Heinrich paused briefly before continuing, "At the same time, the Pantheon is also researching the feasibility of substituting Doomsday Ore. Once successful, they can further reduce the depletion of the lower worlds. Instead of destroying these worlds, they plan to prolong their existence by substituting Doomsday Ore. The Pantheon believes that with enough time, even worlds with serious flaws can be guided back on track. After all, these worlds are also children of the Pantheon, and the Pantheon prefers not to resort to direct destruction unless absolutely necessary."
"In that case, us Purifiers won't need to laboriously cleanse worlds day in and day out! We'll just happily mine Doomsday Ore in the Dark Chain Plane. Though mining isn't easy, it's far easier and safer than transporting worlds back and forth, replacing and dealing with those discarded lower worlds. Ah, but it's a pity! Even if the Pantheon figures out how to substitute Doomsday Ore, I won't be able to return to that world again! Ahem!"
Upon hearing that the Pantheon was considering replacing worlds with Doomsday Ore to maintain energy for the Pantheon, Haoyun and the others couldn't help but brighten up. If the Pantheon could develop this technology, the lower worlds would no longer suffer from the Pantheon's brutal and inhumane methods. This slightly improved their view of the Pantheon, as Heinrich's information suggested that the Pantheon still possessed conscience, understanding that resolving issues through harmony was the optimal strategy. However, considering that the Purifiers would still be mining Doomsday Ore in the Dark Chain Plane even if the Pantheon gained the substitution technology, their impression of the Pantheon only improved slightly, not significantly. After all, the Purifiers' mining activities in the Dark Chain Plane would inevitably lead to catastrophic consequences for the worlds there.
Seeing that Haoyun and the others didn't seem to want to comment on his previous words, Heinrich continued, "Our ability to purify worlds in the Dark Chain Plane relies entirely on the Pantheon's ability to crack the code of Doomsday Ore. With this knowledge, we locate worlds within our purifying capabilities in the Dark Chain Plane. Then, we decrypt the Doomsday Ore within them and use various methods to minimize the energy within the Doomsday Ore to a relatively low level. This way, we can completely extract these target worlds in their weakened state and transplant them into the Pantheon's lower world."
"But didn't you just say that once the energy in Doomsday Ore is depleted, the world made from it will be destroyed? If so, how do you bring a world drained of Doomsday Ore energy back to life in the Pantheon?" Dao Lao asked.
Heinrich replied, "That's the magic of the Dark Chain Plane. The powerful and mysterious forces within it ensure that the energy of Doomsday Ore soaked in the Sea of Gestation never runs dry. Thus, whenever the energy of Doomsday Ore reaches its lowest critical point, the Sea of Gestation releases powerful energy to replenish these nearly exhausted Doomsday Ore. It's precisely because of this that we must strictly adhere to the established time frames during purification missions. If the worlds on both sides don't reach their weakest state and meet the criteria for the final purification process at the same time, all our previous efforts will be in vain. The Doomsday Ore hidden within these worlds will regain energy from the Sea of Gestation and become stable and solid once again."
Heinrich spread his hands further and continued, "If the world in the Dark Chain Plane doesn't reach its weakest state as expected, the target world in the lower realm awaiting replacement will advance towards destruction, causing irreversible damage to its timeline. Moreover, if unlucky, neighboring or intersecting timelines may also be affected. If the target world in the Dark Chain Plane reaches the transplantation standard before the lower world is ready, the Sea of Gestation will quickly fill the Doomsday Ore with energy, and we will have to watch as that lower world heads towards destruction. So, now you understand the immense pressure on Purifiers during missions, don't you?"
Heinrich went on, "Of course, given that the Sea of Gestation can replenish the energy-depleted Doomsday Ore, the Pantheon has been transporting those scrapped Doomsday Ores back to the Dark Chain Plane and attempting to recharge them from the Sea of Gestation for a long time. Unfortunately, perhaps due to these Doomsday Ores being cut off from the Dark Chain Plane upon entering the Pantheon's jurisdiction or for some other reason, these attempts have never succeeded. However, I believe that with the Pantheon's continuous exploration, they will one day find a way to recharge those abandoned Doomsday Ores, just as they found a way to transplant worlds from the Dark Chain Plane."
"Hmph! You scoundrels are truly disgusting! Not content with stealing from the Dark Chain Plane, you also want to pry into the power of the Sea of Gestation! Hmph! You shameless lot aren't afraid of overeating yourselves to death!" Guardian Uryll interjected angrily upon hearing this.
Dao Lao, fearing another verbal clash between Guardian Uryll and Heinrich due to the latter's heartless remarks, quickly interjected with a guess, "So, if I'm not mistaken, Elina's willingness to assist you in improving the efficiency of purification tasks is really to obtain the energy from Doomsday Ore, isn't it?"
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Due to Dao Lao's timely intervention, Heinrich's desire to retaliate against Guardian Uryll was successfully thwarted. Thus, Heinrich disdainfully glanced at Uryll and said to Dao Lao, "Indeed. Elina appeared in our base precisely to absorb the energy from DUMO ore. After all, the energy contained within DUMO ore itself is negative, which naturally makes it fatally attractive to mold energy!"
According to Heinrich's explanation, even though the Purifiers racked their brains to cause disasters in the target worlds of the Dark Chain Plane, in order to accelerate the consumption of DUMO ore energy in those worlds, the limited capabilities of the Purifiers often caused them to reach the final time node of the purification process, despite their early targeted arrangements. The Purifiers naturally bear immense mental pressure because they understand the importance of timing. Regardless of how excellent their previous work was, any failure in the purification mission still invites severe punishment from the Spirit Realm.
Thus, Elina's role was immediately highlighted. She had a massive demand for the energy contained in DUMO ore and knew how to effectively absorb it. This efficiency in consuming DUMO ore made Elina's speed far surpass that of the Purifiers. This is why she quickly aligned herself with Eve's group, disregarding the issue of their respective camps, to immediately initiate cooperation.
Because of their cooperative relationship, Elina did not indiscriminately drain all the energy when absorbing DUMO ore. Instead, she rhythmically controlled the consumption rate of DUMO ore energy on Earth NX according to Squad P1557's mission progress. As a result, the task pressure on Purification Squad P1557 significantly eased, allowing them more time to adequately prepare for the upcoming escape plan.
As for why the Department of Sacred Affairs for External Expansion would turn a blind eye to Squad P1557's collaboration with Elina, even though they were aware of her situation, Heinrich explained that from the perspective of the Dark Layer system, Elina was only dealing with the surface system. Moreover, for the Dark Layer system, which dared to tamper with even the cheese of the Dark Chain Plane, they had enough confidence to eliminate her before she posed a threat to the Dark Layer system. Therefore, as long as Elina helped them complete the purification mission as quickly as possible, it was entirely acceptable to make an exception and cooperate with her.
Well, well! It turns out that Elsie and her sisters did not lie to themselves before. The Dark Layer system's actions were surprisingly without any moral limits, which truly tested the limits of Haoyun's moral perspective!
Considering that Heinrich, Eve's group, and Elina all had their own ulterior motives, everyone temporarily set aside their hidden conflicts and quickly embarked on a tacit cooperation, benefiting from this collaboration. The tense relationship between Heinrich and Eve's group gradually showed signs of easing. Of course, although the relationship between the two sides improved, Heinrich still could not muster any interest in Eve and Elsie's trio due to the matter of his daughter, Tonalie. Eve's group did not mind this, as after a long period of deep communication, these three women understood Heinrich's temperament very well. They had long realized that since Elina appeared, Heinrich had transferred all his interest to the more dangerous Elina.
To Eve's group, Heinrich was merely a tool; they would not feel sad because Heinrich developed a new infatuation. On the contrary, regardless of whom Heinrich fantasized about in his mind, as long as he stubbornly maintained his lust, Eve's group still existed to potentially reopen the seal within Heinrich and plunge him back into sin. Thus, their current top priority was to find a way to persuade Elina to use her beauty to seduce Heinrich and thereby break through his seal of original sin again.
However, Elina was not interested in Eve's group's proposal. However, considering Elina's current strength, why would she stoop to such despicable means to deal with a priest? In her view, the best way to make someone submit to her was to let her fists do the talking. If the other party refused to yield to her, then she would simply kill them. As for making others kneel at her feet and become her vassals, such a thing would be an unnecessary burden for her.
Unexpectedly, the events that followed forced Elina to change her strategy in dealing with Heinrich.
It is said that initially Heinrich only knew that Elina was cooperating with them in order to further enhance her own strength. However, he did not know that Elina's goal in enhancing her strength was to one day launch a fierce attack on the Spirit Realm. Although Heinrich's loyalty to the Spirit Realm made him have reservations about Elina's plans, considering Heinrich's desire to increase this newly ascended goddess's favor with him in order to retain the possibility of intimacy with the goddess, and because Heinrich would eventually follow Eve's group to escape from the Spirit Realm together and cause a riot caused by Elina's teasing. Therefore, Heinrich has always maintained a one-eye-closed attitude towards this time, and does not want to investigate deeply into this time.
After all, Heinrich shared the same view as the Sacred Mission's External Expansion Department; he sincerely didn't believe Elina had the capability to stir up much trouble in the Divine Spirit Realm. Moreover, even if she managed to disrupt the peace there, the hidden Dark Layer System would ultimately dismantle her efforts. Therefore, rather than deepening conflicts by opposing Elina's plans to attack the Divine Spirit Realm, Heinrich preferred to seize the opportunity to enjoy a passionate moment with this beautiful woman before Elina could proactively offer her head to the Divine Spirit Realm.
After a long period of training and absorbing a large amount of energy from the Deum ore, Elina's strength finally broke through to a higher level again. With Elina's additional guidance, Dream Jia and the others also saw improvements in their abilities, understanding more unique skills that would help them survive independently in the Dark Chain Plane. Now, all Dream Jia and her group needed to do was wait. As soon as Elina made her move against the Divine Spirit Realm, they would unhesitatingly execute their escape plan.