Final Lord

Chapter 209 Purification Successful

As the morning mist, carrying the stench of humus, swept over the spiritual spring, Wang Bufu's military boots crushed the frozen swamp soil. He stared at the churning, decaying organs on the surface of the spring, the dark purple blood vessels still twitching erratically—after two weeks of purification, the fleshy membrane of the corrupted spiritual spring had finally faded to a translucent state, revealing faintly visible emerald-colored energy veins within.

"My lord, the effects of the Holy Sacrifice have diminished once again." Ice crystals condensed at the tip of the blind cat's bone staff, freezing the mud attempting to cling to Wang Bufu's trousers into fragments. "Another 50,000 gold coins were invested this morning, and the conversion rate is less than 1% of the first day."

"Hmm." Wang Bufu nodded as expected. He had anticipated this outcome and therefore had other plans.

Moments later, the caveman Shanpao emerged from the swamp, his grayish-brown skin covered with leaves from highly poisonous vines.

He excitedly reported, "My lord, the experiment was a great success. Twelve new clumps of corrupting poison vines have been discovered in the southwest region. The roots of these corrupted creatures have completely connected with the spirit spring and grown together."

"Take me to see this." Wang Bufu set off immediately and, led by Shanpao, found the Corrosive Poison Ivy.

This creature, which is half insect and half plant, exhibits a bizarre symbiotic state under sunlight. Its main stem is covered with crustacean arthropods, while the flower buds at the top have mantis-like sickle-shaped mouthparts.

At this moment, it was unconsciously gnawing on the decaying flesh membrane at the edge of the spiritual spring, and the dark purple juice seeped into the ground along the serrated veins of the leaf.

As expected... it has already become a demon.

Wang Bufu nodded and said, "Notify the Knicks to begin; activate the Level 2 purification plan."

Compared to the first method, the second method seems somewhat inhumane and contrary to the natural order.

It is known that the Fountain of Life was contaminated by corrupting energy injected by cultists. In order to resolve the contamination, in addition to strengthening the Fountain of Life to allow it to fight back on its own, the corrupting energy can also be extracted.

To extract the corrupting energy, some rather sinister methods are required.

Thanks to the efforts of the Knicks, a total of 10,000 highly poisonous vines were planted in the Bone Mound.

The cavemen moved one hundred of the plants around the corrupted spirit spring, and immediately the entire swamp resounded with dense gnawing sounds.

These lower organisms, driven by their feeding instincts, tore at the decaying tissue growing on the surface of the spiritual spring with their sickle-shaped mouthparts. The roots of each vine burrowed deep into the decaying flesh, like countless living water pumps.

“They are drawing pollution from the spiritual spring,” Wang Bufu said softly. “The orderly energy that corrupted the source of the spiritual spring, as well as the chaotic energy injected by cultists when the spring was corrupted, are being extracted and causing horrific reactions in these living containers.”

Over time, they will absorb less and less orderly energy and more and more chaotic energy.

Half an hour later, the first vine that had completed energy absorption suddenly emitted a sharp insect chirp.

Its main stem swells to the thickness of a python, fluorescent pustules burst open one after another between the segments, and the originally emerald green veins have turned into a murky black like tar.

The monster transformation is complete!
Corrupted Poison Ivy (Common Tier 2)

After being corrupted, the poisonous vines, which originally had no rank, now possess the strength of a rank 2.

"All! Aim and fire!" Shanpao immediately gave the order.

The caveman's venomous bullet swiftly pierced the core of the corrupting poison vine, and in the instant of its death, the twisted life form tilted its head back and spewed out a column of dark purple smoke thirty meters high.

"Tow it away and set it on fire!"

The caveman immediately grabbed a hastily made long pole and rushed over, dragging the corpse of the corrupting poison vine to an open space and setting it ablaze.

Subsequently, one hundred poison vines were corrupted one after another, and then killed in the same way.

Two days later, three hundred cavemen were mechanically repeating the "feed-monitor-kill" process, and the ashes in the incineration pit had piled up into a small mountain.

"The 5,471st tree." The mountain gun carved the counting symbol on the rock slab; two days of continuous firing had left it somewhat exhausted.

Fortunately, the results were encouraging.

Through the combined effects of sacred sacrifice and corrupting extraction, the flesh and blood tissue gushing from the corrupted spring has become increasingly scarce, and the main body of the spring is becoming closer and closer to emerald green.

On the seventh day at noon, when Wang Bufu returned to inspect the corrupted spirit spring, he discovered that a demonic vine, recently killed and about to be burned, was eerily igniting. Fine strands of emerald-colored energy, as thin as hair, emanated from the dark purple flames, drifting towards the spirit spring itself like fireflies returning to their nests. Upon closer inspection, he saw that the rotting organs in the center of the spring were crystallizing at a visible speed, and a long-lost stream of clear water pierced through the thin membrane of flesh, refracting a rainbow-like halo in the putrid swamp.

"Almost done!" Wang Bufu clenched his fist, his knuckles cracking. No matter how hard he tried to suppress it, he couldn't hide his excitement.

This is a natural wonder!

If a powerful military is the foundation of a nation, then natural wonders are its cornerstone.

As dawn approached and the last wisp of corrupting energy was burned away, an ethereal resonance resounded throughout the desolate wetland.

Countless emerald light spots rose from the scorched earth, intertwining in the air to form a translucent phantom of a tree canopy.

Wang Bufu, who was guarding the spiritual spring, looked up with delight. His leather boots sank into the suddenly softened mud. He saw many illusions appear out of thin air. His own shadow was gently enveloped by the clear spring water. Countless delicate points of light turned into dust and silently seeped into the burial ground of the poisonous vines.

The Fountain of Life

Natural wonders
Type: Logistics-oriented ecological core

Basic Attributes:
Health: ∞ (Bound to its ecosystem, cannot be destroyed before natural collapse)

Impact range: 100 kilometers in radius (expanding gradually with the surrounding ecological prosperity, with a maximum radius of 2 kilometers).
Generates 10 "Life Essences" daily (maximum of 20).
Core features:
Ecological resonance (passive)

Within the affected area, the growth rate of all plants increases by 500%, and the animal reproduction rate increases by 300%.
Life units regenerate 0.5% of their maximum health per second, and gain +50% Chaos Resistance.

Fountain of Life (Production):

Each serving of "Essence of Life" can:

1. Irrigate 25 square meters of farmland to evolve crops into [Spiritual Crops] (yield +200%, long-term consumption permanently improves attributes).
2. Purify 1 acre of land into fertile black soil.

3. Catalyze the evolution of plants into [Spirit Spring Guardians] (the amount of life essence consumed and the strength of the guardian are determined by the strength of the plant, with a maximum of Extraordinary Tier 6).

Root Vein Workshop (Resource Transformation):

Automatically collect ecological resources and transform them into:
1. Produces 10 [Life Resin] every 24 hours (used to craft Continuous Recovery Potions)
2. Convert ordinary wood, rotten wood/fallen leaves, and decaying leaves into [natural wood/fertilizer].

Nature sanctuaries (areas):

Within the affected area:

1. Suppress all monster unit attributes by 20%.
2. Periodically remove plague/toxin contamination (every 6 days)
3. Extreme weather events such as torrential rain/drought transform into mild rainfall.
Deep special skills (ultimate move):

Life Sacrifice (Active/Limited to once per month)
Consumes a large amount of Order Energy to awaken the [Will of the Forest], instantly repairing all damage within range and summoning a large number of [Activated Thorns] (Special * Extraordinary Tier 4, lasts 24 hours).

Source link (passive):

It can connect with surrounding territories that possess fire.

Connecting territories allows:

This territory grants a 50% increase to food production, a +1 bonus to all innate attributes for newborns per life unit, and a -90% incidence of plague.
Natural Sanctuary: This skill is not yet unlocked.

Special Instructions:

The Fountain of Life evolves with the level of ecological prosperity, and unlocks the "Sanctuary of Nature" form when it connects to 10 or more high-prosperity territories.

Natural wood purified by the spiritual spring possesses the "Imprint of Order" property; structures built with it will inflict true burning damage on monsters.

(End of this chapter)