In all this, Lin Mu also noticed another important detail.
If effigies existed throughout multiple zones, their origin likely lay somewhere much deeper within the Mad Demon Depths. Someone or something had originally distributed them. That meant the true source almost certainly existed beyond the Second Zone. Perhaps the Third or perhaps even farther.
Lin Mu's gaze slowly returned toward the old man and he remained quiet for several breaths before asking another question.
"Tell me honestly." The old man looked up. "Do you truly believe this is a deity?"
Lin Mu's eyes remained calm.
"Or..." His voice softened slightly. "Have you simply believed it for so long that your mind needs it to remain true?"
The question stunned everyone present and several prisoners looked completely bewildered. One woman quietly covered her mouth while another prisoner frowned in confusion.
