Chapter 408

Confused, Asking... 【Fate】

Not wanting to doesn't mean he shouldn't figure it out.

Cheng Shi sat on the ground, carefully organizing everything in his mind, attempting to find clues in the massive amount of intelligence to figure out Avros's story and even their intentions.

But after thinking for a long time, he found it impossible to figure out the affairs between gods by himself, so he gave up.

He gave up on self-conjecture and changed to...

"Consulting" them.

Since it concerns the gods, perhaps only they understand themselves.

So he picked up the dice in his hand again and began to pray piously.

"Lies like yesterday, sneer..."

Before the sneer was finished, he heard a "whoosh," and Cheng Shi instantly disappeared from the spot.

When he opened his eyes again, he found a pair of cold starry eyes hanging high in the void, staring at him motionlessly.

Looking at this appearance...

Oh no, it's probably 【Fate】!

Cheng Shi's cold sweat instantly soaked his back; he couldn't care about organizing his expression and bowed his head to offer sincere praise.

But this time he learned his lesson; the rhetoric was no longer flowery but became simple, even simple to the point of being perfunctory, so that he wouldn't look up and find that the person in front of him was still that troublemaking 【Deception】.

"Praise you, great 【Fate】.

May fate always be 【Fate】."

This praise could be considered fresh, perfunctorily fresh, but 【Fate】 also felt it was fresh.

Compared to those strings of flattering perfunctory remarks, this kind of short, direct-to-the-essence praise clearly made Him happier.

Thus, the cold corners of the eyes melted slightly, and the entire void rose with traces of psychedelic colors.

Cheng Shi caught this change in his peripheral vision, his heart settled, and he confirmed that it was 【Fate】 in front of him.

So he couldn't wait to look up, and regardless of what divine oracle requirements his Lord had, he threw out a big question as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Lord, my Lord, I seem to have gotten involved with 【Filth-Corruption】's Messenger Avros; is this 【Filth-Corruption】...

... sending me a faith invitation?"

Cheng Shi's words were very straightforward, straightforward enough to dare to talk wantonly about another Him who did not belong to 【Void】 in front of one Him.

But Cheng Shi had confidence; that confidence wasn't because he claimed to have figured out his Lord's temperament, but because 【Fate】 had once said, "If you have questions, ask if you want to ask"!

It was He who bestowed a promise after Cheng Shi returned to 【Fate】, that He could answer Cheng Shi's questions about the universe.

It was just that because this trial was originally prayed to 【Deception】, Cheng Shi didn't want to trouble 【Fate】, but since he had already seen Him...

Since he was here, he might as well ask!

The eyes in the void flickered with starlight, and after hearing the question, He said without joy or sorrow:

"You think too much."

"..."

Lord, my Lord, your words are quite hurtful.

Cheng Shi's expression stalled, and he laughed dryly to save face:

"That's good, that's good; I have no intention of leaving 【Void】.

Even if He really invites me, I won't agree.

My path is already set!"

Regardless of whether what Cheng Shi said was true or if it was his true feelings, in short, these words sounded very pleasant to 【Fate】's ears.

The corners of the eyes flattened by another three points; He looked at Cheng Shi, the spirals in His eyes rotating for a moment, seemingly seeing through Cheng Shi's current and past fate trajectory, and then spoke again:

"The set path has not changed, but you must remember:

Stay away from 【Filth-Corruption】.

He is not an existence that mortals can get close to.

Also, He never sends any invitations; every life that sinks into the 【Sea of Desire】 is voluntary.

They cannot control the desires in their hearts, and using His summoning and guidance as an excuse, they spontaneously get close to Him."

He never sends invitations?

Even His summoning and guidance are excuses!?

Cheng Shi was dumbfounded, because he had always felt that the desires of 【Filth-Corruption】 believers were pulled and magnified by their Lord...

But why would his own Lord describe 【Filth-Corruption】 as a... "victim"?

He was a bit confused, but 【Fate】's words clearly weren't finished.

"Avros is a tragedy, but He is not worthy of pity; it is He who created all this with His own hands.

As for why 【Deception】 sent you into 【Nativity】's trial, perhaps they have signed some agreement unknown to outsiders.

He always likes to sign these things with others, but they are rarely useful."

"..."

No, Lord, my Lord, why do I feel your tone is like 【Stupidity】's.

Cheng Shi didn't dare to answer, just quietly took out the 【Gate of Joyful Desire】 token in his hand, those few broken ribbons, and showed it before the god, asking:

"Lord, my Lord, then this thing..."

"Just a means of self-rescue for those trapped in prison; this token can let you go to His door at any time, but just like His Lord who never actively invites others, He cannot force you to push open that door, unless...

You push it open yourself, driven by your own desires.

No need to pay attention to Him.

You did well, not being pulled by desire to push open His door.

【Gate of Joyful Desire】 is not a divine name crowned upon Him by 【Filth-Corruption】, but a title bestowed upon Him by 【Time】.

After mortals push open that door, their own desires are no longer under control, connecting with the 【Sea of Desire】, becoming a depression that backflows the ocean of desire; after that, besides sinking into self-pleasure, there is no other pursuit.

Avros once wanted to build a paradise of desire where everyone is happy, but His idea was not recognized by 【Existence】, so 【Time】 bestowed upon Him the punishment of eternal imprisonment."

Punishment of eternal imprisonment!

After hearing this term, Cheng Shi suddenly thought of that S-rank talent of 【Time】, Eternal Prison, a strong control talent that can make people stagnate in time.

So 【Time】 likes this kind of thing, imprisonment?

Uh, that's not the point!

Cheng Shi hurriedly shook his head, shaking the distracting thoughts out of his head, and then asked again:

"Lord, my Lord, but why does 【Filth-Corruption】's Messenger need 【Time】 to bestow a name? Doesn't 【Filth-Corruption】... have an opinion?"

The starlight in the eyes gradually stopped flickering; He looked into the distance toward the 【Sea of Desire】, and His tone actually carried solemnity.

"He never refuses, nor will He refuse, just as He never invites, nor will He invite.

Because the indulgence of desire is inherently breaking refusal, which is why I warn you:

Stay away from Him.

The sound of 【Order】 has already been polluted; you mortals should not have any contamination with Him."

【Order】 polluted?

Cheng Shi was stunned, suddenly thinking of what that Lord on the bone throne had said: "【Order】 has a problem" and that so-called "【Order】's fear, 【Fear (Order)】."

So, did 【Order】 have a problem because of 【Filth-Corruption】?

Did 【Order】 lose to 【Filth-Corruption】!?

Cheng Shi was shocked; he widened his eyes, wanting to get a response from those cold eyes, but 【Fate】 did not tell him the truth of that year.

"Those things are too far away from you; thinking about them is useless.

You just need to walk firmly on your own path."

"But Lord, my Lord, I am still very curious; if 【Filth-Corruption】 refuses nothing, would He refuse others killing Him?

Or to put it another way, if a god wants to snatch His authority, or wants Him to fall, would He...

... also not refuse?

For example... you... uh... your other sister god in 【Void】."

These words were too straightforward, straightforward enough to bring the matter of gods snatching each other's authority to the table.

It even named his own Lord!

Although he made a make-up, but logically speaking, if these words weren't said by Cheng Shi, any player who spoke of the filth of the gods in front of a god would probably have gone to see 【Death】 by now.

No, it would probably be directly seeing 【Annihilation】, and then leaving this world painlessly.

But 【Fate】 loved tolerance; He didn't blame Cheng Shi, just remained silent for a moment.

He was also considering whether he should let Cheng Shi know these things.

But looking at Cheng Shi's earnest and hopeful eyes, and considering he was still quite pious, those eyes still made a slight response.

"He wouldn't either."

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