"This isn't a perpetual motion machine. It's merely an application of some kind of power of law." Yu Bao glanced at Mei Xuan and explained unhurriedly.
"The power of law isn't constrained by spiritual energy, nor can ordinary divine abilities or magic power drive it. It inherently possesses the quality of perpetual motion," Mei Xuan said.
"Perhaps, but judging solely by what this rune script does, it really isn't the sort of perpetual motion machine you imagine. It's merely the normal flow of Heaven and Earth's natural energy. Think of it as building a dam upstream on a river, where we can convert the natural force of gravity into motive power to drive a millstone or a generator wheel."
"But the power of Heaven and Earth's Great Dao is inexhaustible. It won't run dry like an ordinary river. From that perspective, perhaps it really could be called a perpetual-motion mechanism."
At this point, Yu Bao could not help sighing softly, his voice filled with boundless longing. "That's why the fundamental question is how gravity arises, not how a dam stores energy or how a generator wheel turns."
Mei Xuan had no interest in discussing science with Yu Bao, nor did these principles of nature interest her. She cared only about Li Chen, so she asked, "What can this thing be used for? And what is Li Chen trying to achieve by distributing it?"
Yu Bao said, "Perhaps he wants us to forge a distinctive path in rune script technology. This is something new, born from combining the Old Era's Array Dao with the properties of spiritual energy and magic power. At the same time, it also possesses the properties of the power of law."
"Since it can be used under conditions where Dharma’s Decline Descends, that means, in a certain