Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 201 Scarlet Corruption Removal Plan
Bai Shi watched Millicent walk along the avenue towards Stonewell.

I hope nothing will happen.

Bai Shi immediately felt that the position behind him was taken back by Melina.

"You are so kind to everyone."

"She is involved with two demigods at the same time, as well as the god who is the source of the scarlet corruption."

"You didn't even know each other before this. You should have been a little more careful."

Melina's voice rang in my ears.

Bai Shi smiled.

"It can't be helped. People in the border areas are having a hard time."

“I couldn’t bear to see their suffering and not do anything.”

Melina didn't say anything else, just leaned her head on Bai Shi's back.

She also understood what kind of person Bai Shi was. It was precisely this kind of pure kindness that made people like him.
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Bai Shi returned to Red Lion City through the blessing.

As soon as he returned to Red Lion City, Bai Shi went to Hilbert's laboratory to check the current research progress.

After a day, you should be able to understand a lot about the nature of that special scarlet corruption.

When Hilbert saw Bai Shi coming back, he quickly called him over to see the results.

"You came back just in time. We have made some discoveries now."

Bai Shi raised his eyebrows.

"What do you mean? What did you find?"

Hilbert thought about it and organized his words.

"Let's start with the conclusion."

"This plant that has transformed from scarlet corruption is indeed free of toxins."

"Even if it is eaten by a living creature, there is no obvious reaction for the time being."

“But perhaps the situation is not as good as expected.”

Hilbert took out a container identical to the previous one and placed it in front of Bai Shi.

Hilbert pointed at the small mass of scarlet corruption in front of him and motioned Bai Shi to look over there.

Bai Shi leaned forward to take a look, but did not find any difference between the scarlet corruption in this container and ordinary scarlet corruption.

"What's wrong? Isn't this just ordinary scarlet corruption?"

Hilbert shook his head and spread his hands.

"Unfortunately, this is one of the parts of the Scarlet Corruption that caused you to use your power yesterday to cause them to change their form."

Bai Shi couldn't believe it and looked at the scarlet corruption in the container again.

Indeed, it was just ordinary scarlet corruption, and the characteristics that had once changed had completely disappeared.

You know, yesterday, the scarlet corruption had already turned into plants under the influence of sunlight.

"What happened? Did they regress on their own and become like this again?"

Hilbert nodded.

"That's right. It seems that because there is no nutrients, everything has turned back into scarlet corruption."

"Do you remember that the scarlet corruption expanded after being affected by your power?"

“Even after these scarlet corruptions returned to their original state, there were still the same number.”

"If this problem cannot be resolved, it will only promote the expansion of the Scarlet Corruption."

Bai Shi frowned.

"So, this method has no use..."

Hilbert waved his hand and said:

"No, that can't be said. Let me show you another comparison."

Hilbert took out several stacked containers from the side and placed them on the table one by one for easy observation.

In these containers, there were many scarlet rots that still maintained the appearance of plants and were still growing.

Only one or two turned back into their scarlet corrupted forms.

Baizhi scanned back and forth at the scarlet corruption of completely opposite forms in these containers.

"These haven't changed? What did you do to them?"

Hilbert points to the first container.

There is a shallow layer of water at the bottom of this scarlet and corrupt container, and the water level is dropping at a slow rate.

The plant in this container is doing fairly well, but the color is a little darker.

“Into this container, I only added water.”

"It's obviously still alive."

"Although the color is getting darker, it is still growing and has not turned back into scarlet corruption."

"It looks like water alone can support its growth."

Hilbert pointed to the second container.

There is a layer of soil there, but the soil has become desertified, and plants are growing quite lushly.

"Into this container, I added soil from other regions that has not been eroded by the scarlet corruption."

"They are really voracious in their demand for nutrients."

"Even the soil underneath was sucked dry and gradually turned into sand."

Then Hilbert pointed to the third container, where the plants were growing most vigorously and were very green.

"As for this, I added the flesh and blood of animals."

"Their growth rate and development status are obviously more vigorous than the other species."

"As for these three..."

Bai Shi looked at the other three containers, the plants inside were slowly degenerating back into scarlet corruption.

"These three portions are the same as those added before, but the portions are all halved."

"Now that it has been completely absorbed, it has begun to turn back into scarlet corruption."

"This confirms to me that they turned back into scarlet corruption due to lack of nutrients, not some other special reason."

Bai Shi looked at the last container again, which was also filled with scarlet corruption.

Bai Shi asked Hilbert:
"What's inside this container?"

Hilbert looked at the markings on the container.

"This container? I added the Crimson Corruption directly into it."

"The plants transformed from the scarlet corruption seem to directly transfer nutrients to the untransformed scarlet corruption."

"When only a small amount of Scarlet Corruption is added, they can also transform the newly added Scarlet Corruption into a plant state."

"But once the energy is insufficient, they will all degenerate back into scarlet corruption at the same time."

Hilbert paused and continued to talk about the characteristics of these transformed plants:
"These plants can play the same role in the ecology as regular plants."

"After the animals ate these plants, no abnormalities were found so far."

"When animals such as sheep and mice that were not infected by the scarlet corruption ate these plants, they did not have any strange reactions, and the plants did not turn into scarlet corruption in their stomachs."

"Of course, it is also possible that the experiment was too short and we need to wait for further observations before we can draw conclusions."

Bai Shi's eyes moved back and forth between the containers filled with scarlet corruption, thinking. The plants transformed from scarlet corruption have very high requirements for nutrients.

Through sunlight, they can enter a state of 'fertility' and transform into plants.

However, in order to maintain its plant state, it also requires a large amount of subsequent nutritional supplements.

Subsequent experiments on various single substances showed that various nutrients had almost the same effects on scarlet corruption.

In other words, Scarlet Corruption is not actually picky about food at all.

Even when there was only sunlight and no other nutrients, scarlet corruption could grow and spread out of the container.

However, once there is no nutrition, it will not only regress to a state of scarlet corruption, but will expand the scope of scarlet corruption.

In other words, such a governance plan must eliminate the scarlet corruption at one time and on a large scale.

It cannot be treated bit by bit, otherwise the nutrients of those plants will be taken away by the scarlet corruption next to them.

This is not a problem at all. Bai Shi has already prepared to use Wind Spirit Moon Shadow and Sunlight to clean up.

But subsequent nutrition is also a problem.

Just using Wind Spirit Moon Shadow to add sunlight and shining a little light can indeed clean up the Scarlet Corruption and turn them all into plants.

But we can’t just ignore the follow-up, otherwise the scarlet corruption might spread.

Judging from the current situation, these plants consume water, soil, and even nutrients from flesh and blood, and their demands are quite huge.

If there is sunlight, the consumption of other nutrients may be reduced to a very low level.

However, the problem now is that we can't keep them in the sun all the time.

The sun is still blocked by the fading sun.

If this is the case, then at least the existence of the Faded Sun must be eliminated before we can begin the operation of cleaning up the Scarlet Corruption.

Bai Shi thought for a while and postponed the time for dealing with the scarlet corruption.

Otherwise, although the scarlet corruption of Gaileyd can be temporarily cleared, when the growth needs of those plants can no longer be met, this place will once again turn into a purgatory of scarlet corruption.

Perhaps, we should also study how to eliminate the scarlet corruption that has transformed into plants on a large scale.

This kind of thing is ultimately a hidden danger. After all, it is the power from the gods, and if you don't handle it with care, you may suffer backlash.

At the very least, we need to study how to confine them to an area.

It is still a plant now, but in the future, perhaps animals and other life forms will be born from it.

White consciousness doesn't want some strange green creatures that shout "waaaagh!" to grow out of the ground in the end.

So Bai Shi asked Hilbert:

"Regarding these plants transformed from scarlet corruption, is there any way to clean them up?"

"This type of plant must also be managed in the future and cannot be allowed to expand at will."

Hilbert agreed with Bai Shi's point of view.

They do need to be restricted, after all, this thing will revert to scarlet corruption.

No one knows whether one day it will cause unpredictable consequences.

After thinking about the previous experiments, Hilbert said:

"In this regard, tests are still being carried out one after another, but we have also obtained some information."

"The flames are still quite effective."

"Those things are just like ordinary scarlet corruption, they will disappear if you burn them with fire."

"And they will also automatically avoid flames and slowly escape from high temperatures."

"Besides that, there are many other things that can harm them, whether it's low temperature, lightning or something else."

"And after they turn into plants, the withering incense I mixed before will also have an effect on them."

"Generally speaking, after becoming plants, their weaknesses have obviously increased."

"Perhaps because the Scarlet Corruption's state is designed for expansion and reproduction, so its adaptability to the environment is much stronger."

"But even though it has many more weaknesses than Scarlet Corruption, the simplest and most efficient method is still fire."

"Withering incense is also effective, and compared to neutralizing incense, the material cost is much lower. If the production can be increased, it can also be used."

Bai Shi seemed to be thinking about something.

Flame?
If the subsequent management is troublesome, it is not impossible to directly use Feng Ling Yue Ying's super damage bonus flame to burn the entire land.

But after that, the place of Gaileed will definitely become a complete scorched earth.

What will follow will be a very, very long period of ecological recovery.

The time required to restore the ecology may take thousands of years.

These plants that have transformed into scarlet rot are beneficial to the ecological environment, and this is indeed the ecological role of plants.

There are pros and cons to both approaches.

If these plants can be contained, it is actually better to leave them alone.

Let's wait and see the results of subsequent experiments to decide how to deal with it in the end.

Bai Shi exhaled.

“Are there any animals that can be used for experiments?”

"I want to see what scarlet corruption looks like on an animal."

Hilbert nodded, went out and called a Red Lion soldier, asking him to bring the materials for the experiment.

Soon, several Red Lion soldiers pushed a cage to the vicinity of the laboratory.

In that cage was a giant dog commonly seen in the Gallid Wilds.

The giant dog's body was covered with wounds and it was almost dying.

Hilbert introduced to Bai Shi:

"We asked the knights outside to help catch these. There are quite a few of them."

"It was previously used to test drugs and study how to deal with corrupt organisms."

"They can all be used as experimental materials and at will."

Bai Shi walked to the cage, stretched out his hand and began to release the power of sunlight.

As the warm sunlight spread over the giant dog's body, the scarlet corruption that coexisted with it began to wriggle, causing it to howl in pain.

Immediately afterwards, the scarlet corruption began to spread outward, gradually covering the entire body of the giant dog and growing many bloated tumors.

But soon the giant dog's flesh and blood shriveled up, and its skin hung loosely on its skeleton.

The Scarlet Corruption seemed to be directly using flesh and blood as nourishment, rapidly transforming into that plant form.

Unfortunately, perhaps because the host was too weak, the giant dog soon fell to the ground and lost its life.

After a while, the scarlet corruption squirmed and turned the giant dog into a ball of meat, and then gradually turned into a very large ball of pink and white mud, from which green shoots sprouted out little by little.

Bai Shi did not stop the sunlight, but continued to release it until the giant dog's body turned into a sapling.

Only when he saw the rough bark and lush branches and leaves did Bai Shi stop holding the sunlight in his hand.

It seems that although the plants transformed by scarlet corruption require extremely huge amounts of nutrients, the final effect is indeed plants, and the growth rate is very fast.

Hilbert observed the sapling.

"Failed? It seems that the giant dog itself is about to collapse."

"Let's try a few more."

Bai Shi nodded and asked the Red Lion soldiers to bring all the remaining giant dogs over.

(End of this chapter)