Section 191

In an instant.

The Shit-Eating Squad's membership increased by three.

Umm...

The President of the United States scratched his head.

Although he knew these subordinates were supporting him, cheering him on...

But!

Why was there this strange, yet indescribable feeling—

Did you really have to keep bringing up those two words 'eat shit' over and over!?

Couldn't we all just tacitly forget about it!?

"Forget it, forget it... let's keep drinking champagne!"

At the President's command, everyone started singing and dancing again, drinking champagne and laughing heartily while watching Lin Xian's live stream.

And in the corner of the cabin...

The kicked poodle was curled up on the floor, trembling!

This...

So many people in a hurry to eat shit!?

I can't poop fast enough!

...

At the same time.

Lin Xian continued explaining the details about the [Mutated Coral] to everyone in the live stream—

"When I was initially researching the Genetic Potion, I extracted and analyzed the genes of many animals and plants... It went smoothly extracting gene fragments from other species, but only when I tried to extract the genes from a type of sea coral... did an accident occur."

"A single cell contains thousands of DNA helices... So, extracting a small gene fragment shouldn't have any impact on the original organism, they shouldn't even feel it. But... right after I extracted the gene fragment from that sea coral, its mitochondria began rapidly replicating and dividing, causing the entire coral to mutate."

"According to my research... this [Mutated Coral] remains in a very calm state in freshwater, almost like hibernation, completely ordinary. But once it comes into contact with seawater! It will rapidly grow, reproduce, mature, age, and [harden]... A coral's journey of thousands of years is completed within seconds! It's like a human living their entire life in one second."

"I originally didn't know what use this accidentally created byproduct had... so I just left it alone. But everything has its purpose! Who would have thought... today, in response to this Island Keeper Grandpa's request, this [Mutated Coral] has finally found its calling—"

"[Through rapid reproduction, growth, death, and hardening... it can generate massive amounts of coral reefs and coral rock in a very short time! And these substances... are the very foundation upon which an island is built!]"

He didn't stop until his words shocked everyone!

Lin Xian's explanation...

Instantly made the previously illogical situation seem grounded in theory, increasing its credibility by 72.45%!

Gasps of amazement rose one after another in the live stream:

"So that's how it is! Damn... When I heard the word 'mutated,' I thought Lin Xian was going to tell us some fantastical, mythical story... But I never expected! After going around in a big circle! It still came back to [science]! Could it be... everything Lin Xian said is true? He wasn't just telling a white lie to comfort the old man... but! He genuinely, truly intends to fulfill the old man's dream! To expand this small South Sea island several times over!"

"If all this is true, then the other countries in the South Sea would be scared out of their wits! Especially since the island where the old man is... is very close to the Philippines, which produces bananas and maids! It's precisely because of this small island's existence... that our country's territorial sea line can be drawn right to the Philippines' doorstep! If the area of this island expands several times... hahaha, wouldn't the coastline practically circle around the Philippines' face?"

"That wouldn't happen; international conventions have rules about median lines for such situations. But hahaha, if we really had a large enough island area, we could do a lot of things! For example... building an ocean military fortress like Hawaii, or even a military airfield! Hahahaha, I can already imagine how terrified the Philippines would be!"

"Actually, you all might be right! Everything Lin Xian said might be completely true! I'm a graduate student majoring in oceanography myself... The concepts of coral reefs, coral rock, and coral islands are all real, and this phenomenon is very common in the ocean—after large numbers of corals die, their remains harden into coral rock; when enough coral rock accumulates and surfaces, it forms a coral reef... and when enough coral reefs accumulate... doesn't that form a coral island?"

"That's right, coral islands and coral reefs aren't rare in the world, it's just that corals have very long lifespans, so the process of forming reefs and islands takes at least thousands, even tens of thousands of years. But! At least the theory Lin Xian described isn't wrong! If that [Mutated Coral] really is as he says... capable of completing its entire life cycle of birth, growth, death, and hardening within seconds... then maybe there really is a chance to fulfill the old man's wish!"

Thump!

Crack

Crash! Shatter!

—The sounds of countless champagne bottles falling to the floor and shattering...

At this moment, on Air Force One.

Both the President of the United States and his subordinates... were all stunned, mouths agape!

So shocked they couldn't hold onto their wine bottles!

They shattered into pieces all over the floor!

This...

This!

What the hell is going on!?

Weren't we supposed to be hearing some fantastical, mythical story!?

How did it become...

[The originally fantastical plot... suddenly become scientific in just an instant!?]

The matter of coral reefs and coral islands...

Every American knows it very well!

Because the vacation paradise Hawaii is a large coral island!

The entire island is a large landmass formed by the accumulation of coral remains over hundreds of millions of years!

So...

If what Lin Xian says about the Mutated Coral being able to rapidly grow, reproduce, and die is true...

Then increasing the island's area in a short time isn't impossible!

Thinking of this...

In the cabin, so quiet you could hear a pin drop... everyone felt their scalps tingle and a chill run down their spines!

Oh no!

This time!

We can't really be about to [eat shit], can we!?

Countless subordinates regretted it immensely at this moment! They wished they could slap themselves twice!

Ugh!

We were just trying to flatter him earlier... why did we have to rush to eat shit!?

Totally unnecessary!

In an instant!

Everyone's gaze fell upon the poodle in the corner "straining to poop"...

Their faces pale!

Ashen!

The fear of eating shit instantly enveloped the entire cabin!

Dark clouds press upon the city, threatening to crush it! Everyone's nerves were stretched to the limit, teetering on the edge of collapse!

"N-nonsense! Utter nonsense! Preposterous! Nonsense!"

At this moment...

The President of the United States truly experienced firsthand... the feeling Director Chu Yun had at the United Nations hours earlier!

One thought leads to heaven, the next to hell!

One moment at the peak, the next in the abyss!

How unpredictable the world is! Things change far too quickly!

Now, the President of the United States, frantic to the extreme... had already begun babbling incoherently, shouting and yelling, repeating over and over just those two phrases 'nonsense' and 'preposterous' on a single loop.

This concerned them all!

The members of the Shit-Eating Squad in the cabin were all grasshoppers tied to the same string!

They huddled together for warmth, encouraging each other:

"That's right! That's right! It's nonsense! The coral island thing is real! The coral reef thing is real too! But that [Mutated Coral] must be fake! If you have the guts, show us right now!"

"Exactly! Seeing is believing! No pictures, no video, then there's no truth! We won't believe you even if you talk until the sky falls! Unless... unless you demonstrate it live for us!"

"Hahahaha! Lin Xian is just taking advantage of the fact that he can't prove it on the spot! So he's bragging here! If you want us to eat shit... make that island [grow bigger right now] first!"

"Our shit-eating bet! It won't take effect unless we see the island grow bigger with our own eyes! Yes! That's right! It has to be tonight, now, we have to see the island grow bigger with our own eyes... only then does the shit-eating bet take effect!"

Hahahaha!

The group, encouraging each other and huddling for warmth, laughed loudly to bolster their courage!

It won't happen...

It won't happen!

Even if Lin Xian had heaven-defying abilities...

[He couldn't possibly make that island bigger tonight! At the very least... at the very least it would have to be tomorrow, right!?]

However...