This is truly... Seems like even though everyone in the bureau is one of "us", "us" doesn't necessarily mean "good" people... If we're going to engage in another justice gang fight, be sure to check thoroughly afterward, lest someone leaves behind some messy stuff!

"Your Excellency, Third Generation!"

After carefully checking his heart to make sure all the will of the old man of the third generation had been altogether removed, Leon grabbed the head of the "messy stuff", squinted his eyes, and questioned:

"Isn't it a bit rude of you to do this behind my back?"

"Well..."

Seeing Leon's unsightly expression, the old man of the third generation, who was being held by the head like a chick, stammered at first but then answered with a rather warm smile:

"I think with our relationship, if we're still fussing about stuff like this, then we'd be a bit too distant, haha, hahahaha~"

Ha, my foot!

Although somewhat displeased with the old third generation's act of leaving his will to eavesdrop, considering he did indeed lend a substantial hand this time and being more of the former former former... former chief, along with having a bit of a mentor-disciple relationship, Leon wavered a bit but decided not to confront him further, instead asking expressionlessly:

"Whether to be distant or not depends on the situation... Your Excellency, the Third Generation, you just mentioned you have a way to solve the seabed freezing issue?"

"Yes, yes!"

Seeing Leon chose to brush it off without taking advantage to trouble him, the old man of the third generation felt slightly relieved, then smiled as he began to explain:

"Before you returned from the Abyssal Sea Realm, I made a special visit to the Sea's Eye to understand the situation. The seabed freezing issue seems troublesome but is actually merely... hey? Don't! I was just about to say it!"

Noticing Leon's grip on his head was increasing, understanding he didn't have much patience for a long-winded explanation, the third-generation chief swallowed his teasing words and went straight to the point:

"The relationship between the Abyssal Sea Realm and the current world is akin to that between freshwater and seawater, the seabed freezing and land submersion are merely symptoms of the issues.

These disasters' real nature is actually a world of 'freshwater' severely losing rules merging with a world of 'seawater' having complete rules, causing chaos due to the flow and completion of rules."

"'Freshwater' world and 'seawater' world?"

Following the third-generation chief's narration, recalling the situation during the seabed freezing, Leon's eyebrows couldn't help but raise slightly.

What the third-generation chief said is likely correct. The seawater from the Abyssal Sea Realm supplementing the current world's missing rules, though still awkward, indeed patched some of the missing rules.

And the part of seawater belonging to the current world was diluted on a rule level, losing the ability to maintain temperature, hence leading to massive freezing due to continuous loss of temperature.

"Indeed, that's right."

After affirming the third-generation chief's statement, the mermaid beauty stared at him briefly, then frowned as she inquired:

"So what's your solution? Prevent this 'mixing' and 'dilution'?"

"Yes."

The third-generation chief nodded slightly, then continued cheerfully:

"Anyway, what we want isn't a complete merger of the current world and the Abyssal Sea Realm, just to enhance the root essence of the current world through this method, so we just need to separate the Abyssal Sea Realm."

"But isn't that unworkable?"

Leon frowned upon hearing:

"To separate the rule-deficient Abyssal Sea Realm, the Sea's Eye must be completely sealed, but if we want the Abyssal Sea Realm to become a part of the current world, then the connecting Sea's Eye can't be sealed."

"No need to seal it!"

The old man of the third generation waved his hand:

"Sealing it would make it pointless, the Sea's Eye still must be open... but we can't let it be entirely open, it needs a bit of 'filtering'. "

Filtering?

Leon questioned with curiosity:

"That's a world! What do you plan to use for filtering?"

"Root essence~"

Raising his colorful hand, he gently wiped in the void, leaving a "moist" faint imprint, the third-generation chief raised his eyebrows with a proud face and said:

"Is this enough?"

This is… the Splendor of Roots?!

Watching the clear "liquid" imprint left without dissipating like the mist-like color of roots, Leon instinctively opened his mouth, then couldn't help but glance at the third-generation chief in awe.

Previously, when Evangelin was tutoring him, explaining the relationship among root color, root splendor, and root essence, along with the methods of refining each, the third-generation chief must have been fiercely eavesdropping in his heart.

Despite the eavesdropping, to master the method of condensing root splendor purely relying on minor residual will in such a short time, is indeed a bit too monstrously talented, isn't it?

"Amazing."

After observing the imprint left in the void by the third-generation chief, the mermaid beauty's gaze also revealed a bit of admiration, while glancing back at Leon, equally gifted, she couldn't help but exclaim:

"To reach this point purely through talent, without being from the root heritage, is already quite unexpected for one person. I couldn't expect the current world to produce two of you simultaneously."

No, I'm just cheating, he's the real talent.

Having gained a more direct understanding of the old man's third-generation talent, Leon continued to ask: