Runemaster in the Last Days - Chapter 245

Chapter 245: Plants Problems?
Riya looked at Samuel in confusion.

“It’s like this….” Samuel pursed his lips and then said, “We’re concerned about the plant’s growth because the water was contaminated. Even though it would not have much effect aside from the mana contained within, some people are worried that many plants will die due to the sudden exposure to mana.”

Die due to the sudden exposure to mana?

Riya: ???

She looked at Samuel in confusion and felt that he hadn’t graduated from that world’s basic knowledge.

“The plants will not die because of such ridiculous reason,” Riya said slowly. “If anything, the mana can help the plants to grow.”

“No, that’s not what I mean. These plants had never been exposed to mana before but now the mana concentration increased rapidly. We’re not sure how high the adaptability of these plants were and whether they would be able to properly store mana inside…”

These concerns were what these experts were thinking about and Samuel had seen their report.

Because of what Peter asked, Samuel just remembered about this matter again.

“Did you not try to investigate before the earthquake happened?” Riya asked.

From what she knew, the mana had continued to increase during that period of time. There was no way they wouldn’t know about this matter before and not try to investigate.

After all, the mana increase would affect a lot of people all over the world. In that situation, it was only normal for them to investigate it.

“The mana increase slowly, so there’s nothing abnormal from these plants and animals.” Samuel shook his head. “Besides, such a low concentration of mana could not give birth to magic beasts.”

Well, that was true.

For an animal to become a magic beast, they needed a lot of mana and resources. So unless these magic beasts were lucky and managed to find some resources that contained a lot of mana, it would require years before they could turn into a magic beast.

At that time, humans would be ready.

But the sudden appearance of the earthquake basically shattered all of the plans they made.

It could be said that this earthquake came without warning.

Even if the earthquake hit the entire world, there was no equipment that managed to detect it before it hits. Because of this, countless places suffered a lot of casualties. People were far from prepared to face what was about to come.

Riya knew this as well.

When the mana concentration was increasing during the period of time when she was practicing quietly in her dormitory, Riya had assessed it. Based on her estimation, this mana concentration was still very low and would not affect human’s life too much.

It was only because she used mana gathering formation that she could advance faster in her practice.

Otherwise, it would be nothing more than a pipe dream.

“You’re wondering if the sudden large injection of mana will cause changes to these plants?” Riya asked.

“Yes.” Samuel nodded. “Many researchers are worrying about this and so far, the plants they grow couldn’t give them any accurate result.”

Riya: “…” It has barely been a month and a bit more since the earthquake happened. Most of these plants would not have grown yet.

Besides…

Riya’s expression changed a bit when she thought about her life in that world.

Unlike Samuel who was living in big house, Riya stayed in a village for a short period of time. And during that time, Riya had seen the growth of various plants and so on.

The farmers were not only ordinary people but also low ranked magicians or magic warriors.

The ordinary people worked similarly to the people in this world. From pulling the weeds, planting, and even harvesting. These things were usually done by the ordinary people.

As for the low ranked magicians and magic warriors?

They were using magic spells to accelerate the growth of these plants and also creating rain to irrigate the plants.

Are there any other spells?

Riya was not a farmer, but she remembered seeing the runes etched on the fences around those fields. They said that these runes were used to protect the field.

Protect it from what?

“…Some plants can’t use the soil contaminated by the blood of these magic beasts,” Riya said slowly, gritting her teeth. She felt really bad for only remembering this now. “You have to use purification spell on some plants or they will die.”

Samuel was stunned. “How do you know?”

“You better arrange it first. I’m not sure which plant will be affected and what plant will not be affected.” Riya showed a bitter smile.

She’s not a farmer, alright!

If there was anyone who used to be a farmer in that world… wait, no, a biologist would be better because they would know more about plants.

Biologist?

It seemed that alchemist would be more appropriate.

Moreover, Riya felt that she should also check the plants in her world because she completely forgot about this before and had already used these magic beasts as fertilizer.

There might be a limit to how much corpses could be used as fertilizer since the plant could not absorb and transform those violent mana into the gentle one. If it was too much, the result would only be that the produce would contain violent mana.

Agh…

Damn it!

“Alright.” Samuel nodded and then sent messages to his people to arrange people to use purification spell on the land. He thought for a moment and then asked, “Can your formation be used for it?”

Riya blinked her eyes and looked at Samuel. “Do you want to ask for my help?”

“You told me before to ask you if I need something.” Samuel looked straight at Riya and the corner of his lips curled up slightly. “So now, I’m asking you on behalf of City A Base… to help us if you can.”

Riya looked at Samuel.

She pursed her lips.

To be honest, Samuel was really a responsible person, which made her really unable to be angry at him for a long time. Because she also understood that his position required him to be careful of other people.

And now, he was asking her like what she told him not long ago.

“Depends on what you want me to do.” Riya thought for a moment. “I definitely can’t set purification formation at such wide area without exhausting a lot of resources, which is not something you want to see.”