Chapter 711: âEnergy Core Destroyerâ
All the people in the hall, including Grandpa Yofan and other inner circle members, couldnât hide their fear at all. The word âvirusâ alone seemed to have a big impact on them.
A virus!
What most families were afraid of wasnât the enemyâs invasion using the military troops. It was something more like an epidemic.
In most histories of this world, an epidemic could be more fatal than a huge war.
Not to mention that an epidemic could even destroy oneâs economic development, territory, and so on.
Thus, when they heard that Paulâs trump card is a virus, all of them thought that Paul was a mad man.
Even Ainsley furrowed her eyebrows as she looked at Paul with eyes full of disgust.
âA virus? A man-made?â
Marietta asked Paul what Ainsley just asked, and Paul nodded.
âItâs a virus born from a virus ability user who can produce a unique virus, but this one has been further developed through technology and magic.â
Paul paused before continuing his words in a hoarse voice.
âItâs designed to be a special weapon to handle ability users.â
In other words, normal people could be infected too, but the effect wouldnât be that severe. But for ability usersâŠ
Ainsley didnât need to ask more because Marietta herself had already asked Paul in a cold tone.
âExplain more about the virusâthe incubation period, the symptoms, the effect, the casualty rates, and so on. Tell us all that you know about this virus!â
Paul immediately obeyed Marietta and blurted out all the secrets that he knew.
âThe virus is called Energy Core Destroyer. The virus spreads through skin contact and airborne, but the virus will die in an hour if it canât infect an Ability User.â
Paul paused to recall all the details about the virus and after a few seconds trying to recall his memories, he continued.
âThe virus will affect anyone, as long as theyâre humans. But as I said before, only ability users below the core-splitting realm will be affected.â
âWhatâs the fatality rate and the virusâs effect?â Marietta pressed on, hurrying Paul to speak more.
After all, they didnât know when Paul would use the virus! Maybe he didnât bring it with him, and maybeâŠthe virus had already spread from the start of the siege.
If thatâs the case, trying to stop Paul would be in vain. At least, they should know more about the virus and how to counter it.
âThe effectâŠjust like the virusâs name, itâs a virus that can explode oneâs energy core. The virus will only be effective for those who have a single coreâŠâ
Even multiple ability users who hadnât split their cores to follow the number of their special abilities would only have a single core.
Maybe thatâs why Paul said that the victims would only be those below the core-splitting realm because once someone split their core, the virus would be divided into the number of cores they had.
The virus couldnât multiply by themselves or becoming stronger because an ability userâs special energy was enough to slow down their growth.
Thus, when they had more cores to invade, the virus naturally weakened and if the person continued to operate special energy inside their body and around the core, the virus would have died sooner or later.
Mariettaâs face was grave after he heard what Paul said.
She had never heard of this kind of virus, but the virus was truly dangerous if it could affect all ability users who only had a single core.
Even the five buds had only been in the core-purification realm and hadnât split their main cores yet!
âHowâs the incubation period and the symptoms? Also, the possibility of recovery for those infected.â Marietta continued her interrogation, and Paul quietly answered.
âThe incubation period is one day. After that, the infected will show symptoms of fatigue, fever, their energy running out of control, their cores swelling, and finally, after three days, their cores will explode.â
In other words, the virus created havoc inside the energy core and made the core expand beyond its usual size.
This would be dangerous because it meant the energy they had was more abundant than the core, which acted as the medium to contain the energy.
Once the core expanded abnormally and the core couldnât withstand the energy expansion, the core would crack or explode, which means death.
âAlso, using the excess energy will only agitate the virus and make it work faster, â Paul added.
Anyway, the virus was quite weak against oneâs special energy, but it could last for a few
days to mess with the energy before dying with the host.
It means that the virus wouldnât spread further once the host died.
That was one good news, but it also meant to force people to kill the infected so that they wouldnât spread the virus when theyâre alive.
Or maybe quarantine would be good too.
âAs for the possibility of recoveryâŠfor those below the core-splitting realm, their recovery rate is almost impossible.â
âAlmost impossible? Thereâs still a possibility?â Marietta clung to the hope that thereâs still a tiny possibility of recovery.
But Paulâs next answer pushed her into despair.
âOnly 0.01% might be able to recover but the virus will severely damage their core. They wonât be able to continue their life as a proper Ability User.â
In other words, the fatality rate is so high and even the virusâs spreading speed is also top-notch.
It was similar to how Covid-19 in Ainsleyâs previous world could infect so many people in one goâŠ
But this virusâs fatality rate was way higher than the other one.
Ainsleyâs face instantly turned ashen as she looked at Paul with a thick killing intent.
Fck this!
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