Chapter 222: The premise of cooperation

The premise of cooperation

Kein Laoer?

Cheng Shi had heard of this person, or rather, as long as players had been assigned to the trial background of the Grand Tribunal in the mid-era of civilization, they had more or less heard of this person.

He was one of the last three Supreme Inquisitors of the Grand Tribunal in the mid-era of civilization, and also the representative of the most radical and warlike Common Law faction as rumored.

The Common Law faction was different from other factions in the Grand Tribunal; they believed that all life in the world, whether they had faith or not, should live under the gaze of 【Order】, obey His rules, promote His will, and achieve universal common law.

So generally speaking, the Common Law faction was considered the existence that most wanted to unify the Continent of Hope; they coveted almost all other forces on this land.

And the reason Kein Laoer was remembered by players wasn't because of his advocacy, but because of his battle record.

One had to know that being warlike ≠ being good at war.

In history, in a founding battle concerning the 【Country of War】, Kein Laoer, because he launched an attack at the wrong time, caused the main legion of the Grand Tribunal to fall into the encirclement of the various legions of the Country of War, leading to an irreparable loophole in the entire southern front, causing the offensive of all frontline armies besieging the Country of War to collapse.

Almost single-handedly ending this war that had lasted for over a hundred years, sending victory to the then almost desperate Country of War.

This battle was used by many players to ridicule the limited combat power of 【Order】, and it was also one of the few memory points that could make ordinary players marvel.

But now, at this current time, no one would question the majesty and command ability of a Supreme Inquisitor, especially since his attitude toward external expansion was always so tough.

And it was such a leader of the Common Law faction who would secretly "cooperate" with a scholar of the Tower of Reason, just for those war machines that didn't look very reliable.

This was a bit too absurd.

But no matter how absurd the facts were, they had to be accepted, because absurdity was the keynote of reality and also the main melody of history.

However, there was one point Cheng Shi still needed to verify, so he picked up the experimental data on the table and held it in front of Nisk, letting him read it aloud to everyone with "vivid emotion."

Nisk was stunned. He had never heard of any interrogation that required reading books, but he read it anyway; one had to bow one's head when under someone else's roof.

But as he read, the expressions of Cheng Shi and the other two became visibly spectacular.

Because the content on this experimental plan was almost exactly the same as everything Nisk knew.

To be honest, Nisk hadn't actually seen these experimental plans before. His understanding of the laboratory mostly came from his own observations and guesses, but when he discovered that his observations were almost identical to the plan, at a certain moment, he even cast aside his fear and felt a trace of self-appreciation.

My observations were indeed meticulous; except for some extremely detailed experimental steps, the vast majority were actually guessed correctly.

However, Cheng Shi didn't think so.

He secretly thought "as expected" in his heart, and then threw away the plan in his hand.

It was fake.

Whether it was the experimental process written on this plan or the "full picture" of the experiment that Nisk understood partially, they were all fake.

Because if these documents were all true, the moment Serius walked into the office before, he wouldn't have just taken a look at the desktop, but would have lunged at the desktop to check whether these "spread out on the table but not to be known by others" experimental plans had been lost.

He was too calm, so calm that he didn't care at all whether these experimental plans were leaked.

From that moment on, Cheng Shi knew that the experimental plan must have a problem. At this time, a guard of a laboratory could say the exact same things as the experimental content—then what was the meaning of the existence of this hidden institution built deep underground?

So they were all fake. The real experiment wasn't some Life Assimilation Experiment. As for what it was, perhaps the secret lay outside this door.

Cheng Shi glanced at the office door with his peripheral vision, and then looked at Li Wu and said:

"It seems we are going to have a new adventure. Can I trust you, my magician teammate?"

Li Wu smiled helplessly:

"I think you can, but you won't.

But this time there is no such large mouse cage to lock me up, so what means do you want to use to restrict me, my... priest teammate?"

"Smart!"

Cheng Shi snapped his fingers and held up the black pill that had just rolled across Nisk's cheek.

"I was lying just now; this isn't any 'Disorder Sediment,' but an A-rank prop called 'Shadow Oath Pill.' It can..."

Before he could finish, Cheng Shi's action of picking his nostril was interrupted by Gao San.

"Everyone here is a ghost; there's no need to lie to each other, especially since you can't lie to us either.

Shadow Oath Potion used to bind shadows and take oaths is a liquid, not a pill. Even if it could be precipitated into a pill, it would require a crucial ingredient: un-withered Conjugated Whisper Petals.

If you could possess such a good thing, you wouldn't need to talk nonsense with us here for half a day.

We do need to cooperate, but the premise is to give each other some trust."

"?"

Cheng Shi looked at Gao San thoughtfully, always feeling that this former believer of 【Truth】 didn't know little.

"I certainly trust you, but you seem not to trust me."

He smiled self-deprecatingly, and then threw the pill in his hand into his mouth.

With a "crunch," the candy was bitten through. It wasn't sweet, but slightly bitter, with a rich flavor.

This wasn't a candy in the traditional sense, but a pill Cheng Shi had made by grinding the toenails of a Glacier Rift Lizard when he was bored.

Since he hadn't bluffed anyone, he had to use it to grind his teeth.

Li Wu watched Cheng Shi eat the "Shadow Oath Pill" in his hand, his eyelids twitching, and he sighed:

"At least there is no deep hatred between us. Even if we have utilized each other, isn't that the way of communication between liars?

Furthermore, you know us very well, but we have never known you from beginning to end. I don't even know which kind of liar you are.

Not to mention you have combat power that almost crushes us. Cheng Shi, to be honest, it's we who should fear you, not you guarding against us."

Cheng Shi curled his lips, not prepared to believe a single word.

It was useless for the weak to guard against the strong; the strong should guard against the weak.

However, Li Wu was right about one point: Cheng Shi had the confidence that when facing each other, even if it was 1v2, he could kill these two old peers.

This wasn't just because he was the warrior of today, but also because the two in front of him had both charged the 【Death】 Joy Ring, just now when killing Su Wu.

Cheng Shi's empty thunder strike wasn't just to show off his strength, nor was it purely to tell the two of them that his violent output wasn't just once. The most important thing was: he was collecting fear!

And coincidentally, the two portions of fear nourishment consumed were replenished by these two people in front of him.

This meant that Cheng Shi's thunder punishment would be a guaranteed hit against Li Wu and Gao San!

Therefore, this was the premise upon which we could cooperate!

I have never given trust to liars, just because your lives are all tied between my fingers.

"Alright, I can trust you for the time being. Since everything that should be known is known, let's set off."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao San changed from his distorted state back to his normal appearance, while Li Wu casually snapped Nisk's neck.

In his eyes, perhaps useless people had no need to exist, especially since the other party was just an NPC.

Cheng Shi didn't comment on the magician's behavior, but based on the idea of not wasting any corpse, he reached his hand toward Nisk's head.

"What is the security deployment of the laboratory? Might as well reveal it."

The blue-green alternating light relit Nisk's eye sockets, and he opened his mouth, squeezing out a hoarse 【Death】 sound from his throat.

"There is no special security deployment. The usual patrol route is..."

As Nisk explained the patrol and defense situation of the laboratory clearly, the faces of Gao San and Li Wu became uglier and uglier.

The reason for the shock wasn't because the laboratory's defense was rotten, but because as a teammate of the same rank, Cheng Shi's means were somewhat too numerous.

Was he really a 【Deception】 believer like us?

No, or rather, was he really a player of this segment? ===== CHAPTER 223 =====