Saul also knew Camus couldn’t possibly be the master of the black tide. He was just using an exaggerated statement to provoke Camus into revealing a bit of truth.

But he hadn’t expected that the truth Camus revealed would be somewhat… unacceptable to him.

Anchor points were skeletal remains in a dead world.

And such skeletal remains existed by the thousands, even tens of thousands, in this dead world. Even the human white bones appearing before Saul were just the smallest among them.

[You see it, don’t you?]

Camus’s voice continued ringing in Saul’s mind.

[The black tide anchor points that strike terror in the wizard world are actually everywhere. As long as the Abyssal Eye completely opens its exit to the wizard world, the black tide can instantly pollute the entire wizard world. Even fourth-rank wizards cannot resist. And the opening of the Abyssal Eye is inevitable.]

“Since you think this way, why bother telling me? Or do you think I can stop all this?”

[You cannot stop all this. But you are buying time. It’s unnecessary, Saul, truly unnecessary. The destruction and birth of worlds are the most basic natural laws. Standing in their way will only get you crushed to pieces by the rules.]

But Saul only found it laughable. “You say world birth and destruction are natural laws, but isn’t human struggle also part of natural laws? Wanting to survive is also human instinct. You can’t just emphasize natural laws to me while making me forget instinct.”

[But your struggle is destined to be fruitless.]

Saul no longer wanted to hear Camus continue preaching. Such debate was completely meaningless.

“Do you have anything else to say? Like what this place is?”

When it came to the main topic, Camus actually fell silent.

Saul discovered Camus had no intention of attacking him. It seemed that in this place, even she as a local couldn’t do much.

Moreover, the Dead Wizard’s Diary hadn’t issued any warnings.

After all, what Saul had extended into this place was just a section of fate line.

Since that was the case, why not play bigger?

“Since you don’t want to say, let me guess. This place is covered with anchor points, and anchor points come from the black tide, which comes from the Abyssal Eye. Could this be the internal space of the Abyssal Eye?”

If this was the internal space of the Abyssal Eye, then the Chaos Realm appearing here would make sense. After all, the Abyssal Eye had indeed once devoured a continent.

Camus was silent for a moment.

[You can think of it that way. No matter how you speculate, it’s all the same – it’s just meaningless.]

“Some things aren’t truly meaningless just because you say they are. You’re already a corpse. Survival and destruction are the same to you, very different from me.”

Saul looked around. Currently, he hadn’t discovered any existence besides skeletal remains and earth.

This was the dead Abyssal Eye, but beneath his feet was a world that still possessed vitality.

Saul wasn’t thinking about whether, if the black tide really erupted one day, there was a way to preserve the wizard world like the Chaos Realm.

He was thinking that since the Chaos Realm could “survive” within the Abyssal Eye, didn’t that mean his world still had methods to resist the black tide?

Like the membrane layer wrapping the entire Chaos Realm.

“You are Camus, a predecessor of my master Gorsa. How did you become an anchor point of the Abyssal Eye?”

This time Camus didn’t speak. She seemed to realize Saul wasn’t swayed by her words at all and wanted to pump her for information instead.

[Your struggles are meaningless.]

She began saying the same things again.

[The wizard world is destined to be destroyed in the black tide.]

Saul already had some speculations in mind, but couldn’t verify them here.

“Your persuasion is meaningless. Even if we all die, I’ll definitely die standing.”

Saul retracted.

Camus still only watched him leave without trying to stop him.

“She really can’t act against fate lines. Her ability to perceive my fate line’s existence is mostly because the anchor point on my index finger and her current body might share the same origin.”

Seeing Saul regain his spirit, Keli nearby immediately came over.

“Any new discoveries?”

“Yes.” Saul called everyone over, then told them about his encounter and speculations.

“This world really isn’t simple.” Keli shook her head, gently tossing the bone remains she’d just discovered in her hand.

“We still can’t be completely certain.” Byron said.

Saul said, “Currently we can’t judge whether it’s inability or unwillingness, but they won’t affect us for now.”

Saul pointed at the mountain wall. “I haven’t been to other places close to the underground yet. I don’t know if every place has gaps that can reach the outside world. At the same time, we need to figure out whether the reason for large amounts of bone monsters here is related to the underground gaps.”

Byron nodded while listening. “These probably all need time to verify.”

Unfortunately, Saul’s time wasn’t very abundant.

After deciding on the next action plan, the three temporarily returned to the Borderland.

After all, they were still using the pretense of an incoming Storm Eye, so they needed to make time to put on a show.

Saul also pretended to search for Storm Eyes everywhere, though he would always find other things to do halfway.

For instance, this day, Saul activated the Prismatic Channel while on the road, letting the coachman continue driving.

Now he would enter the Prismatic Channel at regular intervals to monitor the dynamics of several Symphony of Fate targets.

Besides mutual communication, he could also gather some information.

Today, upon entering the Prismatic Channel, Saul immediately heard Mido’s call for help.

Mido: [Lord Saul, my growth has encountered a bottleneck.]

Saul naturally cared about the targets’ life trajectories. He directly shared Mido’s words with everyone.

“What kind of bottleneck?”

Mido: [In the short term, I really can’t grow bigger.]

Her voice carried a bit of grievance.

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“Growth limit?” Saul recalled the Inverted Tree he’d seen at Bayton Academy. “It shouldn’t be at the limit yet.”

Considering the time Mido had entered her new body, Saul could only attribute it to a growth plateau period.

“Just as you said, Mido, you’ve entered a growth bottleneck. This might need time to gradually adjust before you can grow again.”

Mido: [But at this speed, I can’t completely cover the Red Sea Tree clusters when the next black tide comes. I might not even reach half. Those Tribunal wizards are about to discover I’ve entered a bottleneck. If they find I can’t take care of all the Red Sea Trees, will they abandon cultivating me?]

“That shouldn’t happen. If it’s just the next black tide, the Tribunal people should have ways to get through it too.”

[But I’m afraid that even if I grow to my limit, I won’t be able to protect all the Red Sea Trees. What should I do?]

No one knew whether a particular growth bottleneck was the growth limit. Although the Tribunal wouldn’t casually abandon Mido, it would definitely affect Mido’s development.

Just as Saul was thinking of countermeasures, Shaya, who had been listening for a while, suddenly spoke.

Shaya: [Please wait, Saul. If I remember correctly, Mido’s modified new body contains Inverted Tree tissue, right?]

“That’s right.”

Shaya: [If I heard correctly, Mido uses tree roots to pierce into Red Sea Tree bodies to absorb the pollution inside them.]

Saul continued nodding.

Shaya: [But when the Inverted Tree absorbs nutrients, it never uses roots to take root anywhere!]

Mido didn’t understand what this meant yet, but Saul suddenly had a realization.

“The Inverted Tree controls puppets through normally invisible thin threads. Does it also absorb nutrients this way?”

Shaya: [You guessed right!]

(End of Chapter)

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