My Monster Fuses Everything

Since we need to neutralize and suppress the poison fog, we must not let the explosion destroy the effect of the antidote, so deploying it is the safest way.

"This plan will take time."

Bai Qilan was straightforward as she looked at Bai Qiuwen and asked, "Professor Bai, how many days will it take to suppress?"

"Three days"

Bai Qiuwen had already made estimates and conducted tests.

"In three days, the poison fog will be neutralized, the fog on the ground will be suppressed, and at the same time, it will weaken creatures like the poison monsters and the Green Giant Centipede; essentially, the antidote suppresses the toxins."

Both options had their advantages and disadvantages.

"Prepare both incendiary bombs and antidote powder; Meiyu's logistics team will fully support whichever option is finally chosen by Su Han."

After a moment of thought, Bai Qilan made a decision. At that moment, she was considering not just the poison fog, but also the creatures hidden within it.

For that high-order creature, suppression might not be effective; if it continued to use poison fog in battle, it would be difficult for anyone to handle, but having incendiary bombs ready could prove useful then."

"Okay, let's go arrange that now."

....

Outer campsite of Lisu County

By now, tents had been set up at the external campsite. Towering walls enclosed both sides of the highway, reaching a height of seven meters. The entire campsite had already built many defensive positions, and sentry posts were positioned everywhere as Parasitic Corpse Willows were planted around.

The site was clearly a fully equipped military base.

Zhao Yaqian hurried to Su Han's side and relayed the two plans Bai Qilan had communicated through Spiritual Energy.

Although they were more than fifty kilometers apart, as both were Spirit Sensers, their communication was still seamless.

After listening, Su Han pondered briefly and then said, "Tell Old Zhu and the others to prepare according to the second plan. After we suppress the poison fog, we will directly attack toward the poison pits. I won't make the first move; you are the main attackers this time."

"Understood, I will let Brother Zhu and the others know."

Zhao Yaqian nodded, then quickly left the tent to find Zhu Xiong and Yan Tiejun.

Knowing the plan, they must familiarize themselves with the terrain in these few days before striking decisively.

Su Han also stood up not long after Zhao Yaqian left and went to the edge of the camp.

There were dozens of large tents here, separated from the Tree Domain soldiers, with soldiers patrolling around, looking very secure.

Su Han walked from the sentry post and entered the inner side of the camp, seeing in an open tent nearby, men, women, old, and young, lining up for Zheng Chenhong, Zhou Ziqing, and Shu Hongguang to check their health.

"Next."

As Shu Hongguang was about to call the next person, he suddenly saw Su Han, then said to the woman with scale armor growing on her forehead, "Wait a moment, I need to go over there first."

The woman was startled, meekly nodding, "Doctor, you go ahead."

These were survivors found from nearby villages and assembly points, many of whom were from Ge Ming's village. As the Sky Cavalry expanded their search area, more survivors were gradually being found around Lisu County.

At present, Shu Hongguang and the others were following the orders of Su Han and Bai Qilan to perform basic health checks on these survivors.

"Chief,"

Shu Hongguang quickly approached Su Han, and straightened up slightly.

"I came to check the situation. What exactly is the condition of their bodies?"

Su Han's gaze swept over the survivors, who all appeared rather haggard, evidently in a not too favorable state.

"They are all affected by toxins, just to varying degrees."

As soon as this was mentioned, Shu Hongguang's expression worsened.

"Between one third and two thirds of the people have exhibited mutations. The toxin levels accumulated in their bodies differ, but they can still be gradually neutralized. We have previous experience handling such cases when Captain Zhang Xinxin was poisoned. The recovery time and results vary, that's all."

He paused briefly, glancing at those with mutated limbs, and lowered his voice.

"The troublesome part is the mutations. It's not just the limbs' outward appearance that mutates; these are just superficial. More crucially, some of the body's organs, or even cells and genes, might have changed, but this requires further analysis to verify."

Hearing this, Su Han frowned, seemingly finding the situation much more complex than he had imagined.

"Quite troublesome?"

Shu Hongguang revealed a bitter smile, "More than just difficult to handle? They have essentially evolved specific organs to deal with the toxins, living alongside the toxins, and even relying on the toxins to become stronger, harder to get rid of than 'detergent'. For instance, it's as if the toxin has become an essential element their bodies need and cannot do without."

He hesitated slightly, then continued, "If... if they weren't human, but rather wild beasts with lower intelligence and no rationality, then they might even become followers of that unknown monster... They could only exist by relying on the monster. In a way, what Professor Bai Qiuwen once said about monsters affecting the environment and shaping ecosystems, this is my first encounter with it.

I think, this monster is successful."

Su Han watched Shu Hongguang, from a mere researcher at the onset of the disaster to now continuously absorbing knowledge of the apocalyptic world, he seemed to also have undergone significant changes.

"Why do you say that?"

"If we weren't far stronger and their understanding of their relationship with the monster still unclear, they might hinder our attack on the monster, or at least interfere. And those transformed by the erosion would straight up become minions of the toxic fog monster."

Shu Hongguang's considerations were not misplaced, for in the struggle to survive, indeed some people might do many crazy things.

We can only say that the Tree Domain Troops arrived too early, these mutants hadn't fallen that deep yet.

"Write down the situation, and it's best if we can find a way to deal with these mutants."

Su Han understood the underlying threat; the monster was bound to be exterminated, and then the toxic mist would vanish, even if they could rely on toxic plants, but who knows for how long?

"For now, we can cultivate toxic plants as a transition, but.... if we want a solution, it still has to be Professor Bai Qiuwen and Miss Bai who take action."

Shu Hongguang hesitated, glancing at Su Han, then suddenly said, "If it were up to me, only... I could only consider the path of differentiated strengthening. In a way, they are similar to differentiated strengthening, except theirs involve mutation towards the monster's toxin, thus having stronger dependency. But the enhancement is also significant."

"Another route of human body enhancement?"

Su Han stared at Shu Hongguang, which made Shu Hongguang somewhat nervous.

Human body enhancers actually have different directions, one is to preserve the human form while enhancing, the most gentle, and is currently the mainstream in the camp.

However, during the research on human body enhancers, another path had been proposed, partial differentiation.

Sacrificing part of the human body in exchange for retaining intelligence and gaining a much stronger body and power, to quickly enhance combat capabilities.

Undoubtedly, this is a very risky idea, but the increase in strength would definitely be much more noticeable than slow enhancement.

Su Han's camp was well supplied, and its strength was also secured, he immediately rejected this path.

But he hadn't expected that Shu Hongguang was still considering this approach, seemingly harping on it.

He had always focused on research on directed mutation of injections and there seemed to be some overlap here. Find exclusive stories on My Virtual Library Empire

"Hongguang, do you know the consequences if differentiated strengthening spirals out of control? Would we still be considered human then?"

Su Han's gaze was deep, but Shu Hongguang suddenly mustered up the courage, "Leader, I mean no overuse, with you in the Tree Domain and South City, definitely there won't be issues. But there are some people who really need differentiated strengthening. Too many have lost their limbs in the apocalypse, they need a chance for rebirth.

Like Ge Ming and the others, reversing is no longer possible, they might need a new rebirth. Do you remember Zhao Qian? The one you saved near South City No.2 Middle School, now in the Agriculture and Pasturage Department, he once lost an arm."