After the appointment was announced, the Lieutenant Generals present congratulated Su Han.
"Congratulations, congratulations."
"Should we call you Minister Su Han now?"
"..."
Su Han sighed, "What's there to congratulate? I never thought I'd be dragged back to work. I originally wanted to cultivate properly and continuously improve my strength! Alright, next, let me hear what actions we should take in response to the Lighthouse Nation's actions. Lieutenant General Zhao, you go first!"
After Su Han called his name, Lieutenant General Zhao from the military department began to speak, "In response to the Lighthouse Nation's actions, we have already issued orders along the border. The troops on the border have already heightened their vigilance. Our advanced weaponry is also being transported there secretly. As long as the Lighthouse Nation comes, we will ensure they never return!"
Su Han asked, "So, the military department's intention is to defend?"
Lieutenant General Zhao nodded, "That's right, it's to defend. After all, going to war with the Lighthouse Nation is not in our interest."
At this moment, another Lieutenant General, Li, said, "No, no, no, Old Zhao, that's just your opinion. I don't see it that way. I believe we should take the initiative to attack and move the battlefield to Tai. This way, we can reduce the harm."
Lieutenant General Zhao said, "Our military's strength on the mainland is already less than one-tenth. Much of our power has been deployed to the four worlds. We don't have enough strength to take the initiative to attack."
Lieutenant General Li retorted, "Even if only one-tenth of our troops remain, as long as we use the technological power of Tatajiao Province, we can still make the Lighthouse Nation grovel like dogs."
After the two Lieutenant Generals finished speaking, others who supported defense and offense also voiced their opinions.
The Lighthouse Nation is currently still at war with Tai. Although Tai is much weaker than the Lighthouse Nation, it can still hold them off for several days. During these days, Long Country can still prepare well.
There is no doubt that troops are being sent to the border. However, with a few days left, Su Han does not intend to start fighting immediately.
Su Han said, "Alright, this meeting will not be decided for now. The Lighthouse Nation is not the threat. The real threat comes from the blight. My cultivation has already reached the Nascent Soul stage. I have decided to go and investigate the blight first."
With that, the meeting ended.
Su Han walked out of the meeting room and into the base outside.
At this time, the base outside was filled with a large amount of steel and cement, with no trace of green.
Su Han stepped outside the base and saw a vast expanse of withered yellow on the road outside. It's important to note that it wasn't winter. This was entirely due to the blight. The roadside trees were those with very little starch content, almost none. These trees had been infected by the blight.
"It seems the blight has become more serious. I never thought these kinds of trees would be infected by the blight."
Su Han flew into the air and surveyed the scenery below. It was yellow everywhere. Only a very small number of plants remained green. Seeing this scene, Su Han understood why the Lighthouse Nation was so anxious.
Su Han descended directly into a withered yellow forest. In this forest, only a small number of plants were still green.
Su Han reached out and grabbed, drawing in a large area of yellow leaves around him.
Su Han looked at the yellow leaves in his hand, then began to use his spiritual sense to probe into the withered yellow leaves. These withered yellow leaves were drawn from trees infected by the blight.
Su Han probed into the leaves with his spiritual sense. He easily entered the withered yellow leaves. As his spiritual sense deepened, he first saw the cells within the withered leaves, which were all dead. Then, he continued to magnify, and soon saw the bacteria on them, followed by viruses.
Further on, he sensed the molecular structure, and then the atomic structure. Even with Su Han's Nascent Soul cultivation, he couldn't sense this far. To sense to this degree might require a higher cultivation or a cultivation technique of the divine eye category.
Next, Su Han began to use his spiritual sense to perceive. Su Han could sense a substance on plants infected by the blight. This substance was different from spiritual energy. Spiritual energy felt like spiritual energy, but this substance gave Su Han a feeling of malevolence.
Su Han followed the method of attracting spiritual energy to draw out the blight.
A small amount of black substance appeared in Su Han's hand. It was very small, as small as a virus. Ordinary people's eyes couldn't see this black dot at all. Only someone of Su Han's strength could see it. Even cultivators in the Golden Core stage would need to cultivate a special divine eye-like technique to see it clearly.
Su Han looked at the black substance and said, "What exactly is this blight? Let's try using spiritual power!"
Su Han injected spiritual power into it. Immediately, this piece of blight began to sizzle as if water meeting hot oil.
The spiritual power Su Han poured in reacted with this black substance. The spiritual power Su Han output seemed to cancel itself out with the blight, neutralizing each other. Su Han had to output a volume of spiritual power equivalent to one billion times the volume of this black blight substance to finally neutralize it. Moreover, this neutralization couldn't be called elimination; it was just neutralization. But for now, elimination was sufficient.
"It actually requires so much spiritual power to deal with a tiny bit of blight. Even if I used up all my spiritual power, I wouldn't be able to get rid of the blight in this forest."
Following this, Su Han went to a research institute in Long Country that studied the blight.
This research institute had experimental equipment transported from Tatajiao Province. Some of these devices were also enhanced with magic formations and cultivation arrays.
The director of the blight research institute accompanied Su Han.
Su Han asked, "How is the research on the blight progressing? Have you determined the essence of the blight?"
The director of the blight research institute said, "Minister Su Han, after extensive research, we have found that unlike bacteria and viruses, this blight substance is a quantum-level substance. We have not yet found a way to eliminate this substance. High temperature, low temperature, lasers, and other methods are all ineffective in destroying the blight substance."
"This substance is similar to spiritual energy, and the characteristics of this substance are constantly changing. It is precisely because of this change that these blight substances can continuously infect other types of plants. To eliminate this blight substance, it can only be done at the quantum level. However, we have not yet found any other substance that can eliminate the blight substance."
After listening to the explanation from the director of the blight research institute, Su Han also understood the cause of the blight. No wonder it couldn't be seen at the molecular level; it was at the quantum level.
Su Han said, "Well, no wonder the blight substance is so difficult. Just now, I actually found a method to eliminate it. Spiritual power can eliminate it. But even with my Nascent Soul cultivation, it would require one billion times the spiritual power to neutralize it. For the Golden Core stage, it would require hundreds of billions of times the spiritual power. My spiritual power is equivalent to spiritual energy concentration compressed ten thousand times on Xi Qi Star. To completely eliminate the blight substance on Blue Star would require more spiritual energy than ten trillion Xi Qi Stars. Alas, it can be said that Blue Star is already beyond saving."