Chapter 72

Moving in the Storm

Su Yi Da is an excellent actor.

At least to others, he conveyed three meanings in this sentence just now.

First, he is a mage of 【Memory】, a memory traveler.

Second, he does have the ability to return to the past, which might be very useful in the trial of 【Annihilation】, invisibly increasing his importance.

Third, he saw that Tao Yi is a believer in 【Prosperity】, his observation skills are not weak.

But for Cheng Shi, there were two more layers of lies hidden in Su Yi Da's performance, that is...

His talent!

And his score!

Cheng Shi had already guessed his talent:

The S-level faith talent of 【Deception】, 【Mirage in the Rift Between Reality and Illusion】.

When someone believes his lies, everything he describes will be seen by that person.

And if someone sees through his lies, everything he says will not be seen by the person who sees through it.

That is to say, Su Yi Da created a handful of mushrooms between reality and illusion.

Tao Yi believed him, so Tao Yi can see them and eat them.

Cheng Shi had already guessed that he was a believer in 【Deception】 and had the talent to see through his lies, so Cheng Shi couldn't see the mushrooms at all; what he saw was just Su Yi Da's clumsy and funny performance without objects.

This is also the reason why many talents of 【Deception】 look very perverted, but the actual rating is very low.

Because once the lie is exposed, no matter how high the building rises, it will collapse, and it can never be built again.

But interestingly, the current Cheng Shi cannot expose him.

Even in the entire trial, he cannot expose him.

Because he might be the only guarantee that Tao Yi can exert her full strength in the trial.

There is one more point, having an S-level talent means that Su Yi Da's Sky Ladder score is highly likely to be higher than 2000.

Looking at it this way, this person's depth of thought is no less than that of the teammates in the previous game.

Tao Yi squinted her eyes again, holding the mushrooms and eating them heartily, without avoiding Cui Dingtian, who had already finished the fight.

The old man looked up at Tao Yi, nodded while coughing, as if re-acquainting himself with this girl of opposing faith.

Zhao Qian's gaze toward Cui Dingtian was still strange. He took two steps back, took two deep breaths, and said:

"Mummy is worthy of being a defense specialist, impressive."

"Uh, cough, cough, cough... you're welcome."

As soon as the old man finished fighting, he began to bend over and cough again, looking hunchbacked.

"Hmm, everyone has seen it, the rain is getting heavier. Given the soil quality under our feet, if it gets any bigger, the probability of triggering a mudslide or landslide is very high."

Zhao Qian kicked the muddy soil under his feet and continued with a frown:

"My opinion is to go down first, then turn. The mountain peak over there looks harder in stone quality. Whether waiting for the heavy rain to end there or for a bigger rainstorm to come, there is better room for maneuver. How about it?"

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed and found that the mountain body over there indeed looked more solid, a kind of dark white stone body.

"I have no opinion."

"Uh... good, no opinion... gulp..."

"Cough, cough, cough, then let's go quickly."

Zhao Qian took the lead, Su Yi Da was full of energy, and Old Man Cui didn't walk slowly either.

Cheng Shi and Gao Yu walked side by side very naturally, following silently behind.

"Hey, you've been talking about us, what about yourself?" Gao Yu asked in a low voice.

"Me? What?"

"Oracle Walk, you are not Prosperity, so naturally there is only..."

"Oh, this." Cheng Shi smiled embarrassedly, then dug into his crotch somewhat deliberately, "It's already done."

Gao Yu's gaze moved down with his movements. When he saw Cheng Shi's pants, he seemed to suddenly understand something, blinking his eyes in shock and confusion.

"This... this... is also okay?

You... awesome!

Really fast enough."

"Hmm? Is being fast not good? It saves time."

"..."

Gao Yu showed a "I can't understand" smile and turned his head away.

Tao Yi, who had finished eating, was clearly in much better spirits and ran to the front to open the way.

But it's no wonder, given the wood elf's characteristic of being close to plants, the weeds and thorns blocking the front were not a problem at all.

Tao Yi just waved her hand, and a shortcut through the cliff bushes appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Let's go, follow carefully."

Her agile figure turned and jumped on the constantly protruding vine platforms, and her neat state looked completely different from the harmless pink-haired girl before.

Still the same sentence, among those who reached this score, no one is simple.

Appearance is deceptive.

Cheng Shi shook his head and smiled, following closely behind.

Although he couldn't be as effortless as Tao Yi, he could still climb down quickly.

However, just as he climbed halfway, a vine growing wildly suddenly wrapped around his leg and pulled him down from high in the air.

Cheng Shi turned his head in astonishment and found that it was Tao Yi who "prospered" the plants beside her feet, turning them into giant hands to catch Cheng Shi.

He didn't feel any shame or inferiority at all; instead, he leaned over to Tao Yi with a grateful face and licked her.

"Big star is amazing, big shot is awesome, thank you big shot, I will hold onto the big shot's leg and won't let go even if I die, heaven will witness my sincerity!"

As soon as the words fell, thunder roared!

"Boom—boom boom—"

"..."

Everyone watched the joke speechlessly on the side. Tao Yi smiled embarrassedly, waved her hand and said:

"It's a small matter, help each other, let's go quickly."

The group set off again, and Cheng Shi fell behind with Gao Yu again.

At this time, the rain was getting heavier.

The bead-curtain-like rain screen almost interfered with the players' sight, so they had to take materials on the spot to make some rain-blocking boards to hold over their heads, so that they could have a clear view of the road ahead.

"Little... Gao Yu..."

Hearing Cheng Shi's greeting, Gao Yu sighed.

"If you want to call me that, just call me that."

"Kid brother!"

Cheng Shi said this sentence, and his whole person felt refreshed.

"I'm also quite interested in history, especially the history of the development of the alchemy creation department of the Tower of Reason. It's boring on the road, tell me about it."

Gao Yu was a bit surprised:

"You like puppets?"

Cheng Shi didn't hide it and nodded sincerely:

"Yeah!"

Then he lowered his voice and said:

"Look, when you don't participate in trials, it's so boring to be alone."

"But if you connect your space with others, you have to guard against outsiders suddenly having ideas about you, it's not safe."

"If I could learn some alchemy creation technology and refine a puppet myself, wouldn't that be..."

"Hehehehe, you know."

The rain was pouring down and the sound was noisy; the communication between the two shouldn't have been heard by others.

But I don't know when, Su Yi Da also quietly fell behind, walking right in front of the two, pricking up his ears to listen.

Clearly, he was very interested in what topic the two were whispering about.

Gao Yu thought to himself that Cheng Shi was indeed this kind of person, and he replied with some disdain:

"Flesh is just a short-term companion. Since 【Gods】 have descended, what we may possess will be endless possibilities. Why be obsessed with these things that are easy to pass away?"

Cheng Shi was stunned and asked back:

"Then what to be obsessed with? Eternal mechanical creations? Build a girl-fied mecha to accompany yourself?"

Who would have thought that Cheng Shi was just saying it casually, but Gao Yu's footsteps suddenly stumbled, and his embarrassed red little face quickly turned to one side.

Cheng Shi looked at his reaction in jaw-dropping astonishment, thinking to himself, you haven't already made it, have you?

Hmm???

Although mecha is a man's romance, it's not for you to be romantic like this, kid brother.

You are not 18 yet!

How can you go on the wrong path?

I suggest giving the mecha to me, and I will bear this sin for you!

Su Yi Da frowned after hearing the conversation between the two.

The two whispered for a long time, just talking about this in the back?

No clues for solving the trial were seen, and you are chatting about the romance of mecha here?

What's wrong, isn't it romantic enough now? If it rains for another hour or so, the whole valley will be full of water and romantic.

He shook his head and followed the steps in front again.

Cheng Shi saw him leave, then continued:

"Different strokes for different folks, tell me about it, kid brother."

Gao Yu actually didn't want to pay attention to such a vulgar person, but the feeling of someone asking him for advice on history was very good, so he endured for a second and still couldn't refuse.

"What do you want to know?"

"Oh, who are the big shots in the alchemy creation department, what are their research directions, which one is the most reliable, etc., so I can flip through the materials later and work hard in this direction."

"Let me think..."

Gao Yu stepped deep and shallow into the muddy ground, pondered for a moment and said:

"If you want to talk about the most genius figures in their department, it's probably Zain Gil, who died in an alchemy experiment accident in the early Civilization Era, and Bakus, who refined his wife into a brand new life in the late Civilization Era."

"... I want to refine a wife puppet, not refine my wife into a puppet, talk about the former, just the former!"

Cheng Shi's heart jumped when he heard this name.

According to Chenosli, Zain Gil did not die in an accident.

He was assassinated by scholars from other schools in the Tower of Reason!