Chapter 87: Clarification and Preparation

The Plague Doctor has been detained in Paris for about a year and a half, and the prison cell is filled with rewards exchanged for knowledge and advice.

Bookshelves and a large number of books, a high-end multi-functional operating table, a comfortable single bed and bedding, and an alien specimen hanging above the TV.

Although that alien specimen is somewhat grotesque, everything has been kept neat and tidy by the Plague Doctor.

At this moment, the Plague Doctor sits beside the bed, staring fixedly at the TV, watching the relevant information compiled by the Red Queen.

As usual, six guards point their MA5B rifles at the Plague Doctor, while Hank and Alpha remain on alert.

Sui Bian stands with arms crossed, brows furrowed, looking at the Plague Doctor; he needs this knowledgeable doctor to offer some advice.

This abnormal phenomenon incident is no trivial matter.

According to the information returned by Leon and two other intelligence officers, it can be learned that all thirty thousand residents living in Sheheba have perished, and even the Second Armored Battalion, numbering close to four hundred, has nearly been wiped out.

However…

With only eight people left in the Second Armored Battalion, saying it has been completely annihilated is not an exaggeration.

Moreover, speaking of the elite among the elite of the US Military, the six Beret Squads also have only eighteen people left.

As for the two patrol units that first entered Sheheba, they have long since left no remains.

This abnormal phenomenon is no longer a minor skirmish; the death toll is counted in tens of thousands.

And Sui Bian seeks the Plague Doctor's help because, according to Leon's report, he judges that this abnormal phenomenon is related to humanity's 'fear' emotion.

In Leon's report, it emphasizes that some people's attacks on the Black Monster are effective, while others are not.

Especially, the emotionless and morally neutral living dead can inflict a fatal blow on the Black Monster.

But such a fatal blow seems only able to destroy the Black Monster's body, not actually eliminate its essence.

Initially, the Plague Doctor once mentioned human emotions, thoughts, or sensibility.

Therefore, Sui Bian speculates that the Plague Doctor might know, or even understand how to resolve this abnormal phenomenon.

After a long while.

"Hmm... " the Plague Doctor, after reading the materials, fell into thought and let out a low hum.

"Doctor, is this the plague you mentioned before? " Sui Bian asked.

"No, absolutely not, but it's very similar… I keep feeling like I've seen this disease somewhere before… hmm…

The Plague Doctor shook his head, then raised his right hand and poked his forehead on the mask with his index finger, as iffer, as if trying hard to recall.

"Ah! " the Plague Doctor snapped his fingers, then suddenly stood up, walking toward the desk by the bed while muttering to himself:

"I remember now! Let me look… hum~hum~"

Saying this, the Plague Doctor suddenly seemed very happy and began humming a tune.

Although the Plague Doctor's behavior made the guards tighten their grip on their weapons, those who somewhat understand the nature of the plague have grown accustomed to it.

Just look, the Plague Doctor took out an old brown leather notebook from his small bag.

He spread the notebook on the desk, flipped pages continuously until near the end, examined it for a few seconds, then said to Sui Bian and the others:

"I see, it's a kind of demon that feeds on human fear; I wondered why it seemed so familiar—when I traveled the world earlier, I happened to encounter this situation."

"A demon that feeds on human fear? Doctor, could you explain in more detail? " Sui Bian asked again.

"No problem. " the Plague Doctor gladly agreed, picked up the notebook and sat back on the bed, continuing to elaborate:

"According to my notes, I initially seemed to like calling them Ibbsri (Ibbsri)."

"Although they are not plague, the people who summoned them into this world have already been corroded by the plague to the point of being hopelessly sick."

"Well, they are somewhat related to the plague."

"Actually, these guys originally could not threaten our world, but those hopeless people insisted on believing in them, which is why they can affect our world."

"Tsk, truly hopeless!"

At the end, the Plague Doctor angrily hammered the mattress to vent his inner frustration.

Plague…

Faith…

Sui Bian spaced out a bit.

But he quickly gathered his thoughts, focused his attention on the current "Ibbsri," and immediately asked the Plague Doctor:

"Doctor, hearing your explanation, it seems humanity has encountered this event before, and you said they were summoned; how then should we drive them away? Or how could we completely eliminate them?"

"Whether it's them or the plague, they cannot be directly eliminated; only I or other medical practitioners developing a vaccine can…"

"Since they cannot be eliminated, then how to drive them away." Sui Bian promptly interrupted the Plague Doctor's chatter and got straight to the point.

"Driving them away is still possible, wait… let me look…" The Plague Doctor flipped two pages and then said:

"Fortunately I wrote it down, otherwise I would have forgotten it with my memory… hmm… there is some kind of bridge at the center of the mist, a bridge crossing between our world and theirs."

Upon hearing this news, King Koni recruited thousands of death row inmates, claiming that whoever entered the mist, passed through the bridge, and resolved the Ibbsri would be pardoned, and could even receive money and beautiful women…

Such an action, in my view, would provoke the plague's corrosion, but for the Hina State at that time it was a helpless resort, and I could not provide a more effective solution.

Ah, I went off topic.

When these death row inmates entered the center of the mist, those outside the mist could not possibly judge the progress, and could only patiently wait for the result.

After such agonizing waiting for two days, the mist finally cleared, everything returned to normal, but those death row inmates who bravely entered the mist for the Hina State have since vanished, their whereabouts unknown.

Hmm… fortunately, the end of the notebook wrote down my speculation.

Back then I judged that the death row inmates passed through the bridge to the world where the Ibbsri reside, and after they resolved the source of the mist, the bridge also disappeared accordingly.

Alas, what a pity.

At the end, the Plague Doctor let out a weary sigh and shook his head, seeming to greatly regret those death row inmates who sacrificed themselves for humanity.

"Thank you, Doctor, for clearing up my doubts; if you need anything…"

"Experimental material." This time the Plague Doctor interrupted Sui Bian's words and directly stated the desired return: "Just a bit more experimental material will do, such as those alien specimens."

"No problem, I'll arrange it." Sui Bian nodded lightly.

Having gotten his doubts resolved, Sui Bian did not linger; he immediately led Omicron out of the prison cell, and the six security personnel also left one after another.

After the metal gate of the prison cell closed, the remaining plague doctor stood up, went to the desk, put the notebook back into his small bag, and alone lamented.

"This time, how many humans will sacrifice their precious lives? Ah..."

Meanwhile, Sui Bian and the others who had left the prison cell headed straight to the biological research area on the third floor.

Since it is a disaster that can only be ended with human lives, he prepares to use a large number of Tyrant T-103 types, all the living dead, and the reconstituted blood-iron still in the experimental stage.

At the same time, he also needs to screen enough D-class personnel to increase the success rate of this suicidal operation.

(End of chapter)