“Is it that troublesome?” Tong Shan asked.

Ji Jue took several deep breaths. After steadying himself, he turned the blueprints to the final page with slightly trembling fingers. “Let me explain from the beginning. To put it simply, this thing should be a piece of equipment similar to a power substation.”

“What does it do?”

“It connects to an enormous system and serves as one of its nodes and relay points, buffering and redirecting the flow to prevent sudden peaks and drops in output from destabilizing the system.”

Tong Shan looked even more confused. “What’s the problem with that?”

“Everything.” Ji Jue swallowed dryly, turned to the blueprints in the middle, and pointed at the parameters and requirements written there. “Why would a device made by a craftsman of the Depths in Spring City be using the Security Bureau’s standard verification protocols? And why are its internal spirit matter frequency and sequence verification exactly the same as the outpost’s?”

Tong Shan’s expression turned darker than ever. “Are you sure?”

“I don’t know....