's address this crisis at its root.

Thinking of this, the water demon, whose body was enveloped in the turbid river water, moved slightly. The entire demon was like a turbulent torrent, quickly heading towards the waters where it had hidden the [Plague Box].

Since the Plague Box is no longer of any use, it's time to take back this ancestral heirloom to avoid being discovered by the police.

As for those guys on the Becco River...

The water demon was not worried.

If they had the ability to find themselves, they would have found themselves long ago.

This time, he just needs to be a little more careful.

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Under a gloomy sky.

The wind howled.

The crowds on the streets of Simon Hart seemed a bit sluggish because of the flu.

Countless vehicles drove onto the streets, speeding along the once-main roads, trying to escape the city shrouded in gloom.

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(Typo, please send first and I will correct later.)