Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 135 Mist
Time flies, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.

"Whoever wakes up from a big dream first will know it in my life."

Li Mu stretched as usual, then quickly got up from the bed and prepared to wash up.

But at this moment, he discovered through the light of the lighthouse tree that thick fog had risen outside the window.

"What's going on?"

In Li Mu's understanding, fog only appears in an environment above zero degrees, but now the temperature outside is as high as minus 100 degrees. How could fog appear?

Without time to think, Li Mu quickly finished washing up and went downstairs. It was just after six in the morning, and the sun had not yet risen, so although there were many street lamps in Wanling City, it was still a little dim.

Li Mu first spent more than ten minutes to walk around the entire Wanling City and found that the entire city was filled with thick fog. Although it was not so dark that you could not see your hand in front of you, it was difficult to see people and objects at a distance of five or six meters.

On the streets in the early morning, a few passers-by walked hurriedly, their early risers shuttling through the misty fog, and their conversations were filled with surprise and confusion about the sudden fog.

Li Mu stood in front of the foggy city lord's mansion, frowning. He knew that this sudden fog was no ordinary natural phenomenon, and in this apocalypse, any major change should not be underestimated.

"It's hard to tell what's going on on the ground, let's go somewhere else and have a look."

Just as Li Mu was about to fly up to the sky with the help of the clover to continue to check the situation, Yao Chengcheng and Yu Shuaikang suddenly walked out of the gate of the City Lord's Mansion. Long ago, Li Mu built a tree house for the parents of the three people separately, so now the three of them still live alone in the City Lord's Mansion.

The two men saw Li Mu standing at the door looking around, and immediately asked, "Are you here to check the situation as well?"

Li Mu nodded, briefly explained the situation, and then asked for their opinions: "I think this fog is strange, do you think we should go to a higher place to take a look?"

Yao Chengcheng nodded solemnly and said, "We must check the abnormal weather. If we find anything wrong, we can take precautions early."

Yu Shuaikang also echoed the words: "This fog really appeared too suddenly. It was fine last night. There was no sign at all."

Seeing that both of them agreed to go up to the sky to check the situation, Li Mu immediately took out three clover seeds from his pocket and blew gently. Three clovers appeared in front of them. Then the three of them grabbed the handles of the clovers and slowly rose up, flying into the foggy sky.

When Clover flew to a height of more than fifty meters, the fog was still very thick and it was impossible to see the surrounding situation clearly, so the three of them could only continue to rise. It was not until they flew up about two hundred meters that the fog gradually became thinner.

The three of them could clearly see the entire scene around Wanling City through the fog. Within a dozen kilometers of their field of vision, the entire world was shrouded in white fog, looking like the Summoner's Rift shrouded in "fog of war".

Seeing such a strange sight, Yu Shuaikang said with a teasing smile: "I'm afraid that the biggest smog in Kyoto's history is not so exaggerated! But when the sun comes out, the fog should be gone." Yao Chengcheng frowned at the side, as if he suddenly remembered something, and shook his head and said, "I'm afraid things are not that simple. The temperature outside is more than 100 degrees below zero. Even if the sun comes out, the temperature will not rise much, and the fog should not be able to dissipate."

Li Mu's face was serious. "That's terrible. The fog is so thick that I can't see the surroundings clearly a few meters away. It seriously hinders my vision. If I stay in Wanling City, it will be fine. At most, it will be a little troublesome to go out. But if I leave Wanling City, I won't be able to find the direction at all."

"Moreover, compared to the problem of vision, I am more worried about whether mutant beasts will take this opportunity to attack Wanling City. You know, the sense of smell and mobility of mutant beasts are much stronger than humans."

Li Mu's words attracted the attention of Yao Chengcheng and Yu Shuaikang. They all knew that in this end times, any unexpected crisis could bring a devastating blow.

"So what should we do now?" Yu Shuaikang asked.

Li Mu pondered for a moment, then said: "First, we need to collect information about this fog as soon as possible to understand its source and cause. Secondly, we need to strengthen the vigilance of Wanling City to prevent possible accidents. Finally, we need to find a way to break this fog, just in case."

Yao Chengcheng nodded thoughtfully, "Then let's divide the work and cooperate. I will be responsible for collecting relevant intelligence and send people to the West Lake Shelter to inquire about the situation. Lao Li, you go back and experiment to see if you can create plants that absorb fog. Asao Ni, arrange for people to deploy defenses around Wanling City, especially in the outer city area, to prevent some mutant beasts from taking advantage of the fog to sneak into the vicinity and hurt the residents in the city."

"no problem."

Li Mu and Yu Shuaikang both felt that Yao Chengcheng's arrangement was appropriate and agreed to it. Then the three of them did not stay long and activated their energy to return to the ground together.

When all this was done, nearly an hour had passed and it was seven o'clock in the morning.

As the saying goes, "sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood", although the three of them still had a lot of things to do, they still had to eat breakfast. If they were not full, how could they have the energy to work? However, this time they were much faster, and it took less than five minutes to stuff a pile of food into their stomachs. Then the three of them went their separate ways and went their own way.

Regardless of how Yao Chengcheng and Yu Shuaikang arranged the work, after Li Mu returned to the laboratory, he began to think about what plants have the function of absorbing fog. Because Hu Li and Hong Pengfei were busy building a botanical garden in the outer city during this period and did not report to the laboratory, he had no one to consult for advice and could only figure it out on his own.

After thinking for a while, Li Mu still had no idea. Many green plants have the function of purifying the air, such as green ivy, monstera, schefflera, etc., but he has never heard of those that can absorb fog.

“Purify the air!”

At this moment, Li Mu suddenly had an idea: Is fog also a harmful gas? Can it also be solved by purifying the air?

Then he remembered a popular science short video he had seen before. Generally speaking, fog is formed by the condensation of water molecules, and its visibility is very high, and it can be seen within one kilometer. But "haze" is different. It is composed of tiny particles, which contain many substances that are harmful to the human body, and its visibility is very low.

(End of this chapter)