Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 80 Specific Immunity

"I'm telling you this so you can be mentally prepared for your sister's situation," Murphy said, as if he hadn't hesitated at all from the beginning.

"So, are you going to save her?" Alex asked, somewhat skeptical. He didn't really trust his unscrupulous boss.

"Save them, of course we'll save them!"

The Seed of the Soul is an important support for him to carry out his plan with peace of mind.

Rather than waiting for the next opportunity that might come at any time, Murphy felt it was better to seize it now.

Although there are no signs of a backlash yet, it's always better to be prepared than to try at the last minute.

"Then I'll go too," Alex said.

"You? You can rest now." With Alex's mediocre skills, Murphy really didn't expect him to be of any help. "Don't worry, I'll figure something out."

Based on Serica's letter, there are currently two main dangers lurking in the village.

One of them is the plague, which is the most direct and deadly threat.

However, if the source of the pathogen can be detected in advance, he can take preventative measures, such as getting vaccinated, to minimize the risk.

Secondly, Murphy was somewhat concerned about Selica's claim that there were no living people in the village.

If Selica meant that everyone in the village was dead, Murphy would understand it better, but this way of expressing it is as if she is saying that everyone in the village is dead.

Living dead?

Zombies? Or undead? Or ghosts?

Ghosts aren't really that scary; most ghosts don't affect the real world. But zombies and undead might be easier to deal with using specific spells and magic.

The third is the curse she mentioned: once you enter the village, you will be cursed with a seed of the mind, making it impossible for you to leave.

Currently, this is the most unknown and therefore the riskiest. Murphy does not yet understand the working principle or mechanism of this "curse," nor does he know how strong its binding force is. Therefore, he has no way of guessing whether he can avoid or break this curse.

But since information can be transmitted from the inside out, it's not entirely hopeless.

With external support arranged outside the village and constant communication and command, the possibility of breaking the deadlock is not small.

It seems that what's sealing off that village is a magical forest. If they're really trapped, they can just violently demolish their homes and dig up the whole forest. He doesn't really believe that this sealing magic is enough to isolate space or anything like that.

The reason Alex wasn't allowed to come along was also because Alex was definitely more eager to rescue Selica than he was, so it was safer to leave him outside to relay information or carry out the rescue plan.

In addition to the three dangers mentioned in the letter, Murphy also needs to consider the possibility of encountering a dark wizard from a hundred years ago.

In response, Murphy plans to acquire some powerful Muggle equipment from the Insurers Group.

Unfortunately, his wizard security shop hasn't opened yet, and he can't find suitable people to help him. Otherwise, he would have liked to bring a few wizards in with him.

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"plague?"

Harada Toshiyu didn't keep Murphy waiting long before giving him a test report.

"Based on the descriptions in those letters and historical context, the possibility of plague is very high. This was the first possibility I considered. After sample testing, a small amount of plague bacillus was found, confirming this guess."

"These letters may contain germs; could I get infected?"

The name of the Black Death was truly terrifying, and Murphy was still a little worried.

"The amount of germs on the letter is very small, and plague bacillus is mostly transmitted by fleas. If you eat the meat of a plague-infected animal, you may also become infected, or it may be transmitted through the respiratory tract via aerosols. However, if it is just a small amount of germs that come into contact with your skin, the chances of infection are not high. But I still suggest that you burn or disinfect any clothes or other items that have come into contact with the letter."

Murphy nodded, handed the letter to Harada Toshiyuki, then washed his hands and took care of his clothes and other belongings.

"If I want to enter this village, what suggestions do you have?"

"According to you, that village should have been sealed off a hundred years ago, so it's really hard to believe that the plague is still going on now."

"However, the plague bacillus is inherently very resilient, and judging from the bacteria detected, they must have undergone some mutations, enabling them to enter a semi-dormant state under nutrient-deficient conditions, with their metabolic rate greatly reduced, to the point that they are as if they have been frozen. This may be one of the reasons why the plague has continued to this day."

"But once it gets enough nutrients, it will be reactivated and produce toxicity, so its infectivity is not necessarily much worse than that of the common plague bacillus."

"But you don't need to worry too much. Plague is no longer a very terrible disease in modern medicine. Although it has a rapid onset and is a highly pathogenic bacterium, it is not very resistant to disinfectants and bactericides, nor is it heat-resistant, so killing it from outside the body is not difficult. At the same time, it is also relatively sensitive to antibiotics such as streptomycin and kanamycin. If it is treated promptly in the early stages, there is generally no major problem."

"If you're going there, I also recommend that you get vaccinated against plague beforehand, although it usually takes about two weeks to a month to develop good immunity. In addition, take precautions, avoid contact with sources of infection, and bring your own clean water and food, among other standard preventative measures."

Murphy had already planned to get vaccinated, but, "Half a month...that's too long. Is there any way to speed up the process of gaining immunity?"

Harada Toshiyu thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "The paper from the Umbrella Corporation, 'Research on the Use of Dictamnus Promoting Factor for Specific Immunity,' should be able to accelerate the activation of T cell clones through dictamnus promoting factor, culture specific immune T cells in vitro, and then inject them back into the body, thereby achieving an effect similar to vaccination. Moreover, this method can not only be used for prevention, but also for direct treatment."

Upon hearing his suggestion, Murphy also thought of the study that Patrick had mentioned.

Murphy immediately called Patrick and asked him to make arrangements. Then, he took several samples of the mutated plague bacillus and went to the Yunnan Baiyao Research Center at the Umbrella Biotechnology Research and Development Base.

Considering that Boris would soon take over his identity in the Muggle world, he did not let Patrick reveal who he was, and at this moment he also disguised himself as an ordinary Muggle researcher.

After finding the supervisor assigned by Patrick, Murphy handed over the mutated bacilli samples. "I want to gain specific immunity to these mutated bacilli. If I use dictamnus extract, how quickly can I achieve this?"

(End of this chapter)