Netherworld Retrograde

Capítulo 894: Chapter 421: Countermeasures

From the currently known information, the Heartless Fruit is almost unsolvable.

If any creature in the area is parasitized, it will spread across the entire ecological zone in a very short time.

Especially the lower-level Extraordinary Creatures, in the fruit form, the Heartless Fruit will enchant and entice them to consume it. Becoming the first-generation Host.

This will become the largest and initial First Ring of Heartless Fruit’s spread.

Afterwards, it becomes uncontrollable. When even the strongest are parasitized, even if humans give birth to Emperor-level strong beings, they can only watch the destruction of world order.

This has nothing to do with strength; it is entirely the restraint of the Heartless Fruit’s mechanism.

This is Chaos God’s malice towards the Physical World.

Currently, the ideas of Giant City and Champion Team One are to completely seal off Ten Thousand Dragon Lake!

From a physical standpoint, completely cut off the Heartless Fruit’s transmission route.

Their ideas are ruthless but also rational.

If Team One and Fifth Team kill all other Hosts on the second layer, then self-destruct, they can completely destroy the Heartless Fruit.

Regardless of life or death, they will not leave Ten Thousand Dragon Lake…

Previously, during a conversation with Li Yelai, whether Cheese or Liu Yun, both showed a resigned determination to die in their eyes.

Cheese and the others… were all prepared for sacrifice.

This is also the reason for Li Yelai’s urgent arrival at the ark. He doesn’t want these comrades to die…

There should, no, there absolutely must be another way!

“Heartless Fruit… Lord of Pleasure’s evil creation. The dark emotions in the minds of the parasitized will be amplified and distorted.” Yun Yue pondered for a moment and said, “Every parasitized individual will cause countless conflicts and chaos, and as wars arise, begin to spread rapidly. The first point to do is to stop the spread. Completely seal off this Ten Thousand Dragon Lake you mentioned.”

“But that means giving up many people!” Li Yelai said, “With your status do you know the means to eradicate the Heartless Fruit?”

As the Green Flame Chosen One, Yun Yue should possess much knowledge of chaos creations.

The Chaos Faction each oppose one another; they ought to have some understanding of such a massive weapon as the Heartless Fruit.

Of course, speaking of status, Li Yelai is also the Chaos Chosen, and still the Chosen of the Double Gods, theoretically should know more.

But now, he has no way to contact the Blood God and Eternal Life Faction. Unable to access the records within the two factions.

“Eradicate…” Yun Yue said after thinking, “It is very difficult. According to my understanding, the Heartless Fruit possesses intelligence. It will actively confuse or provoke the Host to parasitize to stronger creatures.”

“If the Host has affection for the target, for the parasitization of that target, the Heartless Fruit will make the Host become obsessive and distorted. It’s because of this self-awareness that the Heartless Fruit is extremely terrifying.”

“It even has self-awareness?” Li Yelai felt a sinking heart, that would make it more troublesome.

If it could work with the Jile Sect, the harm would be even greater…

“But precisely because it has intelligence, it has choice, it can be hit… what the Heartless Fruit actually fears is being completely destroyed, or under certain conditions, difficult to parasitize or spread again.”

“For instance, the Host mingling among people, discovered and supervised, hard to spread again. It will abandon the current Host, prematurely sucking the Host’s Life Force, condensing new fruit. To find a new Host, restarting the spread again.”

Upon hearing this, several people nodded silently, understanding its meaning.

If there is only one Host, under supervision, it simply cannot spread or parasitize.

Then the Heartless Fruit can only find another path, re-congealing the fruit, and escaping supervision. Gaining other Hosts…

For instance, enchanting rats or other city animals to parasitize.

Drive that rat’s idea to run onto the road. Crushed by a car, the driver thus becomes parasitized…

“If it can be attacked at the moment of fruit formation, it can completely pull out the Heartless Fruit…”

Yun Yue said, “But this difficulty is very high. And if all parasitic Heartless Fruits cannot be pulled out all at once, it will become vigilant, and there will be no next chance.”

“Moreover, it must be before the Heartless Fruit completely spreads. If there are enough Hosts, it won’t care about the fate of individual Hosts. By then, it will have too many choices. Individual Hosts discovered, it still has other Hosts spreading parasitization…”

“Currently, on your side, how many people have been parasitized?”

Li Yelai was silent for several seconds: “More than two hundred people… Plus more locals and Extraordinary Creatures. Roughly estimated, in thousands, or exceeding ten thousand… and still growing.”

Everyone remained silent, once the Heartless Fruit’s limitations were liberated, this method could be useless.

“Ensure you are not parasitized… leave that place.” Chu He said.

“Would you abandon your companions and escape alone?” Li Yelai countered.

“But now, you already have no other options.” Chu He said, “If you are parasitized too, in the future, you can only survive inside that Ten Thousand Dragon Lake, never to leave.”

“Can a Causality level Divine Calamity… contend against Heartless Fruit?” Li Yelai asked.

“Copper Face…” Jing Lin whispered a reminder.

Here, the Captain might have the chance to learn this news.

But at this moment, Li Yelai had disregarded the Captain’s existence.

“Divine Calamity… Causality level?” Chu He surprised, “You have such a rare item?”

Yun Yue was also greatly surprised; when she left Giant City, Li Yelai hadn’t gone to the Hong Family experiment yet, so didn’t know this news.

“Yes, from a certain angle, indeed. It’s a Causality Divine Calamity with powerful counterattack effects.” Li Yelai didn’t continue speaking.