Section 196

Eighty soccer fields

One hundred soccer fields!

Two hundred soccer fields!

Five hundred soccer fields!

The small island, which was originally only the size of a mere soccer field...

In just these dozen or so minutes!

It expanded by more than five hundred times,

turning into a "large island" with an area exceeding three square kilometers.

You have to realize...

on the mainland of the Dragon Kingdom, many villages are only two or three square kilometers in size!

And now!

This island, which is larger than a village,

belongs solely to Island Keeper Grandpa.

This is a gift from Lin Xian to him!

It is even more so a [Medal] bestowed upon him by the country.

Reclaiming land from the sea...

moving mountains and leveling the seas.

With his brush of technology, Lin Xian... painted a large island out of thin air in this world.

At this moment!

The whole world is shocked!

Chapter 122: "This, this, this is the [Work of Nature's Craftsmanship]! We don't know what's going on either! We are also very..."

It is truly amazing!

An island that was originally only the size of a soccer field and on the verge of sinking...

Just like that, under the eyes of everyone, under the gaze of the whole world!

One circle!

One circle!

One circle!

Relying solely on the [Mutated Coral] reproducing at the speed of light and the corpses piling up... it formed hard coral rock, expanding the island's area! Expanding! Expanding!

Finally!

It reached its current state... expanding the original area by more than a hundred times, reaching the size of a village.

Watching Island Keeper Grandpa running on the vast, boundless island...

The live stream chat was filled with emotion—

"My God... this is truly amazing! I originally thought that the Mutated Coral invented by Lin Xian... would be impressive enough if it could expand the island's area by five or six times and restore it to its original size! But I never expected... Lin Xian would be so generous with this move! He directly expanded the island's area by several hundred times! Turning this island, which was on the verge of sinking... directly into a huge village! This Island Keeper Grandpa... can call himself the village chief from now on."

"Hahahaha... look at how excited Island Keeper Grandpa is running on the island! You can tell... he is genuinely happy that the island he dreamed of has become so big and vast! All he wished for was to restore the island to its original size... but the surprise is! Lin Xian directly overfulfilled his wish! He reclaimed land from the sea, moved mountains, and leveled the seas! He expanded it by several hundred times! From now on, not only can Grandpa farm comfortably... he should even consider building a resort!"

"Ahem! You naive netizens... can you only see as far as a resort? You should be looking at the Hawaii Islands of the United States! That place... is the largest military base in the US ocean! The kind that can project power globally! Look... hehehe, since this island has become so large... wouldn't it be a waste if we didn't build a military airport or an aircraft carrier harbor?"

"That's right! That really wakes up a dreamer! Isn't the location of this island... exactly at the edge of our country's territorial waters? If we build a military base or a military airport here... wouldn't we be able to project power strategically just like the United States!? Hahahaha... in the end! We all thought Lin Xian would create a proper [Agricultural Product] this time... but who would have thought! In the end, this thing is even more powerful for [Military Use]!"

"By the way... have you thought of a very important thing? These corals reproduce so fast... it's almost exponential growth! It only took a mere dozen minutes for this island to expand to this size! If we just leave it alone and let these corals reproduce without limit... [Wouldn't it take only a few days! For the world's oceans to be filled with this stuff!?] If that happens... monstrous tsunamis will sweep in! It would simply be the end of the world."

The... the end of the world!?

For a moment!

Everyone couldn't help but get nervous!

It's true!

Just now, because we were too shocked by the effects of the Mutated Coral... our IQ temporarily dropped, and we didn't consider the serious consequences brought by the Mutated Coral at all!

This netizen is right...

if we let this coral reproduce wantonly... Grandpa's island will turn into an island, a piece of land, and eventually swallow the entire ocean! And connect with the land plates of the whole world!

By then, all the oceans will be filled with coral...

and the seawater will naturally turn into floods, submerging the whole world.

This is too terrifying.

Humanity is going to go extinct!

For a moment... the entire live stream chat was in a panic, and some people were even so scared that they started babbling and making their final wills!

However...

after seeing these nervous comments, Lin Xian just smiled slightly:

"I have seen everyone's concerns... but the doomsday scenario you all imagined is impossible to occur. These coral cells, like the vast majority of animal cells... have telomeres at the very end of their mitochondria, which limit the maximum number of cell divisions."

"This is the same reason why humans age... This Mutated Coral is, after all, a creature of Earth, and biologically, it must follow Earth's rules. Actually... don't look at how crazy they grow at first; after every division, they will [age] a bit... Even if it's not obvious, their iterative reproduction speed is too fast, so the genetic aging of the species is also very fast."

"Furthermore... the nutrients in this sea area are limited. Once the nutrient supply speed here... cannot keep up with the coral colony's reproduction and expansion speed... they will give up reproduction, take survival as the primary principle... and start killing each other, competing for food... just like the most basic law of nature—[Survival of the fittest.]"

"Therefore! Under the combined effects of cell division limits, genetic aging, and internal strife caused by insufficient nutrients... in less than half an hour, the entire coral colony will perish, lose the ability to replicate and reproduce, and all will die... Look, the expansion speed of the island has slowed down significantly, and I estimate... it will stop soon."

Hearing Lin Xian's explanation.

Everyone suddenly realized!

So that's it... As expected, Lin Xian is meticulous! He considered every aspect!

Actually, if you think about it carefully...

who is Lin Xian! He is a once-in-a-millennium super genius! The Albert Einstein of our time!

Could Lin Xian not think of consequences that ordinary people could predict? He must have anticipated these consequences from the very beginning!

In this world, on Earth...

the cell division number of any organism is controlled by [Mitochondrial Telomeres].

Simply put.

It is [The aging of all things is irreversible and unstoppable... This is the rule written in Earth's genes!]

As long as you are a creature on Earth.

You must follow this rule.

Just like human aging... coral colonies will also age, will kill each other because of fighting for nutrients, and will also perish...

Of course.

The only cell on Earth that is not affected by telomeres, can divide infinitely, and can be "immortal" is one kind—[Cancer cells]!

But obviously...

the Mutated Coral is not such a shocking thing.

Finally.

Everyone saw through Island Keeper Grandpa's video feed that the island's expansion was rapidly slowing down, verifying Lin Xian's words.

Island Keeper Grandpa, who originally thought he could never reach the edge in his life...

also reached the edge of the island as he wished, and saw the sea.

You can see...

the expansion speed of the island is now close to stopping.

The red particles that were originally full in the seawater have also disappeared...

This shows that this wave of Mutated Coral colonies has completely died, and the area of this island has finally stopped at its current size and will not expand anymore.

At this very moment...

at the United Nations venue.

More than 200 representatives from countries around the world...

were all filled with awe!

Discussing among themselves:

"I am completely stunned! This Lin Xian... has simply opened Pandora's box! You have to know... in this era where every inch of territory is fought for... every single inch of land is extremely precious! But the total area of Earth's land will not change... so all over the world, many countries are fighting endlessly over territorial issues... But Lin Xian! At this moment, he is crowned as a god! He has become the creator of this planet! He has mastered the divine power to create land!"

"Directly turning an island that was about to sink... into a super island with an area of several square kilometers. This power to move mountains and level seas is truly too amazing! I am completely stunned! I wish I could kneel down to Lin Xian immediately. From a military strategy perspective... the strategic significance of this island is now too great! Its geographical location is right at the edge of the Dragon Kingdom's territorial waters... If this were built into a military base... it would simply be invincible!"