"Are you crazy? Do you know what you're talking about!"

"I thought I was crazy, but you're even crazier!"

As soon as Barton's words fell, the three legendary mages over there couldn't sit still at all, and the three of them got up from their chairs. In particular, Master Carter scolded even more: "Do you want the civilization of the whole world to go back to primitive times? Do you want to kill everyone? Do you know what it means to burn all the food of the mortal realm? That's slaughter! Slaughter tens of millions, even hundreds of millions! Crazy, you are all crazy." ”

"How can those people survive without food!" Carter couldn't believe that such words could come out of the mouth of one of the five legendary mages.

In the face of the righteous indignation of the three people, Carl and Barton seemed to be old gods, and Barton did not speak until the three of them finished scolding and were tired of scolding.

"Okay, all three of you are tired of scolding. Let's sit down and rest for a while. Barton waved his hand, conjuring a bottle of wine and a few glasses out of thin air, and with a wave of his hand, the glasses in front of the others were filled with wine.

"Don't get excited, but listen to me slowly. Do you think the current situation is very good? It is a foregone conclusion that the world's grain production will be reduced by one-third this year. At least one-third of the continent's population will starve, one in seven will starve to death, and one in five will starve. And the development of an antidote to leaf blight on our side has not progressed for a long time. ”

"Carter, you have always been researching leaf blight, and you originally had a deep research attainment in plants, so we have tilted all the research resources on leaf blight disease to you, and several of our research laboratories have supported you free of charge. But are you sure that you will be able to develop an antidote to leaf blight within three years?"

Barton stared at Carter, who didn't speak, because he was really not sure that he would be able to hand over the antidote within three years. No answer is the best answer.

Barton continued: "If there is no cure for three years, the leaf blight will continue to spread. The kings and nobles of the Seventeen Kingdoms did not obey us completely. They will have a fluke mentality and hide the diseased farmland, and the dead leaf disease will continue to be contagious. Since three years ago, we have discovered the best way to stop leaf litter. ”

"That is, a batch was found and a batch was burned. When the field was fired, the virus of leaf blight was killed. If the mortal kings had followed our advice and implemented a strict policy of burning fields three years ago, the leaf blight disease is now extinct. ”

Barton's words made sense, and the other four legendary mages nodded frequently. Lack of prevention and control, luck and inseparable interests are the reasons why the leaf blight disease eventually spread to the whole continent.

"Do you think we'll get better if we don't do something about it?" Barton said in a soul-like question, and no one could answer the question.

Barton shook his head and replied, "No, it's human nature. Now that they are eating less and less, they are not determined to isolate and burn crops infected with leaf blight. This will only make the area affected by leaf litter bigger and bigger, and more and more fertile fields will be reduced or even wiped out! This year, the yield will be reduced by one-third, but what about next year? Can you guarantee that the yield will be cut by half? What about the year after that? Will there be only one-third of the harvest left?"

Ice Lady Ariel muttered, "No...... Not to ......"

"Don't say it's not Ariel. That's what human nature is. Now we are caught in a trap, if we don't take action, it will be like a slow knife cutting flesh and bleeding on our world, it hurts very much, but we can't die for a while, and we can still survive. But if we keep cutting the flesh and bleeding, we will be completely finished one day! So we have to take action!"

Carter listened to Patton's words, and he muttered, "So your action is to burn all the fertile fields of the mortal realm?"

"No!" Barton stood up and slapped the table violently, "I'm going to burn all the barley, wheat, potatoes, legumes, and all the root crops of all mortal realms. We've been studying it for so many years and we've found that leaf blight only spreads on this major food crop. We still haven't figured out the origin and formation of the cause. But we know that as long as this type of farmland is removed, leaf blight does not spread on leafy greens and fruit trees. ”

"The kings of the human race are not willing to be ruthless, so let us do it. Someone has to decide. I'm not burning it all at once. Farmland that is 100 per cent safe can still be preserved. Just burn a fire to extinguish the virus. Then we can have a good harvest next year!" Barton looked like he had a very detailed plan to execute.

Carter objected: "You're crazy, do you know how many people will starve next year if you burn all this farmland, and if you can't wait for a good harvest this year?"

Barton, the Lord of Evil Spirits, said, "I know. It's not just the list that's been investigated across the continent, Carl and I are also investigating. He gestured to the elemental messenger beside him.

"In fact, the human kingdom is not completely devoid of grain, in fact, some big nobles, big businessmen and royal families have more food than you think. This year, all the farmland will be burned, and next year, according to their grain stockpiles, fruits, fishing and hunting harvests, and the harvest of the farmland that can be preserved with certainty, only one-fifth of the people in the world will starve to death at most. ”

"In this way, it will only take one to two years at most, and our continent will be able to slowly recover. All the mages have to mobilize to act, this is our self-help plan. Otherwise, we mages won't be able to stay alone!"

Luo Lie shook his head: "You are too optimistic, what if those big nobles and royal families don't open warehouses to release grain?"

Barton said succinctly, "Kill them all." ”

Carter and Ariel looked at each other, both seeing shock in each other's eyes about the plan.

"Well, Barton, I have to admit that you have a point. But one in five starved to death...... If you count the population of each country combined, nearly 60 million people will starve to death!"

"So what? Five million people are already destined to starve to death this year, not counting those who died in the war over food. Barton responded coldly: "Cut the meat with a quick knife, there is a lot of meat cut with a knife, and the wounds are very painful." But by digging up the carrion, we have hope of being reborn. Go back and think about it. I need the support of all of you, and I need to mobilize all the mages to carry out such a plan. ”

Barton left his seat, followed by Carl.

Luo Lie stood up and sighed: "What Barton said is not completely unreasonable, the difference between dying early and dying late is at least better than dying together." ”

Ariel also sighed and went home silently, she needed to calm down and think.

Carter didn't know how he got back to his tower. When his servant Ah Fu walked up to his side and whispered to himself, "Master, there is a special guest arriving today." ”

Carter also waved his hand uninterestedly and responded: "I'm not in the mood to meet guests today, let them go, and come back another day." ”

"Sir, it's different. It's Young Master Qin who is back!"

As soon as Ah Fu's words fell, Carter had already disappeared in front of his eyes. The next moment, in the parlor of Carter's Tower, Carter saw his disciple Von Meier chatting with a man holding a wine glass. And the person who drank with him was his disciple Qin Kuairen, who had disappeared for nine years!

"Xiao Qin!" The corners of Carter's mouth couldn't help but rise, and when he was about to give his beloved disciple a big hug, Qin Kuairen said directly when he saw his teacher Carter: "Teacher, we may be able to solve the problem of food and leaf wilt in the mainland this time!"

PS: Monday, ask for tickets!