Great Crisis

Ronan walked briskly down the street. Crowds bustled around him, everyone hurrying along. The lights on wristbands and various electronic devices had all come on, darting and spinning through the air with their owners' movements, just like Ronan's consciousness drifting through the Abyss Zone Storm.

The storm in the Abyss Zone had yet to subside. The powerful electromagnetic field introduced through the Electromagnetic Direction Configuration had undergone partial mutation, blending with the Abyss Zone's ceaseless turbulence to create extraordinarily effective reverse interference. Interwoven with the storm's effects on the Material Layer, it became the source of the CBD District blackout.

Ronan had not formed a Solidified Configuration in the Abyss Zone. It was not that he could not, but that there was no need. Unlike most Ability Users, he was affected by the Demon Rune and could move freely through the Abyss Zone's stormy currents. Even after leaving Absolute Observation mode, the secret "I" character projected into the Abyss Zone, carrying an oceanic accumulation of Soul Power, would only become more imposing.

Being able to switch freely between "Absolute Observation" and normal mode gave Ronan more than secrecy and convenience. It gave him calm, effortless control.

Thus, he could remain detached from the Abyss Zone or stir up storms over a vast area. The most technically demanding part was choosing which aspects of the Abyss Zone to interact with, then freely switching between them or arranging them in series or parallel.

For example, at this moment, empowered by the Demon Rune, the mysterious "I" character was projected into the Abyss Zone. As a whole, it was insubstantial, like a pedestrian mostly overlapping with the surrounding dark backdrop. Yet it retained two "light sources": one was the Water Condensation Ring Configuration, and the other was the Electromagnetic Direction Configuration.

The Water