The boundless Dream Plane concealed endless secrets—and even more endless dangers. Hao Ren had received this warning from Raven 12345 back when he had first been dragged onto this pirate ship, and every time he thought he had encountered the Dream Plane's greatest trouble, an even greater crisis lurking behind the scenes would suddenly leap out and scare him half to death. So sometimes he wondered whether Raven 12345 might actually be reliable in some ways. At least when Goddess Sister had first tried to frighten him, she really had not been lying—if anything, she had been holding back when describing the Dream Plane's hellhole of a place.
Regarding the suddenly revealed tip of the iceberg known as the "Root Cause of the Universe," neither the Guardian Giant nor well-informed people like Vivian and Izax had any definite ideas. But one thing was certain: the "Root Cause of the Universe" was definitely more than some ethereal spiritual idol. The renegades had suddenly "heard" the voice of this Root Cause and developed the intention to slay the gods, and the owner of that voice had even given them forbidden knowledge and a portion of its power. At this point, Hao Ren had a question: if this "Root Cause of the Universe" could grant a mortal race the power to slay gods, why did it not act itself?
He threw the question out for everyone to discuss, and Vivian took the opportunity to speculate about the nature of that "Root Cause of the Universe": "Based on the information we have now, the renegades merely 'heard' some kind of voice, then received some power from it. All of these methods of contact were indirect, so we can assume that no one had ever truly seen the 'appearance' of the 'Root Cause of the