"Deep Blue World?"
To Ronan, that was also a sensitive term. His attention was drawn slightly off track, and he asked one more question: "Have you been to the Deep Blue World?"
"How hard could that be?" Black Lion's palm practically rubbed patterns into his own belly, making him seem even more relaxed. His look of sudden realization was vivid. "Oh, right, you came out of Xia City. No wonder.
"The Deep Blue World is the kind of place that, while not every Extraordinary Species knows about it, is still known to anyone with sufficient status and rank. The only one still being kept in the dark is probably Ouyang Chen. Pure technical personnel really are the shame of the Extraordinary Species when it comes to connections..."
Ronan looked at him seriously and replied, "You mean he's being guarded against by you people."
Did they really think he knew nothing about the rotten business within the Ability User Association and among the Extraordinary Species?
"Uh, forget it. I should watch my mouth."
Black Lion yielded without hesitation, then gave the "Swan Neck" a hard slap, producing a muffled thump. "What does knowing the Deep Blue World's location even matter? The Mariana Trench isn't somewhere you can just casually visit. You don't seriously think that becoming an Extraordinary Species means you can take this thing down to the seabed ten thousand meters below, do you?"
"Mm, not quite." Ronan answered simply, though inwardly he was considering what sort of water-vapor Configuration could withstand—or even make use of—the brutal high-pressure environment of the deep sea.
Black Lion emphasized the point again. "On this vast Earth, including among the Extraordinary Species, there is one and only one person who can come and go without relying on a specialized deep-sea vessel: Poseidon.
"As for