Chapter 1068: Voting Rights

Voting Rights

At this, even 【Deception】 could no longer keep a straight face.

He laughed uncontrollably:

"It seems the great Lady Fulazhuo exhausted all her efforts to save the world; well, that is understandable.

After all, it is much better than those cold-hearted gods who, for the sake of authority, are obsessed with attending meetings while ignoring the universe."

"......"

Another silence fell over the scene.

When a chatterbox and noisy source of disaster insults you along with everyone else, you simply cannot find any angle to refute him.

In the past, only 【Dementia】 could trade blows with him, but now that 【Dementia】 is gone, 【Deception】 is truly invincible.

But these words truly struck a chord with Xiang Honglin.

I really do want to save the world!

But the world rejected my salvation and hypnotized me with a flashing little fox!

Xiang Honglin was, of course, awake. Even if she were more prone to sleep, it would be impossible for her to remain in a dream after the summons of 【Justice (Order)】. One must know that 【Justice (Order)】 issued an invitation, not a mandatory execution; therefore, the fact that she came to the Pantheon Covenant Meeting meant she was already awake when the invitation was sent.

But why did she pretend to be asleep?

The answer was the same as her first self-deceiving attempt to attend the meeting with her eyes closed: out of sight, out of mind.

As long as I cannot see you, I cannot commit errors, and to be faultless before the gods is the greatest merit.

Before understanding the reason for 【Truth】's world-ending and the cause of the Pantheon Covenant Meeting, Xiang Honglin dared not conclude whether everything she saw was a conspiracy of the gods or an accidental occurrence. But regardless, attending this meeting was the only way for her to obtain answers to these questions.

Therefore, she could not act like 【Truth】 and flip the table in defiance; she had to calm her heart, find answers within the words of the gods, and thereby find clues to save her friends.

Of course, she might not be able to understand the various implications in the gods' words on her own, but there was still Cheng Shi.

The fated one would never fall halfway. Under the protection of 【Fate】, he would certainly live to the final act of the world's script. Even if the current moment were the final act, as the person guiding her toward 【Fate】, the Weaver of Fate was absolutely the brightest protagonist in this scene!

So, as long as she obtained the information from the gods and told him, he would certainly be able to unravel the threads and find a way to save the world.

And once the world stabilized, Tao Yi and her friends would naturally be able to escape this world-ending experiment!

This was everything Xiang Honglin thought about while attending the meeting. It was not blind trust in Cheng Shi, but absolute certainty in 【Fate】.

She felt her good fortune went far beyond this, and facts proved her intuition was correct.

【Deception】 cast a meaningful glance at the soundly sleeping Lady Fulazhuo and finally brought the topic back on track:

"Let us return to the matter of voting.

Since everyone is sitting here, there is no need to feign modesty anymore, is there?

We are racing against time to speed up the process; perhaps after voting, we can still interrupt 【Truth】's experiment before the era ends and extend the lifespan of the 【Void】 era a little."

Hearing this, the long-silent 【Memory】 spoke. Those heavy eyes, filled with the vicissitudes of history, said without joy or sorrow:

"The end of the 【Void】 era and the arrival of the next era ahead of schedule may not necessarily be a bad thing."

"Oh? Do you really think the 'next era' will be a good thing?

I say, 【Memory】, you are both 【Existence】, how are you so different from your sibling god 【Time】?

He has already turned over a new leaf; what are you still clinging to?

Tsk, looking so foolish, like 【Dementia】; could it be that 【Dementia】's authority is with you?"

"......"

I shouldn't have engaged in this conversation.

【Memory】 cast a faint glance at 【Deception】 and said no more.

Now it was fine; the gods attending the meeting didn't talk much to begin with, and after being mocked by 【Deception】, almost no god spoke.

【Fate】 coldly glanced at his sibling god and said icily: "Do not waste time, cast your vote."

"Hee~

How is this wasting time? Do you think you are the only one in a hurry?

I am in a hurry too; the destruction of the world means the 【Void】 is coming to an end, and as the master of this era, I naturally do not want this era to end so hastily.

But no matter how urgent, the 【Covenant】 must be observed, so rather than bickering afterward, it is better to clarify the voting rights first."

【Deception】 looked left and right, silently counted his own votes, and then proposed with a grin:

"How about this: I know everyone has some opinions about me, and I, well, I won't add any more trouble to the universe.

I can give up 【Truth】's authority and cast the vote to one of you, but...... I have a request!

Those two voting rights of 【Truth】, they belong to me, how about that?"

Using one concession to exchange for the smooth passage of all subsequent agenda items?

How could there be such a good thing in this world? If 【Deception】 obtained two voting rights, that would be the end of it!

Would there be any good days left?

【Annihilation】 shook his head, the first to object.

But considering the greater uncertainty of 【Deception】 obtaining 【Truth】's authority, the others remained silent, clearly agreeing.

【Annihilation】's expression became extremely ugly; he felt that letting 【Void】 benefit was even more unbearable than his own failure.

However, in an instant, he thought of a way to split 【Deception】's votes and divide 【Void】, so he suggested to 【Justice (Order)】:

"Since the establishment of the 【Covenant】, there has been no precedent for one god holding three votes. This affects absolute fairness. I believe this precedent cannot be set. If 【Void】 truly wants a voting advantage, these two votes can be split, with 【Deception】 and 【Fate】 each getting one, but the premise is that they both must give up their current 【Truth】 authority, and these two voting rights can only take effect after this meeting!"

"?"

It's 【Annihilation】 again!

【Deception】 turned to look at 【Annihilation】, his eyes playfully hooked.

Clumsy 【Sinking】, do you think this will be useful?

"I agree."

While 【Deception】 was still sneering, 【Fate】 suddenly spoke up and agreed to this decision.

His purpose in attending the meeting was to prevent 【Deception】, who had parted ways with the established path, from obtaining 【Truth】's authority. Now that this wish had been fulfilled, if he could also obtain a voting right, it would be almost equivalent to a complete victory. He had no reason to disagree.

Seeing his sibling god dragging him down, 【Deception】 frowned, but after a moment of thought, his eyes rolled, and he actually agreed as well.

But after agreeing, he turned around and cast his vote, and the target of his vote was......

【Chaos】!

"I don't trust 【Truth】's authority with anyone. 【Chaos】 doesn't have much of a brain; if he takes it, he takes it, it's not a big problem."

As soon as these words were spoken, the scene fell silent again.

Everyone knew that 【Chaos】 and 【Deception】 had once cooperated deeply, so what was the difference between voting for 【Chaos】 and voting for 【Deception】?

The gods certainly wouldn't follow such a meaningless voting pattern. Wanting to take 【Truth】's authority, they certainly couldn't do it alone, so they looked around and secretly communicated with each other.

And it was at this moment that 【Fate】 cast his vote, and he cast this vote to......

The soundly sleeping big cat.

"?"

The big cat was stunned. She only felt a flash before her eyes, as if something had been lit up. Just as she was puzzled, she heard the voice of her benefactor:

"I have cast my vote and cannot become a voting target. Since that is the case, can I leave the meeting, 【Justice (Order)】?"