let's assume for the sake of this post that the Godmaster ending with the Delicate Flower is real, the Infection is obliterated without anyone having to fight the Hollow Knight

and it's allowed to leave the black egg in a more-or-less alive state

what's next for it? what would it even do? what would a surviving vessel exist for once the Radiance has already been BTFO? the vessels are clearly not the thoughtless automatons they were supposed to be, there is a will and intent and sentience within them.. but i can't see them existing the way normal bugs exist