Dumb Sand's future adoption arrangements were settled for the time being.
Zhang Yingying smiled brightly again, as though all her worries had been wiped away. She ran to the edge of the Formatting Domain and shouted encouragement for Dumb Sand.
Because of what had just happened, the Live Audience around the world seemed to have stirred up some gossip. To Zhang Yingying and Ronan, it meant nothing.
Well, Ronan did not know about it at all.
His entire focus was on Zeolite Beach. Over the next stretch of time, he needed to carry out his experimental design and achieve his goals, while also taking on Zhang Yingying's request... Though the task had grown, he did not find it burdensome or consider it an extra weight.
And that was indeed the case.
In terms of the Super Configuration, the experiment he was about to conduct did not fundamentally conflict with helping Dumb Sand achieve Astral Projection.
The two were closely connected to begin with.
At most, this artificially created guinea pig, Dumb Sand, had been reserved for the position of "Zhang Yingying's biological son." With another identity added, it would need to be handled with care from now on. He could not get too used to using it and crush it outright.
He had to remember that.
Ronan emphasized it to himself several times, then looked over at Dumb Sand.
Unlike Zhang Yingying's purely emotional concern, what Ronan saw was never merely an individual or an "ant colony." It was more like a specific role in a production he had directed.
Even before the label "Zhang Yingying's biological son" had been attached, it already had an extremely specific role.
Not just Dumb Sand—every presence on Zeolite Beach, aside from Zhang Yingying, was the same.
It was around one in the afternoon,