At that moment, Lin Cheng suddenly froze.
Truly froze.
He abruptly realized that he seemed to have gotten something wrong.
No, not just him.
Everyone had gotten it wrong!
Not only were they wrong—they were outrageously wrong!
Streams of information suddenly converged in Lin Cheng's mind at that moment.
A suspicion suddenly arose in his mind... Did the Supreme Rules truly want to eradicate eternal-realm existences like them, who had existed for countless years, in order to maintain the balance of the Origin Sea?
If it truly wished to maintain balance, then it should have treated everyone equally.
Targeting only the eternal realm—what kind of fairness was that?
"..."
Lin Cheng suddenly felt a headache coming on, conflicting thoughts surfacing in his mind.
The reason for these thoughts was none other than what had just happened.
The Supreme Rules seemed to have deliberately opened a gap leading to the "outside world," allowing him to learn everything about it, before swiftly sealing that gap again. There was nothing strange about the act itself, but upon closer thought...
"Do the Supreme Rules possess a mind of their own?"
Lin Cheng's heart suddenly trembled.
He looked up.
Upon that massive golden net, countless strands of supreme power flowed. Did those powers possess minds of their own?
If the Supreme Rules had no independent consciousness, then how could they have performed that act of "opening the door and closing it" just now? Could that, too, be part of the rules?
It was possible, but the likelihood was minuscule—so small it could practically be ignored.
That would be deceiving himself.
"Gulp."
Lin Cheng suddenly swallowed, trembling slightly. If that were the case, then if the Supreme Rules truly wanted to kill him, they would not need to abide by any rules at all. They could