Solution

"Tie Yu, you must remember to be extremely careful about the toxins when studying this fungus. Not to mention ordinary people, even awakened individuals who accidentally come into contact with just a little bit will quickly lose their lives."

Inside the Medical Station, Linsey arranged for Tie Yu to begin corresponding drug research.

He chose the first treatment option, and the materials he used were old friends he had acquired during his adventures.

[Fungi: Night-Shining Ramie Mushroom]

[Possesses Essence, mixed-type corrosive toxin; extremely dangerous!]

[Rare fungi, highly valuable.]

Linsey took out a few dark-colored [Night-Shining Ramie Mushroom], and Tie Yu, wearing gloves, carefully took them from her.

He used only a little of his medical knowledge to discern how terrifying this thing was:

"This... this poison is terrifying!"

"Lord Linsey, this stuff can definitely cure the Corruption Poison, but if it leaks accidentally, it might bring something even worse than the Corruption Poison..."

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Seeing Tie Yu's expression, Linsey patted the young man on the shoulder:

"So you must take good care of it when you're doing your research."

I believe in you, just keep trying!

Linsey's words of encouragement instantly invigorated Tie Yu!

The [Night-Shining Ramie Mushroom] certainly has that power; it can even corrode the remnants of the skills of high-level awakened beings, so this kind of low-level Corruption Poison is naturally no problem either.

The only problem might be that it's too toxic.

Tie Yu's next task is to dilute the toxicity of this substance as much as possible, and then study how to save people's lives during the process of clearing the toxins.

Linsey bid farewell to Tie Yu and returned to her residence.

With no one to disturb him, Linsey sat down on the iron chair on the fishing platform, his thoughts gradually drifting back to the past.

"The Abyss School, are they involved in what happened here?"

"And what exactly is Mutated Ones?"

Linsey remembered clearly that among those Revivalist possessed Source Material Skill, there were descriptions of attributes related to corpse mutation.

The information provided by the [Game Player] skill is often quite accurate.

Since their name isn't "Mutated Ones" but rather "Revivalist," it means there's a connection between the two, but they are fundamentally not the same thing.

"The Extinction Crown traverses the power of 'Slaughter' everything; that so-called Dark Commander traverses the path of 'Absolute Darkness'; so now, the Abyss School has a third path: the Corruption Poison? Aberration?"

"Have those guys who have resurrected from the past come to the City of Law to seek revenge because of their old feud?"

Linsey made a reasonable connection.

The once Righteous Walker of City of Law and the Extinction Crown perished together.

Now that these beings with the ability to revive have reappeared in the world, it's only natural that they would come here to make a move.

"Lord Linsey, I heard there's been a result regarding the Medical Station?"

Just then, Hammer arrived.

Linsey nodded to the middle-aged man and made room for him.

"That's right, there has been a breakthrough at the Medical Station."

"It won't be long before we establish contact with the Insectoid Tribe. For this, you'll need to screen some people who are good at socializing beforehand to act as envoys between the two sides."

Hammer tensed up and stood ramrod straight:

"No problem, I guarantee I'll complete your task!"

"I will select the most sociable people in the territory and make sure to build good relationships with them!"

After making his assurances, Hammer then gave a briefing on the day's work progress.

But as he was about to leave, Linsey suddenly spoke:

"Hammer, don't rush off yet, I still have some questions."

Hammer turned serious:

"Please speak."

Linsey stated her question:

"When this Wasteland land was still called the Moon Weeping Mountain Range World, was there a plague that occurred? This plague was highly contagious and could corrode human flesh."

Hammer lowered his gaze.

He carefully recalled some things he had heard in his childhood.

He thought about it seriously for a few minutes before slowly raising his head and giving his answer:

"It seems there is such a saying as 'a highly infectious disease'."

"But I heard my mother say that the terrible disease disappeared suddenly after a period of time and did not cause any great uproar in the world. What really destroyed everything was the depletion of the world's Life Force."

At this point, Hammer realized:

"Ah, you mean the plague that infected the Insectoid Tribe, the same kind that happened back then?"

Linsey nodded:

"Yes, it should be that kind of thing. Do you have any other information about this?"

Hammer shook his head and said:

"I'm sorry, Lord Linsey, that's all I know."

"If you need any other information, I can search the territory; perhaps others have heard about it."

Linsey nodded in affirmation:

"Okay, I'll leave this to you. Go ahead and get busy."

Hammer left Linsey's yard.

Linsey stayed alone on the fishing platform and began to summarize the information she had.

"The plagues that have occurred in the past are associated with the Abyss School and corrupt life."

"But then they suddenly disappeared..."

Linsey immediately remembered the explorer's notebook.

According to Hilude, any explorer who once frequented this place was at least a Sixth Stage being.

This kind of strength is fully capable of resolving many crises.

"Did his journey south to find the source of the epidemic actually solve the problem?"

"But why didn't he come back to deal with the Insectoid Tribe's predicament...? Perhaps he perished together with the Abyss School?"

"..."

Linsey was completely baffled.

The reason for this is that he had too little information to draw valid conclusions.

Moreover, the southern part of the world is the source of the epidemic. Just think about the Green Swamp that now occupy that area; their rulers are probably also quite problematic.

"Saving the world is much more troublesome than I imagined."

"..."

"Lord Linsey, Lord Linsey!"

That evening, Linsey, at her wits' end, heard shouts coming from outside her home.

That was the sound of the Wilderness Hunter, Sand Dune.

The hunters, who were originally scheduled to return in two more days, somehow ended up returning ahead of schedule!

"Sand Dune?"

Linsey opened the door and went out.

He immediately spotted Sand Dune's excited figure on the street. The hunter even left his two men behind and rushed over alone.

Moreover, his joyful hands were holding a bag hanging from his back.

The surface of the bag was constantly twisting and deforming, as if something was struggling inside.

Linsey was a little curious:

"Sand Dune, what did you bring back?"

"Lord Linsey, look!"

Sand Dune excitedly opened the pocket.

With a pitiful scream, a young, dark-skinned wild boar struggled to escape.