Chapter 130 Chapter 130 Undersea Crisis
This was the first formal communication between the two.
When Lu Tai spoke to her, he was not as majestic and firm as he was at the press conference, but rather very gentle and considerate.
He also apologized to her for not coming earlier to meet her in person.
But when he said that, everyone frowned instantly.
The Federation originally said they hoped Ye Ning could help film some videos to appease the public on their behalf. However, they didn't mention that Ye Ning would also go to the Federal Territory and that Long Qi would be sent to quell the rebellion.
The content of the communication was discussed in advance by both parties, but what the mainland and Taiwan are talking about now was not communicated in advance.
Lu Tai continued, "If this matter is not handled properly, the Federation will soon be in a state of tension. By then, the rebels will become more and more powerful. You were also abducted by the rebels before—"
He paused as he spoke. A second later, his face turned pale, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he began to adjust his breathing.
He looked very tired, but he still sat upright with his back straight.
Noticing Ye Ning's concerned gaze, Lu Tai rubbed his brows and said, "Sorry."
"Because of my poor health, the federal government's jurisdiction over the districts is gradually weakening."
"Only with your and Long Qi's help can this crisis be resolved as quickly as possible with minimal cost."
Ye Ning propped her chin up with both hands, her fingers curled naturally and resting lightly on her cheeks. She leaned closer to the camera and asked, "Chairman, is your illness serious?"
She softened her voice, tilted her head slightly, her eyes clear and bright, full of curiosity and worry.
A few strands of hair fell on her ears. Lu Tai's gaze fell on the left side of Ye Ning's hair, where a pearl-studded shell hairpin was pinned.
She looks like a naive, cheerful and simple girl.
Lu Tai sat there, his eyes fixed on Ye Ning's.
After Ye Ning noticed, she met his gaze openly. Her eyes were clear and bright, without any evasion.
Lu Tai thought of the report that the deputy district chief would give after he returned.
Including the information they received from various channels, they all used words such as kindness, warmth, hard work, and generosity to describe her.
The only person who seemed to have annoyed her was Shi Ren, but she didn't make things difficult for him, and even comforted him after he apologized.
She is indeed different from other pure humans.
Lu Tai's expression didn't change at all. He said gently, "Thanks to the plants you grew, my condition has improved a lot."
Ye Ning held her chin up and continued to ask curiously, "I see that when people are sick, they all transform back into animal form to speed up their recovery. When you are treating patients, do you also transform back into a tortoise?"
She had searched for information before out of curiosity, but he seemed to have never transformed back into his beast form under any circumstances.
Lu Tai was startled for a moment, then revealed a faint smile. His voice was a little hoarse, "No, my situation is rather special. Changing back to beast form won't speed up my recovery."
Ye Ning didn't say anything, still looking at him curiously, as if waiting for him to continue.
Lu Tai paused for a few seconds and changed the subject, "Master Ye Ning, we really need your help."
Ye Ning put down her hands and folded them on the table.
"I can't lend Long Qi to you. The rebels are determined to take me away. I don't want to end up like Yan Gang after they take me away."
"And Long Qi isn't as formidable as you think. He gets injured every time he resists the tide of pollutants. A few months ago, he was even injected with drugs by the rebels and spent a long time in the hospital."
"He cares a lot about Long Yu. If I bring him here now, he will feel very uncomfortable. I don't want to make him feel uncomfortable, so I won't come to the Directly Controlled Area now."
Ye Ning yawned softly, "Chairman, I want to sleep."
"I'm sorry for being abrupt. Please go and rest."
The conversation between the two ended there.
After the communication ended, the person beside him bent down and handed Lu Tai a glass of water. "Lord Ye Ning seems to care about Di Long very much."
The shriveled dandelion slowly stretched out in the water, then slowly rotated and floated, and finally slowly sank to the bottom of the cup.
"This is the latest dandelion tea released in Gaojiang District. It is said that it was grown by Lord Ye Ning himself. Try it."
Dandelion is both a medicine and a food. It is rich in vitamins and minerals, and has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and dispersing nodules. It is very beneficial to the body of tortoises.
The woman continued, "Lord Ye Ning is still too young, and has been in the Xisha area all this time, so he doesn't know how dangerous the Emperor Dragon is."
Lu Tai took a sip of dandelion tea, the sweetness and bitterness intertwined on his tongue, "You should have told me earlier."
Woman: "No one expected that a top genius with talent far exceeding that of all previous pure humans would suddenly appear in the Xisha District."
"The two districts took very close care of her and wouldn't allow us to communicate with her in person. The gifts that the deputy district chief personally apologized for were all sent to charity by Lord Ye Ning."
Ordinary communication strategies simply don't work in front of her. In terms of attitude, Ye Ning is very friendly. When she can help, she agrees without hesitation and is very easy to communicate with.
Emotionally, she could understand them and even give them sympathy and help; in terms of interests, she did not value money and status, but only cared about how to promote planting, so she invested all the money in charitable foundations and pushed out other pure humans.
And when she refused, she expressed her thoughts in a gentle and rational manner. As a pure human, she was of noble status but not arrogant at all, and she was so kind and communicative that people could not feel any resentment when faced with her rejection.
"Both in the ecological zone and the crop zone, the plants are growing very well, and the pollution concentration has also dropped significantly. They've calculated that at Lord Ye Ning's current planting rate, it will only take two to three hundred years for the vegetation coverage on the Dust Planet to return to its pre-apocalyptic state."
The appearance before the end of the world...
Lu Tai drank all the tea in the cup, including the dandelion.
A feeling of purification slowly flowed through his body. Lu Tai raised his eyes and asked, "Do you like her very much?"
The woman paused pouring the tea and immediately became nervous, but she still said with a brave face: "I have seen Master Ye Ning from a distance several times before. Master Ye Ning has a very unique aura."
In fact, she believed that any orc in the world who had seen Ye Ning in person would not dislike her.
Lu Tai's eyes were calm as he put down his teacup and said, "First, find a way to deal with the rebels."
Here, as soon as Ye Ning hung up the phone, everyone gathered around.
Hou Lin: "What does the Chairman mean? Why did he suddenly ask you and Long Qi to help?"
Originally, the conflict was between the Federation and the rebels. If Ye Ning and Long Qi went there, wouldn't the rebels' spearhead be directed at them?
"Does he know that Long Qi is not with you now?"
As soon as the person left, someone came to ask for him. Hou Lin had to think more about it.
Ye Ning: "He probably doesn't know. He might just say it casually and doesn't think I would agree."
If he really wanted her to go, there were many ways. For example, he could come to Gaojiang District in person to invite her to show his respect and sincerity; or he could send more people to invite her seriously, rather than just casually mentioning it in a communication.
She also didn't think the Federation was truly so weak. A lean camel is bigger than a horse. The Federation possessed a profound foundation and a vast resource base, which other regions couldn't match.
Before leaving, Silos specifically reminded her that the federal law against Emperor Long had not expired.
This means that if they discover that Long Qi is trying to awaken, or succeeds in awakening, they can directly use the law to punish him.
She had indeed overlooked this point. The Federation was loose, but the laws were universal and strictly enforced. And this law specifically targeting the Emperor Dragon had gone from being a last resort for everyone to now being the best excuse for them to gain fame and fortune.
That's why she just mentioned Long Qi specifically.
She was telling them that she cared about Long Qi very much, and if they really wanted to impress her with something, they could start with Long Qi.
She still hasn't forgotten the scrutiny from those people in the direct-controlled area last time.
Lu Tai has made outstanding achievements and was re-elected as the federal president for four consecutive terms. It is impossible that he is a gentle and kind person.
However, as an orc, few people have ever seen his beast form, which is quite interesting.
I don’t know what happened to Long Qi and the others.
She always felt a little uneasy when she thought of them today.
Without experience and information, if one can only rely on the well-known critical point model to force a breakthrough, it will be extremely difficult to grasp the scale.
Ye Ning stood up and said, "I'm sleepy. Let's all go to bed early today."
Ye Ning returned to her room and lay down casually. She then clicked on the model of the Sea Dust Star.
On the bracelet were messages regularly sent to her by people from Xilos.
She had told them before to send her updates every hour.
Although only Xilos and Long Qi can approach that place alone, they will conduct real-time monitoring of the surrounding area 24 hours a day. Once they find any problems with the vital signs of the two, they will find a way to rescue them.
The weapons prepared around were also specially developed by Gaojiang District. In addition to their lethality, those weapons also contain high concentrations of plant elements and effective toxins.
In addition, Ye Ning also gave them a lot of algae plants in the growth period, all covered with pesticides.
So it wasn't difficult to rescue them. But if they didn't seize the right opportunity, they would fail. Just like before, Long Qi almost died in the restricted area several times without success.
Ye Ning knew clearly the coordinates of the two people's locations.
She kept zooming in on the coordinates she had marked, wanting to see their situation.
But the next second, she discovered that the area was rapidly turning black after being magnified!
At the same time, after a series of normal events, the information sent by the other party changed to "pollution concentration increased sharply."
Ye Ning took out the scales and pearls given by Xilos without any hesitation, and ran out of the room.
Gu Su and Cang Chen were guarding the door. They were a little surprised to see Ye Ning suddenly running out.
Ye Ning quickly cleared out the marine life in her private waters, compressed the area to its smallest size, and approached the black area, saying, "Take me to the marine planting area immediately."
deep sea--
This is where the concentration of marine pollution is highest.
A deep-sea crack stretching for thousands of kilometers spans the seabed.
On both sides of the crack are steep and rugged rock walls, which have been eroded by the sea into strange shapes.
The water flows rapidly in the crack, but as the depth increases, the light gradually disappears and there is no light anymore.
But deeper down, countless scarlet eyes were flashing.
Countless pairs of muscular tentacles waved wildly in the air, covered in densely packed eyes with black pupils on a red background. Each eye flashed an eerie red light and continuously expanded and contracted with the waving of the tentacles. The turquoise liquid flowing from their mouthparts quickly mixed with the surrounding seawater.
Pairs of scarlet eyes are particularly eye-catching in the darkness. Once a creature swims by, they will instantly launch a ferocious attack.
Xilos casually pierced the head of a pollutant that was trying to attack Long Qi from behind, and then whispered, "It's almost the fourth day."
In the past few days, the two have been fighting against pollutants here without sleep.
Long Qi did not respond to him, but just dodged sideways nimbly. The tentacles carrying a fishy smell and corrosive solution brushed past him, bringing up a strong stream of water.
But the attack of pollutants did not stop, and the tentacles came like a storm, making it difficult to cope.
Long Qi's body moved quickly. From the initial discomfort, he could now accurately judge the attack position of the tentacles.
Unlike on land, the skin of pollutants in the deep sea is incredibly slippery. It's like a film of oil, emitting an eerie sheen. Even with light shining on them, it's difficult to detect them, as their skin practically blends in with the deep sea. The only thing that can be distinguished with the naked eye is their signature scarlet eyes.
This crack has always been a restricted area of the ocean. Countless pollutants are hidden within it, and no one has ever set foot there.
Xilos had to admit that Long Qi was far more powerful than he thought.
Long Qi had never been to the deep sea before, but after a brief adjustment, he quickly adapted to the unique environment of the deep sea. The strong water pressure, the dark light, and the seabed currents were all well adapted to by Long Qi.
He himself was already a little tired, but Long Qi still maintained the same fighting speed as at the beginning without changing his expression. He was in a state of complete desperation, not caring at all whether he would get hurt.
Long Qi casually crushed a source stone given by Ye Ning and said calmly, "You can go out first."
Because of the source stones and plants given by Ye Ning, they can easily maintain their sanity in such a highly polluted environment.
But because of the absolutely abundant plant scent on them, they have become the most attractive creatures to pollutants in this sea.
It was naturally impossible for Xilos to leave alone. He could not miss this opportunity as he could ask Long Qi to help clean up the deep-sea pollutants and make him owe him a favor, and he could also improve his mental strength.
The sea water in the distance suddenly began to stir rapidly. Siros's expression was solemn. "There is danger."
Long Qi's face turned slightly colder, and his expression became more focused. "It's much more advanced than these pollutants."
As soon as he finished speaking, the pollutant began to dance its tentacles even more wildly.
The seawater, stirred by the tentacles, unexpectedly formed huge whirlpools one after another at the same time. The deep sea, which was originally calm, suddenly became turbulent and undercurrents surged.
The whirlpools were incredibly powerful, seemingly capable of swallowing everything. At the edges of the whirlpools, the seawater was rapidly pulled in, forming circles of rapidly rotating water walls. The two men retreated at high speed, but their bodies were still affected by the whirlpools and swayed involuntarily.
Even though I tried hard to keep my body steady, I still felt like a leaf in the wind, which could be swept away by the sea at any time.
These high-level pollutants did not appear at the beginning, but persisted for three days!
On the tentacles of the pollutants, the eyes with densely packed red backgrounds and black pupils flashed an even more eerie red light, as if celebrating and cheering in advance for the food that was about to enter the mouth.
Silos immediately used his mental power to contain the vortex, but the amount of pollutants here was extremely large, and huge vortexes continued to emerge like mushrooms after rain.
The whirlpool grew stronger and stronger, its rotation speed increasing. The seawater was stirred into a boiling state, emitting a sharp and deafening roar.
Suddenly, several monsters took advantage of the chaos in the whirlpool and swung their tentacles towards them.
The silky tentacles that blended into the darkness were as fast as lightning, leaving people no time to react.
At this critical moment, they could only rely on their instinct to dodge. However, the tentacles attacked in waves, and the two were overwhelmed. They kept retreating and had to keep avoiding the approach of the vortex.
Over the past few months, the ocean has been regularly releasing plants into the restricted area. However, even so, unexpectedly, pollutants higher than S-level still exist within the restricted area. If they were to break through the outer restrictions and escape, the consequences would be disastrous.
At the same time, the officers and soldiers waiting outside the restricted area immediately discovered something unusual inside.
The pollution concentration is increasing rapidly at an extremely fast rate!
Long Qi made a prompt decision: "I'll go kill it."
The next second, the two were forcibly separated by several huge whirlpools!
Behind the high-speed rotating water wall, a pollutant nearly 100 meters high slowly emerged!
The seawater surged under its influence. The pollution concentration around them rose sharply, and the two of them felt a huge pressure in an instant.
This nearly 100-meter-tall pollutant resembled a terrifying tower, blocking out the sun. Its body took on a strange, twisted shape, its slippery skin a tangled web of filthy colors, emitting a pungent, fetid odor.
Its head was even more bizarre, resembling a disgusting tumor, its muscle tissue clearly visible and covered in wrinkles. Its body was madly oozing a turquoise, highly corrosive liquid.
The liquid spread rapidly in the sea along with the water flow, and the surrounding pollutants began to retreat frantically. Those low-level pollutants that did not retreat in time were instantly corroded into a pile of dirty mucus.
In order to deal with these corrosive liquids, they had already put on several layers of the latest developed ultra-high-level protective clothing and covered it with mental power.
But in this case, even if you wear protective clothing, it will be corroded immediately within fifteen minutes.
The contaminant was incredibly agile, its massive size not slowing it down in the slightest. Its tentacles danced freely in the water like several nimble pythons.
While dodging quickly, Siros shouted, "Be careful of the barbs and suckers on the tentacles."
Once they are approached by the tentacles, the suction cups on the tentacles will stick to them tightly, and then the liquid will immediately corrode their bodies and quickly drag them into the mouth.
Fortunately, the hot weapons they brought had not been used much, so the two men no longer hesitated and quickly took out their weapons.
This high-level pollutant must be eliminated here immediately!
The wind whistled in his ears as Cang Chen hugged Ye Ning tightly, running fast in the wind. His whole body was stiff, and he could hardly feel the existence of his arms. But he could clearly feel Ye Ning's warmth and her unique scent in his arms.
Her scent and her hair were constantly stimulating his senses.
Time was running out, and he couldn't even wait for the elevator, so he jumped in holding Ye Ning.
Ye Ning felt a moment of weightlessness, and the next second, Cang Chen said, "Ye Ning, we're here."
Ye Ning immediately held his shoulders and jumped off him.
For convenience, Ye Ning lived directly near the research institute these days, but Cang Chen was extremely fast and arrived at the door of the planting room in just three minutes.
It is now eleven o'clock in the evening. The ocean cultivation room is in a resting state and there is no one inside.
But because of Ye Ning's sudden arrival, the surrounding researchers immediately rushed over, "Master Ye Ning, is there something urgent?"
Ye Ning slowed down and said with a smile, "I need to use the ocean cultivation room. You guys just go and do your own things."
Hou Lin received the news and ran over in a hurry with his coat on. "What's wrong? What's wrong? Aren't you tired and need to rest?"
Ye Ning looked at him and Cang Chen, "Stand guard at the door and don't let anyone in."
"All the surveillance cameras inside have been turned off."
Her tone was gentle and her expression was relaxed, showing no sign of anything unusual. Hou Lin was a little surprised, but when he looked into Ye Ning's eyes, he keenly sensed that she was indeed busy and was not joking with them.
Hou Lin didn't say anything more and immediately did it.
Gu Yu also rushed over. He and Gu Su, Cang Chen, and Hou Lin stood guard at the door.
Hou Lin hadn't even told the district chief or Hou Yu about Long Qi's departure; only they knew about it. And after that, Ye Ning only had three people around her. When someone asked about it, Hou Lin would simply say the others were busy with other matters. Then, he would look at the person suspiciously and seriously ask what they were trying to learn.
His preemptive move was indeed effective. Everyone's curiosity was instantly extinguished, for they were afraid that Hou Lin would suspect that they were going to do something detrimental to Ye Ning.
Ye Ning turned around and went straight into the ocean planting room.
She used her special ability to sense around and after confirming that there was no surveillance around, she immediately found the seaweed spores she had prepared in advance and sat down on the ground.
At the same time Ye Ning received the news, the soldiers outside had already driven in the warships that had been prepared in advance.
The purification weapons that had been deployed around were also activated at the same time.
Long Qi and Xilos have been fighting inside for three days and three nights, and their achievements are remarkable.
But there are actually not many remains of pollutants in it, because those remains have been swallowed up by the rest of the pollutants.
When Ye Ning just pulled the private waters over, he could only see those pairs of red eyes, and nothing else.
But she soon saw the full picture of the horrific pollutant under the red high-energy laser beam.
In the deep sea, the high-energy laser beam burst out with dazzling light the moment it hits the pollutants.
She was several kilometers away from where the two were, but the strong light instantly illuminated everything in the pitch-black sea.
The laser beam containing plant elements immediately formed a huge wound where it hit the pollutant. The energy waves that burst out spread in all directions, causing the surrounding sea water to form circles of water ripples visible to the naked eye.
After being burned by high temperature, the slippery skin and the corrosive liquid on the surface once again emitted a pungent stench.
Even though the two of them were wearing protective masks that contained a lot of high-concentration plant concentrated elements, they had to hold their breath at this time. They even pinched the source stone and green stone that Ye Ning had given them before inside the mask before they could continue breathing.
Various smells were intertwined in the sea water, and Ye Ning's special ability directly covered the smell of the private sea area she suddenly moved to.
But after the surrounding pollutants smelled the unprecedentedly strong plant scent, they all rushed over and swarmed towards her private waters.
On Long Qi's side, their attack completely enraged the high-level pollutant in front of them. It let out a sharp and painful roar, and its extremely thick tentacles attacked them even more frantically.
Ye Ning's vision was soon blocked by dense pollutants again.
But when she looked at the model of the Sea Dust Star, her heart sank slightly. The area they were in was not even the place with the highest pollution concentration.
Ye Ning decisively moved the private waters towards the center of the black spot.
Her private waters are filled with various marine plants she has planted. During this period, she has replaced all the marine plants with phytoplankton such as blue algae and green algae.
The most striking feature of these phytoplankton is their tiny size. The smallest individual plants are only a few hundred micrometers across and require a microscope to see. The large phytoplankton that we usually see with the naked eye is actually a "water bloom" caused by the aggregation of these phytoplankton.
So when they can be seen with the naked eye, it means that the number of phytoplankton here is already very large.
Because the area had just been suddenly reduced, the phytoplankton were tightly compressed together. The rich plant scent almost made those red eyes spin wildly uncontrollably, and they frantically used their tentacles and bodies to hit Ye Ning's private waters.
But no matter how hard they tried, it was in vain.
However, soon, when Ye Ning moved the private waters to the area with the highest pollution concentration, the surrounding pollutants disappeared.
What followed were countless thick and huge tentacles.
It was pitch black all around. Ye Ning didn't hesitate and decisively sprinkled the seaweed inside with pesticide and threw it out.
The marine plants in her private waters have always been used by her to feed marine life, so she has never added pesticides to them.
While throwing new marine plants with her special smell into the private waters, she also threw out handfuls of seaweed from it and quickly moved the private waters away from the area where the two were.
Compared with the other side, these large numbers of marine plants with the flavor of leaf lemon, which can be eaten directly, are obviously more attractive.
Pollutants, having tasted the sweetness, followed suit.
Their bodies are very large, and as they move quickly, the sea water forms high-speed currents around their bodies.
The wakes they formed after leaving formed giant whirlpools of various sizes in the sea water, with diameters ranging from several meters to dozens of meters. If the surrounding low-level pollutants are not careful, they will be sucked into them and then torn apart by the sudden change in water pressure.
Ye Ning moved extremely quickly and soon brought the pollutants to a place dozens of kilometers away.
She compressed her superpowers to an extremely low level, because there were many orcs in the ocean with outstanding senses of smell. For example, shark orcs had a very sensitive sense of smell. Not only could they detect odors through water flow, they could also smell the smell of blood at a concentration of one part per million in water.
Before they left, she gave them a batch of algae plants containing her special powers and pesticides. Once the support soldiers arrived, they would definitely launch those plants.
This is a restricted area, and the ground will be covered with phytoplankton. The plants she throws out from her private waters will mix with those they launch.
These pollutants have almost never seen plants, and even the slightest plant scent is enough to have a fatal attraction for them.
Ye Ning calmed down and continued to repeat his operations.
As the algae were devoured by the pollutants, the pesticides took effect immediately.
The surrounding pollutants began to quickly become limp and stiff, and the bolder low-level pollutants finally began to approach this side, and some even directly devoured the bodies of the high-level pollutants.
The situation improved a lot, and Ye Ning finally had time to observe them.
Without food, pollutants will frantically devour their own kind. In this brutal, internecine struggle, they continuously evolve and grow stronger. Each devouring event adds to their own strength.
It's like an inevitable death game, no one knows what will happen in the next second.
As soon as she made a move, the pressure on Xilos and Long Qi at the bottom of the sea immediately dropped sharply.
Although the high-level pollutants that had been hidden in the deeper parts of the sea had not yet approached, they could already clearly feel the terrifying and powerful aura.
The sense of danger was like the sea, surging around them. With every breath, they could feel the danger approaching them.
Both of them knew clearly that in the darkness, there were countless pairs of eyes watching them from the shadows, and when the best opportunity came, they would immediately launch a fatal attack on them.
But now, that pressing sense of danger has receded a lot like the tide.
The powerful sense of oppression that had been following him like a shadow and sending chills down his spine seemed to have suddenly weakened.
The tense atmosphere in the air seemed to ease a little.
But the two dared not slack off for even a moment. Like the calm before the storm, no one could guarantee that the sense of danger, seemingly dissipated, would not suddenly reappear in the next moment.
The two of them vaguely felt that there seemed to be Ye Ning's presence in the distance.
But the bodies and masks of the two men were full of plants with Ye Ning's special abilities, so this idea was quickly nipped in the bud.
A pollutant suddenly contracted its body, and then instantly sprayed out a dense web of corrosive liquid.
After the two narrowly avoided it, the sound of a warship sailing in the water came from a distance.
Siros: "Support has arrived."
Long Qi threw the weapon in his hand to Xilos and rushed towards the pollutants without hesitation.
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