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Chapter 46 You mean you won't send troops?
Liu Chengen seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly slapped his thigh, looking at Lin Mo with shining eyes. That look made Lin Mo's skin crawl.
"I have an idea! It's a bit... a bit challenging, but theoretically feasible!"
"Speak," Zhao Gang said succinctly.
Liu Chengen rubbed his hands together excitedly and said:
"We can... put it inside Lin Mo's stomach!"
"puff--"
Lin Mo spat out the mouthful of water he had just taken a sip.
Put it...into your stomach?
Do you think I'm a kangaroo?!
"Nonsense!" Academician Qian Zhenhua also thought the idea was too crazy.
"No, I'm not joking!" Liu Chengen explained urgently.
"What I mean is, through minimally invasive surgery, make an incision inside Lin Mo's abdominal cavity, carefully place the seed inside, and then bandage it!"
"The abdominal cavity has enough space to accommodate an object the size of a football."
"Once he returns, we'll immediately perform the surgery to extract the seed!"
"Throughout the entire process, we mobilized the nation's top surgical team, utilizing the best equipment and medications to minimize the risks!"
The meeting room was completely silent.
Everyone was stunned by Liu Chengen's audacious, almost insane, idea.
Surgery, travel to another world to stuff a soccer ball-sized thing into your stomach, then come back and have surgery to remove it?
This doesn't sound like science; it sounds more like a cult sacrifice.
Just as Zhao Gang was about to refuse with the same reason, Lin Mo spoke up.
"I...did it!"
His voice was like a bombshell, exploding in the conference room.
All eyes were on him, filled with surprise, admiration, and a touch of pity.
Zhao Gang frowned and looked at Lin Mo.
"Lin Mo, you don't need to do this. Your safety is the most important thing!"
"I've thought it through." Lin Mo raised his head and said with a wry smile:
"It's just a ball stuffed in my stomach, isn't it?"
"It's no big deal. Back when I was playing soccer, I even stopped the ball with my stomach once."
He tried to lighten the mood with jokes, but no one laughed.
Zhao Gang stared at him for a long time before nodding heavily.
"Okay! On behalf of the people and the country, thank you!"
"Don't worry! I will personally oversee the process and mobilize the best medical resources in the country to ensure everything goes smoothly!"
"When you return with the seeds, I will personally recommend you for recognition as a national hero!"
Lin Mo grinned.
He didn't care whether he was a hero or not; all he hoped for was that the surgeon who would be performing the operation wouldn't be that madman, Liu Chengen.
He was afraid that as soon as he was anesthetized, that guy would be holding a scalpel, drooling and muttering "my baby".
......
Upon returning to Terra, Lin Mo felt that his walking posture was somewhat off.
Although the "ball" inside his belly hadn't been inserted yet, the psychological effect had already made him subconsciously stick out his belly, like a woman who was three months pregnant.
He went directly to the Elven Royal Court.
Queen Elari and the elders have apparently concluded their emergency meeting.
The two sides sat down again, and the atmosphere was even more somber than before.
"Your Excellency Lin Mo," Queen Ellari spoke first, her expression serious, her emerald eyes filled with determination.
"We've discussed it. We agree to your terms."
Lin Mo was overjoyed.
"However," the Queen changed the subject,
"We also have one condition."
Lin Mo gestured.
"Speaking."
The queen stood up and walked to a huge map of the Terra continent, pointing her slender finger at a city northeast of the Elven capital.
"The City of Green Leaves"
"That was once our richest territory and our most important eastern barrier."
"Two years ago, it was captured by the demons, and countless compatriots died there."
"Now, it has become an outpost for the demons to attack our heartland. Countless mineral resources have been mined and transported away by them, and the World Tree is also suffering from their devastation."
The Queen turned around and looked intently at Lin Mo.
"My condition is that Great Xia must help us reclaim the City of Emerald Leaves!"
This condition was reasonable, and Lin Mo immediately agreed.
"no problem."
"We accept the condition of recapturing the city of Emerald Leaf."
With the initial agreement finally reached, the atmosphere in the royal court finally eased a bit.
Queen Ellari smiled again.
"Excellent! Your Excellency Lin Mo, your decisiveness is admirable." She sat back on the throne.
"So, when will your civilization be able to send troops to provide support?"
Her eyes were full of expectation.
Although Lin Mo described humans as weak last night, including Lin Mo himself, whose physical abilities were not much different from those of an elf child.
If it weren't for the enhancement from the Fruit of Life, she estimated that even a gust of wind could blow Lin Mo away.
In any case, the intervention of a new civilization will inevitably be a new force.
In particular... she remembered the crossbow blueprints Lin Mo had given her, as well as the improved arrows and production process. She felt that things called technology could still surprise her.
However, Lin Mo's answer stunned them all.
"We can start anytime," Lin Mo said confidently.
"But Your Majesty, you may have misunderstood. Our Great Xia does not directly send troops."
"What?"
Queen Ellari's smile froze.
"No troops?" Elder Varelius, with his fiery temper, immediately exploded.
"What kind of aid is it if we don't send troops? Are you playing us for fools?"
The other elders were also very excited.
In their view, having paid a huge price and handed over their most precious World Tree seed, only to have no troops sent, was undoubtedly a fraud!
"Of course not."
Lin Mo directly retorted to Elder Varelius's question and looked at Queen Elari on the throne.
"Your Majesty, please allow me to explain."
"Our Great Xia Dynasty wishes to send troops to help you; please believe in our sincerity!"
Lin Mo spread his hands.
"The problem is, I ended up here by accident, falling into a spatial turbulence."
"My only means of communication with Great Xia is through sleep. Our army truly cannot cross the border. Can you understand?"
"But! That doesn't mean we can't do anything. We can provide a complete war solution that will allow the elves to easily crush the demons!"
He stood up, ready to explain the "three-step" strategy that Zhao Gang and his think tank had devised overnight for the Elven race, from assembly line transformation to new tactical ideas.
But the Queen was already deeply disappointed.
She only heard the beginning before raising her hand to interrupt Lin Mo.
"So, Your Excellency Lin Mo," the Queen's voice turned cold.
"You mean, the so-called aid from Great Xia is just you teaching us how to sharpen bows and arrows, how to read books, and how to play with sand tables?"
"Instead of...sending a real army?"
The air inside the royal court froze instantly, and the temperature plummeted.
The faces of the elven elders turned grim, and Elder Varelius's hand was already on the hilt of his sword, making a slight scraping sound.