The Ruins are fragments of the Rules, but the light pathway laid down by Yan Ze is also a Rule in itself, albeit one different from those of the Beast World.
To be precise, it wasn't that the data of the light pathways merged into the Ruins. Rather, the Ruins merged into the data pathways, utilizing their vitality to gain consciousness.
As for Xiaomei not being explicitly aware, the data energy within the Ruins was a fusion of both, altering its original properties.
Sally had also just learned that the light pathways laid down by Yan Ze were originally Rules. No wonder the Heavenly Dao didn't allow the System's existence, as in one world, naturally, only one set of Rules can exist.
Sally used the Teleportation Gate to leave the Ruins Domain directly.
First, she went to the Dark World Continent, where Xiaomei uploaded the investigation data of the Ruins to the Main System, and then she left again.
After her departure, Yan Ze came looking for her but missed her.
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