Runemaster in the Last Days - Chapter 227

Chapter 227: Contamination
During this period of time, Riya spent most of her time drawing talisman and also meditating. She had reached the peak of rank 4 and would reach rank 5 soon, but it would still need some time, depending on her meditation and resources.

Samuel had already reported about the crack and the situation inside, but the people above couldn’t really spend time to care for this.

Just taking care of the bases alone were already difficult.

They didn’t have time to care for the cracks.

The situation stabilized in the past week and Riya heard that Samuel planned to go to the crack.

But before it could be implemented, they heard earth shattering news.

There was problem with the water source.

“What’s wrong with the water?” Amelia asked during breakfast, holding her glass but didn’t dare to drink the water inside. She felt that she might die from drinking it.

Samuel looked at Amelia’s posture and rolled his eyes. “The water you drank came from the magic core, so it would not have any problem. The problem is in various water sources in many cities.”

In the first place, it was not that easy to get clean water. The earthquake had destroyed many underground channels and there was no factory working anymore. Who knows how many things have been destroyed by the earthquake before.

One thing for sure, there were many of them.

Riya looked at the distance and then asked, “The violent mana seeped into the ground and contaminated the water?”

Her sentence seemed like a question but her tone sounded more like a statement. Because this was something that had happened in that world too. The death of so many magic beasts contaminated the water, making it hard for them to drink clean water.

Because of this, they could only take water from the designated well that had formation placed inside. The formation would filter the water they drank, allowing them to drink clean water.

Of course, for those who had money, they would rather choose the water from magic core.

Because they knew that water that was formed from magic core was 1000 times better than the water from those wells.

The formation could only filter the water to a certain degree but part of the contamination would still enter their body. This would not cause any problem in short term but long term consumption could affect their bodies.

When Riya entered that world, she had traveled to various places and learned about this matter.

After all, she was not rich.

But after she found out the side effect of the well water, she forcefully learn the water runes and bought water magic core for her drink. She didn’t dare to use those well water. In emergency situation, she could even conjure water with her magic spells instead.

It was safer too.

“Yes.” Mr. Jones looked at Samuel helplessly. “The magic core is leaked out and now some people are clamoring for us to share with them.”

After that short beast tide, there were more rank 1 magic core and Riya formed runes on them. This allowed City A Base to have a lot of water and this water was used for consumption of people in inner area.

Their own family was even more lavish because they have a personal water magic core for drinking at home.

“No.” Samuel shook his head. “It’s not possible for us to give those magic cores.”

He knew very well how precious resources would be.

The earthquake had destroyed many places and it was hard for them to find clean food and water. Now that the ground was also contaminated… It would be even harder for them to live.

First of all, they had to solve the problem of the water sources for the people in City A Base.

So far, they have only used the water from the magic core for the people in inner area. For the people outside?

They take water from the mountain.

There were not much problem so far but who know how long this would last.

“What’s your plan?”

“Ask them to try distill the water first.” Samuel pursed his lips and then said, “And doesn’t the people from the Magic Association had an answer how to solve this problem?”

The people from the Magic Association?

Mr. Jones’ lips twitched. “I think you should not hope anything from them.”

From what he knew, the people from the Magic Association was very selfish. Even if they could produce water, they might not be able to provide enough for the entire world. Besides, does the people from the Magic Association knew how to form these runes?

He had never heard about it.

“First of all, it’s impossible to transport the water from City A Base to the entire world.” Samuel looked at his father blankly. “And do you think that other places aside from ours didn’t have any other methods to solve it?”

Mr. Jones sighed. “The problem is that in some areas, there are people going crazy and the professors stated that it came from the water. Some people with weaker bodies would be affected and then become crazy.”

Crazy?

Riya arched her eyebrows.

She knew that what contained in the water was not only the violent type of mana that these magic beasts possessed but also some other particles that came to this world with the appearance of these magic beasts.

But she couldn’t do much about it.

Or…

Riya turned her head to look at Samuel.

Samuel frowned.

He knew that the water in that world was also contaminated. But as the prestigious young master, he was protected well and didn’t have to drink from those well water. There would always be water magic core prepared for him.

“First, let’s call these professor to start researching the water.” Samuel took a deep breath. “After that, we have to try filtering these water through heating up and many other methods so as to minimize the effects.”

This should be the best method that they could do.