Chapter 627: Shocking News: They killed...!!!

Shocking News: They killed...!!!

"..."

Cheng Shi walked away without looking back, and the Blind Man followed quietly behind. Since he wanted to say something to Cheng Shi, he naturally couldn't insist on pointless choices, and he wasn't a particularly stubborn person himself.

However, the two didn't speak the entire way to the town center. Cheng Shi looked in all directions, listening to everything, with no intention of breaking the stalemate, and the Blind Man seemed the same. Thus, this two-person team gradually drifted toward silence.

After following for a while, Cheng Shi finally couldn't stand the strange atmosphere. He stopped in his tracks, turned back to look at the Blind Man who couldn't see the road but never walked crookedly, and asked speechlessly:

"Found any useful information?"

"What do you want to know?" the Blind Man asked, looking up.

"?" Cheng Shi was stunned, then laughed in frustration. "Anything I want to know? I want to know where this is, where the trial's anomaly is, where the foreshadowing of 【Time】 is, where the trap of 【Fate】 is—can you tell me all of that?"

The Blind Man furrowed his brow, pondered for a moment, and nodded seriously:

"This is the Gate of Inversion, the small town closest to the 【Abyssal Volcano】 in the northeast direction. Its location on the surface corresponds to a forest area southwest of the city of Jiasimaila.

This place is a famous lair for shuttle brokers and is said to be the first civilization stronghold developed because underground creatures longed to return to the surface.

The biggest characteristic of this place is its proximity to the volcano, so the trial's anomaly is highly likely related to the volcano. We've been wandering around the town; we might as well go down to the lava crystal mines outside the town and look at the miners there. Perhaps we'll have some gains there.

Also, 【Time】 never likes to write foreshadowing; the one who likes to lay groundwork everywhere is our benefactor, 【Fate】.

And 【Fate】 has never set traps; the one that lets people step in and never leave... is often our counterpart, 【Time】."

"..."

The Blind Man's words left Cheng Shi completely stunned.

No way, sister, do you really know your stuff?

If you knew so clearly, why didn't you say so earlier? Didn't I walk all those roads for nothing?

Cheng Shi's expression became exceptionally strange. He carefully examined the closed eyes beneath the black linen cloth, stared for a long time, and then suddenly said:

"You wouldn't happen to be like Erlang Shen, having opened a third eye, would you?"

The Blind Man shook his head and laughed: "Everything I know is not seen with eyes, but through the guidance of 【Fate】."

"..."

Cheng Shi curled his lip, suddenly feeling that this 【Fate】 Divine Choice seemed... quite lively?

"Alright, stop guiding. You always drag the conversation toward 【Fate】 so stiffly—does He know?

What exactly do you want to tell me?

Asking me why I was fortunate enough to have an audience with Him?

If you truly understand the full picture, you should know that was an accident.

Originally, hearing others' descriptions, I always thought you were a detached and mysterious player. Seeing you today... your obsession with audience with the gods is quite deep.

You aren't jealous of me, are you?"

The Blind Man chuckled and shook his head:

"It is precisely because I understand the full picture that I know He truly summoned you.

Cheng Shi, don't forget, Xinxin was also in that trial. Even if you pinned the blame on Zhen Yi, Xinxin at least knew it was fake.

And regarding that audience, I have no jealousy, because I have also seen Him."

"!!!"

Cheng Shi's pupils constricted. He said in astonishment, "He summoned you, just recently?"

To be honest, the fact that 【Fate】 hadn't summoned others wasn't something Cheng Shi learned from Him, but from other players. Although he didn't know why 【Fate】 didn't like summoning His believers, he knew that Big Cat had been summoned.

So He wasn't heartless; at least before walking toward the predetermined end, He would still summon players.

In that case, it wasn't strange at all that He would summon the Blind Man.

But what Cheng Shi cared about wasn't that, but the timing of 【Fate】 summoning the Blind Man. After he was "forced" to get close to 【Chaos】, a Divine Choice who had never been summoned was suddenly summoned—no matter how you looked at it, it felt like a main account being ruined and the need to train a small account.

Benefactor... He wouldn't really be angry, would He?

Cheng Shi's expression suddenly became complex, but just as he was pondering 【Fate】's attitude, the Blind Man spoke again, still shaking his head:

"No, He didn't summon me; rather, I saw Him."

Cheng Shi was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Watching Cheng Shi's astonished expression, the Blind Man finally chuckled:

"Li Jingming always likes to exchange memories with people and has occasionally had exchanges with me. I think this method is quite good, so Cheng Shi, why don't we try it too?"

Exchange memories?

No, no, no, we believers of 【Fraud】 never do this 【Memory】 stuff. We have our own way of communicating.

A flash of light appeared in Cheng Shi's eyes. The gaze he turned toward the Blind Man held a few more layers of scrutiny.

"You want to have a heart-to-heart with me?"

"Heart-to-heart?

That seems to be a term used by liars. You..."

"Can I trust you?" Cheng Shi interrupted the Blind Man.

"..." The Blind Man fell silent. He was the first person to fall silent and have no reaction to this question. His behavior was so strange that Cheng Shi furrowed his brow slightly.

"You... can trust me. At least in this trial, you can trust me completely.

But after this trial, Cheng Shi, I won't remember what happened between us, so I won't be able to determine if I will still trust you."

"?" Cheng Shi's brow furrowed even deeper. "What do you mean? Divine Choice of Peace, if you want sincerity, then don't play these riddle-man games.

Don't forget, I am also His believer. If we keep communicating like this, even with 7 days, we won't be able to finish our riddles.

Be frank. At least, as you said, be frank in this current trial."

An Mingyu nodded gently. His expression did indeed look much more sincere, but what Cheng Shi didn't expect was that this first sentence of sincerity would cause the Clown's expression to change drastically.

"I know the Fire-Passers, and I also know you, Cheng Shi, have helped several Fire-Passers. And among those who were helped and don't know it, one is the Salary-Seeker of the Fire-Passers. Her name is Fang..."

Before he could finish, Cheng Shi's scalpel was already pressed against An Mingyu's neck.

He stared coldly at this 【Fate】 Divine Choice who had revealed a shocking secret and asked bluntly:

"You couldn't possibly know these things. Prophecy isn't the solution to all problems. So, who exactly are you?"

An Mingyu wasn't afraid. He chuckled, raised his head slightly to meet Cheng Shi's gaze, which was cold enough to kill, and said word by word:

"Why is it impossible?

Have you ever thought that when a person knows of the existence of the Fire-Passers, then she... could she also be a Fire-Passer?"

"!!!"

You're a Fire-Passer?

Are you kidding me!

Cheng Shi was shocked.

Even if 【Fate】 hadn't summoned you, you were still a Divine Choice of 【Fate】, the one who had walked the furthest on the path of His will. How could He let you join an organization protected by the God of Amusement?

The Fire-Passers looked like a "toy" of the "Fear Sect." You, as the lead horse of the "Proximity Sect," are telling me this?

Is this an undercover mission!?

"You don't seem to believe it. Then, if I tell you that I am not only a Fire-Passer but also one of the only two Salary-Seekers among the Fire-Passers, what... would you think?"

"..."

I dare not think.

Cheng Shi silently retracted his scalpel.

He knew the Blind Man wasn't lying. He was indeed a Fire-Passer, and very likely a Fire-Passer who wanted to pull him into the Fire-Passers!

What a coincidence. There were only two Salary-Seekers among the Fire-Passers, and he had encountered both, and both wanted to pull him into this organization that guarded beauty.

So the Blind Man's earlier tests weren't pointless folly. He was perhaps integrating cognition while simultaneously making his image three-dimensional. He was examining him, this "candidate," just like Fang Shiqing had.

It's just that Fang Shiqing at the time was making a gamble based on observation and understanding, while the Blind Man...

He knew too much. Perhaps even Fang Shiqing herself didn't know—no, she shouldn't remember those things.

So...

"How did you know these things?

Also, are you a City-Guarder, or a City-Builder?"

"Borrowing greatness from the gods, striving to build a new nation. I am not a conservative, but I am the most conservative person among the radicals.

I know many more things, and the source of all these secrets comes from that Commoner Assembly where you once impersonated Zhen Yi!

Cheng Shi, aren't you curious why Qin Xin and I were seriously injured?"

Qin Xin...

This "Xiang Yu of the New Era" is also a Fire-Passer, right!

But it's true that he was seriously injured, and you... that remains to be seen.

But to be fair, at the level of a Divine Choice, Qin Xin shouldn't be a nobody among the Fire-Passers, right?

Cheng Shi furrowed his brow, just about to ask, when the Blind Man opposite him threw an even heavier bomb, news that directly blew Cheng Shi's brain into a mess.

"Your identity has been exposed, and your connection to the Fire-Passers has also been exposed. Several people know your identity, so the Fire-Passers had to do some handling to protect you.

Unfortunately, one person refused to forget these things, so we had to... kill him.

Just now, just before the trial."

"!!!!!"

Cheng Shi's pupils constricted, and a flash of solemnity passed through his eyes.

"Who?"

"Old Deng, the Divine Choice of 【Time】." ===== CHAPTER 628 =====