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Baus’s words were like a bolt from the blue, and the live room fell silent for a moment,

Japan’s Deputy Minister of the Sea poisoned with mercury!?

Suddenly, Bi Fang felt this news sounded familiar; a spark ignited in the Palace of Mind within his brain, and he remembered — something similar had happened in his past life!

It was shortly after the disclosure of Dolphin Bay that the Deputy Minister of the Sea had an incident — mercury poisoning.

While the details of the poisoning were unknown, one could imagine it was not an easy ordeal.

Heavy metal poisoning, even with modern technology available for treatment, still posed a significant chance of leaving behind complications, especially with mercury.

Did it happen this morning?

Bi Fang was secretly astonished; he hadn’t been online since his arrival here, and was unaware of such an incident.

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In his previous life, the incident at Dolphin Bay occurred in 2009, when online media was far less developed than now, so only a minority were aware of it.

But today is different; Japan’s Ministry of the Sea’s every move was evidently scrutinized by a plethora of media outlets, who were quick to broadcast and write extensively about such incidents, with an unmistakably mocking tone when paired with the "whale meat" in supermarkets.

Compared with Bi Fang’s calm exterior, the audience was much more direct, flooding the chat with congratulatory messages. Many immediately went online to search, and indeed found it to be true.

When they learned that Japan’s Deputy Minister of the Sea himself suffered from mercury poisoning, a feeling of schadenfreude surged from within them — the wrongdoer had received Nature’s retribution.

Japan is a maritime nation, and now with the ocean’s overfishing, it’s evident that these island nations would be the first to suffer the damage, as can be seen with the case of the saury fish.

Saury fish spawn in the spring, autumn, and winter, have short lifespans, and their population recovery is extremely resilient; they are abundant worldwide, yet such a fish, upon reaching Japan’s waters, can be fished to a point of sharp decline, after which, blame is conveniently shifted onto other countries.

Such shortsightedness is lamentable.

But that’s a story for another time.

With that, the Dolphin Bay incident came to a complete close.

Bi Fang snapped back to reality, thankful to Baus for sharing this news with him, and steered everything back on track.

"It’s not easy to find such good weather in the Central Country, what are we going to do today? I’ve set aside the whole day," Baus said, not without anticipation in his voice.

Like Leonardo, Baus was also staying for only one day but for a different reason.

Leonardo’s stay was brief due to the perilous environment—he feared an accident if he stayed longer, while Baus was simply too busy. After all, taking a day off was quite difficult for a prime minister.

Bi Fang looked up at the sun and nodded, beginning to explain to his viewers.

"The Central Country is situated in the mid to high latitudes, belonging to the typical temperate maritime climate zone.

Compared to other countries at the same latitude, the Central Country also has the North Atlantic, which constantly ’supplies’ additional warmth and moisture; and secondly, due to the influence of the mid-latitude westerlies, rain in the Central Country is always ’out of control.’

"Because of such environmental factors, winter temperatures in the Central Country seldom drop below -3 to 10 degrees Celsius, and moreover, with central heating as a standard feature in homes, winters here are quite comfortable."

"Similarly, the summer isn’t too hot, usually between 15 and 22 degrees Celsius. Days above 30 degrees are so rare you could count them on your fingers."

"To my knowledge, in most European countries, high temperature warnings start at thirty degrees, while in Huaxia, it begins at thirty-five degrees and has to persist for several days before alerts are issued."

For these reasons, even in the September heat, Bi Fang didn’t feel any discomfort; rather, the sea breeze brought a gentle coolness.

It’s a completely different situation compared to taking a few steps in Japan and breaking into a sweat; it’s much more comfortable.

Baus listened silently on the side, nodding constantly, agreeing with Bi Fang’s statement, especially in London.

Overcast days, occasionally accompanied by showers, day after day, seemed endless. Many foreigners who live there for two to three years only realize when they look back that London indeed has no clear skies; dark buildings against grey skies, and thick fog are the true visage of London.

Here, air conditioning is even a rarity.

As for being warm in winter and cool in summer, reflecting on this, Baus laughed and said, "Fang, you haven’t lived in Central Country. Nowadays, in Central Country except for the suburbs, it also gets very hot in summer, especially inside the subway carriages, where the temperature can even exceed 35℃. In London’s oldest subway line, the temperature inside the carriages can even surpass 40℃!"

"If it weren’t for the budget constraints, I would definitely install air conditioning in the subways!"

With several hundred years of industrial development, the heat island effect is significant; now London is cold in the winter and scorching in the summer, a big difference from the past.

Bi Fang just smiled and didn’t say anything, actually, in his view, it wasn’t even considered hot.

Europeans typically handle cold well but not heat; they have quite different definitions of hot. At least Bi Fang didn’t find it hard to bear the thirty-five-degree subway.

When Bi Fang arrived in Central Country that day, he went to London and took the subway, without feeling uncomfortably hot, but the smell was unforgettable.

The people of Central Country have a severe body odor, and on the subway, within the confined carriages, Bi Fang had to endure the "long-marinated" smell of sweat and stinky feet.

Having an acute sense of smell, coupled with cheap "Cologne Perfume," the odor was indeed "unique"!

Discussing this, Bi Fang and Baus seemed to suddenly have a common topic and started to banter, continuing until they stopped at the edge of the black cliff.

This scene somewhat resembled Bi Fang’s experience of seeing land while adrift at sea; looking at Baus beside him, he had a plan in mind.

"We have to climb up now, once we get up, we’ll look for a suitable spot to camp, then make a fire and build a simple safety house, though it might involve a lot of walking."

"I don’t have a problem with that," Baus said confidently, believing himself to still be strong enough.

Seeing this, Bi Fang nodded, took out a length of rope from his backpack, and tied one end to Baus, explaining, "To prevent accidents, it’s best to take safety measures, otherwise, I’m very likely not to make it out of Central Country alive."

[The closest I’ve ever been to death]

[Unmanned drone: I am watching you at all times.]

[Could there be a sniper rifle aimed at Bi Fang (dog’s head)]

"There probably isn’t a sniper rifle at least." Bi Fang didn’t sense any danger, nor did he notice any reflection, "Central Country is actually quite safe."

There were no people nearby, and there were no large predatory animals native to Central Country; even wolves had been extinct since the eighteenth century.

The only remaining threat was perhaps snakes?

Having tied the rope, Bi Fang began to climb the cliff. A dozen meters high, it was not difficult for him, merely requiring finding footholds in advance, a matter of a few minutes.

Once up, Bi Fang pulled on the rope, letting Baus give it a try.

To his surprise, Baus indeed had some outdoor experience and quickly made it up with Bi Fang’s help.

After that, the two set out on foot to look for a suitable place to stay.