Chapter 837

First Hearing the Venerable Name

If one were to ask who was most deeply touched after seeing this scene, it would naturally be the other clown.

If one hadn't been treated coldly by others, perhaps one would never understand the heart of a clown.

Cheng Shi watched this scene blankly; he didn't rush up to kill these ignorant scholars, nor did he have the thought of sympathizing with Kraun and wanting to take the other party out of the "sea of misery"; he only slowly curled his lips and laughed like a madman between Watching Ai Si and squinty old Zhang.

The meaning contained in that laughter was too complex, making it difficult for people to comment after hearing it.

Watching Ai Si's expression was also a bit strange; she turned her head away, her face filled with mixed feelings; conversely, Zhang Jizu didn't seem to be affected; not only that, there was even a probing look in his peripheral vision as he looked at Cheng Shi.

He realized that Cheng Shi must have had a past that couldn't be called warm but was definitely exciting.

It's just that at this time, he restrained his curiosity very well, didn't ask, and continued to pay attention to the subsequent "plot."

After experiencing this, Kraun's attitude clearly changed; although the scholar he played was more like it, the brightness that should have existed in those eyes had lost something.

He was like a walking corpse, wandering in the underground pipes by instinct, understanding everything here, and then occasionally joking with the scholars he met, making others laugh.

For a time, no one was sure whether Kraun was pleasing others out of physical instinct or whether he was consciously self-awakening, wanting to find the original self, the self that didn't know so many "secrets."

In short, after exploring in the underground pipes for a period of time, Kraun had "had enough," plus the scholar in the alley above didn't know when he would wake up, and the invisible urgency made him realize his wonderful adventure should end.

But he had never hated his curiosity as much as he did right now.

If he hadn't come down, would all this not have happened?

These psychological activities weren't guessed by the players, but were all written on Kraun's face.

This clown of Sandlais, after turning a corner and seeing no one around, squatted on the ground, hugged his head, and sobbed.

He couldn't hold on anymore.

"Kraun has collapsed." Zhang Jizu sighed; although this was an extremely exciting memory, but... exciting didn't mean warm, and even "coldness without human touch" was a kind of excitement.

But Cheng Shi shook his head, denying Zhang Jizu's statement.

"He hasn't collapsed."

"?"

"Because he is a clown; he had long been resisting the severe cold, it's just that this blizzard was particularly cold.

Don't worry, he will pull through."

As soon as the words fell, a turning point appeared on Kraun's side, a turning point no one expected.

A scholar who was also sobbing turned from a fork; when he saw Kraun squatting on the ground hugging his head and crying, this scholar actually walked over as if he had found family, crying into a ball with Kraun.

This action stunned Kraun.

He raised his head with teary eyes to look at the young scholar in front of him, confused: "Could it be that you are also..."

It was just these five short words that made the young scholar cry even louder.

He threw himself into Kraun's arms, crying until he couldn't catch his breath.

"I knew you were one too, I knew you definitely were.

Why is this world so unfair, why must this world treat us like this!"

Now not only Kraun, but the three players were also stunned.

Who is this?

The three looked at each other with suspicion, all confirming that this person definitely couldn't be a Sandlais resident who had wandered in here; he was clearly a real scholar.

But Kraun didn't think so; this was perhaps the only comfort he had encountered today, so he hugged the young scholar, crying bitterly, comforting each other.

Until the question marks above the three players' heads blocked the entire underground pipe, the emotions of the two people in front of them slowly calmed down; the young scholar wiped the tears on his face embarrassedly and said to Kraun with a bit of apology:

"Sorry, I dirtied your clothes; I feel much better now, I believe you do too.

Friend, 【Truth】 is right in front of us; even the teasing of one of 【His】 kind cannot stop us from pursuing the footsteps of 【Truth】.

Although Teacher Glo failed to verify his theory, he opened a new path for us young people, letting us find a new god.

The research of the Void Quality-Energy Department cannot stop, and will not stop; when I finish my secondment here and return to Gasimela, I will rebuild the void experiment and continue to argue for the teacher's guess, until the day the experiment's results allow me to discover 【Truth】!

How about you, my friend, how about you?"

Me?

I seem to have cried at the wrong grave...

Kraun's expression stiffened, stiffening exactly the same as the three players.

He opened his mouth blankly, letting the tears and snot flow into his mouth, and only after tasting the saltiness did he swallow it into his stomach with saliva, nodding frantically:

"Correct, I won't give up either.

Who could have imagined that gods would also tease mortals?"

Kraun's answer was very sharp; he just grabbed a keyword and continued this crying-friend exchange meeting that was like a donkey's lips not matching a horse's mouth.

The young scholar nodded in great agreement, his eyes glowing:

"Although saying this is unfair to Teacher Glo, this is the charm of 【Them】; only by walking on the path of 【Truth】 can we possibly study what kind of existence They are.

However, before seeing through the essence, I boldly guess that this newly discovered god... must be a... god who holds 'teasing' and 'joy'; only then would He perform such childish teasing acts like a young child; do you think I'm right, friend?"

"!!!"

Right!?

Right, so right!

This is so right!

At that moment, the light that had almost extinguished in Kraun's eyes suddenly relit, and that light was fierce and wild.

He grabbed the other party's hand, as if finding the only lifeline in a desperate abyss.

"You mean... there is a god who holds the authority of 'joy'?"

The young scholar was startled by Kraun's inexplicable excitement, but thinking that the other party was also a poor person from the Void Quality-Energy Department, he felt he could understand, then nodded and shook his head:

"This is just my guess; before verification, we..."

"Correct! No need to verify, it's just like this, it must be like this!"

Kraun interrupted the other party's words, his tone excited beyond control.

"Everything is fake, life is fake, the Doomsday of Gods is also fake; this world doesn't have a doomsday, which means this world should have had faith, and I...

I am no longer a clown that no one likes!

At least my instinct tells me that I am practicing His will.

He holds joy, and I pass on joy to people; even my theater is named after joy; how can this not be considered a piety born of instinct!?"

These words stunned everyone present.

The three players were greatly shocked; at this very moment, they finally understood how the past of Sandlais had a relationship with Him.

So, everything was answered here.

When Kraun realized he was a true clown, he finally found his faith, and also found his benefactor, found that god who was so similar to him, who was rejected by the gods but created fun in the universe...

【Deception】!