Chapter 676: Chapter 675: Divine Collaboration – An Insolvable Situation?

Limorex had been silent for so long that Lu Zixun thought it was Order intervening, restricting them.

Now it seemed they were merely accumulating power in secret.

The Spiritual Fire advanced, turning the tree-transformed corpses to ashes.

Lu Zixun watched the roaring flames before him, his brows gradually furrowing; he truly had no solution for this matter.

The next morning, Lu Zixun arrived at Zeng Haoyang’s office.

Zeng Haoyang apparently hadn’t slept all night, as crumpled papers littered the floor.

“Elder Zeng.”

After calling out at the doorway and seeing Zeng Haoyang look up and gesture, Lu Zixun walked in.

“Ah, you’re here.”

Rubbing his somewhat painful temples, Zeng Haoyang’s eyes conveyed fatigue, “You’ve come because of the disease spreading through human society, right? This matter is complicated, and it seems to involve the shadows of two Divine Beings.”

Hearing this, a slight shock went through Lu Zixun, and he said to Zeng Haoyang, “Would Divine Beings join forces?”

“Yes, when their interests don’t clash.”

With a small nod, Zeng Haoyang reached for the coffee cup at his right hand, wanting a sip.

Finding it empty, he silently set it down and continued, “Such a situation is generally uncommon, as the followers of Divine Beings can be converted. Thus, this occurrence can only mean that Limorex has promised something to another Divine Being.”

After getting up to start the coffee machine and pouring Zeng Haoyang a cup,

Lu Zixun then spoke, “So that means the disease isn’t just Limorex’s work alone, I was wondering how a disease could possibly carry the breath of life.”

“Disease brings death, and death brings rebirth; these tree-transformed corpses are part of what Limorex promised.”

Pausing a moment, Zeng Haoyang set down his coffee cup, looking somewhat refreshed, “And this type of Divine power seems much like the Life Goddess from the Six Layer World.”

There was a sinking feeling in Lu Zixun’s heart, his face incredulous, “These two Divine Beings aren’t the kind to associate… how did they end up working together?”

“With a heart full of fear, revering life, that’s one of the Life Goddess’s ways of absorbing believers; but as technology advances, the only threat to human life becomes aging, and then those believers will return to the embrace of the Death God.”

After a pause, Zeng Haoyang narrowed his eyes, “In ancient times, without the developed technology and medical standards of today, disease undeniably was humanity’s greatest fear. They could only pray to the Life Goddess to maintain their health… so with that said, do you understand why they would join forces?”

Upon hearing this, Lu Zixun immediately understood.

It turned out that these two Divine Beings had always been in an alliance, so their combined actions weren’t surprising anymore.

However, while the source of the problem became clear, the resolution became a new difficult problem.

Feeling at a loss on where to start, Lu Zixun, with his head hanging down, said, “This matter is truly thorny, a disease is already difficult to solve, and now it’s one that carries life force.”

“Who told you that disease carries life force?”

Looking at Lu Zixun with bemusement, Zeng Haoyang let out a wry laugh, “Although there are two Divine Beings behind it, their powers aren’t merged but separate.”

Hmm?

At this, Lu Zixun’s brow lifted, suddenly feeling an epiphany.

The part of the disease causing ordinary people to die was the Plague God’s power.

And the corpses transformed to trees were the Life Goddess’s power.

If that’s the case, then matters have become much clearer.

Looking at Lu Zixun, lost in thought, Zeng Haoyang stood up and took a couple of steps, then punched his lower back with his fist, “Don’t think this is going to be easy to solve. This disease is not as simple as you imagine.”

Hearing Zeng Haoyang’s tone, Lu Zixun looked helplessly at him, wishing he could just say everything at once instead of catching his breath like that!

“This disease isn’t as easy to resolve as the last one. The extraordinary powers that Limorex can now harness are beyond what those little guys from the Order can handle.”

He paused, then shaking his head while looking at the Spiritual Ability Users constantly being transported to the Crimson Academy outside the window, Zeng Haoyang said, “And if the strength of the Order isn’t enough to wipe out the disease, then the disease will rapidly proliferate to a lethal level. An ordinary person who could have lasted three days might not even hold out for an hour under these circumstances.”

“Has Limorex advanced too quickly, or has the Order become complacent recently?”

Hearing Lu Zixun’s words, Zeng Haoyang shook his head, “Neither, it’s the connection of the worlds.”

The connection of the worlds…

A somewhat puzzled Lu Zixun thought for a while before he understood.

Limorex’s strength hadn’t increased, nor had the Order grown complacent.

It was just that Limorex was one step ahead, taking advantage of the connection with the Snowfield Frost Land, distracted the majority of Spiritual Ability Users, then found a point of connection with human society and forcibly linked it.

The Plague God’s disease, whether on a Spiritual Ability User or an ordinary person.

Is a problem of a different nature, which also led to the powers of the Order becoming somewhat weak.

After realizing this, Lu Zixun started to have a headache again—this was essentially still unsolvable.

Turning to look at the distressed Lu Zixun, Zeng Haoyang’s mouth curved up slightly, hmph, so you too can get headaches, young man.

Elder Zeng sat alone in his office and thought all night before he came up with a solution, so he wasn’t going to tell him easily.

If Lu Zixun could read minds and knew Zeng Haoyang’s scheming thoughts, he would definitely find an opportunity to snip off the old man’s beard.

Compared to Lu Zixun’s desperate situation, Qing Yuanyang was eager to kill Limorex within three days.

After the Order had stepped in and resolved the Civilization Destroyer’s disease last time, their reputation skyrocketed, and they gained quite a few believers.

But Qing Yuanyang knew that most of the merit was due to Lu Zixun’s efforts.

And this time, with the appearance of the Peeling Eucalyptus Disease, the Order undoubtedly became the handler of difficult and complicated cases.

Only, this Peeling Eucalyptus Disease was far more troublesome than the Civilization Destroyer’s by more than a thousand times.

After ordinary people who were not strong enough in extraordinary power died from the Peeling Eucalyptus Disease, Qing Yuanyang fell into deep self-reproach and helplessness.

His unfailing trust in extraordinary power had failed, and he… fell into panic.

However, this panic didn’t last long. Qing Yuanyang forced himself to calm down; everyone else could panic, but he couldn’t.

“Contact Lord Xun, bring the Sealed Item, we’re going to human society.”

Inside the Order, Qing Yuanyang gave such an order.

…

Looking at Lu Zixun pacing back and forth in the room, a woken Zeng Haoyang opened his eyes helplessly.

Had he known, he would have told the brat outright, now he’s here, disturbing his sleep.