This is the second measure on the upper floors of the High Tower.
They not only want to foster a new faction to replace the Thorne Association and struggle with the Science School, but also want to support another group within the Science School itself in order to divide the influence that originally belonged to Colin personally, and to stir up conflict between the two groups.
This may not be an order personally issued by the Great Sage.
But everyone living in this tower is incredibly intelligent; they only need a glance or a cough from the Great Sage to naturally grasp the deeper implication behind his words.
Then, all of this arrangement would be automatically completed in a collective unconscious action.
The Gray Men of the 178th Void Realm connect each other's minds via the Spiritual Energy Network, and the sages of the Academic State can easily accomplish this without the use of magic.
