Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1307 614: Lifeforms from the Sun_3

Gloves followed Li Banfeng, and the Phonograph sighed: "He says he doesn't care, but he can't let it go in his heart."

Hong Ying nudged Han Xiaoxuan: "This person is all powder, how can we eat them? I smell the fragrance, let's just put it into a powder box and use it as makeup."

Tang Sword leaned forward: "General, don't forget about the brothers!"

Hong Ying kicked Tang Sword: "Look at you, what man uses powder?"

...

Li Banfeng exited the Portable Residence, using Unimpeded to drill out from Tanxiu's sealed enclosure, ordering Chen Changrui to grout the area.

The yellow-green slurry covered the entire factory, absorbing all the remaining dust.

Chen Changrui inquired about the outcome, Li Banfeng said: "The person in charge of the factory is an Inner State person, for leaking important secrets, he triggered the Inner State's curse technique, self-destructing. He's a Fen Xiu, thoroughly exploded into dust, leaving no remains."

"Fen Xiu... aren't they extinct?" Chen Changrui was knowledgeable, but he wasn't concerned about Fen Xiu, "Did he mention anything about the fungus?"

"He did," Li Banfeng looked at Chen Changrui, speaking solemnly, "This is Inner State's war strategy, the war has begun, but we haven't realized it yet.

Find all major platforms, immediately stop selling this face cream, recall all sold face cream, and isolate and treat anyone who has used it."

Chen Changrui looked terrified: "Can it be cured..."

Li Banfeng didn't answer: "Get the urgent tasks done first, then assign people to report to the superiors."

Returning to the Dark Star Bureau, Li Banfeng went to the laboratory first.

Light Bulb, Preserved Fruit, Crabapple Fruit, and several others were in quarantine inside the lab.

Li Banfeng asked the lab team: "Is there currently a way to kill the fungus?"

"Yes!" The lab technician nodded.

Seeing a glimmer of hope, Li Banfeng excitedly asked: "What method?"

"High-pressure steam for sixty minutes can kill all fungi including spores..." halfway through, the lab technician shivered, an inexplicable fear made it hard for him to breathe.

Li Banfeng almost attacked him, high-pressure steam for sixty minutes would indeed kill all the fungi, but it would cook the humans!

Luckily, Li Banfeng regained his composure, realizing this issue wasn't for a lab technician to solve.

He went to the isolation room and saw Preserved Fruit and Crabapple Fruit.

These two hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem, still chatting in the isolation room.

Seeing Li Banfeng come in, Preserved Fruit asked: "Did you locate the manufacturer? Is their factory going to be sealed?"

Crabapple Fruit listened attentively, their expressions were like idle spectators.

"Yes, it's sealed. Where's Deng Pao'er, where did he go?"

"He's standing in the corner."

"Why is he standing?"

Preserved Fruit pointed to the corner: "We don't know what's wrong with him, he always says sitting makes his back hurt."

Light Bulb stood in the corner, smiling at Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng's ears rang, veins pulsing on his forehead.

Light Bulb is an Oil Cultivator, the amount of fungus on his face is several times that of others, symptoms appeared on him first.

"Director Li," Crabapple Fruit asked, "How much longer do we need to be isolated?"

"Not much longer..." Li Banfeng's voice was faint.

Preserved Fruit asked: "Will it be done by tomorrow?"

"Ah, almost..."

Seeing Li Qi wasn't willing to talk much, Preserved Fruit didn't press further, Crabapple Fruit beside her asked: "Preserved Fruit is too shy to ask, I'll ask for her, did Chuuni... accomplish any feats today?"

"Yes, absolutely did..." Li Banfeng turned and left the isolation room.

Behind the glass enclosure, watching Li Qi's back, Preserved Fruit felt something was amiss.

...

Li Banfeng sat in his office from night until dawn.

Around nine o'clock, Dumpling entered the office, closed the door, and spoke softly: "Seventh Master, Director Gao has arrived."

"Which Director Gao?"

"Director Gao Yina, succeeding Guan Zhengyang..."

"I won't see her!"

"Seventh Master, it's best to see her, she's here to discuss yesterday's operation with you."

"If there's anything, let Chen Changrui talk to her."

"Seventh Master, they're not..."

Li Banfeng remained silent.

"Seventh Master," Dumpling's voice trembled, "Meet Director Gao, she might be able to help."

Li Banfeng nodded slightly, Dumpling invited Director Gao to Li Qi's office.

"Director Li, no need for pleasantries, you've made significant contributions in this incident, while deeply grateful, I sincerely promise that your proposed conditions will be swiftly implemented, relevant residents of Three-Head Fork will be sent to Greenwater City within a week."

"Implemented so quickly," Li Banfeng looked at Gao Yina, "Is there anything else?"

Gao Yina nodded and said: "As Director Li mentioned, this incident has escalated to war dimensions, our purpose has always been to resolve matters through peaceful means.

We hope Director Li can mediate with Inner State to balance interests and avoid further escalation."

"Mediate?" Li Banfeng laughed, "Do you think mediation is still possible?"

Gao Yina sighed: "War is a result none of us wants to see."

"You've already seen, this isn't just an escalation, it's war."

Gao Yina remained silent, waiting for Li Banfeng's response.

"How's the follow-up handled?"

Gao Yina said: "That face cream is already off sale on all major platforms, sold ones are being recalled with all efforts, and we plan a thorough check of all residents to find every infected individual."