Duke of Herrington

Chapter 112 The Beginning ([-]) Taboo in Genes!

a month ago.
Originally, all of this was moving in a good direction. In Heishui City, everything was proceeding in an orderly manner. The faces of the people were full of good hopes for the future, as if the disaster was about to pass.
But, I don't know why?A large number of refugees from the southern part of the empire suddenly appeared in groups on the outskirts of Heishui City.

At first, they were quite polite. Looking at the village outside Heishui City, which was rich in products and had sufficient food reserves, they sent a temporary leader to try to negotiate for free food.

However, this group of people is stupid, thinking that since they have hundreds of thousands of people, they can use this to put pressure on Baron Tomato.

But what these refugees don't know is that before they came, nearly a million refugees were thrown into the fire by Baron Tomato and burned
If the pressure is forced, the result can be imagined.

These poor and ignorant refugees were first poisoned, and then were mended one by one by patrolling soldiers. Finally, they were all thrown into the fire and burned to ashes, which became the nourishment for the cultivated land in the coming year.

In doing so, Baron Tomato is also very helpless. After all, it is for the sake of the people in the territory, and to prevent the order from being destroyed, he can only make such a bad plan!

Especially the terrible news brought by Father Martin, and what he saw and heard along the way!For everyone in the city, it is a powerful warning!
If the order is destroyed, it won't take long for this place to become the next city of death!
The situation in Hamburg and Munich is vivid. Father Martin, who originally refused to do so, finally had to stand up and agree with Baron Tomato's approach under the decision.

Even if Blackwater City is considered one of the empire's granaries, it cannot support refugees of this size. If they are all taken over, there should be nearly ten million people!
With such a large number of people, just maintaining law and order is a problem!The number of existing troops simply cannot suppress them!
Besides, these refugees will not be grateful to the Baron Tomato for releasing food!Because before the war started, these refugees had a good life in their hometown, at least they didn’t have to worry about food and drink!

It is because of the nobles, the emperor, and even more because of these soldiers that they have been reduced to this point, so they are forced to leave their homes and be displaced!

Therefore, even if the Baron Tomato donates generously, it will not have any effect, because from the very beginning, this group of people hated him and the entire empire!Coupled with the inaction of the empire, the rebellious sentiment is even higher!

Back then, Ted's successful case in the northern border was not suitable for this place, because the people in the northern border were used to living a hard life and never had enough to eat!And Ted's move is to let this group of people go from frugal to extravagant.It's easy and the results are outstanding.

But now... no matter how to remedy it, it will only let these refugees go from extravagance to frugality, without any benefit!
Even if Baron Tomato stops killing, he will show his heart and soul to everyone.
The disaster victims outside the city will not think of the bright side either!
In their view, Baron Tomato tortured and killed the victims and prevented them from entering the city!There is no food supply!Just want them all to die!

Since he will die anyway, it is better to gather all the victims of the disaster together and resist him together!

The idea quickly spread through the camp, and it wasn't long before they were in action!

Initially, at the beginning of the conflict, in order to obtain enough food, they chose to loot all the villages and granaries outside Heishui City!
Later, under the sufficient food rationing, more and more refugees from all directions gathered, and the size of the refugee camp became larger and larger!
At the same time, the disaster victims elected a new leader through elections. Relying on short-term common interests, they just used their mouths to pull up a large armed team.

Although the Tomato Baron lost [-]% of his granary at the beginning, it doesn't matter, because in order of consumption, the food outside the city is consumed first, and then the food inside the city.

The granaries in the village were basically empty, so there was almost no loss for him, and the villagers outside the city had already evacuated without any casualties.

In Heishui City, there are a total of 55 people, relying on the food stored in the underground granary, they can survive for a year and a half at most!So Baron Tomato is not in a hurry, but closes the city gate and guards it strictly!

At the beginning of the confrontation, everyone did not deliberately cause any conflicts. Those outside could not enter, and those inside were guarded by high walls, and they would not go out to find trouble.

However, after the food ran out, variables appeared!
Driven by hunger, the victims outside called the city's attention.

According to speculation, there must be more food stored in the city than outside the city!

After that, someone said: "Even if you die, you have to be a hungry ghost!"

Ever since, under the blessing of this slogan, the refugees squeezed out the last bit of food and supplied it to the strong men, and cut down nearby trees by the way to prepare for the attack.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, the sky of murder and arson!

One night, under the leadership of the leader, a group of refugees picked up rough agricultural tools and mounted a dilapidated ladder to launch the first attack!
But Baron Tomato is not an idiot, he has already ordered the soldiers to take turns to be on duty around the clock, the rolling wood and rocks on the top of the city, as well as fire oil, are always in a state of preparation!
After contacting the enemy, only 2 hours later, the refugees were routed.
This time, the plan of the refugee team also ended in failure, and their new leader was also killed in the battle.

After the failure, they did not give up, and under the leadership of another leader, they continued to attack the city!

But these attacks were finally blocked by Baron Tomato one by one!

However!There will always be accidents in the world!
On a certain day, Blackwater City was almost breached, because their new leader was once the captain of a certain militia team, and relying on his not-so-rich experience, he came up with the idea of ​​striking east and west.

Taking advantage of the darkness, when everyone couldn't see clearly, they launched a feint attack on the south gate of Heishui City, and the main attack chose the east gate of the city.
Fortunately, the soldiers reacted quickly and did not cause irreparable consequences, but only allowed some refugees to rush to the top of the city.

However, on this day, the form completely changed, from no pressure defense to 55 open.

The terrain here is very strange, there is a small river that happens to flow from east to west in Heishui City.

There is also a wide canal in the city, which is made of obsidian and marble. Clear and transparent water flows from the outside, and when it comes to the canal, it will be mistaken for black water, so the city is called Black Water City.

On this day, after a night of fighting, many dead bodies fell into the river!
Immediately afterwards, the nightmare began, because among the group of dead bodies, some people were infected with cholera, and the germs just flowed along the canal into Blackwater City.

After this, a small number of people in the city began to suffer from diarrhea, which then caused convulsions and severe pain.

Because of physical problems, they could only curl up on the ground with their stomachs covered. After a few hours, their strength disappeared little by little, and their bodies were no longer under control.

Then later, they had the horrible symptoms of dehydration again!The body was gradually drained by this sudden disaster.

Finally, amidst violent coughing, they closed their eyes and stopped breathing.
In an instant, the stench of corpses and excrement mixed together, and after being fermented by microorganisms, it swept the entire Heishui City.

Because the city was besieged, everyone couldn't transport excrement or dead bodies out of the city collectively. They could only let the workers throw the rotting corpses off the city wall bit by bit!

After that, Baron Tomato completely sealed off the water inlet in order to prevent unsuspecting people from drinking the water in the canal, and switched to a well to get water.

However, the number of wells in the city is limited and cannot meet all the needs of the citizens. They can only meet food and water. But this is better than nothing!
During this period, there were more and more refugees outside the city, the bark of the trees was gnawed, wild vegetables and wild animals were gnawed clean, and even the earthworms and insects in the ground were not spared.

The originally fertile fields and fertile plains, after being eaten by refugees like locusts crossing the border, eventually became barren, barren and lifeless.

Meanwhile, in the refugee camp, cannibals are on the rise again!

At first, they were suppressed by the new refugee leader. Under his big cake, everyone chose to trust him again, continue the previous attack, and eat the food in the city after breaking the city!

But in the next few days, under the successive defeats of the offensive, the cannibals stood up again!

This time, many people chose to join them!
At this time, not everyone can abide by the order, especially in this group of refugees who cannot read a single word, there is no trace of rules.

Later, the leader who initially suppressed the cannibals eventually became the target of public criticism. He was caught by the growing cannibals and eaten on the barbecue grill.

It was from this time that the confrontation completely changed.

Outside the city, the cannibals threw all those who chose not to eat humans into cages as rations.

The goal has also changed from breaking the city to grab food, to eating up any living thing in the city!
At this time, there were already 600 million refugees piled up outside the city, although the number of refugees was much smaller than that outside other cities.

But there are only 55 people in Heishui City, and only 3 militia plus regular army, and their military literacy is not high.

During the defense of the city, even with the support of fire oil, rolling logs, and falling rocks, this group of crazy refugees would still rush to the top of the city.

Fortunately, there was no danger in the end, and nothing happened.

But as time went on, things started to go wrong!

The refugees shifted their focus of attack from the south of the city to the east of the city. Because the terrain in the east of the city is two meters higher than other places, it is the most cost-effective to attack the east of the city.

So, for the next 15 days, the cannibals led the crazy refugees to attack day and night.

On the first day of the attack, the leader of the cannibals died under the rolling log, but his death did not cause any loss to the team. The rest of the people still laughed hysterically and rushed to the top of the city desperately.

At first, they would use tactics to match the attack, using a large number of ladders and death squads as cannon fodder to consume the strength of the defenders.

But later, their brains were completely swallowed by the virus, and they turned into walking corpses, only remembering the mission assigned by the leader at the beginning.

That is to break the city, and after breaking the city, there will be no living things left in the city!
They gave up their tactics and piled them all under the city wall, trying to use their bodies to build an indestructible ladder to attack the city!

On the 20th day of the siege, even if Bruce and Father Martin exhausted their entire lives, no matter how careful they were, they would not escape bad luck in the end.
They contracted cholera, and within an hour, the pain in their stomachs began to cripple them, making it impossible for them to move.

In the next few hours, they were desperate, just lying on the street waiting to die, and the scenes of their lives were constantly replaying in their minds
Father Martin looked at the sun in the sky, and secretly swore in his heart that 'if he could do it all over again, he would never die as this shit priest'.

It is said that people don't know what they really want until they are dying.
If Bruce had known that the disaster would turn out like this, he would have chosen to take his family and parents with him early on, and when the war started, he would have gone to the isolated northern border, although it was a bit bitter, tired, and cold there, But you can still live without having to die in the streets like you do now.

The next moment, he felt that tens of thousands of ants were eating at his heart, but his body no longer allowed him to respond to any pain.
When he was dying, he stretched out his body, looked at the blue sky and prayed: "I hope that in my next life I can have a full meal."

Beside him, Father Martin tore off the cross from his chest, and threw him into the stinking ditch with his last bit of strength.

In this life, let alone the guidance of God, or the sound of nature, he has never even heard the sound of God farting.

And I have to follow the order of the religious church, and in the name of God, set up courts to raise money to support the pope's actions. In addition, I have to write indulgences with my own hand, and then sell them to the nobles to let them continue to do it. Those unspeakable activities.

His whole life is a lie, deceiving others, and then deceiving himself, the whole life woven with lies is worthless!

If he could do it all over again, he would like to live in the remote northern region, because there is no church or church there, only simple men and women!With his hard-working character, Martin can even marry a beautiful woman as his wife, and have several children to live with.
"If so, I must be a good person!"

The vision became more and more blurred, and the sound of breathing became heavier and heavier. Every heart-piercing cough seemed to smash the already fragmented body into pieces.

"Forget it, I've lived enough, let me let the tragic death end my hypocritical life"

In Heishui City, when the local priest organized the people to carry supplies, he accidentally saw these two poor people, and felt compassion for them.

Even though Father Heishui himself is very cold-blooded, his heart has changed after being bathed in the warm sun for a hundred years!

Unable to bear it, he turned around and ordered his subordinates to quietly carry the two of them to the back of the church.

After a series of mysterious rituals, the two came back to life, and the discomfort in their bodies disappeared.

When Father Martin came back to life, not only did he not feel uncomfortable all over his body, but also the sequelae of many years of illness and disaster disappeared, and he even felt full of vitality!The feeling of youth is back!

Bruce even more so!He faintly felt that his body had become stronger!The senses have also been strengthened a lot!Even in the dark, I can see clearly!
However, just after the two regained their lives, they were thrown on the street and told by a strange man not to reveal anything, otherwise their lives would be lost!

Although the sun outside is a bit harsh, it does not affect daily life.

On the No. 30th day of the siege, a strange mouse slipped into the granary. Because of the negligence of the administrator, the mouse was smothered to death.

As the saying goes, good luck never comes without double, and misfortunes never come singly. When you are unlucky, bad things will always be pinned on your head one after another!
Immediately afterwards, similar things happened in most of the granaries in the city!They were all polluted and turned green. Only a small number of granaries survived.

Now, the food that was originally enough to last for a year and a half can now last at most a month!
Baron Tomato thought he could use the high wall outside to block the tide of zombie refugees. After a few months, all these refugees either starved to death or were wiped out by the army sent by the empire.

But now, this plan has been completely ruined!
The granary outside the city was looted by the refugees, the granary inside the city was polluted, and the granary used as a strategic storage was in the barren hills in the far north. Now there is no way to get it!
"This is how to do ah!"

Just when Baron Tomato was in despair, a loud noise came
"boom!"

This sound was just the beginning, and then, successive explosions continued to be heard, like a thunderbolt exploding in my ears!At this moment, Baron Tomato was in despair. He thought the city wall had collapsed or the city gate had been breached.

In short, it must not be a good thing!

Just when he took up his weapon and was about to fight the final battle with the refugees who rushed in, a guard came to the lord's hall in a panic and scrambled. He grinned and shouted excitedly: "My lord! God! Miracle! Miracle! The thunder that fell from the sky ignited the pile of corpses outside the city! Their attack has temporarily stopped!"

"Really? That's great!" Having said that, Baron Tomato didn't think so in his heart. Even if God really existed in the world, he wouldn't come to help a 'person' like him.

According to the doctrine, God will send angels to chase and kill him!

So.. it's either a conflict among the refugees, or someone has come to do themselves a favour!
The group of refugees who ate human flesh, after so many days, their brains should have been swallowed by the virus, how could they have the IQ to fight among themselves?

The result is self-evident, there must be someone helping in the dark!
Baron Tomato put away his weapon and walked out with the guards beside him: "Let's go and see what's going on!"

"Yes!"

1.2 kilometers east of the city, Ted held up a telescope to observe the results of the battle.

The trucks next to them were all covered with desert camouflage, so they would not be noticed from a distance. Even with good eyesight, if they saw these two abrupt big guys, they would think they were two rocks on the Gobi!

After 100 rounds were fired, the bombardment stopped.

Ted put down the binoculars in his hand, turned around and looked at the communications soldier who was on standby: "Send a report to the barracks and the city hall, send two infantry companies, and send an artillery company, and we will treat it as an actual combat exercise!"

"Yes!"

After the order was given, Steve beside him suddenly regained his energy. He pulled an empty ammunition box and put it under his body. He put away the binoculars, put his hand on Ted's shoulder, and tried to ask:
"Ted, if you do something like this to unarmed people, even if they eat people, you shouldn't sentence them to death, isn't it a bit bad?"

The soldiers present also had this question, but Ted would not laugh at them. After all, they did not have certain biological knowledge, and did not know the horror of prions or kuru disease!
Now, anyway, Ted is sitting here, idle is idle!It's better to combine the knowledge you have learned with the books in the system, and use your own words to popularize science knowledge to the guarding infantry.

"Comrades, there is a terrible virus in this world! It is a taboo written in our genes! Even if you are starving to death, don't attack the same kind! Eating shit is better than this!"

"Once you do this, this virus will jump from the protein into your body, eat your brain bit by bit, and finally turn you into a walking dead!"

This sentence must be nonsense for people who don't understand these, thinking that Ted is telling ghost stories!

Steve drank half of the bottle of water, and confirmed, "...you're not kidding, are you? Ted?"

Ted would not make such untimely jokes when he was serious about science popularization. He took out a book and handed it to Steve, saying seriously: "Of course I won't. If you don't believe me, I have medical knowledge." Use the book, here! Then you can grab someone to take a look and compare the contents of the book in a while!"

Looking at Ted's serious expression, the soldiers knew that he was not joking, so they all sat on the ground without saying a word and waited for the next sentence.

The surroundings became quiet, and then Ted continued: "After eating human flesh, from the third hour of the onset, the person who eats human flesh will lose his mind and will only continue to act according to the goal that was impressive during his lifetime!"

"Then they'd laugh uncontrollably, intermittently, then maniacally, and finally hysterically! It sounded pretty creepy, and trust me, you don't want to hear it! It's going to be a memory A nightmare not to go."

After finishing these words, the surrounding atmosphere dropped to the lowest point
"Later, their bodies will start to tremble and twitch uncontrollably, and the pain in their joints will make it difficult for them to walk! Even standing is a problem!"

"Gradually, they will gradually lose their ability to speak, and they don't even know how to speak when eating!"

"Until the whole body stiffened and shrank into a skinny mass, then paralyzed and incontinent, foaming at the mouth, and finally stopped breathing."

"During this period, there will still be hysterical laughter from time to time like a lunatic!"

After hearing such a description, the soldiers subconsciously leaned towards the surrounding comrades in order to relieve their depression and fear.

After talking about these heinous symptoms, Ted took a long breath, skipped part of the symptom description, and came to the end: "If they are not treated, they will die within a year, and they will die within a week if they are severe. "

"With the symptoms I just mentioned, it's easy to distinguish them from the crowd! There are also records in the imperial historical materials. If you don't believe me, you can check it out, but I believe you absolutely don't want to see the description on it!"

"I dare say that even a doctor who has seen many bloody scenes would have to shed a cold sweat after reading that article!"

Steve couldn't help shivering, rubbing his hands vigorously trying to warm himself up!
After that, he moved his position to Ted's side again.
It seemed that sitting next to this earl who knew everything would give him an inexplicable sense of security.

After Steve recovered, he recalled what he had read before: "The things in the original record are true. I thought the historians deliberately exaggerated!"

Ted shook his head, put a hand on Steve's shoulder, and said seriously, "I don't need to make such a joke!"

After saying this, Ted turned his head and looked at all the soldiers: "After eating human flesh, they are no longer human, but walking dead! Besides, there is no rule of law for this thing, even if it is cured, the death rate is extremely high , all we can do is to help them end their suffering as soon as possible.”

"Besides, this thing can be inherited, as long as you find it, you have to kill it!"

"So, no matter what the reason is, choosing to eat people can't change the facts I said. You may think it is cruel, but there is no better way than this."

"Everyone here is a soldier. I hope that your psychological quality is at least better than mine! Only in this way can we protect the people behind us!"

Whatever the danger that lies ahead, soldiers must protect the families behind them!This is where the strength of a powerful army lies. As long as the home is still there, you can work hard in the front for the rear!

When talking about prions, Ted suddenly recalled his college life.

I and my roommates intentionally let the characters eat human flesh in the DAYZ official server, and then hid in the grass by the sea in the dark, so as to scare those cute new players who don't understand anything.

Looking back on this now, I only feel scared. If I can still get in touch with this game, Ted will not do it if he is killed.
Just thinking about that oozing laugh gives you PTSD.
However, Ted's psychological endurance is not bad, and these should not cause too much trouble.

Hearing this, Steve seemed to understand something. He clenched his fists, raised his head slowly, looked at the crowd with firm eyes, and raised his hand to promise: "Don't worry, when I become emperor, I will definitely not do it again." Let other nobles and the damn church continue to exploit civilians like this! I, Steve, swear here, if I become a fool! Ted can kill me with a single shot! Then he will be emperor!"

"Ahem." Suddenly seeing this passionate scene, Ted was still a little uncomfortable, so he could only grab Steve's hand and quickly change the subject: "It's good to have this determination, but right now, we have to deal with the current situation." The problem"

Only by solving the current problems can we be qualified to consider the future!Of course Steve knew this: "Of course, you tell me! Ted, what do we do next?"

"Waiting for reinforcements." Ted spread his hands and made a helpless expression, indicating that he was powerless and could only sit down.

Ted just said that he wanted to solve the current problem, and then Steve asked something for no reason, but he only got this result. Of course he was not reconciled: "Just sit around like this? Do nothing?"

Ted rolled his eyes fiercely, stretched out his right hand and patted Steve on the back of the neck, then pointed to the two trucks and a dozen or so empty ammunition boxes beside him: "Then what do you think? Our shells have been fired. No more, only heavy machine guns and light weapons, no way to deal with millions of cannibals!"

"Are there so many?" Steve looked unbelievable. In his opinion, there should not be many people attacking the city, at most 2!
Seeing Steve's silly and cute expression, Ted knew the book he gave him, and he must not have read it at a glance: "If you have learned the course of tactical estimation, you can deduce it after just a few glances."

Steve was still unconvinced, ignored Ted's answer, and continued to force his words: "But we have to do something?"

Steve in front of him made a common mistake. He corrected Chris five months ago, and now he can only say the same thing again!
"Remember! Never do those useless things! What else to do!? We have brought a total of 3 rounds of ammunition, and we are finished after shooting. It is better to wait for reinforcements! The artillery company will carry enough shells at a time. Bombarding the crowd for a few hours before we go on again. Besides, the previous rounds of bombardment have already set the mountain of corpses on fire, even if the cannibals have no brains, they should know the pain! We will wait for the fire to go out before going on again! During this time, Our artillery will be there!"

Steve knows the power of mortars, but even 81mm shells can’t kill a large area, they can only hit a small circle: “Hey wait, you just said that the cannibals can be wiped out in a few hours.” , What kind of gun is that? I know the power of 60mm mortars, and I also know the power of 81mm shells, it’s not as exaggerated as you said.”

Steve's observation ability is very poor, and it's normal not to find such a big thing, so Ted took out a photo of a cannon from his arms and handed it to him: "This, you haven't seen the one in the barracks that looks like it. Big guy like Optimus Prime? That's our new tested weapon!"

When passing by a few days ago, Steve did see such a strange guy, but he didn't pay much attention: "You mean the big guy with two wheels?"

"That's right! That's the thing." Ted gave a thumbs up and continued to introduce: "It's called the Krupp 105mm howitzer, and a dozen high-explosive shells with steel balls can make a large piece. We just need to wait for the cannon to be delivered. It's over."

Hearing that there was such a weapon of war, Steve was furious: "Why don't you bring such a good thing?"

Hearing Steve's reproachful tone, Ted squeezed his waist and raised the volume three times and asked: "That thing has to be pulled by a truck. The truck we came here is already fully loaded. How can we tow two more heavy artillery?"

"That's right too." Steve could only be embarrassed, and sat on the side with everyone waiting for reinforcements.
(End of this chapter)