Chapter 951: Negative Energy Erosion Impact, Completed Overnight

Near the original site of the Tower of Time, outside the temporary barracks where the Portal was located, Xia Duo and the others silently watched the torrent of Negative Energy in the form of dark mist gradually drift away, all exhaling a breath of relief in unison.

"Eh, Lord Olong, do you not need to continue following Priest Morton?"

"Lord Xia Duo, my mission was merely to contact the territories that might monitor the Negative Energy torrent to avoid misunderstandings caused by the movements Priest Morton made while acting; there is no need to follow him at all times."

After Morton left, Olong's attitude became much more easygoing, and the smile on his face increased, "Tomorrow morning, I will head to Maihete Lake to pick up Priest Morton, and at that time, I will need to borrow the Tower of Time's Teleportation Array to head to Rodney Territory."

"Rodney Territory? Could it be that the murlocs that went out from Maihete Lake have already reached Rodney Territory?" Xia Duo asked in surprise.

"Not yet, but it is close!"

So fast?

Xia Duo was greatly astonished; one must know that the distance from Maihete Lake north to Rodney Territory is nearly twice the distance south to Savile Territory.

Savile Territory only held off the murlocs for one day, yet the murlocs in the north are already about to reach Rodney Territory; this speed is a bit too exaggerated!

If traveling by boat normally, it might take a month or so!

However, Xia Duo thought about it again: those murlocs previously had no Wisdom and perhaps were even ignorant and unaware, merely following the programs set at their birth to act. If their potential were fully unleashed and they focused solely on Movement, it might truly be possible to run that fast.

……

The few of them stood outside the temporary barracks where the Portal was located and chatted for a while, after which Xia Duo invited Archmage Olong to enter the Tower of Time to rest.

As for himself, he came to the riverside, to the spot where Priest Morton had just been, observing carefully, while Niya insisted on not leaving and accompanied him to observe here as well.

To Xia Duo's surprise, there was almost no Negative Energy residue here, but the impact of the large amount of Negative Energy that had stayed before could not be erased.

The river water was indeed very clear, but there was not a single trace of life left in it.

Xia Duo could easily control a body of water through his Bloodline Ability and could see everything within this body of water as clearly as a fire; it was not as if he had never observed the river in winter.

Even at the coldest moment, when the river surface was frozen, there were still a large number of living things under the water: fish, shrimp, water algae, snails, and many plankton that even Xia Duo could not recognize.

But now, the river water here seemed as if it had been purified, or rather, completely replaced by pure water manifested by Water Elements; let alone living things, even impurities had been cleaned out completely.

And under the river water, the riverbed had also become loose and sandy due to the erosion of Negative Energy; although the winter current was gentle, it still quickly scoured out a flat riverbed that was at least half a foot deeper than before.

As for the two banks, they had also received the erosion of Negative Energy, becoming loose and sandy, and under the scouring of the river water, they were retreating to both sides at a speed almost visible to the naked eye.

"Negative Energy erosion has this kind of effect?"

Xia Duo suddenly had a brainstorm; perhaps he could ask a Death Priest to specifically expand the river channel. However, wherever Negative Energy goes, life vanishes and order ceases to exist. Whether it is actually feasible still needs to be seen through observing the actual situation of the Wofu Fort River and the northern Nether River in the future.

If in the future, life can no longer exist in the Wofu Fort River and the Nether River, then using Negative Energy to expand the river channel is clearly unfeasible and the losses would outweigh the gains.

And if life can exist, and it just needs time to recover, then Xia Duo might have discovered another positive use for Negative Energy.

But regardless, the fact that the Wofu Fort River and the Nether River have been eroded by Negative Energy has already become an established fact; now, having a fallback effect of river channel expansion is still barely acceptable.

It is just a pity that all the life within such a large body of water has died out; whether it can recover in the future is hard to say, but what is certain is that next year, the residents of Savile Territory and Daxia Territory will likely have a high probability of not being able to eat fish.

……

After observing for a while at Savile Town, Xia Duo cast a Spell to project his Perception Field to the north to observe the situation of the river channel and river water after the Negative Energy torrent left.

The north was the same as here at Savile Town; there was no vitality in the river water, and the river channel seemed to have been expanded, being at least half a foot deeper and at least two feet wider than before.

Of course, this degree of expansion was not obvious for the more than ten-meter-wide Wofu Fort River, and it was still far from the degree Xia Duo wanted that would allow ships to cruise freely!

If the river channel were straight, the time from Nan Jing to Seventon could be reduced by at least more than half, and if the river channel could be a hundred or so meters wide, it could also reduce a lot of time.

It is just a pity that the significance of expanding the river channel is no small matter; even with Xia Duo's current ability, he could barely do it, but he cannot.

With insufficient personal strength and influence, one would only be making wedding clothes for others in vain.

Withdrawing his Perception, Xia Duo gently touched Niya, who was bracing herself to guard him, took one of her hands, and said softly, "Finished looking, let's go back!"

"Mm."

Niya did not ask what Xia Duo had seen, just responded softly, and then followed the direction of the force on her hand from Xia Duo and walked toward the Portal.

……

Humans need rest, but Undead do not; Priest Morton was undoubtedly an Undead. When he brought the Negative Energy torrent all the way north—

All life in the river channel along the way was harvested by him; whether it was murlocs or anything else, even the beasts that occasionally strayed to the riverside to drink water could not escape the erosion of Negative Energy.

However, Priest Morton's goal was ultimately to clear out the murlocs, not to harvest life; he kept the Negative Energy torrent firmly confined within the river channel, with almost no overflow.

At the same time, with the assistance of the group of intelligent murloc Undead he had awakened earlier, he continuously sacrificed Negative Energy to the Lord of Death.

Although the Divine Grace obtained was not much, at least it could compensate for the portion he consumed by killing so many living things.

Just like this, he went all the way north, harvesting all the way, and sacrificing all the way, until Maihete Lake.

……

The next day, Xia Duo woke up from his deep sleep. As usual, he first conducted Meditation Training to organize his memories, avoid unexpected changes to his Personality, and simultaneously regulate his consciousness, seeking to one day truly integrate all his Subconscious and Conscious Mind.

After the Meditation ended, Niya also woke up leisurely beside him. After that, they got up together, and after having breakfast, the Tower Spirit suddenly prompted—

Archmage Olong has returned with Priest Morton!

Niya felt quite surprised by this, while Xia Duo appeared indifferent; he had already known, or more accurately, his Subconscious had already known.

Even when he was sleeping, his Subconscious was awake.

During the Meditation just now, he had already known through his Subconscious that Archmage Olong had left the Tower of Time very early, presumably to pick up Priest Morton, and now he had just brought the person back.

Looking at it this way, Priest Morton's speed is quite fast!

In just one night, he cleared out all the murlocs south of Maihete Lake! (Mainly those in the river channel; those that had already gone ashore would not be specifically sought out.)

At this speed, if used to kill wantonly, it might be possible to kill all the ordinary people in the Nether Core Region in one night.

Of course, that is on the premise that there are no Spellcasters blocking him.