Chapter 595: Beyond the Scope of Roleplay

Beyond the Scope of Roleplay

"?"

Cheng Shi was stunned for a moment, but he soon realized that this "who" seemed to be connected to the previous "You are...".

"..."

Not like this, Brother, why is the interval of your long pauses getting longer and longer?

But there was no help for it; since the boss asked, he had to answer. So he bowed again and said:

"Praise my Lord, I am..."

"I do not... remember..."

"..." Interrupted again.

Cheng Shi was numb. He awkwardly twitched the corners of his mouth, preparing to wait honestly for the other party to finish speaking.

"... you, you... divine name... why?"

Divine name?

Which divine name?

He didn't recognize me anymore?

He hadn't sobered up yet?

Cheng Shi's expression tightened. A flash of brilliance crossed his eyes as he looked down at the ground. A bold idea suddenly sprouted in his mind, and he began to wonder if he could take advantage of the other party's lack of clarity to find a loophole and get Him to acknowledge his status as a Messenger?

But this also had risks. Once he said the wrong thing in front of an unclear Him and provoked the other party's anger, what awaited him might not be that seat on the board of directors, but a tombstone in Old Zhang's cemetery!

So, should he gamble?

Cheng Shi hesitated. He opened his mind to weigh the pros and cons. After counting all the failures and the chips that might be lost, he chose...

To give up.

It wasn't because he wasn't greedy anymore, but because he understood that retreating was never the same as yielding.

Being summoned by a god already showed that his previous behavior wasn't wrong, or at least it hadn't caused any negative impact on what He was currently doing. So rather than risking everything to fight for a future, it was better to leave room for the boss to perform. In this way, he could both curry favor and steadily preserve his own life; why not do it?

What's more, besides the immediate pros and cons, Cheng Shi had to think a bit more about 【Void】 things.

He had to consider clearly: if he really received an identity here at 【Chaos】, would he be beaten up by the two from 【Void】 when he went back?

The God of Fun shouldn't, even if He agreed to merge with 【Fate】, He had thoughts about 【Chaos】 before. But the other one... that was hard to say.

Thinking of this, Cheng Shi's mouth twitched. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and honestly reported his name.

Of course, he couldn't report his identity, because the effect of 【Lies Like Yesterday】 was still active. At this very moment, he was still a "true" 【Chaos】 believer.

"I am your most pious follower, my name is..."

"Pious..."

Interrupted x3.

That chaotic yellow fog suddenly churned violently. He seemed to have thought of something, or perhaps forgotten something. He kept murmuring this word until Cheng Shi was so panicked he couldn't stand it, and then He spoke again, slightly more soberly:

"I do not... remember..."

Cheng Shi learned his lesson. He didn't rush to answer, but patiently continued to listen.

"... you...

When did you... become... My subordinate god?"

"?" Cheng Shi was stunned, and then his expression changed drastically. But it wasn't because he was shocked by this sentence; it was 【Chaos】's next sentence that made his jaw drop!

"I remember... 【Scorching Sun】... remember... 【Piercing Wind】... remember... 【Pealing Thunder】...

And remember many more...

But only... do not remember you...

Tell Me... when did you become... My Executioner?

Are you... impersonating... My... Executioner!?"

As soon as the voice fell, the entire chaotic yellow fog squeezed toward Cheng Shi like a solid wall!

"!!!!!"

Oh no, what's going on!?

What is He saying?

Executioner!?

Whose Executioner? Doesn't only 【Order】 have Executioners?!

【Scorching Sun】, 【Pealing Thunder】—aren't these Executioners established by 【Order】? How could these names and these words come out of 【Chaos】's mouth?

No... is He 【Order】?

But isn't the chaotic yellow fog I'm stepping on a creation of 【Chaos】? How could 【Order】 appear here?

Could it be that this is a cage where 【Chaos】 imprisons 【Order】, and the one summoning me isn't 【Chaos】 but 【Order】?

Did I really guess right? Is there such a place?

But 【Order】 couldn't possibly happen to be a long-pauser too, right!?

No, no, no, that's not right!

He is 【Chaos】, He must be 【Chaos】!

Otherwise, the 【Chaos】 aura on my body wouldn't resonate with His power, He couldn't control 【Chaos】 power, and furthermore, a believer exuding 【Chaos】 power couldn't possibly live safely under 【Order】's gaze until now.

But the problem is, why would He, on His own turf, facing a believer He had once summoned and even shown favor to, display a state of forgetfulness and confusion, and even want to kill His own candidate for Messenger?

Did He confuse Himself too?

Brother, are you crazy!?

"..."

Cheng Shi was dumbfounded. His brain emitted a buzzing sound like thunder splitting the sky. His mind went blank. Looking at the increasingly boiling yellow fog around him, fear gradually rose in his heart.

He suddenly thought of a possibility, a guess that made his hair stand on end: he had guessed right!

He really had confused Himself, completely treating Himself as 【Order】!!

That pulling between 【Chaos】 and 【Order】 in the Grand Judgment Court might not be 【Chaos】 suppressing the remaining 【Order】, but 【Chaos】—who thought He was 【Order】—... abandoning His own 【Chaos】!

He was cutting off His own past!!

He was too deep into the role, so deep that He had already reached a near-distorted unity in His will.

And the biggest evidence for this inference was the moment Cheng Shi threw the calming spell earlier: all the 【Chaos】 power at the scene rolled back, but it didn't return to that codex; instead, it poured into his own body!

What could make a fake 【Chaos】 believer have a stronger attraction to 【Chaos】 power than 【Chaos】 Himself?

Impossible, it was absolutely impossible, unless...

【Chaos】 Himself had abandoned 【Chaos】!

This sounded absurd, but the facts seemed to be just that.

First, one thing that could definitely be confirmed was that the 【Order's Iron Law】 that replaced 【Order】 wasn't a contaminated 【Order】 creation, but was 【Chaos】 Himself.

He didn't know how He had seized 【Order】's power, so He just "moved in" like a cuckoo in a nest, and in the process, He gradually began to abandon His original 【Chaos】 power, attempting to become the true 【Order】.

And the evidence that could laterally prove this inference was the constantly appearing, raving 【Order】 believers in the Grand Judgment Court!

Think about it: if 【Chaos】 was really abandoning Himself, discarding His 【Chaos】 power without hesitation, would this ownerless 【Chaos】 cause restlessness in the entire space, or even contaminate people's consciousness, making them go crazy without knowing it?

Yes, the answer was definitely yes.

But the problem was, at that time, was He deliberately cutting Himself off while playing 【Order】, or had He long since treated Himself as 【Order】, and this was all just self-rejection He couldn't control?

You have to know, with His power, when 【Order】 didn't exist, He could have completely dragged this country, which no longer had divine protection, into the hell of 【Chaos】. But He didn't. Not only did He not, He instead disguised Himself as 【Order】, attempting to keep this country bathed in the radiance of 【Order】.

So was this the greatest chaos in the universe, or the greatest order in the universe?

Crazy, this world is crazy!

Cheng Shi didn't know what purpose 【Chaos】 had; he only knew that 【Chaos】 was completely chaotic now.

In order to become 【Order】, He was even splitting from His own essence!

And it was precisely because this 【Chaos】 essence had nowhere to go, piling up around the Supreme Judgment Court, that it caused the fear and chaos that all those in power knew about but kept silent on.

It was also because of this that the scene where the Grand Justice saw the Supreme Judge wanting to tear apart the 【Order's Iron Law】 appeared!

Loyat's piety to 【Order】 made him discover the clues of the 【Order's Iron Law】. He wanted to "correct" order, but as for whether this intense behavior stemmed from piety to 【Order】 or from the poisoning of 【Chaos】...

No one could say clearly.

Cheng Shi guessed it was probably the latter, because he didn't want to believe that the Supreme Judge of the Grand Judgment Court would be as reckless as the Grand Justice... If the supreme rulers of this country were all of this character, then the Grand Judgment Court being able to develop for so long was quite impressive...

But unfortunately, Loyat still lost to absolute 【Chaos】.

And this could also explain why 【Chaos】 continued to call Himself 【Order】 in this chaotic yellow fog where He no longer needed to disguise Himself.

Because He had lost His way, completely lost His way.

However...

If these inferences were correct, then what identity should he have in front of Him?

Cheng Shi tightened his brows, his eyes revealing solemnity.