Yes.
What if their goal wasn't to reach the Main Universe?
What if it was to open a passage to the Shattered World?!
The Shattered World-the Divine Realm where Feather Pen and the others had once lived-had long since become the main base of the Corrupted Ones, the source of all calamity and evil.
If they were opening a route to the Shattered World, the Corrupted Ones there could use this Chaos Corridor to descend upon the Abyss swiftly.
"No, that doesn't add up."
Lynn frowned.
Because a problem soon occurred to him.
If they couldn't use the spatial network here to teleport throughout the universe, what was the point of descending upon the Abyss? This place couldn't serve as a transit station to accelerate their invasion of the Main Universe.
"Lynn, I'm not sure whether your guess is right."
Weeping Clown spoke gravely.
"But I do know one thing. The true controllers behind the polluted beings we've been fighting aren't that Calamity that's been hunting you, because it doesn't yet have the fully developed capacity for thought or sense of self needed to devise such plans."
"From the very beginning, what we've actually been fighting are those who worship that Calamity as their master... those polluted deities."
"And even corrupted, their understanding of laws is far beyond anything we can hope to reach. That includes you."
"Because they were born rules gods."
Lynn turned his gaze toward him. Clown's eyes were deep and solemn.
"What are you getting at?"
"I'm saying, what if those gods can exploit the Abyss's mechanisms?"
Clown's voice was grim.
Their surroundings instantly fell deathly silent.
Lynn said nothing. His gaze flickered, but inwardly, he was nowhere near as calm as he appeared.
Clown said gravely:
"Of course, this is only my guess, but I