Chapter 360: Chapter 321: The Nolun Wizard and the Purification Protocol (Double-Length)

“It deeply fused its own life form with a certain natural law it understood, embedding this fused ’entity’ into the fundamental law network of these three Plane Communities.”

“Although it thereby lost the potential for further advancement, it also achieved an alternative kind of immortality in an almost ’conceptualized’ form.”

“As long as the ’phenomenon’ related to the law it fused with still exists in these planes, it can continuously regenerate and endure by relying on the law. Furthermore, it can spread its own ’existence’ through a method similar to ’information contamination’ into any creature or even plane that has come into contact with this law or related substances, achieving an expansion of its self-existence.”

The Nolun Wizard pointed to the remnants of the Fungus Lord on the ground, and the ruins of the Giant Spirit Realm and the Mind Realm in the distance: “Based on the intelligence you provided and the traces on site, the law this Fungus Lord fused with is likely a fundamental rule like ’survival of the fittest’ or more broadly, ’natural cycle and evolution’.”

“Therefore, if you bring these trophies, which contain its ’concept of existence’, back to the Wizard Civilization, it would be equivalent to actively introducing this ’conceptual pollution’ into our homeland.”

“Although this level of pollution would quickly be detected and cleansed by the civilization’s High Tier Wizards, as carriers introducing pollution, all of you would be deemed by the civilization’s defense mechanism as ’perpetrators of hostile actions’, and thus… collectively obliterated.”

Upon hearing this, Dixon, Obelus, and Melisande, who was listening through the Link, couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat!

The Wizard Civilization indeed treats its internal members well, but for any behavior that may endanger the overall safety of the civilization, it’s absolutely zero tolerance, with harshness bordering on cruelty in punishment!

If pollution were really brought back unknowingly, their status would instantly change from heroes to mortal enemies, with no chance of redemption!

“No wonder… just now all of our fates fell into the negative abyss…” Dixon muttered, feeling a chill down his spine.

At the same time, he finally solved another doubt he had earlier: “I understand! No wonder when we first arrived at the Giant Spirit Realm, we found the overall fate line of this plane was low, yet couldn’t find a ’protagonist’ gathering Qi… because most of the Qi was already bound by the conceptualized Fungus Lord entity! It, indeed, is the true and only ’child of destiny’ of this Triangular Plane Community!”

Jeming, nestled within the Wizard army, also suddenly saw the light.

He had always felt that the presence of Red Dust Qi in the Giant Spirit Realm and the Mind Realm indicated a normal social structure, seemingly incompatible with the Fungus Lord, which appeared to lean more towards a natural ecological existence.

It was only after listening to the Nolun Wizard’s explanation that he understood.

The civilizations led by Koger and Shira can be understood as relatively independent ’parasitic civilizations’ existing within the vast conceptual life form of the ’Fungus Lord’.

They indeed developed social systems, but never broke away from the fundamental law framework represented by the Fungus Lord.

However, due to the absence of wisdom, the existence of the Fungus Lord to them is merely environmental and does not yet constitute a concept of ’nurturing’ or ’enslavement’.

The Nolun Wizard looked at the devastated plane, with a rare tinge of sentiment in his tone: “Existences like the Fungus Lord are as rare as phoenix feathers even in the Endless Void.”

“Unfortunately, it lacks wisdom, unable to actively control this power, to take the step beyond the laws, leading it down a seemingly vast yet truly enclosed dead end. Conversely, if it weren’t for its ignorance, purely following instincts and fusing with the laws, it might not have achieved such a peculiar state of symbiosis with the plane’s laws.”

Dixon suppressed the turmoil in his heart and inquired, “Lord Nolun, what should we do next? Is it enough to simply discard these trophies completely and purge the remnants from us?”

The Nolun Wizard nodded slightly: “The residual pollution on you is very weak, clearing it will suffice.”

He said this while casually flicking his sleeve towards the entire Wizard army.

Jeming blinked his eyes.

In that moment, he seemed to feel a gentle yet vast force sweeping over his body inside and out like a breeze, his soul and body both experiencing an indescribable sense of ’cleansing’.

But that feeling was extremely faint, as if nothing had happened.

However, the heavy oppression and vague unease that had been lingering in his heart suddenly vanished like morning mist under sunlight, making him feel lightened.

After confirming everyone was free from the hidden danger of conceptual pollution, the Nolun Wizard’s gentle demeanor gradually faded, replaced by the almost cold decision-making of a High Tier Wizard.

He looked at Dixon and issued the final command:

“The ’Fungus Lord’ concept nurtured by this Triangular Plane Community has potential dangers far exceeding initial assessments. Its form of existence and development potential poses a threat to the Wizard Civilization to some extent.”

“Command: Abandon all material and non-material gains obtained from this war. Initiate the ’Purification Protocol’, conducting indiscriminate and thorough physical destruction of the remnants of the Giant Spirit Realm, Mind Realm, and all colonial planes, half-planes recorded, conquered, or potentially contaminated by the law of the Triangular Plane Group!”

“Ensure that the ’survival of the fittest’ concept represented by the ’Fungus Lord’, along with any possible foundations for its regeneration, is completely and permanently erased from these coordinates!”

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