When the person came to a stop about thirty feet in front of the crystal, it was the turn of an Authority Holder whose humanoid body seemed to be built from countless brown rocks, its aura deep and heavy.
It took a deep breath, and the power of its earth-element Authority slowly spread from its body.
A dim yellow aura of rules emerged from its surface, carrying the weight, stability, and sustaining nature of the earth. Like tangible ripples, it spread toward the Myriad Hearts Stone ahead.
The instant the dim yellow aura touched the surface of the gray-brown crystal, a sudden change occurred.
A deep, lingering resonance of rules came from within the Myriad Hearts Stone.
Immediately afterward, a layer of mysterious starlight mist abruptly spread across the surface of the seemingly rough, ancient gray-brown crystal.
The mist was not actual vapor, but consisted of countless tiny points of rule-light that flickered in different colors. Like billions of awakened motes of stardust, they billowed out from the depths of the crystal and rapidly spread, gently yet completely enveloping the rock Authority Holder releasing its power, along with the dim yellow aura surrounding it.
The mist churned, while light and shadow shifted within.
Every Authority Holder who came into contact with the Myriad Hearts Stone would be enveloped by this strange mist originating from it.
Then, the starlight mist surrounding the Authority Holder seemed to come alive, releasing all kinds of strange rule fluctuations that were difficult to describe accurately in words.
Shen Yi stood among the line, focusing his senses.
Those fluctuations were extremely complex and minute, as though they were simulating, reflecting, and even stimulating every possibility hidden deep within the wrapped person's soul and the source of their power. They were not manifestations of rules with a