Half an hour later, Xu Huo had found some answers that weren't entirely unexpected. First of all, Origin Stones could definitely be destroyed. How difficult that was depended on the type of Origin Stone. Generally speaking, the better its quality and the higher its grade, the harder it was to destroy. But with technology in the game world having advanced to this point, there was no Origin Stone that couldn't be destroyed. The main question was whether it was worth it, since Origin Stones with special properties like "Time Origin" were extremely rare, and far more valuable preserved than used to make an item.
As for the claim that they could be contaminated, no one mentioned anything of the sort. Origin Stones were, in essence, a kind of ore. Their structure was more stable, so it was difficult to contaminate them as one might plants or animals—unless large quantities of special contaminants were used to cover them.
Perhaps the A-class player had meant the latter.
But that method couldn't be considered efficient, either. For one thing, it was impossible to enter the ore vein without anyone noticing. And spreading the toxins would take time. Going to all that trouble without achieving the expected results was just as impractical.
But that didn't mean the A-class player had made it all up. There was no point in traveling all this way just to lie to him. If what he'd said was true, then Xu Huo needed to consider another possibility: perhaps the direct jurisdiction had more than one gate.
If multiple spaces could exist in the Spiritual World, then multiple entrances could exist there too. In that case, both men could be telling the truth.
The entrance to the ore vein was more complicated than he'd expected, but that was actually good