Outside the Sandbox World.
Just as Cheng Yu had suspected, Qiu Ji had deliberately guided the course of Sandbox World No. 4. This was his testing ground for probing that God of Destruction further.
A Technology World. If the supernatural route offered no chance of overtaking the competition, then technology it was.
Qiu Ji was certainly no stranger to technology. To better guide Sandbox World No. 4 down that path, he had intervened multiple times, straightening out its "wrong turns" whenever it looked ready to head down the supernatural route.
Why had the Sun Dynasty fallen? Its last Sun King had been far too brilliant. In his pursuit of immortality, he had forcibly carved a supernatural path out of what had originally been a technological one. To prevent the tragedy from repeating itself, Qiu Ji had personally intervened, offering guidance to the founder of the New Moon Dynasty, an ordinary schoolteacher.
He had convinced the man that the so-called supernatural path was misguided and technology alone was the proper way forward. Yet even with Qiu Ji giving him every advantage imaginable, the schoolteacher had still failed to defeat the last Sun King completely.
Finally, unable to watch any longer, Qiu Ji had deliberately picked up a small pebble outside the Sandbox World and tossed it inside.
And so, the event was recorded in the Sandbox World as follows:
"While the Sun King was returning with his army after suppressing yet another rebellion by the rabble, a meteorite fell from the sky and struck his carriage dead-on. The Sun King perished! Chaos swept through the army. Soldiers who had never believed in gods or spirits fell to their knees, begging Heaven for forgiveness.
Soon afterward, the Sun King's youngest son ascended the throne, and the already faltering Sun Dynasty finally met