Watching the silent crowd within the great hall, the Councilman's expression returned to calm.
"I understand, not everyone has the courage to face seemingly insurmountable challenges."
"But now, a truly feasible solution is right before you. And regardless of whether we succeed in the end, there will be no harm to you."
"We all know that a Professional's mental intentions possess strength, and a sufficiently powerful Professional can even interfere with reality through mental power alone.
However, research indicates that even the thoughts raised by ordinary people are also endowed with strength, albeit extremely weak, so weak that they're difficult to notice."
"Before the advent of the Mechanical Network, people's thoughts would arise and then dissipate, and this spiritual power would naturally vanish.
But now, when connected to the Mechanical Network, the spiritual power generated by every thought does not directly disperse but is collected by the network.
