Chapter 1987 - Condemning the Mailong Private Military Group! (1/2)
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
“Humph, perhaps you are the reason they are dead!” someone immediately rebuked him.
Mo Fan ignored the comment. He walked up to one of the dead bodies and said, “The Mountain Frost Lotus is the source of the illness in the first place. Its pollen will spread in the air and cause symptoms similar to high altitude sickness to certain people.
“Many plants have fruits. These fruits are eaten by animals when they are ripe, and the seeds are spread to other places by the animals when they defecate. It’s how these plants spread their seeds.
“It’s the same for the Mountain Frost Lotus. It will make living creatures sick so they have to rely on its fruits to relieve them from the symptoms. The Mountain Frost Lotus is effective against poisons, but that doesn’t include the sickness it causes itself.
“Consuming the Mountain Frost Lotus is like eating its fruit. Those who consumed it are carrying its seeds around. These seeds aren’t discharged through defecation. They will kill their hosts and use the nutrients in their bodies to nurture themselves. The dead bodies will grow into a new Mountain Frost Lotus after some time.”
While Mo Fan was talking, he pried open one of the corpses of the mercenaries and tore the heart out.
He squeezed the heart in his fist. A huge amount of green liquid burst out of it. As everyone was disgusted by the sight, a tiny sprout with legs jumped out from the liquid like a flea and dug into the ground in a panic.
Mo Fan casually grabbed the sprout demon that had jumped out from the heart and showed it to Kuma.
The demon sprout was strong, even though it was only around the size of a little finger, and it was also very aggressive. It quickly extended its roots toward Mo Fan’s nose, attempting to suffocate him.
Mo Fan’s eyes glittered. The little creature’s roots immediately shattered into pieces.
The mercenaries were terrified. It turned out that such an insignificant creature was responsible for so many deaths!
Most importantly, the Mountain Frost Lotus which even the locals believed could cure a lot of sicknesses and poisons, had such a cruel reproductive method. It had cost over a dozen lives in the Mailong Private Military Group without alerting them!
“If you already knew what’s going on, why didn’t you tell us earlier?” Gavin yelled.
“I discovered a group of dead Hunters below a cliff when I went scouting just now. Their symptoms were similar to the dead bodies we saw at the Barren Land. I also noticed a lot of Mountain Frost Lotus down the cliff, and under them were a lot of skeletons. I also encountered a plant demon that was as big as a pine tree, so I killed it,” Mo Fan replied.
When Mo Fan went scouting, a few of the mercenaries who went with him had died to the sickness too.
Mo Fan immediately recalled what Apas had told him. He had followed the pleasant scent that the Mountain Frost Lotus was emitting and then discovered the cliff.
Before Lingling fell severely ill, she had given the samples she had collected from the dead bodies in the Barren Land to Mo Fan. He had easily figured out what was going on!
It was also not Mo Fan’s first time encountering demon plants that disguised themselves as harmless existences.
“So… those who drank the water that was cooked with the Mountain Frost Lotus…” Tommy immediately felt uneasy, especially after seeing the tiny demon sprout that had jumped out of the dead mercenary’s heart.
“Only those who are sick are suitable hosts for the sprout demons. Those who aren’t are safe even if they drank the water. They will only lose control of their emotions and do something like killing their comrades for the sake of money,” Mo Fan said.
Li Yu shuddered as Mo Fan finished his sentence. “I didn’t do it!” he argued.
“I wasn’t referring to you,” Mo Fan replied grimly.