Chapter 1001

Whispering Tide

This is Whispering Tide!?

Looking at the struggling, fearful humanoid face on the back of the mirror, Cheng Shi was in a trance, and he thought again of what Luo Bosi had said about the mirror shattering being related to Afuluosi...

Afuluosi, oh Afuluosi, what kind of wicked things did you do to be imprisoned in eternity by the sibling god of 【Memory】?

Everyone present had undoubtedly heard of Whispering Tide, but no one knew it was actually in Li Jingming's hands.

As the helmsman of the Historical School, the largest intelligence organization, Zhen Xin was exceptionally excited when she saw this mirror, but she only observed it intently and did not act rashly, because she knew this mirror was haunted and could reflect the darkest parts of a person's heart.

And the mirror's holder, Long Wang, was also very careful about this point. When he took out the mirror, he did not face the mirror toward anyone present, but deliberately adjusted the angle to face the mirror toward an empty spot where no one existed.

That was why Cheng Shi only saw the back of the mirror. He examined it curiously for a moment, then asked:

"This mirror..."

"I obtained it by chance from a memory traveler." Long Wang jumped off the tombstone, standing behind the mirror as if recalling that past worth remembering.

"At that time during the trial, I was role-playing as another player, and this memory traveler, who said one thing but did another, wanted to use me as a stepping stone to achieve his wish. I had intended to give him a chance, considering we were both believers of 【Memory】, but he was a bit too confident, so I found this mirror in his memories."

"At first, I wasn't sure it was Whispering Tide, until..."

"He digested the memory traveler trapped in the mirror and re-projected another me. Only then did I realize that in the dark, this creation of 【Memory】 had actually fallen into my hands."

Zhen Xin also jumped down. She didn't dare to casually go to the front of the mirror, but she also wanted to observe this legendary relic of a subordinate god at close range.

"It is rumored that Whispering Tide can reflect the darkness of the human heart, and you just said it trapped that memory traveler..."

"Does that mean it can swap the existence inside and outside the mirror?"

"Could it be that what you encountered was the mirror image of that memory traveler?"

Being able to find the most critical information from a few words, even if he didn't get along that well with Zhen Xin, Li Jingming had to admire her keen insight. He nodded and said in a quite serious tone:

"Indeed, that is exactly the case."

"It will reflect the dark side of every person and constantly seduce you into swapping with it, and once you reach an agreement with it... being trapped to death in the mirror might be your ending."

"And then it will feast on your memories, offering them to itself."

"I call the image in the mirror a Nightmare Shadow. Come to think of it, it is not purely dark, but more like a collection of those desires that a person can never bring to the table."

"So rather than saying it reflects the darkness of the human heart, it is better to say it reflects everyone's desires."

Hearing this, the Jesters gathered around. Cheng Shi examined the mirror up and down and asked curiously: "Have you looked into it?"

"Yes."

"How is it, is the Black Dragon King interesting?"

"?"

What the hell? Black Dragon King?

Upon hearing this title, Li Jingming's face darkened. Zhen Xin, however, laughed. She gave Cheng Shi an "appreciative" look, and then said meaningfully to Long Wang:

"A personality of desire is not a good choice for splitting, Li Jingming. It seems you are very attentive to the Jesters."

"How about it, does this count as a pledge of allegiance?"

In fact, everyone could see it. When Long Wang said the mirror reflected people's desires, everyone knew this personality split was a no-go; after all, no one wanted to get close to 【Corruption】.

So Long Wang's meaning was very clear: he had taken the lead in "drafting" an agreement for the Jesters present, or to put it more bluntly, as Zhen Xin said, this was a pledge of allegiance!

A pledge of allegiance to the Jesters with the dissection of heart desires as the stake.

It was very difficult for liars to trust each other, but problems had to be solved and things had to be pushed forward. If everyone remained on guard against each other, it would be difficult to form effective cohesion.

So Li Jingming taking out the mirror using "personality" as an opportunity was not at all for "witnessing personality," but to let the Jesters recognize each other, show their desires before others, and thereby reach a silent agreement.

Li Jingming did not deny it either. He smiled and said:

"Since everyone can hear this far, you won't be leaving anyway. Since we want to open our hearts, we might as well do it more deeply."

"Of course, my purpose in bringing it out is not entirely to let everyone open their hearts. This mirror involves a secret that only those who have looked into the mirror are qualified to know."

"I think this secret is useful to the Jesters, so, everyone, who goes first?"

Although this mirror could reflect heart desires, the Jesters present were not too resistant; it was just that no one wanted to be the first person to be "mocked."

But at this moment, Zhen Xin stepped out.

Just as she said, she seemed determined to open her heart to the Jesters.

Of course, in Cheng Shi's view, this action of the other party seemed more like curiosity about what her own Nightmare Shadow would look like, rather than actively being honest about herself.

He had thought only Zhen Yi had such "childlike innocence," but now it seemed, ha, Zhen Xin was just another "child."

"How do you use this mirror?"

"Stand still in front of the mirror, just look at the mirror surface, and keep your gaze on it, and it will appear."

"And when one Nightmare Shadow exists in the mirror, other gazes will no longer reflect another mirror image."

"Interesting, but how do you know another mirror image won't appear, Long Wang? Who did you share such a precious relic of a subordinate god with, and who helped you verify this function without letting a single word leak out?"

Zhen Xin's questioning expression was meaningful. Li Jingming glanced at her without saying a word.

Zhen Xin hummed a laugh and didn't pursue it, walking directly to the mirror. But just as her gaze looked at the mirror surface, this 【Fraud】 chosen one's pupils shrank, her face changed slightly, and she turned directly to look at where the mirror was facing.

Seeing Zhen Xin's reaction so intense, everyone took a step forward and looked at the mirror together, and then everyone's face changed completely.

Because they were shocked to see that in this mirror, there was a Nightmare Shadow that did not belong to anyone present, grinning with a mouth and waving at them with a strange smile.

Wang Weijin!

Cheng Shi recognized it at a glance; the figure of the Doctor was actually reflected in Whispering Tide!

"This is...!?"

"Ah?"

"Wait!!!"

Cheng Shi was stunned for a moment, then his face darkened, and he looked directly at where the mirror was facing and cursed:

"Ignoring everyone, right!"

"Like hiding, right!"

"I'll count to three, if you don't come out, I'll blast you directly!"

"3!"

As he said this, Cheng Shi raised his hand, but faster than his action was Wang Mou on the 【Truth】 tombstone that the mirror was facing.

Indeed, the Doctor had arrived long ago, and was the first to arrive.

His experiment had gone very smoothly, and being satisfied, he had arrived early to wait for the gathering to start. But as he waited, a whim occurred to him, so he used the trick of hiding in plain sight to target each Jester as they entered, turning himself into "no one" in the eyes of the Jesters.

Until Li Jingming took out Whispering Tide and faced the mirror toward a "no one" position.

Well, it was very sudden, "no one" was just like that reflected out.

Although the Doctor hadn't planned to hide until the end of the gathering, this sudden exposure made the originally quiet venue dramatic again.

And when Cheng Shi counted to three, the Doctor, who knew Cheng Shi well, immediately removed his talent and revealed his true form, because he knew there couldn't be any truth in Cheng Shi's mouth, let alone three numbers.

Sure enough, his timely decision stifled the thunder punishment in Cheng Shi's hand.

Seeing that he had shared so much effort, and there was still a freeloader at the scene, Cheng Shi was furious. He pointed at the Doctor and wanted to curse a few more words, but then he heard the Doctor say calmly:

"The experiment was very successful, the results were very smooth. I transcribed the experimental data and conclusions into a book, and also included some conjectures found at 0221's place. Now, how should I give it to you?"

The words Cheng Shi was about to curse immediately took a turn:

"Your m... just put it on the ground, I'll take it after it's over."

Damn, I actually fell for his trick!

Cheng Shi was very angry, although he didn't know if he was angry at the other party for deceiving him, or angry at himself for being so "useless," but out of responsibility for his inner greed, Cheng Shi still asked unpleasantly: "What experiment are you tinkering with again?"

"Slice fusion experiment, a safe variant of faith splicing experiment."

"When a person has enough slices, only the quantity increases, not the quality. So I often think, besides slices being enough to complete various purposes, why not refer to the faith splicing experiment to let similar slices re-fuse, optimize the fusion method by removing slice consciousness through special means, so as to make up for the lack of the main body and thereby increase life strength."

"The experiment was initially successful, I merged with another self."

"But this experiment has some side effects, that is..."

The Doctor paused and looked at all the Jesters around him who were looking at him wantonly. "There is a probability of failure when clearing slice consciousness, thereby causing slight personality splitting."

"But looking at it now, this side effect... might be the real experimental result?"

"???"

Cheng Shi was stunned again.

He glanced at the liars around him, confirming that this was a gathering concerning 【Fraud】, but... why did 【Fate】 come?

When did he come?

Since he's here, he's here, why bring things, this whole thing.

Praise 【Fate】!

Temporarily.