Linde pushed his speed to the limit, and the rainbow-colored magical tail left a dazzling trail spanning several astronomical units in the darkness.

Although the silver, multifaceted pursuers were swift and displayed astonishing maneuverability over short distances, they ultimately failed to surpass Linde's relentless, all-consuming, long-distance straight-line speed.

After a nerve-wracking chase, the cold, locked feeling behind him finally gradually weakened and disappeared.

The silver hunters seemed to have determined that the pursuit was too costly, or that their duties were limited, and ultimately abandoned the chase, retreating silently back into the orderly territory hidden behind the force field, just as they had appeared silently.

After confirming that it was safe, Linde quickly located a stable asteroid belt floating in the void and landed on one of the larger rocky planets.

He immediately concealed all the overflowing energy, like a meteorite blending into the background, while simultaneously setting up several layers of concealment barriers.

Only now did he have time to carefully examine the gains from that thrilling moment—in the brief instant that the silver polyhedrons appeared and locked onto him, the [Deconstruction Halo] had already acted like the most sensitive tentacles, capturing and recording all the energy characteristics, structural information, and fragments of the underlying laws that drove their actions.

He sat cross-legged, his consciousness sinking deep into the depths, and began to fully analyze this valuable data.

The power of the halo, like an invisible carving knife, peeled away the indestructible force field of order on the outside of the silver polyhedron, penetrating deep into its internal structure.

The feedback stream is vast and sophisticated, filled with a kind of cold, absolutely rational aesthetic.

(Structural analysis: Not a pure matter structure, but an energy-matter dynamic equilibrium body, with a high-density information singularity at its core... The energy circuit is highly unified, with no redundant design and extreme efficiency... The driving principle... is based on some kind of local fine-tuning of fundamental physical constants? Similar to... but different from Tiolantis's magic network monopoly, this is a more fundamental and absolute 'rule definition' technology...)

Linde felt a chill run down his spine. This level of technology had touched upon the underlying code of how the universe operated, far more terrifying than Tiolantis's method of establishing administrative authority on top of existing rules.

This is directly modifying the rules themselves!

He continued to delve deeper, attempting to analyze the most essential core of its action logic and energy signature.

(Core logic of action: absolute order, elimination of unauthorized variables, maintenance of 'clear space'... energy signature spectrum analysis... peeling away the disguise of surface order, tracing the characteristics of its power source... comparing databases: residual energy of the legacy of the Teolantis divine kingdom, theoretical model of the ultimate weapon of the Zedu civilization, the power of 'rule correction' in the core memory of the evil god of Qitar...)

As the analysis deepened, the seemingly indestructible outer shell representing a high degree of order was forcibly peeled away by the [Deconstruction Halo], revealing a nearly imperceptible, carefully concealed "underlying color" at the deepest part of its power source.

When this "underlying color" was successfully separated and magnified, even Linde's long-frozen state of mind was suddenly stirred up by a monstrous wave!

For the first time, an expression of disbelief and shock was clearly reflected in his purple eyes!

"How is this possible?!"

That essential characteristic hidden deep within the power of absolute order, though extremely faint and cleverly distorted and disguised by a higher-dimensional technology, has a striking similarity in its core fluctuation frequency and its fundamental attribute of forcibly "defining" and "arranging" "information" and "existence" with the core of divine power that Tiolantis relies on to weave the magic net and control the origin of magic on the continent of Tiol!

No, it's not just about the same origin!

If the power of Tiolantis is a crude and biased application of this path, then what this silver civilization is showing is the ultimate form of this path, which has reached its zenith, completely abandoning emotional fluctuations and driven purely by absolute rationality!

Their power is like a perfect, ultimate version of the power of the goddess Tiolantis!

“… ‘Light of Purification’… ‘Rule Correction’…” Lind murmured to himself, as if lightning had flashed through his mind, instantly illuminating the fragments of truth that had been shrouded in mist.

"What destroyed the ancient evil god's fleet was not some cosmic maintenance mechanism, nor some righteous civilization hostile to the evil gods... but rather... a super civilization that took the path of 'order' to its extreme, perhaps even to a point of distortion and fanaticism?"

"They see all 'disorder' as a malignant tumor that must be eradicated. This 'disorder' includes the chaos of evil gods, but does it also include... a native world like the continent of Til, where magical energy grows wildly? Does it include individual powerful individuals like me who are outside their 'authorization'?"

This deduction sent a chill down Lind’s spine.

He recalled the absolute, lifeless tranquility of that silver space, and the cold will that brought everything under standardized, rule-based management.

How would such a civilization treat a world like the continent of Til, which has just experienced the liberation of magic and is in the midst of wild growth and chaotic change?

Is it observation? Is it isolation? Or... when the "disorder" of the continent of Til reaches a certain critical point, will they directly unleash the so-called "purifying light" to "correct" it back to what they consider to be the "correct" state? Just like they once did to the evil god of that star field?

Lind had no doubt that evil gods were a calamity that had to be eliminated.

But the potential threat posed by these "order enforcers" hidden behind the scenes may not be much smaller than that of evil gods! Because they do not simply destroy, but rather forcibly mold the world into the way they want it in a more advanced and unquestionable manner.

"Theolandis seeks to control the magic network and become the master of magic. But this civilization... does it seek to define 'order' itself and become the ultimate arbiter of the universe's rules?"

Linde slowly stood up, looking in the direction where the silver civilization was hidden, his gaze becoming extremely solemn.

He originally thought the main threat in the Star Sea was the extraterrestrial evil gods, but now, a larger, more secretive threat with potentially diametrically opposed ideologies has revealed its tip of the iceberg.

The continent of Til may not only become prey coveted by evil gods, but may also one day be judged by this "arbitrator of order" civilization as an unstable factor that needs to be "purified"!

There are wolves in front and tigers behind.

His interstellar journey, while revealing that the evil god was not the only threat, also led him into a more intricate and perilous grand game.

A strong sense of urgency welled up in Linde's heart.