The day Wuzhuo returned to Level-12 Peak, no ceremony was held in the laboratory deep within Gear Time-Space.
Saine disliked such things as well.
To him, whether an experiment succeeded or failed ultimately depended on the data, the state of the rules, and its subsequent reproducible value—not on how grand the spectacle was.
But Wuzhuo clearly did not see it that way.
When that mass of blackish-green Pollution True Body slowly rose from the deeply isolated experimental pool, a thick veil of mist spread across the entire Experimental Zone.
This mist was no longer merely corrosive, contaminating, and distorting as it had been in the past.
Deep within the polluted black clouds, dark golden destruction patterns could clearly be seen winding through them.
Those patterns were like veins of destruction forcibly nailed into Wuzhuo's Origin of Pollution. With every flicker, the space around Wuzhuo's Rule True Body suffered a slight collapse.
The mechanical barriers surrounding the experimental pool lit up in response.
Rows upon rows of Skynet warning data flashed past before finally stopping in front of Saine.
"Origin of Pollution stable."
"Destruction Factor fusion rate has reached the preset range."
"Suppression strength of the Lord of Evil Swamp's residual mark remains within the safety threshold."
"Target Life Level restored to Level-12 Peak."
Icarus's voice sounded, steady and calm.
For this moment, Saine had replaced thirteen stabilization models before and after.
At first, he had used nothing but Mechanical Runes for suppression.
The result was that Wuzhuo's Origin of Pollution corroded the experimental pool in reverse along the Mechanical Runes, nearly contaminating an entire Skynet Subsystem.
Later, Saine added fragments of the Destruction Crystal Tide, using the more tyrannical Power of Destruction to scour the Origin of Pollution.
That time, Wuzhuo's Rule True Body had nearly been blasted apart.
Afterward,