"Of course."
Long Live walked over to the conference table at the side of the room. With a solemn expression, he took a sheet of vellum from inside his clothes and spread it across the table. A hand-drawn "dark technology tree" covered the sheet, and he began explaining.
"The first three entries in the dark technology tree are basic dark technologies."
"They are—"
"'Dark Technology Name': Resource Generation."
"'Dark Technology Name': Accelerated Growth."
"'Dark Technology Name': Ammunition Consumption."
"After the third basic dark technology, the tree branches into 'economy,' 'Livelihood,' and 'military.'"
"Only after unlocking one can we learn the specific details of the next dark technology."
"We haven't unlocked anything in the 'economy' branch yet. Its first dark technology is 'Dark Abyss Generation.' Once unlocked, it gives a small chance of generating low-level Black Abysses in the waters around the Eternal Night Continent."
"We haven't unlocked anything in the 'Livelihood' branch either. Its first dark technology is 'Public Safety.' When society is stable, the likelihood of natural disasters decreases significantly."
"We've already unlocked two technologies in the 'military' branch: 'Sky-Piercing Pillar Range Boost' and 'Mushroom Cloud.' The third, 'Anti-Aircraft Cannon Enhancement,' remains locked."
Long Live paused before continuing.
"We can infer that dark technologies may interact with one another. For example, the interaction between 'Sky-Piercing Pillar Range Boost' and 'Mushroom Cloud' created the Mortal Domain's now-famous 'Nuclear Warhead Sky-Piercing Pillar.'"
"Also..."
"Judging by the current trend, we can conclude that dark technologies grow progressively stronger."
"We only need to spend two 'dark technology source points' to obtain the fourth dark technology in the 'military' branch." "But we'd have to spend four whole 'dark technology source points' to obtain the fourth dark technology in the 'economy' branch." "Rather than developing everything, we should focus on one area."
"Besides, we might