"Once stripped of their extreme outward forms, their underlying aims aren't wholly evil or absurd. They may even be 'nutrients' that any healthy, developing complex system needs. It's simply a matter of dosage and formulation."
The leaders listened, engrossed.
"The core of our 'transcendent connection' paradigm is to seek connections that achieve dynamic balance amid diversity, and to guide emergence," Lin Ye continued. "Then could we design our own template as a system like this: one with a powerful 'core protocol' that encourages connection and balance, yet permits-even encourages-'submodules' or 'ecological niches' with different tendencies to exist within its framework, under limits and management?"
"For instance, there could be 'regions' with relatively stable cycles, but they wouldn't be closed off. They would maintain controlled exchanges with 'high-innovation experimental zones.' There could be 'deep meditation zones' that allow participants to experience 'simulated void' or 'simulated pain' in pursuit of insight, but with strict exit mechanisms and psychological counseling. There could be 'random event generators' to introduce interesting possibilities, but their range of randomness and impact would be constrained by the system's overall capacity to withstand them..."
What Lin Ye described was not a universe with a single tendency, but a highly complex, modular cosmic ecosystem with tiered management mechanisms and a core law of balance!
"What an immense undertaking!" Radiant Stilllight exclaimed.
"We don't need to create a complete system from nothing." Lin Ye's eyes blazed. "We only need to propose a 'core architectural concept' and complete a preliminary 'conceptual prototype' with sufficiently compelling aesthetic appeal."
"And as for the 'raw materials' and 'inspiration for rules' needed to build that prototype..." He looked at the seven wisps of essence from the seven templates suspended in the pavilion. "We'll 'borrow' a little from these 'classic answers.'"
"We need to analyze, dismantle, and