Chapter 711

Praise 【Fate】, still so fond of joking.

(Super long plus version!)

Initially, to prevent accidents, Adrick, Xilolin, and Alad were all imprisoned separately. Now, Gels's corpse was thrown onto the roof beam by Li Wufang, and Adrick was unconscious on the territory he had circled with his own urine. Only Xilolin and Alad were still awake.

However, the relationship between these two siblings was not harmonious. At this time, Xilolin, who was tied to the ground, was clearly singing something loudly, while Alad, who was locked in the next room, was struggling to do push-ups under the influence of the Siren's singing.

No one knew why he liked exercising so much, but he had indeed been doing it all along. Even if his whole consciousness was blurred, his body was still moving instinctively.

Cheng Shi, who hadn't pushed the door to walk in yet, was greatly shocked when he saw this scene, but he couldn't find fault with Xilolin. This big sister of the shanty area did things with great measure. Her volume control was just right, not letting a trace of singing leak out to affect the players, yet being able to make her brother indulge in the void of desire, unable to live and unable to die.

I have to say, in terms of torturing people, 【Filth-Depravity】 still has some tricks.

Cheng Shi laughed. He casually slashed at the struggling Alad by the window, knocking him to the ground, and then walked straight into Xilolin's room, looking at this Siren who was panting somewhat due to excessive consumption, and shook his head with a laugh.

Seeing the King of Hell coming, Xilolin trembled all over, knelt on the ground honestly, and listened to his disposal.

"Have you vented enough?"

"No, never..." When mentioning her brother, Xilolin's expression was still as gnashing of teeth as ever. "The Brotherhood gave him everything, but he still chose betrayal. I don't think a person's desire can change so decisively. He was probably influenced by that 【Truth】 evil god, so rather than saying I hate my brother, it's better to say I hate that puppet who approached the evil god. He is no longer my brother!"

Cheng Shi raised his eyebrows when he heard this, thinking that Alad might indeed have long since ceased to be Xilolin's brother.

Admittedly, a local from the Inverted Gate controlling the Hand of Agency could make the Tower of Reason's activities in the Inverted Gate more convenient, but, is this variable controllable?

Those great scholars of the Tower of Reason are the people who know variables best. They can turn people into variables, so naturally, they also master the method of turning variables into constants.

Alad's identity made him suitable for walking underground, but his thinking was 【Filth-Depravity】. Such an agent might cause a lot of trouble for the Tower of Reason, so, how can one possess the other party's identity and also make the other party abandon the will of 【Filth-Depravity】 and obey obediently?

Actually, the answer is simple: slicing.

The Tower of Reason is very good at slicing.

So Xilolin was probably right. Alad had long since ceased to be her brother, but had been made into a slice by the scholars of the Tower of Reason. And among a pile of slices, the one most loyal to 【Truth】 might have been sent down here to become the boss of the Hand of Agency in the Inverted Gate.

This is very reasonable, and also very 【Truth】.

Of course, Cheng Shi didn't need to say so much to Xilolin. He didn't come for anything more than to confirm Xilolin's state again, so that this trial could have a perfect ending.

He had never forgotten the NPCs who fell into staggering. Although the logic of them becoming staggering was different from the players, now, after understanding the full picture of staggering, Cheng Shi felt that these three would still be the answer to the trial. However, this answer couldn't be submitted casually, because the players must first find their own timeline. Otherwise, submitting the answer on a wrong timeline, no one knew what would happen next.

Cheng Shi thought a lot on the way here. He always felt that this answer was like a tuning hammer for "everyone goes back to their own home and finds their own mother." If you find the wrong timeline, then the submitted answer might become a door lock that locks you on another timeline, making you never return to the initial world.

Therefore, out of steadiness, Cheng Shi must confirm that this answer was still correct up to now.

So he compared all the details with Xilolin again. The facts proved that Xilolin hadn't changed; she still looked like that "staggering of the future."

Cheng Shi was very gratified. He tied the other party tighter again, ruthlessly rejected the long-legged invitation of this big sister from the shanty area, left the room, and came to Alad's room.

That flying knife just now didn't actually kill the other party; he just looked for a suitable knife cut to make Alad lose blood and strength and fall to the ground. And now Cheng Shi casually took out a bottle of healing potion and saved Alad again. Looking at this confused Hand of Agency, Cheng Shi curled his lips and said:

"Tell me about yourself and your sister. If you say it well, I will consider... giving you a quick death."

"?"

Bleeding and then saving him is already not quick, where does the quick death come from?

However, out of reason, Alad didn't dare to protest. This man who looked burly and strong lay on the ground like this and responded in a muffled voice.

"What do you want to know?"

"Do you know that you are a slice?"

Alad was stunned, a flash of complexity and fear crossed his eyes.

"I don't know, but I guess so."

"You guessed it?" Cheng Shi raised his eyebrows and said with interest, "Why, did your broken memories give you inspiration?"

"No, my memories are very complete, all logic is self-consistent, and even the experience of belief shifting from 【Filth-Depravity】 to 【Truth】 has no flaws.

However... believers of 【Truth】 like to research, and researching the self is also research. Because I have to deal with the rebellious Extreme Desire Brotherhood all the time, I have to do more research on my original belief, 【Filth-Depravity】.

But the more I examined, I found that although my cognition and logic were self-consistent, my emotions had a gap.

My split with her... was too sudden, without any buffer and entanglement. Those high-and-mighty scholars might think that emotion is a burden that hinders 【Truth】, so they didn't care about these, but... people have feelings.

It was also because of this that I realized I might have been made into a slice. I had heard of this method, but I didn't expect it to happen to me.

My fanaticism for 【Truth】 made me repeatedly research this emotion, repeatedly research 【Filth-Depravity】. Perhaps I was influenced by 【Filth-Depravity】 again, and I found that I picked up the emotions of my childhood again, and remembered that sister who took care of me in every possible way..."

"?"

Hearing this, Cheng Shi blinked and tasted the flavor. He looked at the complex-looking Alad in front of him in astonishment and said in surprise:

"You remembered Xilolin's goodness, and also saw her hatred for you, but you didn't explain, instead you just bore her targeting and attacks. Could it be that your purpose in doing all this is... protecting your sister, protecting the Extreme Desire Brotherhood?"

"......"

Alad didn't seem to want to admit it, but after Cheng Shi picked up the scalpel on the ground, he lowered his head and admitted it.

"Yes, if I am still the person in charge of the Hand of Agency in the Inverted Gate, the Extreme Desire Brotherhood will not be in danger. But if I am swapped... they don't have a clear understanding of the surface civilization and the Tower of Reason. These lunatics, in order to seize resources, don't care about anything.

Although there is no high or low distinction in belief, there is a difference in the number of believers.

No matter how much she stirs up trouble in the Inverted Gate, in the eyes of the Tower of Reason, she is just a flea that can jump a little higher. As long as they want, they can completely crush her to death and destroy the Inverted Gate.

Of course, the surface's attack on the underground might not be so convenient, and it also requires huge costs, but I have to be afraid, because the Tower of Reason has this method, so..."

"So you silently bore everything for Xilolin?"

"......" Alad didn't respond, but at this moment, silence was better than sound. His expression and eyes had explained everything.

Tsk, he is a man, but unfortunately, he is no longer that original man.

In the end, the current Alad is just a slice of the initial Alad, a 【Truth】 slice that was inspired by 【Filth-Depravity】 again and gave birth to emotional fluctuations. Although he did well, in Xilolin's eyes, he is not the real Alad.

【Filth-Depravity】 indulges in the desires of the heart, desires are simple and direct. She only wants her brother, not some slice who is silently good to her.

Heh, this is fate.

Cheng Shi had always felt that Alad was an un-rebellious person who practiced the will of 【Filth-Depravity】. Although he joined the Tower of Reason, he followed his own desire for profit.

But looking at it now, he is indeed a deserter who rebelled against the 【Filth-Depravity】 camp. He controlled his desire for emotion and didn't explain to Xilolin, pretending that nothing had happened, but was silently protecting the other party. He did "good deeds," but in Xilolin's eyes, he was clearly a "bad person" again.

Cheng Shi curled his lips. At this moment, he felt that he was a bit redundant, because he had already heard the crying from Xilolin next door.

This calm big sister who had never felt fear even in the face of death actually couldn't control her sobbing after hearing these words from Alad.

【Truth】 is ruthless, 【Filth-Depravity】 is sentimental. You two can never go back.

What's more, Xilolin is not the current Xilolin either. For this world, she is also just an outsider.

A local made into a slice by the Tower of Reason, and an "outsider" from the "future," produced the most sincere collision of emotions because of a trial.

Sigh, I have to say, You are still so fond of joking.

Although this is a trial of 【Time】, there is almost Your shadow everywhere in this trial, Master.

Cheng Shi slandered his master for a while, and then knocked on the wall behind him, asking curiously: "Xilolin, does the commission continue?"

The sobbing next door stopped. A moment later, a gnashing-of-teeth voice came.

"Kill him, my lord! Kill him, and I will offer you everything."

Good, worthy of 【Filth-Depravity】!

There have never been those excuses of benevolence, righteousness, and morality. Hate is hate, love is love, and if you don't like it, you kill. It is so simple and direct. Sometimes it is indeed better than the perception of 【Civilization】, but to be honest, such times are also extremely limited.

Its essence is still desire, the desire that makes people flock to it or avoid it.

Cheng Shi hummed and laughed, looked at Alad under his feet with some sympathy, and left the other party the last chance for last words.

"Anything else you want to say?"

"I... might die, but there will be another me. The Tower of Reason will not give up here, just as the Extreme Desire Brotherhood also wants to spread the will of 【Filth-Depravity】 up through the 【Abyss Volcano】.

I have nothing to say, but I suggest you disguise my death as an accident. This is good for everyone.

Also, the underground forces are not all allies. Beware of 【Idiotic】, they... are very similar to 【Truth】.

Don't be controlled by smart people, because we can never escape."

After speaking, Alad closed his eyes with a calm expression and waited silently for death.

But just at this moment, Cheng Shi retracted the knife in his hand and frowned slightly.

"You... know 【Idiotic】?"