fantasy novels Chapter 296 is still too moral.
Chapter 296 is still too moral.
Compared to the Murloc Empire, the Church of Storms reacted much more strongly.
"Those heartless and insane mages, how could they, how dare they!"
Beneath the enormous icon in the sacred and magnificent underwater church, Bishop Hermann's face was contorted with rage.
"Bishop Herman, what should we do now?"
"Draw troops from the surrounding areas to immediately defend the areas that have not yet fallen. At the same time, led by superhumans, gradually recapture the lost territory. During this period, eating red meat is strictly prohibited—no, eating any food of unknown origin is strictly prohibited!"
Bishop Herman is the bishop of the Storm Church in charge of the outer Storm Sea. He is a merman, and based on this racial advantage, he was entrusted with the governance of the merman cities throughout the outer sea.
"Five provinces have been affected, that's two billion people! How dare they? Don't these monks have any mercy? How can they even eat?"
"Bishop Herman, please don't be angry. This was the mage's fault, it has nothing to do with you."
"No, it's my fault. I never imagined they could be so ruthless."
Herman felt extremely guilty, hating himself for being careless, which gave these sorcerers an opportunity to take advantage of him.
"Go do it."
One of the paladins wanted to say something more, but was stopped by the others.
"Yes, Bishop, we'll take our leave now."
After saying that, several paladins grabbed the paladin who had tried to say something and left.
"Stop talking, Bishop Hermann's family is in the occupied territories..."
Only after they walked all the way to the church entrance did one of the paladins speak.
"What, that, that Bishop Hermann's relative..."
"It's most likely gone, which is why I told you not to say anything more, do you understand?"
"Okay, I understand."
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"You have such a good thing, why didn't you use it sooner?"
Alger asked.
"It was developed not long ago, and we used it as soon as it was developed."
Jiang Shuzhou replied.
"I didn't expect you to have such a deep understanding of the merfolk."
"After all these years of research, I'm still not as good as you..."
Alger was deeply moved. If before, his impression of Jiang Shuzhou was that of a genius alchemist, now, Alger's impression of Jiang Shuzhou had become that of a ruthless genius mad alchemist.
"You're still too moral."
Jiang Shuzhou commented sharply.
"Me? Do I even have any morals left?"
Alger, who was often accused of being immoral, found it hard to believe.
"Don't you have one?"
Jiang Shuzhou was very puzzled.
"I'm asking you, how much consumables did you use for your experiments last month?"
"Consumables?"
"It's about people."
"Thirty-odd."
"This is my dosage for two hours."
"..."
Alger fell silent.
"Wait, where did you get so many supplies?"
"That's easy. Aren't there tons of criminals in the territory's prison? Just use them!"
"This would alleviate the shortage of prison beds, making prisons less overcrowded, and could even effectively reduce the crime rate in the area, while also improving research efficiency—it's a win-win-win situation!"
Alger was now completely speechless.
Although I really wanted to refute him, what he said did seem to make a lot of sense.
Am I really that morally upright? Otherwise, why would this happen?
Looking at the silent Alger in front of him, Jiang Shuzhou smiled with satisfaction.
With just a casual remark, I caused other alchemists' research efficiency to skyrocket. I'm truly a great benefactor.
Speaking of good people, Jiang Shuzhou suddenly thought of his own conscience's proof: Dr. Weasley. It's been two years, and he wonders how he is doing now.
"By the way, President Alger, do you know Dr. Weasley?"
Asking questions without hesitation, Jiang Shuzhou didn't stand on ceremony with Alger. They were buddies, and Jiang Shuzhou had already shared the secrets of his research, so what was wrong with asking a few questions?
"You mean the one in the refugee camp?"
"good."
"He's been doing well lately. I've been following him; he's just an ordinary person. He treats patients at work and studies medicine after get off work. He's very conscientious and hardworking every day, which is quite good."
"What, you're planning to go take a look?"
Alger naturally knew that this case was handled by Jiang Shuzhou back then, so he subconsciously assumed that Jiang Shuzhou was feeling nostalgic and was preparing to visit the doctor.
"No need, it's good that he's still alive."
Jiang Shuzhou nodded. Now his conscience was back. Whenever Jiang Shuzhou did something immoral or unethical, he would think of Dr. Weasley. The thought of saving this noble man made Jiang Shuzhou feel that he was even more noble than Dr. Weasley.
That way, when others ask Jiang Shuzhou if his conscience hurts, he can openly and honestly answer that it doesn't hurt at all.
I, Jiang Shuzhou, act with integrity and uprightness, punish evil and promote good, and I will not kill innocent people indiscriminately!
And to be honest, Jiang Shuzhou has never personally killed any innocent person, as for the fish-man who was accidentally infected with the scarlet virus?
First of all, those are fish-men; fish-men aren't considered human.
Secondly, they were infected by accident, and Jiang Shuzhou didn't kill them himself, so there's no problem.
Besides, if we're going to deduct merit, let's deduct it from Dr. Weasley's first. Anyway, he has nothing else to repay Jiang Shuzhou with, so let's repay him with merit. After all, he's from the West, so merit is useless to him.
"By the way, I'll be skipping this meeting; I have something to do."
Although he pretended to be happy in front of his colleagues during the meeting, Jiang Shuzhou had other important matters to attend to.
It's a demiplane, or rather, a secret realm of the merfolk.
Jiang Shuzhou has located four secret realms: two in the Fishman Empire and two in the Storm Church, all within the occupied territories.
Because most of the guards in the secret realm are superhumans, the situation there is quite good. Jiang Shuzhou deliberately did not reveal the fact that the Scarlet Infection can be transmitted not only through the air but also through liquids.
He agreed to set a trap, making everyone believe that the problem was with the unknown red meat, not with the air.
This is a terrifying thing, after all, if scarlet infection can be transmitted directly through liquids, such as water, the consequences would be...
Perhaps, the entire Storm Sea will not escape its fate.
However, Jiang Shuzhou wouldn't do that. After all, this was just an experiment, and Jiang Shuzhou's goal wasn't to completely destroy the entire Storm Sea, since that would be useless to him.
Therefore, the infection will be limited to the outer sea. This is Jiang Shuzhou's order, and it is also an instruction that all infected persons will follow.
However, Jiang Shuzhou still had a backup plan. Although the Scarlet Infection in the outer sea of the storm would not spread outside, this did not prevent Jiang Shuzhou from planting some hidden dangers in the Mermaid Empire.
The reason Jiang Shuzhou isn't keeping infected people now is simply because he plans to do something big later. After all, even if the Mermaid Empire collapses immediately, it won't benefit Jiang Shuzhou at all.
For now, let's focus on the situation of these secret realms. Jiang Shuzhou needs to build demiplanes, and these secret realms are exactly what he wants.