[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-gods-foolish-game":3,"chapter-the-gods-foolish-game-the-gods-foolish-game-chapter-67":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Gods' Foolish Game",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2361195,4617,"Chapter 67: Rare Moments of Rest","the-gods-foolish-game-chapter-67",67,"\u003Cp>Rare moments of rest\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bone Servant Lele'er's Ring (SSSs): A divine relic from the gods, a ring forged personally by [Death], imbued with half the [Sounding Thunder] divinity and a quarter of the [Corruption] divinity tainted with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Special Effect [Fear Fuel]: You may absorb surrounding fear emotions to charge it; each full charge causes the ring to glow with a shrieking mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Special Effect [Sounding Thunder Judgment]: Consume one unit of Fear Fuel to summon a lightning punishment that annihilates enemies. If the target previously provided Fear Fuel to the ring, the lightning strike will always hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Special Effect [Bone Servant Beneath the Throne]: You may transmute a corpse into a Death Bone Servant, which carries your praises back to the noble lord seated upon the throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi stared fixedly at the ring in his hand, drool pooling on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A 3.5S-class divine relic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the day of his arrival, he had never heard of such a thing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Insanely awesome!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi silently retracted his earlier mental mutterings against [Death] and lavished his praises without restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Praise the noble lord seated upon the White Bone Throne!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look at this grandeur!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This level of prestige!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sheer magnificence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some bosses—not naming names—are just trying to notify certain bosses!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you don’t work harder, your employees will get permanent status at someone else’s company!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How goes that old saying? The rougher the storm, the pricier the fish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truth indeed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This philosopher surnamed Gao had long seen through the essence of the world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi indulged in self-satisfied admiration for a long while, as ecstatic as when he first obtained his first S-rank talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overwhelming sense of gain filled his chest, leaving him unable to calm down for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you’re wondering why Cheng Shi, with only 2100 points, didn’t mention his other SS-rank talent:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can only tell you there’s something called an Initial Faith Talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SS-rank Initial Faith Talents are rare, but not nonexistent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people spend their entire lives striving to reach Rome; others are born there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi was not the former.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor did he consider himself the latter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt he was born a mule, destined to be driven and worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, this mule had finally earned a little right to pause and catch its breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carefully removed the ring and counted the number of “shrieking mouths” on it—exactly five, no more, no less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And each trial, excluding Cheng Shi himself, had exactly five teammates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The noble lord’s intent was now unmistakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m just a healer—I only know how to save teammates. How could I possibly kill five teammates at once...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re joking, bro.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi shook his head with a wry smile, gently wiped the ring with his sleeve until it was spotless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he rummaged through his storage and pulled out several rings he’d collected from past trials, cleaned them all, and slipped them onto his fingers one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two on the left hand, two on the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red, yellow, blue, green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this, the once eye-catching divine relic instantly became just another unremarkable item in the collection of some ring-obsessed eccentric.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After completing all this, he sat on the edge of the rooftop and began eating his lunch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unchanging menu: finger bread and canned slime drink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, eating again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the opposite rooftop came the voice of the crazy kid; Cheng Shi looked up to see Xie Yang waving at him, holding a large backpack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s up, working out?” Cheng Shi smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Yang’s waving arm froze; he chuckled awkwardly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s there to work out? This trial wasn’t too dangerous—I happened to find a few history books inside. Figured you’re a mage, you’d love studying history, so I brought them back for you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hahaha, no need to thank me, here you go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he hurled the backpack over like a discus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he lied, Cheng Shi understood his meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t incidental—it was deliberate goodwill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps Xu Nuo had complained too harshly last time; over the past week, Xie Yang had been constantly begging Cheng Shi for medicine, sensing he still had leftover stock from better days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Cheng Shi had refused every time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not because he didn’t want to help—he simply didn’t want to reward Xu Nuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d tossed plenty of food and drink his way before, but this book...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi had never cared about trial history, but since this trial ended, he suddenly wanted to know what had happened on Star Fall Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if this curiosity was mixed with a burning gossip-driven interest in the Grand Inquisition, it was still curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Xie Yang’s gesture hit the perfect spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tsk, bro, helping you is hurting you—green tea isn’t for everyone; weak stomachs get diarrhea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi thought this but didn’t say it aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply because saying it would cut the fun in half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shoved his fingers into his mouth, gulped down the slime drink in a few swallows, then pulled a bottle of Yesterday’s Splendor from his inventory and tossed it toward Xie Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muttering as he did:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You owe me two bottles!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Yang caught the medicine midair, nodding like a chicken pecking grain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy shit, thanks, big bro—you’re my real brother!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m feeling great now, I’ll pay you back one bottle first. What do you need?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything below S-rank, I’ve got it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>S?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bro’s got an SSSs now—why would he care about anything below S?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Cheng Shi said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good, I need to ask you something. If you get info, consider it payment for one bottle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Yang froze, surprised:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? Ask me? Ask what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, nothing much—just wondering how the Grand Inquisition started its war with the Tower of Rationality in the mid-Civilization Era.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Yang rubbed his head awkwardly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry, bro, I was testing you last time—I’m not from [Order].”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi wasn’t surprised; he merely nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know. But aren’t you a follower of [War]? You should be familiar with the origins of major conflicts on Star Fall Continent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Yang’s awkward smile froze the moment Cheng Shi finished speaking; his cheek twitched as he forced out two laughs:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah...hah...who told you I’m a follower of [War]? Misunderstanding.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I see. My mistake. I saw you always rushing into trials and thought you couldn’t stand not fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s leave it at that. I’ll let you know when I remember what I need.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Cheng Shi picked up the backpack, flipped through the book as he walked toward the warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, on the opposite rooftop, Xie Yang watched Cheng Shi’s back, his expression shifting between dark and light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d played a bad hand—he’d been guessed first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clenched the medicine in his hand, sighed, and turned toward the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough, cough, Lu Lu? Lu Lu? I’ve got to tell you, this trial was insanely dangerous—I barely won, but I did get something: I found a bottle of Yesterday’s Splendor. Knew you liked this medicine, so I brought it back for you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hey, Lu Lu?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You home?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi naturally heard none of this. He sat on a stool in the warehouse, flipping through the book Xie Yang had brought with keen interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The script of Star Fall Continent bore no resemblance to real-world writing; few besides history scholars could read untranslated texts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Cheng Shi could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he had a mouth capable of reading these characters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it wasn’t so much reading as reciting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi had long noticed that [Foolish Jest Lips] loved reading—especially when he was alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had once been a useful aid, but after one bad experience, he no longer trusted the mouth completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, amid the scribbles of Kedouwen , what [Foolish Jest Lips] recited was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>·The birthing procedure for a Kanriwal Boarbeast:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1. Clean the razor;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2. Cut open the mother beast’s abdomen......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>«......»\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though silent, at least it was still reasonable, since Cheng Shi had done this before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he heard the next line, he nearly spat a mouthful of blood onto the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>·3. Stuff spices inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>«???»\u003C\u002Fp>",1348,"2026-06-21T06:05:06.137Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6c4d7607e5cb9a7539e0cc4d6d00a39ab29a6d35cf36169f5b2d0b44245e449a","the-gods-foolish-game-chapter-68","the-gods-foolish-game-chapter-66",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-gods-foolish-game-cover.jpg"]