Poseidon in Tomorrow's Ark

"Hei, listen to the music outside again." Ceylon raised his hand and pointed out the window. "Think about what the consequences will be if the volcano erupts?"

"If it breaks out, and during the music festival, how many tourists will die here? Even if Xiosta is rebuilt later, what will our reputation be like in this land?"

"The situation outside is very dangerous now, so Miss can't go out." Hei didn't even look at the data, and didn't seem to pay attention to Ceylon's intention, "The master will take care of it."

"He is not in Xiosta right now. What is he dealing with? The volcano is about to erupt. We should evacuate tourists and citizens immediately."

Looking at Ceylon, who seemed to be so angry that his ear feathers stood up, Hei still sat on the stool as steady as a rock: "The master will take care of it."

Chapter 144: The Wrath of Nature

"The master will take care of it?" The doctor asked, looking at the contents of the note that seemed to have suddenly appeared on the table in front of him, "Are you sure that's what the man said?"

As the doctor asked the question, the next moment, another note appeared on the table.

【Yes. 】

"Oh, it seems to be what I wished for." The doctor nodded, "It seems that Xiosta has already made preparations for everything except the volcanic eruption which is a force beyond their control."

"Hey, why, Doctor?" Amiya looked at the Doctor, "Why do you say that?"

"Even we who just arrived at Xiosta have investigated a lot of dirt on that Kninlo." The doctor picked up the coffee beside him and took a sip. "It's an open infected project, but the infected are still complaining and mourning, aren't they?"

"Also, Xiosta's laws clearly prohibit the continued development of obsidian, but there is still an endless supply of obsidian on the market."

"Of course, I also thought that it might be a counterfeit, so I asked someone to send some samples to Eyjafjalla." The doctor put down the coffee in his hand and looked at Amiya beside him. "But it turns out that the chemical composition of the obsidian circulating on the market is exactly the same as that of the obsidian collected by Tianhuo and Provence in the mountains."

"The infected project that has not been implemented and the obsidian products that are illegally circulated, I don't think the mayor of Xiosta is unaware of it."

"If he really couldn't even spot this kind of blatant corruption, he wouldn't have been able to build such a large tourist city, nor would he have been able to keep it going for so long."

Amiya nodded thoughtfully: "I see. So, Doctor, do you think that the mayor of Xiosta has already been prepared for Kninglo's corruption and inaction?"

"What else?" The doctor stood up. "As for us, I think we need a new partner to ease our financial pressure."

"Of course, words are not enough. We naturally need to show our strength to our future partners first."

"Eh?" Amiya was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, "Doctor, what do you mean?"

"Let's go." The doctor put on his hood, "I wonder if this protective suit can withstand the harsh environment inside the volcano?"

——————Xista Volcano——————

In a cave, Tianhuo and Provence were holding torches and moving forward cautiously. It was not that they did not have flashlights or something like that, but as they moved forward in the tunnel, oxygen was something they had to consider.

Although the flames will compete with them for oxygen from the cave, if the flames show signs of going out, they must consider retreating, because this means that the oxygen ahead, or other reasons, are causing the flames to gradually go out.

In any case, once this happens, they will immediately begin to retreat. Although the flashlight can shine far, it cannot help them judge the oxygen concentration.

"Provence, look at these excavated tunnels." Tianhuo held up a torch and bent over to look at the small tunnel in front of him. "It's like an ant nest with many connections."

"They were all dug out by Originium worms." Provence held his crossbow in one hand, which was loaded with arrows and ready to shoot at any time, and held a flashlight in the other hand, shining it on a passage on the side.

Provence looked at the passage that turned a corner at the end and went to an unknown place: "Perhaps it is these interconnected passages that make the entire mountain unstable."

"What are you thinking about?" Tianhuo glanced back at Provence helplessly, "Maybe it is part of the reason, but it is not the main reason. This volcano itself is active and may erupt at any time. It's just that the tunnels dug by the Originium worms catalyzed this process."

"It also includes the problems Xiosta encountered during mining," Provence seemed to have discovered something. He bent down and pulled out a pickaxe that appeared from nowhere in the passage beside him. "It looks quite new. The production label is actually from last year?"

"It looks like someone doesn't follow the law." Tianhuo glanced back at the shovel in Provence's hand. "If I remember correctly, Xiosta's law completely banned the mining of obsidian a few years ago."

"I think so. I don't remember it clearly." Provence threw down the pickaxe in his hand. "I saw that it had no handle and thought it was something from a long time ago. But it looks like this mine is not abandoned. I was wondering how we could pry those wooden boards so easily."

"I estimate that there should be several mines like this in the entire volcano." Provence waved the flashlight left and right, and finally pointed to a square hole under the rock wall. "Look, there are still traces of wooden supports here, but now those wooden supports have been eaten by Originium worms, right?"

Tianhuo nodded thoughtfully: "Then, the Originium worms dug tunnels everywhere on the basis of this mine as their nests."

"You're a little wrong." Provence touched the rock wall. "It's not that the Originium worms dug tunnels on the basis of the mine tunnel as their nests. This is their nest from the beginning."

"Isn't this a mining tunnel?" Tianhuo looked at Tianhuo beside him in confusion, "How did it become a nest of Originium Worms again?"

"So don't just stay in the lab all the time, come out and take a look more often." Provence rolled his eyes. "There are almost no signs of excavation near the cave entrance. Look at these recent mine tunnels. In fact, there are many places without any signs of excavation. This doesn't look like a man-made mine tunnel. I guess there is a high probability that there was a cave originally."

"We just happened to come here because there is a lot of obsidian available for mining." Provence simply scanned the surroundings with the light, "and the natural cave is too suitable for the Originium worm population to live in, so I guess this is most likely the Originium worm's nest."

"It was only after the people of Xiosta discovered that there was a large amount of obsidian here that they drove the Originium worms away. It was not until the obsidian here was mined out and the mine was abandoned that the Originium worms returned."

"If that's the case, it means..." Tianhuo looked at the surrounding rock walls, as if he suddenly understood something. He snatched the flashlight from Provence's hand, and the light continued to scan the surrounding rock walls.

"What's wrong? What did you find?" Provence was stunned when his flashlight was suddenly snatched away, but he looked at Tianhuo, who seemed to be anxiously looking for something around him, and was also a little confused.

Tianhuo pointed the light at a rock wall, as if confirming something, and directly pulled Provence's hand and ran inside: "Come with me, I have to confirm whether there is another thing in there?"

"What are you doing?" Provence was dragged inside by the skyfire, and asked in confusion as he ran, "What did you find?"

Provence held up another flashlight and looked in the direction where the heavenly fire had just shone, looking at the few remaining traces of obsidian and the surrounding boulders with flowing patterns.

"No way?!" Provence seemed to suddenly understand something, and dragged Tianhuo inside. "You're right, let's go in quickly, we must confirm it immediately."

"If this can be confirmed, we still have a chance to temporarily delay the eruption."

——————Xista Hotel——————

"Why are you doing this?" Xiyue looked at the emperor lying on the ground with multiple wounds, including but not limited to knife wounds, blunt force wounds, and gunshot wounds.

The emperor was completely out of breath at the moment, and judging from the multiple scars on his body, it seemed like he could not be saved even if we tried.

"Energy Archangel even took out the shreds I gave him?" Xiyue looked at the torn wound on the emperor's chest, "Tsk tsk tsk tsk."

"You're still clicking your tongue?" The emperor, who should have been a corpse lying on the ground, suddenly jumped up. In the blink of an eye, except for his clothes, which remained in a torn state, the wounds on his body disappeared without a trace like the refresh in the game.

"I wanted to hide behind you, but you just ran away?"

"Ahem." Xiyue turned her head slightly embarrassedly, "After all, it's not appropriate for children to see bloody scenes."

"Oh my God." The emperor jumped onto the sofa and pretended to be surprised. "My friend, please don't tell me that the child you are talking about is Hong."

"Are you sure that the child needs to stay away from bloody scenes?" The emperor looked at Xiyue who turned away and asked, "Are you sure that in most cases, the child is the culprit for creating bloody scenes?"

"Hong is not responsible for the surgery." Xiyue swung her tail in front of her and rubbed Hong, who was hanging on it with a happy face. Ever since she showed her dragon body, this child has been sticking to her tail all day long, like a pendant.

Even though Texas tried to use his tail to lure Honghong, he seemed not interested. Oh, of course, Hong was still interested in the big purple tail of Provence whom she met last time.

However, since I haven't seen Provence recently, I am still a little disappointed. This is because the recent series has been showing the relationship between dragon life, so.

"Yeah." Hong, who was hanging on the tail, nodded and said, "Hong is just a nurse. Mom is responsible for the operation."

"Hehe~" The emperor jumped down from the sofa, put a chair on the side of the wine cabinet, and took a bottle of red wine from it. "But speaking of it, what are you going to do over there? I don't believe you didn't do anything."

"Just leave it to the Xiosta official to handle~" Xiyue shrugged and hugged Hong, who was trying to pull off some of the hair on the tip of Xiyue's tail.

"As for what that little guy said, I gave Rhodes Island a little magic weapon. This is both a natural disaster and a man-made disaster. It can save them temporarily, but not forever."

"For you, is there any difference between a lifetime and a moment?" Dadi swirled the red wine, "As long as you want."

"Yes, as long as I want to." Xiyue nodded, "I can stop the volcano from erupting, and it's easy."

Xiyue hugged Hong and sat down: "But what about after that? Suppress the volcano again and again, and save the people here again and again? No one will constantly need to be saved by others."

"You have to learn not to seek help from others, and learn to walk on your own." Xiyue looked out the window. "There's an old saying that goes, 'It's better to teach a man how to fish than to give him a fish.' Well, I don't think I should use that phrase at a time like this. Never mind. That's the meaning anyway."

"Since the natural disaster is bound to happen sooner or later, and some people here have already made all the preparations to face it, then I just need to give them a little more time, right?"

——————Xista Volcano Mineral Channel——————

"Are you two going down to mine?" ACE looked at the dusty Tianhuo and Provence with a slight smile on his face. After a period of rest, the slight symptoms of drunkenness were not a big problem for him.

Of course, Scout doesn't have such good physical fitness as him, and he's still a little dizzy, so the doctor arranged for him to go to the southwest in case of any accidents.

But since it was a trip after all, Scout didn't bring his sniper rifle with him, so he borrowed Provence's spare bow. It was definitely not as powerful as his gun, but it was enough.

"What are you talking about?" Tianhuo patted his tail unhappily. The originally soft and shiny tail was now covered with dust.

After a simple pat, Skyfire looked at the Doctor and said, "We have found a way to temporarily delay the eruption, but of course it will only last for a while."

"Natural disasters are inevitable. All we can do is buy more time."

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"So this time we are looking for a mutated Originium worm?" ACE walked in front with a shield in one hand and a sword in the other.

Just like Scou, because they were in a hurry to travel, all their weapons were left in Rhodes Island. The shield and sword in ACE's hand were asked from Miguel.

Although this shield is definitely not as good as his original one, it is better than nothing. He doesn't want to use his physical body to carry a large number of Originium worms, not to mention that there seems to be a big guy around.

"You two were so dirty earlier, weren't you made by the source bug?"

"That's right." Provence nodded, "But I only took a look from a distance. It's quite violent now, so you must be careful."

Amiya and the Doctor looked at each other. From their previous conversation with Xiao Xiyue, they already knew that Miss Xiyue seemed to have frightened a little guy, thereby slowing down the progress of the volcanic eruption.

Now it seems that, just as they thought, Miss Xiyue's little one is no longer a little one to them, and may be extremely dangerous.

"So what is it?" ACE was a little confused, "Why can killing an Originium worm stop the progress of the volcanic eruption?"

"That's not an ordinary Originium worm." Provence shook his head. "It can be said that it is the real master of this area. It is a moving natural disaster and the wrath of nature."

Chapter 145: Pompeii

"Who is the real master of this area?" ACE looked ahead and asked Provence behind him without turning back, "So, what is the relationship between this moving disaster, the wrath of nature and delaying the volcanic eruption?"

"Well... let Tianhuo explain it." Provence looked at Tianhuo and said, "You explain it."

Tianhuo first rolled his eyes at Provence while holding the flashlight, and then said, "This is the conclusion that Provence and I came to after exploring the interior of the volcano and communicating remotely with Eyjafjalla."

"Speaking of the principle, we must first start with the ecology of the Originium worms here... No, maybe it would be more appropriate to call them volcanic Originium worms or lava Originium worms."

Tianhuo pointed the flashlight at the red primitive worm on the blade of ACE: "Although they look almost the same as Originium worms, they use volcanoes as their nests and feed on the special obsidian here. They build their nests and take root inside the volcano in Xiosta."

"No wonder you say they are the real masters of this area." ACE looked at the Originium worm pierced by the sword in his hand, "I still don't understand what this has to do with the volcanic eruption?"

"It can't be that." ACE looked around with the mining lamp on his head. "These holes they dug have collapsed the volcano. It can't be that simple, right?"

"Can you please listen to me first and don't be so anxious?" Tianhuo looked at ACE helplessly. It was the first time he saw this big brother talking so much. He was probably not fully sober yet.

"These Originium worms live very close to the core of the volcano, which is also where this kind of obsidian mixed with special ingredients is produced in large quantities."

Tianhuo stepped forward and took the sword from ACE's hand, and used a flashlight to show the mouthparts of the Originium worm to everyone. At this moment, there were still some obsidian fragments remaining around the mouthparts of the primitive worm.

"And the people here discovered this property and used their traces to excavate obsidian."

Herag, who was following the others and splitting a lava worm with a knife, nodded: "I see. When we are marching and fighting, if we encounter special circumstances, we will also use the characteristics of some creatures to find resources."

"I guess they relied on this characteristic to occupy this natural cave as their excavation site in the mine tunnel."

"That's right, General." Provence nodded, "People can always find patterns from their connections with living things."

Tianhuo nodded and confirmed Heragh's statement: "But there is a problem here. It has been a long time since the last eruption of this volcano. Even when it erupted, there may not have been anyone here."

Tianhuo used the light to sweep the surrounding rock walls. "The amount of obsidian that can be formed in a volcanic eruption is limited. Excessive mining will not only drain all the mineral resources here, but also destroy the living environment of the Originium worms."

"It's not just that." The doctor suddenly said, "This is their nest. People's mining of obsidian has severely compressed their living space."

"And you just said that obsidian is also their food. This means that their population is even facing a serious crisis due to human mining."

"They want to dig out new veins and find new obsidian to feed themselves. This is the instinct of living things, so they began to drill on land and began to dig holes in the mountains."

Tianhuo nodded: "Yes, so their behavior has obviously become agitated. It is estimated that a large number of abnormal activities inside the volcano are caused by their behavior of opening up living places and food."

"This behavior is an effective way for the Originium Worms to expand their habitat and find food, but it is probably a disaster for Xiosta City."

Provence was silent for a moment, then concluded: "So this incident is both a natural disaster and a man-made disaster. A volcanic eruption may be inevitable, but people are endlessly exploiting resources and treating the gifts of nature without any reverence. Nature will inevitably punish them."

"Wait a moment, the temperature ahead is getting hotter and hotter." The doctor called everyone, "We will soon reach our destination in Provence, right?"

"That's right." Provence nodded, then looked at the doctor with concern as if he remembered something, "Doctor, are you not used to it? How about we bring cameras? Or command us from outside the cave?"

"No need." The doctor looked at Amiya and said, "Share the food with everyone. We may have to face the scorching hell of magma next. If we don't drink now, we will run out of time."

"Yeah." Amiya put the kettle she had been holding on the ground and took out a few cups from the backpack behind her.

"Hey, hey." ACE raised his shield and turned his head slightly, looking at Amiya who was pouring tea into the cups one by one out of the corner of his eye, "Is this some kind of farewell drink? Don't be so pessimistic, okay?"

"Of course not." The doctor shook his head. "It's a good thing. It can help us fight better in this environment."

Of course, what was brewing in the kettle was the ice tea leaves that Xiyue gave them. Since Miss Xiyue did not specify the duration, in order to ensure as much coverage as possible during the battle, the Doctor and Amiya simply brewed the tea but did not distribute the tea to everyone in advance.

Of course, the doctor also drank a little first to confirm that this tea can exert its effects even without using the method of brewing black tea. However, he only drank a little, and the effect only lasted for a few minutes.

Because the amount of tea is limited, it is impossible to determine whether the effect is still there if it is brewed repeatedly, so the doctor dare not do more experiments. For now, each person is given two cups to drink, and the effect should last for a long time.

"What is this?" Herag came over and squatted next to Amiya. "Tea? Very fragrant tea. But this method is really a waste of natural resources."

"Because we don't have time." The doctor was also a little embarrassed. When he said he was brewing them, he just made a pot of hot water and then directly threw the tea leaves in. There was no technique at all.

"I hope Miss Xiyue won't be angry because of this rough way of using it." The doctor touched her head. As early as when she was with Xiyue before, she found that Xiyue was quite fond of these black tea and coffee.

The smile on Xiyue's face when she introduced the different types of coffee and black tea to her subordinates was not fake. In addition, the fact that she would take out a complete set of exquisite tea sets from her clothes anytime and anywhere showed how much she liked tea.