Need advice on LED strips wiring

When the conventional current comes back from the negative(ground) wires, shouldn't the voltage be the same? 12V(red) in and 12V(black) out. It is like there is a river(AC) and I split it into two smaller streams(two PSUs) and within the two smaller streams there are even more tiny streams(branching negative wires). Why would it potentially become a flood?

Is there a name for this behaviour/phenomenon that I can search for?