Chapter 767 - 767: Article 719-2

"Nabux, my lord! Are you saying that the Bloodline is still expanding its pollution outside and even faster than before, right!?" Sol asked incredulously.

"Why is this happening when we have already exiled the Blood King!?" Fen from the Spirit Alliance said, unable to believe it.

Her originally calm expression had now become slightly contorted.

La and the Three Kings, who were about to make a move, also felt something was amiss and paused for the moment.

La frowned deeply, and with fingers moving like playing a piano, tapped out a series of small spatial ripples, connecting with the consciousness of the Eternal Tower host.

As the most important colossal structure of the Eternal Palace, the Eternal Tower itself is also an immensely large supercomputer, capable of assisting La in various research.

Various data and intelligence were being continuously transmitted back from the Eternal Tower, making La's expression grow increasingly grim.

Swish.

She made a stroke with her finger.

Instantly, a gray spherical celestial projection slowly emerged in the air before her.

The celestial projection captured the attention of the surrounding people.

Everyone's gaze focused here.

"Nabux's words are correct...the situation is dire..." La's expression grew solemn.

At this moment, everyone could see it.

On the surface of the celestial projection, originally mostly gray, small red spots were slowly emerging.

The red spots weren't very noticeable at first, but as time passed, they became increasingly brighter.

They seemed like red sores on the planet's skin, emerging, rising, becoming more and more conspicuous.

And their numbers were also increasing.

"What does this represent?" Xuezelas from the Human Alliance asked in a deep voice.

"This represents that the Bloodline contamination cells are no longer mainly spreading as an infectious mutation but are directly destroying and invading all other life forms, turning all external objects into nutrients to reproduce themselves massively, completing the spread this way,"

La replied gravely.

For a time, everyone present was somewhat stunned.

Both Sol and La suddenly felt like they had caused a great disaster, like good intentions leading to a bad outcome.

Everyone fell silent; no one spoke.

But as they remained silent, the Bloodline contamination did not remain silent. The red on the celestial shadow increased, becoming brighter and even beginning to occupy more than half of the area.

On the planet's surface, a small half was essentially equivalent to the area of more than half of the Black Sand Continent.

"The speed of Bloodline contamination is increasing; please respond immediately," Nabux's voice sounded again.

"How do we respond!? We've clearly imprisoned and exiled the Blood King! Why is this still happening!?" Sol grew agitated.

"The current situation is that the Bloodline contamination is out of control," La said in a deep voice. "I've researched methods to combat Bloodline contamination before, but the effects were minimal, only able to temporarily resist for a bit. The most frightening thing about the Bloodline contamination is its ability to constantly change and adapt itself according to its opponents, doing so at a speed that instills fear."

"So what should we do now!?" Sol asked.

"Release the Blood King to return!" La replied. "Now it seems that the Blood King was suppressing the pollution instinct before; otherwise, the Bloodline contamination wouldn't have been so slow. We were all wrong. Instead of exiling him impulsively, we should have negotiated with the Blood King from the beginning!"

"We disagree!" Ophelia spoke up.

The Three Kings had not received any news of the Evil Spirit's area being contaminated, evidently, the Bloodline contamination hadn't caused much harm to the Evil Spirit.

If that's the case, finally exiling the Blood King and letting him out again, wouldn't all the previous efforts and hard work be in vain?

"How do you know, once the Blood King is out, he won't, because of being previously exiled, fan the flames and accelerate the speed of the Bloodline contamination?" Ophelia retorted.

Sol and La fell silent.

There indeed was this possibility.

But.... do they have a choice!?

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In the format space.

Zhang Rongfang stood on the stone steps, constantly communicating with the higher consciousness named Ling.

"In the era I was in, the surrounding Dragon Race was still prosperous and flourishing, the Pterodactyl family ruled the skies, the Tyrannosaurs and Long-necked Dragons ruled the land, while the Whale Dragon dominated the ocean," Ling spoke in a low voice of the past.

"I was born in an ordinary Thunder Dragon village. The dragons in the village were all gentle, everyone getting along in peace, eating grass, drinking milk, and reading books each day, spending leisure days like this," Ling said softly. "Until one day, a white sun appeared in the sky."

"Wait, aren't you human? You're a dragon?" Zhang Rongfang asked, astonished.

"Human? Of course not, that came about many, many years later." Ling replied, "When I was born, I was very light, very small. According to your measurement units, I was only nine meters long, weighing just twelve tons. Very thin, very thin. The deficiency at birth made me realize early on, that only continual learning and complementing postnatally would allow me to survive better in that brutal world."

"...." Zhang Rongfang wanted to interject, but didn't know what to say.

He seemed to have triggered Ling's long-held desire to confide.

From childhood to adulthood, then to middle age, and old age, Ling spent thousands of years continually learning, cultivating, and strengthening his mental will.

And the second white sun, the so-called White Pupil, also began gradually changing the entire environmental conditions of the world.

Food started becoming scarce, the Dragon Race began killing each other. Until finally, the White Pupil approached nearer and nearer, eventually falling and crashing into the earth.