Ch. 42Human-Made
As the epidemic spread to twenty thousand people and reached cities around Clear Spirit City, healing Soul Masters gathered at the quarantine camp to investigate its rapid, deadly effects. Xie Jiayun (Healing) concluded that the plague behaved like a human-modified poison, suggesting the outbreak had been deliberately engineered.
- The military high command organized a rescue team of healing-type Soul Masters and ordered regions to screen outsiders for infection.
- Xie Jiayun (Healing) arrived at Clear Spirit City, where Major General Le Jun asked him to assess three rapidly decayed corpses.
- Xie Jiayun (Healing) explained that infected patients died within three days and that the earliest deaths were all Soul Masters.
- Xie Jiayun (Healing) identified the pathogen as a potent poison that eroded soul power and resisted conventional treatment.
- Xie Jiayun (Healing) demonstrated that the ink-black substance reacted violently to healing soul power and suggested a Soul Master had processed it into a weapon.