If one wanted to submit a document that might carry a classification through normal channels, one had to personally deliver it to the appropriate Immortal Alliance office. Although, within the Immortal Alliance, papers like these might ultimately bring far less social standing and profit than fundamental theoretical research, the Alliance managed this category of papers far more strictly. They had to follow a prescribed procedure.
Even Wang Qi's previous paper that had caused an uproar—"Formal Undecidable Propositions in the Arithmetic Canon and Related Systems"—an article with real killing power against Myriad Dharma Sect cultivators, had still counted as a purely academic paper. Its author had the right to handle it as he wished.
That was why he had been able to give it to Feng Luoyi in advance.
But something involving civilization-destroying technology had to be submitted this way.
That was stipulated by Immortal Alliance law. Even Feng Luoyi could not inspect this kind of paper before its submission—even if he knew what it might contain.
On the road back to Divine Land, Wang Qi had heard Liu Huantang, an Extermination Envoy attached to the Dark Department, mention this before. Apparently, Dark Department cultivators conducting such research had dedicated places to submit encrypted texts. But Wang Qi was a special case. He had not entered the Primordial Spirit stage and could not join the Immortal Alliance's hidden branches, so he could only submit it through ordinary channels.
Those were the rules.
It had to be admitted that while rules ensured most affairs could operate safely, they also brought a little trouble.
Wang Qi had always felt that this sort of trouble was "worth it." But when he actually encountered it, his head started to ache.
According to procedure, submitting such a classified document required one to prepare a paper copy