Corruption and collapse were both forms of aberrant pollution. Compared to primordial pollution, they seemed relatively "harmless," and their impact on the world was close to nonexistent.
Perhaps the purpose of these aberrant pollutants was to increase the world's resistance to pollution.
From another perspective, wasn't that precisely what a vaccine did?
Of course, for now, this was merely speculation.
But since it was speculation, they might as well dig a little deeper.
"Right, I remember that after the Falas Empire was destroyed by corruption, the corruption mysteriously vanished, didn't it?" Luo Chuan thought of something else.
Anviya said nothing, waiting for Luo Chuan to finish.
"Based on our guesses at the time, perhaps some coincidence had allowed the corruption to cross the barrier between worlds and reach Tianlan Continent on the other side—the sea monsters' territory."
Luo Chuan lightly tapped his fingers on the tabletop. "Thinking about it now, there were far too many coincidences. You were involved, weren't you?"
"Mm."
Just as Luo Chuan had expected, Anviya nodded in direct admission. "Compared with Kolo, Tianlan Continent is more stable."
"Was it because it had endured the impact of the shock, then reorganized after being damaged, making it better able to resist external forces?" Luo Chuan pondered.
"Uh... that's a rather strange way of putting it, but that's roughly what it means." Anviya scratched her hair.
"How did you do it?" Yao Ziyan was more curious about the specific process.
"I don't know." Anviya shook her head. "I hadn't even been born at the time, and I never really looked into information on that subject."
"Alright." Yao Ziyan sighed.
It seemed that when they met the Speaker later, there would be another question to ask.
"I'm a little curious." Luo Chuan rubbed his chin, thinking of those carefree Deep