The story of the black silk female knight

River water flows, and even the most potent poison will be diluted in the river water over time, becoming weaker and weaker.

In fact, after the peak of poisoning on the first afternoon, the river water was basically harmless. Many people who drank the river water in the evening were fine except for slight stomach pain.

Moreover, she probably didn't have much of that terrible poison, Thousand Leaf Grass, since she hadn't replenished it after the first two bottles she released.

Perhaps she no longer had the poison, or perhaps she was too confident... because just the two bottles released on the first day plunged the city into chaos on the verge of destruction.

So for the next two days, Chiba didn't try anymore. Instead, she found a place with a good view and either basked in the sun and took a nap or ate snacks and watched the excitement.

She focused her attention on the hopelessly poisoned victims and the various forms of depravity exposed in the face of danger, watching with great interest and ignoring many details.

Many of the settings in Fantasy City are modeled after real cities in the Kingdom of Fran, including its advanced medical technology.

It's still somewhat behind the modern medicine of Valensa's previous life, but there are still excellent doctors like Suzuran in the illusionary city.

Working tirelessly through the night, they successfully extracted antibodies against the poison from a few survivors who had withstood the effects of the poison, and developed an antidote that, although it had significant side effects, could be mass-produced quickly and was fast-acting.

So starting from the afternoon of the second day, the poisoned people were cured one after another, and by the third day, the chaos caused by the thousand-leaf grass was completely quelled.

Chapter 160 Drink more hot water

"You're so careless, Cao Cao."

As the magical projection recording Chiba's behavior in the virtual city finished playing, Valensa smiled and looked at Chiba, who was pouting and lying on the table:

“Your poison is indeed potent, but there are also excellent doctors among humans, and not all nobles will abandon their people and flee when disaster strikes.”

The chaos caused by the poisoning of the water source by the thousand-leaf grass was completely quelled on the third day. In addition to the doctors who worked day and night to study the medicine, a few truly wise and responsible nobles also deserve credit.

Unlike other nobles who fled in panic when the chaos broke out, these nobles actively organized people to isolate, control, and examine those who were poisoned, and to investigate the root cause of the chaos.

They quickly discovered that the problem was with the river water, so they called on the public not to drink the river water for the time being, and donated a large amount of water-based magic crystals from their own wealth as a substitute.

When Qianyecao discovered on the third day that her plot had been foiled, it was no use trying to poison the water source anymore. In a fit of rage, she could only use her invisibility spell to assassinate a few more people until the test ended.

Fortunately, the poison of the Thousand Leaf Grass was indeed very potent. Although the peak of the outbreak only lasted for half a day, the number of deaths caused still exceeded those caused by Ryan's three days of continuous attacks and Heleman's all-night fire, which is why she was so confident before.

"What a pity, chopped up."

Chiba's pouty expression, filled with resentment, was quite adorable, and Valensa, seeing this, once again chuckled, adding insult to injury.

"If you had put in a little more effort and assassinated those capable doctors and nobles sooner, surpassing me in grades wouldn't have been a problem... In fact, your grades are about the same as mine now, which is a real shame. You missed a great opportunity to beat me~~"

“Mmmmmmmmm…”

This fact was even more of a blow to Chiba. She wanted to slam her hand on the table to vent her frustration, but she didn't want to ruin her cute persona, so she could only pout even more and squirm around in her seat.

"Alright, top student, stop bullying Chiba Grass."

Hugh finally couldn't stand Valensa's malicious intentions anymore:

"If you're so inclined to do something malicious, why don't you analyze Qianyecao's case as well? If your area were to experience such a disaster, how would you handle it, and how would you prevent it?"

"This……"

You really think I know everything, don't you?

Valensa rolled her eyes at Hugh without any politeness, then fell into deep thought... She really didn't have a good way to deal with the strange poisons of the Thousand Leaf Grass.

But how could a top student like him not be able to answer the teacher's questions in class?

"Actually, the poison that Cao Cao has created is almost as effective as a man-made plague... This kind of disaster is more suitable for the Church of the Sun to handle."

Valensa laughed:

"Although many special toxins can resist the purification of low- to mid-level divine spells, they are still no match for the holy light of high-level divine spells, not to mention the divine artifacts that can trigger miracles."

Simply put, under the protection of the great sun goddess, it is virtually impossible to cause a major disaster simply by poisoning.

“You’re right. The grace of Her Majesty the Sun Goddess can make us fearless of many disasters. Famines, plagues, and cold waves that used to bring mass deaths have almost disappeared from our human history.”

Hugh nodded first, then his expression turned serious:

"But there are always shadowy places where the sun doesn't shine. In fact, just over a decade ago, a remote village in the western part of the kingdom was wiped out by a plague."

At that time, I had just graduated from college and took over the post-incident investigation... It was confirmed that the plague was man-made.

More than a decade ago... in the western part of the kingdom... a plague wiped out a village...

Valensa's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly thought of something else... The fake identity that Lily of the Valley's partygirl wife used when she married her must have come from this village; the timing made perfect sense.

I've heard about that matter too.

She took the lead and tentatively asked in return:

“I heard it from a friend at church… that plague also seems to be related to a reveler. Mr. Hugh, do you know anything else?”

"You even know this? It seems you have quite a few connections in the Church of the Sun..."

Hugh glanced at Valensa with some surprise, then rested his chin on his hand:

“During the subsequent investigation, I did find traces of revelers' involvement in the incident… but it was different from what you imagined, quite strange.”

"What's strange?" Valensa asked hastily.

“Afterwards, we found many remnants of cult rituals in the village. At first, we thought it was the work of some cult hiding in the village, but after careful investigation, we found that it was not.”

Xiu sighed:

"Because those cult rituals all come from different cult sects, it's simply impossible for cultists who are extremely xenophobic... Cultists would never cooperate like that and perfectly combine the evil arts they have mastered."

There's only one person on the entire continent of Frenoia who can do something like this... You probably know who she is, right? The cult leader among the revelers, the Sin Angel, she was definitely active in that village.

What surprised us even more was that the Sinful Angel was not the one who caused the plague. The evil spells and cult rituals she laid out in the village actually helped to combat the plague… She must have tried her best to help the village fight the plague, but unfortunately, she failed.

"The Sinful Angel was not only not the culprit of the plague, but actually helped the village fight against it?"

Valensa was quite surprised... Perhaps Lily of the Valley, that bad wife, isn't actually that bad?

However, the Sinful Angel is, after all, a reveler, and unlike the Phantom Thief, the cult activities she supports, whether openly or covertly, have caused numerous casualties, so we must not underestimate her.

Let's wait until we have more clues... Whether it's for Dr. Suzuran's love or for information about the cult, Valensa will catch the Sinful Angel sooner or later.

But we can't rush things now.

She quickly adjusted her mindset and expressed her curiosity again:

"Did you find the culprit behind the plague, Professor Hugh?"

"No."

Hugh shook his head:

"What we can confirm after our investigation is that the plague was definitely man-made, and the real culprit is likely still hiding in some corner of the kingdom... That's why I pay special attention to Chiba's methods, in order to prevent similar disasters from happening again."

So, back to the original question... Regarding this kind of disaster, which resembles a man-made plague, and without timely support from the Church of the Sun, Chief Student, what other good solutions do you have?

"Well... I really don't have a good idea, but if it's a makeshift preventative measure... hmm."

Valensa paused for a moment, her smile turning strange:

"Drink more hot water."

Chapter 161 As expected of you, Chief Student

Drink more hot water?

What kind of solution is this?

Almost all the students looked puzzled, even Hugh looked confused:

"Could you elaborate? Top student?"

"of course can."

Valensa chuckled and nodded:

"This issue is actually similar to the arson issue. The various poisons we know can also be divided into two categories based on how they harm the body."

The first type of poison, regardless of its outward appearance—whether it's a potion, a remedy, or even the poison-attribute attacks of many monsters—is essentially an application of magic.

Most of the poisons concocted by alchemists in our Kingdom of Fran are of this kind... They fuse various materials carrying harmful magic through alchemy to create deadly substances.

This poison doesn't actually pose a great threat to us... Unless we die quickly and there's no time to save us, using divine magic to purify it will have some effect.

Even the lowest level of divine magic can alleviate pain and prolong the time before death, buying the poisoned person a chance to receive treatment with higher-level divine magic.

"Yes, that's right."

Xiu nodded, and the other students also seemed to be deep in thought.

None of them were stupid; by drawing inferences from one instance to another, many students quickly guessed what the other poison Valensa had mentioned looked like.

"That is to say..."

Melody looked at Valensa:

"The kind of poison that Cao Cao used is the second type of poison. Its effect does not rely on the special magic within the material to cause damage to the human body, but rather on the material itself, right?"

"Is such that."

Valensa smiled and nodded, then looked at the thousand-leaf clover:

"If I'm not mistaken, all the poisons you concocted, Cao Cao, were made from materials collected from various plants or animals, and you didn't use any alchemical methods to infuse them with magic, right?"

"Ah."

Thousand-leaf clover didn't deny it, and even tilted her head cutely:

"Big sister's knowledge is so vast! She truly lives up to her reputation as Cao Cao's big sister!"

"No, no... My knowledge is far from extensive. These are all experiences from predecessors. I just happen to know a doctor friend."

Valensa declined to comment further, then continued:

"The essence of holy light purification is actually to expel foreign and harmful energies from life factors. Many natural toxins and venoms from animals and plants are themselves life factors and are not afraid of holy light. Some even absorb holy light to grow and become more toxic."

Only high-level divine arts that can accurately distinguish whether life factors belong to humans can remove these harmful life factors from the human body; low- and mid-level divine arts cannot do this.

Regardless of the type of life element, it will be damaged or even lose its activity in a high-temperature environment.

That's why I said drinking more hot water can effectively prevent epidemics and other disasters... Boiled water may not kill all toxic life forms, but it can kill most of them, so it definitely has an effect.

"I see……"

Like many of her classmates, Melody nodded in realization.

But she quickly changed her mind and asked a new question:

"If the only concern is preventing water sources from being poisoned, wouldn't it be safer to drink pure water generated from water-attribute magic crystals? Low-grade water-attribute magic crystals aren't expensive; ordinary people can use them for bathing, so drinking them shouldn't be a problem either, right?"

"Yes, pure water is indeed safer, but..."

Valensa shrugged:

"Why don't you drink the pure water made from water-based magic crystals, Melody?"

"This...is it because it tastes bad?"

Melody seemed genuinely unprepared for this question, and hesitated before answering:

"Compared to pure water that has no taste, most spring water and clear streams taste more delicious and can make tea or rice more fragrant."

"That's just your answer as a rich heiress; there's actually another reason..."

Valensa smiled and wagged her finger:

"The idea of ​​drinking pure water for hygiene and health was proposed a long time ago and received a lot of support... but it ultimately came to nothing."

"why?"

Melody was puzzled, and many classmates also cast curious glances at her.

"It's very simple, because the human body needs a variety of nutrients, and natural spring water, river water, and well water are rich in a variety of nutrients."

Valensa shrugged:

“It’s not a big problem for a rich girl like you, Melody, but for ordinary people who rarely eat nutritious foods, drinking pure water for a long time will lead to malnutrition.”

Those who tried drinking only pure water later developed symptoms such as weakness in their limbs and lethargy.

"I see, so your answer was to drink more hot water...?"

Melody finally understood, and the other classmates who didn't understand before also suddenly realized.