Yet what about him, the central figure? Surely someone must be trying to stop him?
Lu Yuan quietly shared these thoughts and analyses with Oden, who fell somewhat silent after hearing them.
This was because what Lu Yuan said made sense; normally, no one would risk provoking public anger within their own empire and breeding eerie contamination while simultaneously attacking other empires, unless they were acting abnormally.
Yet if that were indeed the case, there was no point in guessing, for abnormal people were capable of doing anything.
"Regardless, however, the ingredients you saw are indeed extremely dangerous," Oden could not help sighing.
"If what you say is true, this bottle capable of bringing about a plague is extremely terrifying. One might even say that even transcendent powerhouses run the risk of contamination. Furthermore, the fact that there is an ingredient among them that even you cannot make out means it might be an even more terrifying one—an ingredient unknown even to me. This is very bad."
Lu Yuan furrowed his brows slightly as well, tapping his fingertips against that sheet of paper.
"Then Oden, do you have any way to deduce—blindly, relying solely on these three ingredients plus another even more terrifying one—a formula that can curb its effects to a certain extent?"
Lu Yuan's meaning was clear. Since the exact proportions and specific ingredients of the current potion could not be obtained for the time being, preliminary precautions could still probably be taken by examining the three known ingredients; even if prevention and treatment were impossible, it could at least be mitigated to a certain degree.
Oden thought carefully for a moment.
"There are indeed a few ingredients that, when simply proportioned, can guard against the aforementioned potion to a certain extent. The effect of this potion is