There's a reason nuclear weapons are forbidden in Neo-Tokara.
It's not just because of the radiation and the long-term damage to the ecosystem, more importantly it is because of environmental contagion.
Low-ranking Ascended may not know the truth, but the fear of a Neon Beast Cataclysm was why the major factions of the world and their leaders collectively decided not to let more C Rank Ascended emerge.
But this was not the only way for the population of Neon Beasts to rise in the world uncontrollably, another way was through ADE nuclear bombs.
A nuclear bomb doesn't just spread radiation, it also spreads ADE radiation and corruption within the vicinity where the bomb detonated.
There are multiple ways that Neon Beasts are created, and one of the most popular ways is ADE crystallization inside corrupted datastreams or energy reactors. Once created, they replicate through environmental contagion, infecting surrounding ADE fields to seed new digital-organic embryos.
