Chapter 347: Good, good, good, you

Good, good, good, you're someone who understands 【Prosperity】!

After hearing this lie that Cheng Shi spouted off the cuff, Zhang Jizu's eyes widened slightly. He laughed helplessly in his heart, remembering that scene back at the Fish Bone Hall when his Benefactor had summoned him.

"I, have, made, a transaction, with, 【Deception】."

"The content, you, need not, know."

"This time, after, the audience, returns, you, shall pray, to Him, for a trial."

"Then, in the trial, do your best, to preserve, the life, of one of His believers."

Zhang Jizu, who had turned into a skull, stared at his Benefactor in a daze, asking in disbelief:

"【Deception】 made a transaction with you in order to protect His believer?"

The green flames in the eye sockets of the giant skull on the bone throne stalled, then it gave a heavy "Hmm."

Having received an affirmative answer, Zhang Jizu immediately thought of one person: Zhen Xin!

Only she, and only the Chosen of 【Deception】, would be qualified enough to make a True God step forward to ensure her safety, right?

She... no, did her unreliable younger sister cause trouble for her again?

Is this matter such a big deal that it requires communication between True Gods to settle?

But since the gods have already acted, wouldn't it be fine to just save her directly? Why does he need to get involved?

A confused Zhang Jizu asked bluntly:

"So, my lord, do I need to go be Zhen Xin's bodyguard?"

"Not her."

"!!!" The usually steady Zhang Jizu panicked. For the first time, he widened his eye sockets into perfect circles, his voice trembling, "Go be Zhen Yi's bodyguard???"

"Not her either."

"Phew—that's a relief." But immediately, he became suspicious again, "My lord, which liar has gained the gaze of 【Deception】 again?

If I'm going to protect him, I should at least know his name, right?"

"His name, is, Cheng, Shi."

"?"

Cheng Shi? Cheng Shi?

Zhang Jizu froze for a moment, suddenly remembering that piece of gossip sweeping through the entire circle of peak players.

Isn't that Fate Weaver, Zhen Yi's new flame, also named Cheng Shi?

Such a coincidence?

Same name?

The giant skull seemed to see through Zhang Jizu's confusion and gave a slight response.

"It is, the person, you, are thinking, of."

"But isn't he a believer of 【Fate】?"

Zhang Jizu listened with a head full of question marks. He didn't know what had happened in between, and he couldn't understand why his Benefactor would issue an oracle ordering him to act as a bodyguard.

But after pondering for a moment, he thought of one possibility: that this Cheng Shi, like Zhen Xin, had a secondary personality, and that this secondary personality worshipped 【Deception】!

Only this could explain why a Fate Weaver and a 【Deception】 believer could be the same person.

It's too absurd. 【Deception】 found 【Death】, letting a believer of 【Death】 protect Zhen Yi's little boyfriend, and this person is very likely a multi-personality player just like Zhen Xin and Zhen Yi!

Are you 【Void】 people all this void?

The moment he straightened out the logic, Zhang Jizu was stunned.

He looked up at the bone throne in disbelief, hoping the oracle's guidance could be more detailed, but that lord clearly had no patience to explain back and forth. Thus, Zhang Jizu only saw a bone whip lash toward him, his vision went black, and he was whipped back to reality.

From the moment he returned to reality, he followed his Benefactor's instructions with a complex expression, praying to 【Deception】 for a trial, but absurdly, 【Deception】 never responded to him.

Until today, he tried his luck early and finally matched with this honest liar!

He really is "honest." This is his first time seeing a "Wood Elf" who lies without blinking!

Gou Feng heard Cheng Shi's words and shook his head with a sigh:

"Brother, it's no fun if you lie. Could it be that there's an opposing faction member among us, so you're hiding your faith?

Are you with 【Fate】?"

Hearing the divine name of 【Fate】, the little assassin Tian Xie suddenly looked at Cheng Shi with a solemn expression. If this leader was an opposing 【Fate】 member, he would have to be careful this round.

Mo Shu, however, quietly breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. At least one of the two 2400-point teammates wasn't 【Death】; that was quite good news for him.

Before Cheng Shi could respond, Gou Feng touched his head and said:

"Doesn't look like it either. 【Fate】 is all mysterious, and you don't look like a god-stick.

Could it be 【Defilement】?

Are you my opponent?

What are you embracing? Control? Toying with teammates, controlling everything?

If you really are His person, just say so. I like cooperation, and I can accept an opponent, but if you hide it, I won't like you very much."

"......"

Brother, the way you say that makes me want to defect to 【Defilement】.

Cheng Shi shook his head and chuckled. He knew well that no one would believe him without evidence, so he reached out his hand, faintly stimulating a trace of Lele'er's aura.

This was the aura of ancient 【Prosperity】, far purer than the 【Prosperity】 power on the players.

And the reason he didn't choose to stimulate the "Vitality" authority and 【Prosperity】 divinity was naturally out of caution.

Even if Cheng Steady stands up to show off, he must be a steady show-off; he couldn't reveal all his trump cards at the very start.

He knew this wisp of ancient 【Prosperity】 aura would likely fool these teammates. Even if it couldn't, using lies to patch up any other loopholes would be enough.

Sure enough, upon feeling this long-lost, ancient 【Prosperity】 aura, everyone was stunned.

"Brother, are you really a Wood Elf? But your hair......"

"Interesting, the taste of ancient 【Prosperity】. 2400 points really is different. I truly like you."

"......"

Zhang Jizu also felt this wisp of ancient 【Prosperity】 aura and felt amused in his heart.

He considered himself a very shrewd person, but he still couldn't avoid being lied to by liars, because there were always liars more shrewd than him, and there were many such high-scoring liars.

But today was different. This was his first time observing a scam from an omniscient perspective. Watching his teammates being toyed with, he suddenly understood why liars were so obsessed with lying.

Watching a monkey show is indeed fun, especially when you aren't the monkey being toyed with.

Seeing that everyone had somewhat dispelled their doubts, Cheng Shi smiled. His peripheral vision caught the squinty-eyed man, keenly capturing a trace of happiness at the corner of the man's eyes, then he blinked thoughtfully, saying nothing.

Tian Xie was an assassin after all; his perception was clearly much better than the others. While the few were talking, his ears twitched slightly, paying attention to the sounds inside the wall. It wasn't until everyone slowly fell silent that he said with a strange expression:

"Strange, I've been listening for a long time, but there seems to be... no one inside the courtyard."

"No one?" Cheng Shi was taken aback. He looked up at the sky; the sun hadn't reached mid-air yet. At this time, it was clearly the duty shift for the Divine Nurturing Church. How could there be no one inside?

He frowned, feeling that the matter might not be as simple as he imagined.

"Let's go in and see. Seeing is believing."

Everyone nodded one after another, then each showed their own unique skills.

The assassin Tian Xie disappeared directly into the shadows on the spot, destination unknown. Gou Feng looked up at the high courtyard wall, gathered his strength, and jumped, actually leaping directly inside!

Mo Shu cautiously leaned away from Zhang Jizu, then smiled at the two, annihilated a hole the size of a person in the wall, and walked straight in. Cheng Shi just wanted to hitch a ride, but the hole in the wall actually restored itself after Mo Shu entered.

Watching this scene, Cheng Shi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

This really is a scavenger good at creating!

But to be fair, aren't you guys too independent? I brought you all the way here, and this is what you give me?

Good, good, good. Since that's the case, I have to let you see the strength of my Clown.

Yes, Cheng Shi is a Clown this round.

He didn't come in wearing a mask, and the reason he didn't wear one was entirely because he never thought he would match into a serious trial when praying.

Before praying, he thought for a long time, feeling that praying to 【Fate】 might lead to being arranged clearly, so he switched back to Clown and prayed to 【Deception】, only to still be arranged clearly.

So now, he had lost the divine protection of the Warrior of the Day and had become a "powerless" priest.

But the difficulty before him wasn't a battle after all, so a priest has a priest's methods.

Just as he was about to pull a rope ladder out of his portable space to throw onto the wall, the squinty-eyed man who had been standing to the side spoke up.

"This big tree looks good. Wood Elf, why not help make a tree ladder and take me up?"

Cheng Shi's mouth curled up; he had expected this. He walked at the back precisely to wait for Zhang Jizu to strike up a conversation. Now it seemed he really did have a problem!

This person's gaze lingered on him for too long. Either he had heard of his name like the teammate from the last round, or he already knew him.

Interesting, whose friend is this again?

But Cheng Shi didn't reveal any of this. Since the priest brother is also hiding, let's see who can hide better.

He pretended to have a sudden realization, turned back, and looked at Zhang Jizu apologetically:

"Forgot, there's another priest here. Don't panic, let me, the Wood Elf, take you in."

As he spoke, he reached out his hand to the squinty-eyed man.

Zhang Jizu was stunned, thinking, could this 【Deception】 believer be a trickster master with "Lies Like Yesterday," who scammed a 【Prosperity】 believer last round, so this time he actually turned himself into a Wood Elf?

A Wood Elf is also quite good; at least climbing walls is convenient. So he smiled and reached out his hand.

And the moment Cheng Shi grabbed Zhang Jizu's wrist, he...

shoved one end of the rope ladder into the other's hand.

"???"

Looking at the bewildered squinty-eyed man, Cheng Shi explained with a straight face:

"I am a member of the Plant Protection Association. I never abuse plants, nor will I drive plants like cattle or horses.

This is a rope ladder I made by using the power of 【Prosperity】 to catalyze some vines I picked up. Throw this onto the wall, and we can climb up safely and steadily.

How about it? Isn't it convenient and fast?"

"......"

There were so many things to complain about in this sentence that Zhang Jizu had a pile of swear words stuck in his throat, not knowing where to start.

He was angered into laughter. While laughing, he snatched the rope ladder from Cheng Shi's hand, threw the ladder onto the wall as the other had said, then tidied up the end of the rope ladder, glancing at Cheng Shi with a half-smile:

"The power of 【Prosperity】 has this effect?"

Cheng Shi was taken aback. He looked at Zhang Jizu's palm, only to see a white product tag still hanging on the end of the rope ladder. Only then did he remember that this rope ladder wasn't something he prayed for, but something he picked up from someone else's backpack in some trial.

It's really strange, it's the apocalypse, why is someone still using tagged products?

But he didn't feel embarrassed at all, even arguing without blushing or skipping a beat:

"It shows that my Lord is very nostalgic, even helping me restore details that only existed before the game descended.

So I say!

Who says prosperity is only in the present? Look, isn't this spray-painted tag proof that the reality manufacturing industry was once prosperous?"

"......"

This can be linked too?

Good, good, good, you're someone who understands 【Prosperity】!

Zhang Jizu was numb. He decisively shut his mouth, swallowed a belly full of old complaints, and stood quietly to the side, making no further moves.

Seeing that the other wouldn't go first, Cheng Shi had no choice but to climb up a step ahead of him. Zhang Jizu followed closely behind. When the two climbed to the top of the wall, Cheng Shi pulled the ladder back, put it on the other side, and climbed down slowly.

By the time he landed safely, Zhang Jizu, still on the wall, twitched his mouth in annoyance and jumped straight down from the high wall.

"Boom—"

Cheng Shi only saw dust splashing in front of him, and amidst the dust, there was an extra figure rubbing his knees.

His gaze fixed, he looked at this physically strong priest and slowly curled the corners of his mouth.

This squinty-eyed man has something to him. ===== CHAPTER 348 =====