Chapter 378: Passing the flame
Whenever Qin Xiaoxia needed to bring someone into Dawn's halls, he always began with a tangible display of wonder, then revealed the appropriate information.
People's capacity for acceptance could be very low, especially when something happened that harmed their interests.
People's capacity for acceptance could also be very high, provided what happened benefited them enough. That threshold did not even have to be particularly high.
Even if that "person" were expanded into an organization or a country, much the same effect could be achieved to a certain extent.
If reality were a novel, some people reading from an omniscient perspective would probably scoff. Why did so many people want to join Dawn? Were they all idiots?
They tended to ignore the shock of having one's entire worldview overturned, the irresistible allure of the supernatural, and the sheer power of curiosity. The terrifying rise of the game Legend back in the day was proof enough.
It was just like how so many people sat at their computers and mocked those who had been scammed, cheated, or trapped in one shady operation or another.
Yet everyone had a limit to their rationality. Everyone had an emotional trigger.
Some triggers needed to be created. Others required only a clear understanding of what people wanted.
Now, the shadow of the apocalypse hung over everyone. The strict controls imposed by the major powers had forcibly stabilized the situation for the moment, but as the Rini Debate had pointed out, prolonged pressure could lead some people to do something catastrophically stupid.
In fact, according to Dawn's current observations, the Dark Tide might arrive in just over a month. With so little time remaining, the countries could certainly maintain their strict controls until then.
But Dawn was no longer the Dawn of