Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 145 Miasma
In fact, not only Ning Zhongying heard the conversation between Qin Zhengguang and Song Hui, but Tang Anguo and Wang Baochang who were at the front of the team also heard it clearly because of their strong strength.

Tang Anguo frowned, but kept walking, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Wang Baochang, who was beside him, noticed this subtle change in expression and asked quickly:
"Captain, do you want to issue an order prohibiting them from discussing this?"

Tang Anguo waved his hand to refuse.
"Forget it. These things can't be kept secret. It's only a matter of time before they get leaked out."

Wang Baochang also understood this truth. The reason why a secret is a secret is because it has never been told.

As long as someone who knows the secret tells it once, there will definitely be a second time, a third time, until everyone knows it and the secret will no longer be a secret.

There are many ways in which a secret can be leaked. Maybe it's just a slip of the tongue when drunk, or maybe it's just an attempt to brag about one's own experience.

All kinds of things are possible.

Thinking of this, Wang Baochang couldn't help but recall how solid the walls of Wanling City were, how magical the plants created by Li Mu were, and how rich the food at the banquet was...

"I hope Li Mu and Ru Meng can fall in love at first sight. This way, if they can't stay in the shelter anymore, they will have other options."

It wasn't just the team members who were feeling uneasy, Tang Anguo was the same.

The reason why he tried so hard to introduce a girl to Li Mu was not just to deepen their friendship, but also to prepare an extra way out for his family.

Otherwise, there are so many good-looking women, why introduce your wife's sister?
All I can say is that smart people never put all their eggs in one basket.

……

"Today is already the third day, why haven't they come back yet? Did something unexpected happen?"

Mayor Qian frowned and looked at General Wang who was sitting opposite him with some uneasiness in his heart and asked.

This was the first time that General Wang had encountered such a situation, and he was also unsure about the situation.

The distance from the shelter to Wanling City is only a few dozen kilometers, and Tang Anguo is an old hand who has made the trip back and forth several times.

Even though the thick fog outside obstructed their vision and delayed them some time, given the team's overall strength, they should have returned yesterday had they not encountered any unexpected danger.

"Could it be that there really was some unexpected situation and the entire army was wiped out?"

General Wang pondered in his heart, but he did not want to confirm this bad prediction at this time, so he could only comfort him softly:
"Let's wait a little longer. It's so foggy outside. We may have taken the wrong road and wasted some time."

Mayor Qian sighed deeply.

"I can afford to wait, but the shelter can't. If the fog is not resolved, the people in the shelter will become more and more anxious.

Smog is toxic. Inhaling it for a short time won’t have much of an impact, but who knows what will happen over a long period of time?”

In fact, he didn't know whether Tang Anguo and others could bring back a solution to the smog, but now Wanling City and Li Mu were their only hope.

General Wang frowned, feeling a headache. He commanded the army of the entire shelter and was responsible for defense. He was most aware of the security issues brought about by smog.

Originally, patrolling soldiers could stay on the city wall and observe the situation within a radius of several kilometers with the help of telescopes.

But now because the vision is obstructed by the heavy fog, he can only arrange the patrol team a few kilometers away to ensure that he can grasp the surrounding situation in time.

The manpower and material resources consumed in the process are much greater than before.

Moreover, he had just received another piece of bad news this morning: some soldiers in the patrol team had shown some poisoning reactions due to being outside in thick fog for a long time.

Although the symptoms are not serious, just headaches, sore throat, etc., but if it continues for a long time, I am afraid the situation will get worse.

"Alas, these are troubled times, these are troubled times!"...

Wanling City, on the top floor of the City Lord’s Mansion, Li Mu and the other two gathered together again.

Yao Chengcheng took a sip of hot tea and said with emotion:
“I don’t know how many people the West Lake Shelter will release to us this time.”

Yu Shuaikang slowly blew out a smoke ring:
“That depends on how many resources they want, but I don’t think there will be too many of them. After all, the purification lamps released this time have the ability to reproduce.

As long as they are ruthless enough and wait a little longer until the first batch of purification lamps mature and bear fruit, they won’t have to buy seeds from us anymore.”

At this point, Yu Shuaikang turned his gaze to Li Mu, who had been silent, and asked doubtfully:

"Old Li, weren't the plants that were circulated in the past all incapable of reproduction?
Why is the purification lamp different this time?"

Li Mu heard this and explained in a calm tone:
"In the past, those plants were commodities that were nice to have, but could be done without. For example, with the Red Flame Fruit, they could stay warm more conveniently, but without it, it didn't mean they had no other ways to stay warm. Wearing thicker clothes before going out, or carrying a heater, or other alternatives would all work."

"So I sold them the fruit that had no reproductive capacity, not the fruit trees, just to make a greater profit."

After a pause, Li Mu changed the subject and continued:

"But purification lamps are different. They can only purify the smog outside. Smog is a problem for the whole world, not just a problem in one place.

From another perspective, even if the West Lake Shelter did not send people to find a solution to the smog, would we just plant purification lamps in Wanling City? "

Yu Shuaikang immediately replied upon hearing this:

"Of course not!"

"Smog is mobile. As long as the smog outside is not completely eliminated, even if Wanling City plants more purification lamps, the surrounding smog will still float over."

Yao Chengcheng seemed to understand something and asked:

"So you traded the purification lamp with breeding ability to the shelter this time so that they can plant more in the outside world in the future?"

Li Mu nodded gently:

“Yes, we all live on the same planet, and the safety of the environment is necessary for all of us.

And I'm worried about one thing."

Yu Shuaikang: "What's the matter?"

Li Mu let out a breath and expressed his inner worries.

"Right now, the fog outside is just smog, and the toxins are not strong, but if it lasts for a long time, will the smog turn into highly toxic "miasma"? "

Yao Chengcheng scratched his head: "Miasma? What is this?"

Li Mu replied:

"It's a bit difficult to explain this, but to put it simply, the accumulated fallen leaves and rotting corpses of other animals, plus some harmful elements in the air, combine together to form a highly toxic gas.

If an ordinary person encounters this, he will lose half his life if not die!"

This chapter was originally 4,000 words, but I didn’t want to get stuck here, so I wrote 2,000 words and then I’ll write a new chapter and make up for it when I have time.

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