Chapter 812

A Black Pot from the Past

(The first big cup of March, happy weekend~)

"Old Zhang, you've gone too far; it's one thing not to come help me, but you have to stay away from me?" The trench coat-wearing Cheng Shi closest to Zhang Jizu's face darkened, pointing at the squinty-eyed man.

"It is time to stay away from you; you really think you're Cheng Shi, don't you.

Fine, fine, fine, you're all Cheng Shi, and I'm Zhen Yi, okay?

Hee~

Squinty...... Old Zhang, wait for me, I'll go with you."

The only jacket-wearing Cheng Shi walked over quickly, but Zhang Jizu turned a deaf ear, used a special method to put away the corpse, and then, without looking back, walked toward the direction of the suspected sewer exit.

Watching Ai Si glanced at this group of Cheng Shis with a half-smile and snorted:

"A liar is a liar; when I knew you were a liar, I realized your score would never be anything like 1501, but I didn't expect your rank to be even higher than I imagined.

Everyone, I have probably guessed who you might be; a trial at this rank is not something a small person like me can participate in, but I have self-awareness and won't get involved in your disputes, however......

Mr. Cheng, you should know how to prove your identity to me, so if you need anything, come find me.

I will repay you for saving my life.

I'm off, good luck everyone."

As she spoke, Watching Ai Si flicked her ponytail and dragged her giant blade to catch up with Zhang Jizu's steps, leaving the three Cheng Shis behind once again.

The three of them looked at each other and chose completely different paths in these crisscrossing sewer pipes.

Actually, the direction wasn't important; what was important was that if one wanted to get help from teammates or complete what one had in mind, one had to first get rid of the two people in front of them.

The three Cheng Shis clearly all thought the same, so they separated again.

Cheng Shi chose the path he had come from; since he was wearing a jacket now, it meant that another Cheng Shi had also joined this dress-up game just now; it seemed every Cheng Shi was "harboring evil intentions."

He retreated for a long time, until he saw the two fake figures disappear, before he returned to the place where the dead player had originally been lying with a deep frown.

He carefully observed the traces around him, wanting to find clues about that "invisible" player here.

This was very important, because he also felt that this missing teammate was very likely Zhen Yi, or even possibly Seeing Zhen Xin, because when Zhen Yi no longer existed among the other two Cheng Shis, Seeing Zhen Xin's appearance became very likely.

He remembered that Seeing Zhen Xin still owed him a favor, and the other party had said she would provide something practical.

So......

Could this practical thing be that this Chosen of 【Fraud】 was preparing to take an ear as a thank-you gift?

Hiss——

If that were really the case, then he couldn't let her succeed even more.

I've already reached the doorstep of the ear; if I let you take the item right under my nose and then give it to me, wouldn't I be losing twice!?

Thinking of this, Cheng Shi's attitude toward investigating the traces became even more serious.

The fact that Squinty Old Zhang took the corpse away undoubtedly brought huge difficulty to the work of restoring the traces at the scene; although he could understand the other party's choice, were three Cheng Shis really so repulsive?

Hmm, no, he was probably avoiding the other few unlucky things.

As he looked, Cheng Shi actually found a clue; as the scope of the investigation widened, he suddenly discovered that on the iron fence at the end of this branch pipe, there was actually a section of the railing that was movable.

He removed that section of the railing, revealing a small gap at the top of the fence.

This gap was very small, probably only allowing a child to pass through, but this level of obstruction was negligible for players, so Cheng Shi directly destroyed the entire fence and walked toward the far end of this branch pipe.

On the other side.

The system of this sewer was extremely vast and complex; Zhang Jizu led Watching Ai Si forward all the way, and every time he encountered a fork, he could always determine the direction at the first moment and decisively turn toward the "exit."

Watching Ai Si had been observing Zhang Jizu all along the way, and it wasn't until she felt a trace of coldness at the end of a main passage that she realized this Chosen of 【Death】 was using temperature as a reference to find the way out.

This careful appearance reminded her of some believers of 【Truth】 she had seen before, so after being silent for almost the entire way, she finally couldn't help but ask out of curiosity:

"You have merged with 【Truth】?"

"Yes." Zhang Jizu didn't even turn his head and continued walking forward; he observed everything around him and chatted casually with Watching Ai Si as he walked, "Sometimes 【Truth】 can allow people to observe this world more clearly."

"Sure enough, the strong are always closer to 【Truth】, but having said that, are you very familiar with Mr. Cheng?"

"Not familiar.

Just occasionally matched a few times, just like you?"

Watching Ai Si's steps paused, as if she remembered some unbearable past, and she curled her lips:

"I've only been matched with him once; come to think of it, Mr. Cheng can be considered to have saved me.

That was a trial of 【Chaos】 that took place in the Kingdom of War; we were caught in a mutiny and became the target of the rebel army's crusade, once on the verge of total annihilation.

It was this liar—of course, I didn't know he was a liar at the time—who was a Compassionate Lord.

Thanks to the collapse of the situation, his compassion was fully condensed, so the two of us priests joined forces to save the team in countless crises, but the scale of that rebellion was too large, so large that a mere six players could never have survived from the center of the chaos.

Just when we were all in despair, Mr. Cheng took out a small bag of potions."

Speaking of this, Watching Ai Si's tone began to gnash her teeth, and she looked at Zhang Jizu beside her from time to time.

"Those potions were called 【The Disdain of the Dead】; he said they were life-saving potions bought at a high price from the Chosen of 【Death】, costing him a large sum of money; if it weren't for the situation at the time, he would never have taken them out for us to use."

"......" Hearing this, Zhang Jizu's eye twitched; this black pot flying from the past for no reason left him speechless, "Understood, it seems the price of this potion is very expensive."

"Yes, we almost emptied our respective belongings; after all, no matter how expensive the potion is, can it be more expensive than our own lives!?"

As long as you're alive, there's still a chance; if you die, everything is over.

Fortunately, his potion was really useful, and after hanging on to life, we lay in the pile of corpses and let people finish us off; after the wave of soldiers passed, we changed into the rebels' clothes and transformed into members of the rebel army, turning from the disadvantaged side to the dominant side, and thus survived.

But just when I had snatched enough benefits in the ruins after the wave of soldiers passed and tried to buy a few more bottles from him, he refused to sell them to me no matter what."

"Because there was no such thing at all."

"Hmm, I also discovered the clues occasionally in the chat channel later; there really is no such thing; all of this was cheated by him, cheated from 【Void】!"

Zhang Jizu paused his steps, squinted his eyes at Watching Ai Si, and chuckled:

"Supervisor, say whatever you want to say; you didn't need to share so much with me, and sincerity mixed with purpose is also very suspicious.

Although Cheng Shi lied to you, he did indeed save you; you are still brooding over this matter, yet you have mentioned that potion several times; you wouldn't happen to want to exchange some life-saving things from me, would you?"

"Yes." Watching Ai Si admitted it generously, "The reason I came here is very simple; I heard that Sandlais has lost divine fragments, so I wanted to try my luck to see if I could find some.

But when I saw you and the three Cheng Shis, I knew this trial had nothing to do with me.

I might not be a standard believer of 【War】, but in terms of using my brain, I admit I am completely inferior to a believer of 【Fraud】, not to mention there are two other people here who dare to play a believer of 【Fraud】.

So, my goal has changed; now I just want to live.

And Gravekeeper, you, know best how to hang on to life."

"If you aren't lying, then you have made the right choice." Zhang Jizu smiled meaningfully and continued walking toward the distance, "However, I am a bit curious, when did that trial of yours take place?"

"At the end of the third month after the 【Faith Game】 descended; I remember it very clearly, because that day I changed my birthday, the day of rebirth."

"At the end of the third month...... The Disdain of the Dead......

Hmm, let's keep walking, the exit is right in front of us."