Chapter 207: The Poison-Fighting Poison Method

"Nominate a vice president? So, it's about selecting another vice president from the official ranks as mentioned earlier?"

"It seems there are other cities involved, so with so many people competing for one spot, it's going to be tough."

Zhou Bapi puffed out his breath, "I really don't know what to do now. As long as you can fix this, you'll definitely be considered, and you'll also be responsible for these Tianma from now on, as if they were your own cultivation."

"Why? Why should I? I've worked so hard for half a year cultivating these plants," Xiao xiao urgently responded.

Zhou Bapi shrugged, "Then you'll just have to watch these Tianma die. Or you can go find President Tie to resolve it. Anyway, it's clear now that these are red threadworm eggs, directly related to your heavy rain irrigation. You'll be held fully responsible."

Xiao xiao stared at Zhou Bapi in disbelief for a long time before stubbornly saying, "Then just fix it. There's no other way, only you can. Let's see how you manage to save all these Tianma."

Xiao xiao was genuinely conflicted inside. She hoped someone like her wouldn't have a solution, but she also wished there was a way to avoid being held accountable. However, she wasn't willing to let the Tianma go to waste.

Jing Shu's lips curled slightly upwards, "Only those who are incompetent would lecture newcomers like old-timers. Let me show you how it's done."

In fact, her method was very simple, derived from continuous experiments by the people of Huaxia. Moreover, this method wasn't developed by the prestigious Xu Family researchers but by an ordinary person.

At the time the red threadworm egg incident was brewing, a few days ago, Huaxia began mass cultivation. Recently, despite meticulous care—8 hours of simulated lighting, 24-hour temperature control, ample water sources, etc.—the plants were covered in white larval eggs, which looked terrifying. Most importantly, pesticides were completely ineffective.

The entire nation plunged into a frenzy, searching desperately for ways to eliminate the insect eggs. During this period, countless methods were tried, including water filtration.

Jing Shu didn't want to publicize this method because that ordinary person would receive his deserved reward within a few days by using it. So she used it in advance but ensured not to take away others' benefits.

Therefore, Jing Shu was cautious this time and did not disclose the method to the public. Additionally, the method wasn't universally applicable, so it wasn't popularized or promoted—it could only be used in emergencies.

An ancient Huaxia saying goes, "Where there is extreme poison, there must be an antidote." Red threadworm eggs must have their nemesis, and using poison to fight poison is the best method to eliminate them.

When interviewed about how he came up with such a method, he said, "I thought, clearly, only half of the red threadworms are in the heavy rain. Why does the irrigation water hatch so many red threadworm eggs?"

"Experts tried various methods, but nothing seemed to work. I believe the red threadworm eggs must be eaten by the red threadworms themselves."

After detailed observation and numerous experiments, that person discovered that adult red threadworms do not eat the eggs. However, the large, elongated elderly red threadworms in the rainwater, which had lost their mating capabilities, rely on eating the eggs to survive.

Especially after being soaked in saltwater, these red threadworms would frantically consume the eggs.

So, he spent half a day searching through tens of thousands of worms to find a few thousand adult old worms. After soaking them in saltwater, he released them into the vegetable fields, and they completely ate all the insect eggs in large areas of the vegetable fields.

During the process, you must avoid picking any adult red threadworms; otherwise, everything would be in vain.

Therefore, this method can be used in emergencies but cannot be used daily. If used every time water is irrigated, it would result in the continuous hatching of dense insect eggs, requiring daily removal of old worms, soaking them in saltwater, and then spreading them in the vegetable fields.

Most importantly, vegetables cannot withstand such torment.

This method is too time-consuming and labor-intensive to be widely adopted.

Thus, the government aimed to address the root cause of irrigation water containing insect eggs.

"Help me find two large barrels, one with a net, and one to hold pure saltwater."

Soon, a barrel of filtered saltwater was brought over. Then, Jing Shu took another barrel with a net, put on a raincoat, and went out, saying, "Wait for me a moment."

This method might be time-consuming and labor-intensive for others, but with Jing Shu's magic cube space, she could place all the red threadworms from the heavy rain into the space and identify them mentally. Any red threadworm over ten centimeters and isolated without mating was considered an old red threadworm.

What would take others at least seven or eight hours to sort out, Jing Shu did it in just ten minutes, filtering out most of the red threadworms.

Inside, the people were incredibly curious. Unable to wait, they came out to see what Jing Shu was doing. They saw Jing Shu scooping red threadworms under the eaves with a net, occasionally shaking them as if selecting something.

Onlookers thought Jing Shu was just scooping red threadworms.

"Damn, why are you spending so much time just scooping red threadworms? Is it necessary?" Xiao xiao felt unfair inside.

"Alright, let's go," Jing Shu said, holding the bucket with seemingly inactive red threadworms, slightly smiling as if she had set a trap.

Upon reaching the third floor, Jing Shu scattered the old worms into the saltwater, and they immediately curled up.

Everyone watched with wide eyes, curiously asking, "What are you doing? We already know how saltwater affects red threadworms."

"Didn't President Zhou soak them in saltwater earlier?"

Next, Jing Shu took half a bucket of curled red threadworms and sprinkled them onto the Tianma, scattering about ten or so in one area. Soon, all five racks were covered with curled red threadworms.

The moment of witnessing a miracle had arrived!

These seemingly dead red threadworms began to frantically devour the insect eggs as if they smelled a delicious treat. The red threadworm eggs on the Tianma disappeared at a visible speed. At this rate, all the eggs would be gone in less than half an hour.

These aging red threadworms were doomed to die soon. After eating all the eggs, their lives would come to an end, and they couldn't survive even if placed back in water.

Surprised whispers spread around.

"Can't believe it's so simple!"

Zhou Bapi was ecstatic, "You're still amazing. I wasn't wrong about you, how did you come up with this method!"

Jing Shu continued to sprinkle saltwater on the Tianma, accelerating the red threadworms' consumption of the eggs. She said, "This method was discovered by a friend after many experiments. It's not as simple as you see; there are other steps involved. Don't attempt it recklessly. He will publish the detailed method in the next couple of days."

"That's right, whoever invented it has the right to speak. Saving the Tianma is a great achievement."

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––– Side Note –––

I've been typing on my phone while traveling, so apologies for the slow speed and any typos!

Additionally: Updated on the 22nd, continuous updates from March 1st.