Although those lifeforms had lifespans of several hundred years, in order to accelerate development, the Absolute One set an accelerated time flow.
The leader exhausted all his energy planning the civilization and eventually died from overexertion.
His death created a power vacuum.
That was because the entire civilization's operations had depended on the leader's intelligence and decisions.
From food distribution to construction planning, from technological research to resource allocation, everything had been coordinated by the leader.
Ordinary members merely carried out orders and had never participated in decision-making.
Now that the leader was dead, they did not know what to do.
The ensuing struggle for succession turned into a civil war.
Several of the strongest individuals all claimed that they should become the new leader.
Each gathered supporters and began fighting for power.
The once-glorious city became ruins amid the flames of war.
More fatal still, the ordinary members had grown accustomed to obedience during the leader's rule.
They had lost the ability to think independently and the drive to innovate on their own.
After losing their leader, they did not even know how to grow crops or maintain buildings.
The civilization fell into stagnation and even began to regress.
The Absolute One's sense of presence fluctuated violently.
It had clearly not expected this outcome.
Meanwhile, Lin Ye's civilization underwent a qualitative transformation that day.
While trying to make a tool, a young individual accidentally discovered the principle of the lever.
He used a long wooden pole to pry up a massive boulder.
The discovery thrilled him beyond measure.
He immediately shared it with the other members of the tribe.
Once the others understood it, they each made their own improvements.
Some discovered that adjusting the fulcrum's position could alter efficiency.
Some discovered that wooden poles of different shapes produced