Chapter 167

This is us! This is the Fire-Keepers!

Very good, the scholar made a contract of truth, the prisoner broke the shackles of silence.

The heart-to-heart game of fraud was held very smoothly.

Cheng Shi saw the two were so frank, and he also became frank.

His gaze swept around, swept over the crowd, and after "repeatedly" confirming that there were no other people around, he cautiously and carefully said the "secret" that must be guaranteed by an oath.

"Fire-Keepers."

As soon as these three words came out, three of the five people present immediately tightened their bodies.

This subconscious reaction couldn't be hidden from Ji Yue; she looked around with interest, and then looked at Cheng Shi with burning eyes, waiting for the follow-up.

Fang Shiqing's brain roared, both guessing this moment and not guessing this moment.

She looked at Cheng Shi blankly, thinking about whether Cheng Shi's mask had binding force, and whether these two in front of her would abide by their oath not to leak it.

She thought a lot, thought for a long time, but interestingly, she never thought about killing these two orderly people who were not Fire-Keepers.

Cheng Shi didn't care about the different expressions of the crowd at all and continued to speak.

Light of hope surged in his eyes, and a firm smile was on his face.

"I don't know if the people here have thought about where the world will go today when 【Gods】 lowered the game.

Where will the humans caught as players go?

In the millions of years since birth, humans have never encountered a disaster like the present one.

Although 【Faith Game】 is a game, the price of failure, you should be very clear, that is death.

The entire world is imprisoned in the 【Gods' Beast Arena】 named game; except for obeying Their will, there is no other choice.

Regardless of men, women, old, young, regardless of strength, weakness, fat, thin, everyone is struggling; is this what we want?

No, it's not!

This is just what They want, and we cannot refuse.

But can we really not refuse?

When I was 1200 points, I saw this world full of despair;

When I was 1600 points, I found that there is still vitality in 【Faith Game】;

When I was 2000 points, I felt that the secret of 【Gods】 was finally revealed;

When I was 2400 points, I was thinking... among the people sitting on that high throne, why can't I be one of them?"

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Cheng Shi's expression didn't change at all, and he just smiled slightly and said these words.

But this speech sounded like a thunderclap on the ground in everyone's ears!

Except for Ji Yue, everyone was dumbfounded.

The Fire-Keepers were dumbfounded, because what Cheng Shi said had nothing to do with the original intention of the Fire-Keepers.

The prisoner was also dumbfounded, because this organization didn't sound like one that a player of his level could join.

Only Ji Yue, she looked calm and steady on the surface, but the intense appreciation for this attitude almost covered all her soul!

The wildness and recklessness of 【War】, at this moment, reached its peak in its influence on her!

Not in the body, but in the soul.

Resonance of a thousand spears!

"You think I'm crazy?

No, I'm not crazy, I'm very clear-headed.

This is not an illusory fantasy, nor is it my wishful thinking.

Because...

He once told a player that humans can become gods!"

"!!!!!"

"Clatter—"

"Bang—"

"Click click click—"

The hunter was dumbfounded, the prisoner's chains fell, the poet's book slipped, the knight clenched his fists.

Only a "steady" scholar remained motionless, but in her eyes looking at Cheng Shi, greed for knowledge and crazy identification flowed clearly.

"Yes, you didn't hear wrong, humans can become gods.

After knowing this secret that 【Gods】 wanted to hide most, the Fire-Keepers were born.

Born from the hands of that player, born at the starting point of the road to godhood.

He constantly explores everything that can lead to godhood, not because he wants to become a god, but because he feels that humans should not be manipulated, enslaved, and teased like this.

Even if this civilization is not so perfect, even if this world is not so noble, but this is humans' own world, why should it become the game field of 【Gods】?

But if!

If a human appeared on the throne of the gods!

Then under 'his' protection, would humans have a new future?

A foreseeable future that is not manipulated!

So, you know why I am cautious, why I dare not speak out.

Because, we are fighting against Them on the throne, and we are also replacing Them on the throne.

Once our existence is discovered by Them, then, what we will face will be the anger of 【Gods】, the erasure and annihilation of no future.

Perhaps you will find it ridiculous.

Thinking that even for the top players, the abilities on their bodies are bestowed by Them, how can they become gods with these?

But, if you don't try, how do you know?

And I, we, are the people walking on this road to godhood, the people chosen by him!

Fire-Keeping, Fire-Keeping, what is kept is not the fire of continuation, but the hope of godhood.

We identify with him, we support him, we follow him.

We try our best to find that road to godhood, and then, at the most appropriate time, at the most perfect node, push the most suitable candidate onto that 'throne'!

When the fantasy becomes reality, when the delusion becomes realization, this world will glow with new life.

This is us.

This is the Fire-Keepers.

This is the biggest secret I carry, and it is also the greatest sincerity I have for you today."

Cheng Shi smiled and looked at Ji Yue, whose eyes were flashing with strange light, and continued to explain:

"We are not so noble, nor are we so selfless.

Admittedly, many partners identify with everything he said, for the future of humans, for the liberation of the enslaved.

But more partners are also for relatives, for friends, for themselves, for bonds.

So, when we look for people to walk with, we never conclude by good or bad, but at least one quality, he must possess, that is...

The determination to resist all oppression, and...

The consciousness that success does not have to be in me!

And these three friends from the Mutual Aid Society are the objects I wanted to absorb earlier.

I gave them a mask representing the Fire-Keepers, telling them that when they need help, they can call me.

But at the same time, I also told them that when we meet again, they must also give me an answer.

This is my secret, scholar, prisoner, this is also the sincerity I have for treating the two of you frankly."

Cheng Shi's gaze slowly turned to Fang Shiqing, and he said with a smile:

"However, let's not talk about the current affairs, three people, now it's time for you to give an answer."

As soon as the words fell, a firm and decisive voice sounded at the scene.

"I join!"

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