Chapter 276 Jinjiang Exclusive Release
Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow and asked the audience in the live broadcast room: "Isn't the Star Alliance very technologically advanced? Why did the detector still detect an unknown ingredient?"
[This is normal. The Covenant doesn't know everything.]
[Not to mention the host's own plane, even now, when our exploration team continues to explore unknown star regions, we will occasionally discover new minerals and new components. This is normal.]
[The question now is, are these unknown ingredients harmful to the human body and will they affect the lives of the anchors?]
Lu Xuan thought that this ingredient currently has no apparent effects other than affecting human breathing and causing fever, but the volcanic ash itself is enough to give people a headache.
However, volcanic ash is something that cannot be dissipated in the short term, so there is no point in thinking too much about it.
They have more troublesome problems right now.
The receding sea water and the appearance of land are not always a good thing. Many fish that do not have time to leave with the sea water are stranded on the ground.
At first, the disaster victims in both Yunlu Village and the Western Continent were very excited. They called their friends and went with containers to pick up these free seafood.
But there are so many stranded fish that they are impossible to count, but wherever there is land there are fish.
The only fish that humans can pick up are those in a very small area around them. As for the rest, with the current high temperature, the fish will be killed by heat in less than half a day and even start to emit a strange smell.
Even if they really rushed over to pick it up, they would not be able to eat it.
After a day or two, the wild area was filled with a strong fishy smell.
After a few days, the fishy smell turned into a rotten smell that was so foul that it choked my nose.
Many of the fish were infested with maggots, flies, mosquitoes and even rats.
When Lu Xuan released a large number of drones to inspect, the villagers with him looked at the disgusting scenes. The women couldn't help but dry heave, and the men's faces turned a little blue.
Li Tie's eyelids twitched, and he asked, "Will so many rotten fish and shrimp bring plague?"
The others' faces changed drastically.
The word "plague" is extremely powerful to these ordinary people, who were once ordinary people.
Looking back at the places where plagues have occurred throughout the dynasties, the number of deaths and injuries has been terrifyingly high.
They had Lu Xuan with them, and the island was isolated from the outside world, so they weren't afraid of anything. But there were millions of people living together on the Western Continent. If they got sick...
Lu Xuan calmly said, "I've already warned the new emperor in advance, and the Western Continent should have already taken corresponding measures."
Chen Rong, who was currently contacting someone he knew in the Western Continent, said, "I've asked around. The Emperor issued a notice yesterday, reminding the people not to venture into the wild. Whenever they do go out, they must wear gas masks and protective clothing to avoid contracting the disease."
Ge Yuanze, who had also inquired about the situation from General Huo, said, "The Huo family army and the guards in the capital are trying to burn all the rotten fish and shrimp. They've also used plant protection machines to spray a lot of disinfectants around the area. I don't think there's much of a problem."
As long as we can endure the time when these rotten items continue to ferment and become nutrients in the soil, the crisis will be resolved.
The villagers, led by Li Tie, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"We've finally survived so many disasters. If something happens to us because of these rotten fish and shrimp, it would be a huge loss."
"Actually, there's no need to worry too much. If someone is unlucky enough to get sick, there are medicines that are suitable for the disease, so the consequences won't be too serious."
"Having said that, it's better not to get sick if you can."
"That's true."
After learning about the measures taken by the Western Continent, Yunlu Village did not remain silent and also began to clean up the environment around the three islands.
With Lu Xuan around, the incineration operation was completed quickly and well, and even the smoke was absorbed by him using the high-tech products of the Star Alliance.
By the way, Lu Xuan also placed these large machines around the island to absorb as much volcanic ash as possible.
Although the humans in the household were united, abnormalities still occurred.
Half a month after the volcanic eruption.
The rotten fish and shrimp near human settlements were burned, and those farther away were eaten by surviving creatures in the wild, leaving only fish bones. Even the fish bones naturally decomposed without a trace, and people thought the crisis was over.
Countless screams that pierced the sky woke everyone up.
On the island of Yunlu Village.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"Who's calling?"
The villagers who were still asleep or had just woken up and had no time to go out were so frightened that they didn't even bother to put on their coats and hurried outside. Then they were frightened by the plants outside the house that were more than one meter tall and could not help but retreat.
"What's this?"
"It looks like...weed?"
Everyone around looked at Zhang Chengming who had spoken, staring at him and saying, "Have you ever seen weeds grow this high?"
"Even the grass deep in the Yunlu Mountains isn't this outrageous!"
"Even if it really grows, it will take time, right? We didn't have any of these last night!"
"It's impossible that some wood-type psychic or Lu Xuan had nothing better to do and caused these weeds to grow, right?"
"Li Jing?"
When Li Jing was called out, he immediately shook his head and said, "I didn't do anything."
"Hiss! The edges of these weeds are so sharp!" Chen Rong took a breath as he tentatively reached out to a blade of grass in front of him. There was a cut on his finger that was bleeding.
Seeing this, Ji Xiuling immediately took out a cloth and pressed it against his wound, scolding him: "It's not just about whether these things are dangerous or not. Who told you to reach out without permission?"
Chen Rong chuckled and said, "I'm just trying it out. A small injury won't be a big deal."
The others who originally wanted to touch the weeds silently withdrew their hands after seeing what happened to Chen Rong.
Li Tie even warned loudly: "Be careful, and keep an eye on the children at home before they come out."
After saying that, he looked at Lu Xuan, "Ah Xuan, look at this..."
Lu Xuan said, "Stay home and don't move. I'll go out and check."
The young and strong men in the hunting team looked at each other and stepped forward without hesitation, "Let's go too!"
"That's right, we're not too weak now. We can't always let you take the lead alone."
Lu Xuan remained noncommittal, "Then let's go together."
Everyone carefully avoided the sharp weeds, walked out of the village and checked around the island, first making sure there was no problem in the greenhouse, and then walked towards the edge of the island.
"Look over there!" Wu Yang pointed to the original coconut trees on the periphery that Lu Xuan had deliberately left behind, his expression of astonishment.
When the others saw it, they were also shocked.
I saw that the coconut tree that was still fine yesterday did not grow any taller, but its appearance had changed a lot.
Not only did the straight trunk become crooked, the leaves turned from green to purple, and the coconuts, which should have been green, turned a glaring red, and many small bumps grew on them, which made people feel creepy just by looking at them.
The other people's expressions changed drastically, but Lu Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly.
The mutant coconut trees in the greenhouse had failed several times before they successfully mutated in the direction he wanted. The coconut trees in front of him looked very similar to one of the failures.
In other words, these trees...
[Mutation! It must be a mutation!]
[Oh my god! How come so many mutated plants suddenly appeared in the streamer's place in just one night?]
[Could it be that the anchor secretly mutated all these plants last night?]
How much free time does the streamer have to do something as boring as this? How would mutating the weeds benefit the streamer? It can't just be a gimmick, right? With the streamer's popularity, it's completely unnecessary.
What's going on? Is the era of livestreamers about to undergo a major transformation?
Lu Xuan couldn’t explain what was going on for the time being, but soon someone discovered the coconut crab on the coconut tree.
When everyone took a closer look, they found that the coconut crab was more than twice as big as before, and its aggressiveness was much stronger than before.
In the past, it would only try to attack with its pincers when it was caught, but now, after sensing their presence, it came down from the tree and quickly climbed over.
Zhang Chengming and others were shocked and instinctively took the initiative. They threw wind blades and fireballs, killing the coconut crab three meters away from them.
Li Jing took a breath and said, "This crab is much faster than before."
"Plants and animals have all changed drastically. What's going on?"
The uneasiness in everyone's heart grew stronger.
Lu Xuan didn't rush to answer, but just said: "Let's go look somewhere else."
Except for the group of wild beasts they killed when they first occupied the island, they did not kill all the other herbivores. Therefore, some wild sheep, pheasants, rabbits and other living things can still be found in the wild, and seabirds will land on the island from time to time.
As a result, they quickly found these wild animals and discovered that, as expected, they had also changed.
Its size grew larger and its aggressiveness increased, and it would pounce on them with a ferocious expression when it saw them.
The crowd had no choice but to quickly kill the animals.
Just as Lu Xuan leaned over to check the animals' fur, which was even tougher than before, Li Jing suddenly shouted, "Oh no! Ranch!"
When the others thought of the cattle, sheep and chickens on the ranch, which had expanded further in size, their expressions changed and they quickly rushed towards the ranch, praying in their hearts that nothing would happen, nothing would happen.
Animals in the wild can be killed at will, but animals raised on pastures can provide them with a steady supply of dairy products and fresh eggs.
If there are problems with these, they will not be able to drink milk, milk tea, or eat boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, egg custard, salted eggs, scrambled eggs with tomatoes and other delicious foods in the future.
However, reality is often cruel.
When they arrived at the ranch, no, when they just approached the ranch, they saw that the cattle and sheep inside were obviously larger and more manic.
Many people felt that their eyes went dark and it was all over.
"Wait! Don't jump to conclusions." Wu Yang observed carefully for a moment and said, "Although these cattle and sheep have changed, they didn't attack the greenhouse. They don't seem to be as aggressive as those animals in the wild."
The others paused, then began to observe and found that it was true.
Lu Xuan also noticed this. Comparing the differences between wild and farmed animals, his eyes fell on the troughs in the ranch that were filled with various mutated crop residues and fresh fruits.
Everyone regrouped and entered the ranch.
As soon as they entered, the enlarged cows, sheep and chickens became noticeably more agitated, but still did not attack. They just kept mooing and clucking, making such a noise that it hurt people's ears.
Lu Xuan felt a sinking feeling in his heart as he looked at these farmed animals. He turned on the communicator to contact the village chief and others who stayed behind, asking them to stay at home and not come out for the time being. He then contacted the new emperor to inquire about the situation in the Western Continent.
As expected, the situation over there was already in chaos.
Lu Xuan's eyes flickered slightly, and he turned to Zhang Chengming and the others and said, "You go back first. I'm going to the Western Continent."
After saying that, without waiting for others to react, he took out the aircraft, started it up quickly, and flew away from the island.
On the way, I also quickly chose to start the first screen projection recommendation.
There are not many anchors who can be recommended for screen casting, so you don’t need to wait for a day like last time.
Instead, the application is approved directly.
When Lu Xuan arrived in the Western Continent, the already large traffic in the live broadcast room saw another surge, with hundreds of thousands of new people online and tens of thousands of fans growing rapidly every second.
Western Continent.
Yangshan, Luochuan, Fengxian, Licheng...
In every town, countless people wearing gas masks were cutting half-human-high weeds in front of their homes. From time to time, someone would be accidentally cut by the sharp edges during the cutting process, causing them to grimace or curse loudly.
"These damn grasses are so sharp! Even my knife can't compare to them!"
"Not only is it sharp, it grows so fast. I just cut it off and it immediately grew several inches new!"
"Pull it out by the roots!"
"Don't do that! Someone just got so angry they pulled their hands out, and ended up tearing their gloves apart, leaving their hands all bloody and mangled."
"Then burn it..." He swallowed his words back when he saw that half of the street was covered with tents.
Burn it down, unless they don't want their own house anymore.
Someone sighed and said, "We're doing pretty good just mowing the weeds. I heard people who went out hunting or gathering today had bad luck. Many encountered mad beasts. Pheasants and rabbits grew to the size of dogs and attacked anyone they saw. Many people lost their flesh and their lives."
"I heard too. The clinic was incredibly busy a while ago because of the fish frenzy. We finally had some peace and quiet for a while, but now the clinic is full again."
"The psychics from all over the place, the guards, and the Huo family army are now guarding outside the city, killing any approaching beasts. If it weren't for them, we wouldn't even have time to peacefully cut weeds."
The others were shocked and sad when they heard this.
"Nothing special has happened recently, how could there be such a big change overnight?"
"Who knows what's going on? It's just that God won't let us survive."
"Hey, I hope the higher-ups can come up with a solution soon."
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At that time, the capital served as a safe house for the meeting hall.
The new emperor summoned the ministers of the court, as well as Liu Wenchi, Ye Feiluan and other leaders of other towns to discuss what was happening.
"In less than half a day, tens of thousands of casualties have occurred in various towns. This is even worse than when the fish went crazy. If we don't stop it soon, the consequences will be disastrous."
"It's easy to say, but how can we curb it? We don't even know why those animals have to grow bigger."
Ye Feiluan made a guess.
"Those drastically changed plants and animals in the outside world seem to resemble greenhouse crops, as well as the plants contracted by wood-type psychics. The fur of those giant immortal beasts that Yun Xianhou once brought out, which were said to be from the immortal world, also seems to be comparable to those enlarged animals."
The new emperor was moved by this. "Marquis Yunxian once mentioned the word 'mutation'. Could it be that the changes in these plants and animals are due to mutation?"
Minister Bai frowned. "How could everything mutate for no reason?"
The others were whispering to each other, but no one could make out what was going on.
"Your Majesty, I see!"
Weiyuan Hou, who had been fiddling with the remote control with several generals, shouted and enlarged the screen at the same time.
What is displayed above is the image sent back by dozens of drones that were released in advance to check the current situation outside.
The ministers were perked up and subconsciously turned their heads to look over, their expressions instantly filled with horror.
“Oh my God!”
"So many beasts!"
"There are so many plants, and each one looks much taller than the weeds in the city!"
Dozens of pictures show countless weeds, trees and wild animals everywhere.
The weeds and trees looked nothing like what they were used to seeing, and the wild beasts were even more bizarre. They already knew about the increase in size, but how come some wolves had horns on their heads and some had wings on their backs?
Some of them have their fur exploded and become covered with thorns like hedgehogs, and some of them have their fur changed color, including red, green, and purple.
Everyone present was dumbfounded.
Someone suddenly had an idea and questioned: "After the tsunami, many wild animals should have been drowned. How come there are still so many of them?"
An old general nearby said, "There's nothing strange about that. Not everywhere is flooded. Aren't there still many hilltops left? People know to flee to higher ground, so how could animals stay put? I guess they've come down the mountain because they noticed the water has receded."
And then this weird incident happened.
"Those plants aren't right either," Minister Bai said gravely. "Logically speaking, the ground that's been soaked in seawater has become too salty and has become saline soil. It's difficult for plants to grow in a short period of time."
But now, those plants are growing even more vigorously than the crops in the greenhouse.
He even saw a number of mushrooms that were bigger than human faces.
It hasn't rained recently and the temperature is still around 40 degrees, which is not suitable for mushroom growth.
"Look, there are vines attacking the beast over there!" someone exclaimed, pointing at one of the pictures.
When the others looked, they saw what looked like the mutated poison ivy they had seen at the auction. The hemp-like vines quickly wrapped around the approaching hare, sucking its blood and flesh dry in an instant, and throwing the shriveled rabbit skin and the only remaining head to the ground.
"Hiss!" The faces of everyone present changed drastically.
The new emperor's expression became even more gloomy.
Marquis Weiyuan said solemnly, "Your Majesty, this matter is extraordinary. It is difficult for us mortals to understand. I'm afraid we have to wait for Marquis Yunxian to arrive before we can learn something."
The others nodded in agreement.
The new emperor nodded and said, "Marquis Yunxian is on his way..."
He was halfway through his words when a voice came from outside, "Marquis Yunxian has arrived!"
The eyes of the people present immediately lit up.
The new emperor quickly said, "Pass it!"
When Lu Xuan entered the council hall, he was greeted not only by the enthusiastic gazes of the civil and military officials in the court, but also by the astonishing scenes still playing in the air.
The audience in the live broadcast room were shocked when they saw it.
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