No matter what, Jack was dead. Ronan had not spent much time analyzing Jack's cognitive system afterward.
But thinking about it now, there really were far too many questions.
For the same matter, each level had its own level of understanding.
Given Earth's current technological foundations, Core Technology was by no means a universally applicable miracle cure for advancement. But if there were a Thought Star Cluster supporting it from behind, and one could produce a form of "cybernetics technology" similar to Core Technology, then 99 percent of people could ascend in a single step—with the prerequisite that they embark on the utterly transformed path of a "Modified Human" or an "Uploader."
The universally present "Inlay Plates" on the "Fugitives" and "Hunters" of the Thirteenth District were proof enough.
What Ronan wanted to know was this: did Jack's understanding belong to "Inner Earth," the "Deep Blue World," or the Reclamation Corps of "Outer Earth"?
Yes, Jack had once been a member of the Soul Order and knew about the Thirteenth District. But had he gone deep inside? Had he crossed the Veil of that chaotic space-time and entered the "Abandoned Mine Isolation Zone"—the jurisdiction of "Outer Earth"... and the Reclamation Corps?
Had he also "received missions" over there, like the Hunters spread throughout the area?
Or, going a step further, had he been a scout sent from there to "Inner Earth"?
This was mainly speculation, with little evidence. If he had to find something, it was this subtle point: the "Babel Tower" framework Ronan had obtained from Jack, covering everything from ordinary people to Awakened and from flesh to spirit, was astonishingly meticulous and precise in retrospect. At the time, Ronan had not understood the general level of the Inner World. Looking back now, among the Burners, a standard like