Chapter 240: Plague Spreading
The Mountain Mother Goddess, one of the three Mother Goddesses of the Mother Tribe Lizardmen, the other two being the Wood Mother Goddess and the Water Mother Goddess.
Legend has it that the Mountain Mother Goddess was a lizard deity born from mountain rocks, with a ferocious head and horns but a plump figure. She is the goddess of fertility, which is why the population of the Mountain Mother Clan is larger than that of the Voodoo Clan. This is also the reason why they are able to withstand the fierce attacks of the Voodoo Clan despite being at a disadvantage.
If nothing unexpected happens, the Mountain Mother Clan can drag down the Voodoo Clan with its population advantage.
However, a despicable but successful sneak attack left the Mountain Mother Goddess severely wounded by the Voodoo King, and she has not woken up yet, causing panic among the Mountain Mother Clan.
This also made Owen can’t help but have the idea of letting the Dragon Mother take over the Mountain Mother Goddess’s body, so as to control the Mountain Mother Clan.
The only problem now is that he must determine whether the Mountain Mother Goddess is really so bad that she is unable to react to the outside world. Otherwise, a god, even a totem god, is not so easy to deal with.
Therefore, Owen suspended the idea of contacting the Mountain Mother Clan and waited quietly for the opportunity to come. Anyway, the injuries of the gods are not so easy to recover, he can afford to wait.
Although he chose to wait, Owen was not idle during this time. Instead, he was preparing to strengthen his trump cards, such as Maya.
She is a great contributor, and he can’t treat anyone badly, let alone her. As for the precautions and careful thoughts he had in the past, Owen has long since forgotten about them, so he can do it boldly.
After temporarily satisfying Mei Ya by exchanging four Gorgons, Owen prepared to enhance Maya’s bloodline to the level of a Medusa.
Actually, this is not difficult, after all, Maya’s Gorgon bloodline has been enhanced before, so as long as the Progress Value is in place, coupled with high-concentration bloodline potions, Maya’s enhancement will be a matter of course. So she has both human and Medusa forms, giving Owen a whole new experience. It’s just that it’s too life-consuming, especially the snake tail entanglement, it really drains him, so he has to stop there.
However, Owen’s happiness didn’t last long, because there were signs of a plague spreading in the mountains.
At first, when plague zombies appeared on the battlefield between the two clans, Owen didn’t pay much attention to it. But he ignored the harm and transmission ability of the plague to mammals. Even among the ratmen with strong resistance, a large number of infected people appeared, all of whom fell into a weak state.
But this did not make Owen panic, because he knew that the beastkin in the mountains lived quite scattered, and the low temperature made it difficult for the plague to spread quickly. As for the large-scale infected ratmen, it was not a big problem either.
Since he transmigrated, sanitation has always been Owen’s focus. When the territory expanded, sanitation was upgraded to environmental sanitation by him, becoming more comprehensive.
Now the territory not only has an excellent sewer system, but also public bathhouses, toilets, garbage stations, hospitals, etc. Disinfection is also carried out regularly, greatly reducing the chance of disease and plague transmission.
However, Owen was not careless because of this, and he still attached great importance to epidemics and plagues. After all, this is a world with extraordinary power, and it is not impossible to play with viruses and plagues.
Therefore, as early as a few years ago, Owen asked Dier to refine targeted potions. After Ai Mi Er joined, the research went further. So after obtaining the plague samples, Ai Mi Er, who came to this world with Owen, began to concoct corresponding magic potions.
It is not entirely correct to say that it is a magic potion, because Ai Mi Er used a lot of original materials from the mountains, which greatly reduced the cost. Although the efficacy of the medicine inevitably decreased, it became possible to use it on a large scale.
Moreover, the physique of beastkin is stronger than that of humans, and only a little external force is needed to break the stalemate with the plague and allow their own immune system to function. At least after drinking the potion two or three times, the ratmen can recover their health. After eating two full meals, they will be put back into work, and they will gain antibodies to the plague for a long time.
“Let Mei Ya tell those beastkin tribes in the name of Ghost Valley Town that there are potions here to treat the plague, and then take the opportunity to recruit some suitable manpower.” Owen would not let go of such a good opportunity. He never gave up on the idea of this land, and now what he has to do is to use Ghost Valley Town as a cover to expand the influence of his own forces on the mountains. Ratmen are just the beginning.
With Maya here, any order from Owen can be well executed. What’s more, in addition to Ai Mi Er, witch hunters also know how to refine magic potions, which can fully meet the needs of nearby beastkin.
Owen originally wanted to take this opportunity to select some suitable soldier candidates, but he soon despaired. It turned out that he was completely wrong to take Ghost Valley Town as an example.
Most beastkin live a very primitive life, eating raw meat and living in caves is very common, and there is no soil for breeding civilization. So let alone writing, even the vocabulary is surprisingly small, that is to say, even if you understand the other party’s language, you can’t communicate effectively, because there is simply no such thing in the other party’s language.
It’s not something you can do by creating a word. It’s like introducing the sea to someone who has never seen the sea. Except for water and bigness, they can’t say anything else, and the other party doesn’t understand. So let alone complicated words, although it doesn’t reach the level of introducing computers to primitive people, it’s not much better.
In this case, it is simply a dream to let them learn to obey discipline and be trained into qualified soldiers.
Owen wanted to exchange for troop buildings to directly transform them, but there was no suitable building core. Just like the Town Center in the territory and the Tenshu on Hydra Island, without the core, troop buildings cannot be built. Moreover, these troop buildings are all aimed at humans. Owen is not sure whether beastkin are considered human.
Owen, who was full of helplessness, could only recruit a group of cat-folk and goat-folk first, planning to see if he could replicate the miracle of the ratmen.
Cat-folk are not catgirls, their bloodline is more primitive, so they show more animal characteristics, like cats that can walk upright. They are cute, but…
So the question is, how did the mixed race of cat-folk and humans like catgirls come about?
With doubts in his mind, Owen asked Ailu to train those cat-folk.
Ailu is not low in intelligence, and its strength is not weak. It can completely train these cat-folk into qualified scouts and good helpers. In the future, it may not be impossible to train them to become assassins or thieves. At that time, they can be handed over to the Root for further training to fill the manpower gap.
As for goat-folk, don’t think that goats are weak. In fact, goat-folk are very aggressive, especially good at headbutting. Their specialty is moving freely on cliffs.
However, Owen hired goat-folk not to fight, but to transport goods.
The warships of Hydra Island, under Owen’s guidance, have arrived at the Savage Continent. The only problem now is that they can’t get in.
Everywhere near the mountains are cliffs, so it is impossible to pass normally. If you land in other places, let alone whether the two clans fighting each other will let you pass, the lengthened journey alone is not worthwhile. Therefore, Owen specially hired goat-folk to let them carry the goods from the warships docked in the shoal and return by shortcut, which can shorten the round trip time to three to four days.
