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When I arrived here, I assumed the barrier had been meant to keep us in and that the Emperor controlled it. By now, I think it's obvious that that's not the case. The barrier is meant to keep things out. When Tu Vishan dove underwater, the barrier stayed up and held back the jingashi. But they broke through and, judging by the kedans' reactions, that had never happened before. In fact, I asked around. It hasn't ever happened before, not until lately.

Point two: a satellite falls out of the sky, breaks through the barrier, and lands on Tu Vishan. First of all, this suggest that there is-- or was-- some kind of long-distance communication technology. It also suggests that the barrier is weakening even more. Before, it took the stress of thousands of jingashi to weaken the barrier. Now all it takes is debris. Big debris, sure, but decidedly less stress than the jingashi.

As for the Emperor, it's possible she's contributing power to maintain the barrier, but it doesn't originate from her. Tu Vishan is the one maintaining it.

I know everyone's concerned about what's coming, but we can't let that distract us completely from the big picture. My point is that we need to slow down and rethink what we think we know. Since the barrier is our first line of defense against any outside invasion, let's start there. What do we know, what do we think we know, and how can that help us?

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Uh, no DUH it's coming from the turtle. That makes way more sense than having the Emperor do it.

Let me just correct you on something. You said that it's to keep things out, right? So why do we black out and lose our powers when we get close to the actual barrier? Why haven't we been able to cross over it? If it's to keep things out, surely things in should be able to get out. It's not much protection if we don't want to be in this place and are held like prisoners.

Also, this stuff has been happening since we arrived.

During landfall you can, though you lose your powers the farther away from the turtle you get.

It is meant to protect us from outside threats. When the turtle dove, it protected us from drowning and attempted to hold back the jiganshi. Not saying we're not essentially prisoners here, because I definitely didn't sign up for this, but the nature of the barrier is two-fold.

Yes, that's true. But is it happening because of us or were we called here when Tu Vishan was already in danger?

Yeah but it was still the same as being on the turtle. We had ur powers, but we lost it if we went too far. It's more like the turtle just...expanded the barrier some how. Otherwise, why was it similar on mainland? What's the be kept out on the mainland? Why have some kind of barrier there? Cause let's face it, that's basically what it was, right? A barrier of some sort. Get too far and you'll be baseline unless you pass out.

I don't care what the reason is. They brought us here and they're keeping us in the dark and keeping us stuck in such a small area. [It's small when you used to have the entire world to explore.]

I don't have any evidence one way or the other. I went onto the mainland and didn't encounter the edge of an "expanded" barrier. But I didn't go too far-- difficult without good transportation.

The reason might be the key to figuring out what's going on. This illness is a problem for everyone who relies on Tu Vishan. Which includes us.

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