This is much easier than setting up a catastrophe-level event with such complexity.
What's the point...
Initially, Tao Yu thought it might be some city near Starshine feeling threatened, but it turns out this guy claims to rival the three major intercontinental powers, which is indeed a bit surprising.
At least in front of the current Tao Yu, discerning whether a catastrophe-level is lying isn't too difficult, unless the power behind the scenes has also deceived Boston, which isn't unlikely...
"Right, so I'm actually quite puzzled about this task too, but they can easily assign someone as clean as a catastrophe-level like me just for probing. You should be able to glimpse a bit of their capability from this. I also expressed before that I wouldn't get involved, and it's just for probing, even fulfilling my obligations as a guest elder."
At this point, Boston paused.