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Chapter 394 Are there really people who can drink too much? (Heatstroke, dizziness...)
"What did you say?" Upon hearing Feng Xue's incoherent speech, Fina suddenly began to suspect that the language system Feng Xue used was actually different from hers. Although it sounded like the common language, she couldn't understand the meaning at all.

This suddenly reminded her of something Sarah had mentioned before: perhaps the language Feng Xue used was actually similar in pronunciation to the common language, but the content was completely different. The communication between the two was just a cross-server chat that they thought they could communicate with, and it just so happened to form a meaning that they could understand. That's why bugs like this would occasionally appear that sounded meaningful but were completely incomprehensible.

Feng Xue was clearly unaware of the trouble her habit of using hyperlinks in her language was causing Sarah and Fina; she was simply preoccupied with the risks involved.

Seeing Feng Xue deep in thought, Fina suppressed her complicated thoughts and continued:

"The ruins are located in the Hillmeri Islands, which used to be the territory of the Lupo family. Right now, the major families are probably still trying to break into the 'mainframe' of the Lupo family's headquarters, and they probably just treat this place as ordinary 'territory'..."

Upon hearing this, Feng Xue suddenly adopted a drunken, dreamy air, opening the terminal at Reid's house and seemingly casually browsing the projects available to a newly joined hunter like him. After flipping through it for a while, she transmitted her voice:

"You guessed right. The Hillmeri Islands are currently being fought over by four families: the Reid, Woodnas, Hati, and Skoll. People are dying every day. There are many missions here to seize territory."

"Oh, then see if you have Abilate Island?" Fina dramatically rolled off the sofa, while Feng Xue let out a series of hearty, drunken laughs. She casually fiddled with the terminal, like someone emptying a shopping cart while drunk, randomly selecting several tasks—

"Yes, and the competition is quite fierce. Is this island very valuable?"

"Of course it's high!" Fina muttered to herself upon hearing this.

"Didn't I tell you? The treasure I have is the key to the core ruins of the nanounits. In other words, there must be nanounit dispersal points there!"

“But aren’t nanounits everywhere now?” As an outsider, Feng Xue didn’t quite understand the necessity of fighting for these things. Fina, upon hearing this, realized that the person in front of her was a “primitive person” and could only patiently explain:
"Nano units are miniature mechanical units with mimicry evolutionary functions. Almost all organisms in the modern biosphere are composed of a large part of nano units. However, in most organisms, the nano units no longer have the ability to mimic at will. For example, if you catch a chicken or fish, no matter how you torture it, it will not turn into a dried fish or a tuna."

"Oh, you mean these nanounits have degenerated after proliferating in the food chain for so long? Like how cell totipotency decreased after single-celled organisms evolved into multicellular organisms?"

Although Feng Xue didn't quite understand why this kind of pre-civilization technology could regress on its own, she still roughly understood what Fina meant.

"It's not a regression, but an active shutdown of related functions. Because there is still a part of these animals' bodies that is not nano-units, this means that if the nano-units deform, the remaining flesh and blood may die for various reasons, eventually leading to the complete death of the creature. This is why the mythical beasts can still transform and even fuse with the mythical beast master."

"However, precisely because the function is shut down, even if these nano-units are consumed, they are mostly digested and metabolized normally. Only a very small portion will reactivate the mimicry function before being excreted from the body. Therefore, even with the food chain enrichment method, the number of real mythical beasts produced is relatively limited."

"So, these newly generated nanounits produced from the dispersal point are in an activated state, making it easier for living beings to become phantom beasts if they consume them?" Feng Xue finally understood the logic, and Fina gave an affirmative answer:
"That's right, and that's the fundamental reason why the twelve families are able to produce wild wolves consistently."

"Then why are they all wolves? Is it because people believe in the Twelve Wolf Gods?"

Although Feng Xue didn't dislike wolves, the fact that all the twelve families kept wild wolves made him somewhat tired of them.

"It's not because of that, or rather, the reason we worship the Twelve Wolf Gods instead of others is because wild wolves inhabit the Blue Lake Island Chain. Wolf worship existed here long before the Great Cataclysm. After the Cataclysm, the island's environment simply couldn't support land predators larger than wolves. Considering factors like birth rate, population structure, and combat strength, wolves are already at the top of the food chain. While it's not impossible to raise a tiger or other ferocious beast, these beasts don't eat wolves and are solitary, making them very inefficient. Birds of prey are for similar reasons. In short, the wild wolf is the most cost-effective choice selected over the past thousand years."

After hearing what Fina said, Feng Xue understood. He had to admit that he was indeed tempted. For him, the nano-unit was the ultimate medicine. With this, he wouldn't have to worry about the shelf life of the fish cakes.
Even if we take a step back and assume that there were no production facilities in that pre-civilization ruins, or that the production facilities were too large for a normal person to move, there should still be a few high-precision printers in such a high-tech laboratory, right?

The printer he has is a civilian model provided by Xiaofengling, which is sufficient for now, but who would refuse better equipment?

Having figured all this out, Feng Xue immediately made up her mind, but she thought that agreeing too easily might make her seem like an easy man to manipulate. In addition, Sarah was so good at understanding her emotions that if she acted impulsively, Sarah might be able to predict her actions.

After thinking for a moment, he picked up the wine glass on the table again and gulped it down...

"Hey! Give me an answer!"

Fina waited for a long time but didn't get a response from Feng Xue. She became anxious and rolled on the ground twice. But as soon as she touched Feng Xue, she saw that the person fell to the ground with a thud. Fina was almost scared to death.
Thankfully, Sarah's nanomembrane had life monitoring capabilities, responding before Fina could scream—

"Alright, this guy's had too much to drink, he's already asleep!"

"Huh? People can actually get drunk by accident?" Fina asked in shock, her words revealing a profound truth. Sarah, upon hearing this, replied helplessly:

"Although I also suspect he might be faking it, the truth is, this guy doesn't have nanounits. In other words, he can't break down alcohol like the Terrans..."

(The Deep Blue Tree)
(End of this chapter)