Conditional Lock

At last, some peace and quiet.

After entering the Treatment Room, Ronan's mood improved considerably. Tian Bang might be annoying, but he was still quite useful. Catching Lawyer Zhu's weakness and clearing the room in one stroke made the pressure Ronan had secretly put on him worthwhile.

Ronan had finally discerned some clues from the mental-layer structures of the group regarding things He Yueyin and Bamboo Pole had said earlier. Their outwardly tough yet inwardly weak, hesitant state was worse than a turtle shell. At best, it was a pillowcase stuffed with self-deceiving down and feathers, ready to deform into another shape at the slightest external stimulus.

Sun Jiayi, on the other hand, showed no ripples in her mental layer. Like a deep pool, like cold ice, its depths could not be seen at a glance. She was a truly ruthless character.

The state of their mental-layer structures merely passed through Ronan's mind before being shoved into a corner. His most important task now was to verify the nature and function of the Parasitic Aberration in Li Yiwei's uterus. He needed to determine whether it was the same type of "collector" as the one two thousand kilometers away; he needed to uncover their internal connection and background, and, more importantly, place solid evidence before everyone.

Yet the first thing Ronan sensed here was not the immediate condition of Li Yiwei or Huang Bingzhen, but an additional aura in the shadows.

That aura passed through walls and barriers, then settled in the shadowed corner. It was clearly close at hand, yet none of the Ability Users present, including Tian Bang and He Yueyin, noticed a thing.

Raven had returned and informed Ronan through the mental layer. In truth, Raven did not need to tell him. Ronan had already sensed the Jin