Lu Ye tilted the paper cup containing the cola slightly so that Polnareff could drink it.

After taking a few bites, Polnareff's expression visibly relaxed.

"Sure enough, a sip of carbonated drink is the best thing when you're tired!"

"Really? Let me see... There are still a few bottles here. Let's drink them all before we run out of breath."

After drinking a few bottles of cola, both Lu Ye and Polnareff felt the urge to urinate.

After finishing, Lu Ye returned to his seat.

Polnareff sighed and said, "I guess I'm getting old... When I was twenty, Jotaro and I could drink ten cans of ice-cold beer in one go on the train to Egypt."

"Back then, Mr. Jotaro was still a high school student, right? Wasn't drinking prohibited?"

"Haha, minors aren't allowed to smoke in Japan, but Jotaro has the amazing skill of swallowing five lit cigarettes, chugging down a bottle of juice, and then exhaling the smoke while it's still lit! Besides, we weren't in Japan back then!"

"That makes sense... but is it really possible? It's one thing to swallow five cigarettes in one go, but what if the cigarettes don't go out after drinking the juice?"

That's why it's called a unique skill!

Lu Ye nodded, thinking to himself that he hadn't expected that the cool Mr. Jotaro would actually have a little bit of a show-off inside.

Polnareff chatted with Luye for a while longer, mostly about things from the past.

"It's a pity... I'm too old to go back now."

Seeing Polnareff's wistful expression, Lu Ye's heart suddenly stirred.

Although he only read the memories, he also witnessed the glory of the Stardust Crusaders to some extent.

"If it's about turning back the clock, it's actually not that difficult..."

Just as Lu Ye was about to say that his family had a special machine that could reverse aging, he suddenly remembered that Polnareff's physical body was gone, so even if he could reverse aging, he would only regain the childhood of a tortoise.

"Of course it's not difficult. I've done something like this before... You've seen Jotaro's memories. Think back to when we were in Egypt. There was a Stand called 'Set,' whose ability was to extend his shadow. If someone touched his shadow, it would shrink..."

"Oh...right!" Lu Ye suddenly realized, "There is indeed such a person. His Stand ability can indeed be described as reversing aging, but correspondingly, his memories would also be reversed, right?"

"Yeah, back then, when I shrunk down, that guy was chasing me. I even bumped into Jotaro, but I didn't recognize him! Hahaha!"

"In the end, that guy was just a bully who preyed on the weak. Even after shrinking Jotaro, he still couldn't beat Jotaro after he shrunk!"

As Lu Ye spoke, he picked up his Coke and was about to drink it.

However, at that moment, he suddenly froze.

Because at some point, many tiny, dust-like things appeared on the rim of the paper cup and on the back of my hand.

strangeness……

I remember washing my hands properly after using the toilet...

Where did this dust come from?

Lu Ye rubbed the dust between his fingers, a sudden sense of crisis rising in his heart.

Without any hesitation, Lu Ye immediately threw away the cup, shook off the dust from his hands, picked up Polnareff, and left his original spot. However, he then noticed that the turtle shell that Polnareff was possessing was also covered with a lot of dust.

Lu Ye abruptly shook off the dust, making Polnareff almost vomit up the cola he had just drunk.

"Hey... what are you doing all of a sudden?!"

“There’s an enemy, Mr. Polnareff.” Lu Ye’s expression turned serious.

"enemy?"

Upon hearing this word, Polnareff became cautious.

"you sure?"

"Yes, I just washed my hands, and suddenly there was some dust that had inexplicably gathered on them... It's strange, only you, me, and the surrounding area have it, the rest of the place is clean."

Polnareff looked around and, just as Luye had said, the seats they were sitting in had become quite dusty. The dust danced in the sunlight and swirled everywhere, while the rest of the place was brand new.

Looking at them from this angle, their spot looked like it hadn't been cleaned for months.

"This is a Stand attack...?"

Are there any other people on the plane?

“Apart from the guy who piloted the plane, there’s no one else here. We departed from Mr. Joseph’s house, so you can completely trust the people the SPW Foundation arranged,” Polnareff said.

"Could it be a remote-controlled type...? No, we're over three thousand meters above the ground! And can an ordinary Stand keep up with the speed of an aircraft?"

Just as Lu Ye was speculating and preparing to take out the heart rate detector, he suddenly felt a sharp pain all over his body, and couldn't help but cry out in pain, bending over in agony.

"Hey! What's wrong with you!" Polnareff shouted immediately.

However, at that moment, he noticed something terrifying.

Huge blisters appeared on Lu Ye's face, hands, and other exposed skin, covering his entire face with a dense mass of large blisters.

Chapter 743 Stand: Scorching Dust

"What...what's going on...my body...feels like it's on fire!!"

Lu Ye gritted his teeth. Even though his overall physical fitness rating was A, the pain was unbearable, as if his whole body was being burned by fire. The pain was no less than that of a vampire seeing sunlight, or of Foygo losing his wife.

"Quickly shake off that dust!" Polnareff shouted immediately.

Although that's what he said, Lu Ye had already done it.

Under the sunlight, these strange dust particles become deadly weapons.

As Lu Ye backed away, he tried to find the heart rate detector that he had dropped on the ground due to the intense pain.

Even with blisters around his eyes, he tried his best to open them wide to find the heart rate detector. If the enemy was lurking on the plane, he could detect them and take appropriate action!

Compared to this, the injuries on my body can wait a bit. After all, apart from the pain and blisters that look like burns, there's nothing else wrong right now, and I'm not going to die anytime soon.

"Damn it... Mr. Polnareff, my vision is limited. Can you see where the instrument I was holding just now fell?"

"I don't know, it probably fell under some seat. Now is not the time to look for it..." Polnareff said, "Kid, your skin is festering! It looks like you've been burned!"

"Be confident, delete the word 'like'... What I'm experiencing now isn't the kind of pain that feels like a blow, but rather a searing pain like being roasted on a fire. To be honest, if I weren't so good at enduring it... I would have fainted from the pain long ago..."

As Lu Ye spoke, he took out the panacea.

In short, treat your injuries first, then find a heart rate monitor.

"Burned by fire?" Polnareff was taken aback. "So, after getting covered in that ash, you felt a sharp burning sensation, and then blisters appeared on your face and hands, right? Did blisters appear on the parts of your body covered by your clothes?"

"No... compared to the parts directly exposed to the air, the rest of my body is in much better condition; it's just a little sore..."

"I see, I get it!" Polnareff immediately shouted, "Kid, quickly close all the window shades on the plane! Just do it!"

"it is good……"

Although he didn't understand why, Lu Ye believed that the experienced Polnareff must have his reasons, so he turned off all the light-blocking panels in the surrounding rows.

The light coming from high above was completely blocked.

Lu Ye immediately felt much better. Although it still hurt, the pain was not as intense as before.

Polnareff then explained, "Kid, do you know a plant called 'giant hogweed'?"

"Giant hogweed? I don't know, I'm not a botanist."

"It's a giant plant, which can grow up to seven meters tall... Let me put it simply: judging from your symptoms, you've been attacked by giant hogweed... no, more accurately, by a substance unique to it!"

Polunarev continued, "In the summer of 1997, a farmer named Oliver was working in the fields when he accidentally fell down a slope and landed on a large hogweed. At first, he was grateful to have survived, as such a large 'tree' had caught him. However, within just over ten minutes, red spots of varying sizes appeared on his body. Half a day later, these red spots turned into huge blisters, causing him intense burning pain that continued to intensify. Three days later, he was admitted to the intensive care unit, but could not be saved. He ultimately succumbed to his severe burns and passed away."

"The reason that farmer died from severe burns is that hogweed has a special sap from its leaves to its rhizomes, which is rich in furanocoumarins."

"Furanocoumarin?" Lu Ye honestly admitted that he had never heard of this substance.

"It's okay. If I hadn't overheard about that, I wouldn't have bothered to learn about this stuff... Furanocoumarins are toxins with strong photochemical toxicity. They are lipid-soluble and easily absorbed by the body, entering cells. When they come into contact with human skin, they absorb excessive amounts of ultraviolet rays from sunlight, wantonly damaging human cells and causing 'photodermatitis.' In the presence of oxygen, furanocoumarins bind directly to DNA, hindering normal DNA replication and transcription. When oxygen is insufficient, they damage cell membranes, leading to cell death and causing intense burning sensations, ulceration, blisters, and third-degree burns."

"Level three? But how did that farmer end up with severe burns? And even lose his life?" Lu Ye asked in confusion.

"That's because his entire body was in contact with hogweed. He fell on it. It was summer, and he wasn't wearing many clothes. Plus, he went out for the next two days and was exposed to the sun. On the third day, he went out to see a doctor because his skin was ulcerated and in pain. He collapsed by the roadside and was exposed to the scorching sun for two hours before someone found him on the dirt road..."

"...It really was tough on him." Lu Ye thought about it and felt sorry for the guy. "And my situation is even more serious than his, right? Because I'm thousands of meters in the air now, the effects of ultraviolet radiation are much stronger on me, so the symptoms that should have appeared in a few days only took me a few minutes..."

“That’s right… that dust should contain a lot of furanocoumarins, but don’t waste your energy fighting the dust. Some Stands are multiple, so simply destroying a portion won’t affect the enemy at all. In this case, finding the enemy’s main body is the optimal solution… However, the problem is that the enemy might not be on the plane. This might be a remotely controlled Stand, since when we’re on a plane, there’s no one else on board except the pilot…”

Listening to Polnareff's words, Luye injected himself with the medicine.

“This small private jet is about forty meters long,” Lu Ye said. “My device can cover a range of one hundred meters. Once we find it, we can determine whether the enemy’s main body is on the plane or not.”

However, Lu Ye did not inject the entire dose; he only injected about one-tenth of the volume.

After the injection, the pain in my body was immediately relieved.

From Lu Ye's expression, Polnareff realized that Lu Ye had recovered somewhat, at least the pain had lessened considerably.

Lu Ye lay down and began searching for the heart rate monitor that had fallen under the seat.

Polnareff also joined the search.

Finally, Lu Ye found the heart rate detector under a seat not far away.

He lay down on the ground and reached out to grab it.

However, at that very moment, the sunshades on the portholes were suddenly destroyed one by one.

Hearing the sound of destruction, Lu Ye couldn't help but turn his head.

At that moment, sunlight entered the machine again, shining directly on his body and face. Lu Ye immediately felt a strong burning sensation, especially in his eyes, which hurt so much that he felt like a witch tied to the stake in the Middle Ages.

Polunarev then observed the entire process of the destruction of these sun visors.

"Kid! That dust! That dust has gathered into a hand!!"

Polnareff turned his head as he spoke, only to see Lu Ye's eyes, which looked as if they had been washed with blood.

A chill ran down Polnareff's spine.

Because Polnareff understood that Luye could no longer see.

They overlooked a truly terrifying point.

Dust can float in the air and become clearly visible under sunlight through the Tyndall effect.

However, after the sunshade was closed, neither he nor Lu Ye could see the dust floating in the air. The enemy could completely control a small amount of dust to drift into their eyes without them noticing, and then bring the sunlight into the aircraft!

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