Chapter 661: Chapter 367: Shen Yu’s Extraordinary Advancement

One thousand three hundred years.

This time is not too long; rather, it is quite the opposite, it is too short.

After all, according to the intelligence gathered from the Association, Force One took over twenty-four million years to attempt to cross this level.

But they have never managed to cross over.

Yet the Association’s time spent is nearly twenty thousand times shorter.

Of course, this is partly because the Association already controls a world beyond this level and has detailed records of the laws.

But the true core reason lies in the Association’s possession of the Gray Mist Space.

After all, long durations are often stuck at certain stages.

And the Gray Mist within the Gray Mist Space can help the Association quickly cross some critical stages.

This acceleration effect is the coveted aid in the development process of civilizations and forces.

However, even so, one thousand three hundred years is still a bit too long for the Association.

Facing unknown threats, the Association indeed needs enough time and enough efficiency to resolve them.

Therefore, the Gray Mist harvested from this massive Doomsday World of the Tower World is absolutely necessary for the Association!

"We can increase the investment," Shen Yu finally decided, "greater investment, even at the risk of everything, betting on a potential doomsday crisis not being insurmountable."

"Isn’t the risk a bit too high?" Naturally, there were opposing voices.

Unless Shen Yu directly invoked the president’s authority to make an autocratic decision unilaterally, the others had the right to voice dissenting opinions.

But clearly, this matter is not at that stage.

"The risk, although high, is actually within an acceptable range," Shen Yu explained, "because our core purpose of increasing investment is to accelerate the control of this Tower World, aiming for the Celestial Dao Tree to replace the High Tower completely before the crisis erupts, achieving one hundred percent control, not ninety percent. At that point, even if we really lose, the resources, laws, and technology we have already controlled will not be lost. At worst, we only lose this Tower World and the Gray Mist we could have acquired, but it won’t reach the point of significant impact. Yet if we succeed... the acquired Gray Mist will greatly accelerate and enhance the entire Association."

Everyone understood Shen Yu’s meaning.

Increasing the investment is indeed about increasing investment.

But it is not entirely about increasing future investment.

In fact, quite the opposite, every bit of investment can be quickly recovered. Even if what’s recovered isn’t the Gray Mist, overall, it won’t be fruitless or too loss-heavy.

Given this, there really was no reason to hesitate.

The benefits clearly outweigh the risks.

Thus, the Association ultimately unanimously agreed to this relatively aggressive plan.

Many swiftly took action under Shen Yu’s leadership, with the primary step being to reduce the consumption of Gray Mist in other areas.

Some research projects that weren’t particularly important were temporarily paused.

This could also reduce some researchers’ dependency.

Meanwhile, those who were supposed to use Gray Mist for extraordinary level enhancements also paused its usage, opting instead for more traditional methods.

Such as utilizing resources or certain equipment.

Even though it doesn’t provide the guaranteed, failure-free promotion that Gray Mist does, it can reduce dependency on special Association resources like "Association Contribution Points" and "Great Achievements".

The reasons were also easy to find.

Members urgently needed support from Association Points for important tactics in other worlds.

In most of the current Association Worlds, members’ rights and statuses are absolute.

Even among the very few who might resent the weakening of their interests and can’t differentiate between levels of authority, they soon "understand the importance".

Even the recruitment of new Shen Yu, which had maintained Grey Mist for a long time without implementation, was temporarily halted.

In this situation, even discovering a highly valuable member world meant there weren’t many resources available to address it.

It was better to concentrate efforts on excelling at one task.

By doing this, the Association saved a significant amount of Gray Mist by accumulating in small amounts to form a large quantity.

All of this Gray Mist was invested in the Tower World within a short period.

Though the Tower had already developed self-awareness, it was inherently constrained by its rules, and with unreasonable outside intervention from the Association, it was powerless.

Within just over a hundred years of such an approach, the Association gradually gained control over most of the Tower’s authority.

The impact of this newfound control is very evident and far-reaching.

The adventurers in the Tower World were the first to feel the difference.

That was, Tower tasks became simpler!

This was not a trivial change.

For countless years, the Tower, as the absolute core of almost all the small worlds within, always represented the utmost danger.

Its terrifying mortality rate was even more brutal than typical warfare.

Once anyone entered the Tower World, their lives were no longer in their hands.

And even if one decided against becoming an adventurer, living wasn’t any easier.

Frankly, a civilization consistently trapped in the dangers of warfare has a hard time maintaining long-term order and stability.

Just like the small world Shen Yu originally hailed from, within the Tower realm.