Chapter 2070: The devil is in the world (Ⅱ)

"Qiao An, you are an expert in virus research. Do you think that the virus that Hakon said only infects a certain ethnic group, is it really possible to create it through technical means in reality?"
Hailar eagerly looked at the young mage, expecting him as an authoritative scholar to come forward to support his doubts.
However, to her disappointment, Qiao An remained silent, biting his lip, his face extremely pale.
"Whether you believe it or not, this is the truth." Slude said coldly, "Miss Hailar, you mentioned the term'viral weapon' just now. It can be said to be crooked. In fact, Hegu Town is not the only outbreak of smallpox. The epidemic area, from the Vimur Valley to the shores of Lake Aosta, and many Asa settlements in the western region also showed smallpox epidemics, and the man behind the disaster was the army of the Midgard colony. High-level Fang!"
"From the information we collected afterwards, the Butcher Benedict Laval and the Midgard Quarters Department under his leadership had already invested a large amount of money at least five years ago and employed a total of With no less than double-digit experts and scholars in the field of viruses, they are devoted to studying virus weapons."
"The sad thing is that the gods are sitting high in the sky and watching with cold eyes, but the demons do whatever they want in the world. These demons in human skins have successfully developed a mutated smallpox virus that can be called'perfect'. The colonists are infected with this new virus. Symptoms, fever will heal on its own within two days at most, and once our aborigines are infected with the same virus... Hegu Town is not bad, and some villages in the affected area have a mortality rate of as high as 40% within two weeks!"
"The colonial military secretly hired a group of profiteers as agents to operate in our aboriginal residence in the name of selling blankets, using extremely low prices as bait, and selling blankets contaminated by the new virus to all parts of the west. It caused the outbreak of smallpox among the Asa tribes in the Vimur River Valley. Our River Valley town is one of the places that suffers from it."
"Miss Slud, I sympathize with the misfortune of the Asa people, but if you want to blame this disaster on a conspiracy led by the colonial military, you can't just guess, you need to produce stronger evidence." Hall Dayton said as calmly as possible.
"Evidence, of course I have it!" Slude turned and walked to the wooden house near the crematorium. When he returned, he waved and threw it over with a roll of printed blanket in his hand.
Holden took the blanket, his face blank.
"After the outbreak, in order to trace the source of the virus, we visited many Asa villages where smallpox was prevalent during the same period and found a common doubt. Most villages, including our river valley town, were the first to contract smallpox. Many patients bought discounted printed blankets from a grocery merchant named Thomson, and soon afterwards contracted smallpox."
"You mean that the blankets sold by Thomson have long been attached to the new type of smallpox virus, and they were deliberately sold to you, so that smallpox broke out among the aborigines of the Vimur Valley..." Holden muttered to himself, his face uncertain. .
Audrey snatched the blanket from her younger brother and used it to "detect toxins." There was indeed a viral response.
"Slud, this blanket... was it really sold to you by a merchant in the colony?"
Hailar is still reluctant to believe the evidence in front of him.
Slude sneered: "Look carefully at the patterns on the blankets. They are all woven by machines. Do you think our aborigines can have such industrial capabilities?"
Hailar and Zion's sisters and brothers were speechless, irrefutable.
From the beginning, Qiao An didn’t intend to question the sensational conspiracy described by Slud, because he knew in his heart that Slud’s words were true and that this new type of smallpox virus infected with the Assa was indeed the Midgard. One of the achievements of the "Virus Weapon Project" promoted by Fang, and it is likely to be cultivated by his mentor, Professor Moriarty!
To be more serious, he was also involved in the research and development of a new virus as the experimental assistant of his mentor during his recuperation in the Baden Thermal Spa. If Professor Moriarty is guilty, isn't he, Joan Vader, sinful?
During the recuperation in Baden Thermal Springs, in addition to using slaves for human experiments, his main work was to attenuate smallpox virus, cultivate vaccinia, and try to gain immunity by vaccinating healthy people with smallpox vaccinia, thereby establishing one A new set of epidemic prevention programs.
Although this is a bit sorry for the slaves who unfortunately died in the virus experiment, but thanks to their sacrifices, the research work of the teachers and students in the hot spring resort is very effective. The disadvantage is that the risk of "human pox" is still too high. , And limited by the suppression of military employers, Professor Moriarty cannot publish research results publicly.
Until then, Qiao An hadn’t noticed that his mentor had any plans to develop a mutant smallpox virus. Until last summer, Professor Moriarty was persuaded by Mr. Heller to assist the other party in enchanting the "ghost ship", and the reward was one Support the "Holy Grail of Death".
Qiao An was once curious about the magical function of this magical device, so that even his mentor couldn't help being moved by it.
Later, he asked Mr. Heller, but the other party hesitated and refused to tell the truth.
From then on, Qiao An suspected that the "Holy Grail of Death" was probably not a good thing, and it was mostly used to harm people!
More than a month ago, Qiao Ann returned to Midgard University from Freeport. When asked his tutor about the purpose of the Holy Grail, Professor Moriarty reluctantly revealed to him that this thing can be used to cultivate toxins and germs. To improve virus characteristics!
Over the years, Professor Moriarty has been serving the colonial military privately, and is one of many "virus experts" employed by the military as described by Slude.
Now that he has the "Holy Grail of Death" in his hand and has experience in studying the smallpox virus, what else will he do with the "Holy Grail of Death" next?
If Professor Moriarty is a person who is particularly concerned about academic ethics and has a strong sense of morality, even if he has the "Grail of Death" in his hands, he may not necessarily cater to the will of some military careerists, and start to cultivate only the physique of the Asa people. Deadly virus.
Unfortunately, no matter how much Joan admires his mentor, he has to admit the fact that Professor Moriarty has never been a "good person" in the secular sense, judging from his usual defiance of ethics and morality. Qiao An was not surprised to do such a frenzied thing!
Qiao An did not dare to confide the truth to Hailar, Sister Zion, and Logan. He heard them accusing the scholars who developed the new type of smallpox virus of being frenzied, inhumane, his cheeks were hot, and his heart was suffering from conscience and guilt. .