Ronan had truly had enough of the "Polar Domain," this "great poison circle."
The "self" he had painstakingly constructed was still subject to continuous "corrosion" here, and any number of circumstances could accelerate it.
More precisely, it would accelerate for a while, peak, then fall back.
Just now, Ronan had been focused entirely on the "big, well-fed fellow" not far away, neglecting his own condition so much that he had caught only the tail end of a bout of "accelerated corrosion."
At this moment, however, the central "brightness and obscurity" square of the "nine palace grid" in Ronan's heart lake flickered erratically.
The light of his "self" from two different sources had never been stable. Now it was even more like a candle in the wind, seemingly liable to go out at any moment.
What was causing it?
Ronan's brow furrowed slightly, then relaxed. The mapping provided by the "nine palace grid" actually simplified the complex external conditions, revealing something more fundamental:
Another force was now influencing the "brightness and obscurity" square.
But this was an "external force."
Its influence had a certain persistence, but its impact on the "brightness and obscurity" square was clearly weakening steadily, matching the changes in the "rate of corrosion."
Either this "external force" itself was declining in strength, or the "distance" between it and Ronan was increasing.
Ronan confirmed that he was in his hotel room, where the surrounding rule environment was extremely stable. Then he watched the "big, well-fed fellow" gradually "moving away" and decisively chose the second possibility.
Problems were nothing to fear, as long as he could find their source.
Combining the progress of the "corrosion" in the "Polar Domain" with the mapping in the "nine palace grid," Ronan grasped a crucial factor:
The corrosion and erosion Ronan was experiencing very