"Price?" Scarlett said. "The price is that without True Gods maintaining it, this world would find it difficult to remain stable."
"What?" Luo Jun was genuinely shocked this time. "Are you saying the True Gods of [Deep Space] are still alive?"
"No..." Scarlett shook her head. "Including the creator of [Deep Space], the True Gods of all worlds have already fallen. That is an indisputable fact. However, based on what we have observed so far, [Deep Space] does indeed possess some existence with power comparable to that of a True God, secretly maintaining the operation of all [Deep Space]."
"Maintainers?!" Luo Jun asked. "Could the Maintainers of [Deep Space] still be alive?"
"So you really do know about the existence of Maintainers." Scarlett nodded. "At first, we thought the same thing, but we quickly realized that the matter was not so simple."
"Maintainers may possess abilities beyond Ascension, but they are still insufficient to support the management of a world of such enormous scale. Furthermore, according to our observations, different planets and civilizations in [Deep Space] display different operating styles. Although the overall rules of the world are consistent, their manifestations differ." Scarlett said, "Therefore, we inferred that this world is jointly maintained by multiple 'Maintainers,' with planets or star systems as their units."
"There are countless planets in [Deep Space]. How many Maintainers would that require?" Luo Jun frowned deeply.
"The planetary Maintainers in [Deep Space] should exist on a different level from the Maintainers of other worlds." Scarlett said, "We have not seen what they specifically are, either. But judging from the destruction of numerous planets in [Deep Space], these lesser 'Maintainers' clearly do not possess the strength or authority of normal Maintainers. We even infer that the vast majority of them may not possess Ascension-level power." Scarlett