“If only we could see through the power of this technological civilization. If we could conquer it, the battle strength of our human civilization would soar,” Blood Tower lamented.1

Green Lotus replied, “We cannot take that risk. The greatest advantages of a technological civilization are their numbers and the fact that they have no karmic chains. That makes it difficult to gain a clear idea of their capabilities.”0

Deciding whether or not to try to see through the technological civilization’s strength was no longer an important decision given that the Gate of Laws had already been destroyed.0

What Lu Yin needed to do now was to find those mechanical spheres, as well as find a new civilization that could be exploited.0

Every member of Obscura had a civilization that they used. Lu Yin had been assigned a mission to capture the Jade.Thread of Heaven, but while he could act personally this time, that might not work for his next mission. It was best to be prepared.2

But what other nearby civilizations could be exploited?0

There were a great many civilizations within a fifty-year distance. That was an extremely vast area, as it was a sphere with a radius that spanned the distance from the human civilization to the Seven-Treasure Anuras’ homeland. Even with Lu Yin’s ability to teleport, it would take a very long time to fully explore that sphere of space, and it...1