The world's ten billion people had suffered under the Aberrant Species for far too long.
So, when the Deep Blue Walker took the stage at the end of 90 Year with overwhelming force, turning humanity's position in the Wilderness from defense to offense in one stroke—
The Deep Blue Walker, the Burners, and their signature "Format Fire" became miracles that countless people yearned for and remembered deeply.
Yet unlike the millions upon millions of viewers, with their understanding of Format Fire and the positive feelings they pinned upon it, Long Qi, as one of the Burners, saw things very differently.
So Format Fire was just common stuff, was it?
Her "cheap brother" had casually ignited Format Fire on Di City's beach. That could still be explained by his profound mastery of Format Theory; after all, he truly was the founder of Coreless Style, and the result of three generations of the Luo Family's legacy.
But what about Raven?
Though her origins were gradually becoming clear, the nature of her abilities remained a mystery.
One fact was certain:
Raven had never practiced Format Theory. Even if she might have been the person Ronan most often gave private lessons to, everyone knew her abilities had essentially come with her from birth—a standard Talent Stream. Ever since she entered the public eye, she had never used the power of Format Fire, not for a single moment.
In fact, even now, with Format Fire burning around her body, Long Qi found it strange. For the moment, though, she could not tell why.
Just as Long Qi's mind filled with doubt, the deepest and most polluted region of this temporarily created, violent "Void Ocean" erupted into even more chaotic tangling movements and crashing tremors beneath the Interference Cannon's beam of light—perhaps with some kind of