Chapter 150

Using her highest Guardian authority, she could detonate the core node of the Throat of the Mycelial Web, triggering a chain reaction that would forcibly sever all active or potential external consciousness channels, degrading the planet's spiritual network back to its most primitive creep state—a foundational baseline that merely sustained the rhythm of life. The price was steep: the permanent loss of deep-space sensing capabilities, the severance of communication with the Mothership, the instantaneous annihilation of her spiritual bond with Lucia, and potential brain death for Crystal-Scarred individuals who had become overly dependent on the spiritual network. But the Blue Crystal Star would gain an impenetrable shell, completely isolating it from the despair of deep space! A False God! That name alone was the straw that broke the camel's back!