Dead silence.
Only the echo of a clock swayed in the hollow room.
From Minerva's overview, Zhou Cheng had long been drenched in sweat. At this moment, he tried several times to speak, but the words failed him. Despite his best efforts to mobilize his spiritual essence to invigorate his spirits, what he felt instead was an ever-clearer and immense fear.
It wasn't just Minerva.
It felt like something even more ferocious and hideous was lurking behind these fleeting illusions, casting a disdainful glance.
What White Deer resisted most about Tian Yuan was that, like a lock, everyone within it had their own designated place and chains binding them, their individual significance endlessly diluted by the group, unable to transcend their prescribed roles.
Chains and authority share the same origin; order and shackles coexist.