"I am Professor Du Bo, the chief physician of the South Celestial Gate."

"I am specialized in overseeing the medical work for the entire South Heaven Gate Fortress, and I am also the director of the South Heaven Gate Treatment Center Hospital."

"We have now formed a project team specifically responsible for treating spore syndrome, warmly welcoming Researcher Ye Bai to join us."

"Your arrival truly makes me feel honored."

"As the treatment progresses, many of our physicians have also been parasitized by spores."

"The overall situation is indeed unsatisfactory."

"Let me explain briefly, the number of people parasitized by spores is gradually increasing."

"And currently, we don't have a good screening method."

"If this continues, the entire South Heaven Gate Fortress might be breached by Exotic Beast attacks."

Professor Du Bo sighed deeply and said.

"To prevent the panic among the numerous Pet Beast Masters of Southern Heaven, we have sealed off the information."

"Currently, they are like walking corpses, bound with chains, stored in the underground of South Heaven Gate."

"We need Researcher Ye Bai to help us urgently treat this batch of Pet Beast Masters."

"Otherwise, as more people are parasitized by spores, the combat power of South Heaven Gate might diminish to the point where it could easily be breached."

"South Heaven Gate is a crucial gateway in the Flame Country region."

The Flame Country's Exotic Beast Battlefield has six locations, and the Exotic Beast Battlefield here has strong beasts in considerable numbers.

Every year, many Pet Beast Masters are deployed for defense here.

Moreover, the Exotic Beasts in the battlefield are enveloped by a certain blood-red evil qi, their strength is formidable.

Du Bo distributed the collected intelligence among the group.

Ye Bai reviewed each piece of intelligence.

It mentioned that the spores appeared half a month ago.

A Pet Beast covered in spores was killed, and spores scattered in the sky.

In less than a day, people began to experience fever and cough, claiming their bones were aching.

Then their bodies started growing mushroom-like entities, and pulling at them caused pain.

People parasitized by spores looked like walking corpses, colorful mushrooms sprouting from them.

They lost consciousness and desperately attacked others, some even exploded like mushrooms, infecting more people.

Professor Du Bo seemed quite exaggerated, yet Ye Bai harbored a faint suspicion.

That being, since these spores spread from the Exotic Beast Battlefield, why wasn't the Exotic Beast attacking the South Heaven Gate Fortress affected at all?

The intelligence didn't mention whether Exotic Beasts in the battlefield showed signs of infection.

Could it be that these spores were artificially created?

This message is crucial.

If Exotic Beasts were parasitized by spores, the intelligence should show the number of infected Exotic Beasts increasing.

But Ye Bai just looked over the city wall, noticing no signs of parasitized Exotic Beasts.

Were these Exotic Beasts eliminated, or did the spores evolve, becoming more concealed?

This concerns the intermediate divine power Demon God Mother of Spores of the evil chaotic camp.

Thus, Ye Bai felt the need for vigilance since even Dan Kalabi and Xi'Er were wary of the Mother of Spores.

This proved that confronting the Mother of Spores could potentially lead to becoming its captive.

Ye Bai then sent a message to his master, listing his conjectures.

Jiao Mu Jiao took a glance at the message, shook his head with an expression of indifference: "Our medical team has traveled long distances, we must rest first before proceeding with treatment."

"To avoid accidentally getting infected with spores, thus unnecessarily increasing the infection count."

Actually, those who came over had already been injected with the Fiery Flame Potion, raising their body temperature to about 40 degrees, enough to resist the spore invasion.

Lan Fa's ability could mass replicate the Fiery Flame Potion, therefore determining the current situation is rather important, though his master was unaware of Lan Fa's capability.

"How about this, let Ye Bai exert himself a bit first to check on the patients' conditions."

"We others will rest first."

Clones, once duplicated by Mirror Man, effectively became shadows of the main body, retaining some of the main body's memories.

Furthermore, this clone operation requires Ye Bai's consent before activation.

The clone's consciousness connects with Mirror Man, and if a clone faces death, it transmits the past eight hours of memory to Mirror Man before dying.

The Mirror Man scrutinizes useful memories, conveying them to Lan Fa through a contract.

This way, what happened in this underground laboratory is revealed.

In case of trouble, the clone can also endure on Ye Bai's behalf.

Jiao Mu Jiao gave Ye Bai a covert sign, and Ye Bai slightly nodded in response.

"Haha, that was my oversight, indeed my oversight alone."

Professor Du Bo awkwardly chuckled.

"Clap, clap."

"Han Ke, please handle this, I'll first take Researcher Ye Bai to see those Pet Beast Masters suffering from spores."

Han Ke is a short-haired girl with a butterfly-shaped barrette in her hair.

She looks a bit playful and cute, wearing a suit, but her face is full of majesty.

"Please follow me, everyone. My name is Han Ke, and I'm a member of the Logistics Support Department. If you have any issues with food or lodging, just let me know, and I will arrange it quickly."

"It's been hard for you to travel thousands of miles to get here. Our environment is somewhat harsh."

"For each meal, we'll use a buffet format, so please pay attention to it."

Ye Bai and Lan Fa were assigned to the same room.

After they checked the room for any eavesdropping devices or methods, Ye Bai directly transformed the clone of the Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm into the Light Goddess Butterfly.

This Pet Beast immediately unfolded a barrier and activated the communication method left behind by their mentor.

The projection of Zhang Jian, the Flood Dragon of the Eastern Wood, appeared in mid-air.

"Ye Bai, what have you discovered?"

Zhang Jian asked Ye Bai.

"Yes, I have a question: since the spores were transmitted from the Exotic Beast Battlefield, why haven't I heard any rumors of Exotic Beasts being infected by these spores?"

"Could it be that all Exotic Beasts infected by the spores have disappeared?"

Ye Bai voiced his doubts.

The Flood Dragon of the Eastern Wood just investigated and found it very suspicious: "According to the information I gathered, other than that Exotic Beast covered entirely in mushrooms, no other Exotic Beast has been infected by the spores."

"Could these spores really be artificially created?"

If so, it would be a tremendous conspiracy.

The South Celestial Gate is a very important barrier for the Flame Country, crucial to the safety of a quarter of its region. If it falls, and the secondary defense fortress is breached, almost a quarter of the area would become scorched earth.

The horror of the Exotic Beast Tide is well known to everyone on Blue Star.

If the spores were indeed man-made, it would make the perpetrators enemies of all humanity.

"Ye Bai, do you have any suspects in mind?"

The Flood Dragon of the Eastern Wood still had the task of overseeing the South Celestial Gate to check for any personnel violations.

"Not yet."

"But we must urgently produce enough Fiery Flame Potions."

"I bet some people will definitely show a very guilty expression and claim that the ingredients for the Fiery Flame Potion are in short supply, needing you to go to a very dangerous place to gather them."

"That place is likely already set up with traps. Once you go there, you would either be killed or trapped."

"While you're led away, they can create the illusion that I was hunted by Exotic Beasts."

Ye Bai deduced the enemy's next move, while the Flood Dragon of the Eastern Wood found it laughable that such a large South Heaven Gate Fortress would run short on materials.

"Impossible, such a large South Heaven Gate Fortress is the largest production base for Exotic Beast materials for the entire Flame Country."

"It supplies about 30% of the Exotic Beast materials for the entire Flame Country."

"No matter how lacking, it shouldn't face a shortage of materials."

But soon the mentor was quickly slapped in the face as he got information from the logistics personnel at the South Celestial Gate that there was indeed a shortage of raw materials and manpower.

It required going to a very dangerous valley to collect them.

Currently, it's a matter of life and death, hoping the Lord Flood Dragon of the Eastern Wood can go to the valley; many Pet Beast Masters in the laboratory are already impatient.

The Flood Dragon of the Eastern Wood quickly called Ye Bai again: "You were right."

"It seems they are very wary of my presence here."

"Do you think we should lure the snake out of the hole?"

"And secretly catch them in the act?"

The Flood Dragon of the Eastern Wood proposed a suggestion, which Ye Bai immediately rejected.

"No, if you go out, you will fall into their trap, and I would surely die. Fang Ritu alone cannot withstand an assassination."

Ye Bai knew that the Corpse Speaker would come to the South Celestial Gate, and he was the key force in breaching the entire gate.

He wasn't sure if the Corpse Speaker was related to the Abyssal Spores, but Ye Bai knew clearly that if the South Celestial Gate fell, a quarter of the Flame Country would become scorched earth.

"Mentor, I suggest urgently summoning the ancestor, or do you have any item that can summon the ancestor?"

Ye Bai thought it would be safer to summon their ancestor.

"Don't worry, I have a Teleportation Stone given to me by your ancestor, a treasured possession. Once I'm in trouble, crushing this Teleportation Stone will immediately bring your ancestor's Tier Eight clone here."

The fact that the ancestor's clone could be transmitted was certainly the greatest fortune.

Wait, Tier Eight clone!!!

"Mentor, has the ancestor made a breakthrough?"

Ye Bai's eyes widened with curiosity as he looked at Zhang Jian and asked.

"Hmph."

"When your ancestor was guarding the South Celestial Gate, he was already a Tier Eight Pet Beast Master."

"But after being poisoned by the Blood Gu, his strength has been progressively waning over the years."

"Until your mentor sister found a way to expel the Blood Gu Poison, the teacher was able to break through the Tier Eight bottleneck and become a Tier Nine Pet Beast Master."

"As for how strong the teacher is now, I'm really not sure."

"Marshal White Tiger once said, the teacher's strength is slightly weaker than his, but very close."

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