I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 532 Council of Elders

It wasn't long before the Council of Elders surrounded the Red Spirit Flower Valley.

Doctor Xi came to the entrance of the valley and received the elders who came here from the center of the Huasheng Islands.

These elders are all very experienced doctors. They have a high reputation in the doctor race and are also the leaders of the entire doctor race. Xi even saw the doctor who recorded the parasitic plants among them.

When the elders saw the red spiritual flowers all over the mountains, they immediately understood what was happening.

“Amazing creativity… but it went astray.”

"But there is still hope."

The elders looked at the doctor Xi with regret:

"Xi, you are sick...did you know that?"

Doctor Xi did not expect that the elders would say such words as soon as they opened their mouths.

"I'm sick? What's wrong with me?"

Xi didn't understand. He just cultivated an "antidote" that just made a loud noise, so why was he considered sick?

"Elders, please take a closer look. The red spirit flower is an antidote to parasitic plants. It is very simple to cultivate. All you need is..."

Xi couldn't wait to explain the function of the red spirit flower to the elders, but was interrupted by the elders.

"We all understand, but Xi, you have to know...the antidote can sometimes turn into poison."

"An island full of poisonous weeds. In order to reclaim the land, rabbits were introduced. The poisonous weeds were gone, but the rabbits became rampant again. In order to eliminate the rabbits, dogs were introduced. The number of rabbits was limited by the dogs, but the wild dogs became rampant again. Poison and antidote are relative. Xi, as a doctor, you have to understand this."

After hearing the elders' teachings, Doctor Xi immediately understood their thoughts.

"Red Spirit Flowers will not become poison! Red Spirit Flowers can be controlled. I am their father. I will not let them spread recklessly, and they will not infect everywhere like parasitic plants..."

Xi kept talking about the advantages of the Red Spirit Flower and promised the elders that the Red Spirit Flower would not spread.

But he was interrupted again by the elders.

"Xi, take a look at what Baihua Island has become now..."

The elders took Xi to a hill and let him see the current Hundred Flower Island with his own eyes.

After staying in the valley for too long, Xi had lost some of his sense of the outside world, but the scene at this moment still shocked him:
Scarlet flowers dotted everywhere on Hundred Flower Island. They were like spots on the skin, corroding the colorful flowers. Wherever they went, the original flowers would be replaced and transformed into bright red spiritual flowers.

The elder standing by looked at the devastated Baihua Island and said to him with regret: "Xi, sometimes, strong vitality is not a good thing. It is precisely because of its fragility that life is so precious."

"Exuberant life will occupy the living space of other lives, like a plague, and become a nuisance to other lives."

"Fungal infections occur because fungi have strong vitality. They grow on the skin and inside the body of living things, spreading wantonly and causing them unbearable pain."

"Although they don't consciously want to occupy other organisms' space, space is limited. Only one flower can grow on the same piece of soil. This is the law of life."

"The pollen of the red spirit flower will float in the wind, and it will gradually occupy the entire Hundred Flower Island. Although it is not hostile to other plants, the living space of other plants will become smaller and smaller, and eventually they will perish."

"Xi, you have to know that fungi are not hostile, but their growth has an impact on other organisms. Bacteria, viruses, parasites... are the same. This is their way of reproduction, and there is no right or wrong."

"But this way of reproduction will cause pain to patients. We are just doctors, not gods. Our duty is to cure diseases, not to consider the equality of all living beings. Don't think too much."

Xi looked at the scarlet spots in the flowers, and his faith began to waver.

However, the elders continued to persuade:

"Xi, as a doctor, you should know how to deal with parasites. Can you tell me about it?"

"Of course..." Xi said in a daze, "First, expel the adult insects. In order to prevent them from resisting and attacking the host, the best way is to use a strong method to directly eliminate them and then expel them from the host's body. Then use gentle means to expel the eggs and remaining substances. Finally, regulate the host's body to prevent re-infection. This way, the treatment is complete."

Xi has a lot of experience and is very familiar with the methods of treating parasitic diseases. "Very good." The elders praised him, but then changed the subject: "You know how to deal with parasites, but how come you have a different way to deal with parasitic plants?"

"Why would you think of using one parasite to fight another parasite?"

"And it's such a powerful parasite that it can even live in complete symbiosis with the host. It can even be passed down from generation to generation with the host and become a part of the host race. Even if the host race dies out, this parasite will still exist."

"Xi, do you know what you are doing?"

"You're not creating a cure, you're creating a plague!"

The elder's words were so inspiring that they went straight to the heart of the doctor Xi.

"I..." He didn't know how to explain for a moment.

The elders saw that the time had come and no longer held back. They issued an ultimatum to Xi: "Clear all the red spirit flowers on the island."

Seeing that Xi was still reluctant, the elders took out their killing moves and told Xi that the parasitic plants had been completely eradicated.

"Completely eliminated?" Xi was very surprised.

If the parasitic plant was completely eradicated, why didn't his companions come back to him?
"Xi, I'm here..." Just when he was confused, his companion appeared.

"After destroying the parasitic plants, I went to the Council of Elders first and came back late." The companion said apologetically.

"Is it really destroyed?" Xi still couldn't believe it.

"It's really destroyed." The companion confirmed again: "No antidote is needed..."

At this moment, Xi's last bit of hope was shattered.

Since the corresponding symptoms have been completely eliminated, the antidote is of course no longer needed, and Xi has no reason to keep the red spirit flower.

"I understand. I will clear the red flowers on the island." A sadness rose in Xi's heart.

Soon, the sadness also spread to the red spiritual flowers on his body.

"Father, what's wrong with you?"

Xi didn't answer, just stood there quietly.

After a long time, he looked at the elder again and said seriously: "I'm sorry, I can't do it."

The elders had obviously anticipated this situation and began to interrogate Xi:

"Xi, do you feel regret when you kill the parasites in the patient's body?"

"will not."

“Do you feel sad when you are killing bacteria in a patient’s body?”

"will not."

“Do you feel pain when you are destroying those reckless viruses?”

"will not."

"Then why can't you do it now?"

"Because the red flowers have feelings, elder, they have intelligence, unlike bacteria and parasites. I can convince them and educate them. I am their father. I will stop them from expanding and heal them, just like I did before..."

Xi knelt on the ground, and the ball of light above his head once again emitted a firm light.

The elders gathered in a circle, quietly looking at the "seriously ill" doctor...

(End of this chapter)