Chapter 1729: with translation of chapter title

NO．343：But (they) are very good at playing on the phone.

Already translated: "The smarter a person is, the more they know where their authority should go; yet those who do not let reason suppress desire are always accompanied by many ordinary things hidden in the shadows."

Translate: "Because the smarter a person is, the clearer they are about where the rights in their hands should go, yet the rational state of not suppressing desire is always accompanied by many ordinary things hidden in the shadows." Need to keep meaning. Let's craft: "Because the smarter a person is, the clearer they are about where the rights in their hands should go; yet the rational state of not suppressing desire is always accompanied by many ordinary things hidden in the shadows." Ensure no added explanation.

"At first glance it seems unremarkable, but a closer look—or even an investigation—inevitably brings a shocking astonishment."

Translate: "At first glance there seems nothing special, but upon close observation or even investigation, one cannot help but experience a shocking astonishment." Keep.

"You are fully justified in assuming that a corporate executive who has committed wrongdoing would not survive scrutiny even before this point. Assume he certainly still has records of other embezzlement and bribery, or even secretly sold company assets, but he never lets anyone inspect them."

Translate: "So you have every reason to assume that a corporate executive who has committed wrongdoing would not withstand scrutiny even before this; assume he definitely still has records of other embezzlement and bribery, or even secretly selling off company assets, but he simply never gives others the chance to examine them."

"You can even assume that most companies out there are like this—keeping black books, engaging in illegal cutthroat competition, and having issues with cooperation and industrial procedures."

Translate: "You can even assume that most companies in the market share this nature, possessing black accounts, illegal vicious competition, and even problems in cooperation and industrial procedures."

"——But as long as no major mistake occurs, your assumptions will not come to pass."

Translate: "——but as long as no major mistake occurs, your assumptions will not come true."

"This is authority."

Translate: "This is rights."

"Not power, but authority."

Translate: "Not power, but rights."

"Strength exists as an objective, impartial reality, whereas benefit is a subjective pursuit."

Translate: "Strength exists as an objective, impartial reality, while interest is a subjective pursuit."

"Authority's aim is precisely to blur the lines between black and white, right and wrong; before it, whether assumptions are true or false doesn't matter—what matters is that authority exists naturally here and now, so you can rely on genuine strength to tear aside the veil, yet afterward it still remains."

Translate: "The direction of rights is precisely toward the confusion of right and wrong; before it, the truth or falsity of assumptions does not matter—what matters is that, while it naturally exists here and now, you can rely on genuine strength to tear the veil, yet after that, it still remains."

"It will even silently mend and repair itself."

Translate: "It may even silently mend and repair."

"Along desire."

Translate: "Following desire."

"Desire flows through interpersonal relationships; when an individual's influence grows strong enough to shake an entire web of relations, the concept of authority forms."

Translate: "That desire flows through interpersonal relationships; when an individual's influence becomes strong enough to shake an entire network of relations, the concept of rights thus takes shape."

"Furthermore, since it expresses itself through worldly human affairs, it exists universally across all levels and corners of human civilization, regardless of rank or status—just as companies' expansion naturally involves authority mediating within them, Aomo Lindun's act of directly recruiting two police newcomers and an out-of-town Juanzhang is likewise an expression of authority in action."

Translate: "Moreover, because it manifests along worldly ways, it exists universally across all strata and corners of human civilization, regardless of high or low, noble or base—just as companies' expansion naturally involves rights in their maneuvering, yet Aomo Lindun's ability to directly bring in two police newcomers and an out-of-town bureau chief is likewise a manifestation of exercising rights."

Thus line: "Moreover, because it manifests along worldly ways, it exists universally across all strata and corners of human civilization, regardless of high or low, noble or base—just as companies' expansion naturally involves rights in their maneuvering, yet Aomo Lindun's ability to directly bring in two police newcomers and an out-of-town Juanzhang is likewise a manifestation of exercising rights."

"Although many people do like to rank authority by its scale and achievements, Aomo Lindun clearly does not fall into such a hierarchy."

Translate: "Although many people like to define hierarchies based on the magnitude and achievements of rights, Aomo Lindun is clearly not among them."

"After all, he also enjoys poring over historical documents, just like Huo Erhaiya."

Translate: "After all, he, like Huo'erhaiya, enjoys pondering historical documents."

Thus line: "After all, he, like Huo Erhaiya, enjoys pondering historical documents."

Translate: "These texts recording the past are excellent teachers; merely pondering them can yield many completely different, cross‑domain understandings, and Xiao Aomo, in the process of that work intended to expand the human demonstration sample, also gained some by‑product‑like insights—for example, the struggle and cooperation inevitably accompanying the development of human civilization, which is precisely the intuitive manifestation of rights flowing, circulating, intertwining, and colliding in different people's hands."

Thus line: "These texts recording the past are excellent teachers; merely pondering them can yield many completely different, cross‑domain understandings, and Xiao Aomo, in the process of that work intended to expand the human demonstration sample, also gained some by‑product‑like insights—for example, the struggle and cooperation inevitably accompanying the development of human civilization, which is precisely the intuitive manifestation of rights flowing, circulating, intertwining, and colliding in different people's hands."

Translate: "Having reached this conclusion, his first feeling was not disgust but an immediate urge for self‑reflection and self‑examination, a sense of learning and demonstrating the scope of the 'rights' he can wield."

Translate: "Naturally, he does not feel the hatred and aversion that many classmates feel toward adults' exercise of rights; instead, he regards it as a matter of course."

Translate: "After all, in his view, those classmates themselves also hold rights and are using them without even realizing it."

Translate: "By leveraging interpersonal relationships and radiating one's expectations outward—such rights are, in fact, used by everyone; they do not backfire on the self, nor are they exclusive to oneself, and they often clash with others' rights in operation, causing one side's rights foundation to fail and collapse."

Translate: "This energy is intangible, yet because it relies on values it becomes especially evident, forming in Xiao Aomo's eyes a very clear system that helps him exercise his network, also helps him understand his network, and analyze how far others' energy can reach."

We used Xiao Aomo again.

Translate: "And it is precisely at this point that the distinction between rights and power begins to blur."

Translate: "After all, the people he needs to analyze are usually public figures and administrators, so tracing rights naturally turns into analyzing power."

Translate: "But what power does this bunch of the Beast Cult have?"

Translate: "A group of stowaways, with no hope of legal identity, visibly walking around with fake IDs; only their strength stands out like an extraordinary item in five‑dimensional space, carving an astonishingly long sharp angle."

Translate: "Isn't that enough?"

Translate: "Strength will seize power and then drive it—but imposing such order on a territory ruled by armed hegemony is tantamount to seeking death."

Translate: "Therefore they must necessarily confine their activities to a region that is hard to notice, hard to investigate, yet at the same time should connect with the concepts of monsters, giant beasts, and the like, since their strength relies on monsters and is also, to some extent, related to them in their demands."

Translate: "For instance, they might not seek enhancement, merely gathering and enjoying other things in the status quo…… As criminals, such third‑rate behavior would actually be caught quickly."

Thus line: "After all, the Holy Terra Federation's technological development far surpasses Dawei's hometown, and it's certainly not something Bi Ze's hometown can bluff about."

Translate: "The unusually widespread data coverage and extremely deep data automation destined the police's investigative and apprehensive capabilities to be raised extremely high."

Translate: "Accordingly, the criminals' techniques and methods for concealing their identities have been tested to an extremely high degree."

Translate: "For example, those who have not truly prepared themselves for a criminal's life, who merely commit crimes by accident and then choose to flee, often face an ultra‑swift law‑enforcement efficiency that finds them within just a few hours."

Thus line: "Such efficiency, placed in Heaven Gate City, ought to be even higher, yet the case numbers and criminal quality in Heaven Gate City are likewise exaggerated compared to most districts of the Federation; even though it is likewise an external Class I port, only Constant City in the far southwest of the East Yan District can barely keep pace."

Translate: "This is because Constant City itself houses the Federation's largest prison, to which all the Federation's dangerous criminals are eventually sent for detention——each time one or two manage to escape, it becomes a major case."

Translate: "By comparison, the crime density and grade of Heaven Gate City can only be described as a natural talent."

Translate: "After all, it registers transmigrants year‑round, and even countless transmigrants and otherworldly beings fleeing registration, refreshing the compendium of crime types every few years—a truly impressive place."

Translate: "Such a place naturally tests the law‑enforcement side's ability to keep up."

Translate: "You can completely wield the sword of the outer district to cut down the criminals of this district."

Translate: "\"Where is the guy to be interrogated? \""

Thus: "The tiger‑Juanzhang, uniform materialized, exuded imposing dignity; his gaze flickered imperceptibly toward the dragon‑deputy chief beside him, whose uniform bore the dragon insignia, and it was unclear whether he was enjoying the fact that his old rival, who once overshadowed him, now could only stand at his side as a follower."

We need to keep the quote marks? Not needed.

Translate: "\"There. \""

Translate: "Regarding rights, also regarding the criminals' choices, it sparked a flash of insight, making him think of someone he hadn't contacted in a long time."

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