Disaster Anomaly Balancing Hypothesis

In Minsk City, Wenren Sheng controlled Big Cat and slipped into an ordinary slum.

Everyone here had undergone intubation surgery.

Their expressions were calm, like NPCs in a game, devoid of any real emotions...

Their behavior was also like that of NPCs following preset programs: eating, sleeping, scavenging, or taking on heavy labor. Some slept all day long.

The only difference from before was that they no longer wandered around, drank themselves senseless, made graffiti, or went clubbing.

The usual disturbances were nowhere to be seen on the streets. For the first time, walking down the road actually made one feel quite at ease.

Thinking of NPCs, Wenren Sheng immediately recalled Illusion Game, which he had played for a time long ago. Later, because of its hidden dangers and because its entire operating mechanism had been built on exploiting Ordinary People, it had been driven out by the Patrol Division. The Xie Family had moved it to Southern India, taking advantage of the cheap labor there.

For a moment, countless associations came to mind.

Could humanity really have developed such sci-fi intubation technology so quickly?

It involved neuroscience, psychology, immunology, and the cutting-edge theories of many disciplines. It might be possible to develop it eventually, but there was absolutely no way it could have been completed and put into practical use in just a few months or a year or two.

Yet it had already been put into practical use. That could only mean one thing: it had taken shape long before.

Illusion Game had been its predecessor. This was one part split off from Illusion Game.

After thinking it over, Wenren Sheng finally reached a conclusion. Yes, that was right. Technology did save humanity—at least, it would save some of the Miken People.

He now completely understood what Gawain's