The private car continued toward Xia City's Main City Area, the conversation between the two best friends wrapped in an atmosphere of mutual half-understanding.
Two hundred kilometers away, Ronan was at home, trying to "fall asleep" in his bedroom. After taking the call, he could not help but become distracted.
Why had Bai Xinyan brought up this proposal?
"Aberration Era Great Reshaping" was a collaborative project Li Wei's side had proposed on their own initiative. When Mora relayed Li Wei's proposal, Ronan had felt that it was not entirely serious—a kind of perfunctory stalling along the lines of, "Since we can't start fighting anytime soon, we should at least do something."
The facts of the past two months proved that neither side had much sincerity.
Ronan did not press, and Li Wei was not in a hurry, so the matter had simply been left hanging.
Who would have thought that this project, which had practically died before birth, would suddenly resurface two months later?
Combined with the results of Ronan's communication with the Martial Emperor, it looked very much as though the Martial Emperor had casually picked out a pretext, attached it to Bai Xinyan, and sent her over.
So had this project previously been held up by the Martial Emperor?
It was possible that person disliked the project. That so-called "Aberration Era Great Reshaping" could, with one misstep, pierce the skin of "Inner and Outer Earth" and dig down to the roots of the "Dream Divine Abomination." Given the Martial Emperor's usual style, any secret that could be hidden would certainly be concealed for as long as possible.
The problem was that the entity behind this project was Deep Blue Laboratory.
Perhaps the Martial Emperor had considerable influence within Quantum Corporation, but to further influence Deep Blue Laboratory...
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