The next day.
Deer College · B Wing (basement level one): research area.
Meme Research Institute.
"Is this your way of dealing with [Tide Call], locking it down directly with an [Anti-Meme Lock]? I thought you would write something leaning toward Brussels's mainstream research direction. Both the [Containment Room] and the peacekeeping forces in Brussels favor developing meme antibodies to cure this virus."
After reading the research proposal Xia Xiu had submitted, Professor Laugen spoke to his student with some surprise.
"I was only thinking in terms of cost and practicality. After all, Professor, you only asked me to research this subject, so I simply proposed my own approach. Decisions aren't my responsibility," Xia Xiu answered plainly.
"Any use of memes involving things like an [Anti-Meme Lock] requires the lineage's own meme weapon. To be honest, your proposal doesn't require much computing power, and producing a small sample wouldn't take too much time or effort." Professor Laugen pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose.
"So..." Xia Xiu ventured.
"I approve your proposal. Make the sample first. This project was outsourced to us by Brussels anyway. They have their own core research direction internally."
"Besides, although Brussels shared the intelligence on this meme investigation with us, they've already formed an alliance with the [Hunting Hall] behind the scenes. All we need to do this time is submit the research sample and proposal to them," Professor Laugen continued.
The Hunting Hall?
Iberia had actually intervened in a supernatural incident in northern Youyang...
The investigation file on the [Beat the Shark] meme virus mentioned that it had spread inland from islands near Sicily, affecting all the countries along Youyang's Mediterranean coast.
Moreover, the virus had continued all the way to Brussels, meaning the Sea-born of [Atlantis] had now stopped in that region.