[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-foolish-game-of-the-gods":3,"chapter-foolish-game-of-the-gods-foolish-game-of-the-gods-chapter-184":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Foolish Game of the Gods",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},579505,829,"Chapter 184: An Utterly Ridiculous Farce","foolish-game-of-the-gods-chapter-184",184,"\u003Cp>“I didn’t lie! I really just wanted this fruit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi put on a look of exaggerated innocence, as if genuinely believing he was being wronged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this cheeky, punchable expression, veins bulged on Hu Wei’s forehead, and Bai Fei’s cold expression grew even frostier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you seriously not going to tell us the truth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhen Yi, don’t think for a second that I won’t dare make a move against you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those words, Hu Wei’s muscles rippled, his entire body emanating a burning battle aura from head to toe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Fei, on the other hand, gripped her invisible Silent Arrow, ready for a fight at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as the tension was about to reach its peak, Cheng Shi grinned mischievously and raised the fruit glowing with [Void] energy. He twirled it in the air for a moment, showing it off, and then…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a big bite!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Wei and Bai Fei were utterly stunned!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stared in disbelief as Cheng Shi took bite after bite, devouring the only fruit from the Conjugated Whispering Tree, skin and all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a scene so shocking, so incomprehensible, that they were left speechless!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was something many [Chosen Ones] had longed for but never obtained!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now Zhen Yi had just casually eaten it in three or four bites?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was she doing!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was she thinking!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why go through all the trouble to retrieve the fruit from the future, only to waste it like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two were completely dumbfounded, their minds unable to process what had just happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who saw this would be just as bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the next moment, understanding dawned on Hu Wei’s face. Being sharp-minded, he thought he had guessed the reason behind it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An absurd, outlandish, unbelievable reason—one that was as ridiculous as it was horrifying!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this—everything—had been part of an elaborate century-long scheme, concocted by Zhen Yi just so she could taste this coveted fruit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something that everyone else desperately sought was utterly meaningless to her, no more than a temptation for her taste buds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Zhen Yi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the real Zhen Yi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps her very existence was proof that in this world, nothing mattered more than amusement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Wei clenched his fists, trying to suppress the endless fury boiling inside him. He glared at the juice dribbling down Zhen Yi’s lips, his eyelids twitching violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With gritted teeth, he forced out one final question:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So… the thing you were hiding was that you tricked us all just to taste this fruit?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You deceived us to come down here with you, simply so we could witness you eating it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was never any ‘prophecy,’ there was never any ‘future,’ and this grand farce was just about testing how good a fruit tastes!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Wei had snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it wasn’t just him—Bai Fei, upon hearing his analysis, had snapped as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, there were three clowns in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was a professional, but the other two… were the real deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My, my, you’ve gotten smarter too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right, that’s exactly how it is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just wanted to know what this fruit tastes like, so I asked the Blind One to make a prophecy for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She told me that it would be too difficult to get this fruit in the higher ranks, so she advised me to lower my ranking and try again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I went down, of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it would’ve been so dull to go down alone. After lowering my ranking, I wouldn’t be able to meet my old friends anymore—it would’ve been boring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I decided to have my ‘friends’ come down with me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haha!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t it amusing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tricked all of you into coming down with me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But you all were too clever, and the Blind One’s prophecy was too obvious, so I had no choice but to tweak things a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that I’ve got the item, and I’ve seen my friends…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well then…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks for the company?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>See you all at the top again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So… Zhen Yi really had tricked all the [Chosen Ones] to come down with her just to eat a fruit!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reasonable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So damn reasonable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Wei couldn’t catch his breath, and Bai Fei’s fists clenched tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if that’s true!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did the Blind One go along with this? Was she not afraid of angering us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s a funny question. You all go around calling her ‘Blind One’ every day—did you ever stop to think that might annoy her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s probably sick of you, which is why she didn’t bother warning you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How foolish.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Wei blinked, clearly taken aback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When exactly the nickname “Blind One” had started circulating, no one could say for sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he did remember that when he had first matched with this [Fate] Chosen One, she had already been blind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though her physical blindness didn’t hinder her ability to see things beyond the norm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she had never said she didn’t like being called “Blind One,” had she?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be true?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she actually dislike the nickname?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Wei began to doubt—not because of Zhen Yi, but because of Zhen Xin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhen Yi and the Blind One didn’t have a good relationship—Zhen Yi didn’t get along with anyone, after all—but Zhen Xin was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She and the Blind One were like sisters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that connection, it would make sense for Zhen Yi to know what the Blind One really thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of Zhen Xin, would she really have allowed Zhen Yi to pull something like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weren’t they afraid of retaliation from the other [Chosen Ones]?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve spun such an outrageous web of lies, and Zhen Xin just let you do whatever you wanted?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi raised an eyebrow and smirked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When has my sister ever tried to stop me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Wei’s face darkened even further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This had to stop. If he kept asking, he would truly turn into the clown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a cold snort, he suppressed his anger and said in a low voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What a grand deception!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I, Hu Wei, admit my defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since I have this petal in my hand, you won’t be getting it back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Hu Wei clenched his fist around the petal, thought for a moment, and then decisively tossed the priceless petal—coveted by countless scholars—over to Bai Fei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Consider this my apology for dragging you into this, Bai Fei.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Fei caught the petal, nodding in surprise. Everyone knew that the Grand Marshal was generous—though forceful in his actions, he never treated his own people unfairly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For him to give away the petal so easily, Bai Fei couldn’t help but admire his character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if she accepted the petal now, it would make her and Hu Wei look even worse in this farce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would make the two of them not only clowns, but clowns who were scavenging for “garbage”—especially given that this “garbage” was something Zhen Yi had cast aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, the moment she caught the petal, Bai Fei, keeping her expression neutral, immediately annihilated it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third petal of the Conjugated Whispering Tree—traveling from non-existence to existence, from the future to the past, from one hand to another—ultimately ceased to exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And wasn’t that just another form of fate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi watched the scene unfold, feeling a surge of emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t feel any regret for the petal, not only because it was something he had gotten for free, but also because the petal’s very appearance was meant as a trump card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that he hadn’t expected this trump card, originally meant for a future trial, to be used here instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though his mind was filled with countless thoughts, Cheng Shi still couldn’t help but let out a mocking laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Using someone else’s possessions to seem ‘generous,’ huh? So that’s what generosity looks like.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Wei shot Cheng Shi a cold glare and replied in a low voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Until we meet again. I hope to see greater skill next time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, his dark, brooding gaze lingered on Cheng Shi for a long moment. After a final cold snort, he turned and vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he left, the void rippled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Wei was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had left the Void Experimental Site, storming off in anger and shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, anyone who had been tricked like that would have done the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Bai Fei hadn’t left. She still owed Cheng Shi a trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not because she was particularly honorable, but because she knew that this was a debt not easily dodged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re still here, Little White String. Good to know you keep your promises. Come, while the scholars haven’t kicked us out yet, let’s plant a little surprise for those ‘future’ lunatics.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Cheng Shi turned and began walking toward the highest laboratory in the Void Experimental Site.\u003C\u002Fp>",1487,"2026-05-30T16:17:59.407Z","2026-06-01T04:31:40.442Z",1,"novelbin.me","832885f44bd541cedf41554d63c44cbf912df3989ed118d04f2f93cc6580f7b7","foolish-game-of-the-gods-chapter-185","foolish-game-of-the-gods-chapter-183",1463,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffoolish-game-of-the-gods-cover.jpg"]