Chapter 1225

The "Scam" of "Silence"

Cheng Shi was fooled, fooled by greed.

The moment Shadow Cheng Shi landed on the head of the Leak-Boundary Puppet, he felt a familiar force instantly bind him.

Senses were disappearing, consciousness was fading, actions were lagging, speech was falling into silence......

He had been assimilated.

Cheng Shi never expected that after being shrouded in the shadow of the Leak-Boundary Puppet for so long without being assimilated, he would be assimilated the moment he touched the corpse.

What is this?

Tricking those with greed in their hearts to come in and be killed?

Cheng Shi's face sank, but he was not panicked, because he had long since left enough contingencies for various risks. He just wasn't sure if Shadow Cheng Shi's encounter at this moment was falling into the trap of 【Silence】 or if it came from the misfortune of 【Fate】.

That's right, he had activated "Fate Also Has Detours."

Strictly speaking, it was Shadow Cheng Shi who activated "Fate Also Has Detours" before stepping onto the Leak-Boundary Puppet. Although this 【Fate】 talent would make everything go wrong, it wasn't entirely without advantages.

At least with the supplement of 【Time】, this talent could also become a "time node" used to initiate a time reversal.

Time has its own origin!

The blessing from 【Time】 could allow Shadow Cheng Shi to backtrack to before fate took a detour, which meant Shadow Cheng Shi had one more possibility for trial and error in the dimension of time.

More importantly, no matter what profession Shadow Cheng Shi was, he could use this talent, the cost being nothing more than putting "Fate Also Has Detours" into a long cooldown.

But compared to his life, the cooldown time was still too cost-effective.

So, before the last trace of consciousness was stripped from Shadow Cheng Shi, he decisively activated "Time Has Its Own Origin" and returned to the moment before "landing."

The moment consciousness returned and the five senses were restored, Shadow Cheng Shi retreated rapidly and quickly merged back into one with Cheng Shi.

Seeing Cheng Shi's expression changing constantly, Hong Lin said with a nervous face:

"What happened!?"

Cheng Shi looked up at the "corpse" with a solemn expression, his heart skipped a beat, and he said uncertainly:

"I judged this to be the corpse of 【Silence】 because it had lost the power to assimilate everything.

Come to think of it, you might not believe it, but I once had the 'fortune' of being assimilated by 【Silence】. I will never forget the feeling of the world falling into dead silence.

So when I was so close to it without being assimilated, I concluded that it was 'dead'......

But just now, the moment my shadow touched the corpse, the shadow was actually assimilated!"

Hong Lin widened her eyes abruptly and exclaimed:

"Why can you separate your shadow?"

"？？？"

Cheng Shi was shaken by this unexpected question. Hong Lin also immediately realized that her focus was wrong; her face stiffened first, and then a trace of panic spread in her eyes.

"You mean... it's still alive!?"

Hong Lin's fur stood on end again. In one second, she turned into a spotted leopard, scooped up Cheng Shi, and fled outward. Under such bizarre circumstances, Cheng Shi didn't dare to stay long either. He didn't speak, just stared up at the giant puppet overhead, wondering what had turned a god into its current state.

A grotesque 【Silence】 that doesn't propagate its own will but only assimilates those who touch it?

Why would it do this, and why is it "playing dead" here?

Or is it that it is indeed dead, but its death has evolved into a floating tomb in the real universe, and it can only use its corpse to expound its final vision?

No matter which explanation, in short, what Cheng Shi wanted was not on this corpse. It seemed that those two swindlers had also been fooled by this corpse; there was nothing on the puppet, only the remaining will of 【Silence】.

Lying on the spotted leopard's back and listening to the whistling wind in his ears, Cheng Shi's mind was full of thoughts.

Everything in the real universe was far more complex than in the original world. The stances of the gods and the historical context of the original world had no reference value in this vast space-time.

Here, the occurrence of almost everything would make one unconsciously connect it to that Creator, which meant that the fear descending from high dimensions was everywhere.

This oppressive atmosphere formed a sharp contrast with the vast starry sky, making one feel extremely fragmented.

Cheng Shi could only be glad that he had enough methods; otherwise, it would have been difficult for him to retreat unscathed from the "scam" of "Silence" this time.

But even if there was no "loss," his brows were still tightly locked, because the two had to face a problem again: where to go next.

Given the vastness of the real universe, they had only discovered two swindlers and one "corpse" so far. As for where the 【War】 authority was, they still had no clue.

In the silent atmosphere, the big cat took the initiative to make a suggestion.

"Since it died on the road of charging, then you say..."

Cheng Shi understood what the other party meant in a second, his expression changed drastically: "That's not something to be said!"

Hong Lin also knew that what she said was more dangerous than Cheng Shi touching the Leak-Boundary Puppet, but she was truly out of options. They couldn't go back and ask those two "natives" for clues about the authority, could they?

Don't say that; Cheng Shi was actually thinking about this question.

He was wondering if he took the initiative to use the "secret" of the corpse as an exchange, would the other party tell him where the 【War】 authority was lost.

After all, authority is related to faith, and the authority of his own world was completely useless to them, so would this be a fair trade?

On the other side.

When Qin Xin saw the two figures in the distance, his shock was no less than hearing the news of 【War】's fall from the mouth of the Fire of Hope.

Why were they here?

What were they doing here?

How did they come?

Although there were many doubts, the joy of meeting an old friend in a foreign land still cheered Qin Xin up, especially after he had been walking alone for so long. Finding a trace of comfort in the real universe, and seeing that the other party had also discovered him, Qin Xin immediately greeted them tentatively from a distance.

Unfortunately, his greeting did not receive an equivalent response.

The two figures were stunned for a moment when they discovered him, and then immediately took a defensive stance and began to curse at him.

"Still lying! Still want to lie!

You know quite a lot, but do you think we'll still believe you?

Where is this? This is the real universe, how could Qin Xin possibly appear here!

He is not an ordinary player, he is the... pfft, I won't tell you.

Don't think that just because you deceived us once, you can treat us like fools.

If you have the guts, don't run; let's have a real fight!"

As he spoke, the cursing man pushed his female companion beside him to his front. Obviously, he was only responsible for cursing, while the other was responsible for fighting.

Looking at this scene that felt like déjà vu, Qin Xin was stunned.

Through these words just now, he could roughly determine that the people opposite were indeed Cheng Shi and Hong Lin, but the problem was, they didn't seem to think he was the real Qin Xin.

Not to mention why they came here, just listening to the information contained in this passage, one knew that their experiences were far more exciting than his own.

It sounded like there were other swindlers in this real universe?

Who could it be?

Are they natives of this place, or "prisoners" who "broke out of prison" from a small world like himself?

Qin Xin frowned, remained suspicious, and after thinking for a moment, said in a deep voice:

"I am Qin Xin, the genuine Qin Xin.

I will not prove my identity; instead, the two of you must explain clearly why you are here.

Otherwise, I will treat the two of you as the illusion of my inner demons that I have been lost here for a long time and cannot get out of, and eliminate you together, without any mercy."

As he spoke, this believer of 【War】 drew his bow and string, and the giant bow as tall as a person was pulled like a full moon. The bowstring made a teeth-aching creaking sound, scaring the surrounding wind into silence.