Hao Ren had already begun to suspect that the "illusion" he experienced was strange back when he left that forest.
So far, every illusion he had experienced had a vessel—either the golden disc, the Creation Goddess's palace, or the Goddess's divine blood. Then where had that twisted, hazy starry sky come from?
Hao Ren easily connected it to the divine scepter, because it was the last thing he had touched before falling into the illusion.
Now that Raven 12345 had used divine power to dispel the disguise around the scepter's core and reveal its true nature as a fragment of the universe, his guess was instantly confirmed. He could almost be certain that the starry sky he had seen was the thing inside the fragment: a universe that had been torn away.
Raven 12345 held the fragment in her hand and carefully separated a portion of her power, trying to probe inside it. She was extremely cautious, because she could sense how unstable the thing was. As a torn fragment of the universe, it was rapidly "evaporating," its incomplete information structure constantly collapsing in this real world because it could not maintain its own consistency. After several attempts, she withdrew her power. "There really is something left inside the fragment, but my power can't penetrate it. This damn thing is part of the Dream Plane. Just as I can't interfere with the Dream Plane, I can't interfere with this thing either. Its rejection of foreign divine power is too severe."
Hao Ren was not surprised. He simply nodded. "But I still think my guess is right."
"Mm. At times like this, trusting your instincts is more effective." Raven 12345 returned the fragment to Hao Ren. "You should keep this with you. You have some strange abilities that can resonate with