Chapter 572: The New Heavenfaller
Everything had its advantages and disadvantages. The city's visual surveillance mechanisms greatly increased the cost of committing a crime.
Ordinary crimes were almost impossible, and any that did occur would be solved immediately.
In reality, however, crime could never be eradicated. As long as a society served intelligent beings, crime would always exist.
The Shell World monitored everything. Apart from the interiors of private residences, everything outside was recorded by the Shell System.
But the system was also man-made, with authorized personnel responsible for its supervision, operation, and maintenance. They, in turn, were overseen by other institutions.
As a result, anyone who could commit a crime in this day and age and escape the law had to be someone with immense power and influence.
Still, no matter how powerful they were, they could not leave a case "unresolved."
After all, with this level of productivity and the Shell System's extensive surveillance, an unsolved case was absolutely impossible unless there was some utterly unavoidable cause.
Suppose a Shacha person was murdered in the Shell World. If City Hall's investigative agency failed to produce a result within two hours, that alone would be enough to raise public doubts.
If the killer's identity remained unknown after three hours, public outrage would inevitably erupt.
The case would automatically be escalated to the cabinet, becoming a major incident that shocked the entire civilization. Every government employee in that city, including the city lord, would be listed as a suspect.
If it remained unsolved after five hours, every cabinet member would be added to the investigation list. The emperor would take personal responsibility for the case, initiating a grand imperial inspection.
Not only would the case have to be solved, but the reason it had triggered a grand imperial inspection would