138: Solution, permissions

In Brian's eyes, calmness replaced the last trace of surprise.

The opponent was strong, but not beyond his limits!

Then, he would use even greater power to smash it!

"Spirit Eye! Calculate the structural stability nodes of the giant cocoon."

"All final judgments! Divine Authority Mode! Overload Strike!"

"Target, the life giant cocoon."

"Before it fully forms, it, along with this contaminated area, will be..."

"Completely purified!"

He slowly raised his hand.

Deep within the main Mage Tower, the energy core's output power indicator sharply slammed into the red, extreme zone.

It was time to let the life of this plane witness the pure, destructive torrent from the main world, beyond their comprehension!

The pale giant cocoon pulsed like thunder.

Each contraction greedily devoured the battlefield debris.

Each expansion caused its energy pressure to climb a notch.

On the surface of the cocoon, the eerie green patterns were completely lit, like countless malicious eyes.

It was about to break through a critical point.

"Divine Authority Mode, Overload Strike activated!"

Brian's command was like flipping the switch of destruction.

The five hundred final judgments suspended above the sky simultaneously underwent a change in form.

The starlight silver on their ring-like surfaces instantly faded, turning into a deep, blood-red hue.

The cannon muzzles at the center of the rings were no longer a stable energy glow, but a restless, molten-like crimson flow.

The low hum turned into a sharp shriek, as if billions of vengeful spirits were roaring at once.

This was a mode that exceeded the safety threshold.

At the cost of permanent damage to the core runes, it exchanged for a short period of destructive output beyond limits.

"Target locked, structural weak points calculated."

"Volley!"

Spirit Eye's voice was as cold as a machine.

The next second.

Five hundred dark-red torrents of destruction tore through the sky.

They were no longer straight beams of light, but twisted, roaring, violent energy tendrils, as if alive.

Their targets were not the surface of the giant cocoon, but the twelve critical nodes of its energy circulation, as calculated by Spirit Eye.

Boom!

Boom boom boom!

The dark-red energy precisely poured into the nodes!

The violent pulsation of the giant cocoon abruptly paused!

On the pale surface of the cocoon, countless spiderweb-like dark-red cracks instantly appeared!

Within the cracks, there was no longer the emerald green life source essence, but destructive energy, forcibly infected and boiling by the final judgment's overload energy!

The giant cocoon let out a silent shriek.

The entire plane's life energy network trembled violently.

It frantically mobilized power, attempting to repair the cracks and expel the invading foreign energy.

On the surface of the cocoon, countless flesh tendrils wriggled madly, trying to cover and devour the dark-red cracks.

But it was too late!

The overload energy, like the most deadly virus, spread and destroyed within its internal structure at an exponential rate.

More cracks appeared, and more dark-red light seeped out from within.

The giant cocoon's expansion stopped.

Instead, there was an uncontrolled collapse, from the inside out!

First, a small piece of cocoon skin peeled off, revealing a chaotic, boiling, hellish molten tissue inside.

Then, a chain reaction occurred.

The entire giant cocoon, like a blood-flesh balloon burst by internal pressure, after an extremely violent spasm—

Exploded with a bang!

There was no blinding light.

Only a filthy energy storm, mixed with dark-red destructive energy and emerald green life source essence, carrying countless shattered biological tissues, metal fragments, and boiling viscous liquid, swept in all directions like a bursting flood!

The shockwave flattened the earth again, pulverizing the distant remaining hills.

The storm gradually subsided.

Where the giant cocoon once stood, only a charred pit, deeper and wider than before, remained.

At the bottom of the pit, a small pool of emerald green viscous substance still slightly pulsed, trying to coalesce—that was highly concentrated life source essence, the last struggle of this area's life network.

In the sky.

The dark-red glow of the final judgment silver rings, which had completed their volley, rapidly faded, and their bodies became dim, with even tiny cracks appearing on their surfaces.

The cost of the overload had become apparent.

Spirit Eye, already prepared, dispatched robots to extend several thick metal probes, inscribed with sealing runes, which precisely pierced into the pool of concentrated life source essence attempting to escape.

A powerful suction force pulled it in, forcibly extracting and sealing it into a specially made sample container.

Brian stood in the operations room, overlooking this completely purified, dead silent land.

In the distance, no new enemy forces surged forth.

It was as if the core of this area's life network had been utterly destroyed and silenced by that overloaded strike.

"Master! Target confirmed destroyed! High-purity life source essence sample captured!"

Spirit Eye's voice carried a hint of relaxation.

Eric's communication connected, with a sigh of relief:

"Finally solved... this thing was really troublesome."

Brian nodded slightly.

His gaze, however, turned towards the unknown misty area.

The true secret of this plane might be far deeper than he imagined.

Inside the Mage Tower laboratory.

The sealed, highly concentrated life source essence slowly pulsed in a specially made force field container, like a miniature emerald heart.

The density of information and energy activity contained within it far exceeded any previously captured sample.

Brian and Spirit Eye were fully analyzing, deciphering, and simulating this life source essence.

Time flowed silently and intensely during the experiment.

Several hours later, a breakthrough discovery made an unprecedented gleam erupt in Brian's eyes.

"Found it..."

He murmured, his fingertip tracing across the control panel, bringing up an extremely complex energy 脈絡 model, resembling both a tree of life and a cosmic galaxy.

"Master, this looks like...? Authority?" Spirit Eye asked with uncertainty.

"Yes! This isn't just a simple energy source, nor is it merely an evolutionary blueprint..."

Brian's voice carried a hint of excitement at discovering the truth.

"This is an authority key! A management authority deeply embedded in the underlying life network of this plane!"

He zoomed in on the core area of the model, where a constantly changing but ultimately rule-abiding complex geometric structure appeared.

"The Constructed Vitality Alliance, or rather, the life network of this plane itself, operates on a consensus protocol based on life source essence. And this essence, coming from that dying network core, has encoded within it the highest level of command authority!"

"This means..." Spirit Eye instantly understood its implication, her voice also tinged with excitement.

"This means!" Brian interjected, his tone resolute:

"We don't need to destroy every node, we don't need to be enemies with the entire plane's life. As long as we can decipher and master this authority, we can take over this network from within, make it acknowledge our rule, and even incorporate it into our system!"

This was a fundamental strategic shift.

From barbaric military conquest, it ascended to a higher level of compliant takeover!

"Immediately proceed with deep decryption! Mobilize all computing resources, simulate the authority takeover protocol!" Brian ordered.

"Understood! Full analysis initiated!"

A faint glow flowed across the purple-gold starry chain pattern on Spirit Eye's wrist.

Beginning a deep connection with the main body, calculating with full power!