"Due to encountering the Source Material Storm in the [Old World], the investigation team members lost their memory, suspected to be affected by some ’Black Hole Rule Point,’ and the fog on the way home is unsolvable."
"Being able to return to the fortress might be because of touching the [Gate]."
The [Gate] is a rule point that the Investigation Corps has confirmed to exist, but it has yet to be clearly explored.
This rule point can connect and span two areas.
Those who touch it can achieve long-distance ’traversal,’ although there may be a certain price to pay... Different [Gates] have different characteristics, and what is currently confirmed is that such things only appear in areas rich in Source Material.
In other words, [Gates] can only exist in the North Continent.
As for their specific locations, they are top-secret and are held by the giant power players of the North Continent... It is said that Rust Bone, White Lizard, Silver Fox, and the legion commander hidden behind the scenes each hold different [Gate] resources.
Having a [Gate] gives the possibility of promptly airdropping large-scale combat power.
This is a great weapon in the extraordinary world!
It is an even more terrifying deterrent than a "Titled Transcendent"!
Lin Lin attributed the cause of returning from the maze mission to the [Gate], which can be said to be a stroke of genius in this false dossier; it is the only answer that allows Gu Shen to avoid military scrutiny.
However, after submitting this dossier, the big players in Central City might become even more active.
They will replicate Gu Shen’s path southward and attempt to find the legendary [Gate]... But Lin Lin no longer cares about these matters; his wording throughout the report is very cautious.
No one can guarantee that the [Gate] is there.
The rules of the [Old World] change in a flash, so even if you retrace the original path and cannot find the [Gate], that is very likely to happen.
Members of the quarantine zone at Gu Castle Fortress did not expect to be taken out so quickly.
Several "infected" individuals in the heavily affected area have already shown signs of mental collapse.
Their consciousness is eroded by the toxin, indolent and silent, needing support to walk, barely resembling living beings, practically turned into living corpses... If nothing unusual happens, they will face ’death’ within five days.
The Spirit Sea withers and dies.
However, the poison of the golden spike flowers will preserve their souls... just like those explorers buried in the snowy mountains; Gu Shen can summon their souls anytime to fight for the Pure Land. If the golden spike flower poison fully spreads, the entire Gu Castle will be submerged.
Gu Shen does not want to see such a scene.
These warriors are the hope fighting for humanity’s future.
They should live, and at least not die under the infection of "Spiritual Poison."
After the golden spike flower acknowledged its master, Gu Shen vaguely felt more "ominous" aura clinging to him.
That was when still in the [Old World], with so many important things to handle.
Only upon returning to the fortress did Gu Shen get to feel carefully... This "ominous" feeling is somewhat different from before; it’s not that he hadn’t killed before, annihilating the Late Bell Church in the tundra also brought a sense of ominousness.
This oppressive sensation is faint and appears not to have fully descended or aggregated.
Gu Shen vaguely feels it might be because there is still room to control the "Spiritual Poison"... The rules of this world guide life and death, light and dark, and forces alike, forming a giant balance, and the two ends of the balance must be maintained in equilibrium as much as possible, so those who awaken the "Extraordinary Power" must bear what is called "ominousness."
Abusing power, breaking the balance, and disrupting order... will invite ominousness to descend upon oneself.
The previous Netherworld King left the will of "but kill without harm" to guide the growth of the Big Snake, and due to the absence of correct "guidance," the golden spike flower did such things...
And Gu Shen, as the current master, must bear the consequence.
This should be the reason for this descent of "ominousness."
Fortunately, there is still a chance for remedy.
In fact, Gu Shen does not care how much "ominousness" sticks to him; when accommodating the Netherworld Fire’s spark, he was already prepared for battle!
But he doesn’t want to bear disgrace and the burden of "causal" because of this matter.
These people must be saved!
A long line queued up at Lin Lin’s attic.
A spirit barrier is set up at the entrance, and each "infected" individual are enveloped in the "Dream" before entering, ensuring all memories experienced here will be erased.
Gu Shen was originally curious about who this trustworthy Spiritual Transcendent that Lin Lin mentioned... indeed is.
To do this, one must be deeply trusted by Lin Lin.
This matter is of great significance, and must be kept extremely confidential, and cannot be known by outsiders.
Moreover, there must be no curiosity about the person being treated inside the attic.
But when he truly saw the "opposite" side’s real appearance, he fell silent.
That Labrador big dog, honestly squatting at the door, sticking out its tongue, wagging its tail amicably at Gu Shen.
Without any hooligan fierce dog attitude.
Indeed, who said it wasn’t a "Spiritual Transcendent"?
A perfect "candidate."
The decontamination mission was carried out very quickly, and the Gu Castle Military acted with high efficiency; Gu Shen operated quickly too... This matter was not difficult at all. For others, it was an "incurable disease," but for him, it was a matter of "spiritual contact." If not for needing to use a guise to cover people’s eyes and ears, contacting one by one, Gu Shen could even directly summon "Netherworld Fire," and reclaim the entire Gu Castle’s "Spiritual Poison" into the Pure Land.