60: Chapter 60: The World-Destroying Spray Turns into a Pleasure Potion, and the Collective "Intelligence Degradation" of the Celestial Special Forces.

Three days later.

Silence reigned above the Heavenly River Sword Sect.

The Sect gate, once echoing with the sounds of diligent study and the roars of Abyss monsters, was now completely enveloped by a massive, writhing, translucent film.

This was Li Mo's doing.

Combining the "Biosecurity Manual" with the Sect's Grand Formation, he had worked overnight to create a giant "Bio-Isolation Tent."

Inside the tent, everyone had changed into uniform white coveralls, their faces hidden behind eerie bird-beak masks.

Disciples, Elders, and even the captured Abyss monsters were each handed a bizarrely shaped spray bottle.

The Sword Sect was no longer a Sword Sect; it resembled a heavily fortified biological laboratory.

"They're here."

On the second floor of the Scripture Pavilion, Li Mo stood before a thick pane of protective glass, his gaze fixed on the sky.

Above the firmament, a perfect circular void materialized out of thin air, its edges smooth as a mirror, as if the sky had been precisely sliced open by an invisible scalpel.

There was no thunder, no lightning, not even a ripple of energy fluctuation.

Twelve figures descended vertically from the void, their posture perfectly uniform, even their rate of descent being exactly the same.

They were clad in silver-white, fully enclosed battle armor, so smooth that it reflected no light. Behind them were transparent liquid storage tanks filled with a ghastly white fluid.

No signs of life could be detected on their bodies—no heartbeat, no Soul fluctuation, not even weight.

They were like twelve phantom specters of death descending from a region of absolute vacuum.

The Immortal Realm Purification Special Forces—the [Scavengers].

A cold, synthesized electronic voice, devoid of emotion, emerged from beneath the lead captain's faceplate.

"Target confirmed: Ancient God Corpse T-087, regional malignant colony (Heavenly River Sword Sect)."

"Execution protocol: Deep Physics Purification."

Hiss—!!!

The twelve Scavengers simultaneously raised the spray guns in their hands, their movements precise down to the millisecond.

A ghastly white mist erupted outward.

The mist had no scent, no temperature; wherever it passed, time and space exhibited a strange sense of 'fading'.

A cloud touched by the mist did not dissipate; instead, it instantly transformed from 'existence' to 'non-existence,' as if that cloud had never appeared in history.

A panicked bird flew into the mist; its terrified cry abruptly ceased, erased along with the sound, leaving no trace that it had ever flown through the world.

"That is... 'Zeroing'! The Immortal Realm's Rule Erasure Agent!"

Inside the tent, the newly appointed Director of the Disciplinary Committee, Former Inspector of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion Sima Xing, felt his Divine Soul freezing even through the protective suit. His voice was distorted by extreme terror.

"Anything touched by it will be utterly wiped away on the level of Karma! We will become 'nothing'! Not even qualified to be resurrected!"

Everyone's hearts sank to the bottom.

This kind of attack had surpassed the scope of 'Spells'; it was a direct deletion command aimed at the underlying code of the world.

However, Li Mo's usual steady voice came over the broadcast, carrying a hint of curiosity.

"Don't be nervous, everyone put on your protective masks."

"The essence of 'Rules' is just a rigorous set of chemical equations."

"As long as you understand its principle, slightly adjust the reaction conditions, or add a tiny catalyst..."

"Even highly toxic arsenic can be turned into sweet... strawberry-flavored happy water."

In the laboratory, the forbidden book, black as night—the "Introduction to Ancient God Virology"—floated before Li Mo.

He activated the Eye of True Sight; countless rapidly flashing data streams were reflected in his pupils, completely analyzing the terrifying white fog.

"Analyzing..."

"Core component: High-concentration 'Void Realm' Law fragments."

"Mechanism of action: Forcefully interrupt all Karma links between the target unit and the Origin of the world."

"So, it's pulling the network plug."

A dangerous curve formed on Li Mo's lips. He picked up the spring and autumn brush, its tip wreathed in an indescribable black aura, and wrote a string of distorted code with sweeping strokes in the void.

"Modification Notes:"

"Reverse the 'Interrupt Link' command to 'Forced Overclock Link'."

"Replace 'Void Realm Law' with 'High-purity Acetylcholine and Dopamine mixed spiritual fluid'."

"Add catalyst: Li Mo's malice."

"Prescription... rewritten!"

He pressed down heavily on the final character with the tip of his brush.

Buzz—!!!!

The mass of ghastly white mist carrying absolute death froze abruptly just before touching the "Bio-Isolation Tent"!

Immediately following, it began to churn violently and strangely!

The color changed.

That ghastly white, symbolizing finality and nothingness, rapidly receded, replaced by a sweet, dreamy... Barbie pink, full of bubbles.

The deathly silence of destruction vanished.

In its place was an intensely choking sweet fragrance, mixed with strawberry, vanilla, and cream, as if the entire sky had turned into a giant piece of cotton candy.

"Hiss... Warning! Hiss... Warning!"

The Scavenger captain's electronic eyes flashed red frantically.

"Warning! Broad-spectrum inactivator encountered unknown rule pollution! Agent properties underwent 100% reverse mutation!"

"Analyzing components... Detecting high-concentration sugar spiritual essence... Detecting... Hallucinogenic euphoria factor?"

Before it could process this string of garbled information, the pink, sickly-sweet mist had completely submerged the entire Heavenly River Sword Sect.

The Formation did not resist, because it judged the mist to be "beneficial to physical and mental health."

"Cough cough! What is this smell?"

Elder Gu Canghai took a deep breath; the sweetness shot straight to his head, and he felt every one of his Meridians emitting a pleasant moan.

"Awesome!!!"

"I feel like I've become a hundred years younger! My spiritual power is increasing on its own!"

A Disciple, usually terrified of memorizing texts, was now hugging a rock, shouting happily with a blissful expression: "I get it! I get it! This is the Dao! Sweetness is the Dao!"

The entire Sect, which moments ago was facing an imminent crisis, was now collectively high. Everyone looked as if they were soaking in warm sugar water, wearing idiotic, vacant smiles.

"Phase one, environmental modification complete."

Li Mo looked at the chaotic scene of the Sect on the monitoring screen, his smile deepening.

"Now, it's time to serve the main course to our esteemed guests in the sky."

He slowly took out a glass bottle labeled with a skull icon.

Inside the bottle was the essence he had extracted by consuming an entire copy of the "Compendium of Bewildering Human Behaviors" and three copies of the "Complete Joke Collection."

["Vulgarization" Mind Virus (Airborne Type)].

"Go, my children."

Li Mo pulled out the stopper and gently blew a breath towards the ventilation System connected to the outside.

...

In the sky.

The twelve Scavengers continued to spray mechanically.

They could not comprehend why the agent had changed color, but unless a command to "Stop" or "Mission Complete" was issued, their programming forbade them from stopping.

"Captain... Hiss hiss... My... logic core... overheating..."

The team member codenamed "Scavenger-03" suddenly exhibited a slight, uncoordinated tremor.

"Report anomaly data," the Captain's voice remained cold.

"I... I want... I want to give this pink cloud... a name."

Captain: "????"

There was no such option in the instruction set!

Before the Captain could forcibly reboot its System, Scavenger-03 had already thrown away the world-ending spray gun and, in an extremely affected posture, gazed forty-five degrees up at the heavens.

"Ah! This cloud! It is so pink, and so round!"

"Just like... the face of my first love, which I've never had!"

The Captain's central processor data stream instantly flooded like a waterfall.

"Severe Warning! Team member Scavenger-03 invaded by unknown conceptual virus! Underlying logic module has collapsed!"

"Control him!"

However, it was too late.

"Move it, move it! The vast horizon is my love!"

Codename "Scavenger-05" suddenly hoisted the spray gun onto his shoulder and began twisting his body in the clouds, performing an extremely uncoordinated square dance, his synthesized electronic voice perfectly keeping the beat.

Scavenger-08 squatted on the ground, extending a metal finger, muttering to a group of non-existent ants: "One, two, three, four; two, two, three, four; change Formation, do it again..."

In just thirty seconds.

This top-tier special force from the Immortal Realm, which made all the myriad worlds tremble, these twelve walking rule-weapons, were completely scrap.

Some were passionately reciting poetry above the clouds, some were dancing wildly while hugging their weapons, and some were seriously contemplating whether they should step with their left foot or their right foot first.

That cold, transcendent aura from a higher civilization was shattered beyond recognition.

On the ground, Former Inspector of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion Sima Xing and the others had already removed their masks, staring dumbfounded at the "large-scale artistic performance" in the sky.

"This... this is the 'Biology Class' the Dean mentioned?" Former Inspector of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion Sima Xing swallowed hard. "This is ten thousand times crueler than grinding them to dust."

"No, this is called 'humanitarian care.'"

On the broadcast, Li Mo's voice was filled with satisfied pleasure.

"They were originally machines without 'self.' Now I have endowed them with colorful 'personalities.'"

"Although... perhaps slightly off-track."

"Alright, notify the Security Department and the Medical Department."

Li Mo snapped his fingers.

"Go up and reel them in. Bring these twelve 'performance artists' back."

"Remember, they are 'patients' now. Be gentle, and do not interrupt their artistic creation."

"Yes, Dean!"

...

Half an hour later, Heavenly River Sword Sect Plaza.

The twelve silver-armored figures, trussed up like rice dumplings with [Spirit Sealing Locks], were still unyieldingly carrying out various bizarre actions.

Li Mo, wearing a white lab coat and holding a data slate, strolled leisurely past them, resembling a chief physician making rounds.

"Hmm, the virus activity is strong. Intelligence level has stabilized at that of a 'Samoyed.' Non-aggressive, perhaps even a bit clingy."

He stopped in front of the captain who was persistently trying to polish the floor with his head.

"I announce that you have been officially admitted to the Heavenly River Sword Sect Ancient God Mental Rehabilitation Center."

"Given your excellent cleaning abilities and unique artistic talent."

"Starting today, you are the first batch of members in our newly established 'Sanitation and Artistic Propaganda Brigade.'"

"You, are the Captain."

"You are responsible for leading your team to clean the entire Southern Wilderness, and incidentally, use your songs and dances to purify the violent energy of the Abyss monsters."

The captain looked up, his electronic eyes flashing with garbled code now filled with a bewildered yet pure light.

"Clean... clean the floor?"

"Yes! I am a Scavenger! I want to sweep the floor! I also want to sing! I want to use love and tidiness to move the world!"

The captain suddenly became so emotional that tears streamed down his face (oil leaked out), emitting an electronic roar: "Thank you, Doctor! I finally... I finally found the new meaning of my existence!"

Looking at this group of "sanitation workers" who were deeply grateful to him, Kong Mengchang and Former Inspector of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion Sima Xing exchanged glances, seeing the same emotion in each other's eyes.

It was a fear of Li Mo, the "Dean," originating from the depths of their Souls.

Killing was merely erasing an existence.

But he could twist an existence.

This was not the difference between Immortals and Demons; this was a higher-dimensional... species crushing.

...

In the Immortal Realm, within the supreme Immortal Palace shrouded in divine light.

That majestic divine silhouette was silently observing everything happening in the Lower Realm through a massive water mirror.

When he saw his proudest trump card unit using brooms and mops to rehearse "Grateful Heart" in the plaza...

The face hidden behind the divine light contorted violently.

Crack.

The armrest of the divine throne beneath Him was crushed into powder.

"...A virus..."

"A virus that directly pollutes 'Rule Creations'..."

The divine silhouette's voice was low, yet it covered the entire Immortal Palace in a layer of frost.

"Conventional 'medicine' can no longer deal with this 'cancer cell' that has mutated to an unbelievable degree."

A flash of tyranny and decisiveness crossed His eyes.

"Since pharmacological treatment is ineffective..."

"Then we will perform surgery directly!"

The divine silhouette slowly opened his palm, and an ancient iron nail, wrapped in black lightning and emitting the aura of the end of an epoch, materialized in His palm.

[Ancient God Soul-Extinguishing Nail].

The supreme deadly weapon used in the previous civilization epoch to nail down the Origin Soul of this "Ancient God Corpse."

"Using this will damage the Foundation of the 'petri dish,' reducing the 'harvest' for the next hundreds of millions of years."

"But... it doesn't matter."

"As long as the 'source of the virus' can be completely killed, any loss is acceptable."

"Transmit My divine decree!"

"Activate the [Heaven's Punishment Gate]!"

"I... will personally descend to the Lower Realm to perform a 'tumor excision surgery' on this world!"

...

In the Lower Realm, the Scripture Pavilion.

Li Mo, who was arranging the duty roster for the "Sanitation Brigade," paused his brush stroke abruptly.

He looked up sharply toward the invisible void.

There was nothing there.

But in his Eye of True Sight, a massive black nail piercing through heaven and earth was suspended above the entire world's firmament.

The aura emanating from the black nail caused his Soul to instinctively feel a sting and a shudder.

"Finally... time to flip the table and enter the fray personally?"

Li Mo put down his brush; there was no fear on his face, but rather a sense of relief as the dust settled.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Ever since I obtained this 'Medical Record Book,' I have been waiting for this moment."

He slowly turned around, looking toward the large, empty bookshelf behind him labeled "Volume Five."

With the appearance of the Soul-Extinguishing Nail, the countless black chains and Seals wrapped around the bookshelf were emitting a groan of being overburdened, slowly cracking.

An aura older, deeper, and more insane than the Soul-Extinguishing Nail was awakening from the depths of the bookshelf.

"Come on."

Li Mo's eyes shone with divine light, and the corner of his mouth curled up.

"Let me show you."

"Who, exactly, is the patient."

"And who, is the attending physician."