Chapter 2986

"Hey!" This is Dong Rui's classic greeting opening, "I've been waiting to study those white flowers, but I kept waiting and couldn't get them, so I went to Yangshan to take over the second and third batches of white flowers, then brought them in from five or six places like Bailie, Hacha, and the northern forests. I discovered that as soon as you step onto Cangyan soil, within three steps, these white flowers will definitely wither and turn to ash!"

He Lingchuan raised his eyebrows: "Can they exist in the Yangshan Islands?"

"Yes. So in our country, there is some power that blocks the entry of this epidemic. I tested it over ten times before finally confirming!" Dong Rui sold a clue, "Have you figured it out?"

He Lingchuan's eyes flashed.

"Let me give you another hint." Seeing him embarrassed was rare, Dong Rui was even happier, "No cases of green mold disease have been found in Xuan Yi either!" He Lingchuan blurted out: "Black Dragon Totem."

"……" So fast? Dong Rui was greatly surprised, also a bit resentful, "How did you guess that, huh?"

He had studied it for a long time!

Oh no, he wasn't unable to guess, but rather needed to finally confirm through experiment! He had to be rigorous!

"Isn't this connection too obvious?" He Lingchuan naturally said, "Xuan Yi, as a vassal of Cangyan, also receives protection from the Black Dragon Totem. On the contrary, the Yangshan Islands, after being taken over by Chiyan State, lost the Black Dragon Totem, so they cannot resist the invasion of green mold."

"It seems the secret contest between the Dragon God and the Lingxu Holy Venerable has already begun, though people don't know about it." He Lingchuan speculated, "Just see if Lingxu Holy Venerable can continue improving the epidemic strains afterward; otherwise, we dare not even think of touching the Dragon God's protected lands."

Saying this, he also felt somewhat relieved. Although the effects of green mold haven't truly shown yet, Lingxu Holy Venerable wouldn't create something like this for no reason and release it into the human world.

Du Shan interjected beside him:

"Reporting to the Emperor, the State Preceptor of Qing Palace, Nie Xiaolou, also sent news to Emperor Mou. The guardian of Lingxu City, Wang Qun, discovered a method to prevent green mold, namely boiling water and then drinking it."

His conversation with the Nine Abyss Great Emperor, of course, couldn't be as casual as Dong Rui's.

Dong Rui immediately said: "But for patients already infected, drinking boiled water is already useless."

"Yes."

"Then this method basically cannot be promoted." Dong Rui shook his head, "Think about it, besides noble families and wealthy officials, how many people in the world are accustomed to drinking boiled water?"

Boiling water requires burning firewood. Civilians in various countries live so unevenly—how many can't even afford firewood? One of the salaries given to the teachers of the Panlongcheng Scholars' Academy back then was firewood.

Burning firewood is burning money, otherwise why would it be called 'salary'?

With that firewood in hand, either cook rice or keep warm in winter—besides the rich, which prodigal fool would dare use it to boil water for drinking?

So although drinking boiled water can prevent green mold is a fact, even if it can't be promoted in Beijia, let alone other human nations. Moreover, so far no direct harm to the human body from green mold has been seen, so countries may not want to expend such great effort to eradicate it.

The human world is so chaotic, the upper classes of all countries have so many things to busy themselves with—just a few days ago, several small countries quietly dissolved. Where would this little green mold rank in priority?

So even knowing the preventive method, all countries are helpless.

Du Shan puzzled: "If this green mold is the work of the Lingxu Holy Venerable, why would it easily die when boiled?"

In his impression, since the Lingxu Holy Venerable has vast divine powers, why not create a six-sided warrior of the gray mold realm that can't be boiled to death, smashed to pieces, or exhausted by medicine—how great would that be?

Dong Rui's answer was unexpected to him: "Because it's cost-effective."

Du Shan blank: "Cost-effective?"

Does the Lingxu Holy Venerable also like calculating economic accounts so much?

"I ask you, will this weakness of green mold not tolerating high heat hinder its large-scale infection of people?"

"No." The reason was already said earlier—civilians won't keep boiling water to drink, so their brains will eventually get infected with green mold. This kind of epidemic will also inevitably spread widely sooner or later.

"Then why does the Lingxu Holy Venerable need to make green mold so tough?"

"Uh……" Also.

"You amateurs misunderstand life and creation, thinking that as long as you hold divine status and understand the principles, you can create whatever you want, ideally having everything and no shortcomings." Dong Rui curled his lip, "Actually, the evolution and refinement of life certainly won't go as people wish; having one strength often means many drawbacks; wanting to accumulate a bit of advantage often means having to pay other costs."

He casually grabbed a rabbit, and the two stared intently—turns out it was Demon Puppet No. 66:

"No. 66 is extremely sensitive, now even able to briefly imitate certain specialties of prey, but its size is limited because it evolved from the Child-Eating Charm Beast, so it can never have the build of a ghost ape. This was the trade-off issue when the Heavenly Palace originally created it." "Whether it's the Lingxu Holy Venerable or us puppet masters, even the Creator of this heaven and earth, what we can do is nothing more than weighing trade-offs, keeping some strengths while ignoring a bunch of weaknesses. For example, the seaweed flowers created by the Lingxu Holy Venerable must be able to adapt to complex aquatic environments—whether in sewage or clean water, no matter how low or high the water temperature, they must survive and continuously release green mold spores. Moreover, they must reproduce quickly, because the Heavenly Palace wants to secretly place them among many human nations. You think this is easy?"

"Well, not easy." He Lingchuan crossed his arms, "Where are you now?"

"Bailie, I'm only one step away from the border—cross over and I'm out of the country, otherwise how could I study this damn thing?" Dong Rui shrugged, "Old Lady is beside me."

"Good. I've already sent the Earth Mother back to Cangyan to pick up the troops—come with the army." He Lingchuan instructed, "Bring all your little pets. I'm afraid you won't be able to return to Ju City for a long time."

Dong Rui was startled: "How come, is this about to start a war?"

He Lingchuan said solemnly:

"Soon. Beijia is already in great chaos, opportunities will come at any time."

This is his and the Red General's joint judgment.

"Then I'll move the experiment site into Panlongcheng." Dong Rui scratched his head, looking bitter, "Oh dear, there's too much stuff, I'll have to tidy up these two days!" Just then, the clear mirror on He Lingchuan's desk suddenly flashed red light.

Someone was contacting him urgently.

He lightly touched the mirror frame and knew who it was:

"Shuaye State Preceptor?"

He had just been talking about this person with Du Shan, and now the Shuaye State Preceptor was looking for him—truly a behind-the-scenes supporter. Of course, He Lingchuan also wanted to know what urgent matter the Shuaye State Preceptor had to find him for.

The mirror surface rippled, and when it cleared again, the face of the Shuaye State Preceptor appeared.

He Lingchuan got straight to the point: "Anything?"

Ultra-long-distance connections consume a lot of energy, and he is frugal, so he doesn't idle chat.