Chapter 781

You are me, I am him, he is you.

Cheng Shi's words were harsh and profound. The two 【Truth】 believers present were all silenced; one gloomy, one puzzled, both fell into deep thought.

They were pondering the meaning of Cheng Shi's words, but they would likely find it hard to understand, because perhaps only Cheng Shi could figure these things out. After all, these two didn't know what 【Origin】 was, nor did they know what it meant to be vindicated by 【Him】.

【Truth】 is a proximity sect; He has always been using His own way to approach 【Origin】, so the 【Truth】 believers under His protection are doing all kinds of crazy experiments in order to get closer to Him.

Actually, just think about it: isn't this behavior of 【Truth】 just snatching inspiration from the experiments of His believers, applying it to Himself, and then using that to approach that 【Him】 at the ultimate end of the universe?

As it turns out, Ke Wei and 0221 are something else; they directly used "the power of gods" to piece together divinity. Even if they succeeded, what reference value does this "eager for quick success" attempt have for 【Truth】?

Let Him take the "divinity" of 【Origin】 to approach 【Origin】!?

If 【Truth】 could get the "divinity" of 【Origin】, why would He protect you in doing so many experiments?

Wouldn't He have fulfilled His wish long ago!?

You must know that when mortals look up at the gods, they can see the existence of false gods and wild gods in between, but in the line of sight of the gods looking up, except for 【Origin】, there is no existence similar to a "false origin"!

Therefore, if 【Truth】 is really approaching 【Origin】, then in His eyes, everything Ke Wei and 0221 have done, one by one, is meaningless trash.

In the words of 【Dementia】, this is a foolish act.

Hmm? Wait!

Oh no, the foolish act Wei Youxue spoke of—could it be this foolish act!?

Could this brother have realized that this 【Truth】 game was meaningless after seeing through 0221's methods?

Is he that divine? Am I overthinking it?

For a moment, Cheng Shi also fell into silence.

The vast space was silent, but gradually, 0221's face turned ugly.

"There is no communicating with a fool; I retract my evaluation that 'you are a smart person.'

No matter how far a mortal sees, it is but playing in a corner of the river of time. How can one talk about overlooking the future and the past? Without approaching Them and becoming Them, even if the path is straight, it is wrong!

Such slander is useless to me; you have no idea how difficult it has been for me to walk this path!"

That scholar, with half a face of fat and half a face of withered flesh, had blood-red eyes and a face full of resentment. He raised that equally withered hand and pointed at his own distinct body, roaring maniacally as if he had suffered some grievance:

"All of this was rightfully mine!

I endured the pain of faith-tearing every day to accommodate the mentor, but he took a fancy to you on a whim!

Why? Tell me, Fate Weaver, why is this!?"

"!!!!!"

Although 0221's words were only a few sentences, the amount of information contained was truly too great—so great that both Cheng Shi and Wang Mou were shocked to the point of being unable to speak, falling into a complete stupor.

What does "accommodate the mentor" mean?

What does "pain of faith-tearing" mean?

And what does "took a fancy to you" mean!?

Could it be that 0221's appearance is not because he is doing some experiment on himself, but because he is shaping a body for Ke Wei in the present world!?

What does he want to do? Or rather, what does Ke Wei want to do?

Could this crazy great scholar have sensed an opportunity in the 【Void】 era and wants to jump out of the background of the 【Faith Game】 to become a player by relying on this experiment?

A... 【Truth】 player who replaces 0221's identity!??

Crazy!

This madman!

What else is there that he wouldn't dare to do!

No wonder half of 0221's body is 【Prosperity】 and half is 【Decay】; it turns out all of this was prepared for Ke Wei!

Yes, Cheng Shi still remembers that after the trial of the Star Dagger ended, the 【Birth】 and 【Defilement】 that became "accidental consumables" were replaced by 【Prosperity】 and 【Decay】, so Ke Wei could adapt to an environment where these two faiths coexist in opposition.

But the problem is, even the Tower of Reason needs the support of the Scholarly Chairmanship to create a Doomsday Hanged Man. If 0221 just stuffs divinity into his body like this, won't he explode?

As a mortal, how did he withstand this intense divine confrontation?

You must know that the pulling intensity between divinities does not decrease just because the quantity is small!

Just as he was thinking of this, the Doctor beside Cheng Shi suddenly laughed, the laughter filled with self-mockery.

"I thought I had imagined my original body to be crazy enough, but in fact, in the face of his madness, my judgment is meaningless.

Fate Weaver, you are also wondering why he can accommodate divinity in a mortal body, right?

Let me tell you, that is not the accommodation of divinity, but... the splicing of faith.

No wonder he is so familiar with the forbidden faith-splicing experiment; he had long applied the concepts within it to himself!"

Halfway through, Wang Mou raised his head to look at 0221 and asked with a solemn tone, word by word:

"So, are you really that slice of number 0221 that everyone guesses?

Or are you just a glue-together of a 【Prosperity】 slice and a 【Decay】 slice!?

Is the 0221 in your name also spliced together, just like your state?

Number 02 and number 21? Or are there more!?

How many people... are you exactly!?"

"..."

What?

Cheng Shi's brain exploded. He looked at the Doctor in shock, then looked at 0221 with constricted pupils, as if reshaping his own reason and cognition.

So the 【Truth】 believer standing in front of him is actually not just "one" slice, but a combined slice of a 【Prosperity】 slice and a 【Decay】 slice?

Not a brother, are you "splicing slices" here?

"Hehehe—smart.

You are smarter than the previous you. Obviously, you experienced an interesting story and then gained some abilities I didn't know about, polluting the memories that should have been uploaded.

But it doesn't matter; your role has been completed. Dropping you in, using your knowledge to 'amplify' the covetousness of these fools, thereby accelerating my experiment...

At least in this regard, you helped me.

But now, everything else will have nothing to do with you.

After today, I will reshape another you. I appreciate you; I hope the next you will be as smart as you."

"..."

Facing this 0221 who looked down on him with the unquestionable tone of an original body, Wang Mou's face was solemn and his heartstrings were taut. In the Doctor's view, the more confident the other party's tone, the more alarming the backup plans 0221 had left in this experiment.

At this moment, he could no longer imagine any means of escape. Everything before him told him that this was both an experiment and a scam—a scam jointly laid out by the 【Truth】 believers existing in the present and the 【Truth】 scholars annihilated in history!

These two smart madmen had almost squeezed out the value of every consumable in the testing ground, and now, it seemed the experiment was about to end.

So, did he, the Fate Weaver, and these players who were dropped in by whatever means, still have a chance to live?

Wang Mou's heart was a mix of emotions. He didn't know the answer, but he wanted to seek one—an answer he had been brooding over since he learned his identity.

"Why did you name me Wang Weijin?"

"?"

Even Cheng Shi, who was frowning, had his thoughts suddenly interrupted by this inexplicable question. 0221 on high burst into laughter, laughing until he started gasping for air before "considerately" responding to the Doctor's question.

"You are indeed exactly like me. Come to think of it, after winning the consciousness struggle of the splicing experiment, the only one of me who survived was also called Wang Weijin.

At that time, I was as curious as you, curious why I was bestowed with this name.

Later, I investigated the past of our poor original body and discovered that the names of all the slices in the slice experiment he hosted were taken from the names of his students, teachers, and colleagues in the laboratory where he was before the 【Faith Game】 descended.

Even more coincidentally, Wang Weijin was his real name.

So, you are me, I am him, he is you; we have always been the same person.

And only the slice that inherited his name has the qualification to gain the opportunity to inherit the strength of a peak player.

Hehehe—said so much, time is up. You two, are you ready to embrace evolution and push open that door with me!

The experiment... is about to end!"