"Quasi-Paradigm," Ronan corrected.
Le Zuo's brow twitched.
Their discussion behind Doctor Tao Xian's back in the rest area had most likely been overheard. Whether Ronan's correction was academic in nature or a petty emphasis, Le Zuo did not care. Still, he was quite interested in the subject.
Without even waiting for Zhong He to respond, Le Zuo said, "Didn't you say that you used the Fantasy School's... 'Quasi-Paradigm' to reconstruct part of it? There should be some similar logic involved. These two things aren't high-level, so there should be plenty of approximate models."
Ronan indicated that he understood.
What Le Zuo described was also very common back on Earth. On a broader scale, theories like geocentrism, phlogiston, and ether all worked in certain fields for a time, only to later be replaced by simpler, clearer models.
Ronan took it more easily. "I'm only scraping by on a low-level battlefield anyway. Approximate models still work."
Le Zuo sneered. "You really are confident."
Ronan merely smiled, then immediately asked Field Officer Zhong He, "I'd like to ask whether the Command Department has confirmed that a Karmic Poison Living Entity skilled in the methods of the old Fantasy School entered the area around Pupil Ring Asteroid 28758 and exerted an influence here?"
Zhong He finally responded, but did not answer directly. He only asked in return:
"Great Lord Level?"
"Yes."
"You lack the clearance."
Le Zuo laughed from the side, taking the opportunity to jab at Ronan. "There are only so many Great Lord Level entities around the Red Wheel Rift, and most of them formed around the Calamity Era. Whether they've come or not, Lieutenant, aren't you a history student? You should be able to guess the general direction."
Hearing Ronan's specialty, Zhong He could not help giving him another glance.
Ronan