Chapter 543

There is no such thing as kindness without cause in this world.

After confirming that he was beyond saving, Cheng Shi's emotions calmed down. He let himself fall into the endless illusory Sea of Memories, various thoughts flashing back in his mind.

This was not a deathbed flashback, but his final struggle.

He didn't want to die, so he was thinking about how to make 【Memory】 forgive him.

Yes, forgiveness.

Since external help couldn't be borrowed for the time being, he could only beg for life from the god before him. Lowering his posture to survive wasn't shameful; the problem was that he lacked an opportunity, an opportunity that would make 【Memory】 stop for a moment.

This opportunity couldn't just rely on sophistry; it had to have some actual basis, something that could at least move Him.

But as a 【Void】 believer, what could he possibly have that would move 【Existence】...

Wait!

There really is something!

Cheng Shi widened his eyes, struggled to raise his hand before his eyes, and looked at the 【Time of Eternal Imprisonment】 on his finger!

!!!

So that's how it is!

Cheng Shi suddenly realized that everything before him was not a punishment, and falling into the Sea of Memories was not a disciplinary action. 【Memory】 didn't seem to intend to imprison him at all; otherwise, with the power of a True God, how could He let him waste so much time on the way to the "prison."

He only needed one thought to make him sink to the bottom of the Sea of Memories forever.

So He did this to make him see this ring?

But this is my ring, it's 【Time】's ring, and You are 【Memory】; what's the point of letting me see this ring?

To see the essence of 【Existence】 clearly?

Who can see the essence of 【Existence】 clearly?

If I could see this clearly, how could I still be a player?

If I could really see it clearly, wouldn't I have to capture all sixteen of you and make you players?

Cheng Shi couldn't figure it out, but he also confirmed one thing: he hadn't lost consciousness during this long period of thinking, which meant the other party definitely hadn't tried to kill him.

But this ring... what is it actually for?

Cheng Shi began to recall. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that his memory seemed to have become much clearer during the process of falling into the Sea of Memories. He carefully recalled everything related to 【Memory】 in the past, repeatedly savoring every word He said during the audience, hoping to find what 【Memory】 wanted to express or wanted him to know.

But he found nothing.

Until a long, long time later, when he recalled the scene of his first audience with 【Memory】 for the umpteenth time, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck Cheng Shi, connecting a sentence He had said to the present moment.

He remembered 【Memory】 saying to him: "Time will bring you the answer."

At first, Cheng Shi only thought the "time" in that sentence was ordinary time, but now it seemed, could this "time" actually refer to 【Time】!?

So what does it mean?

【Time】 gave the answer? What answer? What is the answer?

If 【Memory】 meant that 【Time】 had already given the answer, the only answer Cheng Shi could think of was the ring on his hand, that 【Time of Eternal Imprisonment】 which specifically countered 【Time】 believers!

What kind of answer is this?

To kill all 【Time】 believers, or is it pointing to Afuluosi?

Cheng Shi was stunned. He had never hated riddle-makers as much as he did at this moment. You can make people guess riddles, but don't pick the time when I'm about to die!

However, he had to treat a dead horse as a living one. Even if he didn't understand what this answer of 【Time】 was, he had to try whether this ring was 【Memory】's answer.

So he touched the ring of 【Time】 and shouted loudly: "I found it, the answer! I found the answer!"

His body had long since gone silent, not making a sound, but the cry of his consciousness was transmitted out, allowing others to hear his call.

And so, in the next second, Cheng Shi was "yanked" out of the sea like a fish that had taken the bait, returning to reality.

He gasped as he opened his eyes, only to find that he hadn't even changed his position; he was still standing on that rooftop, and in front of him still stood an expressionless... boss who was sizing him up.

Damn.

Cheng Shi really wanted to curse, but he held back. Suppressing the terror in his heart, he raised his hand and said through gritted teeth:

"The answer, I found the answer."

【Memory】 glanced at the ring in his hand, nodded, and then shook His head.

"You are very clever.

But this is not the answer.

You are very active, just as active as that benefactor of yours. I don't know what deal He reached with 【Time】, nor can I guess what He wants to do, but I can tell you that the answer of 【Time】 may not be suitable for you.

I know you learned some things from the 【Gate of Joyful Desire】. It's true, the 【Covenant】 is indeed related to 【*Him】, but 【*Him】 is not a monster, not worth them being on guard against.

Of course, that benefactor of yours might not be guarding against 【*Him】. If I say... He is trying to please 【*Him】, that might not be impossible.

As for the way of pleasing, hmm, it is very curious.

【Existence】 has never seen through Him, and no one has ever seen through Him.

Including me, and including you."

"!!??"

Cheng Shi's brain went blank for a moment. He wasn't sure what 【Memory】 was doing by saying these things, but just the fact that a True God mentioned 【*Him】 to his face was a huge shock to Cheng Shi.

"There is no kindness without cause in this world, nor will there be evil without cause.

Perhaps in your eyes, as the opposite of faith, 【Existence】 is 'bad', but some things cannot be judged by appearance alone.

【Deception】 is also an appearance.

Think about your other benefactor. I think 【Fate】 is not bad, at least better than 【Deception】.

Enough said, things shouldn't happen a third time.

I hope next time we meet, you won't be an instigator who dirties my collection hall again."

Saying this, 【Memory】, who looked like He had come to punish Cheng Shi, was actually preparing to leave.

He was about to leave after leaving behind a pile of words Cheng Shi couldn't understand.

But just then, Cheng Shi gritted his teeth and called out to 【Memory】!

"Why me?"

Yes, he was bold enough to call out to a True God of the opposing faction who was about to leave, and then asked this question he had long wanted to know but could never figure out with a complex expression:

"Why me?"

This question couldn't be answered without being placed in a practical context, because no one would know the questioner's intent, but 【Memory】 seemed to see through Cheng Shi's thoughts. He chuckled twice and said:

"Good question.

Still the same sentence, no one can see through 【Deception】, and likewise, no one can see through 【Fate】.

As for 【Void】, I don't know why They chose you.

But as for others...

Cheng Shi, this is the era of 【Void】. As the masters of this era, what They fancy, everyone else will be interested in.

For example, me, for example 【Time】, for example 【Death】, for example... Them."

After finishing, the boss disappeared, vanishing into thin air before Cheng Shi's eyes.

Seeing 【Memory】 leave, Cheng Shi instantly lost all his strength and collapsed onto the rooftop terrace.

His heart beat violently, cold sweat poured down his body, and the feeling of lingering fear washed over his consciousness like a tide. An inexplicable fear welled up in his heart, as if an invisible claw had gently gripped his heart.

He seemed to have thought of something terrifying, but instantly forced himself to shake his head and throw these absurd thoughts away.

Cheng Shi suddenly guessed 【Memory】's meaning.

He was sowing discord!

There is no kindness without cause in this world!

What a chilling sentence, making one's hair stand on end.

But the problem is...

Why do They let him be so free?

Why is the favorite of 【Void】 himself?

Just because of sophistry? Because he, with his glib tongue, fits the will of 【Void】?

No...

Cheng Shi didn't even believe this himself when he said it.

There must be a reason, but Cheng Shi had never looked for it.

It wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he didn't dare.

Before "sitting at the table," he wasn't qualified to know the answer. So, is this what 【Time】's answer refers to?

Time of Eternal Imprisonment, did He mean that he is a prisoner?

Whose prisoner?

A prisoner of 【Deception】, a prisoner of 【Fate】, or... a prisoner of 【Void】?

So tired.

A huge sense of exhaustion suddenly enveloped Cheng Shi. The recollection and thinking that had just exhausted his brain seemed to have drained his spirit.

He stared blankly at the sky, watching countless stars hanging in the firmament and swaying, slowly closed his eyes, and fell asleep.