Hearing Norton's concerns, Ye Qian sighed. "Mr. Norton, go research something else first. This ruin has existed for countless years anyway. There's no rush."
"Alright."
That seemed to settle the matter.
Ye Qian began considering whether she should pull Norton fully into Dusk's inner circle.
In truth, if she wanted to, the chances of success would be very high. Norton was now extremely dependent on her Water of Purification, which meant a longer lifespan and greater resistance to Pollution. The Old Man did not have much time left to begin with, and his quality of life had been poor due to extraordinary Pollution. Now that he finally had Water of Purification, it was as though he had rediscovered the feeling of health after a long absence.
In some uninhabited alternate world, inside the Water of Purification production pool.
Ye Qian No. 4 looked at the enormous swimming pool before her.
It contained over six hundred tons of Jiojio water, all of it undiluted. Filling even a small bottle with a little of it and bringing it into reality would fetch an absurd price.
Yet within Dusk, this rare liquid was consumed by the tens of thousands of tons at a time.
For instance, at least a hundred million people were carrying more than a liter of Water of Purification on them at that very moment, and Dusk personnel were redeeming it through various means nearly every instant.
The number of people Ye Qian's Dusk System itself could connect to was relatively limited. In most worlds, the distribution method for Water of Purification was very simple: it was delivered directly to the rulers of those worlds, who then distributed it to those below them according to various contributions.
Although the Dusk System could not provide ordinary soldiers with access functions,