I don't think this would testable because in the region of diminished resources, time would also be diminished (slow down but not necessarily stop).
Slowing time in the diminished resource region would also slow any local observer, making his observations seem normal. If other resources are diminished that will also interfere with observation.
Einstein's work on simultaneity also prohibits a single observer from observing locally and in another region (i.e., there is no God-like view).
It appears that physics has built-in mechanism for keeping 'observers' and 'the observed' in check.
Slowing time in the diminished resource region would also slow any local observer, making his observations seem normal. If other resources are diminished that will also interfere with observation.
Einstein's work on simultaneity also prohibits a single observer from observing locally and in another region (i.e., there is no God-like view).
It appears that physics has built-in mechanism for keeping 'observers' and 'the observed' in check.