157: Three-pronged approach

At Brian's command, three Mage Towers, carrying three Spirit Eye clones with distinct personalities, tore through space and headed towards three primary planes, numbered A-01 to A-03, respectively.

The ripples of the World Sea were officially stirred by these three sharp swords.

Plane A-01, [Scorched Earth Wasteland]

The Mage Tower [Silent Meteor], piloted by spiritual pupil - slaughter, with its dark coating and austere lines, arrived first.

This plane had a harsh environment and scarce resources, primarily dominated by scattered barbarian tribes who worshipped the power of destruction.

The highest combat power was estimated to be a tribal chief at the peak of Level 4.

Tactical style: precise, efficient, ruthless.

The [Silent Meteor] did not even fully reveal its tower body, merely hovering outside the plane's barrier.

Tens of thousands of annihilator robots, like invisible reapers, appeared directly in the core areas of various tribes via short-range teleportation, executing precise decapitations.

At the same time, the heavy firepower of the breakers delivered surgical destructive strikes against several stubbornly resisting strongholds.

The entire process was like a silent storm, swift and deadly.

Before effective resistance could be organized within the plane, the high-level combat forces had been swept clean.

Spiritual pupil - slaughter's cold command echoed through the legion network:

"Clear remnants, mark resource points, complete initial suppression within 72 hours."

Plane A-02, [Sea of a Thousand Sails]

The Mage Tower [Patrol], piloted by spiritual pupil - seeker, adorned with a slightly luxurious and lively aura, appeared in this plane where ocean covered over 90% of its area.

It was ruled by numerous island city-states, with developed commerce, unique marine beast taming techniques, and alchemy craftsmanship.

Tactical style: economic, infiltration, disintegration.

The [Patrol] did not launch an attack immediately.

Spiritual pupil - seeker scanned the trade data and specialty products of various city-states with interest.

"Tsk tsk, the pearl powder and deep-sea magic cores here are of good quality, and there are also those self-navigating shell boats... Worth investing in!"

She mumbled while controlling the sky patrollers to spread out, gathering intelligence and using their electronic warfare capabilities to silently disrupt communications and trade routes between several major city-states.

At the same time, a small number of annihilators disguised themselves as merchants or adventurers, infiltrating key nodes, spreading rumors, inciting conflicts, and helping city-states willing to cooperate suppress their rivals.

Conquest, from the market and economic level, had already begun.

Plane A-03, [Emerald Forest Realm]

The Mage Tower [Benevolent Bud], piloted by Spiritual Pupil - Grace, emitting a gentle glow and with particularly prominent shields, descended upon a vibrant plane dominated by ancient treants and wood elemental creatures.

It was highly exclusive and revered natural balance.

Tactical style: appeasement, purification, resonance.

The [Benevolent Bud] slowly released a peaceful life aura, attempting to resonate with the natural energy of the plane.

Spiritual Pupil - Grace did not actively attack but directed the Sanctuary robots to advance, healing wood elemental creatures injured by the plane's own diseases or conflicts, and releasing powerful purification waves to clear several forest areas slightly contaminated by abyssal aura.

At the same time, the iron oath guardians constructed defensive lines, resisting attacks from a few radical treants, but they did not counterattack, only defended.

While demonstrating power to the dominant will of this plane, she also conveyed goodwill and the possibility of healing, attempting to achieve conquest with minimal destruction.

Three-front warfare, three distinctly different styles, unfolded simultaneously under the ruthless efficiency of spiritual pupil - slaughter, the commercial ingenuity of spiritual pupil - seeker, and the appeasing purification of Spiritual Pupil - Grace.

In the Main Tower's command room, spiritual pupil - heart monitored the progress of the three fronts in real-time and reported to Brian.

"Master, Plane A-01's suppression is proceeding smoothly and is expected to be completed as planned.

Economic infiltration in Plane A-02 is showing initial results, with signs of internal strife emerging in three major city-states.

Initial contact in Plane A-03 shows strong resistance from the local will, but some lower-level wood elementals have begun to accept treatment. Pupil Grace suggests increasing purification and communication efforts."

Brian nodded slightly, satisfied with the current progress.

He did not interfere much with the frontline command, fully trusting the Spirit Eyes' abilities.

Most of Brian's energy was currently immersed in the Main Tower's laboratory with spiritual pupil - dawn, focusing on a deep analysis of the heart of the source, the core of the Verdant Source Sanctuary.

In the center of the laboratory, a highly restored energy model of the heart of the source was slowly rotating.

Countless emerald green data streams, like meridians, traversed within the model.

"Master, preliminary analysis has yielded a breakthrough discovery."

Spiritual pupil - dawn's voice carried the rigor of a researcher, "The core operating mechanism of the heart of the source is not a simple energy aggregation as we previously understood. It exhibits an extremely complex super-aggregated life rune array and energy field synergistic effect."

She manipulated data, highlighting several key structures:

"Look at these energy Veins; their complexity far exceeds any existing known spell model or rune set.

They amplify the active properties of life source essence to the extreme through a resonance principle we do not yet fully understand, thereby achieving a programming-like effect, capable of guiding matter for directional growth, adaptation, and fusion.

The residual Law of Quietude that was cleared was more like a powerful external energy contamination, its frequency inhibiting this resonance."

"And its process of nurturing the pillar of heaven, from an energy observation perspective, is an unimaginably precise material reconstruction of massive amounts of life source essence guided by a specific frequency energy field.

The energy levels and manipulation precision involved in this process are beyond our current technology.

We can only observe the phenomena—huge energy convergence and fundamental changes in material form—but its underlying principles, especially how the final form of this reconstruction is defined, are completely unknown.

Clearly, this involves things we cannot understand, possibly rules, or even... concepts!"

Brian's eyes showed astonishment and solemnity.

Even without understanding the core principles, merely observing this phenomenon was enough to be awe-inspiring.

It was like primitives seeing nuclear fusion; though they didn't understand the principle, they could feel the terrifying power it contained.

"This means," Brian corrected his understanding:

"The heart of the source itself might be a miraculous device that we cannot replicate, naturally formed, or left behind by some higher civilization. The technology it contains far exceeds our current scope of understanding."

"Yes, Master," spiritual pupil - dawn agreed:

"What we can do now is more like reverse-engineering its application interfaces and energy flow patterns.

For example, we can try to mimic certain outward energy frequencies to optimize the effectiveness of our healing spells; or analyze the energy spectrum released during its material reconstruction process to try and synthesize alloys with stronger self-healing capabilities.

But to touch upon the core programming or the essence of reconstruction, I'm afraid..."

She shook her head, implying it was currently impossible.

Brian's gaze once again fell upon the sealed [Special Reward].

Perhaps this gift from the world will could provide some more fundamental, more suitable for his current stage of understanding, introductory guidance to higher-level knowledge.

He once again suppressed the urge to open it immediately.

Now, with the frontline battles intense and research in the rear just beginning to show promise, it was not the best time to distract himself with exploring an unknown reward.

"Adjust the research direction, Pupil Dawn."

Brian decisively ordered:

"Abandon direct cracking of the underlying principles of the heart of the source. Shift to application-oriented research:

First, record and analyze all observable energy fluctuation patterns during its operation to establish a database;

Second, attempt to simulate its outward, relatively simple life energy frequencies to see if they can be applied to optimize the healing procedures of Sanctuary robots, or used to cultivate special magic plants;

Third, focus on studying the secondary energy effects and material changes during its material reconstruction process that we can understand and replicate."

"Understood! Research direction has been adjusted to application-oriented reverse engineering and analysis."

Spiritual pupil - dawn responded quickly, beginning her new work.

Since its essence could not be understood, the research would shift towards application and imitation.

After all, this could also bring tangible technological progress.

On the front lines, the horns of conquest sounded in three different worlds in different ways.

In the rear, research into the phenomena of higher creations also shifted to a more pragmatic direction.

Brian sat steadily at the core, observing the battles while guiding the research.

He took one step at a time.

Perhaps when he truly stood at a higher level, these phenomena observed today would bring surprises in the future!

After all, it might involve rules and concepts.

This would be of great help to his future path.

And that special reward remained a potential crucial aid when he would break through key bottlenecks in the future.