Could they take it with them? Lu PingAn was first stunned, then delighted, but soon found it hard to believe.
"Take all of it? We're not taking a standalone client—we're taking the server."
"Your Courtyard is an independent divine kingdom, an independent server. All we need is the software and the designated hardware components."
Big Cat caught Lu PingAn's casually tossed-out New Era metaphor perfectly. It seemed she was not quite as "old-fashioned" as she had deliberately made herself appear.
Every world had its own core rules and World's Logic. So-called supernatural practitioners and monsters were merely their derivatives. Taking away a "standalone version" was easy, but taking away the entire system while preserving its growth potential and evolutionary paths was far more difficult.
The Sealing Technique of the Silent Mountain Range World was not particularly difficult to obtain. Those who had visited that world had more or less acquired some of it. Yet it had an extremely high demand for a "server." After bringing it back, many people could not even use it normally, much less continue cultivating it.
As for the original "server," the Lord of Sealing... Earth had offered a high price and shown great sincerity, but another world had clearly presented terms that were even harder to refuse.
As a result, the Sealing Knights Lu PingAn had "hired" had also suffered a considerable drop in strength. At the same time, outsiders centered around the "Sealing Technique" found themselves facing all kinds of difficulties.
Recently, however, things had begun to change. New Lords of Sealing had taken shape—one major and two minor ones. Constructing three Gods of Sealing at once reflected how highly Earth Civilization valued this technology, but from another angle, it was also a warning to the Lord of Sealing himself.
A backup candidate would