Exploring Technology in a Wizard World
Chapter 410 - 409 Medieval Biological Weapon

Chapter 410: Chapter 409 Medieval Biological Weapon

Underground base, the air was slowly flowing.

At the intersection of several corridors.

Ji Burlen continued to ponder how long it had been and how the person who had stealthily entered had managed to evade and disappear.

"Could it be Invisibility Technique? But it should be more effective to hide in a more complicated place. Using magic here, the effect wouldn’t be good."

"Then, could it be some kind of disguise technique, shifting identities? No, the headcount hasn’t changed."

"Could it be Earth Magic to enter underground? Wrong again, the ground here has been specially treated, making it difficult for Earth Magic to work."

Ji Burlen muttered to himself, voicing various possibilities and then rejecting each one, his brow furrowing tighter and tighter.

Ji Burlen kept thinking, the people standing around him dared not breathe too loudly, for fear of disturbing him, when suddenly an incongruous sound arose.

"Cough, cough!"

"Cough...cough cough!"

It was the sound of coughing, someone in the crowd suddenly coughing, although they tried to suppress it desperately and covered their mouth with their hand, they still made a sound.

Ji Burlen turned with displeasure, the coughing person looking panic-stricken, waved and said, "Supervisor Ji Burlen, cough cough, I...I didn’t mean to...I"

Ji Burlen, not bothering to pay attention, barely glanced before turning his focus back to his thoughts.

However, the coughing person’s condition "worsened", the coughing grew louder, and in the end, it was heart-wrenching, as if they were coughing out their entire lungs.

Ji Burlen couldn’t help but turn and uttered, "Uer, is there something wrong with you?"

"I..." the person named Uer, while coughing, explained, "Cough cough, Supervisor Ji Burlen, I didn’t mean to, it’s just that suddenly I felt something off with my body, a bit...cough cough cough!"

"If you feel unwell, there’s no need to stay here, go back to the council hall to rest. You shouldn’t take part in this operation either, furthermore..." Ji Burlen said but before he could finish his sentence, his expression suddenly changed, feeling something unusual, he too started coughing, "Cough cough..."

Although it was just two light coughs before it stopped, Ji Burlen’s eyebrows suddenly shot up like knives, realizing that there was something unusual about the situation, and this probably wasn’t an accident.

"Swoosh!"

Ji Burlen looked around, his gaze quickly sweeping over everyone, only to see each person pale, all holding back red-faced, suppressing the urge to cough.

This!

Indeed, something was amiss!

But... what is it?

"Cough cough! Ugh!" At that moment, Uer, who began coughing first, worsened, bent at the waist, spewing a mouthful of fresh blood containing bubbles and some greenish jelly-like substance, it was unclear what it was, utterly disgusting.

Even so, he did not forget to explain, shouting at Ji Burlen, "Supervisor Ji Burlen, you must believe me, I truly just couldn’t hold it back, I didn’t mean to. Please...cough cough cough... don’t throw me out of this operation, my points after the last resurrection are already nearly depleted. If I lose more points, I...cough cough cough...will be in danger! Cough cough cough cough cough!"

Ji Burlen listened to Uer, pursed his lips, about to say something when suddenly a series of footsteps approached from the side. Turning to look, he saw a member left in the council hall staggering towards them, running while spitting blood, the blood mixed with a large amount of greenish jelly-like substance, the symptoms even more severe than Uer’s.

This!

"Thud thud thud..."

The person finally managed to reach before Ji Burlen, their legs gave out, and with a "thump," they knelt on the ground, eyes filled with extreme panic, and said to Ji Burlen, "Steward Ji Burlen, you...cough cough cough...go check the council hall quickly, everyone...cough cough cough..."

Before the person could finish speaking, their voice was drowned out by continuous coughing, their body starting to convulse.

Though Ji Burlen hadn’t heard the latter half of the conversation, he gathered—apparently, the situation with the people in the council hall was even more dire than here.

What in the world...?!

Ji Burlen’s face was grave as he suddenly grabbed the messenger and ran towards the way he came—the direction of the council hall. After running a few steps, Ji Burlen looked back and shouted at the people left behind, struggling to suppress their coughs, "Come with me to the council hall, I’ll treat all of you together!"

"Yes—" The people remaining quickly answered and followed Ji Burlen towards the council hall.

"Thud thud thud... Bang!"

The council hall, a transportation hub of the underground base and connected to several corridors, had multiple entrances and exits.

At that moment, one of the doors was violently burst open, as Ji Burlen, accompanied by a group of incessantly coughing people, rushed in.

Upon entering, his gaze swept over the entire council hall, and Ji Burlen was taken aback.

Those who were initially in the council hall could no longer stand and had collapsed to the ground, their bodies convulsing uncontrollably with heart-wrenching coughs, in acts that, to the uninformed, might appear less than decent.

With each convulsion, fresh blood and oil-green jelly-like substances continually flowed from their mouths.

Among them, the worst affected was already entirely soaked in vomit, barely clinging to life, in a dying state.

"Inhale—"

"Inhale—"

Ji Burlen took deep breaths, desperately trying to suppress the urge to explode.

All the changes that had occurred, for him, were nothing short of a nightmare.

Everything had been going fine, and he was on the verge of completing the mission at the White Stone Tower and receiving a massive reward from the organization. Yet, in the blink of an eye, someone had stealthily infiltrated the place, and soon after, everyone including himself, began exhibiting strange symptoms.

Could this be... some extremely evil Curse?

How to solve it? How to solve it? How to solve it?

The question repeated three times in Ji Burlen’s mind, finding no answer amid the chaos.

But now, there was absolutely no time to waste. Any delay could result in someone’s death.

So then...

Ji Burlen clenched his teeth and extended his hand, aiming at the most severely affected, dying person.

The air stirred, forming a massive hand that grabbed the individual, flung away the internal filth, and swiftly placed him on the ground in front of Ji Burlen.

Ji Burlen became solemn, Mana began to surge within him, and in a moment, a ball of green light appeared in the palm of his hand. With a flick of his wrist, he injected the green light into the body of the dying person.

Transformative Life Magic, First Circle High Order, Body Rebirth!

"Ugh!"

The dying person jolted as if electrocuted, emitting a strange sound from his throat followed by moans, as if in extreme pain.

Afterward, the moaning intensified.

Finally, with a "whoosh," the person screamed and stood up. His facial muscles twisted, the expression horrific, but indeed, he was reborn.