The discovery of bananas, and the subsequent mass extinction event, sounds completely incidental, as if it were God's gigantic hand whimsically toying with fate—life when it desires life, death when it demands death—shrouded in layers of mystique and fantasy.
But this matter cannot be pondered too deeply. If you think it through, the legendary banana extinction fungus feels terrifying beyond measure, capable of transcending millions of miles of geographic barriers to eradicate banana plantations across the world.
It sounds eerily similar to those apocalypse-themed novels where the author deliberately sets up a biochemical disaster switch—a simultaneous outbreak that ignores physical barriers, turning people into zombies in cities worldwide in a matter of moments.
Don't ask why—if you ask, it's just how the premise works.
History is but a lousy ledger, endlessly rewritten and edited at will.
Wang Yunxiao understood the principle of restraining intervention in local affairs.
