322: Chapter 323: Student, your problem-solving approach is fundamentally flawed.

The Eagle-7 Conference Room was deathly silent.

Everyone seemed to have been hit by a binding spell, staring motionlessly at the main screen.

On the screen, two images formed an extremely absurd yet intense contrast.

On the left was the tragic scene in the Eastern Rift Zone, Sector S-17.

Shadow monsters were rampaging, the federal army was retreating step by step, and the aura of despair and death was almost spilling out of the screen.

On the right was the sky above Tianhai City.

Lin Qi stood before the golden "Star Gate" shouldering an entrenching tool, like a teacher about to start a class, with two "Teaching Assistants" following behind him—one shivering, the other with a face as cold as ice.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, who would believe that these two seemingly unrelated images were actually linked in such an inconceivable way?

General Luo Zhenbang's gaze was locked tightly onto the entrenching tool in Lin Qi's hand.

He, of course, knew that it was no ordinary entrenching tool.

But… using an entrenching tool to resolve a "Law Pollution" unit capable of threatening an entire war zone?

That sounded even more absurd than using a mathematical formula to solve a philosophical problem.

"What… what on earth is he trying to do?"

Finally, someone broke the silence, their voice dry.

"I don't know." Zhao Shouzhen shook his head, but his eyes were flashing with a strange brilliance. "But I think we should… learn well, and watch closely."

He had a strong premonition.

Today, he and all the federal high-ranking officials watching this "live broadcast" would be fortunate enough to witness the beginning of a brand-new era—one that would overturn everyone's perception.

On the screen, Lin Qi seemed very satisfied with the "classroom discipline" on site.

He cleared his throat and continued his "lesson."

"Alright, students, let's look at the problem."

"The problem is: How to deal with an Abyss unit of unknown Rank, unknown attributes, and unknown abilities, but which possesses the characteristics of 'Law Pollution'."

"First, let's analyze the 'incorrect solution' of the federal army."

Lin Qi tapped his finger lightly in the air, and the battlefield image on the left instantly froze.

A zoomed-in shot focused on a "depleted uranium armor-piercing shell" that had just hit the center of the shadow monster's body.

"Please look, this is the standard equipment of the Federal Army, a kinetic energy armor-piercing shell, which uses pure physical impact to cause damage."

"Its advantage is that it is simple and brutal."

"The disadvantage is that it is completely ineffective against today's 'problem'."

In the image, the armor-piercing shell, capable of penetrating ten meters of alloy steel plate, seemed to sink into a quagmire the moment it made contact with the shadow monster's body; its kinetic energy was rapidly absorbed and disintegrated, and finally, it was silently "swallowed" up.

"Why is it ineffective?" Lin Qi began to ask questions like a real teacher.

"Because what you are attacking is merely the 'form' it displays, a 'shadow'."

"And its 'true body' is not here. Or rather, its 'true body' is a 'concept'."

"It's like seeing a person's shadow; if you stomp on it or kick it, can you cause any harm to that person?"

"You cannot."

"You will only tire yourself out."

"By the same token."

Lin Qi switched through a few more shots, including the scorching of energy weapons, the coverage of freezing rays, and even the vibration of infrasonic weapons.

But without exception, all attacks, upon touching the shadow monster, sank like a stone into the sea without stirring up a single ripple.

"Therefore, traditional physical attacks and energy attacks are all a PASS."

"So, the question arises."

"Since its 'true body' is a 'concept', shouldn't we also use a 'concept' to deal with it?"

This question from Lin Qi plunged everyone in the Eagle-7 Conference Room into deep thought.

Use a concept to deal with a concept? This… this was already beyond the scope of military science and had entered the realm of theology.

"Very good, looking at everyone's expressions, I can tell you've all hit on the idea." Lin Qi seemed to be able to see their reactions and nodded with satisfaction.

"Now, the second question."

"What is the 'concept' represented by our 'shadow' student?"

"Is it 'devouring'? Is it 'pollution'? Is it 'chaos'?"

"None of those."

Lin Qi shook his head and revealed the answer.

"What it represents is the 'negation' of 'existence'."

"Its 'Law Pollution', in essence, forcibly implants a new 'world rule' within the range it covers—"

"'Everything is void except for me'."

"That is why your weapons fail, your armor disintegrates, and your soldiers collapse."

"Because within its 'Domain', your 'existence' has been 'negated'."

When Lin Qi said this, a collective gasp echoed throughout the Eagle-7 Conference Room.

Even General Luo Zhenbang felt a chill creep up his back.

So… that was it?

The enemy they were facing was actually so unreasonable, so "idealistic"!

How could they possibly fight this?

"Alright, since we have found the root of the problem, solving it becomes very simple."

Just as everyone was feeling desperate, Lin Qi's relaxed tone rang out again.

"Since it 'negates' our 'existence'."

"Then we just need to use a stronger 'existence' to overwrite its 'negation', wouldn't that work?"

"This is the core knowledge point we are going to talk about today—"

"'Concept Overwrite', or, you could call it… an advanced version of 'breaking Laws with force'—"

"'With my Law, I break all Laws'."

Having said that, Lin Qi finally raised the entrenching tool in his hand.

He didn't make any earth-shattering moves.

Instead, like an ordinary farmer about to till the field, he made a… "shoveling" motion from afar toward the chaotic battlefield within the "Star Gate".

"Please watch closely."

"The teacher will only demonstrate this once."

"This move is called—"

"'Physical Formatting'."