During these space trips, except for the half day they spent waiting for the high priest in Black Stone City, the two did not waste any time and went to Miao Village to get the "plague". But when they returned to Earth, five days had passed.
When she realized that five days had passed, Lin Yan felt a little regretful: "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have needed Sadako to come out. We should have gone straight back to Black Stone City."
If they could return to Black Stone City by the same route, only three days would have passed in the outside world at most. Although Sadako could directly pass through the space gap and return to Earth, the space channel she built was obviously not stable enough, and the time deviation was a bit large.
Chen Chu comforted Lin Yan: "We may not be able to get back on time."
The time in the space gap is different from the outside world, and the Miao village is in a static state, so the high priest actually doesn't know how long it took them to get from Black Stone City to the Miao village. The high priest said he would send them back to Black Stone City, but it was just a matter of luck. If they found that Black Stone City was static after arriving at Black Stone City, they would be sent to the nearest other subspace. In this way, it might take more time, so Sadako's crossing was not a waste of time.
Lin Yan nodded: "Let's go back to the headquarters first. Director Guan and the others must be worried."
Chen Chu nodded, sensed the direction, then waved his hand, established a space passage leading to the headquarters in front of him, and stepped in with Lin Xi.
Chen Chu's space passage led directly to the customs office. Customs was handling official business in the office. When he saw the space passage appearing out of thin air, he was stunned at first, and then stood up in surprise.
"Did you get the stuff?"
The two had just stepped out of the space passage and hadn't even stood firmly when they heard Guan Chu's anxious voice asking.
"Got it." Chen Chu nodded and handed the metal box containing the Gu King to Director Guan.
"Great." Director Guan walked out from behind the desk, took the box and opened it impatiently. However, as soon as he opened the box, his eyes blurred and a green insect flew out, then landed on the chandelier on the ceiling with a "buzzing" sound.
Guan first looked down at the empty box in his hand, then pointed at the chandelier above his head in disbelief: "Is that 'Plague'?"
Lin Yan explained: "That is the Gu King, and also the 'Plague'. Miao Geyun is a witch Gu master, and she sealed the 'Plague' in the Gu King's body."
When Guan heard that the thing was actually a Gu King, and it was a Gu King cultivated by a Venerable-level spirit, his face turned pale, but he still managed to stay calm and asked, "Can you control it?"
Lin Yan nodded: "Yes, Miao Geyun also gave us the Gu Flute."
When Chen Chu handed the box to Guan Chu with his left hand, his right hand was already in his pocket to find the Gu flute, but Guan Chu opened the box too quickly, so he didn't have time to give it to him. At this time, seeing Guan Chu looking over, he handed the bone flute to him.
"One blow can call back the Gu King, two blows can seal the 'plague'." Chen Chu said.
Guan took the Gu flute, observed it for a while, then put it to his lips and blew it gently. After a crisp and short flute sound, the green Gu King flapped its wings and flew down from the chandelier and landed back in the box.
Guan Chu hurriedly closed the lid, fearing that the Gu King would fly out again. This thing carries a plague, which is more terrible than a snowstorm. Even if it is sealed, it cannot be released casually.
"You guys go take a rest and eat something first. I will contact Country G and Country L now. Once everything is ready, we will go over there and activate the items." Although it was agreed that the items "drought" and "plague" would be activated in these two countries, some preparations needed to be made before activation. It was necessary to avoid casualties to the greatest extent possible while ensuring the activation of the catastrophic items.
Chen Chu nodded and took Lin Yan to the cafeteria at the headquarters.
Lin Yan finally got rid of the sequelae of the monk's wooden fish and was able to eat meat. All the dishes she ordered in the cafeteria were meat. Braised pork, sweet and sour fish, garlic ribs, and potato chicken nuggets. She ordered four in a row before stopping. If she wasn't afraid of not being able to finish them and wasting them, Lin Yan would have ordered a few more.
After dinner, before Director Guan asked anyone to call them, the two went back to the dormitory. Lin Xi took a quick shower and was wondering whether to go to sleep first when Director Guan called and asked them to go to the office.
When they returned to the office, there were two more people in the office, the director of the institute, Mr. Hua, and the prophet Xiao Wen.
Guan said, "Country G and Country L are already prepared. When you get there, someone will tell you where to activate the props. Elder Hua and Xiao Wen will go with you. They want to see the activation process of the catastrophic props. I gave 'Drought' and 'Plague' to Elder Hua, and he will give them to you when we get there."
Mr. Hua said excitedly: "To understand a prop, you must understand the operating principle of this prop. I have always wanted to understand the catastrophic prop, but the consequences of releasing the catastrophic prop are too serious. This is a rare opportunity, I must witness it with my own eyes."
As a researcher, the activation of catastrophic props was a temptation he could not resist.
Guan Chu sighed helplessly: "Wilson Fire will bring four members of Kunlun with him. They are responsible for protecting the safety of Hua Lao and Xiao Wen."
As for Chen Chu and Lin Yan, he was not worried. With Chen Chu's ability, no one on Earth could hurt him, and Lin Yan had the defensive necklace he gave her.
Chen Chu nodded. He could understand why Mr. Hua was going, but why did Xiao Wen go? Chen Chu was a little puzzled, but he was not a nosy person, so he did not ask.
Guan: "Go ahead. The sooner you go, the sooner you can come back."
This is only the first activation. There will be another "war" after this, and they will have to enter the space again and again to activate it.
"Which country do we go to first?" Chen Chu asked.
"Country L, activate 'drought' first." said Mr. Hua.
Mr. Hua feels that plague is more difficult to control than drought, so he can activate "drought" first, which will also give him more experience.
Chen Chu nodded, and the space around him fluctuated. A space door appeared in front of everyone. Chen Chu walked in first, followed by Lin Xi.
Xiao Wen walked behind Lin Yan in the space channel. Xiao Wen always gave Lin Yan the impression of being kind and easy to talk to. She subconsciously asked, "Mr. Xiao, what are you doing in Country L?"
Mr. Hua came to see the activation process of the catastrophic props, which would be helpful for his research, but Xiao Wen couldn't even see it, so she was a little curious why Xiao Wen came too.
"I am a prophet, of course I am going to tell fortunes." Xiao Wen said with a smile.
Chen Chu glanced at Xiao Wen and said nothing.
"What are you fortune-telling about?" Lin Xi asked.
"The fate of the earth after the divination item is activated." Xiao Wen said.
Lin Yan understood that the decision to save the world was too hasty, and the Earth was almost forced to make this decision, and the only thing that could support their judgment was the prophet's divination. She thought that not only China, but also L country, there might be many other countries' prophets waiting to predict the future fate of the Earth.
Even the space channel between countries was not long under Chen Chu's powerful space compression ability. After a few words, everyone arrived at the exit.
As Lin Xian expected, many prophets were already waiting here in Country L. The moment they appeared, dozens of eyes fell on them at the same time.
Chen Chu pretended not to see it and asked the official psychic in charge of the handover with Country L, "When can the prop be activated?"
The man was stunned and asked, "Don't you need to prepare first?"
Chen Chu: "Country L is not ready yet?"
"No, this is ready and can be activated at any time."
Chen Chu asked again: "Where can I activate it?"
"Over there." The man raised his hand and pointed towards the jungle ahead.
At this time, an official from Country L came over and led everyone towards the destination while introducing them in English: "This is the San Nila Rainforest, the second largest rainforest in our country. It has abundant rainfall and lush vegetation, and there are more than 30 species of critically ill animals in it. We chose this place as the activation site for 'drought' because this rainforest is very close to the San Diele River. We hope that after the drought, sufficient water can be replenished here as soon as possible to minimize the casualties of animals and plants."
Lin Yan listened and nodded secretly, and also thought that this was a good place. If the drought did not absorb much water, and the speed at which Country L introduced water sources was fast enough, it would not cause too much harm.
Chen Chu glanced at it and said nothing more, then turned to look at Mr. Hua. Mr. Hua held a meeting and handed over a stone sculpture, which was exactly "drought".
"You guys move back a little." Chen Chu said.
Although "Drought" would not cause any immediate harm to humans, he was afraid that the power that would erupt at the moment of activation would hurt people nearby.
Upon hearing this, everyone retreated more than ten meters.
Chen Chu saw that it was almost done, so he injected supernatural power into "Drought", and when the prop was activated, he threw it out. Immediately, a heat wave surged in all directions, and the trees within a hundred miles were pushed and shaken by the heat wave. In an instant, birds flew and insects chirped, and the temperature of the entire rain forest suddenly rose.
Everyone looked down again and saw that where the "drought" fell, a basketball court-sized grass field had dried up and curled up, with no signs of life. And this dryness was still spreading in all directions.
What a powerful force! At this rate, this rainforest will wither away in a few days.
Chen Chu ignored all this and quickly walked back to Lin Yan. He said to Mr. Hua, who was staring at the "drought" prop with his eyes fixed on it, "We should go to Country G."
After going to Country G and activating the "plague", they had to rush to Country D to recover the flood. Then they came back and recovered the "drought" and "plague" as well.
Chen Chu estimated that when they came back, the two items would be activated enough. To revive Tianyu, the catastrophic items needed to be returned from Tianyu's power, so the activation level of the items only needed to be able to mobilize this part of the power.
Although Mr. Hua was reluctant to leave, he was still recalling the moment when the "drought" item was activated. However, he knew that this was not the time for him to study it, so he forced himself to withdraw his thoughts and left with Chen Chu.
In the space channel, Lin Yan couldn't help but ask Xiao Wen again: "Did you predict anything just now?"
Xiao Wen shook his head: "Nothing."
Lin Xi let out a cry, feeling a little disappointed.
Xiao Wen: "This is a good thing. It proves that what we are doing now is exactly what God wants."
After a while, they arrived at Country G again.
Therefore, knowing that the "drought" in Country L had been activated, Country G did not waste any time and directly took the people to the activation site. It was a vast grassland with many cattle and sheep. The surrounding herdsmen had already moved away and were not on the grassland.
Because of the special nature of the "plague", no one dared to get close, so the psychic from Country G only told Chen Chu the marked location and let Chen Chu go there alone.
The activation of the plague was very peaceful, unlike the snowstorm with heavy snow or the drought with rolling heat waves. The plague was very peaceful, and people outside could hardly see anything. But a cow that was used as a carrier, after being integrated into the group, had its skin turn blue-black in just one minute, and then one by one, the cows fell to the ground with weak legs, dying. Then, in a sheepfold one kilometer away from them, black spots began to grow on the snow-white wool...
"So fast, is this airborne?" someone exclaimed.
"Let's go, we're too close."
All of a sudden, the psychics who had come to watch retreated again, and only when they could no longer see any cattle or sheep did they feel relieved.
"How long will this last?" The person in charge of Country G did not expect the spread of the plague to be so horrific and became a little scared.
"It won't be long, at most half an hour, I will be back to seal it." Chen Chu has the ability to travel through time and space, and with Lin Yan's words, he can quickly complete the shuttle between the three countries. Half an hour is still reserved for accidents.
"Come back? You still want to leave?" The other party said anxiously, "Then don't leave. It's only half an hour. It won't be too late to leave after the seal is completed."
"I have to go and retrieve Flood first." Without waiting for the other party to answer, he turned to Mr. Hua and said, "Mr. Hua, we need to hurry to seal the props. I won't take you with me."
Mr. Hua nodded: "Go, I'll wait for you here." It was just right that he could continue to observe the spread of the plague.
Upon hearing this, Chen Chu took Lin Xi and went directly to Country D.
The city that Chen Chu targeted was the first city in Country D to have rainfall. The downpour lasted for more than ten days, and the entire city was almost submerged. The moment he walked out of the space channel, there was already a vast ocean outside.
"The whole city is flooded?" Even though she knew the horror of catastrophic props, the fact that the whole city was flooded still shocked Lin Xi.
"This is a small county town. There are no tall buildings, and it's located in a low-lying area, so it was completely submerged by floods." A voice came from below the two people.
Lin Xi looked down and saw a small boat floating on the water.
"Chen Chu? Lin Yan?" A Chinese psychic on the boat was holding an umbrella with difficulty and looking up at them. Next to him stood a psychic from Country D, who was looking at them with an even more eager expression.
"It's us." Chen Chu nodded.
"Come on board first." The Chinese psychic who was in charge of the reception hurriedly asked the two to board the boat.
"No, let's seal the 'flood' and leave." Flying like this, it is easier to lock onto the target from a high vantage point. After saying that, Chen Chu lowered his head and glanced at Lin Xi.
Lin Yan had already seen the pillar of light that indicated the location of the "flood" and pointed in one direction and said, "That way, about two or three kilometers away."
Chen Chu took a look, flapped the wind wings behind him, broke through the rain curtain and flew over, and in the blink of an eye he arrived at the location of the light column.
Chen Chu raised his hand and grabbed a pile of stones from the bottom of the water. Lin Yan pointed to a white pebble and said, "This is it."
In fact, Lin Yan didn't need to tell him. Chen Chu had already judged it when he injected supernatural power into each stone. Fortunately, the seal in the "flood" was still there and was not destroyed by the Blue Flame leader. Chen Chu easily activated the seal in the prop and sealed the "flood".
Almost instantly, the rain stopped, the dark clouds dispersed, and the gray sky appeared. Although it was not a sunny day, the rain had stopped.
"The rain has stopped! The rain has stopped!"
Suddenly, someone shouted loudly, and the sound became louder and louder, and farther and farther away. Lin looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a group of people hugging and cheering on the land farther and higher.
There were ships approaching them quickly below, and voices were shouting at them from afar, as if to express gratitude. However, the two did not wait for the ships to come, but waved from afar, then opened the space channel again and shuttled away.
The two returned to Country L and recovered the "drought". When they returned, the rain forest damaged by the "drought" was only less than one-tenth of the entire rain forest, and most of the vegetation in it was still alive and not completely dried up, but the moisture in the soil was completely sucked out and all cracked. The loss was far less than Country L's original estimate, and Country L was well prepared. After Chen Chu sealed the "drought", water-based supernaturalists walked into the rain forest, moved water, and moistened the earth.
When the two returned to Country G, only a dozen minutes had passed. A large number of cattle and sheep on the grassland died, but the loss was not too great. Chen Chu went over to sense the degree of activation of the "plague" and felt that it was almost done, so he sealed the "plague" in advance.
But the aftermath of the "plague" is obviously not as easy as the "drought". Even if the props are sealed, the virus left behind does exist. They want to handle it carefully to prevent infection. So a large group of fire and earth power users rushed in, burned all the places that were infected by the plague, and buried them. And set this area as a restricted area. No one is allowed to enter within three years.
Finally, before Huaguo’s dinner time, Chen Chu returned to Director Guan’s office with the three sealed props and gave all three props to Director Guan.
Guan Chu praised him, "You did a great job. Go and have a rest. Tomorrow, we will go and take the 'war'. We don't have much time left."
Twenty-three days left.
If it takes five days to remove "War" and another day to activate "Plague", then they only have seventeen days left. And when they enter Tianyu again to recover, they don't know how long it will take.
(End of this chapter)