The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Damn it! I can't use it anymore until I find a solution." After resting against the wall for a while, Leo's face improved a little, but he felt that his mind was still a little confused, so he couldn't help it cursed.

Now his situation is very strange. Now his brain thinking is not the kind of chaotic thinking formed by instilling a lot of knowledge. His thinking is more like a corroded machine, which is much slower than before. Questions that he could understand with at least a little thought in the past now required more time to contemplate, as if his brain had degenerated.

Although he knows that this situation is not permanent and should disappear after a while. After all, it is the first time he has used the power of the Corpse Collector's mark, but he still has lingering fears about this situation, and he has made a decision in his heart to remove the mark. Before, the decision not to use this power was made.

"However, it's not a loss at all. This at least saved me a few years of accumulation time." While adapting to the slow reaction of the brain, Leo also checked his body and saw that the total amount of psionic energy in his body had increased several times. times, and this improvement is not over yet, and will continue to increase for a period of time in the future, until the momentum of this breakthrough weakens, the annoyed expression on his face is also relieved, and a smile appears.

However, now is not a good time for him to familiarize himself with the changes in psionic energy in his body. He still has more important things to do, such as preparing a medicine that can stop this plague, or a parasitic disaster.

In fact, after Leo checked the physical conditions of those patients through the mental network at the beginning, he knew that this disaster that looked like a plague had nothing to do with the disease. It was actually a reproductive reaction of the body after a spore plant parasitized , Even the origin of this parasitic spore, he also had some guesses, but this guess was not confirmed until he met those treasure hunters who had mutated into trees.

Kaja Kaga is the real name of this plant. This name comes from a terrifying monster with a very similar saying in the legends of various tribes in the Mosang continent. This monster is said to be able to silently assimilate other people into monsters and kill these monsters The only way is to kill the mother monster.

The explorers of the early Mozambique continent sneered at the legends of various tribes, thinking that they were all nonsense to scare children just like the bedside stories of other kingdoms, until they really had a relationship with Adao Liaka Jiacajia plant, only to realize that the legend is not false.

All people infected by Kaja Kaga will die for a period of time and then become treants, and in the process of this metamorphosis, they will continuously emit a kind of spore, which is very light and will blow with the wind. Flying in the air, until it touches a person and sticks to the skin, it will automatically penetrate into the person's body.

Although the infection effect of this kind of spore cannot be compared with the seed that Kaja Kaga directly infects people, it can still make people gradually mutate into treants, but there are also differences, those who are extremely strong and even have extraordinary power People will only get a serious illness, and then the body's immune system will kill the spores that invade the body, but those with ordinary physical fitness and special systems will not be spared.

At that time, because the explorers in Mozambique did not know the treatment method of this parasitic plant, almost all the infected people died, and the explorers at that time were extremely afraid of Kaja Kaga.

Until later, someone discovered that a heart-like fruit grew from the root of every treant that mutated due to infection. By extracting a certain component in this heart fruit, and then using this component with some spiritual substances, you can Create a cure for this parasitic spore.

After finding a way to deal with Kaja Kaga, the explorers began to clean up this dangerous plant. In fact, the main force to clean up this plant at that time was not the colonists and explorers, but the local tribes, because they all I have been deeply hurt by this plant, and I have hated it to the bone. Now that there is an antidote, I will naturally not let this plant go, so when the people from the medical school rushed to save some seeds of this plant, this The species has been completely exterminated by the local tribes.

Regarding Kaja Kaga, Leo saw it from a handwriting in the Death Valley Wizard Tower. The person who discovered the Kaja Kaga antidote was a wizard, but not a tower wizard, just an ordinary free wizard. I don't know if it's because Kaja Kaga is extinct, and the method of making the Kaja Kaga spore antidote has not been recorded.

Now even if Leo has the main materials for making the antidote, he is not sure whether he can make the finished medicine in the end, and he needs to try repeatedly to know.

So after recovering a bit, he immediately returned to his cabin and began to prepare the antidote.

In the middle, the old captain came to him once, mainly asking him if he could solve the problem, because just now a group of sick people were sent to the island of shackles, and now the blocked pier is full of sick people. The captain had to let the sailors on the boat connect the small fishing boats that hadn't had time to drive away, and spread the decks to create an extra platform.

The old captain knew very well that if this momentum continues, more people will be sent over, and he has no way to solve this problem at all, so he can only find Leo and ask for help.

Leo was not ambiguous about this matter either, and directly told him that he was preparing a healing potion, and asked him to find some auxiliary medicines that needed to be used.

Maybe he heard something about Leo's ability from the old Belem, so the old captain didn't question it, and immediately went to find the military officers and government officials who were in charge of the blockade mission on the island.

Due to the practice of isolating patients, it is still unable to prevent the spread of the plague they think. Some people are still found to be sick one after another, so they are a little panicked. Now hearing that someone has the ability to make healing potions, it is like catching the last life-saving Like a straw, without thinking too much, he immediately collected a large amount of medicinal materials that Leo needed according to the receipt that the old captain took out.

On the other hand, Leo's process of making the healing potion was not smooth, because the brain thinking was affected, some problems that were easy to see in the past, now need to go through several failed experiments to discover, and some others The refining method that should have been easily discovered required more time to think. All in all, the disadvantages of using the Corpse Collector's mark had already begun to affect him.

Fortunately, Leo's willpower was very firm, and he was not affected by these problems. He still carried out everything in an orderly manner, but it took a little more time and materials.

After trying nearly thirty times, relying on his rich experience in refining wizard medicine, Leo finally made the medicine for treating spore parasites, and asked the old captain to distribute it, and at the same time let the old captain tell the person in charge of these things Officers and officials lit numerous bonfires throughout the town, which purged the air of spores.

With the healing potion and preventive measures, the sudden outbreak of the plague will naturally be extinguished quickly. Although Leo has made the healing potion in time, there are still some people with weaker systems who cannot hold on. About thirty people died in this sudden parasitic plague, most of them were old people and children on the island, and two passengers on the ship also died.

Although the ultimate parasitic plague cannot be extinguished without the people on the Snow Queen, such as Leo, who made the potion, and the sailors responsible for assisting the garrison in setting up bonfires in the city, etc., this plague was brought by the Snow Queen after all. After the incident subsided, the mayor who had been hiding in the official residence showed up and asked the Snow Queen to leave the Port of Shackles immediately after completing the supplies.

In fact, according to the intention of the mayor, he is more willing to detain the boat, arrest everyone, and hand them over as scapegoats. After all, so many people have died in this plague, and it is a big deal where they are placed, even if the cause of the plague is external, but As the mayor of the town, he cannot escape this responsibility no matter what.

It's a pity that the Ice Queen is the private property of Queen Dalia. Forcibly detaining the Ice Queen or the people on board is tantamount to declaring war on another country. This responsibility is not something he can bear.

The old captain didn't say anything about the expulsion order at the Shackle Port. Being able to leave here and get supplies is already the best he expected. He even prepared himself to be detained, and then the Dailiat Consulate came to redeem him. people's plans.

Compared with the innocuous expulsion order of Shackle Port, the angry passengers on the ship are the biggest troubles he has to face now. If he doesn't handle it well, then this matter may even damage the Queen's reputation , which he never wanted to see.

Now the problems on the ship are mainly focused on whether the ship is safe or not. In their view, the plague is transmitted from the ship, so the most dangerous source of the plague is naturally also on the ship. If the plague breaks out again, they will be on board At sea, without the herbs provided by Shackle Town, how could they stop this plague and ensure that they would not become victims of this plague.

While the old captain was comforting the passengers on the ship, the old Belen found Leo, and after closing the door, he said endlessly, "Only our ship had an accident."

"What?" Leo looked at Old Beren a little puzzled.

"I contacted other people, and they found that none of the treasure hunters who had been planted with seeds had any accidents, only our ship had an accident." Old Beren said very seriously.

"Are the other treasure hunters whose seeds were planted still the same?" Leo asked in a deep voice.

Old Belen replied: "A few of them behave strangely and unexpectedly, but they are generally normal."

Hearing these words, Leo couldn't help feeling a little puzzled, and carefully recalled the inspection results in the entertainment room that day. He didn't find any abnormalities in those people, and those seeds were also mutating in the direction he speculated. It shouldn't mutate into what it is now.

However, Leo soon thought of what happened next. If there was anything that would cause the seeds to mutate impossible, then it would only be the case that the incarnation of the corpse collector tried to enter the world of Velen and was dispersed and assimilated by the world.

Although most of the power of the Corpse Collector Avatar has been assimilated by the world, and the rest has been absorbed by the Corpse Collector mark on Leo, there are still some Corpse Collector's powers that have diffused into the Snow Queen, and are more likely to be absorbed by Leo. Those seeds were absorbed.

After absorbing the power of the Corpse Collector's mark, those seeds will definitely undergo unpredictable mutations, and they may eventually become what they are now.

"What are you going to do?" Leo asked.

"I can't do anything." Old Beren shook his head, sighed, and said, "I've said everything I need to say. It's up to you to make a decision."

Leo could hear old Belen's tone of frustration, as if he was very disappointed with the organization he was in now, and Leo couldn't say much about it, so he could only keep silent.

Old Beren then sighed again, then took out a crumpled and unsigned letter from his pocket and handed it to Leo, saying: "If you are free during your journey, take this letter to Pandor It will do you good to take a trip to the White Baron estate in Hong Kong."

"This thing is..." Leo looked at the letter in his hand and questioned.

"Recommendation letter, every official member of the Hearing Society has a recommendation quota, and Rembrandt's recommendation quota has been used long ago, only mine is still reserved." Old Belen took out his pipe and dropped it in his mouth, while Lighting a cigarette, he said, "I originally planned to hold this quota up for sale. I should be able to sell it at a good price, but now it seems that it is more appropriate to give this quota to you."

"Thank you very much." Leo was not polite. After thanking him, he put the envelope in his pocket, and then he asked again: "Is the White Baron Manor the headquarters of the Society of Odd Studies?"

"No. It's just a gathering place of the Anecdote Society in the Minsk mainland." Old Belen shook his head, and then said with a slightly puzzled face: "I don't know where the headquarters of the Anecdote Society is. I just know that the current center of gravity of the Hearing Society is on the continent of Mosang, if you want to know where the headquarters is, you’d better ask Rembrandt, he should have been to the headquarters.”

After finishing speaking, he got up and walked out of the room, and in the room, Leo took out the recommendation letter again to read it.

For Leo, being able to join the Odd Story Society will definitely be of great help to him, because there must be a lot of information inside the Odd Story Society, and those materials can give him a deeper understanding of the world.

Although his understanding of this world has already far surpassed the vast majority of people in this world, he has seen the underlying structure of this world, and knows various mysteries about this world, but even so, he still rushed to his own He knows very little about this world, and all his previous speculations about this world have been overthrown and restructured because of supplementary information. Therefore, he has more and more questions about this world, so much that he feels that he has never understood it. Like this world.