The Game of Global Mining Chapter 608 457: Pneumoconiosis and Parasitic Algae

Chun's vision was blurred, making it difficult to find. However, Mina discovered several buildings by the river a few hundred ters outside the village.

"Master, that's far from the dust. It should be a hospital."

Upon approaching, a series of coughing sounds ca in, yet they were weak and feeble.

Mina sighed, "This is dust illness, the infamous miners' disease! Miners inhaling the dust from mining areas for a long ti ultimately leads to lung hardening and difficulty breathing. In the early stages, all cities had nurous patients. Treatnt involved inhalation sprays, but they were expensive, and there was no magic to alleviate it. Basically, when poor people got sick, they would just wait slowly for death. If a spray could be developed for the later stages, it would be remarkable, and miners around the world would be imnsely grateful."

It really is dust illness!

Chun was well aware of the severity of this disease in reality, but he hadn't paid attention to it in the ga. After all, since the public test period, Chun mainly focused on hanging out in taverns; mining was mostly done while he was away. After officially launching the ga, he barely mined and seldom heard the constant coughing sounds.

Chun quickly asked, "Are there many cases of dust illness in the cities?"

Mina replied, "A lot in the early stages. As the rich mines in the cities depleted, the dust wasn't so severe, and cases gradually decreased. But in the inland rural mining areas, it's unpredictable. As it seems now, there are probably dozens of people in this building, and it's quite severe."

Chun sighed, "Then for this illness... even if we enter their dreams, what can we do to help them?"

i said, "They are just chronically ill. They won't die imdiately, right? We could bring them hope to persevere, like skin breathing!"

Chun was astonished, "Humans aren't frogs, how can we breathe through the skin?"

i said, "A hundred years ago, I saw so special human fighters able to dive underwater for a long ti without air tanks, and that was skin breathing! By modern human standards, it should be the Divine Artisan Level Swimming Skill."

Holy Shit? Do humans need to reach Divine Artisan Level to break the barrier and reach the level of a regular tadpole?

Chun sighed, "Ordinary people can't reach that level!"

i said, "Then there's parasitic algae! It parasitizes the lungs, blood vessels. Parasitic algae can open skin breathing pores and produce oxygen itself."

Ah!!

Mina was also astonished, "Then i, where can we find such algae?"

i sighed, "Wherever there are plentiful seaweeds, there must be such algae. Actually, it has another na, zombie algae. Even if the host dies, the algae can still control the host's movents! So, the side effect is turning into a zombie. It depends on how the patient perceives it, and how others perceive it."

Ah! Chun suddenly recalled that researcher friend of Shannon in Black Iron City. Mu was the one studying the zombie virus. He discovered that parasitic fungi could hollow out beetles and still control their bodies (Note: Chapter 308). So, finally, can these people get involved too? As for places with plentiful seaweed—

Chun asked, "Then in the Sea of Creation, there's a vast algae sea; there are dying fish everywhere. Is there any there?"

i was surprised, "Ah, that place, I haven't been there, but if it's endless, there's definitely so. Perhaps those dying fish you see are already zombie fish."

That's how it is!

But why bother looking for zombie fish when the Old Turtle itself is a huge zombie? Does it have any inside? But this would involve contacting the Siren, or contacting the two Guardian Gods of Nancy... But now… at best, we can enter the dream realm to give these patients a little hope, let them hold on. However, the key is keeping my identity and the dicine recipe secret.

Chun had already thought of the excuse: Once the dicine recipe is exposed, the pharmaceutical consortium would quickly intervene, and the poor wouldn't be able to afford it. So, there's no choice but to keep it secret.

Chun couldn't see clearly, "Mina, let's take action."

"Okay, Master, I'll find soone who looks relatively strong and can hold on for a while…"

—System notification: Your team has entered the dream space of villager "Broken Hoe" under the lead of High Tier Dragon Soul Nightmare Mina.

Then the scene slowly shifted.

Holy Shit, here we go again, just like last ti entering the Rusted Clamp Gang Elder's dream. Whenever I enter, the system temporarily loads a plot for an otherwise insignificant side NPC, right? But, since the system doesn't give a "warning" notification, that ans safety and no fighting?

Finally, the scene changed, still the sa village, with an extrely dim color, smoke and dust engulfing everything, obscuring the surroundings, with oppressive dark clouds overhead, ten ters away from the village. Even Chun, seeing this scene, felt extrely closed and suffocating, even felt unable to breathe!

Mina said, "There's little fear, but extrely dispirited and hopeless."

A coughing sound erged from the smoke: "Who?"

Chun stepped forward to see, a person squatting on the ground praying to the cloudy church. Being able to pray implies there's still so hope?

Chun had dealt with three old n before, so he adopted a Sage's deanor: "I heard your prayer, your cough. I ca for your illness."

He replied without turning his head, "What new redy this ti?"

Chun was taken aback, "What do you an?"

He shook his head, "Doesn't matter, as long as there's money involved, I'll help with the trials!"

Chun was shocked, "So, pharmacies had previously collaborated with you for trials?"

"Cough cough… Are you new here?"

"Yes!"

He sneered, "dicine sellers think we have terminal illnesses, that we'll desperately bankrupt ourselves to save our lives? No, we don't spend a penny, just offer our lives for trials, and pharmacies still have to pay us!"

Now Chun was completely confused, "So those dozens outside the village are trial participants?"

He smiled bitterly, "Yes! That's the strength of our village, producing patients."

Chun could only say, "I do have a new redy, and it's very likely to cure you. I hope you gain confidence and hope, hold on until the new dicine arrives."

He smiled and began to turn around, "All pharmacists say this, and I'm also very spirited and hopeful!"

The situation was completely out of Chun's control!

Chun's main concern was keeping his identity secret, but seeing him acting like a pig not afraid of hot water, taking any job, such people can't keep secrets! So before he turns around to see clearly, I should withdraw decisively.

Chun promptly retreated into the fog.

Honestly, if he saw face-to-face, Chun wouldn't be able to vouch for not sending him to rest prematurely!

In this situation, not keeping it secret actually has benefits, like the Magic Mirror sending people to investigate, and this "Broken Hoe" could testify saying he dreamt a pharmacist had co, that would be highly misleading.

—System notification: You have left the dream space of villager "Broken Hoe."

Mina sighed, "It seems like these people are all the sa, hard to gain anything, so Master, what's our goal now?"

Anyway, with i's divine power backstop, Chun decided to go all in: "To the nearby Purple Flower Village!"