Expressions like "embrace the ancient god's toes" sounded novel, but they were also vivid.
Ronan made it sound casual, but Doctor Tao Xian knew very well that on a battlefield with such dire conditions, being able to lead a team of dozens through multiple rounds of experimentation and error was itself a display of capability.
If Mobile Fifth Company were like some of its sister companies now, reduced to just a scattered handful, unable even to accomplish basic tactical objectives, then there would be no point in considering "trial and error" at all.
Ronan was indeed not the traditional sort of outstanding commander, but his excellence lay in his ability to use his powerful, multidimensional technical expertise to cover the entire team, to the point of creating a kind of "overflow."
If the Command Department did its duty and understood the situation here, perhaps they would not be working with him for much longer.
So why could a history student develop such an extraordinary ability structure?
Doctor Tao Xian asked it out of habit.
Ronan, who was installing sensor relay equipment, did not hide anything. He merely corrected an element of the question. "Develop? It should be compensation."
"Hmm?"
"How should I put it? I have talent on the mental side. Uh, meaning that the Truth Communion domain is my strength. But under these circumstances, acting recklessly would make me... what was that term again..."
Ronan recalled his experience at the Relay Station, then gave the precise answer. "Fish eggs—the drifting fish eggs released by the Xuan Crystal Array."
In the Sky Abyss Empire's environment since the Calamity Era, this expression specifically referred to rookies who lived in the ideal conditions protected by the Xuan Crystal Array and knew nothing of the real world's cruelty.
Officer Gou Ye had described