"You don't remember? Then forget it."
"No, I do! I remember!"
Ronan snapped back to himself. He did remember asking the Martial Emperor for advice when she had brought up Li Wei's "Window Period."
The question had concerned Li Wei, but also the "Divine Cloak" that would come from the distant stars at some unknown time.
The Martial Emperor had clearly refused him then, yet now she brought it up herself. "If you really have been studying the Inner Universe, keep at it. It should work well. But most of the Myriad Heavens Gods aren't fond of it, so be mindful of the consequences."
What kind of advice was that?
Fortunately, she went on. "Take a look at the Fog Maze. It may be a model of the Inner Universe resisting the Divine Cloak in an Abyssal Spirit Net environment... a specimen."
Ronan caught the more important implication at once. "So Your Majesty knows where the Fog Maze came from?"
"Has Your Excellency never had even the slightest suspicion?"
The Martial Emperor answered with a title to match his, then hung up with a laugh.
Ronan stood dazed for a moment. Then a notification came from the Inner Universe Simulator: the Sky Abyss Spirit Network Support System had finished loading.
As a "support system," it certainly put on more of a show for beginners than the professional editor. Once Ronan entered, a string of prompts guided him through its functions.
He soon understood. It was essentially a visualization tool built specifically for the Abyssal Spirit Net.
It did not teach users how to operate the Abyssal Spirit Net. Instead, it simulated data from the external True Universe—or took it in live—and displayed that data in the form of the Abyssal Spirit Net. Users could then compare it with their own