Ambush Circle

Through the long-distance resonant link between the "Teleportation Array" and North Shore Gear's framework, Ronan established a passage routed through the Cloud Top World and returned to the main laboratory area on North Shore Gear's Sixth Floor Underground by traversing the void.

Aside from the energy consumption during resonance and jumps, as well as the wear on components caused by carrying that energy, everything was perfect. The successive experiments and practical applications in Ban City and Spring City had also preliminarily proven the reliability of this method.

Such an elusive method no longer excited Ronan. His face behind the metal visor remained utterly still as he merely closed his eyes and briefly adjusted to the slight discomfort caused by the long-distance spatial traversal.

Sensing Ronan's return, the military-grade Artificial Intelligence, "Standard Bearer," automatically switched on the Experimental Zone's lights and began sending over the Smart Brain's recent analysis and work-progress reports.

A continuous stream of notification chimes rang out, while titles and keywords kept popping up on the virtual screen projected across Ronan's retina. He was in no mood to look at any of it and ignored them all.

Come to think of it, Ronan had not been here for three or four days. His excuse to others had been that he was clearing out the relevant experimental equipment and preparing to take a leave from school. The excuse was ridiculously flimsy. No one from either the Xia City Branch or the Mystic Studies Society would believe it. But it did not matter. No one would expose him, either.

Still, after reconnecting to the Spirit Wave Network, he immediately received several messages, most of them from He Yueyin and Octopus Bro. The others were nothing much, but the one at the top—the last one received—made Ronan focus slightly.

It was