Chapter 705

【Truth】 brings the answer.

The Blind One fell silent.

Indeed, in a room of five, three people came from the same world; only she was an outsider.

As for the other outsider... the Doctor's current function couldn't even be considered human; he was an experimental supervisor and reminder that everyone could protect with their eyes closed. As long as he could organize the experimental steps and ensure the experiment proceeded smoothly, it didn't matter where he came from.

And looking at him, he didn't seem to care about the timeline issue either. In the end, he was just a slice; as for a home... he couldn't even be said to have one.

However, Qin Xin did not let this silence last too long. He moved to the Blind One's side, standing in front of her, faintly shielding her.

"Mingyu, there's no harm in coming out for a change of air after staying in your own world for too long."

There are still 6 days left in the trial; we will always find the way back. Do not worry, 【Fate】 will guide you forward.

Besides, in this world, truth is not determined by numbers. We don't have many people, but we are walking on the most correct path.

What's more, it is not yet known who this current world belongs to. Perhaps we are the outsiders, and you are the one who belongs here."

Although what he said was correct, Cheng Shi still pursed his lips.

What a warm, leading big brother. You've comforted your Seeker of Salary well, but what about the Clown?

The Clown finally had a glimmer of hope, and you shattered it all with your blabbering.

So, what the hell world is this!?

True, although Cheng Shi had straightened out the logic of the staggered appearances and verified his thoughts with a smoke-and-mirrors trick, he still didn't know which world he was stepping on.

Because he still had doubts in his heart—a doubt he had never shared with anyone else except for the initial discussion with the Blind One: the logic of how he and the Blind One fell into the "staggering" seemed different from everyone else's!

Cheng Shi had said that, spurred by Jiang Chi, he had been on guard against the top of the hour throughout the entire trial, so at every top of the hour, he was ensuring that his teammates before him would not have any problems.

Did you spot the problem?

It was "every" top of the hour.

This meant that from beginning to end, Cheng Shi had players coexisting in his field of vision at all the top-of-the-hour marks!

But he was still thrown out of the timeline, and this result was exactly what the initial Blind One had told him.

The Blind One said that when she was resurrected for the first time, space-time had not changed, and she had been with Cheng Shi for almost the entire journey afterward, but when they reached the top of the mine, space-time had changed after all.

This meant there was another set of logic regarding timelines in this trial, and this logic did not appear in player interactions, but in some corner Cheng Shi had never discovered.

Cheng Shi even felt that 【Time】 had long since foreseen his caution, thereby adding an extra insurance policy to this hard-to-detect staggered logic—an insurance policy that would make the Clown lose his way in the time trap!

This made Cheng Shi somewhat worried, but not overly anxious.

Since the first rule could be found, he believed that the second rule would be discovered again before long.

What he was grateful for was that this was a peak-level match worthy of the name; everyone could provide a large amount of inference and information for their teammates. Otherwise, relying on himself alone, he might not have been able to find two teammates on the same timeline as him so quickly.

"Why be so tragic?

It's not like people are dead—uh, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey—it's just staying with us for one more hour."

"An Shenxuan, regardless of whether the timeline you are going to next is safe, I must remind you that getting yourself moving is the key to finding the way home," Cheng Shi suggested in a friendly manner.

The Blind One spoke up. She broke the silence, and she didn't look as awkward as everyone had imagined.

"I think Qin Xin is right. You still can't determine if this world belongs to you, so how can you be sure this isn't the timeline I'm in?"

"......" What's going on? I kindly comforted you a couple of times, why are you getting cocky?

Cheng Shi shook his head and laughed. It seemed that this 【Fate】 God-Chosen had a pretty good mentality, at least not like that Chuanhuo Buyi An Mingyu who was anxious to go home.

And just as everyone was communicating, Wang Mou, who had been observing the experiment from the side and hadn't spoken, suddenly spoke up. He frowned tightly and said:

"If you really care so much about which world you are in, you might as well go down the mountain to find those Abyss Rainbow Orchids, identify their flower colors, and then hurry back to your own world.

I admit, my experimental state of mind is not stable enough, but your chatter is really making it hard for me to maintain my focus.

So hurry up and leave. I don't need you to help me anchor this world, because no matter where it is, 【Truth】 is always truth."

"!!!"

No, Doctor, wait a second. It's not a question of whether you are afraid of being swapped, but a question of us being afraid of you being swapped.

If, as the Blind One said, there is another lazy version of the Doctor, and you get swapped to another world where you can continue observing your experiment, what about us? If we run into that one, we can't exactly struggle to help a piece of trash get back on its feet, right?

And Cheng Shi had some guesses in his heart; he felt that the Wang Mou who returned empty-handed and only brought back Aromanis during the first separate investigation seemed to be that lazy Doctor.

Calculating it this way, Wang Mou really might turn back into that "piece of trash" after swapping a few times.

Scared, scared!

However...

What did the Abyss Rainbow Orchids the Doctor mentioned mean?

Everyone frowned, and Cheng Shi turned around in astonishment. He stared at Wang Mou's profile and asked very seriously:

"What's wrong with the Abyss Rainbow Orchids?"

Wang Mou didn't even pay him any mind and continued to observe the experiment.

Cheng Shi's expression stalled. Soon, he stuffed something into the pockets of Morabik and Alan Doyle's clothes. His actions caught Wang Mou's attention. Seeing the Doctor looking at him with a serious face, Cheng Shi hummed and laughed:

"Two 【Filth-Depravity】 candies, and they're the Pleasure of Spirit and Flesh flavor. As long as I snap my fingers, in the next second, these two 【Idiotic】 believers will abandon their experiment, entangle themselves together, and completely become slaves to 【Filth-Depravity】.

By then, I don't know if this experiment can continue, but I can guarantee that, Doctor, you absolutely won't be able to solve this state, because this is a prop bestowed by Him personally; it is the sand and mud from the deepest desires of the Sea of Desire."

"......"

"......"

"......"

Everyone present fell silent. They hadn't heard of this thing, but that didn't stop them from feeling that Cheng Shi really might have it. For this Fate Weaver who even toyed with his own teammates, there seemed to be nothing he wouldn't do.

Wang Mou glanced at Cheng Shi, then glanced at Alan Doyle, who was starting to sweat, sighed, and said:

"Mortals cannot set foot in the Sea of Desire, and 【Filth-Depravity】 has never summoned players. The prop you speak of is fake, but the 【Idiotic】 believer believes it; he doesn't dare to gamble.

Sure enough, the sprout of 【Idiotic】 is only related to idiocy and foolishness, and has nothing to do with the true 【Idiotic】.

Forget it, he doesn't dare to gamble, so I don't dare to gamble either.

Fate Weaver, I will tell you the truth, will you return my peace?"

"Then you have to tell me how you discovered the truth, and what exactly is wrong with the Abyss Rainbow Orchids."

"Because of 【Truth】. I said it, the circulation of knowledge will allow more ignorant people to discover the truth.

As a biological thermometer used by the Tower of Reason to find Abyss Colored Crystals, the Abyss Rainbow Orchid has its own set of morphological logic based on temperature changes."

"I know this. Once the volcano's temperature changes, their colors change. Today, the little Rainbow Orchid balls have already gone through four states: red, orange-yellow, cyan-green, and blue-purple. This shows that the volcano's temperature has been dropping.

Huh? No..."

Speaking of this, Cheng Shi stopped. He found that the current temperature seemed to have risen again to be as hot as when they first arrived. Standing here for a while, he was actually starting to sweat.

Has the eruption of the 【Abyss Volcano】 intensified again?

He looked through the window at the distant 【Abyss Volcano】 in confusion, and it was at this moment that Wang Mou shook his head with a cold expression and said:

"You stated the four colors of the Rainbow Orchids but still don't know it yourself, which is enough to prove that you know nothing about the 【Abyss Volcano】.

You must know that as the most mysterious space channel in the Continent of Hope, the 【Abyss Volcano】's change cycle is often counted in centuries. Since the cycle span is so large, how could it be possible for the temperature of the Inverted Gate, which is so close to the volcano, to drop and rise sharply within a single day?"

"！！！！!"

When Wang Mou stated this phenomenon that everyone had ignored, the other players at the scene immediately realized that the sign of the world changing had long been placed right before their eyes.

The little balls!

Since the state of the volcano tended to be stable within time periods measured in days, it meant that the Abyss Rainbow Orchids at the Inverted Gate wouldn't have color changes at all!

Therefore, all the changes they saw today were because the world they were stepping on had changed!

Sure enough, 【Time】 never writes foreshadowing; He directly placed the answer in the most conspicuous place, but even so, everyone still failed to walk out of the trap He created!

Cheng Shi looked at the direction below the mine with a brilliant expression and wiped the hot sweat from his head.

Damn it, this really is an episode where a poor student scores a zero!