Chapter 40

At night, in the forest in the eastern suburbs of Yulan Town, a creaking sound came from the forest.

Several rats were covered in a rotten stench, and their eyes were emitting a terrifying red light and they walked and stopped warily before they scuttled through the forest.

Their target was the brightly lit house below.

“Creak, Creak, Creak!” A rat squeaked and several rats scattered in all directions, faster than before.

At this time, under the moonlight, a green figure flashed.

Hiss hiss!

Swoosh!

The snake’s tongue slightly spat out, and the green figure suddenly jumped and it swallowed a rat in one gulp.

This situation was happening all the time.

Several Rat-Eating Snakes were moving in the forest and they killed all the rat that wanted to invade.

The sleeping peasants of the eastern suburbs had no idea what was going on out there.

…

On the second day, the sun had just risen. and the farmers did not rush to the fields as usual.

Instead, they all came together and were panicking and talking about what had happened recently.

“It is said that all the people in the western suburbs have contracted a mysterious disease!”

“It’s not just the western suburbs!”

“I heard that this mysterious disease spread from the northern suburbs!”

“As long as someone is infected, their whole body will slowly rot, and their eyes will turn scarlet!”

“This kind of infectious disease spreads very fast!”

“Everyone, don’t run around. If it spreads, it will be dangerous!”

“That’s right, that’s right!”

“…”

Everyone discussed one by one and from time to time, they would look up and observe the people around them.

They were afraid that someone had already been infected with this virus.

“Is there no one to manage this matter?”

Zhou Ming heard everyone’s discussion and stopped walking. He asked in puzzlement.

“Zhou Ming, are you still jogging today?”

“You have to be careful these days. Yulan town has been spreading an infectious disease recently.”

“There’s already someone managing it. I heard that they’ve invited a treatment-type Beastmaster from Azure Dragon City!”

“Not only have they not found out the cause of the disease, but he’s also even infected himself!”

“He’s still stuck in Yulan town and can’t get out!”

“Zhou Ming, you have to be careful!”

Everyone discussed with lingering fear in their hearts and after that, they repeatedly reminded Zhou Ming to be careful.

…

After Zhou Ming returned to the small courtyard, he kept thinking about the infectious disease.

He felt that this matter wasn’t that simple and had heard from the farmers, no one was able to find out the cause of the disease.

Even Beastmasters were unable to do anything about it.

Zhou Ming couldn’t help but recall the Mirage Beasts he had seen in his illustrated handbook!

In the Mirage Beast World, there were some peculiar Mirage Beasts who belonged to the poison attribute!

By lowering the opponent’s immunity, they implanted their own viruses to achieve the effect of their attacks.

Moreover, their attacks were basically large-scale!

Right at this moment…A green afterimage appeared in the small courtyard, it was the Rat-Eating Snake!

“Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!”

“Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!”

The Rat-Eating Snake flicked its tongue, sending a message to Zhou Ming.

After Beastmasters and Mirage Beasts formed a contract…they had a way of communicating with each other.

“Rats?” Zhou Ming heard what the Rat-Eating Snake had done last night and was even more certain that this matter had something to do with Mirage Beasts!

He took out two spirit cores and threw them to the Rat-Eating Snake.

Zhou Ming planned to find a time to investigate this matter.

…

“What!”

“The Beastmasters we just sent out are infected as well?”

“If this continues, the entire Yulan town will fall!”

“That’s the lives of tens of thousands of people!”

“Is there no other way?”

At the Mayor’s residence of Yulan Town, the mayor, Fu Tong, had a look of panic and worry on his face.

He had been investigating the infectious disease for a long time!

By now, half of the people in Yulan town had been infected.

The number of deaths was simply impossible to calculate and it was because they didn’t dare to do so!

That was because all the Beastmasters they sent out had been infected!

Even Gold-rank Beastmasters had been infected!

“Right now, we can only give up on the infected first!”

“Quarantine them all!”

“Only then will the infection stop spreading!” A man in iron armor said.

“Give up?”

“That’s the lives of tens of thousands of people!”

“Just give up like that?”

“Then what should we do? We’re helpless now!”

“Don’t tell me we’re going to infect the entire town?”

“…”

The people in the mansion began to make noise.

Bang!

“Enough!”

Fu Tong slammed the table angrily!

He looked at everyone angrily!

No one dared to say anything else.

They all lowered their heads!

In the face of such an infectious disease, they knew that they were only arguing because there was nothing they could do!

“Town Mayor, there doesn’t seem to be any infectious disease in the eastern suburbs of Yulan Town!” A man said in a low voice.

“Eastern suburbs?”

“We built the temple of the God of Heaven. Isn’t it in the eastern suburbs?”

“Could it be that the god of Heaven has protected them?”

“Hehe, it’s good that the God of Heaven really exists. We wouldn’t have to face such a thing!”

“The eastern suburbs are just spared because it’s remote!”

“It’s definitely not because it’s remote!”

“Other than the eastern suburbs, no matter how remote a place is, it’s infected!”

“It’s definitely the God of Heaven that has protected them!”

Fu Tong heard everyone arguing again and shook his head helplessly.

He did not stop them.

Fu Tong’s eyes were filled with anticipation as he muttered.

“Maybe it really is the gods!”

“I hope the Gods can protect the entire Yulan Town!”

“Otherwise, tens of thousands of people will…”