To observe these results, Shi Wushuang sat quietly in meditation above the sky of the alluvial plain for ten full years. During this decade, human society on the alluvial plain did undergo some changes. At first, Shi Wushuang was somewhat excited, thinking that this lifeless order had finally begun to shift. However, he soon realized that all of this was in vain. The alluvial plain had indeed undergone changes different from the outside world, but these changes served solely to better stabilize the order within the plain. Cut off from external contact, essential supplies such as medicine and agricultural goods could no longer be shipped in. Faced with this situation, the humans on the alluvial plain failed to take any of the actions Shi Wushuang had hoped for—such as exploring the surroundings, driving change, or even instigating an internal riot—any of which would have disrupted the lifeless order.
Yet they did nothing of the sort. Their actions were remarkably simple: they leveled a few plots of land, gathered resources, and then built medicine and agricultural supply factories calculated precisely to match the size and population of the alluvial plain. And then... they became a self-sufficient, independently ordered society.
There were no riots, no changes, and no panic over the disappearance of the outside world, as if all of this was simply a matter of course. They had only a single purpose: to be born, to survive, and to live purely for the sake of living.
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