Chapter 80

"I told you this just to give you a psychological preparation for your sister's condition," Murphy said, as if he hadn't hesitated from the beginning.

"Then, are you going to save her?" Alex asked, not quite believing it. He didn't have much trust in his black-hearted boss.

"Save, of course save!"

The Seed of Soul is an important support for him to safely carry out his plan.

Rather than waiting for the next opportunity that might not come, Murphy felt it was better to go and grab it now.

Although there is no sign of backlash yet, being prepared is better than being caught off guard.

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

"You? You just rest," Murphy didn't count on Alex, who had only three-legged cat skills, to help him with anything, "Don't worry, I will find a way."

Currently, from Selica's letter, there are two main dangers that may exist in the village.

One is the plague, which is the most direct fatal threat.

But if he can detect what kind of pathogen it is in advance, he can make precautions in advance, including getting a vaccine or something, to reduce the risk to the lowest.

Second, Murphy cares about Selica's statement that there are no living people in the village.

If Selica meant that everyone in the village died, Murphy would understand it better, but using this way of expression seems to be saying that the people in the village are dead people?

Living dead?

Zombies? Or Inferi? Or ghosts?

Ghosts are nothing to be afraid of. Most ghosts cannot have an impact on the real world, but zombies and Inferi might be able to find some special spells and magic to deal with.

The third is the curse she mentioned. After entering the village, one will be cursed with the Seed of Soul and thus unable to leave.

Currently, this uncertainty is the greatest, and the risk is the greatest. Murphy doesn't understand the working principle and working method of this 'curse', nor does he know how strong its binding force is, so he can't guess whether he can avoid or break this curse.

But since information can be passed from inside to outside, then things are not completely without a way.

Arranging foreign aid outside the village and commanding at any time, the possibility of breaking the situation is not small.

Looking at it now, what seems to be sealing the village is a magic forest. In the case of being trapped, he can just violently dismantle the house and dig up the whole forest. He doesn't quite believe that this sealing magic is enough to isolate space or something.

And the reason why Alex is not allowed to follow also has this consideration. Alex is definitely more anxious to rescue Selica than himself, so leaving him outside to pass information or execute rescue plans is more reassuring.

And besides the three dangers mentioned in the letter, Murphy also needs to consider the possibility of encountering a black wizard from a hundred years ago.

For this, Murphy intends to get some powerful Muggle equipment from the Hazard Mitigation Team.

It's a pity that his Wizard Security Shop hasn't opened yet, and he can't find suitable people to help, otherwise he would want to pull a few wizards to go in together.

"Plague?"

Harada Toshisuke didn't let Murphy wait too long before giving him a test report.

"From the descriptions in those letters, combined with history, the possibility of plague is very high. I thought of this possibility at the beginning. After sample testing, a small amount of Yersinia pestis was also found, confirming this guess."

"There are germs on these letters, will I be infected?"

The name of the Black Death is really thunderous, Murphy is still a bit worried.

"The germ content on the letter is very small, and Yersinia pestis is mostly transmitted by rat fleas. If you eat the meat of plague animals, you may also be infected, or transmitted through the respiratory tract in the form of aerosols. However, if it is just skin contact with a small amount of germs, the infection might not be great. But I still suggest that you burn or disinfect the clothes that have been in contact with the letters."

Murphy nodded, washed his hands after handing the letter to Harada Toshisuke, and also processed the clothes.

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

"According to what you said, that village should have been sealed a hundred years ago. It is incredible that the plague is still continuing."

"However, the survival ability of Yersinia pestis is very strong, and from the detected bacilli, they should have undergone some mutations, capable of entering a semi-dormant state in a state of nutrient deficiency, with a greatly reduced metabolic rate, as if they were frozen, which might be one of the reasons why the plague has continued to this day."

"And once it gets enough nutrients, it will be reactivated and produce toxicity, so its infection ability may not be much worse than ordinary Yersinia pestis."

"But, you don't have to worry too much. For modern medicine, plague is no longer a very terrifying disease. Although it breaks out very quickly and belongs to highly pathogenic bacteria, it has weak resistance to disinfectants and bactericides, and is not heat-resistant. In vitro killing is not difficult. At the same time, it is also quite sensitive to antibiotics such as streptomycin and kanamycin. If treated in time in the early stage, there is generally no big problem."

"If you want to go there, I also suggest that you get a plague vaccine first, but it generally takes half a month to a month to obtain good immunity. In addition, it is to take good protection, avoid contact with sources of infection, and bring your own clean water and food, etc., which are conventional epidemic prevention means."

Murphy originally intended to get a vaccine, but, "Half a month... too long, is there any way to get immunity faster?"

Harada Toshisuke thought for a while and suddenly said: "The paper 'Research on the Use of Dittany Promoting Factor for Specific Immunity' by the Umbrella Corporation should be able to accelerate the cloning of T cells through Dittany 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 prevent but also be used directly for treatment."

After being reminded by him, Murphy also thought of this research that Patrick had mentioned.

Murphy immediately called Patrick, and after arranging it, he took a few samples of mutated Yersinia pestis and came to the Dittany R&D Center of the Umbrella Biotech R&D Base.

Considering that he was about to let Boris take over his identity in the Muggle world, he didn't let Patrick reveal who he was, and at this moment he also did a little disguise, dressed as an ordinary Muggle researcher.

After finding the supervisor arranged by Patrick, Murphy handed over those mutated bacterial samples, "I want to obtain specific immunity to these mutated bacteria. If I use Dittany Promoting Factor, how fast can I achieve my goal?"

(End of chapter)