#42 - Chapter 42 Plague and Life

"Mara, I have some questions I need to ask you."

Wu Wei said to the Pure Child, Hel.

Hel immediately understood Wu Wei's meaning, patted his chest, and prepared to call out his sister, who was parasitizing his body.

But the problem is....

"Uh... this..."

"Lord, my lord."

"If you have any questions, just ask."

"I..."

The voice of Mara, the Plague Bringer, came from the holes in Hel's body, weakly saying.

"I'll just stay here... yes, stay here and answer your questions!"

"Uh..."

Wu Wei helplessly rubbed his forehead.

This powerful Plague Bringer seemed to have some quirks in her personality.

No, not just her.

Including Hel, along with the Imp Matron, and even all the Abyss creatures Wu Wei had seen, showed some monstrous tendencies in their personalities.

But this did not cause Wu Wei to feel any so-called aversion to them; on the contrary, Wu Wei got along with them very happily.

Because in his opinion, he might be a freak in the eyes of others.

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"Okay."

Wu Wei compromised.

Although the Pure Child, Hel, repeatedly stated that he could reach in and forcibly pull his sister out of the holes.

But Wu Wei glanced at the Plague Bringer Mara's pitifully low health points and refused this crude method.

He didn't want to lose a hero just because he asked a few questions.

"I want to know, will the plagues you create affect our demon warriors?"

Wu Wei asked this question because, after obtaining the Vision of War, he could see many very detailed things.

So he naturally noticed that the seemingly invincible demon warriors did not actually possess very strong disease resistance, nor did they have very strong anti-parasitic abilities.

So Wu Wei was very worried that when he sent the Pure Child, Hel, and the Plague Bringer, Mara, to fight, his own warriors would be infected before the enemies were.

Moreover, judging from Mara's abilities, her plagues seemed to spread and mutate at all times.

"It will..."

The voice of the Plague Bringer Mara appeared again from the holes in Hel's body.

"But not entirely."

"Great Lord, all demons, regardless of their type, can be infected by the plagues I create."

"Because as long as there is life, it will be infected by plagues, and it will encounter corresponding diseases in the endless increase of entropy."

"Just like even electronic life that only exists in machines will eventually have electronic viruses."

"Disease and plague are not the opposite of life."

"On the contrary, disease and plague are one with life."

"As long as there is life, life will and should encounter disease."

"Even demons are the same."

Hearing this, Wu Wei nodded, it seemed that the problem of demons encountering disease was unavoidable.

But things soon took a turn for the better.

"But great Lord, please don't worry."

"Although demons will also be infected by my plagues, I can use my directional evolution ability to actively change the plagues I send out to be suitable for demons to be infected with."

"Although some of the infected demons are destined to die from the disease, those who survive will gain stronger attributes and unpredictable new abilities because of the disease."

"New abilities? For example?"

Nothing could excite Wu Wei more than obtaining new means of war.

So hearing this, Wu Wei's eyes lit up, and he stared at the holes, waiting for the Plague Bringer's reply.

"Yes, my Lord."

Seemingly sensing that Wu Wei's gaze had become more terrifying, the pitiful Mara shrank deeper into the hole while answering.

"Some demons will have higher life recovery abilities because of the plague infection."

"And some demons will become unafraid of pain and more eager for blood because of the plague infection."

"And some demons will simply pass through the plague's selection and gain a stronger body, increasing their strength, stamina, and so on."

"However, a small number of demons will directly become [Demon Pathogens] because of infecting too many plagues. Such demons not only have higher attribute values, but can also directly spread diseases with their flesh, just like my brother."

"Moreover, these Demon Pathogens are likely to mutate various deformed organs due to the disease."

"Although these deformed organs seem redundant, they can actually amplify their various abilities."

Hearing this, Wu Wei immediately understood.

Like the Endless Abyss, plagues and diseases are also chaotic and uncontrollable.

Although demons cannot directly immunize themselves against various diseases like the Pure Child, Wu Wei can still use diseases to strengthen his own warriors.

Although doing so will cause some demons to die without fighting.

But you must know, those are demons.

As long as Wu Wei has not issued an order, countless demons are already killing and devouring each other.

So this number of deaths is simply not a large number compared to the number of demons who die because of other demons' desires.

In addition, the demons themselves have a chance to be strengthened after being infected with the plague.

So Wu Wei did not hesitate too much and directly changed the incubation order of the two Abyss Hatcheries inside the Endless Abyss.

Before producing other warriors, Wu Wei directly hatched a hundred Little Demons and used his Lord ability to bring them "intact" to Mara and Hel.

"Infect them!"

Wu Wei said excitedly, staring with scarlet eyes with vertical pupils.

"Show me what the demon warriors will look like after being infected with the plague!"

"As you command, my Lord."

After Mara said weakly, Hel obediently walked over from among these Little Demons who were still unaware.

In just a breath, many of the Little Demons had already been infected.

And the new plague created by the Plague Bringer Mara began to spread wildly among this group of Little Demons.

"Aww!"

"Ah ah!"

"Squeak!"

Soon, some Little Demons died in pain, falling on the path of evolution.

And more Little Demons stubbornly survived.

Countless pustules, strange molds, and rotten, smelly new organs grew from their bodies.

The weak die, and the strong become stronger.

The prototype of the first Plague Demon Legion is about to be displayed in front of Wu Wei!

And it will also loyally serve Wu Wei, bringing death to the enemy and...

Ubiquitous plague!