The people Ronan was watching were all targets connected to him, or who had once been connected to him.
Of course, not a single one of them had any concept of "Ronan." Most had been influenced by that "crazy bastard" Tang Li, while Lao Bao and Chang Xin, from even earlier on, had only the vaguest impression of Tang Li. Life changed, and it had nothing to do with them.
Yet those "connections" and "influences" were very real.
Whether they realized it or not, under external observation, intervention, and influence, their thoughts and choices had changed to varying degrees, altering the trajectories of their lives. Interwoven with one another, they formed an invisible web across "Outer Earth," across East 725 District. And that invisible web was the result of Ronan's distortion. Yet for these "network nodes," Ronan had more or less retained the form and spirit frameworks shaped by "Outer Earth," as well as their own personalities.
Thus, this was also a form of cover. Given the currently limited exchanges, it could effectively conceal the fluctuations caused by his travels between "Inner and Outer Earth," blending concealment and flaws into one.
Of course, as Ronan traveled back and forth more frequently and exerted greater influence on "Outer Earth," his personal traits gradually seeped through as well. Thus, upon this "invisible web," the figure seated cross-legged atop the Demon Rune monster body had already become his true appearance, a projection of his own power.
Though it was like a ghostly phantom, as the degree of interference deepened, who knew what changes might follow?
For now, Ronan had no intention of making this "projection" do more.
Whenever this "projection" appeared, it was precisely when he was preparing to "return."
And at that moment, a relatively weak "signal" came from far beyond the