Half-Finished Product

Ronan still remembered how he and Peony had teamed up to accept the commission to investigate the Aberrant Species intrusion. But as the investigation went deeper, aberrant "intrusion" became aberrant "infection," and what was said to be an "accident" began to reek more and more of conspiracy.

Because of this, Three Gates Security, the original client, backed off first. They settled the commission fee in full, leaving no reason to continue the investigation. Ronan did not know much about what happened afterward.

It was only a few days ago, when he met that "high-quality idol" Lan Lin at the Starry Sky Clubhouse and grew suspicious, that he learned from He Yueyin that the investigation was still ongoing. It had merely been taken over by the Martial Emperor, who was conducting some kind of "fishing" operation.

Now, they had not caught the fish, but the water had been contaminated—and his family had been dragged into it.

When Ronan said he wanted to find Peony, what he really wanted was a clear explanation from the Martial Emperor's side.

Neither Peony nor the Martial Emperor replied so quickly. Instead, He Yueyin contacted him again. "Mister Luo, the situation has escalated. We need to exert effort on multiple fronts. Before your configuration analysis is complete, why not make use of your past successful experience first?"

"Successful experience?"

"During the City Hall Square incident, you accurately identified the suspects related to Second Phase Infection and opened up the situation. Now we want to continue along that line."

"Uh, that's true." Ronan himself froze for several seconds before recalling what had happened then.

As he remembered it, he had used the "Social Format" of Format Theory as a template, combined it with the existing Life Starry Sky model, then added Master Xiu's descriptions of Root Potential,