Chapter 416

Welcome to... 【Time】's Cage

The moon was in the middle of the sky, the breath of midnight became more and more intense, and the countdown was coming to an end.

Cheng Shi looked at the card in his hand and sighed.

The original purpose of his prayer for this trial was to get the mental power prop in Big Cat's hand before going to the Mediocre Meeting.

But now, in order to figure out a bunch of 【Nativity】 ethical messes, he wasted a whole day.

Of course, there were gains; at least the key sent by that Lord had pointed out a path for him to solve his confusion.

That is to find a corpse, open the Gate of Desire-Rejection, and ask Avros directly.

But Cheng Shi didn't have a corpse at hand, and he didn't know where Xie Yang had hidden; he couldn't even call him out, and the countdown was about to end; he didn't know if this so-called invitation would take effect the moment 0 o'clock arrived.

If it was really as he thought, then the remaining few minutes might not be suitable for praying for another trial to seek the 【Prosperity】 prop in Big Cat's hand, or to find a corpse.

In that way, even if there was no risk in the trial, there wouldn't be enough time for Cheng Shi to adjust his state after returning to reality, so he chose to rest for a while, maintain his best state, and prepare to go to the meeting first.

Although this was not the safest method, the 【Vitality】 authority gave Cheng Shi a certain confidence.

So he changed his plan and called Big Cat, who was kept in the dark by a group of people, wanting to postpone the time of "black-box trading" for the prop, but unexpectedly, this call didn't get through.

Big Cat is busy?

Cheng Shi raised his eyebrows, thinking it was just a small matter, so there was no need to call.

The reason he made this call was probably more about the desire to complain than the desire to communicate.

Baldy, you better be careful.

He shook his head and laughed, threw the phone aside, picked up the golden card again, rubbed the card face, and muttered in a low voice:

"I hope this Mediocre Meeting can give me a surprise, preferably by giving me a corpse, which would make it much easier."

The small characters on the card kept changing; Cheng Shi held the card seriously, waiting motionless for this invitation to the unknown space to take effect.

His state now was slightly more nervous than waiting for a special trial; after all, no matter how special a special trial was, its process was already too familiar.

But the gathering held by players in reality was different; he had never participated in any gathering held by players, and he didn't know what unknown risks were hidden behind this beautifully made and mysterious card.

So in this waiting where his nerves were slightly tense, the countdown slowly returned to zero.

00:03!

00:02!

00:01!

Countdown ended!

Invitation... there was no invitation, not even the teleportation he imagined.

Nothing happened!

Cheng Shi was dumbfounded; he turned his head in surprise to look around, and looked at the rooftop through the window, finding no void fluctuations on the rooftop; there was no sign of opening any space channel at all.

Instead, another line of small characters appeared on the back of the golden card after the countdown disappeared:

Please stick this card behind a door and push the door to enter the venue.

"..."

The moment he saw this line, Cheng Shi suddenly felt that this Mediocre Meeting didn't seem to be that... attractive.

What era is it, and you still pay attention to manual teleportation?

Are you guys reliable? You wouldn't really be a group of mediocre people, right?

I'm here to collect intelligence; you can't turn me into the one who shares intelligence...

But since things had reached this point, sitting still was useless; Cheng Shi could only sigh and get up, stick the card behind the room door, and then carefully push the door and walk in.

At the same time, on the other side.

In an apartment shrouded in blood, a lady covered in sweat threw away the burnt experimental tools in her hand, punched out in anger, and slammed it on the broken tabletop.

With a "bang," the table that was already unable to bear the burden instantly turned into ash.

Gao Ya failed; although the blueprint for faith fusion was so beautiful, her fusion experiment failed in a mess.

That 【Silence】 puppet clearly looked like a real puppet at the mercy of others, and even when annihilating activity and physical disassembly, there was no feedback, but just when she wanted to melt the 【Nativity】 soul she had "ripened" into it, the residual 【Silence】 power refused without hesitation.

The intensity of this refusal was so violent that it even blew up half of the living room.

She looked gloomily at the puppet that was also blown up, only feeling that she was like a clown.

"So the exclusion of 【Silence】 is so great; He seems not to want to fuse with other faiths...

Why?

Or is it that faith between different paths cannot be simply bonded by soul adhesive?

No, the previous experimental results weren't like this; I don't believe it!"

Gao Ya stood up gritting her teeth, took out an exquisite map from her portable space, and she unfolded the map to look for something; not long after, she found a city drawn in simple strokes in the southwest corner, Dolgode.

"I originally wanted to change back to myself when I returned there for the second time, but now it seems I need to postpone this plan.

This time, I not only need to find a new 【God-Colonization】 host, but also get the Descendant-Dropping Technique hidden in the library; only in this way can I have a steady stream of experimental materials..."

Gao Ya took a deep breath, pointed her hand at the city map of Dolgode, and then closed her eyes and prayed:

"Life is all stupid, civilization is all foolish..."

Trial, Dolgode Divine Nativity Church rest hall.

Back to a familiar place.

The moment Gao Ya opened her eyes, the other teammates were already looking at each other; she scanned everyone in turn, and her scrutinizing gaze suddenly stopped on a burly teammate.

This person was wearing a pure black mask and was covered tightly from head to toe, but even so, Gao Ya still felt a familiar aura on him.

【Stupidity】's intuition told her that she must know this person; combined with the various behaviors of the previous round, Gao Ya's brows sank, and she guessed this person's identity.

Gou Feng!

She didn't expect that the chieftain with ulterior motives had also returned here and had been ranked into a round with her again.

Interesting, what did he want again?

It couldn't be... he wanted to snatch what she wanted?

Gao Ya didn't point out the chieftain's identity, just frowned and stepped back, leaving enough reaction distance for herself.

This round was clearly also a high-score round; the teammates introduced themselves one after another; beside Gou Feng was a lady wearing glasses who kept covering her mouth and laughing; she seemed very curious about everything here.

"The smell of baby bell flowers, worthy of His trial; good evening, everyone; you can call me Shui Gui.

Gui of sundial, not Gui of ghosts.

Perhaps from my name you can see my faith; I am not good at disguising, so I'll just confess.

2471, Time Walker."

【Time】!?

Another 【Time】 teammate?

Gao Ya frowned, feeling that things seemed a bit wrong.

Not to mention being ranked with a teammate from the previous round again, there was actually another 【Time】 player like the previous round.

Is this a coincidence?

Perhaps, after all, there are 16 types of faith, and you will always meet them back and forth, but 【Stupidity】's intuition told her that there was something strange here.

So Gao Ya decided to leave, leave here and act alone; after all, 【Stupidity】 is not gregarious, so her act of leaving wasn't abrupt.

She glanced silently at the teammates present, and then, under the annoyed, curious, or shocked eyes of others, directly broke the window behind her and left without a greeting.

She didn't need to waste time with others, because she knew where the Descendant-Dropping Technique she wanted was hidden.

Yet just as she was calmly heading to the library in the church backyard, she bumped into someone.

That male church member wearing a church robe hugged her waist at the first moment his shoulder bumped into her, and said gentlemanly:

"Didn't bump you, did I, beautiful lady?"

This tone, isn't this a guy specifically here to pick up girls?

Gao Ya sneered in her heart; for this kind of NPC who didn't know life or death, her way of handling it was only one, and that was to squeeze out all his utilization value and then kill him directly; after all, she had many control means.

But this time, she didn't use any means, but was extremely terrified and wanted to break free from this person's arms.

Because she had recognized who this person was, but just an identity couldn't make her produce so much fear.

Gao Ya was afraid that she realized her emotions were being pulled, her desires were being magnified; she felt that if she didn't struggle, she would be lost in this rapidly expanding desire and completely... fall in love with the man in front of her.

Turadin!

This church man with such a vulgar and clichéd pickup method was Turadin.

But he definitely wasn't the Turadin she knew, because those purple eyes of his, she had never seen before.

Gao Ya panicked; she never knew that NPCs in the trial background would change!

Why did these NPCs who should have vanished in history seem to have come alive, having their own consciousness?

The corners of the other party's mouth clearly told her that he had recognized her!

How is it possible, an NPC, no matter how special his identity is, how could he have memories!?

This is impossible!

Turadin saw Gao Ya's fear and confusion; he greedily sucked these emotions, stared at Gao Ya's eyes with burning eyes, and smiled:

"Why, don't you recognize me?

I am very happy to see you again, lady, but can you tell me why my brother didn't come?"

"You... you!!??" Gao Ya's pupils constricted, her face changed drastically; she wanted to take out her escape means from her portable space, but before she could raise her hand, her whole body was locked by a tentacle that appeared out of thin air, locking all the joints of her whole body.

She couldn't move.

Turadin tilted his head to look at the direction of the rest hall, shook his head, and sighed again.

"There is also a familiar aura there, but it is not my brother either.

Pity, I thought he would come to find me, but now it seems I was wrong.

I am a bit disappointed, but having an old friend back is also a wonderful thing.

So, please allow me, the lonely prisoner, Avros, to express my welcome for the beautiful lady's arrival."

Saying this, he opened his arms, piously hugged the sky, and then looked at Gao Ya with burning eyes, hooking the corners of his mouth and smiling strangely.

"Welcome to...

【Time】's cage.

Beautiful lady, are you ready to accept the most wonderful joy in this world?"