My beast can't be a demon.

Chapter 310: Qiu Dao Mu's Physical Condition
"Is it true that I can't hide it from you?"

It was so humiliating to be held in someone's hand that Qiu Daomu couldn't help but twist his body.

Maybe it was because the questions Zhou Lu asked made it a little flustered, so much so that it completely forgot that it could actually let its consciousness return to its body to avoid all this.

"It's obvious." Zhou Lu said, "Especially after Hua Huo evolved into a god, your weakness became even more obvious to me."

The evolution of the Beastmaster is not just about increasing the Beastmaster slots. Zhou Lu’s attributes are actually doubled just like Hanabi.

This greatly increased his observation and sensitivity, so the situation that Qiu Daomu deliberately suppressed did not escape his eyes.

Qiu Daomu let out a long sigh, then lay down in Zhou Lu's arms and slowly told him about his situation.

Its physical condition was worse than Zhou Lu had imagined.

Originally, even if this species did not use any materials that could prolong its life, it would have a lifespan of at least 30,000 years.

After all, if you want to pursue the truth of the world, the desire for knowledge alone is not enough.

A lot of knowledge needs to be constantly corrected with the progress of the times before it can get closer to the truth, so you have to live until that time to be able to pursue the truth.

As one of the spiritual beasts closest to the original rules of the world, the Tao-seeking Wood can actually sense whether the knowledge it receives is close to the truth through its body.

Wrong knowledge is actually harmful to the truth-seeking wood, as it can help them judge whether the knowledge they receive is correct or wrong.

For tens of thousands of years, this concept was actually completely fine.

Because even humans, who are known as the spirits of nature, are slow in discovering the knowledge of truth.

If it had remained in that state, Qiudaomu would undoubtedly have been able to live for tens of thousands of years without a break.

However, with the opening of the Beast Taming Era, human technology has also experienced a major explosion, and the output of relevant knowledge is increasing massively every year.

In this process, the generation of erroneous knowledge is inevitable, and even Qiudaomu uses this to continuously correct errors in the human technology tree.

This is why the achievements of the Beast Taming Era, in just a few thousand years, were greater than those of the Immortal Era, which lasted tens of thousands of years.

In the Age of Immortals, the immortals were certainly powerful, but this power only affected a small elite group of humans. The common people who truly occupied the mainstream basically did not enjoy the benefits of the era, and were even eaten away by the era.

This is certainly because the nature of immortals makes them not care about these common people, but in fact, even if they really care about all mankind, they cannot achieve the goal of cultivating immortals for all the people.

Before the technological explosion in the Beast Taming Age, it was simply unimaginable that there would be a surplus of evolutionary materials.

It can be said that humans were able to accomplish an extraordinary feat for all of humanity during the beast taming era, an unprecedented achievement, not to mention that this achievement only took a thousand years.

However all this comes at a cost.

The cost to humanity was not great.

Then someone has to bear the main cost.

Unfortunately, Qiu Dao Mu was the one who had to pay the price.

It uses its own perception of erroneous knowledge to continuously correct errors in the human beast taming technology tree.

However, the explosive development of human knowledge and technology has brought about a vast amount of knowledge, among which a large amount of erroneous knowledge has become a sharp blade that backfires on those who seek the truth.

The technological explosion in recent decades has made the situation even worse for Qiudaomu.

It cannot reject these erroneous papers because it does not know whether the brand new paper is correct or incorrect before accepting it.

By the time Qiudaomu distinguished the true from the false and rejected the erroneous paper, the damage caused by the erroneous knowledge had already been done.

Listening to Qiu Daomu's calm and peaceful explanation, Zhou Lu fell into a long silence.

It is precisely because of the existence of the Tao-seeking Tree that mankind has basically not taken the wrong path on the road of development.

All academic frauds that were enough to have an impact for decades and lead countless subsequent researchers astray were directly discovered by Qiu Daomu and nipped in the bud.

Qiu Daomu is dying.

It's not sure when it will suddenly break.

Because of this, it was forced to start the Dream Rain Flower plan ahead of time and spared no effort to promote the continuous evolution of Fireworks.
It wants to solve the biggest trouble that will plague humanity in the future before it leaves.

Of course, Zhou Lu knew that what Qiudaomu meant by "almost dying" was its own standard.

For a creature with a guaranteed lifespan of 30,000 years, no one knows what the standard of being about to die is.

"Is there no way to treat this injury?" Zhou Lu asked after a long silence.

In fact, when he asked the question, he already knew the answer.

Qiu Daomu knew much more about how many skills there were in this world than Zhou Lu.

If it can't find a way to heal itself, then basically no one will be able to find one.

Perhaps, humans can find new spiritual animals with new skills that can cure Qiu Dao Mu's condition by discovering and inventing new species.

But sometimes, scientific research is a magic trick of luck.

It was not until this time that Zhou Lu truly understood why Qiu Dao Mu did not choose to reinforce the seal, but instead cultivated fireworks to fight against the Mengyu Flower Fairy who was about to break through the seal.

It no longer has enough power to maintain the seal.

Although it was still stronger than most mythical beasts after becoming sick and weakened, this weakness was very obvious in front of the Dream Rain Flower Fairy.

"Its next wave of tests will come soon." Qiu Daomu said to Zhou Lu very seriously, "You must be prepared."

"Don't worry." Zhou Lu patted his chest and said, "The branches of Fireworks have now been spread all over the world in the name of quarantine. Together with the branches in various research institutes, it is definitely impossible to achieve zero loss, but I am confident that the loss can be minimized."

Qiu Dao Mu looked at Hanabi.

It fully believes that Fireworks has this ability, and that Fireworks will definitely have a way to defeat these pollen branches.

But the crux of the matter lies in the price that fireworks have to pay.

If you have to use Deception every time to consume racial skills to defeat the opponent's branches in order to reduce the losses in the city, it may be okay once or twice, but once the number reaches a certain scale, it will be a huge price for Fireworks.

After all, racial skills that were abolished by [Fool] could not be absorbed again.

However, if you use normal methods to defeat the pollen ramets in order to preserve your own strength, you will inevitably suffer losses during the battle.

It was for this reason that Qiu Dao Mu suggested that Zhou Lu go to the seal as soon as he had the confidence, and confront Meng Yu Hua Xian head-on after unlocking the seal.

This war of attrition is something they simply cannot afford.

Of course, if the intensity of the battle can be controlled within a reasonable range... perhaps it will be of some benefit to mankind.

Human beings are too comfortable.

They can basically find no external enemies.

Because human beings are now in a unified state, there are only factional struggles among them, which are not as fierce as national struggles.

This has caused many people to lose their enterprising spirit.

If a powerful foreign enemy suddenly appeared at this time, and if human beings could not adjust in time, they would definitely suffer a huge disaster in a short period of time.

This is not alarmist.

This world has many secret realms. Even in the two eras of Immortals and Beast Tamers, not all of them have been explored. To this day, new secret realms are often discovered all over the world. And in these secret realms, it is entirely possible that powerful and aggressive civilizations exist.

It is even very likely that this civilization also came from humans, or another immortal civilization, or the human civilization that was destroyed by space turbulence.

Zhou Lu didn't know that Qiu Dao Mu's thoughts had drifted so far away.

He took out his cell phone and called Wu Xiaoqing.

The reason why he was not in a hurry to start the final battle with Meng Yu Hua Xian was that he felt that he still lacked a little confidence to defeat the opponent.

Zhou Lu didn't know how to make himself more confident, so he subconsciously chose the old path: learn some skills.

If we talk about who has the most new species in the world, Wu Xiaoqing claims to be second, and no one dares to say that they are first.

This does not mean that Wu Xiaoqing's research level surpasses the entire era.

Judging from her research level alone, there is actually no way she can be far ahead of the geniuses of her time.

What makes this senior really strong is her imagination and the research direction she chooses.

Fungi reproduce rapidly and can easily change shape under artificial induction conditions. And because of the stability of their own structure, this shape change can be easily fixed.

This is unlike viruses and bacteria, which reproduce rapidly and their traits can change easily. Viruses in particular like to change their genes for fun even in the absence of human intervention.

However, this change cannot be preserved stably due to its own stability issues.

Often, you just discover an individual with good traits, but the other children that split out of it completely lose this characteristic.

Then there are fungi, especially fungi such as mushrooms, which are easy to find in the wild, making the probability of discovering new species in the wild much higher than those of microorganisms.

As an expert in fungal research, you must have many different types of fungi on hand.

Although letting Hua Huo bully those motionless fungi is indeed a bit like bullying a child, facing such a huge treasure trove of skills, there is absolutely no possibility that Zhou Lu will miss it.

In fact, he had been eyeing the senior sister's inventory for a long time, but he had always regarded it as a backup. That is, when there was no new skill income at all, he would use this part of the inventory.

And this time is undoubtedly the most appropriate time.

It's like saving resources in a game. If you don't need them until the final battle, how long will you save them? Will the world end?
"Hello?" Wu Xiaoqing quickly answered Zhou Lu's call.

Zhou Lu shared his thoughts with Wu Xiaoqing.

"Of course you can, but there is a problem." Wu Xiaoqing gave an answer quickly, but the next question stumped Zhou Lu.

"What is the standard for Hanabi to defeat these fungi?"

Yes, if it is a normal spiritual beast, the standard of defeating it is obvious to all.

But what Hanabi has to deal with now are various mushroom and fungus-like creatures.

Mushrooms and the like are easier to deal with.

How do you know you’ve defeated the microbes?
You can't let Hanabi get infected with the fungus on purpose and then rely on her immune system to defeat it, right?
"Let's brush up on skills like mushrooms first." Zhou Lu decided not to dwell on this issue anymore.

"Okay, I'll go sort out the information." Wu Xiaoqing muttered, "I remember my mobile hard drive is here."

Zhou Lu thought of Wu Xiaoqing's data hard drive and asked suspiciously, "Only 16TB of data?"

For research purposes, this amount of data is actually too small.

"16T is just a directory. I have to rely on these directories to call data from the server and then find the storage location." Wu Xiaoqing explained.

Just a directory...

Damn it…

Zhou Lu didn't know what to say for a moment.

Is this really the amount of research results a human being should have?

After hearing Wu Xiaoqing's answer, Zhou Lu suddenly had an idea and said, "Sister Xiaoqing, I have a small question."

Wu Xiaoqing was busy looking for something, and then asked perfunctorily, "What is it about?"

"Seeking Taomu's help."

Zhou Lu turned his head and glanced at Qiu Dao Mu who was enjoying the tentacle massage of Hanabi.

The other party felt Zhou Lu's gaze.

It also knew that Zhou Lu was looking for a treatment for itself.

However, this is not possible.

Even Wu Xiaoqing.

All her research results were reported to her by Xiao Xi. If there was any way to treat herself, Qiu Daomu would definitely be the first to know.

But Qiu Daomu still agreed to let Zhou Lu tell Wu Xiaoqing about his situation.

Anyway, humans will know its situation sooner or later.

Just like a child leaving the arms of its mother, sooner or later human beings will have to break away from it and explore the path of truth on their own.

"You mean, Qiu Dao Mu is now terminally ill and won't live for many years?" Wu Xiaoqing's voice was calmer than Zhou Lu had imagined, and there was no sign of surprise at all.

"Do you have any treatment?"

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, with occasional sounds of rummaging.

Zhou Lu waited for a long time, but Wu Xiaoqing didn't answer. He said with a little disappointment: "It doesn't matter if there is no answer."

As he said this, he looked towards Qiudaomu.

Zhou Lu was about to speak when he heard Wu Xiaoqing on the other end of the phone say, "Yes."

"Ah?" Zhou Lu was stunned for a moment, thinking that he didn't hear clearly, "What did you say?"

"Yes. Although it's not a treatment plan." Wu Xiaoqing said word by word, "But as long as we keep Qiu Dao Mu alive, there shouldn't be any problem."

Qiudaomu also heard Wu Xiaoqing's words, and immediately shouted in disbelief: "This is impossible! I know all your research results!"

"Eh? Qiu Dao Mu is right next to you?" Wu Xiaoqing was slightly surprised, and then said, "This is normal. I don't publish all my results. This kind of rubbish..."

Wu Xiaoqing's words seemed to be interrupted by something, and Zhou Lu heard the sound of her neck being strangled.

Zhou Lu was shocked, thinking that the senior sister was attacked, and then he heard the senior sister say intermittently: "What are you... doing... Xiao Xi..."

Then, he heard Xiao Xi, or rather Qiu Dao Mu's roar:

"Tell me! How many achievements have you not published? Tell me now!"

"Ahhh! I really want to know! I really want to know!"

Upon hearing the new knowledge, Qiu Dao Mu, who had just been lifeless and looking worried, instantly became energetic.

(End of this chapter)