All of this preparation happened while Stream One maintained perfect awareness of the hall.
Arthur's eyes tracked various cultivators with methodical precision. His senses monitored their conversations and movements, picking up whispered words and subtle gestures.
He noted alliance formations and power dynamics shifting in real time. Small groups were coalescing. Leaders were emerging. Hierarchies were being established among those who had passed the trials.
Two complete thought processes operating in perfect parallel.
'The technique is stable,' both streams confirmed together. 'No interference between divisions. No loss of efficiency in either stream. Perfect synchronization.'
Arthur tested the stability further. He had Stream One begin a complex calculation involving spatial coordinates and energy flow patterns.
