Inside the tent.
Lin Li was hosting Zhou Zhi.
Though it was called a banquet, the food was hardly lavish—mostly animals like snow rabbits that had not been pathogenized by Extreme Cold.
"Plague Exterminator Zhou Zhi, I'm sorry. This is all we have."
Lin Li spoke apologetically.
Zhou Zhi's expression remained calm. "It's fine. Having something to eat is already quite good."
Twenty-Three was expressionless. "Oh... the sauce on this meat contains [aflatoxin], an extremely toxic substance with a devastating effect on the liver tissue of humans and animals. Under normal circumstances, this toxin is not very useful against a Lead Surgeon, but... under the pathogenization of the Vacuum Disease Nation, it has undergone a special mutation. It is enough to kill an ordinary Official-level Plague Exterminator, and even has a considerable weakening effect on a Lead Surgeon."
Zhou Zhi paid it no mind. Under Lin Li's gaze, he ate the meat covered in sauce. "It's quite tasty. Thank you..."
Lin Li let out a subtle sigh of relief.
It was good that he had eaten it.
The other party was a Plague Exterminator from the Six Nations capable of operating alone, so his strength was certainly formidable. If they truly fought, Lin Li might not be his match.
Next, all he had to do was wait for the other party to be pathogenized by [Aflatoxin Poisoning], then shift all the blame onto the disease.
After all, he was the only Lead Surgeon in this camp.
He could say whatever he wanted.
After all... their lives were in his hands.
"Zhou Zhi, I'd quite like to play around some more, but... just now, it seems that a special high-energy entity began moving this way from an extremely distant location. It is moving very quickly, and its Power of Pestilence is