Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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After coming out of Wanwu Group, Mi Wan planned to go to Xuanwu Mountain in person, because there were some things she had to discuss with Old Man Wei face to face. But while the car was still on the way, she first received a call from Old Man Wei.
“Master, where are you now? Is it convenient for me to come find you? I have something to say to you.” Mr. Wei’s voice was somewhat serious.
“What’s wrong?” Mi Wan asked curiously.
“I can’t tell you clearly on the phone, so let’s talk in person.” Mr. Wei said.
“I’m near Xuanwu Mountain. I’ll go find you. I’ll be there in fifteen minutes.” Mi Wan saw that Mr. Wei was hesitant, so she didn’t continue to ask. Anyway, she was about to arrive at Xuanwu Mountain.
“Okay, I’ll wait for you to come over.” Wei Lao said.
After hanging up the phone, Mi Wan thought for a moment and roughly guessed that Mr. Wei was looking for her because of the sudden outbreak of the virus.
Turning to look out of the window, Mi Wan found that there were already people wearing masks on the streets on both sides. Compared with five hundred years ago, mankind had made great progress in responding to the virus crisis. They had methods to prevent infection, a team to develop vaccines, and a complete medical system. Unlike in the past, where once a plague occurred, they could only seal off villages, massacre towns, and wait until everyone was dead before burning them down.
Mi Wan didn’t know whether the plagues in the past were also caused by humans polluting the environment, but she had followed her master and her brothers to many villages infected with the plague, and she could not forget the desperate and helpless eyes of those people. All she knew was that if she had a way to cure them, she would have tried.
Mi Wan did not feel that she was a good person, and no one asked her to be a good person. If this virus only infected a few people, she would not say anything. But this time the virus was highly contagious. If left alone, the virus could spread to any corner of the world. What would happen then was that not just the few individuals who were initially infected would be affected, but thousands of people would die. They may be everyone around you or someone you know.
Let me ask you, if thousands of people are about to die and you know how to treat them, can you just let them die just because you say they deserve it? Mi Wan didn’t know what others would do, but she… couldn’t do it after all.
She did not object to people who did wrong things needing to pay a price, but did this price have to be paid with thousands of lives? If nature was really so ruthless, then why did it leave behind demons that could purify the virus?
Mi Wan’s mind was in a mess. She thought a lot but couldn’t think of a solution. While thinking, the car stopped smoothly at the gate of Xuanwu Mountain.
Wei Ji personally waited at the door and welcomed Mi Wan in.
“Master, is your brother okay?” Mi Group was the place where the first source of infection was discovered, and Mr. Wei also knew about Mi Yan’s isolation.
“It’s okay.” Mi Wan shook her head, “What do you want from me?”
“It’s like this.” Mr. Wei seemed to be very anxious. When Mi Wan asked, he didn’t beat around the bush and said directly, “Just now, the Demon Hunter Association President Yi Xun called me and asked me to ask you, the leader, to negotiate with the demon clan.”
“Negotiation?” Mi Wan was startled.
“Yes, the virus that broke out this morning was actually discovered in Nanhai City three days ago. At that time, the medical team in Nanhai City could not confirm whether it was an infectious virus, so it was not announced to the public. In addition, the virus has an incubation period of 8-10 days, so that by the time the diagnosis was confirmed, the infected people had spread from Nanhai City to all over the country and even the world.” Mr. Wei sighed, Nanhai City was a world-renowned tourist destination, “Nanhai City still has people being being sent to the hospital, and the first patients sent to the hospital have already died, with the mortality rate as high as 10%.”
Mi Wan remained silent and continued to listen.
“It would be fine if the source of infection was controlled, but this time the source of infection cannot be controlled at all. Now people are being diagnosed one after another around the world, and the situation is very serious.” Mr. Wei said anxiously.
“The Demon Hunters Association is looking for me. Why do they want me to negotiate with the demon clan?” Mi Wan pretended not to know.
“Looking for pathogens from the demon clan.” Mr. Wei explained, “Thirty years ago, we also experienced a similar virus spread. At that time, the pathogen was found by the demon clan. With the pathogen, experts can develop vaccines much faster.”
“Since the demon clan gave you the pathogen thirty years ago, why do you want me to negotiate this time?” Mi Wan asked.
“Thirty years ago, the demon tribe delayed for three full months before they were willing to help us find the pathogen after a series of negotiations. But three months is too long. If it were delayed for another three months, the consequences would be disastrous. So the Demon Hunter Association wants to negotiate with the demon clan through you, hoping that this time the pathogen can be found as soon as possible and the casualties reduced.” Mr. Wei explained. On this point, he also agreed with the Demon Hunter Association’s approach, and that’s why he agreed to help Yi Xun talk with Mi Wan.
“Through me, why? Because I am the girlfriend of the Demon King?” Mi Wan laughed at herself. She had just been accused of morally kidnapping Fan Chen by the shark demon, and now it just so happened that she was also being morally kidnapped by the Demon Hunter Association.
“Master, I know you don’t like it, but…” Mr. Wei said with difficulty, “This is the life and death of tens of millions of people.”
Mi Wan smiled, the smile was full of bitterness, yes, this was the life and death of tens of millions of people. Ah, wasn’t she just using this excuse to convince herself to ask Fan Chen for help? So in the final analysis, no matter how much she disliked the current Demon Hunters Association, she was actually the same as them at heart.
“Master, you just need to come forward to negotiate. If the demon clan has any requirements, the Demon Hunter Association will try its best to satisfy them.” Mr. Wei said again.
“What are they going to pay in exchange?” Even if Fan Chen had agreed to help, Mi Wan had no intention of letting Fan Chen help in vain. She came to Xuanwu Mountain in person to negotiate terms with the Demon Hunters Association. Now that the Demon Hunters Association had come to the door, she would just take advantage of the situation.
“In exchange for the pathogens, the Demon Hunters Association can release some of the demons imprisoned within the Demon Hunters Association,” said Mr. Wei.
“Was this the case last time?” Mi Wan asked.
“Yes.” Mr. Wei nodded.
“How many demons were released in exchange of pathogens?”
“Three seventh-level demons.” Mr. Wei was also involved in this matter, so he knew it very well.
“So… the entire Demon Hunter Association knows that the pathogen was obtained in exchange for three seventh-level demons.” Mi Wan asked.
“Yes, but this is an exchange of equal value, and no one has any objections.” Wei Lao said.
Mi Wan didn’t hear even a trace of gratitude in Mr. Wei’s tone, it was full of fairness of equal exchange.
“Have you ever thought about it, the demon clan didn’t actually need you to release those three seventh-level demons, because once they break the law again, the Demon Hunter Association can still catch them. And if they don’t do evil, it doesn’t matter whether they are caught or not. It’s all the same.” Mi Wan asked, “And if the demon clan is unwilling to give you the pathogen, the loss to mankind will be even greater.”
Mr. Wei was stunned and was speechless for a while. The Demon Hunter Association decided to release the three seventh-level demons. When it came to demon clan, they really thought that they happily agreed to the conditions. Now, after hearing Mi Wan’s explanation, he suddenly came back to his senses. In fact… the demon clan did not necessarily need to make deals with them.
“So…it was the demon clan who intended to save humanity at the beginning?” Mr. Wei said unwilling to believe it, “Then if that’s true, why didn’t they give us the pathogen from the beginning, but waited until three months later, when there were already so many people…”
“Because they needed to teach a lesson to wake up mankind.” Mi Wan understood Fan Chen’s original decision. He did not want to see mankind suffer a devastating blow. He also knew that a virus would not make mankind extinct. He just wanted to give mankind a lesson to a certain extent, so he did not hand over the pathogens until they realized the importance of environmental protection.
He knew that even if he didn’t reveal the pathogen, humans would still be able to find the pathogen after a while, but the price would be higher. However, Fan Chen still gave the pathogen to the Demon Hunters Association in advance in order to show goodwill to humans. However, the Demon Hunters Association did not understand the true meaning of his actions. In their wishful thinking, they thought they had made a fair deal.
In other words, the president of the Demon Hunters Association at the time knew about it, but he was unwilling to recognize this goodwill. They may even have said what Mr. Wei said just now, if you want to save humanity, why don’t you take out the pathogen earlier, instead of waiting until three months later, when humanity has suffered huge casualties, before you come out to be good people?
Suspicion, because of it two opposing races could never trust each other.
“Then… what do you think we should do to negotiate with the demon clan?” As a human, Mr. Wei understood the truth, but he still can’t bear to watch thousands of people being tortured by the infectious virus for more than three months.
Mi Wan closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She felt extremely depressed for no reason. She could not ask the Demon Hunter Association to trust the demon clan as much as she trusted Fan Chen, nor could she ask the demon clan to protect her like Fan Chen. Just like yourself, protect mankind. She felt that humans were selfish, she felt selfish, she felt that humans were wrong, and she also felt that she was wrong, but there was something she had to do.
Among all the things she had to do, the only thing she could do for Fan Chen was to repay the demon clan as much as possible.
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