This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous-Chapter 943 - 448: The Secret of the Black Clothed One_4

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On the other side.

After the sprite and the girl had left the scene, they stayed in a secluded spot.

Little Ya, her face flushed, spoke into the walkie-talkie, "Sister Xue, do I really have to shout that line? It feels so embarrassing..."

"What’s embarrassing about it? It’s actually pretty cool!" The little girl next to her took off her mask, looking at Little Ya in confusion.

"Humanity urgently needs hope right now, as well as heroes, and your powers and effects are extremely suited to this role," Lin Xue’s voice came from the walkie-talkie.

"But..." Little Ya’s face reddened even more at the thought of having to shout that line in front of a large crowd, making her wish she could just find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

"The black hole in V City is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Ghost Captain, and this inspiring role should have been played by Mu You, but with him gone, we have no choice but to step in," Lin Xue’s voice continued.

"Okay, I...I’ll try my best..." At the mention of Mu You, Little Ya finally compromised, brainwashing herself that this was also part of her job.

"How did the test go? Can you still only tame 2-star creatures at most?" Lin Xue’s voice continued from the communicator.

"Yes, I still cannot fully tame creatures above three stars; at most, I can make them not attack me afterwards, but as soon as I stop shining the light, they instantly leave," Little Ya nodded and said.

"Also, I can feel that at most only two tamed beasts of two stars can exist; otherwise, they will turn on each other out of jealousy, fighting to the death until only two are left," Little Ya added.

"It looks like the limit of taming isn’t high enough..."

In the study of the pet store, Lin Xue typed a segment of information on the computer in front of her and then pondered, "Given the Evolution Scepter’s persuasive effect on creatures of the Star Spirit World, once you raise your own star level, perhaps you will be able to make full use of the Scepter’s limit and increase the number and star level of creatures you can tame."

"More importantly, where’s the next reinforcement location?" The voice of the little girl came through the communicator.

"The next location is in S City, I’ll send you the coordinates..."

Lin Xue quickly captured the distress signals she had received and sent them to the two of them.

After she disclosed the information regarding the Divine Beasts yesterday, all the major countries of the world finally stuck together under immense external pressure.

That afternoon, Lin Xue was added to a ’Global Self-Rescue Alliance’ forum group, which included presidents of 54 top organizations globally and representatives from various countries, and they held a short but efficient meeting.

The meeting ultimately decided that nine prestigious representatives from around the world would be chosen to serve as the chief officers responsible for managing the nine black holes.

The Ghost Captain was recognized as the officer in charge of the black hole designated as A, the black hole in V City. Of course, since Mu You was absent, the actual execution of power was in the hands of the Ice Emperor Blue Beard and Lin Xue.

The remaining black hole in the southern sea area was managed by Wu Ying and Shen Feng.

The other regional black holes were also guarded by the respective Sky City Lords of those areas.

The two black holes located in the oceans, after a heated discussion, one of them was ultimately decided to be the responsibility of Jiu You.

This was not surprising, after all, the overall strength of the Celestial Dynasty was outstanding in the world, with many domestic experts, and the Sky Cities occupied half that number. It was only right for them to take on more responsibility at this time.

Jiu You had no significant objections to this as such events were both a challenge and an opportunity. After some discussion, he accepted the task on behalf of the Dragon Group.

The real controversy was over the last black hole, which was located in the depths of the ocean and had the most treacherous environment and the worst location. After some arguments, everyone seemed reluctant to take it on, pushing it away, which caused the meeting to come to a stalemate at one point.

In the end, it was the Son of Heaven who volunteered, representing Divine Right, and undertook the task.

Of course, as compensation, each country had to allocate enough manpower to travel to the black holes in the two oceans and, during the disaster period, accept the command orders of Jiu You and the Son of Heaven.

"With that, the situation stabilized somewhat..."

Lin Xue looked at the ’Global Real-Time Monster Quantity Map’ displayed on the computer in front of her. The once densely packed red blocks near the nine black holes had gradually become sparse, indicating that the global monster count was slowly declining from its peak.

"But, it’s still not enough..."

Lin Xue shook her head. The so-called stabilization was only relative to the current situation.

The premise was that they couldn’t be discovered by any Titan, otherwise the fragile balance they had barely maintained would definitely be thrown into disarray immediately!

Fortunately, as of now, no Titan had appeared near any of the nine black holes.

However, to maintain this situation for more than five days was extremely difficult.

Precedent modelling analysts had already calculated, according to the detected density and movement trajectories of the Titan world, that the probability of no Titan passing through the nine black hole regions within a week was a mere 9.22%!

Which meant, their being discovered by a Titan in the coming days was almost a certainty!

Therefore, instead of praying for that 10% chance, it was better to plan ahead and quickly consider how to respond if a Titan does indeed land.

"Filamentous creature... Parasitic... Divinity... Humanoid intelligent life... Contagion time... Transmission mode..."

Lin Xue looked at the chaotic information scribbled on the paper in front of her and rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming on.

Normally, for parasitic creatures like diseases, unless they were nearly unsolvable pathways like airborne transmission, there should always be a point in the contagion process that could be cut off.

Unfortunately, she knew too little about such creatures now. Relying solely on the few words left by Fuya’s ancestor was hardly enough to reach a finer conclusion...

"Filamentous creature..." At that moment, Lin Xue suddenly heard Vivian muttering beside her.

Turning her head to look, Vivian was curled up, resting at the side of the table. Her crow-like eyes, however, were fixed on the content Lin Xue had written on the paper, revealing a thoughtful expression.

A thought struck Lin Xue, "Teacher, have you ever heard of the Divine Beast?"

Vivian shook her head at the question, "In the era I was born, the Minor Calamity had long since ended, and within the Wizard Association, it was a strictly forbidden topic. I know very little about it, and I have never heard of the name ’Divine Beast’. But..."

"But?"

Vivian gave her a look, "You should know that in my youth, I was a member of the Wizard Association. The three Elders of the Wizard Association, Black Clothed One, White, and Grey were nominally my mentors."

"Yes," Lin Xue nodded, that was something Mu You had told her about. Vivian bringing this up now must mean that the following issues were related to the Wizard Association.

"In my memory, the Black Clothed One was a sullen and irascible fellow, always keeping to himself. For a long period, he was always shut away studying something, and this often led to quarrels with the other two Elders."

"I had no interest in their affairs, but one day, as a young child, I accidentally entered the Black Clothed One’s study and on his desk, I saw a blurry drawing of a cotton-like creature..."

"However, I didn’t get a good look at it before the Black Clothed One came back. He shooed me out in a panic and scolded me fiercely, warning me never to approach his place again..."

Having heard this, Lin Xue’s eyes widened in realization, "You mean the Black Clothed One might have been studying the Divine Beast for a long time?"

"Since I’ve never seen such a creature before, I didn’t pay much attention at the time, and it seemed that the Black Clothed One had changed his ways afterward, never conducting private research again, so I gradually forgot about it... until now when your description reminded me of that drawing..."

Vivian nodded, "If the Black Clothed One was indeed studying the Divine Beast at that time, it seems many of the conflicts among the Elders could be explained!"