Compared to a Plague Exterminator like Li Xian, who had once stood so high above others, Fei Qi had a deeper understanding of the present Disease Kingdom.
As the leader of a heretical cult, he had a family too.
But...
They had died in the first wave of disease transformation when the Immortality Army arrived.
It was said that they had merely been caught in the aftermath of Dead Pancreas's battle with a powerful figure from the Vacuum Military Department.
Fei Qi's wife had contracted [pancreatic cancer], her digestive enzyme secretion completely destroyed.
No matter how much food she ate, she could not obtain any energy from it.
The man had watched his wife die with his own eyes.
Yet he could not muster even the slightest urge to resist Dead Pancreas.
"Tumor cells primarily rely on anaerobic glycolysis for energy. Even when oxygen is abundant, they consume massive amounts of glucose in the body to produce lactic acid. The energy supply of normal cells is seized, forcing the body to break down fat and muscle for energy—this is the main reason cancer patients become emaciated."
Zhou Zhi thought to himself, but did not explain the nature of cancer to Fei Qi.
This Chief Surgeon Grade Plague Exterminator seemed to have long since given up fighting back against Immortality.
Any Plague Exterminator who had seen the Immortality Tree would indeed have reason to do so.
In any case, the [Great Existence] broke through the disease fog and headed for the Outer Sea, toward the direction shrouded by the Immortality Tree's [Fragment Continent].
Of course, there were sailors among the crew who were afraid, or harbored other thoughts.
But if Zhou Zhi could still let people like them ruin his plans now, then he might as well stop being president.
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