Chapter 596: Binding the Birth System to Become a Life Winner Chapter 597 Infinite Flow Cannon Fodder (44)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

Shen Yao's claim had been proven before, so after this pollen incident, viral flu followed closely.

Viral flu triggers rhinitis, worsening pollen allergy symptoms.

Many people in the villa fell ill, relying on medicines sold in the System Mall to turn danger into safety; at critical moments, Instance NPCs could only count on the Hospital.

"But the Hospital has no way to deal with such symptoms," forcibly prolonging life, costing money and time, abandoning treatment is tantamount to abandoning the lives of the people.

Some medical personnel couldn't help but vent their grievances online, revealing many insider secrets not meant for public knowledge.

Although these messages were almost harmonized the moment they were posted, a few always slipped through the cracks, noticed by a large number of netizens.

Amidst the online clamor, Feng City society came to a standstill, economic stagnation grew increasingly severe, and Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen had already chosen to settle down in the villa, rarely going out anymore.

Sometimes silence is the choice of the majority; voices online became unpleasant, and people constantly launched verbal attacks against the authorities.

Because the Hospital's effect was not ideal, patients received no effective treatment after admission, doctor-patient conflict reached its peak, those with firm minds were easily influenced by the atmosphere, let alone people with unstable dispositions.

"Look, something happened online!"

He Jie pointed at a video spreading wildly online, where patients' families were attacking the Hospital, accusing it of untimely treatment leading to patient deaths.

Shen Yao glanced coldly, "Such things will only increase." Not all treatments work, and the Hospital is not an all-powerful wishing well.

"The virus doesn't care about identity or background; it will equally take everyone's life," Xu Ningchen pointed at the videos popping up below, the screen filled with corpses lying haphazardly, packed in white corpse bags.

He Jie spoke somewhat helplessly, completely unsure what to do.

Staying in the villa could avoid those rampant diseases outside, but the villa's area was too small, its location slightly off from Feng City Center; it wouldn't do to just wait until the virus wiped out everyone in the Instance before going out to look for Territory Tokens—when would that be?

"Wait for this storm to pass first."

Time is a good medicine that heals anything; Feng City has a population of tens of millions with complete facilities; no matter how strong the storm, it cannot blow down this Pangran Giant.

The viral flu's wind blew over for a while and then dispersed cleanly.

Of course, not a few died because of it, but more were still the surviving populace.

Shen Yao rarely came out of the villa, looking at the streets no longer as prosperous as before, she pondered her next arrangements in her heart.

Leave Feng City?

The Instance has no regulations, including time limits; the Territory Token they seek might not be here.

Hua Guo's area is too large; when Feng City was ravaged by the virus, Southern Cities suffered floods and insect plagues, Northern Cities suffered earthquakes and droughts.

It seemed the whole country, even the whole planet, had no good place for refuge.

Go to the Southwest Highlands?

High altitude, not easy to flood, no earthquake zones; if the whole planet fell into disaster, that place would be humanity's last survival ground.

Shen Yao chose to discuss with Xu Ningchen, considered the first choice after leaving Feng City; regardless, they had to stroll around Feng City once before giving up.

"Plague Instance, still taking the refugee route in the end?" Xu Hai scratched his head, saying he couldn't quite keep up with the pace.

"Plagues are contagious; do you think the three diseases that happened in Feng City during this period count as plagues?"

Xu Ningchen retorted, getting a companion with widened eyes, at a loss.

Xu Ningchen:...

Xu Ningchen sighed, waved his hand to let Xu Hai leave, and himself used modern technology to check Feng City's facilities, planning to drive around and wander in the coming days.

Shen Yao raised an eyebrow, "Feng City belongs to Coastal Cities, with a developed economy and a large permanent population."

Inferring from previous events, Feng City is unlikely to have a Territory Token.

Territory Tokens are special; the scenes where they appear are often related to shelter, perfectly matching some functions displayed to the outside.

Feng City does not have the characteristics of building a Shelter; even if time-consuming and laborious, what is finally obtained is only temporary placement, which is closely related to geographical reasons.

"Flights from Feng City to the inland southwest direction have been suspended for a while, but the High-speed Rail is still running."

Shen Yao pulled up the most recent schedule; even though the destination was still far from their Southwest Highlands.

"Book the tickets; dragging it on any longer will make it hard to travel."

By the Instance's virtue, the Territory Token not being in Feng City equals an expanded range, so the plague naturally couldn't only happen in Feng City.

The Southwest Highlands are vast and sparsely populated with high altitude; if they really lived there, they could avoid the most dangerous and fatal period when the plague spread.

He Jie blinked his eyes, still wanting to persuade the two to wait a bit longer in Feng City; what if the Territory Token was right here? Once they left, it wouldn't be easy to come back.

"Ask the others in the villa; those willing to go can go together, those unwilling can wait and see."

Shen Yao respected everyone's decision; some things, whether to do them or not, ultimately depend on oneself.

Otherwise, if problems arise later, it could easily lead to disunity within the Team.

He Jie nodded, contacting others via phone to ask; they were from the same Guild, after all, but their mutual relationship was just so-so.

Objectively state the pros and cons of leaving or staying, and finally hand the choice over to the individual.

"But when entering the Instance, the Guild Leader said"

He Jie interrupted, "What the Guild Leader said was just a suggestion; if the Territory Token is still in Feng City, us leaving means missing it."

Who among those who entered doesn't have some ulterior motive? Saying they don't want to exclusively enjoy the Territory Token is fake.

"You two think it over well; from now on, whether you leave or stay, don't complain."

He Jie turned around and left, raising his hand to fill in his name on the departure Registration Form without hesitation.

He trusted the two Big Shots' deductions immensely; even if the Big Shots were wrong, he himself wouldn't lose anything extra.

After all, He Jie knew himself well; he couldn't even touch the edge of the Territory Token, even if he waited to die in Feng City, it would ultimately be cheap for no one but himself.

In less than two days, the list of personnel wanting to leave came in one after another.

Not too surprising to Shen Yao, those leaving and those staying were about evenly split.

Shen Yao bought tickets for those leaving and instructed them on this journey's route.

Direct trains had been canceled for a long time; the fastest option they could currently choose was to transfer, everything would be decided once they arrived locally.

"The schedule has been posted in the group; feel free to discuss any issues anytime."

Shen Yao tapped away on her phone, finished everything, and finally let out a long sigh of relief.

"Who knows if leaving is good or bad, system, where's your source of information?"

System:...

The system was speechless, saying it had no source of information, it was just a Childbirth System.

"Don't say you have no connections at all," having been in the Infinite World for several years, the system was innocent but not truly stupid, it would definitely benefit itself behind her back.

"Host, the system has no permission to reveal some instance contents."

Muttering to herself that her host was truly shrewd, the system said the host could do whatever she wanted, and believing in herself would allow her to better complete instance missions.

"As expected, the Territory Token isn't in Feng City; we still have to go to the Southwest Highlands."

System:?...!!!

After successfully getting information from the system, Shen Yao turned around and used the developed internet function to buy a residence in a small city beyond the four-line tier around the Southwest Highlands.

Not much money, but the price had risen about double compared to before.

It seemed many people had already set their hopes on the Southwest Highlands; with rising water the boat rises, more people meant housing prices would naturally keep climbing.

Those leaving might not be of one heart with Shen Yao and the others, but their judgment of the situation was definitely the same.

After preparing everything that needed preparation, everyone left by train early that morning.

The train journey took thirty-eight hours in total, with two transfers along the way.

Fortunately, the trip was safe and sound, and they arrived very smoothly at Xia City.

The benefits of high altitude began to show; compared to Feng City, the temperature here could be described as cool and refreshing.

Wearing long sleeves and long pants, fully equipped, everyone left Xia City Train Station with big and small bags, choosing to rent a carriage to go to an even more distant subordinate city.

For the journey ahead, everyone tacitly split up; Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen went to the four-line city where they had bought the house, while others followed the principle of proximity, each with their own plans.

He Jie and Xu Hai both chose to follow Shen Yao and the other two; they felt they weren't very capable, and this time entering the instance they just hoped to cling to a thick thigh to pass smoothly, as for things like Territory Tokens, they had absolutely no improper thoughts.

Shen Yao:...

Suddenly gaining two little brothers by her side, Shen Yao was still somewhat unaccustomed.

Other instances also had people who clung to thick thighs, but things were different now; there was no time limit here, and even they themselves didn't know how long they would stay.

If they couldn't find the Territory Token, they might not be able to return to the Infinite World.

Lowering her head and drooping her eyes in thought, Shen Yao wasn't quite sure what type of epidemic the instance referred to.

Viruses, bacteria, parasites... it seemed anything highly contagious with a high fatality rate could count.

Upon arriving in a new place, one needed to seriously understand the local customs and sentiments.

Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen drove to the vegetable market and Central Park with heavier foot traffic, taking advantage of the nervousness of newcomers to chat constantly; soon, they noticed the building materials used in this small town were different from before.

"So many building materials, Brother Li must have made quite a bit recently."

"Tsk, just scraping by for a meal, how could I compare to those people."

Li Ge took the cigarette Xu Ningchen handed him, raised his hand and pointed to a street not far away.

All were peers doing the same work; Li Ge's shop was unremarkable during that period, the only thing worth saying was that he was honest, giving exactly what was due, and even building materials were not faked or shoddy.

Xu Ningchen planned to repair the newly bought house and was introduced to Li Ge by the neighbors around.

After coming and going a few times, they could also chat about idle topics.

It just so happened that, because they discovered the usage of building materials far exceeded the normal consumption of the entire small town, Xu Ningchen soon found traces of artificial construction in the mountains not far from the small town.

Perhaps the official preparations here were far more than they knew, but at this moment, such actions better represented that most cities like the coastal ones were not safe.

They left early this time, correctly; the Territory Token had an extremely high probability of being in the Southwest Highlands, as for how to trigger and obtain the Territory Token, it depended entirely on their own abilities.

After chatting and laughing with Li Ge for a while, seeing that nothing could be pried out, Xu Ningchen picked up the building materials he bought from Li Ge and returned to the residence.

Shen Yao was at home organizing the freshly bought fruits and vegetables, each one fresh and spirited; it was said the water quality outside the small town was better, and even the grain grown there had more rice fragrance than elsewhere.

After coming to the small town, Shen Yao tried to buy vegetables and cook to integrate herself, with very good results; the neighbors upstairs and downstairs in the whole building were quite familiar with her. If it weren't for the fact that the people of the Southwest Highlands had darker skin due to high altitude and their local dialect was not easy to learn, Shen Yao could have been even more perfect.

"Back, wash hands and eat."

Shen Yao poked her head out and shouted, then carried the prepared dishes out and placed them on the table.

A very typical one meat, one vegetable, one soup; because Xu Hai and He Jie liked to go out to restaurants, occasionally coming over in the evening to exchange information, these dishes were just right for the two of them.

After eating their fill and cleaning the bowls and plates, Xu Ningchen took out the building materials he bought, mixed them, and started tinkering from the outside.

The Southwest Highlands had a large temperature difference between day and night, and also longer days and shorter nights; after the two finished dinner, the sun had not yet set.

"Sister Shen, Brother Xu"

He Jie waved his arms, happily carrying the roasted lamb leg in his hand.

Coming here was like a mouse entering a rice bin, needless to say how happy; saying he forgot Shu in his joy was not an exaggeration.

Xu Hai had initially regretted a bit, feeling his decision was too hasty and didn't want to come; he found this place countless times more interesting than Feng City, and regretted not coming earlier even more.

Compared to the high population density of Feng City, this small town was vast and sparsely populated; even various diseases coming with great force could not make them afraid.

"It's just that the medical conditions are too poor; once you get sick, it's basically declared hopeless," even with good medical conditions it's of little use; Feng City's medical care was famous nationwide, but in the end it still blew up online with public outrage.

The facts proved that once encountering a difficult illness, good or bad medical care had no specific effect; it was just a matter of fate and luck.

He Jie and Xu Hai came first to deliver roasted lamb legs, and second to exchange news with the two; after all, they had been in this small town for some time, and knew everything about daily food and clothing clearly.

If it weren't for their clear knowledge that they were still inside the instance, they would almost suspect they were on a public-funded vacation; which instance was this comfortable.

"Watching the news, it's raining again in the coastal cities."

Xu Ningchen shook the mud off his hands and washed them with the water army at one side.

"Recently, several cities in Nan Fang have seen outbreaks of parasitic disease, said to be a water source problem."

In the early stage, the patient's body easily grows fatigued, then soon the abdomen swells like pregnancy; by the time they arrive at the hospital, the organs of the entire abdominal cavity are being devoured by worms, and finally disappear without a trace.

Of course, once it develops to this point, the patient certainly cannot survive, and the doctor-patient conflict is once again thrust out.