My Notoriety Spreads Throughout the World-Chapter 378 - 326: Doctor, You Smell So Good [Double-Length - ]
"We got lost in the primeval forest, the magnetic field here is disordered, the geographical detection tools are unusable, and we can’t see the stars in the sky. Our food and water supplies disappeared, the accompanying doctor is missing, the cook sprained his ankle, and an archaeological expert has an infected wound."
"Just when we were in despair, we found a settlement of wild people and almost fell into their bear trap. Luckily, there was a language expert in the archaeology team. Who knew how she did it, but with a few bottles, mineral water bottles, and apple cores, she successfully communicated with those wild people."
"The language expert’s name is Louise Banks. Her most frequent saying is that language influences a race’s way of thinking and is the cornerstone of civilization."
"She said that the language we currently master is extremely backward because it must adhere to logic and regularity. Suppose one day we can understand the text of a higher civilization and successfully transcend the shackles of time and space with language, at that time our thinking will also be sublimated, no longer limited by time and space, able to perceive the past, present, and future." 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
"It seems that what those patients said was right, the singing they heard was from these wild people, when a person is in a daze, their perception of some things can be sharper."
"In any case, those wild people meant no harm to us, we were saved, for now."
"Tonight, Lina and I didn’t sleep well,"
"I saw a figure all in bright red, abnormally swollen, like a skinned person, staring directly at us not far away. Was he smiling?"
Just as Xu Xiaoyou was about to turn to the next page, there was a knock on the door, and Caitlin’s voice came through:
"Doctor, it’s time to set off."
"Clue ’The Doctor’s Diary’ has been added to the notebook and can be viewed at any time."
Xu Xiaoyou responded, quietly put away the diary, pushed open the door, and saw the transport team members who had been waiting for a long time, as well as the players with fervent eyes.
Xu Xiaoyou nodded and shook the suitcase containing the new vaccine in front of the members of the transport team.
"Let’s go, Dr. Xu, we’ll ensure your safety."
Leaving the room, passing through the rear carriage crowded with refugees, arriving at the heavily guarded frontline carriage, where there was no sight of those bionic robots. Soldiers of the Dawn Resistance Army patrolling with guns nodded to Xu Xiaoyou in greeting, as the solemn atmosphere spread.
Everywhere the eyes went, many players gathered here, taking on faction tasks, exchanging cut-off zombie ears with the quartermaster for supplies.
An excited newcomer proudly raised the Viper pistol he had just exchanged, showing off, a rogue-specialized player walked past him, deftly picking off the paperback-level weapon worth fifteen zombie ears, teaching the newcomer a harsh lesson.
Leaving the heavily guarded front line, entering the uncleared area, the atmosphere suddenly became silent and cold, with only the sound of wind and snow whistling outside the carriage.
Sparse footsteps stepping on the steel partition made ’thud’ sounds particularly crisp, and the dangerous aura was wantonly growing and spreading in the corners.
Occasionally, lone mutants wandered in the carriage, but they were quickly cleared by transport team members.
Walking in the middle of the team, Xu Xiaoyou noticed countless ghostly gazes from behind, the newcomers who found everything novel carried backpacks orderly like elementary school students following a teacher on an autumn outing, curiously looking around and filming the blonde girl from all angles without a dead end.
Joking apart, that was the Cleaner of the Light Prism Tier, the mysterious, powerful, beautiful "Dark Gold Rose", the idol many dreamt of, appearing alive in front of them, how could they not be excited?
Soon, many close-up videos of the "Dark Gold Rose" were posted on the world forum, sparking a wave of discussion.
Xu Xiaoyou was unaffected, still pondering the diary-related matters.
What does the diary record have to do with the plague on this train?
A primeval forest with a disordered magnetic field, the wild people’s song, the bright and bizarre vermilion flowers...
What exactly was the red figure Dr. Xu saw on July 15th?
And, what exactly happened to Dr. Xu’s wife, Lina?
At this moment, Caitlin, walking at the forefront, raised a fist in the air with one hand, and the transport team members stopped and kept silent.
"Look ahead." Caitlin put her index finger to her lips and said.
Everyone followed her gaze into the darkness not far away, only to see a small, pale, and rotten figure crouching while holding its head, emitting waves of lamenting cries. The disheveled hair obscured the face, but one thing was for sure
—this guy is definitely an infected!
Is this the form of an infected?
Xu Xiaoyou noticed the bruises and needle marks densely covering the small figure, similar to those seen in children in the laboratory.
"It hurts so much..."
"Doctor...it hurts so much..."
"Stop poking me with needles..."
"I want to go home...Doctor, please let me go home..."
"I want my mom..."
The next carriage was the abandoned water storage area of the train, where large rust-stained water tanks stood among a haze of gray, as dust swirled in the air.
The child’s sharp cries echoed under the dark, sunless piping network, while sluggish zombies wandered past the small figure.
The player at the end of the team was moved, just about to speak up when Xu Xiaoyou quickly reached out to cover the other’s mouth, putting a finger to her lips to make a silence gesture.
"It’s a Screaming Body, be careful not to disturb it, crawl forward," Caitlin commanded.
Thoughts rose in Xu Xiaoyou’s eyes.
It seems those children who didn’t survive the experiment would be abandoned, and these mutations, called Screaming Bodies, were children who sneaked out before being disposed of.
The Saint Puniel has a total of seven hundred and twenty carriages, arranged alphabetically from A to Z, each with different functions, including industrial production, water resources, greenhouse cultivation, customs and entertainment, cryogenic processing, school education, cargo storage, and more.
The Tredy Commercial Alliance spent decades constructing a large ecological system on this permanent train capable of self-circulation.
Before the disaster broke out, the first two hundred and forty carriages were noble carriages, where only nobles had the right to enjoy the entertainment facilities on the train. The civilians huddled in the central carriages, required to engage in service industries on the train, while refugees barely survived in the rear carriages, only able to exchange hard labor for survival supplies.
Everyone silently crawled, cautiously bypassing the position of the Screaming Body, dozens of people crawled on the ground, using large water tanks as cover, carrying heavy packs, like frogs with bellies pressed to the ground, looking a bit funny from afar.
The Screaming Body seemed to suddenly smell a familiar scent, and abruptly lifted its head, lightly sniffing the air, its murky eyes regained some clarity, revealing endless resentment and frenzy.
"Doctor?"
The small figure began to move, looking around, its stick-thin legs passed in and out of everyone’s sight, causing them to crane their necks and hold their breath, not daring to make any noise for fear of suddenly getting into trouble.
"Doctor..."
"Where are you... You promised me, you would let me go home and reunite with mom... promised me that ruins would bloom."
Xu Xiaoyou silently shrank inward, thinking Dr. Xu really left her with such a mess, saying that to all the children?
The small figure vanished from their sight, and the lamenting cry disappeared, then the faint sound of water flowing through the pipes was heard, with a few drops of water seeping through gaps and falling on Xu Xiaoyou’s face.
"Did that monster leave?"
"Seems like it..."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as cold wind blew from nowhere, gently brushing Xu Xiaoyou’s neck, and a faint voice reached her ears.
"Doctor."
Xu Xiaoyou scanned around, seeing a bit of confusion and puzzlement on the faces of the transport team members, not able to identify who called out to her just now.
Then, she quickly realized something, raising her head expressionlessly, and the swollen big face suddenly appeared in her sight!
Dripping saliva fell through the steel partition holes, cloudy eyes filled with bloodshot, a mouth full of conjoined bloody sharp fangs.
"I found you, Doctor."
