"He really did pay Li Wei extraordinary attention." Abner nodded in admission.
In fact, if Black Lion and the others had not deliberately or inadvertently blurred and steered the topic astray in the recording, perhaps what they ended up discussing would not have been the vague "X Factor," but Li Wei's family tree going back eight generations...
Romanus was not speaking only of what had happened today.
"Including the beach livestream in Di City, where he 'segmented' and integrated the Formatting Domain; and the earlier livestream in Xia City, where he also brought up the example of the Machine Core. Even the specialized term 'Configuration' was borrowed from over there."
At this point, Romanus paused briefly, as though organizing his thoughts, or perhaps leaving Abner room to think.
"I used to think Ronan was targeting Yan Hong and his son, targeting the 'Prototype Format.' But at this stage, Ronan no longer has any reason to specifically target them. It would not be strange at all if those father and son suddenly dropped dead one day."
Abner gave a "heh" and laughed. "Never mind the old one. That Yan Yongbo doesn't look like someone who could easily drop dead now."
Romanus lowered his eyelids again and smiled.
Abner agreed with most of his assessment. "At this level, it isn't strange for Ronan to see through some things and target Li Wei... but what do you mean by measuring himself against him?"
"They are very similar."
Romanus answered calmly, "At the very least, Ronan is trying to make everyone feel that, like Mr. Li Wei, he is someone who commands unimaginable resources and knowledge—someone who can bring enormous benefits to everyone, but can also unleash unforeseeable disasters at any time."
"Him, and Li Wei?" Abner laughed hoarsely. "He wants us to think