In the "Deep Sea of the Material Universe," Ronan continued to sink.
That he could have the sensation of "sinking" proved that the consciousness of the "extra self" above the "Polar Domain" was still there.
But Ronan was thinking more about something else: Great Monarch Ma Ge had come neither early nor late, but right when Chang Yi Zhen had indicated he was willing to talk. Clearly, he had prepared for this long ago.
In truth, he could have come even later, waited until Chang Yi Zhen and Grand Duke Zhiping had more or less finished talking, then aimed at the bottom line and cut another chunk off.
But Great Monarch Ma Ge, or the true higher-ups of the "Ruin and Fall System," should understand such things better than Ronan did. Coming over like this perhaps meant they felt the room for unhurried negotiations was shrinking...
That made sense. Chang Yi Zhen had said it himself: that project of his had already been "uprooted" and taken away. The only ones capable of doing that were clearly the "Great Thoroughfare System," who had previously invested in it together with him.
With that, what had originally been a negotiation with Chang Yi Zhen had turned into a confrontation between the "Ruin and Fall System" and the "Great Thoroughfare System."
That fellow Chang Yi Zhen was probably laughing wildly inside. This was most likely exactly the result he had hoped for.
If there had only been one side, whether the "Great Thoroughfare System" or the "Ruin and Fall System," it would have been very difficult for him to sell this project for a good price no matter what. But with two sides bidding against each other, things were different.
Of course, the premise for designing it this way was that he himself could