"Spend more time with Nari when you have time."
Darent's next words made his face change drastically.
"Doesn't she want to repay the people who saved Aisha Continent? I believe you two will have a lot in common, hahahaha..."
…At the same time, in the City of Shadows, Conte-Sixus had been working at his desk for almost three hours.
"Doctor, why don't you go take a rest?"
Lu Xi'er came to see her every few minutes, either serving her tea or rubbing her shoulders, but in the end he couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to sit in this seat himself.
"It's just some math anyway, trust me! I can do it!"
"No you can't."
Sixus ruthlessly exposed her, "You can even turn who is going to be eliminated against who... Your ability to make humorous remarks is good enough to perform in a theater, Dreyerman."
"The Doctor is so cruel!"
"I would rather whip you to move forward than let you sink into mediocrity and become a waste."
"It feels much better to say this... Doctor, please whip me more!"
Why does it seem like I'm rewarding her?
Sixus's mind went blank for a rare moment.
She was beginning to have doubts as to whether the Mermaid Theater could accommodate this ability to reverse the nature of things.
"What's the point of the doctor calculating this?"
Lu Xier asked, frowning as he stared at the manuscript papers.
“Some rules at the micro level.”
Sixus answered directly as a reflex.
"Evolution follows a law that will not change unless the environment undergoes a major change. I want to see if following this law will really lead to the evolution of 'grey algae fungi'."
"Evolution? But the Doctor said before that it was degeneration."
"Defining this thing requires a premise." Sixus shook his head. "If the environment remains unchanged - for us in today's environment - this is of course degradation. But we don't know what kind of environment the Ceres people experienced at the time. If that environment required them to develop into something like gray algae in order to survive, isn't this a kind of evolution?"
"Doctor, do you hope to infer what happened to the Ceres people after they were swallowed by the gray fog based on the situation of the gray algae fungus?" Lu Xi'er guessed.
"There are intentions in this regard." Sixus sighed, "But at the moment, it seems to be a conflict."
"What conflict?"
“Different lives.”
Knowing that the assistant couldn't understand, Sixus continued to expand on the explanation: "You've been to Dr. Fermi's office, right?"
“I have been there.”
"What's in his office?"
"A table and chairs."
"I mean living things."
"Those were the potted plants," Lu Xier recalled.
"Pot plants... Fiery Fangs. And the green carpet, that's actually the seeds of the Devil-Eating Grass."
"That's right. Although both the Fierce Fang Flower and the Devil-Eating Grass Seed are special plants, they are completely different life forms. Am I right?"
"Excluding the plant identity, this is the case."
"They all grow vertically upwards."
"Yes."
“The reason why they are pointing vertically upwards instead of downwards or stretching out in all directions is because there is energy above that they yearn for.”
"This should be."
Lu Xier thought about it and confirmed that the white sun hanging in the night sky of Shadow City - that thing was actually the shadow left by Hei Xiyang in the darkness.
Yes, the inverted shadow, that is, the white shadow.
That thing can indeed provide energy, and compared to the sun outside, it can usurp more mysterious power for those alienated lives.
"But the plants in Ceres don't grow upwards."
Sixus quickly flipped the pages and found a sketch she had just finished.
It was a picture of a jungle. You could see that the picture was a mess, with things like tentacles tangled together, and it was impossible to tell which were the trunks and which were the roots.
This is just a mess...
Lu Xier sighed.
"In other words, according to this speculation, after being swallowed by the gray fog, the Ceres Continent will not be able to receive any sunlight at all?"
Otherwise the plant wouldn't be able to grow like this.
Wherever the sun is, plants will grow.
It's impossible for the sun to shine when it's this high...
"But the existence of gray algae proves that there is still fire there."
Sixus turned the page back and pointed to a passage of transcripts to show his assistant.
"Look here... this is what Ashley passed to me at the time."
"'Gray algae are afraid of high temperatures. In the early stages of erosion, when it is not serious, a rise in human body temperature to 42°C will kill them completely.'"
Lushier read.
"'But, it will take time'."
As Sixus pointed to the next line, she continued reading naturally: "'Gray algae are afraid of high temperatures - but the speed at which high temperatures kill gray algae is not satisfactory. 42° is only the most basic threshold line. At this temperature, the gray algae colony is expected to take more than 100 hours to die. According to Moore-Sali's inaccurate calculations, if these things completely erode the lungs, then fever will be useless. They can even survive for more than 1000 second in a high temperature of 1°'."
"Have you found the problem?" Sixus looked up and stared at his assistant, hoping that she could understand something.
"The forest over there proves that light and heat do not exist." Lu Xier was bewildered, "But this characteristic of gray algae proves the opposite that light and heat do exist?"
"Are they in conflict?" She finally understood. "Otherwise, in an environment without light and heat, it would be impossible for gray algae to evolve such tolerance?"
"That's it."
Sixus tapped his index finger. "Moreover, the characteristics of gray algae are also contradictory... They are afraid of high temperatures but also resistant to high temperatures. Generally speaking, these two characteristics cannot appear in the same species."
Of course there are standards for this. For example, if you throw a certain kind of wood that is difficult to burn into a stove, it won't move at all. But if you throw it into a furnace at thousands of degrees, it will melt without any resistance.
But can you say that it is both afraid of and not afraid of high temperatures? No... It's just that the temperature has exceeded its defense threshold, and this is the case with most things in the world.
Gray algae is different. Its threshold for high temperature damage is 42°, which is too low. Its maximum temperature resistance is 1000°, which is too high.
Xixus didn't understand what kind of strange environment could force the gray algae to evolve such characteristics?
With such a low threshold, it looks like it is eager to be ignited...
But the tolerance is so much higher.
Do not understand.
I'll contact them again later, they still need more information.
……
Sixus was thinking about Ashley, while Ashley was thinking about how to escape.
The gray giant in front of us is about ten meters tall. Only the upper body to the waist has a human outline. There are no gender characteristics on the body, and below the waist is blurred "quicksand" - if the gray algae are regarded as gray sand, then it is a half-giant formed by mud.
But...it's not that simple.
Gray algae are alive, every one of them. There are tiny spots flowing on the surface of this giant all the time, which makes it look very scary and disgusting, making people feel uncomfortable from the bottom of their hearts.
"Don't go... compatriots..."
But the giant raised a cloud of "dust" and blocked every exit here with the scattered gray algae.
"You haven't told me yet...why you refuse to join us...to join the great Babis...Babis-Brund?"
"What's Babisblunt?" Ashley bared her teeth. She was beginning to regret taking the risk.
"Oh! That's naturally the name of the Kingdom of God."
The fungus giant seemed to recall more and more memories, and although his voice was still extremely unpleasant, at least he spoke fluently.
"Before the evil invasion, Amen Harwin made an agreement with the Eastern Kingdom of God, Babis Brende... The agreement is that as long as the subjects of Babis Brende integrate the power of the entire Ceres Continent to resist the gray fog, as long as the concept of Babis Brende can continue to exist, then one day, she will come back. At that time, she will not only forgive Babis Brende's offense against Seran, but also save everyone in this land and make everything return to the best time..."
Is this Babis-Brund the name of a person or a country?
Ashley felt that its logic was a bit confusing.
She personally suspected that this should be a person's name, possibly the country to which the ruins previously belonged, or the name of the monarch of that country.
After all, there are a lot of scattered kingdoms on the continent of Ceres. To integrate their forces... one definitely needs a person with enough weight to make the decision in order to succeed.
"So you remember that you are human?" Ashley asked.
"Human?" The giant was puzzled. "What do you mean by 'human'?"
"It's me." Ashley opened her arms and turned around in front of the giant. "It's like this... with a torso, arms and legs, and a head... It's what you look like now. Don't you understand?"
"Oh, then you are talking nonsense..." The giant laughed.
Very scary laugh.
Damn it... The tiny friction sounds seemed to come from all directions, gathering in this space and reverberating. Ashley had to cover her ears in pain. She didn't understand why she was so happy.
"You are not a 'human', we are."
After laughing, the giant began to make "violent remarks".
"How can such a fragile body be a human... Not only can it not resist the erosion of the gray fog, but it will also be eaten up instantly if it encounters those things..."
"You can't even preserve your thoughts... My fellow man... Your body is too backward..."
Ashley: ???
Is this already a mockery?
Her personality determined that she would not change the subject at this juncture, so she immediately retorted: "Oh, really? But if I raise my body temperature a little, you will die after you come in?"
"Such fragile split mycelium...Although it is only a part of you, it is obvious that you have not figured out who is lagging behind."
"high temperature?"
The giant was confused for a moment, "What do you mean by 'high temperature'?"
"It's just very hot." Ashley gestured speechlessly, "Like a flame..."
"fire!!!!?"
"The fire resistance... may be higher than that of ordinary fire... after all, it is a boiling blood potion... the knight's body is not normal..."
"There is 'fire' in your body!!!???"
The giant interrupted her rudely, lowering his upper body completely, almost forcing Ashley into a corner.
"Answer me my fellow man! You have 'flame'!????"
Is this something important?
Ashley was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Yes... I have 'flame'."
She wasn't lying, she had matches in her bag.
Something like fire... is your nemesis. I can have as much as you want, okay?
Are you scared?
Why don't you be polite to me?
"Oh my God!"
"Flame! Fire!"
"She said she had fire! She had flames!"
However, something she could not have expected happened: not only did the giant twist his waist and dance, but cheers also sounded from all directions - probably from all the gray algae - making the place full of confusing and unpleasant noises.
If a person with poor hearing stood outside and didn't look inside, he might think it was a normal meeting room where they were arguing over some stupid strategy.
