As long as there are more and more Awakened in the Devourer Plane, the energy within them will increase as they enhance through cultivation.

For the entire Devourer Plane, this means that the total energy of the plane is constantly rising.

And as long as the top-level beings of this plane want to continue to improve, they will ensure the healthy development of the plane, not allowing the middle and lower class lives to wither away.

For beings of their level, it is easy to use various methods to direct the final flow of energy towards themselves.

Therefore, for those at the top of the Devourer Plane, they will certainly establish some rules to guide the development of the plane in a good direction, from which they will ultimately benefit.

The Wizard Plane protects ordinary people to increase the number of wizards, while the Devourer Plane protects ordinary people to increase overall energy, which in essence is to enhance the strength of the plane.

The Devourer Plane is certainly not as simple as it appears on the surface, filled with the law of the jungle; otherwise, it wouldn't have developed into a Middle Plane.

"The Devourer Plane is not a chaotic slaughterhouse. Awakened enhance through cultivation, increasing their internal energy, theoretically causing the total energy of the entire plane to rise slowly. For those at the top of the plane, those Level 4 and possibly higher beings, they are the top predators in this ocean of energy. But they won't exhaust the resources foolishly."

"Allowing the lower levels to wither is tantamount to self-destruction. A healthy, steadily growing group of middle and lower-level Awakened is the pasture that enables the high-ranking ones to continue drawing energy. Therefore, they will certainly maintain order to some extent, set rules, and guide the plane's development in a direction conducive to the growth of the total energy."

Duke quickly pondered these thoughts. He quickly inferred them from some information in the conversation between Finn and the other person earlier.

His perspective and level of understanding were naturally different, which stemmed from the difference in vision brought by knowledge.

Apprentice Awakened like Finn and the other person most likely didn't even know of the existence of other planes, so when they saw some phenomena, they couldn't think more deeply.

Duke still remembered the intelligence Black Sail provided earlier, that the strongest being the Devourer Plane had discovered was a Level 4 Life, still unsure if there were life forms of higher levels.

"I wonder if, when the total energy of the entire plane is accumulated, it could add up to create a Level 6 Life. If so, would anyone do such a thing?" Duke couldn't help but ponder.

He was thinking that if the Devourer Plane really had such a madman who wanted to elevate themselves to an extremely high level, there might indeed be an attempt to slaughter the entire plane.

But achieving this feat would be too challenging; without absolute overpowering strength, resisting the entire plane would be impossible.

Moreover, the will of the plane probably wouldn't allow anyone to do such a thing; otherwise, it would cut off the development path of the plane's future.

If indeed an extremely strong life form was born, that would mean the Devourer Plane would almost enter a post-spell era, and the vast majority of people would lose the ability to Awaken.

The more reasonable path remains gradual development, promotion through normal mutual devouring, rather than mass slaughter.

In fact, the Devourer Plane has a special mechanism to prevent such actions, which is precisely a plane rule.

This plane rule is the existence of erosion disease, and if Awakened devour a large amount of energy from other Awakened in a short time, there's a chance of pollution which could lead to erosion disease, gradually losing control and turning into the fabled Erosion Body.

When Duke first heard of the existence of Erosion Bodies from Finn, he noticed the fear in Finn's eyes, as if he didn't even want to mention this term.

Erosion Bodies are transformed from Awakened, both humans and demons could become Erosion Bodies.

They are monsters, gradually polluted by erosion disease, losing control, losing their sanity, and becoming creatures controlled by instinct and erosion disease.

Erosion Bodies often possess strong power and can spread erosion disease, polluting other Awakened.

However, the fate of Erosion Bodies is doomed; it is to self-destruct, eventually turning into a mass of chaotic, polluted energy.

Even if no one cleans it up, such an Erosion Body will eventually return to dust and soil, but it will pollute that area upon its dispersal, turning it into a forbidden zone tainted by erosion disease.

The Devourer Plane is dotted with such forbidden zones, all caused by the pollution of various powerful Erosion Bodies throughout history.

Forbidden zones can last for thousands or even tens of thousands of years and become stronger and more bizarre as more lives enter, die, and integrate.

All areas within a thousand miles of any forbidden zone have no human habitation, and some key chokepoints around them are guarded to monitor the activities within the forbidden zone at all times and to prevent anyone from entering.

Anyone who enters the forbidden zone is indirectly intensifying it, making it more dangerous.

For any place within the Devourer Plane, the emergence of an Erosion Body is the most severe matter and must be resolved immediately, or the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Erosion Body..." Duke quietly contemplated this term, continuously pondering matters related to the Erosion Body.

"Could the Erosion Body be something created by a top-tier powerhouse? The existence of Erosion Bodies increasingly seems like a harvesting mechanism. If Erosion Bodies are a means of some entity, then all the energy harvested by the Erosion Bodies would eventually flow to him..."

Duke delved deeper into this thinking: "Awakened improve gradually through normal cultivation pathways; energy growth is slow but stable, and eventually, through battle, aging, or death, energy is returned to the plane or passed down in relatively peaceful forms."

"Yet, when someone attempts to take shortcuts by conducting extensive, rapid energy plundering, it triggers the firewall mechanism of erosion disease. The Erosion Body highly pollutes and muddles the plundered energy, and ultimately, upon its death, both the Erosion Body and its plundered energy are sealed in the forbidden zone."

"Therefore, could the entities setting the rules be, on the one hand, preventing the birth of ravagers who might threaten their ruling status, while on the other hand also secretly drawing upon the polluted and isolated energy?"

This thought clarified Duke's perception of the Devourer Plane; if true, the whole ecosystem of the Devourer Plane is a vast, intricate energy pasture and filter.

Ordinary life forms are the grass, the Awakened are the herbivores, and the top predators maintain the order.

The existence of erosion disease is also a disguised constraint on the upper predators, preventing them from arbitrarily harvesting energy through the slaughter of lower lives.

This is also why Finn and the other person wouldn't find it strange earlier when Duke didn't absorb the energy from the Hyena's body.

Many powerful Awakened avoid absorbing energy from those significantly weaker than themselves to reduce the risk of infection by erosion disease.

For them, the enhancement gained from that amount of energy is negligible, yet it increases the risk of contracting erosion disease, making it not cost-effective.

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