Translator: AnubisTL
According to intelligence gathered by infiltrated spies and frontline reconnaissance units, the Propagation Realm was an exceptionally peculiar place.
It seemed to have never developed what we would consider "civilization." Instead, it was a primal world dominated by the law of the jungle, teeming with diverse species.
Yet, every "wild animal" there possessed absurdly high combat prowess.
Even more bizarre, both the Giant Spirit Realm and the Mental Realm had records of wars against the Propagation Realm.
When invaded, these creatures, normally predators and prey to one another, would immediately cast aside their natural instincts, unite into armies, and fight in coordinated formations.
What most alarmed the wizards was that regardless of the invaders' technology or power, after a single battle in the Propagation Realm, the creatures would seem to undergo collective evolution during subsequent invasions, autonomously developing targeted organs, abilities, or resistances!
After extensive analysis, many senior wizards proposed a startling hypothesis: the entire propagation realm might be a single, unified entity.
Not a living plane like the precious living planes, but rather a plane where all life itself is fundamentally one.
The so-called "fungal lord" wasn't an independent individual, but the very body of the Lord of the World.
Or, put another way, all living beings in the propagation realm were merely parts of the fungal lord!
This fungal lord was likely an ultimate biological collective, constantly devouring, fusing, and evolving its own components.
In essence, it was a biological catastrophe sweeping across the entire plane.
Jieming's interest in the propagation realm was exceptionally strong.
This characteristic inevitably reminded him of the "insect race" or "gene devourers" from certain fantasy works in his previous life.
If he could unravel its internal mechanisms of evolution and unified coordination, he might be able to significantly optimize his "nest," freeing it from its current awkward positioning and limited potential.
However, ideals are grand, but reality is harsh.
Jieming sighed helplessly as he gazed at the creatures in the prisoner cages. Though powerful, his research had revealed no fundamental difference between them and ordinary transcendent demonic beasts.
"Where is the problem?" he pondered.
"Is it that the number of captured samples is too small to trigger their collective evolution mechanism? Or... does this miraculous ability to evolve and coordinate require the propagation realm's unique environment? Or perhaps... it only works within the direct mental network coverage of the 'fungal lord' itself?"
Whatever the case, it meant his current research conditions were inadequate, and his study of the propagation realm's evolutionary mechanisms had temporarily stalled.
After processing the accumulated laboratory data and refining his future research plans, Jieming began considering his next steps.
According to the strategic blueprint initially devised by the Wizard Command, the core objective of the third phase was to swiftly crush the remaining organized resistance in the giant spirit realm and ultimately suppress and capture its Lord of the World—Kog.
The key to this step was speed!
They had to forcibly seize control of the giant spirit realm's plane origin before the other two Lords of the World in the Triangular Plane Cluster—Hilla of the mental realm and the fungal lord of the propagation realm—fully realized the giant spirit realm's impending doom or could react in unison.
This hinged on a peculiar property of the plane cluster.
Because the three planes were tightly interconnected, forming a unique triangular structure, their plane origins exerted profound mutual influence and checks and balances.
In simple terms, if one Lord of the World attempted to activate their plane origin and unleash an ultimate, mutually destructive measure like a "plane self-detonation," the process wouldn't be instantaneous. As long as at least one of the other two Lords of the World disagreed or interfered, the self-detonation would be delayed and obstructed.
This created a crucial operational window for the wizard civilization.
Once they swiftly secured the giant spirit realm and gained control of its origin, the wizards could use it as a fulcrum to calmly and methodically gather their forces and suppress the remaining two worlds.
After all, the primary purpose of an annihilation war was to eliminate potential threats, not simply to destroy.
The knowledge, technology, and unique resources accumulated by the Triangular Plane Cluster over countless millennia were also highly coveted spoils of war by the wizard civilization.
The complete annihilation of an entire plane would forever remain the last resort.
"Now, the void blockade around the perimeter must be nearly complete. Most of the giant spirit realm's scattered forces and colonial legions have been lured back, and the coordinates of the conquered planes are likely almost fully gathered..." Jieming calculated inwardly.
"Therefore, the day the command center decides to launch the final decisive battle of the third phase must be near."
He secretly planned: "Once the main battles of the third phase are over and the high-end combat power is deployed against the other two Lords of the World, I might be able to request participation in the final cleanup missions of the colonial planes controlled by the giant spirit realm and the mental realm."
"This would allow me to earn military merits while also seizing the opportunity to collect unique biological specimens and resources from those planes, enriching my database and material reserves..."
As his thoughts wandered through future plans, the magic net terminal beside the experimental platform suddenly emitted a sharp and urgent alarm!
A blood-red, highest-priority warning flashed across the screen!
Emergency Mobilization Order! All combat units, assemble immediately at designated coordinates!
Jieming's pupils constricted, and he nearly leaped out of his chair!
Without hesitation, he grabbed the terminal and dashed out of the laboratory like an arrow loosed from a bow.
Outside the door, the corridor erupted in chaos.
Many logistics wizards who had been conducting research also rushed out in astonishment, their eyes meeting in mutual bewilderment.
No one asked questions. All followed the routes indicated on the terminal, sprinting toward the nearest assembly point outside the camp.
Through the camp's emergency-activated short-distance teleportation formation, Jieming felt a dizzying flash, and suddenly found himself at a grim frontline outpost.
As he steadied himself and looked toward the horizon, he was deeply shaken by the sight before him.
Above the distant horizon, the sky and earth seemed to be completely covered by an endless expanse of dark, ominous clouds!
But these were not natural clouds. Instead, they were a vast army composed of countless Giant Spirit Realm battleships, war behemoths, and servant troops of all shapes and sizes!
Dense and packed, they surged forward like a torrent of metal and flesh, slowly unfolding their formation on an unprecedented scale.
The oppressive aura of slaughter, even from such a distance, made one's breath catch.
"What's going on?!" Jieming blurted out instinctively, turning to an administrative wizard beside him who was rapidly distributing combat orders.
The wizard glanced up at Jieming and replied in a rapid-fire voice:
"We don't know the exact reason, but the command center just received a highest-level alert. Kog has gone completely insane—whatever it is, the decisive battle... has begun early!"
(End of the Chapter)
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