Super Simple

The elevator continued upward. Ronan watched the numbers flicker across the panel, then suddenly asked, "Wasn't that too easy?"

Qin Yikun and Gao De exchanged looks beside him. After a brief hesitation, Qin Yikun replied, "It was. That man's mentality just collapsed like that... Mister Luo, what did you do just now? Apply localized pressure?"

"I did nothing except provide an initial force. The previous setup was easily dismantled, yet this time, the answer practically jumped out on its own. Why was it so easy?"

Qin Yikun answered carefully, "Perhaps it's a matter of different levels. The two suspected parties we've identified are both very powerful forces, while Mister Yue is, after all, only an ordinary person."

The so-called "suspected parties" referred to Quantum Corporation and the Gene Exchange. Yue Qi, this "successful member of society," clearly was not qualified to be compared with those two.

"Of course they're on different levels." Ronan acknowledged that premise. But then again, the two Justice Cult high priests on the 177th Floor were no slouches either, yet they were growing restless as well—and Ronan had not even deliberately targeted them.

In Ronan's eyes, throughout the Great Living Area—or, more precisely, throughout the area under the powerful interference of his Soul Power—the thoughts, choices, and behavioral tendencies of most people had suddenly become especially...

Simple.

Had his insight and analytical ability improved? No. Ronan had never considered himself particularly gifted at analyzing situations and unraveling tangled threads. The reason he felt things were "simple" was undoubtedly because the current situation had somehow become direct and clear.

Like that emergency notice that had escalated the situation, or Yue Qi's mental defenses collapsing just now.

Ronan knew the most direct cause was the Silent Thundercloud he had spread across the entire area, reaching straight into others'