"There is no need to say more. From now on, we will establish a rule: no one may access information of this kind without cause! The mechanical intelligence Fellow Daoist Li possesses has no human emotions, preferences, or hatreds. Even if it learns your private affairs, it can keep its mouth sealed as tightly as a bottle. How is that any different from no one knowing?"
While everyone was still harboring doubts, He Changnian stepped forward to offer his firm support.
He was unquestionably in favor of this approach and immediately admonished everyone: "But to avoid unnecessary panic, this matter will be classified. It must not be disclosed to anyone below the rank of Master Artisan. Violators will be punished without leniency!"
Hearing this, no one raised any further objections on that point.
Thinking about it, wasn't a casual sweep of a Great Power's divine sense far more frightening than those Eye Crystals and Listening Devices?
If a Great Power employed the great technique "Heavenly Sight and Earthly Hearing" and stood watch within the city, virtually no movement made by an ordinary cultivator could escape their perception.
They merely looked without seeing and listened without hearing. Great Powers had no interest in concerning themselves with ordinary cultivators' private affairs.
By that reasoning, mechanical intelligence had even less interest, and everyone's resistance to the matter eased considerably.
Yet Great Powers were uncommon, while intelligent Mechanism Devices could be found everywhere—and could cover every corner at very little cost.
From then on, at every moment, in every place...
Hiss...
When they thought of it that way, they still couldn't put their minds at ease!
Everyone felt an inexplicable knot of unease tightening within them.
But the facts were indeed as Li Chen had said: in many circumstances, it was difficult to preserve