These were... fanatical believers of the Soul Order?
Several hundred meters away, the Long-Tailed Lizard twisted its body, reflecting its controller's far-from-calm state of mind.
Under the Demon Rune's "provocation," the conversation between "Brother Qiang" and "Aka Ge" had basically revealed their origins. They were fugitives who had escaped from the "Deep Blue World," from the "Thirteenth District," to Outer Earth. And the "Sanctuary" repeatedly mentioned by Brother Qiang confirmed another layer of their identities:
Members of the Soul Order.
And, most likely, members of the True Soul Order.
That was logical, and it aligned with certain basic facts Ronan knew.
Aka Ge's reserved manner was one thing, but the information Brother Qiang had let slip left Ronan rather puzzled. He could only understand half of it. This "Processing Plant" built atop a rising and sinking metamorphic rock layer, possessing technology far beyond Earth Civilization's standards, was actually a "Sanctuary"?
Was it the Sanctuary Ronan knew?
The one his mother, Bu Qingwen, had modeled after the Sky Abyss Empire's Life Support Capsules, transforming it from a physical mechanical structure into a meditative structure on the mental level; the one that had gradually developed from a "Placebo" suppressing bodily aberrations into a "Sanctuary" jointly built through the interaction of people's consciousness?
Ronan could not be certain.
The transformation of the Sanctuary from a mental framework into a physical entity sounded rather terrifying, but Ronan, with his broad experience, could accept it. After all, the Sanctuary had originally been a physical mechanical structure. It would not be strange for it to undergo another transformation for some reason. Besides, the Reclamation Corps was right here, and the Thought Star Cluster's technological system had also leaked through. The necessary conditions could certainly be assembled.
But what the hell was the function of this Processing