Meng Tu's face darkened when he saw it through the Internal Channel, while Cat's Eye curled her lip and stayed out of it. As for Ronan and Raven, they looked over almost at the same time.
But they only spared it a glance before looking away again. Neither made another move.
Even so, the atmosphere around them instantly tightened.
Those who could see the Internal Channel instinctively felt guilty. Some looked over, their gazes lingering on the speaker far longer than Ronan's and Raven's had.
By comparison, Long Qi and Songkan, who were not part of that circle, were the last to catch on.
They did not know the details, only that something was off. Following everyone's gazes, they saw the person in question—a fully armed Deep Blue Walker, presumably one of the camp guards on duty today.
"What's going on?" Unable to ask anyone else, Songkan reluctantly turned to Long Qi. "Who is that?"
It was hard to identify someone in full armor, but that was no obstacle for a professional like Long Qi. After a few more looks, he confirmed it.
"Looks like Cha Zheng?"
Long Qi remembered him because, among the Burners in the camp who usually showed particular hostility toward Boss Ronan, this young man was the most obvious.
His famous remarks were that Ronan was "digging up roots and severing veins" and "cutting off Prototype Format's last path forward." Well, he definitely did not dare mention names, but that was clearly what he meant.
Without question, this was all fallout from Ronan's demonstration of the Coreless Style aboard the cargo ship. Even Long Qi, who had served as the demonstration model, had drawn plenty of cold stares.
Well, now he could roughly guess what had happened.
After glancing around, Long Qi edged over to Cat's