The copy has 0 error tolerance, and the last words on the ground are all wrong for me.

Chapter 544 Divine Court
Seeing that the contamination level at the source of the plague had dropped to zero, the three members of the raid team panicked.

Unlike regular Abyss game dungeons, Erosion dungeons don't have a real-time corruption value detector to reflect the state of the dungeon. However, usually, there are phases in conquering Erosion dungeons, and they won't be conquered without any warning.

Loki arranged for them to observe from a distance, not just to watch, but to report in real time on the changes in the Plague Source instance, to ensure that the evolution potion inside the instance did not fall into the hands of others.

But now that all the dungeons have been cleared, they haven't reported any abnormalities. The message they sent fifteen minutes ago still said everything was normal, and Base 44 could fall at any moment.

Thinking of this, the three of them broke out in a cold sweat. They knew Loki's personality and that he would never tolerate such a basic mistake from them.

Sitting in the co-pilot's seat, the member who first noticed the abnormal pollution levels asked:

"Should we go down and check what's going on?"

"No way!" The member sitting in the back of the aircraft, with a gem embedded between his eyebrows, immediately refused.

He was the leader and the person in charge of this operation.

"Since things have come to this, I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong. Let's report the situation to the boss and follow his instructions."

Loki has a strong desire for control. He hates his subordinates' basic mistakes and even more so, he hates it when they act on their own and cause things to escalate further.

The member in charge of controlling the aircraft asked in a low voice:

"Is this appropriate? The boss is currently..."

The jeweler sighed:

"It has to be appropriate even if it's not suitable. Maybe the boss will feel bad if he hears it, but if we don't tell him, we'll be the ones who suffer later."

The three exchanged a helpless glance and dialed Loki's number.

After a few seconds, Loki's slightly drunken voice came from the other side.

Has Base 44 fallen?

After a moment of silence, the man with the jewels cautiously spoke:
"Boss, we've run into a slight problem here and need to report it to you."

On the other end of the phone, Loki, dressed in a black tuxedo with a golden World Tree badge on his left breast, was holding a wine glass at a banquet.

He was the center of attention at the banquet. Regardless of their status, even core members like Mercury and Peren would come up to greet him.

This was his promotion banquet, celebrating his becoming a member of the Divine Court.

The name "Divine Court" holds extraordinary significance within the Society of Light, representing the ultimate pursuit of every member.

As an organization lurking in the shadows, the Light Society rarely appears in the public eye, yet its size and the power it wields are by no means weak.

In the early days of the Guangming Society, adhering to the principle of "better to have none than to have bad ones," they only recruited genius players.

However, as the organization expanded, their sphere of influence gradually spread throughout the entire realm of reason, and there were many meaningless dirty and tiring jobs that needed to be done by people.

For example, gathering intelligence, maintaining secret research institutes in the middle layer, managing resource planes and private spaces, etc.

A genius is only a genius when placed in the right position. No matter how good your combat talent or how excellent your comprehension, if you are assigned to meaningless, mechanical management work, you will not be much better than ordinary players. In fact, because you disdain doing these things, the results you achieve will be even worse than those of ordinary people.

To address the manpower shortage, the Light Society had no choice but to gradually expand its recruitment. In order to increase its influence in the Wasteland, they even absorbed the Ironclad Regiment and the Totem into their peripheral organizations.

Through its expansion, the members of the Brightness Society are now roughly divided into five levels.

The lowest tier naturally includes peripheral organizations like the Ironclad Regiment and Totem.

They were unilaterally ordered by the Guangming Society and could not take the initiative to contact the Guangming Society. They could only do the most basic chores, act as informants, and so on.

These organizations' understanding of the Guangming Society is limited to the words "powerful" and "Guangming Society".

Their connection with the Guangming Society consisted of the Guangming Society occasionally leaking some of the benefits they didn't want to them, and the fact that when they were bragging, they could say, "I am an external member of the Guangming Society."

Those who are a level above these people are the peripheral members recognized by the Guangming Society.

They are the leaders of peripheral organizations, or useful spies lurking within various organizations.

For example, You Feipeng, who once caused trouble in Wanghai City, and Lin Jiang, who was lurking in the Evolutionary Faction, both belong to this level.

They had some knowledge of the Guangming Society, but their knowledge was very limited; they were only able to barely claim to be affiliated with the Guangming Society.

The third tier consists of individuals who can fuse with divinity, but whose potential is limited and who can only serve as low-level henchmen, hardly deserving of significant use.

Triton, Tessa, and White Wolf all belong to this tier.

Their talents are mediocre; they can barely fuse with some scraps of fantastical divinity by relying on compatibility.

Those who possess divinity can be considered official members of the expanded Light Society, but due to the limitations of their own talents and divinity, their future is predictable and does not conform to the definition of a genius player that the Light Society sought at its inception.

The fourth tier of core members may not possess particularly powerful illusory divinity, but it has unique characteristics that peripheral divinity lacks, and it has development potential. Combined with the player's own talent, it is very likely that they can go even further.

Hercules, who was once killed by Wu Chang, and the three-legged golden crow that was sent into the world instance both belong to this level. The Oracle, who possesses Heimdall's divinity, can barely be considered the floor of the fourth tier.

Players at this level already meet the standards that the Light Society used to recruit. Any one of them could easily enter the upper echelons of the four major organizations, and they are truly recognized by the Light Society.

Their presence represents the will of the Guangming Society.

As for the fifth tier of members, the core of the core are the members of the Divine Court.

The Divine Court is not just a name, but a specific place and a kind of authority.

Wearing a golden World Tree badge on one's chest signifies access to the Divine Court of the Light Society and participation in its highest-level meetings.

When representatives formulate plans for the development of Guangming Society and the future direction of the world, they are present to witness and even participate in the process, offering their own suggestions.

In mythology, a god's status is determined by his position.

Mercury, Peren, Bonas, and other well-known figures in the Light Society were all members of the Divine Court.

Loki's membership in the Divine Court is proof enough of the Light Society's recognition of him.

Loki was very happy today. While he was proud to be a member of the Divine Court, he was even happier to break the Light Society's record.

Become the first player to merge with divinity and the first to enter the Divine Court.

At this moment, he was only level 50, but he used the evolution potion to completely fuse with Loki's divinity and join the divine court.

Prior to this, Mercury, who held the record, only fully fused with the Imaginary Divinity at level 53, becoming a lower-level god.

He shortened this record by a full three levels, and for a long time, no one would break his record.

Making history is what truly makes him happy.

He just finished his personal speech.

After the speech, Huanxi personally pinned the Divine Court Badge on him and called him the future of the Light Society.

He deserves this title not only because he integrates divinity quickly and has high talent, but also because he is unparalleled in the Light Society when it comes to conquering dungeons.

He has four titles that others would struggle to obtain, one of which is even a colored title!
Within the Guangming Society, everyone already considered him the ultimate template of genius, but he knew that this was not his limit.

His limit is to become a super player like Huanxi.

He was not satisfied with merely merging with a utopian divinity; his goal was to awaken to true divinity within himself.

The opportunity to awaken true divinity lies in the Plague Origin instance.

He has already planted the seed. All that is needed is for the seed to blossom and bear fruit, condensing into a perfect evolution potion. By deceiving himself, he can take the potion a second time. The combined effects of the two potions will allow him to embark on the path to enlightenment.

According to intelligence from his subordinates, everything is proceeding according to plan, and the plague source instance is about to devour the first private space.

After Base 44, all that's needed is to devour one more private space to stabilize the divinity within Valentine and then begin the harvest.

For him, the Plague Source instance was not to be lost, so even if he was in the middle of a victory celebration, he would quickly answer the Gem Man's call.

Upon hearing the Gem Man mention that there was a problem with the Plague Source instance, his fingers gripped the wine glass tightly for a moment, almost crushing it. The lapse in composure was fleeting; he quickly regained his composure, smiled, and told those around him he was going to the restroom, then slipped away from the crowd.

He drank the wine in the glass, and looking at the glass with fine cracks appearing on it, he shook his hand hard, shattering the glass into fine powder.

He went to a secluded spot, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and asked:
"What happened?"

When he asked the question, a faint shadow formed on his body, shielding him from the prying eyes of others.

It wasn't that he was worried about being laughed at, but rather that it concerned comprehending true divinity, and the people he needed to be most wary of were his own people from the Light Society.

Which member of the Divine Court doesn't want to comprehend true divinity like Huanxi?
With his current strength, he is no match for those guys. If they find out about this opportunity, they will probably try to take his reward before the promotion banquet is over.

Upon hearing Loki's voice, the Gem Man and the others found it difficult to speak.

Loki, receiving no response, asked again:
"Could it be that when the zombies devoured Base 44, they went too far and directly attracted the attention of the Bureau's senior troubleshooters?"

The jeweler stammered:

"Boss, the Plague Source dungeon has been broken."

Loki's mind went blank for a moment; he paused for a second before realizing what had happened and confirmed:

"you sure?"

The man with the jeweled gem said while wiping his sweat:
"The pollution level detector has dropped to zero, and the zombie horde that attacked Base 44 has returned to Ein City under the influence of some force. It seems that someone has already broken the deadlock."

Loki, who was usually relaxed, felt his blood pressure spike instantly.

He pinched his brow with his right hand, suppressing the urge to raise his voice and pace back and forth, and asked in a deep voice;
“Who did it, and how did they do it? I need an explanation.”

If he remembered correctly, just before he went on stage to give his speech, the Gem Man had told him that everything was going well and that Base 44 was about to fall.

How could the situation have reversed so drastically in the short time it took him to give his promotion speech and open a bottle of champagne? How could the source of the plague, which was about to spiral out of control, have been so easily brought to a halt?

The man with the jewels didn't know how to answer, so he could only honestly tell Loki everything he had seen.

“Boss, ever since the Plague Source instance began to erode Base 44, Base 44 has been at a disadvantage and has no power to fight back. The spatial barrier between Base 44 and the Plague Source instance is getting thinner and thinner.”

"No other players approached during this period, and there were no obvious abnormalities in the Plague Source instance. The contamination level in the instance did not fluctuate at all."

"But just now, the contamination level of the Plague Source instance dropped to zero without warning, so fast that we didn't have time to react. We don't know who did it, and we're unsure of what to do in the current situation. We don't dare to make any decisions, so we can only ask you, Boss."

Loki completely lost his temper. How could the Plague Source dungeon be easily conquered without the participation of outside players?

Could it be that players inside Base 44 were the ones who went to conquer it?
But what makes them think they can beat Valentine?

Did Valentine take his own life out of despair?

Wait a minute, doesn't he want his daughter anymore?

He had already hinted so clearly; Valentine, with his brains, shouldn't be that stupid.

Loki forced himself to calm down; there was no use in being anxious now that things had come to this.

Moreover, even if the opponent breaks the dungeon, they may not be able to discover his arrangements at the source of the plague, so there is still a chance.

Even if a perfect evolution potion cannot be made, recycling another bottle of complete evolution potion can still serve some purpose.

But whatever happened, the events inside the Plague Source instance were beyond the capabilities of the Gem Man and his companions.

His mind raced, and he said:

"I understand. This is not your fault. You do not need to take any action. Just stay where you are and continue to monitor the source of the plague."

"Once the plague source instance space stabilizes, I'll try to sneak in and see what's going on."

After hanging up the phone, Loki returned to the banquet. Now, facing the flattery of the ordinary members of the Light Society, he no longer felt enjoyment but rather felt as if he were in prison, unable to take a single word to heart.

His heart was already in the plague source instance, wanting to retrieve his belongings as soon as possible, but in order to avoid arousing suspicion, he could only patiently agree with everyone and look forward to the banquet ending soon.

At the banquet held in his honor, he became the person least willing to remain at the event.

The guy who dared to steal my stuff, don't let me catch him, or you're in for a world of trouble.

Rewinding to a few minutes earlier, in the Plague Source dungeon that Loki had been longing for, Flashy Flash received a question from Qin Lang. After a brief moment of surprise, he prepared to sneak into the hall to check on Wu Chang's strategy.

Before he could get close, he saw Wu Chang walk out from the middle and bump into him as he approached.

The sniper camera glanced into the hall and found it completely empty, making it impossible to tell what had happened. It then asked:
"How's the situation?"

Wu Chang said:

"It was a close call. The zombie king had too much toxin in its body. After a fierce battle, I finally prevailed and defeated the zombie king."

Flash looked Wu Chang up and down. Wu Chang's clothes were clean and neat, without any wrinkles or stains, and there was no sign of a hard battle.

But that's not important; what matters is the result.

Having personally experienced Wu Changfang's poisonous fog and witnessed Wu Chang's ability to withstand Valentine's attack, he was somewhat prepared for Wu Chang's victory, but hearing the news still left him somewhat incredulous.

He confirmed:

"You mean you've already cleared this erosion instance?"

Wu Chang nodded and said:
"Yes, I am now in control of this space. I just gave the zombies the order to retreat back to Ein City. Base 44 should be out of danger now."

Shan Guang looked at Wu Chang, lamenting his own lack of vocabulary and expression, unsure of what to say in this situation. He waved his hands a few times at his sides, finally giving a thumbs-up and exclaiming:

"Brilliant!"

He didn't expect Wu Chang to keep his word and actually complete the erosion dungeon all by himself. Moreover, apart from the slightly over-the-top operation of releasing the poison mist at the end, the rest of the process was normal.

He had always thought that those who broke the deadlock were just those with higher stats and stronger mechanics. Now it seems that conquering dungeons is really a skill. Even without overwhelming stats and mechanics, Wu Chang and his ilk can still overcome the odds and break through the dungeon.

He truly learned something this time.

He relayed the information about the source of the plague to Qin Lang, and then asked Wu Chang what his next steps were.

Wu Chang said that he had just taken over this space and there were still many things to finish up, so he would not return to Base 44 for the time being and asked Flash to go back and deal with the people in charge first.

Wu Chang has now become the controller of this space, the new zombie king. This is Wu Chang's home turf. He doesn't need Flash to help him escape. With this group of powerful zombies protecting him, he doesn't need Flash as a bodyguard.

Seeing that he couldn't help by staying, Flash took the initiative to leave.

After Flash left Ein City, Wu Chang was the only one left in the entire space. He took out the Tree of Miracles from his personal space and planted it in front of the disaster shelter.

Because Wu Chang is the controller of space and represents the will of the space at the source of the plague, the Tree of Miracles grew rapidly as soon as it took root, and in the blink of an eye it became a towering tree.

The roots of the Tree of Miracles spread, penetrating the source of the plague, piercing the realm of reason, and connecting with Eileen's divine kingdom.

Under the dazzling golden light, Eileen's vast divine kingdom pierced through the barrier of the Realm of Reason, becoming a massive divine kingdom spanning Blue Star, the Desolate Realm, the Intermediate Layer, and the Realm of Reason.

With the private space being incorporated into the large divine kingdom, Wu Chang's control over this space was further enhanced, causing a prompt to pop up in front of him.

"Players gain temporary administrative access to a portion of the Realm of Reason, allowing them to observe certain areas of the Realm of Reason from the perspective of a temporary administrator."

Driven by the supreme authority of the Desolate Realm, he obtained the most basic temporary management authority of the Realm of Reason by using the Plague Source instance.

Although it's only the most basic temporary management authority, as long as Eileen's divine kingdom continues to grow, his authority in the realm of reason will also increase accordingly.

He looked at the gray sun overhead, the dark and ghostly city of Ein, and the hordes of zombies surging towards him in the distance, obeying his commands.

Now that it has become Eileen's divine kingdom, Ein City cannot be allowed to remain in this wretched state.

Whether for aesthetic reasons or for the power of faith, he wanted to restore the place to its original state first.

(End of this chapter)