Infinite Job Transfers Starting from Mechanic-Chapter 234 - 129: Neither too many nor too few humans should be allowed.

"The previous small Settlement Federation relied on the information technology of the Iron Heart Tribe to build signal stations between various settlements."

"And the message just now was a call for help from the Skeleton Settlement. They are requesting the protection of the administrator, and the reliability of the message has been confirmed by Feng Tian and the Clan Leader of Iron Heart."

Upon hearing this over his personal terminal, Yu Ping’an reported back.

"I understand. Stay calm. I’ll handle it. Have the Mechanical City’s top officials and the Hunting Team Leaders gather in the Mechanical Hall." Su Yu replied, then disconnected the communication from his personal terminal.

After listening to the communication from Yu Ping’an, Su Yu had a vague idea in his mind, but it wasn’t clear. He needed to think it over carefully.

"Has the Ghost Tribe noticed the movements of these small settlements so quickly?"

"According to the speed of the Ghost Tribe’s Wolf Riders, the Iron Heart Tribe only started their migration two days ago, yet the Wolf Riders have already reached the Skeleton Settlement. Clearly, they received the news early."

"That shouldn’t be the case. The distance between several small settlements and the settlements of the Ghost Tribe is more than a hundred kilometers. Unless the Ghost Tribe has been monitoring these small settlements, it would be impossible for them to discover the Iron Heart Tribe’s migration so quickly."

"Unless the people of the Ghost Tribe have been constantly watching these small settlements..."

Su Yu had a flash of inspiration and suddenly understood something.

"The side effects of Ghost Energy make its users become bloodthirsty and murderous, and they become more loyal to the high-ranking Transcendents who control Ghost Energy, just like Li He and the Night Slayer Team."

"If these side effects are never relieved, it would be easy to turn someone into a bloodthirsty maniac, or even let them be assimilated by Ghost Energy, much like the Wolf Riders I encountered before."

"Therefore, in order to resist the side effects of Ghost Energy, the Transcendents of the Ghost Tribe prevent themselves from being completely assimilated by Ghost Energy, becoming Ghost Energy mutants. That’s why the Ghost Tribe deliberately keeps those small settlements in this Dead Silence Wilderness."

Su Yu suddenly realized.

"The small settlements in this Dead Silence Wilderness are essentially the Ghost Tribe’s flock. By controlling the number of small settlements, they can ensure there are enough people in the small settlements to resist the side effects of Ghost Energy."

"You cannot let the people of the small settlements be too many, or it will lead to revolt among them."

"Likewise, you cannot let the people of the small settlements be too few, or their population growth won’t meet the needs of the Ghost Tribe."

On reaching this point, Su Yu recalled the passage recorded in the letter left by the old administrator of the former Sanctuary.

"[Scholars of Dawn City, after studying this history, concluded a pattern: whenever human civilization on Ruins Star reaches its peak, it suffers from catastrophic disasters.

And after the catastrophe passes, there is always a long period for humans to recuperate and reproduce.

It’s as if an invisible force is controlling humans on Ruins Star.

It’s essential not to let the human population become too large, nor too small...]"

"Not letting the human population be too large, nor too small." Su Yu whispered softly, with a trace of shock in his eyes.

"I understand now, this is the rule summed up by the old administrator and those scholars of Dawn City!"

"From the actions of the Ghost Tribe, we can infer why that hidden manipulator within the thousand-year history of Ruins Star caused multiple catastrophic disasters."

"Because it’s afraid, afraid that human power will develop to a certain extent, just like when Zhang Chenfeng emerged. At the same time, it also needs to maintain the human population above a certain level, or its own survival will be affected."

Su Yu shook his head, rebutting his own explanation: "No, it’s likely that a character similar to Zhang Chenfeng has already appeared, otherwise, after a millennium, why hasn’t that hidden manipulator fled from this Ruins Star?"

"Moreover, its condition is not good. It seems to be asleep. When Li He died before, it could only leave a mark on me and couldn’t kill me when I was only a mere three-star level."

"Logically, an existence of that level could easily kill me as a three-star being with just a glance. But it didn’t do so; it merely instinctively left a mark. Even when I successfully removed the mark, there was no reaction, so this unknown entity is likely in a state of slumber."

Although Su Yu doesn’t have a clear understanding of the historical information of Ruins Star, based on the existing information, he could infer that the condition of the unknown entity is not good.

Su Yu’s heart was immediately firm in his previous thoughts.

"Therefore, the Ghost Tribe must have an extremely close connection with that unknown entity, maybe even as the backhand left by it. Even the once formidable Ghost Empire, the last ruling force of Ruins Star, might have been controlled by that unknown entity."

"And the actions of the Ghost Tribe in recent days may not be because that unknown entity issued a warning or guidance, but because..."

"Because the number of small settlements in the Dead Silence Wilderness has slightly exceeded the Ghost Tribe’s controlled range, and my actions of killing Li He and wiping out a team of Wolf Riders became the perfect opportunity for the Ghost Tribe to cull."