Mysteries Make Me Stronger
Chapter 2390

Promises and Betrayal

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This showed that technological worlds were still more stable.

The power of technology had to be mastered by many people together.

In other words, technology required a collective to wield its power.

Even so, if technological power fell into the hands of fanatics, it could still bring tremendous suffering to humanity.

For example, those evil beasts and their factions.

Wenren Sheng understood this very clearly.

Once they gained such power, they too would bring immense suffering to others.

Relatively speaking, though, technological power was easier to control because it depended on a collective.

If an individual possessed Extraordinary Power and could wield it according to their moods, the danger would be even greater.

Great Xia's history offered the clearest proof.

If an emperor was foolish enough, he could bring suffering to millions.

In truth, he wielded Extraordinary Power within the system: one man's reckless decree, borne by millions.

Yang Guang was the most typical example.

Any rigorous historian would call this a classic system crash caused by a systemic bug.

No single factor made the fall of the Sui Dynasty inevitable.

Unlike the Late Tang, Late Ming, and Late Qing, where no emperor could reverse the situation and could only delay the inevitable.

As for the Sui Dynasty, one could have tied a dog to the throne, and it would still have lasted into its third generation.

At the time, there was enough food for the entire realm. The people had only just emerged from great turmoil, and all they wanted was stability.

There were simply no contradictions signaling the end of a dynasty.

At most, the great aristocratic clans still held considerable power.

But as long as they were handled calmly, they would not rebel.

Yet Yang Guang, through the reckless decrees of one man, tormented tens of millions

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