Yi Chen, Jin, and Regan returned safely. Of course, William and Catherine were still being carried with them in the form of a video tape.
As for Yi Chen's ring, it was not an evil product. The evil entity had died completely, which could be considered direct proof that the evil had been slain.
After the cleanup forces conducted a comprehensive inspection of Ring World-0033, they confirmed that the world phenomenon Tomie had been completely eradicated. However, the world had suffered severe damage.
Although there was no obvious damage to its geographical structure, its most important resource—its population—had decreased by a full 61 percent. The female population had been reduced to just 20 percent.
In the past, the City of Husks would have immediately carried out a population transfer, linking together worlds with similar levels of development and cultures, then slowly restoring the population to normal.
But now that the evil had invaded the Prime Material Plane, linking the worlds together was more likely to cause the evil between them to merge and accelerate their destruction.
Therefore, this world affected by the concept of Tomie would receive no remedial measures. The remaining humans would be left to develop freely, and whether society could stabilize and the population regain balance would depend entirely on the character of those who had survived.
As this was a new phenomenon, its Danger Value was ultimately assessed at ★★★★ based on the accounts of Yi Chen and the others, as well as the damage sustained by the world.
Without Yi Chen and the others stopping it in time, once the final Tomie had been born between the worlds, men, women, and children alike would have died, leaving the population at zero.
The entire world would also have been occupied by Tomie's clones. Even the