Golden Core
Due to the Alliance Laboratory of the Twisted Storm, the laws and rules of the entire world have undergone subtle changes, making the world seem ambiguous and rendering much of humanity's previously proud science ineffective.
Those scientists suddenly lost their value; some died, some fled. Later, after the Correctors dealt with the Evolvers and demoted them to Secondary Infected, some scientists were recruited to conduct research on the Twisted Force. However, there were too many mediocre people among them, and the time was too short, so to date, there have been virtually no research results.
However, this time scientists from most of the world have gathered. Although it cannot be ruled out that there are some mediocre ones among them, some research is progressing relatively smoothly, such as the research on Snake People. Now, in a laboratory on the side of the lab, a young man wearing a white coat is staring blankly at the spiritual root soaking in nutrient solution.
"Is this thing really going to be Destruction?" The doctor in the white coat sighed and said, "Our original science has become ineffective under the Twisted Storm, and these so-called Daoists—no, we should say cultivators—will be another discipline that can replace our original science."
"You've already deciphered some information?" A middle-aged man wearing glasses on the other end paused, then his expression changed. He said, "An Lan, you absolutely mustn't tell anyone about this, or else you'll..."
"Will they be Destruction along with them?" An Lan scratched her slightly messy hair and chuckled, "Those Correctors have been corrupted too deeply by the power of distortion. Their personalities and beliefs have been completely twisted. They no longer possess the conditions for cultivation. And this third step of cultivation is the key for cultivators to overthrow them."
"From this spiritual root, or rather, this semi- Golden Core, we can see that Lu Li, who developed this science of cultivation, had already evolved into Golden Core before, but for some reason, he regressed it." An Lan continued to scratch his head, pondering, "What exactly was he thinking?"
"With his intelligence, he couldn't have been unaware of the current situation. He instigated the war between Correctors and cultivators prematurely—was it all for the sake of the Zombie?"
"Perhaps he failed and died when he tried to break through to the Golden Core, as you mentioned?" A voice interrupted, startling the middle-aged man.
"Lord Lin Luocheng!" An Lan didn't turn around, continuing to look at the Appendix Spirit Root soaking in the nutrient solution, and said calmly, "That's almost impossible. You underestimate Lu Li, and you underestimate the Golden Core too much."
"How could I underestimate him? He created the Zombie race and also created the Daoist priests, a formidable competitor. Even if you've never seen Lu Li in person, you'd know he's a terrifying person," Lin Luocheng said, puzzled.
"Gold is immortal, perfectly round and self-sufficient; this is the Golden Core. Once you swallow a Golden Core, your fate is in your own hands, not in the heavens." An Lan said with a sigh, "Once you achieve the Golden Core, you construct a perfectly round and self-sufficient system within your own body. This allows you to overcome the influence of the Twisted Root and become independent. When there are many Golden Core cultivators, the entire Twisted Root will be broken down. Perhaps in future generations, the power of distortion will become a scarce resource."
"It's hard to say about the other adults, but Lord Lin does have a chance to cultivate the Golden Core. Would Lord Lin like to give it a try?" An Lan finally turned around and asked Lin Luocheng, "The other adults have been completely distorted in personality, will, and essence by now. Only Lord Lin has retained a bit of his original nature even now. With this bit of nature, this bit of nature is enough to be called Golden Nature. Although it's a bit small, it might be able to reverse the distortion and achieve the Golden Core."
"And then make enemies of all the Correctors?" Lin Luocheng squinted and smiled. "I'm not that stupid. Are you implying I'm letting you go?"
"I just thought about it, and I'm afraid you won't even have the chance to be enemies with all the Correctors anymore!" An Lan shook her head and then said, "Ever since I started participating in this research, no matter what I say, I haven't had a chance to live, have I?"
"Very clever people. Everything about the development of Daoism must be strictly sealed off. The moment you started researching that spiritual root, you were destined to be executed." Lin Luocheng said, squinting his eyes. "But what did you mean by your previous sentence? Have you guessed what Lu Li is planning?"
"Boom!"
An explosion rang out, interrupting An Lan's words. After hearing the explosion, An Lan shook her head and said, "They're here already. It's too late. Lord Lin, there's no need to rush to kill me. Why not wait? You might need me in the future."
Lin Luocheng squinted at An Lan, then waved his hand, killing the middle-aged man next to An Lan. The twisting power surged out, breaking the nutrient solution tank, but he found that all the twisting power he emitted was automatically absorbed by his spiritual root.
"This is an unclaimed spiritual root. It has already completed its self-sufficient structure, and it's only lacking the metal element." An Lan picked up the spiritual root with gloves on and said, "I have already activated it. As long as Lord Lin transplants it, he can absorb all the twisted power in his body, and then, relying on his own metal element, he can achieve the Golden Core."
"You mean the Daoist priest will win?" Lin Luocheng asked, hearing the sounds of battle outside.
"It's highly unlikely. Even if those Daoists summoned Zombie, they'd still have a hard time defeating the Correctors, since most of Correctors are gathered here." An Lan shook his head and said, "I'm saying the Snake People will win!"
Lin Luocheng's eyes narrowed as he saw An Lan hand the spiritual root to him, smiling as she said, "As for whether it's true or not, why don't you just observe and see for yourself, sir?"
Seeing Lin Luocheng's interested expression, An Lan finally breathed a sigh of relief. As a smart man, when he was summoned to study this spiritual root, he understood that once those Daoists were attracted, someone would come to Destruction the spiritual root and kill them to silence them.
An Lan went to great lengths to save his life. His previous method of survival was to activate his spiritual root, making it difficult to Destruction, and then use his ability to help Destruction the spiritual root to buy time like drinking poison to quench thirst. However, when he activated his spiritual root, he gained a lot of knowledge about cultivation. After discovering that the person who came was Lin Luocheng, he thought of a better way: to turn Lin Luocheng against him.
As for Lin Luocheng having any metal element, that's all nonsense. Even if Lin Luocheng did have it, it would be extremely rare. If it were any other corrected version, he would still try to fool people. Fortunately, Lin Luocheng is extremely arrogant.
"But what exactly does Lu Li want? He actually wants the Snake People to win." After An Lan survived, her active mind couldn't help but ponder the problem she had discovered.
Outside, a fierce battle is also raging between Daoist priests, Zombie, and Correctors.