CHAPTER 838: CHAPTER 142: RACING AGAINST TIME

"Damn it, how did the Furnace Man manage it back then, this kind of thing could sneak into relics."

Richard looked at the black slime in the stagnation force field, knowing that his guess was correct.

Before the Civilization Devourer was sealed, it had prepared itself for the sealing.

Fortunately, Wizards are very particular about preserving these relics, using the stagnation force field, which can repel all free elements and free energy, to preserve these relics.

Otherwise, the City of Eternal Truth would be in trouble at this moment.

After sealing the slime, Richard was not in a hurry to clean up the slime rampaging within the Wizard Great World.

Wizards are not Galaxy Mayflies; they don’t have something like a mind network to spread meme curse.

Thus, the slime within the Wizard Great World won’t become a threat for the time being.

He now must first determine the affected situation of the Wizard Civilization and crush the last possibility of this slime forming a climate.

Richard didn’t believe that all previous civilization relics within the realms of the Wizard Civilization had been explored.

In those relics untouched by Wizards, there are definitely these Civilization Devourer’s fragments lurking.

Arriving at the center of the City of Eternal Truth, the Sun Wizard on duty noticed Richard’s presence and immediately stood up slightly bowing.

"Crown Throne, do you have any instructions?"

Richard nodded slightly, his expression solemn, "From now on, all information channels will be fully regulated; no individual is allowed to upload information using the Magic Network."

"Channel regulation?"

The Sun Wizard’s face showed a trace of astonishment; he didn’t understand why Richard suddenly made such a request.

However, why Richard did this is irrelevant to him; he is a Wizard who understands rules, and in such circumstances, he only needs to act according to the rules.

"Full civilization channel regulation, belonging to a super command, requires approval from the Truth Council. Do you have tokens from other Crown Thrones, signatures or..."

"Just do as I say."

Richard took out something resembling a scepter from his pocket, and upon seeing the scepter, the Sun Wizard instantly realized the importance of the matter.

"Information Department, Information Department, this is Sun, this is Sun. By instruction of the Truth Council, all civilian information channels are now under regulation."

"Repeat, all civilian information channels are now under regulation."

Upon hearing the Sun Wizard’s order, the members of the City of Eternal Truth’s information immediately carried out their duties.

"Information department has received."

With the Information Department Minister’s response, the information department wizards immediately interrupted the use of all civilian information channels.

In an instant, all information magic equipment throughout the Wizard World stopped normal operation.

"What’s going on?"

"Is your magic equipment malfunctioning too?"

"Is the base station broken?"

"Damn, what’s going on, we’re having a meeting!"

With the closure of the Wizard World’s information channels, other worlds within Wizard Civilization also began information regulation.

In no time, Wizard Civilization’s giant nervous network collapsed by more than half.

City of Eternal Truth.

"Crown Throne, the information regulation is complete, are there any new instructions?" The Sun Wizard stood respectfully beside Richard.

Richard nodded, feeling a slight relief in his heart.

Though Wizards don’t have the mind network like Galaxy Mayflies, the Wizards’ Magic Network can also serve as a medium for disseminating meme curses.

Now that all civilian channels are regulated, even if the meme curse propagates through the Magic Network, it won’t cause any harm.

"Very well, now initiate the anti-meme curse on the military network, then release a message to all worlds." Richard issued another command.

"Instruct local World Guardians to patrol the worlds, checking for any occurrence of black slime.

If slime is discovered, do not attempt to handle it, report immediately to the City of Eternal Truth. Also, isolate all creatures who have seen or come into contact with the slime.

If a Guardian has already contacted slime, they should immediately self-seal."

"Yes, Crown Throne."

The Sun Wizard relayed the orders, and in the next moment, this message spread through the military information channels to all worlds within Wizard Civilization.

After hundreds of years of development, although there are only a thousand or two sub-human Wizard worlds as military source lands, the worlds possessing sub-human Wizards are not limited to just these.

Sub-human Wizards can become World Guardian creatures, provided they are released, originating stable World Guardians.

This is equivalent to obtaining a Level 4 creature for free.

Wizards naturally aggressively exploit this high return venture.

Apart from those worlds just claimed, virtually every world under Wizard Civilization’s rule has a World Guardian.

After passing the message, Richard turned around facing the Sun Wizard.

"Notify Curse Mark to come over and execute according to the contingency plan for meme curse disasters."

"Yes, Crown Throne."

After responding, the Sun Wizard hesitated momentarily, then asked Richard, "Crown Throne, what exactly happened? Did something go wrong at the front lines?"

Richard exhaled deeply, his tone profound, "Indeed the front lines have a problem, but not the kind you’re thinking... It’s likely it won’t be long before we fight side by side with the Galaxy Mayflies."

"Side by side with Galaxy Mayflies!?"

The Sun Wizard’s face was full of amazement, the impact of this news was somewhat overwhelming.

Wizards and Galaxy Mayflies have fought for over a thousand years, two Dominators have died on the Mayfly side, countless Great Wizards and Mayfly Kings, not to mention the innumerable deaths of lesser Mayflies and Wizards.

In the eyes of the Sun Wizard, even if Galaxy Mayflies were willing to surrender, they could only be used as cannon fodder.

This does not count as fighting side by side.

Richard noticed the shocked expression on the Great Wizard of Blazing Sun and spoke with sincere intent, "Between civilizations, there are only interests; this is something you should understand. Adjust your mindset; there will be more alliances between civilizations to come."

The Great Wizard of Blazing Sun shivered in his heart and solemnly bowed to Richard.

"Thank you, Crown Throne, for your advice. I will adjust my mindset."

Richard nodded slightly, and his figure vanished from the City of Eternal Truth.

The Great Wizard of Blazing Sun watched Richard disappear and suddenly felt a grand tide sweeping him toward the future.

"Another great tide is coming."

...

While Richard’s avatar handled the division of the Civilization Devourer, Richard himself was busy gathering Galaxy Mayflies from one world to another on the front lines.

Just like what the Mayfly dimensional avatar said, Wizards also need cannon fodder.

The Galaxy Mayflies from these worlds are ready-made cannon fodder.

While Richard was gathering Galaxy Mayflies, the Wizard Army in the rear also began their advance.

Due to the presence of wormholes, Wizards didn’t even need teleportation gates as they pushed forward through them.

They do not know what they are supposed to do; they need not know what they are supposed to do.

They are the Wizard Army; the only thing they can perform is war.

As a member of the vanguard, Gao Wen piloted his War Airship and led his squad to advance with the main troops.

"Hey, boss, where do you think we’re headed?"

Asu communicated with Gao Wen through the communication channel.

"We haven’t seen a single insect this whole way, which obviously has the mark of Crown Throne. Are we about to attack those insects’ homeland?"

Gao Wen’s voice came through Asu’s helmet.

"Although I don’t know what we’re fighting against, I’m sure what you said is definitely not right. If it were attacking the mother world of Galaxy Mayflies, it certainly wouldn’t be us initiating it first.

Such scenes worthy of being recorded in history would undoubtedly involve every student of the Great Wizards to be present in person.

But neither I nor the other Company Commanders of the airships have heard any rumors of Great Wizards coming from the rear.

Besides..."

Gao Wen’s voice carried a hint of worry.

"Our speed is too fast; it’s almost disconnecting from logistics. The materials we’ve brought are all for defensive use.

This doesn’t seem like we’re going to attack, but more like we’re racing against time to set up a defense line in some world."

"Set up a defense line? How is that possible?" Asu flashed a look of surprise, "Could it be that those insects are fighting on two fronts and are now being caught in a pincer attack?"

"That, I do not know," Gao Wen said honestly, "but judging by the things we’re bringing, it should be so.

Otherwise, we wouldn’t bring a bunch of fortification materials while advancing."

"This is too bizarre, not finished with defeating the insects, now we’ve got something else to fight," Asu said with some complaints in his tone.

"Will this war never end?"

"Hush, be careful, Asu. Although the Military Court is not managing thought crimes as much now, you’d better be cautious with your words and deeds.

I wouldn’t want to go to the Military Court to bail you out."

Gao Wen’s voice suddenly became stern, and Asu, knowing he had gone too far with his words, stopped talking nonsense.

In silence, the vast army proceeded through the wormhole to the next world.

...

Glub, glub...

Bubbles gurgled across the black ocean, beyond this tiny sound, the entire world lay in silent desolation.

By relying on the wormhole, the Civilization Devourer’s division infected one world after another with astonishing efficiency.

Under the erosion of black liquid, the King of Mayfly managed to barely escape, but those small soldiers could only become nourishment for the Civilization Devourer, becoming part of this black ocean.

Suddenly, a command from the Endless Dimension entered this silent world.

The command entered the ocean, initially causing no response.

But as time passed, bubbles in the black ocean began to increase, and lines of ripples started to appear on the sea’s surface.

The bubbles grew more numerous, the ripples larger, and finally, a lifeform emerged from the water’s surface.

This was a Furnace Man.

Soon, more and more Furnace Men emerged from the water.

These Furnace Men were fully armed, and their equipment was almost uniform in shape.

It looked like a legion.

Ten thousand, twenty thousand... one hundred thousand, one million!

In just half a year, tens of millions of Furnace Men appeared on the black ocean.

And as these Furnace Men were born, their war machines also surfaced from the ocean.

Majestic war fortresses, fleets of warships that covered the sky, and chariots like a beast tide.

The Furnace Men boarded their war machines and then slowly ascended into the sky.

A rift opened on the World Barrier, and the war machines flew out of the world through the rift.

It was like an expedition.

...

Adjacent civilizations to the Galaxy Mayflies; Wizards are not the only ones, ah.