At the same time, in a forest one kilometer away from Green Forest City, a soldier was running out with fighting spirit. He used an acceleration ring in his hand to cast an acceleration spell on himself, breaking out of the encirclement of a patrol team and using his speed advantage to leave the pursuers behind. He looked back while running, and saw that the enemies behind him were thrown out of sight by him. He panted and grinned.
At this moment, an ice ball suddenly appeared from mid-air and hit him directly in the face. He fell to the ground twistedly like a horse that stumbled while running, and rolled a long way.
A figure appeared in the air. It was Luo Ling. She waved her hand and frost fell from the sky, freezing the person lying on the ground. When the pursuers arrived, Luo Ling had disappeared as if she had dissolved into the air. Only a poor creature was left on the ground, frozen in ice.
On the streets of the observation area, Luo Ling and Mao Kai joined the disinfection work. Together with other mages, they used positive energy magic to wash the streets and every house around. This was a very mentally exhausting, repetitive and boring job. Not only did they have to cover every piece of land outdoors, but they also had to go deep into every room to try to contain possible infections. When Luo Ling finished cleaning a house and felt that the mental energy contained in this body had been exhausted, she walked out of the room to avoid being seen by the residents inside, and then slowly dissipated into the air.
In the research team of the treatment area, Luo Ling is discussing the characteristics of blackwater disease with a group of scholars and providing them with various calculation and simulation support.
When she finished calculating a formula, she suddenly stood up and said to the people around her: "I have a better idea about my body. I will say goodbye here first. I will see you again when I am better."
Then in this room, she slowly became transparent and then disappeared without a trace.
But more Luo Ling stayed in the isolation area, haunting the patients. They appeared and disappeared, but every time a new Luo Ling came here, the doctors and patients around her felt that she seemed more... real.
Luo Ling flew all the way up the mountain where the Temple of Nature was located outside the city, until she was stopped by a middle-aged man who suddenly appeared in front of the entrance of the temple.
The middle-aged man was wearing a simple robe, and his strength and status could not be seen. But when he stretched out his hand, Luo Ling felt the square in front of the temple filled with invisible pressure. The man said, "Sir Luo Ling, this is already the territory of the Temple of Nature. Please do not move forward."
Luo Ling stopped and observed the other person for a while, then asked, "Do you know me? Your strength is very strong. Can you tell me who you are?"
The middle-aged man said, "I am Sanyattu, the chief priest of the southwest branch of the Temple of Nature. As for your name, I heard it from Roland. I naturally care about the old man who praised him so much. If it were normal times, I would definitely welcome you to visit the temple, but now that you are coming from Green Forest City, don't come in again. Although I can see that your body is now a clone formed by magic, I don't want to take the risk."
Luo Ling said, "I came here to track down two escapees heading for the Temple of Nature. I saw them take this road from below. I wonder where they are now?"
Sanyatu pointed to the two piles of ashes on the ground and said, "This is the person you are looking for."
Luo Ling was stunned, a chill rose in her heart. It seemed that the Temple of Nature was more decisive in dealing with the plague than she had imagined. She said, "Thank you. I'll take my leave now."
"Please remember one thing." Sanyat said, "The Temple of Nature will not allow such a terrible plague to spread to the entire continent, so if you don't make any new progress after a while, we will use the old method of destroying the city."
"I won't let this day come." Luo Ling said. She began to walk down the mountain, but after a few steps, she became weaker and weaker, and finally turned into a shadow.
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In a house in the safe zone, Luo Ling and Mao Kai were both sitting upright on chairs. From time to time, a new clone was born beside them and then walked out of the room.
Every time a clone outside disappears, it means that they have gained more experience in creating clones, and they apply these experiences to the latest projected clones.
However, in this process, Luo Ling was obviously much faster than Mao Kai. Generally, when Luo Ling created five clones, Mao Kai only made four clones at most.
"Teacher Luo, I really admire you more and more. We are doing the same thing, but your understanding speed is much faster than mine. I can feel the difference in these clones. I think your clones have begun to break through the 'fake' and are beginning to move closer to the real human body."
Luo Ling said: "I do have some insights, but I am still a step away. Maybe I need more experience or an opportunity."
"Teacher Luo, today I found that your clone is 10% to 20% stronger than mine in terms of casting speed, area covered by magic, and magic effect per unit area." Mao Kai watched as a humanoid figure that looked exactly like Luo Ling began to appear in front of her. "These advantages accumulated together will lead to a crushing victory in the same magic."
"I just have more opportunities to gain experience than you, so I cast magic more frequently. Besides, your strength is research." Luo Ling replied.
"No, it's talent." Mao Kai shook his head somewhat disappointedly, "After I reached the bottleneck of concentration, I couldn't pass the mental test of the Sea of Consciousness Shadow Scroll. But you and Xiao Chen, both of you, have never practiced concentration, but you were able to form a meditation world by accident. The gap between you is the talent gap."
Luo Ling smiled and said, "I think this talent gap should not be our focus right now. Just like this plague, the most important thing is that we have enough mages, rather than relying on one or two powerful mages to hold the fort. Otherwise, even if we have more clones, we won't be able to handle so many problems."
Mao Kai said: "However, when facing the God of Nature, numbers are probably meaningless. I was thinking, no wonder I failed in so many reincarnation attempts. Maybe hope really lies with you and Xiao Chen."
Luo Ling said: "When the number is sufficient, quantitative change will naturally lead to qualitative change. Perhaps the role of Xiao Chen and I does not lie in our talents, but in the fact that we opened the magic era early and allowed more people to embark on the path of magic." (To be continued)