第五章 瘟疫(2 / 2)

这些寄生虫通过食物，唾液和血液传播，被感染的人怕光，怕吵三个时辰后腋下腿窝处开始溃烂，接着是颈部和面部，五到六个时辰寄生虫到达脑部，这个时候患者开始丧失意识，开始攻击生人和活物。

开始百姓家中出现患者不愿意报官，但紧接着出现一家一家的疯尸患者，邻居之间开始举报病情，有时甚至出现错报情况，城防军草木皆兵宁肯错杀也不放过。

后来又出现一些患病免疫者，这些人感染后被家人关在笼子里或是地窖里，过了两天后由于患者没有摄入新鲜血液，这些患者人群出现了不同的两种情况。

i‘mholdingafire.seeingsomeonebullyingsmallanimalsinthestreet，ijumpdown(iforgottocatchupwithmymotherandthemagain)

theguydidn‘tknowhowlonghedidn‘twashhisface.hecouldn‘tseeanyone.hestaredatthelittlegraydoggreedily.

hesaidsomethingvaguelywhiledrooling.helookedlikethat.ifhegraspedit，hemighthaveeatenitalive.

thelittledogalsounderstoodhisdangeroussituation，whiningandpleading.hisrighthindlegwascurledup.heshouldhavebeenhurt.therewerebloodspotsonhisgrayhair.iletthedoggoandjumpeddown.

themanturnedtolookatme，andthenisawthathiswholefacewasfullofabscesses.thepusmayhavedriedupandpastedonhisface.itstucktohisbeard，likealumpofshit.itwasdisgustingtoseethat.heopenedhismouthtorevealajaggedyellowtooth，withthicksalivaflowingaroundhismouth.healsoshowedhisteethtomelikeadog，givingoffalowthreatwhenthedogwasrobbedroar.

i‘llgoit‘sdisgusting

hisdarkhandsarelikealayerofblacksnakescales.hisnailsarelongwithexposedbluetendons.beforetheyreachhim，thestenchthatcansmokepeoplestraighttohisnostrils.

isuddenlyknowwhythismanislikethis.thisistheplagueinthecity.halfamonthbeforethecitybroke，agroupofrefugeescametothecityandsaidtheyhadescapedfromthevillageinfrontofthem.

theypushedasmallcartofgrain，whichwassaidtobeseeds，andfarmerswithplantingexperience.

thegarrisonofficersknewthatthewarwascoming.theywereafraidthattheywerespiesanddidn‘tletthemintothecity，buttheydetainedthesmallseed.

thenatthatnight，twoofthegarrisonsoldierssuddenlywentmadatnight.theycrawledonthegroundlikedogs，withabscessesontheirfacesandlongdroolsontheirmouths.

whentheyweremutilated，theincidentwasnotbroughtundercontrolintimebecausetheotherfourmembersofthegroupweremissing.

thenthesamediseaseappearedinthecity.atfirst，therewasadarkshadowlikeadogattackingpeopleinaremoteplaceatnight.thecitydefenseforcesstrengthenedtheirdefenseandmanpoweratnight.

however，theinfectioncontinuedtospreadandallofthemwerecivilians.threedayslater，thesituationwentoutofcontrol.urredinamarketinthecenterofthecity.

atthattime，therewerenearlyathousandpeopleinthemarket.nooneknewwhathappened.farawayfromthecenterofthemarket，therewasafamousricenoodlesnack.asusual，oldcustomerscametothestallandorderedaricenoodle.thisricenoodleshopisfamousfarandnear.

manypeoplecametoeatinthismarketintheeastofthecityfromthewestofthecity.onthatday，oldxu，theowneroftheshop，wasalittlestrange.heworeascarfaroundhisheadandfaceinthedaytime，andtheoldcustomersdidn‘tlistentohimwhentheytalkedwithhim.healwaysshoutedinhisthroat.

thestallisfullofpeople.manypeoplebegantolineup.frommorningtonoon，idon‘tknowhowmanypeopleate.inshort，halfabagofcopperhasbeenputinthemoneybagofthecounter.

atnoon，mr.xubroughtabowlofricenoodlestoacustomer‘stable.suddenly，hehadaconvulsion.thenhisbodybegantoshake.hefellonthestallandthescarfaroundhisheadrolleddownwithhim.

peoplesawhisfacefullofabscessesandblood.thereweresomanypeopleinthemarket.thepeopleinthestallbegantofleeinpanic.infact，therewasnowayorspaceforthemtoleavehere.

first，afatauntinagreenragblousewascaughtbyxu‘shead.thisfatauntalsohadsomestrength.shehadabigmouthwhenherlifeanddeathwereatstake.withasnap，xu‘sheadwashitbyxu‘shead.itwasestimatedthatthismovewascommonlyusedathome，buthishandswerestainedwithpusonhisface.

womenlovetobeclean.whenshesawthedisgustingpusonherhand，shesubconsciouslyreachedouttowipeitwithapad，whichdelayedtheonlychancetoescape.xushookhisheadandhowledandjumpedback.

thistime，shewascompletelypressedunderthebodybyoldxu‘shead，andhebitherthroat.fataunttriedtopushhimawaywithherhands，butthestrengthofoldxu‘sheadstimulatedbythebloodsuddenlybecameamazing.atfirst，fataunt‘sfeetbegantoshakeconstantly，andthemandidnotmoveforawhile.

thenfromtheinnerroomofthestall，twopeoplecameout.onewasanoldwomanwhowastheoldxu‘swife，andtheotherwasahalfboy.itwasthesamewiththeoldxu‘s.theyseemedtosmellthesmellofblood.theycameandthrewthemselvesonthefallenwomanwiththeoldxu‘shead.

thenthecrowdshoutedandfledtotheoutside.thepeopleoutsidedidn‘tknowwhatwasgoingoninside.theythoughttherewasmonkeyplayorjuggling.amiddle-agedmanwithabigbeardwasstillsqueezinghisneckintotheinsideandshouting.hey，what‘ssobusyletmesee.

beforewecouldgettothefront，suddenlyamanwithbloodalloverhisfacerushedtohim.thenhehuggedhimandgaspedforbreath.hisvoicewashoarse.someofthemwerecrazycorpses，someofthemfellonthegroundwiththeirhandsloose.

themanfrozeforamoment.thecrowdwasstillshoutingandrushingout，accompaniedbytheshrillcryofthewomen.

hepaused，turnedtofollowthecrowd，andsuddenlyhewashit