Thinking that Ling Tian might no longer join forces with them—and might even attack and kill them—Chi Xue and the others looked grim. The possibility seemed especially high, so they proposed hiding. That way, they would at least have some chance of survival, and perhaps even a chance to break free from the Lord of the Universe's constraints.
"If even someone as powerful as Ling Tian needs the Lord of the Universe to go easy on him before he can escape those constraints, then we have no chance at all. We're still doomed to die, because the Lord of the Universe may not go easy on us," Chi Xue said. His expression grew resolute as he continued, "Since that's the case, we might as well go straight to Ling Tian and ask him. At least we'll spare ourselves a lot of torment."
"More importantly, if Ling Tian really intends to kill us, hiding won't do us any good. We both know he's expanding his Small World and turning it into a universe. As his mastery of this grows, finding us will be all but effortless. In the end, we'll still have only one fate: death," Chi Xue added.
If Chi Xue had said only the first part, Shi Lin and the others might still have clung to a sliver of hope. But after hearing the rest, they knew there was no room for wishful thinking. They understood how far Ling Tian had progressed in turning his Small World into a universe. More importantly, they knew that as his Small World grew, he could influence and control the Circulatory Universe to a great extent—and across an enormous area. In that situation, there was almost no chance they could evade Ling Tian's search.
With those thoughts in mind, Shi Lin and the