In the depths of the Information Plane.
A sea of pure white light surged madly.
Within that network composed of countless information creatures, an unprecedented wave was spreading.
It was not an independent consciousness, but a form of "consensus."
The highest consensus algorithm.
This was the core of the civilization of information creatures, the ultimate decision-making mechanism distilled from their evolution over tens of millions of years.
When faced with a crisis that could not be handled individually, all nodes' calculation power would instantly converge, reaching consensus in the shortest time and then executing it.
At this moment, consensus had been reached.
[Plan: Isolation, Abandonment.]
In the sea of light, the three virus-infected regions suddenly fell silent.
All links—physical, quantum, causal—were severed simultaneously.
Millions of information creatures, stalled by the virus, were mercilessly abandoned there.
They became "necrotic sectors."
