Chapter 183: What Exactly Are You Hiding

What Exactly Are You Hiding

"Little White Strip, your shocked expression is so beautiful; it's a pity my camera is broken, otherwise I could have captured this moment.

Hee~

And that one, I've already taken the things

"Hmm?"

Cheng Shi, holding the result he had waited five hundred years for in the Tower of Rationality with both hands, was not the least bit flustered.

Not only was he not flustered, he even clicked his tongue as he looked around, seemingly searching for someone.

And when his gaze swept past his right side, not far from the two of them, a wisp of blue smoke spilled out from the void without warning, and then, that 【War Chosen】 Hu Wei, who had been "missing" for a long time, appeared beside them with a grim expression.

"Oh my, you finally decided to come out.

Hu, brother?"

Hearing these two words, a gloomy look flashed in Hu Wei's eyes.

He truly hadn't expected that the old teammate he admired was actually disguised by Zhen Yi, but since she had already disguised herself as Cheng Shi, it meant that the two of them had already met.

"Zhen Yi, you had better not have done anything to my brother..."

Cheng Shi felt a complex mix of emotions upon hearing this.

If I say my big brother isn't good to me, he can still think of me at a time like this; if I say he is good to me, he doesn't help when I'm in danger...

So, is this actually good, or not good?

Like good.

The chaotic thoughts in his mind lasted only a second before Cheng Shi switched back to Zhen Yi.

You have to know, Cheng Shi might listen to what Hu Wei has to say, but Zhen Yi, probably wouldn't.

Thus, as Zhen Yi, he directly interrupted Hu Wei's speech.

"Otherwise what?

Even if I killed him, what could you do?

Avenge him?

Kill me?

Hee~

Then I would definitely support you, come quickly, I can't wait."

After speaking, he lifted his chin and closed his eyes.

Looking at that fragile neck, looking at that posture of offering one's neck to the blade, Hu Wei not only didn't step forward, but instead began to focus all his attention on defending his back.

Even Bai Fei took a rare step back, quietly drawing that "Emperor's New Bow" into her hands.

They were afraid that this liar, full of deceit, was thinking of some other rotten idea and preparing to have fun at their expense.

Yes, what they feared wasn't being beaten, wasn't being injured, wasn't death, but becoming Zhen Yi's entertainment.

To tell the truth, at their rank, with sufficient strength as a foundation and sufficient caution as an aid, it is very difficult to die directly in any given trial.

Therefore, the 【Chosen】 ones, or the top-tier players, after becoming quite familiar with each other, do not have much anxiety about their own survival.

This also leads to them rarely having the emotion of fear among themselves.

But Zhen Yi is different.

She managed to create a unique kind of fear belonging to 【Deception】 in this rank where there is no fear, and that is:

Letting others become a humiliating joke.

She opened up a new track and, without a doubt, became the frontrunner in this track.

As everyone knows, people care about face.

The higher a person's rank, the more they need face.

The rank here refers not only to the scores on the Leaderboard and the Ladder of Audience, but to every aspect of existence.

However, Zhen Yi is just such a unique player; she can make your face easily become a joke.

So in the entire high-rank bracket, almost no one likes her.

Thus, when Cheng Shi lifted his neck, Hu Wei and Bai Fei began to observe their surroundings with full concentration, avoiding becoming a joke.

But what they didn't know was that, at this very moment, Cheng Shi was truly completely defenseless.

If even one person on the scene chose to make a move here, even if that person were Yan Chun, it would directly cost him his life.

Cheng Shi, who had already become a Proctor, had left almost no means to counter others' attacks.

So this was a high-stakes gamble with his life!

But, this was also not a high-stakes gamble with his life.

Because Cheng Shi knew from the start that they definitely wouldn't step forward.

Although Cheng Shi had only been matched with Zhen Yi once, in their limited interaction, he still saw that this Trickster Master was a crazy gambler.

She likes to probe, likes to play games, likes to gamble blindly.

And, she rarely loses.

And all this information was something Cheng Shi realized from that "ruthless grab."

She is very soft... no, she is very crazy.

So crazy that few people would take her bets, which is why she became gloomy and stunned the moment she made her move.

Cheng Shi was simply replicating her crazy blind gamble at this moment.

As for the reason for pretending so well...

It's a bit embarrassing to say, because Cheng Shi himself also likes this kind of heart-pounding all-in game.

And after going all-in so many times, he even had some insights into crazy gambling.

Thus, the bluff of burning the bridges and the gamble of putting it all on the line became Cheng Shi's "cheating technique" for certain victory.

He waited for a long time, long enough to connect all the clues before and after, before opening his eyes again.

Seeing that the two of them still hadn't reacted, "disappointment" flashed in his eyes.

"Sigh, boring."

Although Cheng Shi's face was full of mockery, his heart was also shocked.

Compelled by Zhen Yi's "might," they really didn't dare to take any action!

But this also meant that Zhen Yi was indeed not to be trifled with in the eyes of these people.

And he, as it happens, had provoked her...

Hiss—

Come to think of it, the road ahead seems a bit dangerous.

But fortunately, I am full of rebellion and never walk the straight path.

Cheng Shi laughed dumbly, looking at the two people in front of him, his eyes becoming playful.

No victory in a gamble is without the goal of chips.

The reason he gambled with his own life, besides wanting to solidify his identity as Zhen Yi again, was to take the initiative in the subsequent confrontation.

That's right, confrontation.

Although Hu Wei is a believer in 【War】, Cheng Shi could tell that he is different from some 【War】 singers; he is not someone who only relies on brute force.

And when facing this kind of "Marshal" with a brain, as long as a fight doesn't break out when they meet, then mutual wary confrontation is definitely the main way for both sides to communicate.

So, in order to make the subsequent trial time easier, Cheng Shi decided to be more proactive.

"You must have heard the prophecy, and the fruit is indeed in my hands.

Here, it's this one.

To be honest, the process was too smooth, not challenging at all, quite boring."

"You went to the future?"

Hu Wei frowned; he didn't relax his observation of his surroundings, saying in a deep voice:

"You have been standing here the whole time without moving, how did you go to the future?"

Oh, so my shell hasn't moved at all, that's good, that's good.

Cheng Shi smiled inwardly and said sarcastically:

"Otherwise what do you say?"

"..." Hu Wei felt very unlucky and shut his mouth.

"Have you never heard of time travel?

How uncultured.

I just traveled through time.

I brought this fruit back from two hundred years in the future, and picked this petal along the way, but unfortunately, the rest were snatched away by those little lunatics.

Do you want to admire it? This is a petal of Conjugate Whispers!"

As he spoke, Cheng Shi flicked the petal in his hand toward Hu Wei.

But Hu Wei didn't catch it, letting the petal drift to the ground.

"Tsk, it's free, don't be afraid, I wouldn't lie to you."

Hu Wei's face darkened another three shades; he looked down at the petal shining with brilliant white light at his feet, and in the end, unable to resist his curiosity, he bent down and picked it up.

The moment the petal was in his hand, he knew that this petal overflowing with the power of 【Existence】 must be real.

She was indeed Zhen Yi, she had indeed gone to the future, and had picked this only fruit and petal and brought them back.

So the meaning of "the future is here" is to bring back the fruit of the future?

But what is the point of this?

What does this have to do with everyone's future?

The reason the 【Chosen】 fell from the first place on the Ladder of Audience was because they had verified this prophecy with the Blind One.

Although he didn't know what agreement Zhen Yi and the Blind One had reached to make her keep her mouth shut and refuse to say another word, she had indeed confirmed that such a prophecy existed.

A prophecy pointing to the "future."

Not everyone has the ability to foresee the future and deduce the future; the 【Chosen】 are also human and have curiosity.

They were curious about what their future would be like, so after learning this news, they came down.

Among them was Hu Wei.

He knew Zhen Yi was untrustworthy, so in the process of searching for the "future," he tried his best to avoid the "prophecy" described by Zhen Yi, and went to seek the "true" prophecy through side-probing and exchanging information with others.

And in Hu Wei's speculation, the prophecy Zhen Yi relayed probably wouldn't be all lies; she is a liar who likes to mix truth and falsehood, so there was a high probability that one sentence was true.

Based on this deduction, he kept seeking toward the phrase "above the void and reality," and in the process discovered 【Laughter and Mockery】.

But the clue of only one sentence of description was still too vague, so he began to pray again.

And his prayer target wasn't some related clue mentioned when introducing each other at the beginning of the trial, but a related person!

Yes, his goal was very clear; he wanted to meet someone closely related to the prophecy!

So the moment Hu Wei saw Cheng Shi, he felt that Cheng Shi must be hiding something.

And when he learned that Cheng Shi's true identity was a Fate Weaver rather than some Incinerator, this feeling became even stronger.

But he never expected that what "Cheng Shi" was hiding wasn't these superficial things, but "her" as a person.

She was actually Zhen Yi!

The Zhen Yi who makes people grit their teeth and avoid her at all costs!

Everything made sense.

If you ask who is most related to this prophecy, I'm afraid even the Blind One who made the prophecy can't compare to the Zhen Yi in front of him!

After all, the prophecy the 【Chosen】 heard was all relayed through her mouth!

Hu Wei had thought of everything and calculated everything, but he just hadn't expected that the Cheng Shi he met in this trial would be Zhen Yi!

He looked at "Zhen Yi" with a solemn expression and said in a deep voice:

"So, the so-called 'the future is here' means that when you step into this place, you will go to the future and find this lost fruit of the World Tree?

The prophecy about the future in the Blind One's mouth is just a fruit?

What a joke!

I admit this fruit is indeed precious.

I once inquired about its news, but there was no word; I also heard that Poison and Mo Li prayed to obtain it, but both failed.

But even so, this fruit is not worth the Blind One pouring out her heart and soul to make a prophecy, and it's even more impossible for her to cover for you for so long because of this!

So, you are still lying!

Zhen Yi, what exactly are you hiding!?"