Chapter 1320

Blood Exchange

Cheng Shi, having experienced an entire false finale, did not forget to review the insights he gained in despair.

Though this was difficult, almost equivalent to re-feeling the despair of that moment, he did it anyway; in the gap of time when Seeing Zhen Xin gathered the clowns, he reorganized his thoughts.

The "Established" was no longer a vague concept to him, but a clearly visible dead-end road.

At the beginning of the 【Void】's descent, what descended alongside 【Fate】 was the devotion in His will to build a throne of offerings for the 【Primordial】, namely the Established.

And 【Deceit】, from the moment of His descent, wished to shatter this throne; regardless of what this throne represented, it inevitably signified 【Deceit】's rebellion.

Thus, He set His sights on the Established of 【Fate】, using the half-true, half-false tactic of "Fool's Play" to bring the Established into the camp of the Fear Faction.

Although Cheng Shi held the 【Deceit】 vessel, He had never verbally acknowledged him; every attitude He held toward the identity of Fool's Play was mockery and jest, which also aligned with His covert manipulation of the Established...

He could not allow the Established to be contaminated by other faiths, because even if the method of removing the firewood from under the pot stopped 【Fate】 from building the throne, the world would thereby lose its ending.

In the trials He bestowed, Chen Xi and Xi Mu originally had no ending; it was the "reversal" hinted at by the Deceit trial that allowed the players to supplement an ending for this false history.

This undoubtedly proved He cared about this world; He did not want this world to lose its future.

Then I must not puncture all of this; I can only follow the will of the Fear Faction and help conceal the Trickster God's lies.

He also needed the identity of Fool's Play; at this moment when all truths had not been fully revealed, a godly identity was enough to surpass a thousand words, making unbelievable facts more credible.

Of course, Cheng Shi did not forget the terrifying scene where 【Deceit】 tore open His outer skin to transform into the Outer God 【Fate】; he was not certain that the current 【Deceit】 was not an Outer God, he only knew that since the era's finale was fake, a god must have stood on his side.

So everything he did now was actually not for the Fear Faction, but for this world, and for himself!

He needed to borrow every power he could borrow to intervene in the Void's ending.

He could not endure tragedy playing out again, nor could he accept his path ahead as another abyss of despair; just as the Outer God 【Fate】 said in the false finale, "After one failure, I will be even closer to success!"

Cheng Shi was unsure if this was the meaning of the trial bestowed by the Trickster God, or if it was 【Deceit】's guidance to him before the Void's finale, but he hoped it was.

Never before had his fear resonated in sync with that truly fearful 【Deceit】 as it did in this very moment!

"This is...?"

"A vessel." Cheng Shi played with the 【Deceit】 vessel in his hand, "The key to godhood that gathers faith to drip down divinity."

Every god possesses a vessel; they use it to 'produce' divinity. Divinity is never pieced together, but drips down from the vessel, so the research direction of the Tower of Rationality for thousands of years has been wrong.

But it is not wrong.

Because gods cannot see the vessel of the 【Primordial】 and do not know how its divinity condenses, 【Truth】 could only let its believers conduct mad experiments, hoping to spark inspiration and find a path approaching the 【Primordial】.

Alas, He never found it before His death."

"Wait!" The Doctor was stunned; he stepped out of the shadows and exclaimed in shock, "【Truth】 is dead? Praise Fool's Play."

"..."

Cheng Shi also paused for a moment.

The Doctor's question was correct, but the "Praise Fool's Play" that immediately followed made it sound as if you were hoping for your benefactor's death, and I happened to be the murderer...

【Truth】 killed himself; what does that have to do with me?

But then again... there is indeed some connection.

Cheng Shi nodded with an expressive face: "Correct, 【Truth】 is dead."

"Then who is the current 【Truth】? Praise Fool's Play."

"... 【Deceit】. The Trickster God played 【Truth】."

"!!??"

The Doctor's eyes widened; at the moment he learned the truth, his sky... did not collapse.

He had long believed 【Deceit】 was the truth, he just never expected the other party to be this kind of 【Truth】.

Now it was good; all his confusion regarding 【Deceit】 melted into his obsession with 【Truth】, and combined with the devotion in his heart for Fool's Play, he felt he had become the person who understood 【Truth】 best on the path of 【Deceit】.

So the Doctor spread his arms and praised from the bottom of his heart:

"Praise Fool's Play!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

If the people present at this time had not seen Fool's Play, it would have been fine; the Doctor's behavior would at most be classified as that of a mad player or a fanatical god-worshipper.

But the problem is that Fool's Play is Cheng Shi, standing right in front of everyone; the clowns are all equal, and you keep shouting "Praise Fool's Play" here like a simp, how are the others supposed to comport themselves?

Long Jing really could not bear it anymore; he covered his ears and said, "Master, stop chanting. If it doesn't work, can we switch our faith to 【Silence】 for a while? Otherwise, how can this meeting continue?"

The Doctor also realized he had lost his composure; he bowed solemnly and stepped back: "Okay, sorry, Praise Fool's Play."

"..."

Cheng Shi was also numb; he shook his head and laughed helplessly, continuing:

"The death of 【Truth】 revealed the truth of the real universe to this world, allowing the gods to glimpse the terror of the Creator; 【War】... also died at the hands of 【*Him】."

Alas, the reset of 【Time】 caused many gods to forget this memory.

This is the first amnesia I spoke of regarding you.

Of course, there may be others, but I do not remember them, so naturally there is nothing to say.

The authority of gods who died in the real universe would be lost in the real universe; during the time I disappeared, I went to the real universe to search for the authority of 【War】 that was lost."

"And now, I have brought the authority back."

"【War】's authority!?" Long Jing's voice distorted; he wished he could personally feel what the authority of a true god tasted like, but the next second, Cheng Shi doused his enthusiasm with a bucket of cold water.

"Don't look; it's not on me, it's in Qin Xin's hands."

At this point, some things cannot be hidden from you."

"This world does not only have us examining the relationship with the gods and cautiously resisting them; Qin Xin is also here, and he has even founded an organization."

Seeing Zhen Xin did not expect Cheng Shi to reveal the Fire-Bearers here, but she still raised her eyebrows and smoothly took up the conversation:

"Fire-Bringers."

"Correct, they are Fire-Bringers." Cheng Shi nodded. "They bring fire to the world, hold fast to hope for humanity, and guard the beauty in the hearts of every brother and sister.

They are the most trustworthy people in this world, and the ones most deserving of protection!

The Clowns... though one cannot judge them as good or bad, regarding the treatment of Fire-Bringers, I set only one rule:

Never blow out another's flame.

The world needs them, we need them too; to fight fate, to fight 【Primordial】, the support of the gods is indispensable.

When the old gods can no longer be trusted, a new god can bring us hope.

So, one of our goals next is to ensure Qin Xin ascends the 【War】 Throne.

Don't look at me like that, relax, trust me, this isn't difficult."

"..."

The Clowns fell silent.

In exchanging tricks, they refused to yield to one another; in approaching the gods, each had their own insights; but if you asked them to push a human onto a Throne...

Not a joke, did you say the wrong thing?

Is this still a player organization?

Since when have the Clowns become powerful enough to decide the ownership of a Throne?

At this moment, everyone thought, did I miss the previous ninety-nine Clowns' Meetings? Otherwise, the last one was still discussing borrowing the gods' power, and the next one starts pushing someone to become a god?

But Clowns are Clowns; after a brief moment of confusion, a strange light flashed in everyone's eyes.

"If my guess is correct, Qin Xin becoming a god is probably just the first step of 'blood replacement'?" Seeing Zhen Xin smiled meaningfully.

Cheng Shi stroked his chin, thinking this phrasing was good.

"Blood replacement...

Good phrasing; the gods have held their seats for so long, it is time to replace the blood.

I imagine none of you here have no thoughts on their Thrones?"

There is an event pinned in the book circle; let's see who hasn't gone to test their faith yet.

Do you think your foolishness has an answer?

Speaking reasonably, I set the question myself, so it shouldn't be anything less than a perfect score; indeed, 【Foolishness】...