Blow It Up and Leave

Blow It Up and Leave

Was it because so many people had already died that the rest weren't worth the trouble of saving, so they might as well let them die out and the epidemic would naturally disappear?

Or was it that there were no effective potions or vaccines for ordinary people?

If it was the former, the complex, dangerous terrain and sparse, scattered population might not be worth the risk. But that ran counter to W11 Base City joining forces with other base cities to painstakingly search for antibodies. It clearly didn't add up.

People like the young man, who had become Players, naturally wouldn't stand by and watch their relatives die.

That left only the second explanation as plausible.

"You didn't look for a Potion for your family?" Xu Huo asked.

"Of course I did." The young Player looked a little incredulous, but couldn't say much more.

"You're not sure whether the Potion worked." Xu Huo finished his thought for him.

"I gave them all the suitable Potions I found, but the blotches didn't disappear," the young Player said. "Just like those people who were infected but didn't die."

That made it impossible to know whether they had resisted the virus on their own or whether the Potions had worked. The abandoned Base City also lacked the conditions for experiments, so the matter remained unresolved.

"That's why I'm going to W37 Base City," the young Player said.

Since Base 37 was taking in locals infected with the virus, perhaps they'd made progress on a treatment or vaccine.

The scent of rice drifted in from outside. The three children gazed toward it despite themselves. Xu Huo said, "I have a few companions outside. If you want a ride, eat first, then come out. We'll wait twenty minutes."

The young