Was this similarity a tacit understanding that had arisen independently across the Light Cone? Or had some kind of technology transfer taken place?
In other words, had those long-suffering brothers in the Thirteenth District come up with it together using the Sanctuary? Or had the Reclamation Corps deliberately spread the idea?
Uh, if it was the latter, weren't they just making trouble for themselves?
Ronan turned the Deflection Shield over and over, then reached a rough conclusion: the design was simple enough. It was basically a sacrificial device. Putting the technology into practice, though, was far from easy.
He could ask about it back in Earth Spacetime... and compare notes the next time he dreamed.
His thoughts had wandered too far. He quickly refocused: the most pressing question, and the hardest to answer, was still where the God Rule Fragments came from.
They hadn't finished collecting them in six thousand years... What did that have to do with the Suspected Leak Point?
Ronan said nothing. He returned to the shelf where the stolen items had been kept and began picking through them, heedless of the guard's mounting alarm.
He worked slowly, spending a long time examining each one from every angle. He needed a rough sense of its rules and principles before he could tell which side it ultimately belonged to.
The guard had quietly started making a call.
Ronan paid him no mind.
Ji Yi followed him along several rows, growing ever more curious and confused. At last, he couldn't resist asking tentatively:
"Can I look through them too?"
The guard was busy with his call and ignored him.
Ronan gestured for Ji Yi to go ahead.
Ji Yi still didn't dare handle things as casually as Ronan did. At most, he moved closer, reached out to touch something,