On the construction site, people gathered together in small groups and spent some time buying roast chicken and duck, drinking wine and eating meat.

There are also those who are slaves, huddled in a corner and struggling to survive.

Considering that the craftsmen and slaves knew very little, Su Xing chose to skip it and quickly arrived at a camp guarded by guards.

Under the cover of night, Su Xing easily sneaked into the tent with his 'shadow escape' ability and saw an unconscious person.

Judging from the clothes this man was wearing, he must be a slave at the construction site.

Su Xing looked at the man and saw that he didn't look like he was sick and there were no wounds on his body, so he felt a little doubt in his heart.

He transformed from the shadow back into human form, patted the storage bag on his waist, took out a wooden stick and pushed the opponent.

The latter shook twice without any response.

Seeing this, Su Xing turned into a black shadow again and planned to continue to investigate other places.

But at this moment, bursts of footsteps suddenly came from outside the house.

Soon, two senior Taoist officials dressed as stewards hurried in.

From the groveling attitude of one of the managers, it is not difficult to see that these two people should have a superior-subordinate relationship.

The subordinate steward was the first to speak: "Manager Chu, this is the slave I'm talking about. He has been lying here for more than half a month."

"It's been more than half a month?" Manager Chu frowned and said, "It's such a big thing, why are you notifying me now?"

"This matter is due to my lack of consideration."

The subordinate manager admitted his mistake beforehand, and then defended himself: "At first, the slave was unconscious, and it didn't have much impact. I thought there was no need to disturb the adults, so I kept him here.

I never thought that this 'disease of poverty' would actually..."

‘Disease of poverty’?

In the corner, Su Xing felt even more puzzled when he heard what the subordinate manager said.

It's the same world as before he traveled through it.

Mortals on the birthday of a person will also be infected with wind-cold, typhoid, and even plague and other difficult diseases.

But this 'disease of poverty'...

Su Xing has traveled to the birthday girl for three years and has never heard of this strange symptom.

Out of curiosity, he was even more reluctant to leave the camp at this moment, and concentrated on eavesdropping on information related to the 'poor disease'.

"okay."

Manager Chu didn't really want to hold this subordinate manager accountable.

Seeing the respectful attitude of the other party, his tone softened: "The most important thing now is to find a way to control the 'poverty disease' as soon as possible and not to infect too many people."

"It's difficult..."

The subordinate manager smiled bitterly and said: "Our people still don't understand how this 'poverty disease' is transmitted. We only know that the more ignorant people are, the easier it is for them to contract this disease."

Manager Chu said displeasedly: "What do you mean by an 'ignorant' person? Can you be more specific?"

"How do I describe this..."

The subordinate manager looked embarrassed: "The so-called 'ignorance' generally refers to the kind of people who are easy to be deceived by us, easy to be controlled by us, and who will never understand it in their lifetime... In short, this concept has no specific boundaries."

Manager Chu nodded, indicating that he understood what the other party meant: "How many people are currently infected with the 'poverty disease' on the construction site?"

"It's not much. Except for this person who is used for research, the total number of infected people is only two slaves and one craftsman. I have asked people to kill them secretly," the subordinate manager replied.

"Well, beautiful!"

Manager Chu nodded again and said with satisfaction: "You handled this matter well. Remember: If you can't solve the problem, solve the problem in time!"

The subordinate manager hurriedly lowered his head and responded: "I understand!"

Good guy....

After hearing this, Su Xing roughly understood what this 'poverty disease' was all about.

——If he guessed correctly, this 'poor disease' is probably a 'disease' that goes beyond physical recognition.

Its mode of transmission is likely to involve cause and effect, which cannot be explained by common sense, so there is no cure.

I don't know if this disease will spread widely in the royal city...

In the tent.

Manager Chu asked again: "Has this slave been like this since he fell into coma?"

The subordinate manager replied: "Sometimes I wake up occasionally, but even when I wake up, I am completely weak and have no use value at all."

Manager Chu asked: "Have you given him anything to eat?"

"some."

The subordinate steward replied: "Considering that this slave cannot work, I only feed him some liquid food these days, just to keep him breathing."

"Then what did the doctor say?"

"The doctor said that this 'poor disease' will not kill people, but it will make people feel weak and lie in the hospital bed all the time."

Speaking of this, the subordinate manager seemed to suddenly remember something: "Oh, that's right! In order to make it easier to distinguish, the doctor also gave this state a name, called 'lying flat'!"

"Lie down flat? It's really pretty!"

After taking a closer look, Manager Chu said with a serious face: "We can't let these craftsmen and slaves lie flat! Otherwise, who will build the 'Shou Statue' on the construction site? If this delays the construction period, the superiors will be blamed.

, you and I can’t afford it!”

The subordinate manager said in fear: "What do you mean, Manager Chu?"

"If anyone is found lying flat, they will be dealt with secretly. Don't let the 'poverty disease' spread on the construction site."

Manager Chu emphasized: "I don't care what means you use, but no matter what, this 'Shou Statue' must be completed on time!"

"My subordinate understands!"

"Do it well!"

After the subordinate manager responded, Manager Chu said no more words and just walked out of the camp.

in the corner.

After listening to the conversation between the two, Su Xing was shocked and became more and more curious about the 'poverty disease' related to the law of cause and effect.

Everyone knows Zhou.

Diseases are mostly caused by viruses or cell function, morphology, and metabolic disorders.

But this 'disease of poverty' is not one of them at all.

Therefore, there is a high probability that ordinary doctors cannot cure this disease, and even the entire Nanfangbu Continent may not be able to find a doctor who can cure this disease.

The cause of this disease is very likely to hide some big secret...

After eavesdropping on the conversation between the two stewards at the completion site, Su Xing carefully explored other areas.

After confirming that there was no important information, he returned to his residence.

Because he has a life span of more than a thousand years, plus the life span of monks in the foundation building period is more than two hundred years.

Considering this, Su Xing did not rush to the Daomen station to investigate, but chose to play it slow and still went to the 'Shou Statue Construction Site' every day to investigate information.

Su Xing's idea of ​​​​exploring information is not to seek merit, but to seek no faults.

He doesn't necessarily have to find out anything, but he must not let people from the Taoist sect discover it, let alone put himself in danger.

The "Shou Xiang Construction Site" is poorly managed, making it almost impossible to discover his existence.

Taking things step by step like this is naturally the safest approach.

Another six days passed like this.
Chapter completed!