Chapter 1182

Such an era is truly meaningless

However, 【Justice (Order)】 was after all the embodiment of 【Order】, and they had to ensure that all processes met the fairness of the rules.

They continued:

"Although the act of the 【Sin of No Desire】 voting on behalf can be judged as established, before confirming whether the vote cast represents the true will of 【Filth and Depravity】, it cannot yet be counted as valid, to prevent a Messenger from taking advantage of a True God's loss of contact to collude with a third party to deprive the True God of their rights.

My existence is to ensure that all processes are fair and error-free, so this matter still needs to be discussed further."

The targeting of this remark was so strong that it was almost saying 【Void】 was cheating, but the problem was that this remark was also truly fair, to the point that Cheng Shi couldn't think of any reason to refute it.

【Justice (Order)】 is truly troublesome... They are both the knife borrowed by 【Void】 and the shield defending against 【Void】. Such a contradiction and unity make people anxious.

Just as Cheng Shi was racking his brains thinking about how to bypass this step, 【Deception】, who had enjoyed watching the show, finally spoke up, smiling and saying:

"This matter is simple, old antique, why don't you just go to the Sea of Desire and ask?"

Is this human language?

The scales were silent. Clearly, they were only responsible for raising procedural questions. As for how to verify it, they didn't care. At most, they would just drag this motion out indefinitely. At least this situation was still somewhat favorable for 【Annihilation】.

Of course, 【Justice (Order)】 was not inclined to favor anyone; they were only responsible for the 【Covenant】 and order.

Seeing this, the resentment in 【Annihilation】's eyes faded slightly. They looked at 【Deception】 and sneered:

"It seems 【Void】 has to go to the Sea of Desire in person to verify this matter. However, 【Void】, as the supporting party of the motion, cannot go alone; there must be a god from the opposing party present to testify. I have no time to tangle with you about these things recently. I guess 【Iron Law of Order】 will not agree to take the risk of going to the Sea of Desire either. In this way, the motion is indefinitely postponed, and you still lose!!"

Indeed, when the method of winning was resolved again and again, even the god involved, Herobosi, began to despair.

They perhaps never thought that 【Void】 could make so many preparations for this motion, but they never thought that even with so many preparations, they would still lose...

But I was clearly doing it for your own good, Benefactor!

Herobosi looked at their benefactor with complex eyes, only to see that 【Annihilation】 had never looked at them again from beginning to end. The other party just stared gloomily at 【Deception】 and Cheng Shi, sneering repeatedly, full of disdain.

To say Herobosi wasn't panicking now would be a lie. Everyone knows what the fate of a Messenger who betrays their benefactor will be. Furthermore, when their identity loses its appeal to 【Void】, would they spend effort for a chess piece that can no longer move?

The lost Herobosi felt fear. They knew deeply that there was no affection between gods, only interests. They looked at Cheng Shi, who was still thinking of a way in front of them, and only felt that this mortal who had not yet become a Messenger was the one who hoped they would win the most in this game.

After all, their interests were deeply bound.

The scene fell silent again, the motion seemed to have reached its end. 【Justice (Order)】, seeing that no one had spoken for a long time, was about to announce the indefinite postponement of the motion, but just at this moment, Cheng Shi stood out again!

His eyes were filled with the desire to win. He couldn't wait that long, nor could he accept 【Annihilation】's continued pursuit of him after the motion ended. He wished he could strip 【Annihilation】 of their position on the spot, so that his future path would no longer be filled with fear.

He appeared solemn, waved his hand at 【Justice (Order)】, and stopped them:

"Lord 【Justice (Order)】, the motion is far from over.

You don't need to go deep into the Sea of Desire to know 【Filth and Depravity】's inclination!

There is another method that can let everyone present know Drahirko's inner thoughts. I think the True Gods present should have already thought of this method, it's just inconvenient to speak out, so I will be this fool and poke through this window paper."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at 【Memory】, who had not yet left the seat, and said earnestly:

"Great God of 【Memory】, Cheng Shi, a believer of 【Time】, wishes to request you to flip through the relevant past, pick up the memory pearls related to this motion in the history beside the Sea of Desire, and tell the gods with the magic of 【Existence】 that Drahirko did not lie, and the affirmative vote they cast was not their own choice, but the will of the True God behind them."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room was stunned.

Cheng Shi had indeed come up with a good method. 【Memory】 could obtain the other party's memories from Drahirko alone without approaching the Sea of Desire through their own authority. Although this method would also be contaminated by the Sea of Desire, it was at least much simpler than verifying it by going to the Sea of Desire in person.

More importantly, 【Memory】 cast an abstention vote, which meant they didn't stand on 【Void】's side, nor did they stand on 【Annihilation】's side, being relatively "fair."

But the problem lay in this "relative fairness."

As everyone knows, 【Memory】 is 【Deception】's rival and has always opposed any proposal of 【Deception】. Only this time they didn't cast an opposing vote, which already meant they had been influenced by someone to lean toward 【Void】's motion.

So, could such an influenced person really be fair and just?

Even if they learned something from Drahirko's memories, would they make a choice leaning toward 【Void】 again because of the previous influence?

It didn't even need to be faked, because Cheng Shi had already left them enough room to play!

Look at what Cheng Shi said. He didn't say Drahirko represented the will of 【Filth and Depravity】, but that Drahirko's affirmative vote represented the will of the True God behind them.

As for whether the True God standing behind them was 【Filth and Depravity】 or 【Deception】... it didn't matter.

What mattered was whether 【Memory】 would answer this question based only on the literal meaning of the question he raised. That is to say, if 【Memory】 saw 【Deception】 in Drahirko's memories... would they answer "yes" when answering Cheng Shi's question, instead of the name 【Deception】!

This was another high-stakes gamble!

It's just that although this gamble was opened by Cheng Shi, the chips on the table still depended on whether 【Deception】 could win 【Memory】's support in certain aspects.

At the moment Cheng Shi's voice fell, 【Deception】 and 【Memory】 looked at each other with incomparable "tacit understanding." The two eyes met, one pair full of complexity, the other pair laughing as usual.

No one knew what would happen next. Drahirko was stunned, but didn't refuse this proposal. They bowed to 【Memory】 in salute, looking clearly unafraid of any memory probing.

The gods saw this detail, the pressure didn't go to 【Memory】, but came to 【Annihilation】 again.

Coincidentally, 【Deception】 and 【Memory】's eye contact was seen by them. At that moment, the "tacit understanding" of this pair of rivals was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, causing 【Annihilation】, the god involved in the motion, to completely break down.

They suddenly laughed like a madman.

"I understand, you, you, you, you, you all want me to give up this throne, what are you still acting for, right? When you cast an abstention vote instead of an opposition, were you already setting the stage for this moment? 【Memory】, I didn't expect that even you would succumb to 【Void】. How is this? Is it their era, so they must be the masters? Why can't it be us? Heh, I see it now, everyone in this era is a running dog of 【Void】, and I am not, so there is no longer a place for me in this era."

【Annihilation】 scolded all the gods present in one breath, and then sneered disdainfully:

"Such an era is truly meaningless, might as well embrace annihilation with me..."

"!!!"