How could they abandon the Will, abandon the Supreme?
It was simple. The Supreme Will achieved absolute control through life fields. Based on this principle, they only needed to modify the life fields inherent to their cells, changing the Supreme Will's highest authority to themselves, or directly replacing the life fields, to remove the Supreme Will.
This was the entirety of the Ascension Plan issued by the Supreme Will for the Collectors to research.
The principle was not complicated, but that did not mean it was easy to achieve or without risk. The risks involved were even greater than those the Collectors had faced when they first conceived of stellar megastructures.
If a stellar megastructure failed, the worst-case scenario would merely be a supernova explosion, rendering dozens of light-years uninhabitable due to its plasma. But if something went wrong while removing the supreme authority, the worst-case scenario could destroy the entire Amoeba.
Just imagine it: if the Collectors gave birth to an individual with the same supreme authority as Huo Gu but one that was exceedingly selfish, it would turn the entire Amoeba upside down. Its nature would be little different from the Great Destruction's current imitation of Huo Gu's supreme commands.
It was precisely because of this that the Collectors' progress in researching the Ascension Plan had been so slow. They feared the worst possible outcome.
After the Great Destruction interrupted their research into the Ascension Plan, Huo Gu never had the Collectors resume it. He had intended to continue only after resolving the Great Destruction, because the risks involved were too great, and an unstable environment would increase the chance of mistakes.
Because of the mechanical nature the Great Destruction had displayed at the time, Huo Gu had never imagined that it could seize upon the weakness of