Empty Window Period (Part 1)

"I have always had only vague memories of that time, and it has continued to weigh on my mind.

"At the time, that experience was like 'Divine Revelation.' The effortless gains left me, a restless backpacker who had ventured into the Wilderness in search of adventure, absolutely ecstatic.

"As time passed, and as my understanding of the knowledge gained through 'Divine Revelation' deepened, it easily became a burden... 'Knowledge' and 'energy' are fundamentally different. The latter can be transformed in many forms, but knowledge itself should not simply fall from the sky, much less resemble memories forcibly crammed into one's mind.

"I do not like 'Divine Revelation' as an explanation. I would rather it had involved a process of recognition, comprehension, and digestion. That would better accord with the value of this knowledge itself. So I traced upward, hoping to sort out the entire chain of events..."

Dean Wan was a man with a story too!

As Ronan read Dean Wan's reply, he was deeply moved by several passages. This was the first time he had learned that Dean Wan's profound and intricate "Creation Method" system had been acquired in such a manner.

Inevitably, Ronan also had some guesses about the origin of this system—guesses that were both "personally relevant" and "reasonable."

Dean Wan had probably thought the same, which was why he had been so interested in the Wilderness Laboratory information released by Horned Demon. He had traveled a thousand miles to investigate it himself.

Ronan and Dean Wan had known each other before, but not closely enough for such near-heart-to-heart exchanges. However, the translation draft of "Layered Interference Technology" that Ronan had sent over had served as a powerful catalyst, truly achieving the effect Ronan had hoped for: everything understood without being spoken.

Yet given their temperaments, neither