They said learning "Twenty-Seven Intentions" and "True Script Art" would require setting aside a substantial stretch of time, and that was not easy either.
On Ronan's first day back aboard the Chang Ying—more precisely, during twelve Tianyuan-standard hours—he had not managed to free up a single uninterrupted block of time. With several new research paths being opened at once, even with Lieutenant Meng Xin cooperating and Yun Bo turning a blind eye, the time expenditure was still very real.
During those twelve hours, in the temporary laboratory, the Furnace, the Fire God-Type 2 successfully completed three full iterations of the Ant Swarm and became the Fire God-Type 5. Meanwhile, the Ant Nest, which Yun Bo had kept under close watch, finally completed a self-adjusting upgrade of its overall structure during the final iteration.
Perhaps it counted as an upgrade. To Ronan, it looked more like a mutation of the Blood Soul Temple structure under high temperature and pressure.
But no matter what, Ronan's long-held theory that the Ant Nest and Ant Swarm complemented each other had, more or less, been proven. Whether it was the Ant Swarm or the Ant Nest, their indicators had improved significantly compared with the first field survey test. Still, they could not quite be described as a qualitative leap—for example, the Ant Nest's Level Three Interference Node had never been able to rise to the standard of a Sub-Level Interference Node.
In response to Ronan's regret, Yun Bo merely said, "You're dreaming," then eagerly ran off to the communications center to open a dedicated line and report the good news to Gong Shenmang. At the same time, he promised to apply to Gong Shenmang for Fire Hell Tyrant Root Marrow Source Essence as material for the next stage of experiments.
If there even was a