"It might not necessarily be high-star Fog Corpses," Mo Jiao sneered coldly.
Having discovered that this world had beco a breeding ground for the Terminal, he was willing to speculate with the greatest malice, "Maybe the apocalypse and the Fog Corpses were created by it?"
After all, the Terminal feeds on the emotions of its food.
The Terminal had been managing Mist Continent for seventy years and already had a well-established automated breeding system.
The Terminal’s food would even raise itself well for its ultimate purpose.
Only when their strength increased would they be brought to the Terminal’s dining table.
"Fog Corpses consu humans, and the Terminal consus humans too," Xiao Jinsheng nodded in agreent, "This would make sense."
If the existence of Fog Corpses was indeed related to the Terminal,
Xiao Jinsheng felt imnse pressure.
This would an that the enemy they were facing had beco even more formidable.
Bai Yan, Insect Brain.
The Terminal.
And the Fog Corpses controlled by the Terminal.
"Simply suppressing our power growth won’t work," Xiao Jinsheng sighed in frustration, "We need to find a way to deal with the Terminal—or a way to dispel the Poisonous Fog."
"Given the Terminal’s nature, it needs to consu the Star Stones of Beastn, and Mist Continent hasn’t had any newborns in five years because of the Poisonous Fog," Li spoke up.
"I think the Fog Corpses may be related to the Terminal, but the Poisonous Fog might not be," Li speculated.
"As things stand, the Terminal might also be trying to find ways to eliminate the Poisonous Fog," Shi Xie chid in.
"Whatever the Terminal wants to do, it just assigns us tasks," Yu Yunxiao casually guessed, "Even if it has a way to dispel the Poisonous Fog, it would probably issue it as a mission for us to do."
But as he was speaking, he realized sothing was off.
He looked at Xiao Jinsheng in shock, "After the Cloud Island competition, the Terminal’s missions beca focused on planting trees."
"Could the thod of dispelling the Poisonous Fog be... planting trees?" Yu Yunxiao asked, even as he felt his own theory was sowhat absurd.
But sotis,
The truth is indeed absurd.
"The more I think about it, the more plausible it seems," Xiao Jinsheng nodded in astonishnt.
Su Ye, always action-oriented, looked at Xiao Jinsheng, "There are still Terminal task-issued tree seedlings left in my mission box. They’re located in Mist West—why don’t we try planting them?"
"Let’s give it a shot," Xiao Jinsheng agreed.
Li withdrew his Domain, and Xiao Jinsheng retrieved the tree seedlings provided by the Terminal from its dedicated spatial box for storing them.
In the box and in Mist East, they had been ordinary seedlings.
Yet now, as they erged from the box and ca into contact with the Poisonous Fog, they instantly transford.
The seedlings, with brown trunks and green branches and leaves, emitted a faint, luminous green glow all over their surface.
"Turn off the Fog Dispersing Lamp and let’s see," Que Zelian suggested upon seeing this.
Mo Jiao reached out and imdiately turned off the Fog Dispersing Lamp hanging on Xiao Jinsheng’s backpack.
With the lamp off and in the depths of Mist West, the Poisonous Fog thickened; visibility dropped to less than half a ter.
It was thus easier for the group to observe how the small seedling radiated green light, driving away Poisonous Fog within a 30-centiter radius around it.
"I... I think I’m the Prophet!" Cat Cat exclaid in shock.
"I can’t believe it works!" Xiao Jinsheng said, stunned.
The Terminal had sent many such seedlings, so Xiao Jinsheng took out several more and had the Beast Husbands plant one every ter.
What they found was that the range of Poisonous Fog dispelled varied based on the rarity and size of the seedlings.
"So, your Mist Continent really does need tree planting to clear the poison," Caicai exclaid.
"Are only the Terminal-provided trees effective, or could other trees work as well?" Huaiqing wondered aloud, "Why don’t we try planting trees from the Space?"
A larger sample size would help with comparison.
Besides, the trees from his Space were random specins collected from Mist West and Mist East.
Xiao Jinsheng took out samples of each type.
Alongside seedlings, Mo Jiao planted mature trees with several years of age into the Space.
Of course, not just trees—Xiao Jinsheng also retrieved so flowers and plants from the Space.
When these were released from the Space, they burst into a dazzling cyan glow amidst the Poisonous Fog.
The Poisonous Fog surrounding these plants instantly dissipated faster than with the Terminal-issued seedlings.
Exclamations followed one after another in astonishnt.
Chen Yunji couldn’t help but use Elental Superpower to witness the Poisonous Fog clearing through the transparent veil covering his eyes.
"The trees in my Space are more effective than those from the Terminal," Xiao Jinsheng said in surprise.
"The seedlings issued through Terminal missions were originally ant to be planted on Cloud Island," Chen Yunji noted, sensing the seedlings still carried Elental Power unique to Cloud Island.
"That reminds of sothing," Xiao Jinsheng reflected, "Back when I was doing missions on Cloud Island, I felt the island’s power was similar to my Space."
At that ti, he had thought Cloud Island was where the Terminal imprisoned Beastn who had uncovered the truths of Mist Continent.
And the Northern Territory had no surviving inhabitants.
Surely Cloud Island was purely the Terminal’s private territory.
His Space, after all, had co from opening boxes issued by the Terminal.
So it felt normal for his Space to share power similarities with Cloud Island.
Now, whether it was the Terminal-issued seedlings from Cloud Island,
Or the seedlings from his Space,
Both could clear the Poisonous Fog.
And the ones from his Space did so more effectively than the ones provided by the Terminal.
Turning to Mo Jiao, Xiao Jinsheng asked, "Have you planted the seedlings you dug up recently?"
She wanted to see whether the effectiveness of the Space trees stemd from their age or their prolonged presence in the Space.
"I’ve planted them at the snow mountain summit—so seedlings of snow pine," Mo Jiao answered.
Xiao Jinsheng imdiately brought him into the Space to retrieve the seedlings.
Comparing seedlings of the sa age—one from the Space after two days of planting, and one from the Terminal task box.
The seedling from the Space emitted cyan light, while the Terminal’s seedling radiated green.
The Space seedling cleared Poisonous Fog within a one-ter radius.
The Terminal seedling cleared it within a 30-centiter radius.
At that mont, Xiao Jinsheng realized the truth.
She quickly had Caicai investigate the differences between her Space seedlings and the Terminal seedlings.
Caicai was baffled, experiencing this for the first ti.
After all, as a new system, their missions primarily involved Interstellar conflicts against the Insect Clan.
It had little expertise regarding an apocalyptic world like Mist Continent.
Caicai hurried to run a system analysis; Matchn alternately nodded and furrowed their brows.
"I’ve got the results. It’s not due to the Space," Caicai announced grimly, turning to Xiao Jinsheng with conviction, "You’re definitely the Star Stone Origin referenced by the Fog Corpses."
Though Caicai was an outsider to Mist World and might misanalyze data,
Fog Corpses, rooted in Mist Continent for decades,
Whether with or without sentience, they couldn’t possibly mistake the Star Stone Origin—a treasure that could boost their power.
"The differences in data between the seedlings from your Space and those from the Terminal stem directly from you," Caicai said.
"Because your Space is bound to you, the seedlings planted there inherently carry a purification power."
"Does this an the seedlings in the Space are drawing energy from Little Jin?" Que Zelian frowned, "Could this harm her in any way?"
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