Having just dealt with a major crisis, the Priest Council was now in a sorry state.
Yuan Ju did not want to use that word to describe them, but it was the truth.
They had to deal with the engineering fleet warped by the rule power of the "Inner Universe," preventing secondary disasters; calm the frightened personnel so panic would not spread; and arrange the work that had stalled because both the director and deputy director were absent, ensuring that no safety incidents occurred at the very least while the Space-Time Structure was fluctuating.
At the same time, they had to be extremely cautious, limiting meaningless activity on the Mental Layer and guarding against Karmic Poison Contamination that might have leaked into this star territory. The Priest Council alone could not manage it. More than five thousand people in the engineering fleet all needed protection, including equipment that was already nearly unusable.
All that was merely the immediate work. The real trouble lay ahead.
According to Priest Yan Chen, their position was quite passive now.
For example, there was one very important point: something had happened here. Even if they could handle it themselves, they still had to contact headquarters. The Pantheon had to be notified, as did the Star Gate's constructors, investors, and every government department connected to this incident.
But why did contacting them put them in such a passive position?
Yuan Ju had not understood at first. Priest Yan Chen had rarely taken the time to explain some of the reasons to him, from a more practical perspective.
For instance, the interests involved in the "You-1337" Star Gate were immense. Many forces in the Sky Abyss Star Territory, including the Star Alliance, were watching it closely. It was already this significant as a "You"-class project, and many