Chapter 1417: Glimpsing the Future?

Glimpsing the Future?

The universe has no answer...

Indeed, from Cheng Shi's perspective, the universe simply does not possess an answer.

Having experienced so many twists and turns, learned so many truths, and made so many deductions... If Cheng Shi had still been wavering in his final conjecture before inheriting the role of the 【Covenant】 Proxy, he could now almost confirm that he had seen through the essence of the universe.

Not just the essence of the sliced universes, but also... the essence of the Real Universe.

Yet he dared not speak of any of this to others, for he always remembered the words of 【Time】: Faith comes from belief.

He feared that once this conjecture was made public, he would lose the foundation of the trust placed in him.

Thus, he had not even dared to look at Wei Mu for long, fearing that a single glance would reveal the clues. But now, knowing Wei Mu was the authority of 【Ignorance】, it meant that the little wooden puppet representing the old gods would no longer walk with them into the next era—if such an era existed.

And so, today, Cheng Shi finally found someone who could "see" the world and communicate with him.

The secrets he had kept bottled up for so long finally had a place to be poured out.

Before long, brilliant stars rose in the void around them. The 【Covenant】 Proxy exerted his power, shackling this expanse of starry sky so that the universe could no longer hear the sounds within.

Then, he let out a long sigh, his shoulders slumping as if shedding an endless burden, and he lowered his head, mocking himself as he asked:

"At first, I only wanted to find a sliver of possibility for this world.

At that time, I had just experienced that false curtain call. I told you about it; you should remember."

Wei Mu naturally remembered. Not only did he remember, but after regaining his true "self," he had recovered countless details from that false curtain call.

【Fraud】 had guessed his identity at that very moment and used that memory to inform Wei Mu, proving that in the gamble to find the authority of 【Ignorance】, He had not lost.

But that was not the point; the most crucial thing was that Wei Mu remembered the pair of eyes that had flashed by at the end of that transformation!

It was for this reason that he had said 【Fraud】 had handed in the best answer sheet within His capabilities.

Yet the current Wei Mu said nothing, merely watching Cheng Shi's eyes quietly.

He knew that this Foolish Play who dragged the world forward was under too much pressure and needed to vent, to pour out his heart. Aside from himself, there was perhaps no one else in the universe suitable for this role.

To put it coldly and realistically, only a fellow traveler who was destined to perish in the old era and whose relationship with the Fixed was not so intimate could be qualified for this position.

The backers of the Fear faction, such as 【Death】 and 【Silence】, were not suited to listen to complaints from the Fixed, and Cheng Shi would not use his own emotions to influence those who silently supported him.

Thus, an absolutely neutral, absolutely calm, absolutely rational, and "all-knowing" 【Ignorance】 puppet became the best listener.

Wei Mu was undoubtedly wise; he knew that in this outpouring, he could only listen and not comment, because he had already accepted his identity as the authority of 【Ignorance】 and naturally needed to avoid polluting the Fixed with his own will.

Thus, 【Ignorance】 walked toward 【Silence】 once more.

"I feel incomparably lost regarding the path ahead. No one knows what 【Fraud】 is doing; He never tells me, and 【Time】 has no time to pay me any mind.

The uncertainty of the future makes it difficult to move forward. In my desperation, I could only think of a way:

To conduct an experiment—an experiment to glimpse the future!

Come to think of it, the inspiration for this experiment came from you."

Cheng Shi raised his head with a complex expression, as if looking at the Wei Mu before him, yet his somewhat hollow gaze seemed to pierce straight through Wei Mu, looking into the depths of the endless void.

"Do you remember the experiment you left for Afu Luosi in Duoer Gede, simulating the daggers of the stars?

Using time knots as a foundation to stretch the duration within the experiment, using this method to measure truth across time.

I was deeply inspired, so I wanted to construct a similar experiment. Only, the content of the experiment would no longer be the distant twilight town where two gods took turns playing games, but...

A real world where sixteen gods stand high above, bestowing a 【Faith Game】 upon mortals!

That's right, I wanted to move everything before me into an experiment, simulating the predicament I encountered, letting the Cheng Shi within the experiment traverse all the possibilities I had no time to realize.

For this, I had even thought of the experimental plan:

The 【Truth Ritual】 is still in my hands; I only need enough experimental raw materials to reconstruct the current world, and I have already obtained 'enough' materials;

【Memory】 has also been succeeded by Long Wang; I only need him to extract my memories and anchor them as the background of the world, and the Cheng Shi in the experiment will enter a similar predicament;

And then, I only need my friends to play the gods who still exist. They are close enough to Them, and some have even become Them, so they can perform Their roles well, giving the Cheng Shi in the experiment some vague and uncertain guidance.

That would be enough, because the guidance I have received has never been clear.

After that, I could guard outside the experimental field, stretching time as much as possible, and then observe over and over again how another me searches for his own future.

I know, this is very cruel to the Cheng Shi in the experiment, but I have no other way.

I have no time, and the world has no time.

I will reconstruct this world countless times, waking him up again and again as he fails. His struggle is my struggle; his refusal to yield is my refusal to yield.

I want to use this to glimpse the so-called future..."

By the time he finished speaking, Cheng Shi's voice was already hoarse, and the smile on Wei Mu's face had gradually vanished.

Cheng Shi stumbled, stepping back a few paces, his self-mocking smile growing wider and wider.

Both crying and laughing, he said:

"It's funny to say, this experiment to glimpse the future hasn't even begun, yet I seem to have already glimpsed the future.

When I returned from the Real Universe for the third time, thrown into that terrifying space-time storm by 【Fraud】, seeing that ruthless Creator annihilate another world, I wondered: who could be so indifferent to the living beings in an experiment? Why is 【He】 so eager to catalyze one new experiment after another...

Countless questions plagued me, countless doubts dragged at me. I was lost and confused, able only to exhaust my mind trying to think and understand.

It was at that very moment that I suddenly thought of myself.

In that experiment to glimpse the future that was about to begin, was I not also just as ruthless, just as eager, toward the Cheng Shi in the experiment...

At that moment, a massive fear swallowed me."