Xu Shi's conjecture is not complicated, and it has existed for a long time.
That is, is the strength of "Heavenly Principle" also related to "Rusty Mist"?
The first time I realized this was probably at the moment I killed Shenhe.
The reason is simple: ten years ago, in order to advance the so-called plot of Night City, "Heavenly Principle" could even use deus ex machina to cause the two major powers in the city at that time, "Refraction" and "Heavenly River," to perish overnight.
To be able to do this, one can imagine how terrifying his strength is—to be honest, even Xu Shi himself now might not be able to do this so cleanly, or even without leaving a trace.
In addition, the extent to which "Tianli" controls the experimental areas across the world is something to be wary of.
but.
It seems strange that "Heavenly Principle" did not intervene when the plot was broken or completely changed.
From that moment on, Xu Shi had some doubts. Was it that his actions hadn't crossed their bottom line? Or...?
Are they no longer capable of such forceful intervention?
He didn't rush to draw conclusions at the time, and his initial purpose for going to sea also had a exploratory flavor—to try to find the elusive bottom line of "natural law" by further expansion and exploration of the world.
However.
As things have developed to this point, the attitude of "Tianli" remains somewhat ambiguous—the most obvious point is probably the compromise-like decision they made when they had a brief contact with Miss Saintess in the "Threshold Space".
To be honest, it's quite strange that someone who, as an "outsider," turned another experimental area upside down, or even conquered it, ended up being simply "abandoned."
Anyway, that's what Xu Shi felt. If he were in Xu Shi's shoes, and someone did such a thing right under his nose, he would definitely eliminate such a threat at all costs and get the Hualan Empire back on track.
Ultimately, although the protagonist of this generation was wiped out without any real power, the Hualan Empire as a whole did not suffer any major problems and continued to operate, rather than being turned into scorched wasteland.
In this situation, wouldn't it be better to resolve the unrest caused by outsiders and simply restart the process?
Even if he took a step back and wasn't so radical, he would never just abandon the experimental area he had worked so hard to build.
This doesn't make sense, right? They can use Deus Ex to advance the plot of Area A, but they don't care about Area B at all, which is completely disrupted. Is Area B an unwanted stepchild?
However, if we take the premise that the "natural law" is insufficient, it seems to make sense.
The "principles of heaven" of ten years ago are certainly not the same as the "principles of heaven" of today. Perhaps they have encountered some changes during this period?
Xu Shi was well aware that, not only in the City of Night Sin and the Hua Lan Empire, there were definitely many other experimental areas in the world like theirs.
Since everyone is under the supervision of "natural law," if a major change really occurs somewhere, it is indeed possible to weaken, or even significantly weaken, their strength, thereby triggering a series of butterfly effects.
Given insufficient strength, their approach will inevitably change, and their standards and bottom lines will be lowered time and again.
Eat only what you can handle; it's a very simple principle.
So the question is, what exactly is this change?
This is one of the few things in Mr. Xu's life that is difficult to confirm, and it can even be said that there is no clue at all - there are few clues about "natural law" to begin with, and it is not easy to analyze.
But now he has it; the inspiration comes from a previous conversation with Pan Ling.
Because the conditions in each experimental area are different, in addition to the layer of protection of "observers", "Tianli" must also have a universal means of supervision, and it must be a means that can deal with all kinds of different situations.
This is what is known as the universal key.
To achieve this, it is necessary to use the medium of "rust fog"—the best example of implanting a protagonist's halo into a chosen one is that deus ex machina can also be achieved in this way.
Or perhaps, it seems that this is the only way to achieve it.
The advantage of doing this is that "Heavenly Principle" can operate in this way anytime and anywhere, and the technology they have is certainly sufficient for them to adjust the degree of mechanical séance.
However, the drawbacks are also obvious. "Tianli" does not have the ability to completely control "Rust Fog" - if they had this ability, then no one would need to play anymore, and they would not bother to try to remove "Rust Fog". This does not make sense, right?
So, this problem will arise if the "rust fog" mutates, or if their technology is insufficient to control the "rust fog".
Asking Jiang Chengcheng to retrieve nearly ten years of "rust fog" monitoring data was also to corroborate this point, and the results obtained were similar to his conjecture.
The most direct data is that over the past decade, the concentration of "rust fog" in the air, or rather, the "rust fog" layer hanging over people's heads, has been increasing, with an increase of about 7% so far.
It may not seem like much at first glance, but "rust fog" is extremely dangerous. Even 0.7% is terrifying, let alone 7%.
Especially for techies like Jiang Chengcheng and Xie Qingyan, who have to deal with "rust mist" all the time, this feeling is even deeper. It might be okay with ore, but if gaseous "rust mist" is needed as a basic raw material, even the slightest change requires a lot of adjustments, which is incredibly tiring.
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