Runemaster in the Last Days novel Chapter 245

Riya looked at Samuel in confusion.

"It’s like this…." Samuel pursed his lips and then said, "We’re concerned about the plant’s growth because the water was contaminated. Even though it would not have much effect aside from the mana contained within, some people are worried that many plants will die due to the sudden exposure to mana."

Die due to the sudden exposure to mana?

Riya: ???

She looked at Samuel in confusion and felt that he hadn’t graduated from that world’s basic knowledge.

"The plants will not die because of such ridiculous reason," Riya said slowly. "If anything, the mana can help the plants to grow."

"No, that’s not what I mean. These plants had never been exposed to mana before but now the mana concentration increased rapidly. We’re not sure how high the adaptability of these plants were and whether they would be able to properly store mana inside…"

These concerns were what these experts were thinking about and Samuel had seen their report.

Because of what Peter asked, Samuel just remembered about this matter again.

"Did you not try to investigate before the earthquake happened?" Riya asked.

From what she knew, the mana had continued to increase during that period of time. There was no way they wouldn’t know about this matter before and not try to investigate.

After all, the mana increase would affect a lot of people all over the world. In that situation, it was only normal for them to investigate it.

"The mana increase slowly, so there’s nothing abnormal from these plants and animals." Samuel shook his head. "Besides, such a low concentration of mana could not give birth to magic beasts."

Well, that was true.

For an animal to become a magic beast, they needed a lot of mana and resources. So unless these magic beasts were lucky and managed to find some resources that contained a lot of mana, it would require years before they could turn into a magic beast.

At that time, humans would be ready.

But the sudden appearance of the earthquake basically shattered all of the plans they made.

It could be said that this earthquake came without warning.

Even if the earthquake hit the entire world, there was no equipment that managed to detect it before it hits. Because of this, countless places suffered a lot of casualties. People were far from prepared to face what was about to come.

Riya knew this as well.

When the mana concentration was increasing during the period of time when she was practicing quietly in her dormitory, Riya had assessed it. Based on her estimation, this mana concentration was still very low and would not affect human’s life too much.

It was only because she used mana gathering formation that she could advance faster in her practice.

Otherwise, it would be nothing more than a pipe dream.

"You’re wondering if the sudden large injection of mana will cause changes to these plants?" Riya asked.

"Yes." Samuel nodded. "Many researchers are worrying about this and so far, the plants they grow couldn’t give them any accurate result."

Riya: "…" It has barely been a month and a bit more since the earthquake happened. Most of these plants would not have grown yet.

Besides…