Heroes' Prison-Chapter 1480 - 1406: The Soul Plague Sweeps Across the World
After wandering around Dragon City, the Spirit Demon headed to other large cities across different continents. By the end of the day, he had traversed almost all the largest cities in The Second World.
Wherever he went, people didn’t feel anything particularly unusual; they would just sneeze and then everything would seem normal again.
Spirit Demon didn’t make any other moves and, after finishing his day’s wanderings, returned to the Microcosm of the Demon Clan to meet with the King of Hell.
"Did you accomplish the mission in The Second World?" the King of Hell asked directly.
"Yes, I did! The toxins are still in the incubation period; they don’t even realize they’re poisoned yet." The Spirit Demon smiled slightly.
The main reason he spent a day visiting the major cities of The Second World was to spread the plague!
This was a trick he learned in the Xuanhuang World, combined with the Poison Skill of the Poison God that the King of Hell had passed on to him, which had become extremely terrifying.
Spirit Demon was very confident that this Soul Plague of his, though not as potent as the Kiss of Death, would pose no threat to a Void God Level expert. However, in terms of its transmission mode and speed, it would instakill the Kiss of Death!
However, this virus has a drawback: it cannot infect NPCs and can only infect players!
Players below the Void God Level would be powerless against this virus, and currently, no player has reached the Void God Level, so no one could stop this virus!
"Excellent!" a satisfied voice came from under the King of Hell’s hood. "Next, personally lead a demonic army to the First World. With the Heavenly Demon, wipe out the Nagas: they are the culprits behind the Queen of Agony’s death and must be annihilated! Then we’ll return to The Second World—by that time, no Heaven-Sent Man should be able to stop us."
"Yes, indeed!" Spirit Demon nodded.
"Recently, there’s been some commotion in the Underworld. I need to visit Hell, so the matters of the Demon Clan will be left for you and the other Demon Kings to discuss and decide." said the King of Hell, and then the black cloak seemed to lose all its support, suddenly collapsing to the ground.
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Days passed, and in The Second World, people continued living as usual.
Previously, Spirit Demon had gone to those cities to quietly spread the Soul Plague, making everyone who sneezed infected.
Yet the virus did not immediately erupt, instead lurking silently within their bodies.
That day, Dragon City was as bustling and prosperous as usual, with a constant flow of people at the city gates.
The stall where Spirit Demon bought a statue a few days ago was as it always was, with the God of Slaughter statue placed in the most conspicuous position at 500 Gold Coins each.
The crafty vendor closely watched passersby and enthusiastically made his pitch whenever someone seemed interested.
At this moment, another passerby stopped at the stall, picked up a God of Slaughter statue to play with, and asked, "How much is this God of Slaughter statue?" 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
"It’s not expensive, not at all! Just..." The vendor started to say, but suddenly shuddered!
"Splat~" Black blood sprayed out from his seven orifices, splattering the passerby’s face!
The passerby was immediately frightened, taking a big step back, wiping the blood off his face, staring at him in shock.
Soon, the vendor began to thrash madly, making beast-like roaring noises, with black blood from his seven orifices, looking absolutely terrifying.
"Hey? Xiao Lin, what’s wrong with you?" At this moment, another vendor nearby noticed something unusual and exclaimed, quickly coming over to find out what was happening.
But before he took two steps, he too trembled suddenly, and black blood sprayed out from his seven orifices...
After that, this street was like a domino effect, with one vendor after another showing such symptoms!
Some vendors were even haggling with customers, but suddenly started bleeding from their seven orifices, jumping around like zombies, emitting chilling roars.
They were all people who had been in close contact with Spirit Demon a few days ago, and the incubation period of the virus had finally passed, causing the toxins to activate.
The peculiar behavior of these vendors immediately caused street passersby to panic.
Some player priests quickly deduced that these people must be under some adverse condition and began casting dispelling and purification skills on them, but to no avail.
Quickly, other streets began to show similar situations, and the whole of Dragon City rapidly became filled with a sense of unease, drawing the attention of the city’s high-ranking officials.
A Guardian of the Divine Domain from the Hero Empire quickly arrived at the scene, personally examining the players exhibiting the abnormalities, and finally confirming it was a type of plague.
"Everyone, immediately distance yourselves from them! Don’t get infected!" the Guardian of the Divine Domain shouted loudly.
At this moment, a solemn and majestic announcement echoed between heaven and earth——
"[System Announcement]: [Spirit Demon] has spread the [Soul Plague] in The Second World. The first batch of infected have already succumbed, and will die within 48 hours, remaining poisoned even after resurrection. The plague is currently in its first stage, spreadable through the air, and can be contracted merely by breathing the air in the affected area. Once the infection reaches a certain number, the virus will mutate, adding other modes of transmission."
Hearing this system announcement, everyone was shocked!
Spirit Demon has taken action!
After the previous world-ending crisis, Spirit Demon had vanished; no one knew where he went!
Unexpectedly, right after Huang Yi’s death, he has returned and spread the plague silently and suddenly.
"Urgent Announcement! An emergency pandemic has erupted in Dragon City; everyone is urged to immediately stay away from the infected! Every infected person must log off immediately to isolate the infection source!"
Warnings from Dragon City’s top officials resounded between heaven and earth!
Everyone hurriedly withdrew from the area at the fastest pace, and the streets immediately became chaotic, filled with retreating crowds, frantic and disorderly, causing a panic. Many had once breathed the same air as the infected and didn’t know whether they were infected or when the toxin would onset.
Those already manifesting symptoms wanted to log off to avoid further spreading the infection to others. However, they soon received a System Prompt that they were currently in a special state and that even logging off wouldn’t remove their characters, which would remain in an uncontrolled state and would die within 48 hours.
Dragon City’s epidemic situation was quickly reported on the forums, eliciting strong attention from all continents.
However, soon, the largest cities around the world started to experience outbreaks, all showing the same symptoms as those in Dragon City, indicating that they were all infected with the Soul Plague.
A worldwide plague suddenly broke out!
