"Can things only develop according to their preset direction? Even after joining the King's Land, can't that direction be changed?" Doctor pressed.
"Why are you, like Yao Guang, so set on developing the King's Land in worlds of [If]?" Chen Li gave Doctor a somewhat helpless look.
"Because it's convenient," Doctor replied as though it were only natural.
"At present, the one-star [If]s are indeed rather rigid." Chen Li rubbed his chin.
It wasn't that the development paths Chen Li had preset for those worlds weren't good enough. Rather, perhaps they could become even better—for instance, by integrating the King's Land.
While some Parallel World's If routes had no need for intervention, worlds like the Seven Lostbelts truly required negotiation.
That was also why Chen Li had yet to set out, remove the other Lostbelts, and place them into [If]. Doing so would, to a certain extent, hinder communication between those Lostbelts and other worlds.
"At present?" Doctor keenly caught that phrasing.
"From the looks of it, this artifact truly needs to be strengthened." Chen Li nodded.
For what Chen Li had in mind was not merely that those Lostbelts with the potential to join the Paradise Alliance, and which needed exchange and communication, required more flexible [If]s...
After experiencing this incident, Chen Li had also come to understand something.
Worlds were born and perished. Chen Li could help those that still existed. But with so many worlds destined to perish, how could he possibly help all of them by himself?
Emperor's Proof was useful, but establishing the King's Land also took time.
For example, only after the King's Land had been established across all of Terra and Terra itself had been built up would there be enough capacity to develop other worlds.
But what if, during that gap in