"Maybe you don't belong here," said Clarence.
"I don't belong here? I was indeed born in this world, and so was the Evil God," Zen said in confusion. He did not understand why Clarence said such a thing.
Zen was a human being who was born in the third-grade world, the chaos, and the Evil God was a human being born in Zen's inner world. Both of them did not come from distinct backgrounds, and what they experienced was a coincidence at most. Elder Xue, who had gone to the Deep Space, had created this coincidence.
However, Clarence suddenly said those words, which surprised Zen. He had no idea how Clarence came to such a conclusion.
"I can't explain," Clarence said with a shake of his head.
All the way from the thirteenth-grade world to the third-grade one, Clarence had seen all sorts of strange civilizations.
There was a civilization of pure energy bodies, creatures of pure consciousness, and races in the shape of stone tablets like the Sacred Spirit race.
Yet, no matter how they changed, those creatures, races, and civilizations followed the most basic rules.
There were no exceptions!
That was also why Clarence did not want to help Zen. He believed that the latter's struggle was meaningless.
But the method that the Evil God had used violated all those basic rules, which gave Clarence a new perspective.
Indeed, the Evil God broke the rules!
Clarence had thought about this issue, which was why he had asked Zen to give it a try. The result was what Clarence had expected, and that was Zen had the same ability as the Evil God.
"From the high-grade worlds to the low-grade worlds, they are all under your control. Why is there anything that you can't explain?" Zen asked.
In general, he could only be omniscient in his primitive land, unlike Clarence, who owned the perfect land. Clarence controlled all the materials and energy, but now he had encountered something that he could not explain.
Clarence burst into laughter at Zen's question and said, "The truth is that there are many questions that I cannot answer. I don't know where I came from. I don't know who created the perfect land, nor do I know what exists outside the perfect land..."
All the creatures of every world considered Clarence as the supreme creator, who had all kinds of abilities and was the core of all the rules.
In turn, all the creatures he trusted could find any answers from him, and they took him as their guide.
But who could lead the way for Clarence?
He clearly understood that downgrade felt like a devastating blow to him, but it was impossible to predict what would happen in the first-grade world. Even the downgrader was also confused, and he did not know what would happen if the world got downgraded to the first grade. However, since his mission seemed to be engraved to his bones, it drove him to do such a thing.
Clarence continued, "I spent countless years looking for an answer. I have tried many times, and even subdued Mastema in the eighth-grade world. I consumed ninety-nine percent of the energy in the eighth-grade world and launched a powerful energy attack."
"That force must be immensely powerful..." Zen said in a shaky voice.
"What's the point of being powerful? The world still moves within the rules, and I am just a prisoner in it," Clarence muttered.
"Then now..."
"Now I see that you have broken the rules, which gave me hope. There seems to be a gap in the cage of rules," Clarence said in a slightly joyful tone.
At first, he was quite indifferent to Zen. For him, Zen was just a new host, but now he had shown a great deal of patience.
"Can breaking the rules stop the downgrading?" Zen asked. A flame of hope flickered in his heart.
"Maybe, or maybe not," Clarence answered.
Before, he was quite sure that it was impossible to stop the process of downgrading, but now he felt optimistic.
"What should I do?" Zen asked again.
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