An unforeseen deviation had appeared in Lu Zang's meticulous plan. Someone had placed something he knew nothing about inside the trap he had laid.
"Someone killed you in the tunnel?" Lu Zang had been smiling ever since he saw Gao Ming, but now that smile slowly faded. "The person who killed you wasn't me. Because of Fate's restrictions, I can't leave the Shadow World. At most, I can appear where the two worlds have deeply merged."
"Wasn't that tunnel a place where the two worlds merged?" Gao Ming didn't trust Lu Zang. To be honest, he hadn't even fully understood what the man had told him.
Lu Zang shook his head. He offered no explanation, only a quiet reply. "It merely lies at the center of three sets of rules. If you imagine the dream as an enormous bubble, then it's a crack in that bubble."
"A crack in a bubble would make it burst. What kind of analogy is that?"
"Fate thinks so too, which is why it hasn't discovered that place yet..." Lu Zang's voice gradually blended with the music from the broadcast. "But I can promise you that I mean you no harm, much less intend to kill you. Everyone who becomes a loophole in Fate is someone I try to win over."
"You look exactly like a movie villain. Even the way you talk makes you sound like a bad guy." Gao Ming didn't believe anyone would oppose Fate for such a simple reason. He hadn't reached this point because of someone else's designs, either, but because of himself.
Even Fate couldn't fully control Gao Ming's destiny, let alone Lu Zang. The unexpected incident in the tunnel was ample proof.
"I'll find out what went wrong in the tunnel as soon as possible. On that rainy