Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1313 616: Calamity of Bloodshed

"The matters with the gang have been resolved, and the key figures' issues are settled as well. My friend, your efficiency is truly impressive." Cui Tiq praised Li Banfeng while cutting his own palm.

Blood dripped into the test tube, and Cui Tiq mixed the blood with the medicine, handing it to Light Bulb.

The child brought gauze to Cui Tiq: "You're bleeding."

Cui Tiq shook his head: "This little wound, no need to bandage."

Light Bulb stood straight at the cave entrance, hesitating upon seeing the medicine Cui Tiq brought.

"It's not bitter!" the child shouted, cheering for Light Bulb.

"Do I look like someone who's afraid of bitterness?" Light Bulb snorted.

The child thought for a moment and shouted again: "It doesn't hurt!"

Pain and bitterness weren't the focus; the focus was that Light Bulb didn't want to drink Cui Tiq's blood.

He looked towards Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng slightly nodded at Light Bulb.

Light Bulb drank the potion, waited for over ten minutes, and slowly sat down on the ground.

"Here's water for you to drink!" The child handed Light Bulb a bowl of water, which he drank dry, then sat for more than ten minutes before slowly lying down on the ground.

Similar to previous situations, this was a sign of improvement, but it was unclear if he could fully recover.

Even if he couldn't fully recover, it didn't matter; at this moment, Light Bulb firmly believed he could heal, and despite the slightly complicated process, he was confident he could survive.

Cui Tiq observed Light Bulb's condition, taking notes seriously, and introduced his treatment approach to Li Banfeng: "I have created three types of viruses, each with a certain aggressiveness towards fungi."

Li Banfeng recalled his biological knowledge: "These viruses should be called bacteriophages, right?"

Cui Tiq considered the definition of these viruses: "You may call them bacteriophages, but actually human history hasn't discovered bacteriophages targeting fungi. The bacteriophages found by humans are targeting bacteria,

the survival and defense mechanisms of fungi greatly differ from animals, plants, and bacteria, making it very difficult to cure diseases involving fungi,

the friends I've created have different abilities, some have strong infection capabilities and indeed can infect fungi, but could also harm a person's normal cells,

there's another type of friends with strong recognition capabilities, able to correctly differentiate fungi from animal cells, but their infection capabilities are weak, hardly penetrating fungal defenses,

and there's another type with moderate recognition and infection capabilities, and if lucky, they could become the main force against fungi, but if unlucky, they might not exhibit any advantages and could pose a serious threat to Light Bulb's life."

Li Banfeng frowned and said: "Are you just gambling on luck?"

Cui Tiq did not deny: "Friend, this is the process of life evolution, we are creators of life and selectors of life, with many random issues to face."

Speaking halfway, Cui Tiq looked at the child beside him.

The child took a bite of bread, earnestly listening to Cui Tiq's lecture.

Cui Tiq explained some special terms: "Evolution is a special process; the term itself is misleading and can easily lead to misconceptions akin to the inaccurate 'use and disuse' theory, causing some misunderstanding of evolution's essence. I think calling it mutation and selection may be more appropriate, can you understand?"

While speaking, Cui Tiq turned to Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng glanced at the child and then turned to Cui Tiq: "If you're going to give him a lecture, talk directly to him and don't look at me."

A day later, Light Bulb's condition significantly improved, with Cui Tiq clearly sensing a sharp reduction in the quantity of fungi on Light Bulb.

"The virus has mutated in a way positively affecting treatment!" Cui Tiq was extremely excited, recovering some viruses from Light Bulb, "The originally discerning friends have developed infectious mutant strains, and these mutant strains have survived!"

Li Banfeng asked: "Do the other two viruses still need to be retained?"

He was worried that those two viruses might not cure the disease but harm Light Bulb instead.

Cui Tiq nodded and said: "Those two viruses still need to be preserved; we previously discussed biological resistance at Hai Chi Ridge, viruses can mutate, fungi can also mutate. Once resistance occurs, a single pathogen finds it hard to kill mutated fungi,

even with cross-control, we can't guarantee viruses will kill all fungi; there will be small residues left behind, but animals have their defense mechanisms, we have the immune system. When the fungal quantity is suppressed to a certain level, our immune system will resolve the problem."

Li Banfeng listened to the whole analysis carefully: "So, without using your capable control over microorganisms, is there still a method to cure this?"

Cui Tiq nodded: "I can refine the ultimately effective virus to form a viral strain for you to take back and cultivate, this viral strain can cure the vast majority of infected individuals, except those deeply infected who have suffered seriously irreversible damage."

"How long to prepare the viral strain?"

"If all goes well, one to two days will suffice. Frankly, this matter is somewhat regrettable; I've always wanted to kill everyone in this world, this fungus could be considered a shortcut to realizing my dream, and now I've personally cut off that shortcut and feel a bit uneasy inside."

Li Banfeng looked at the child beside him: "Old Cui, after encountering this little guy, do you still want to kill everyone?"