"The epidemic this time is a little strange, and I haven't seen any similar records in the literature," Rob said.
"A new epidemic? Hmm … That's possible too. "
"Theoretically, yes, but I'm afraid it's not that simple."
"Hmm?"
"I hope I'm just overthinking." The future Supreme Magister shook his head and didn't continue the topic. And so, the incident of Miral's wheat being infected was over.
After experiencing a false alarm, most people were able to put down their hearts that were hanging in their throats.
Since it was discovered in time, the wheat fields weren't damaged too much, and the situation wasn't too serious. Furthermore, potatoes were the most popular food in Mirar, and the villages around the city mainly grew potatoes. The infected wheat fields were all burned and cleaned, so there wasn't much damage to the food supply.
However, just to be safe, Rosita still wrote a letter to New Tylte and briefly explained the situation.
Rob didn't know what happened after that, because he and Lolo had already returned to the abyss. Lolo started to close the crack, and the future Supreme Magus Your Honor was responsible for the girl's safety while exploring the nearby area.
Rob didn't go too far. The environment of the abyss was much more complicated than that of the Dawn Continent. Apart from the huge lava river, there were also countless caves and underground tunnels that intersected with each other. It was easy to get lost once one went in. Sometimes, one didn't know if the bottom of the pitch-black cave was lava or another tunnel that led to an unknown place, so one had to be careful with every step.
Fortunately, the meat wall had been devouring monsters crazily in order to evolve, reducing the density of monsters in the vicinity. This saved Rob a lot of trouble when he explored.
The future Supreme Magus Your Honor's main goal this time was to explore the geological structure of the abyss and collect some biological samples. The biological samples here didn't refer to the monsters, but the strange life forms like the glowing insects in the rock walls.
At the same time, Rob was also consciously using the extreme environment of the abyss to train and control his mana consumption.
There were two sides to every coin. The environment of the Abyss was rather unfriendly to mages, but it was precisely because of this that the training was very effective. In less than a week, Rob had reduced his magical power consumption by almost one-fifth.
This result was quite gratifying. With Roland's current understanding of magic, it was difficult to reduce his consumption even by a little, let alone such a huge improvement.
However, he still hadn't made much progress in fusing the three types of energy. Rob had a faint worry in his heart. He felt that he didn't have much time left.
Sure enough, when the two of them returned to the human world, City Lord Rosita brought them two pieces of news, one good and one bad.
The good news was that Lionheart VII had won the eastern expedition and conquered the Holy Alliance's capital, Saint Massa. The official statement was that Ellwood had gone missing during the war, but considering the religious nature of the Holy Alliance, everyone knew that there was no way Lionheart VII would leave such a bomb lying around. Once Saint Massa was conquered, Ellwood's fate was sealed.
After two days and one night of intense debate, the Church finally decided to elect Wenger as the new pope. This was also the second time in five years that the godly temple had changed its leader.
Because of this, the Holy Alliance became the most turbulent of the three major human countries. Even so, no one dared to underestimate its existence. As a religious country, the influence of the Holy Alliance wasn't limited to its own territory. The number of believers in the human world was more than half of the population. This was a terrifying force that no one could ignore.
Therefore, when the new pope took office, the eyes of the entire Dawn Continent fell on Wenger, wanting to know where he would lead this huge ship.
Wenger didn't hesitate at all. On his first day in office, he signed an alliance agreement with the Lionheart Empire and the Free city-state, which meant that the entire human world had taken another big step toward becoming a unified whole. Everyone saw the new pope's determination.
Wenger then formed three investigation teams in one go and reopened the investigation of the Northern Territory incident, the attack on Williams, and the incident in Setta City. As soon as this news came out, the Lionheart Empire was filled with excitement. However, the second news that followed immediately cast a shadow over the celebratory atmosphere.
Rosita reported the wheat epidemic as usual, but she didn't pay enough attention to this matter because the cause of the epidemic had already been found and the problem solved. However, when she received the reply a month later, she couldn't help but be shocked.
Recently, it turned out that not only Miraral, but also other parts of the country began to break out with plant diseases. Not only wheat, but corn, potatoes, and so on … The affected crops were different in different places, and the severity of the disease was also different. Some like Miraral discovered the disease early and controlled it well, while others didn't discover it in time and spread from one city to another. Even the Free city-state had found traces of the disease. Because the Holy Alliance was in the midst of war, they didn't have this kind of statistics, but the actual situation wasn't optimistic.
Like most people, Rosita also found it hard to understand. It was normal for a disease to appear, but it was unheard of for several different diseases to break out at the same time. It also didn't conform to the laws of nature.
"The war has already begun." After listening to the two pieces of news brought by Rosita, Rob said, "Our enemies don't only know how to use the Force, they have also accumulated enough weapons over a long period of time."
"You mean to say that these diseases are caused by those things?" Lolo was shocked. If that was the case, the gods didn't need to do anything at all. All they had to do was release all kinds of diseases, and it wouldn't take long for the humans to die.
Luo Bu shook his head. "These diseases weren't created by them. Instead, they were naturally produced in nature. They just collected them and released them together when needed."
When inspecting the wheat field, Rob had suspected that this disease came from the era of the four-eyed "people". Because the infected wheat had a stronger reaction to secret spells than normal wheat, he was worried. Tens of thousands of years had passed, which meant that the enemies probably had more than one natural weapon.
These diseases might not all be effective on the animals and plants of the Dawn Continent, but if even half of them were effective, it would be an unprecedented disaster.
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