Chapter 869: Hanging zero

Hanging zero

Reality, a theater in an unknown province or city.

This theater was undoubtedly dilapidated, or perhaps it couldn't even be called dilapidated. After all, the shed roof here had long collapsed, and three sides of the outer wall had been pushed down, leaving only the wall behind the theater stage standing alone, as if guarding the last meaning of this stage.

But in fact, there was no meaning here long ago, because the two protagonists on the stage had already died, died more than ten years ago.

Long Jing didn't know why he chose to return here. He just felt that perhaps only here would he occasionally have a feeling of being down-to-earth in this world of walking on a tightrope, so he followed his intuition and came back.

He woke up from the only chair in the ruins under the stage. As soon as he opened his eyes, his brows were tightly frowned together.

Zero points.

Road to Godhood score is zero.

Although Long Jing hadn't experienced trials with zero points, he thought he had learned the ultimate secret in this trial, but now it seemed that he was too naive.

Could it be that Sandres had other secrets?

It must be like this, otherwise it couldn't explain why his benefactor, the God of Fun, added 3 points to him on the Ladder of Audience...

He rarely added 3 points to him. Even if there were, it was because the performance was excellent and deceived everyone, but at that time his Road to Godhood score was usually very high.

But like today's situation where the Road to Godhood score was 0 but the Ladder of Audience was full... to tell the truth, it didn't look like recognition at all, but rather... mockery.

Long Jing felt the critical hit from the benefactor.

But why would it be like this?

Even if I didn't finally resurrect Lord Envoy Envoy Yu Xi with my own hands, even if I lost to Zhen Yi or Cheng Shi by one move, I still had the credit of an ear, and I also got the "recognition" of Lord Envoy Envoy Yu Xi. Could this still be fake?

Long Jing reflected for a long time, then gave up reflecting, and finally concluded excitedly:

This was not the benefactor's mockery but the benefactor's appreciation, appreciating himself for approaching His only Messenger and taking another big step worthy of being recorded in history on the brand-new 【Deception】 road.

After comforting himself like this, Long Jing took out a pocket watch and looked carefully at the hour hand in the watch.

Lord 【Hour Hand】...

Lord Envoy Envoy Yu Xi said He was a boring old friend, but Long Jing didn't think so. He felt that everything that could bring him strength was very interesting, so he was already a bit impatient to see this Lord 【Hour Hand】 who represented 【Time】.

It's just that he didn't know how to see Him. Lord Envoy Envoy Yu Xi didn't seem to explain...

Also, would the God of Fun agree to 【Deception】 fusing with 【Time】?

He should, right? After all, Lord Envoy Envoy Yu Xi probably represented Him to some extent?

For a time, Long Jing was both happy and worried, and fell into deep thought with a wonderful expression.

Reality, a Taoist temple in an unknown province or city.

The incense candles in front of the stage were not extinguished, and the hemp-clothed person under the stage was about to wake up.

Li Jingming had actually returned long ago, but he sat cross-legged on the futon without moving, only his mouth slightly opening and closing as if saying something.

This was the rule he set for himself since the descent of 【Faith Game】. He didn't know when he would forget everything, so he thought of a way to tell all the stories he witnessed one by one to the patriarchs of all generations.

Let these ancestors who had long passed away also listen to what kind of wonderful appearance this world had become today.

Until the incense smoke curled up, he got up and paid respects to the patriarchs, then walked to the door step by step, looked at the rain hitting the moss outside the hall, and slowly frowned.

Zero points.

Road to Godhood score is zero.

Not only the Road to Godhood, but even the Ladder of Audience score was zero.

Why would it be like this?

Li Jingming was extremely shocked. Since the descent of 【Faith Game】, this was the first double zero score he had obtained.

So what did this mean? Was the memory he just shared with the patriarchs wrong?

But where was it wrong?

Li Jingming reviewed the previous trial again and analyzed every detail carefully, but the conclusion finally reached was:

Correct!

Cheng Shi deceived everyone and obtained the Ear of Secret-Peering, and used this to attract the descent of Envoy Envoy Yu Xi. This not only showed that this 【Deception】 artifact with consciousness was collecting its own fragments, but also showed that the Fate Weaver had a close relationship with Him.

From appearance to inside, from fact to logic, this memory looked flawless, so why did he hang zero?

【Silence】 didn't give points, indicating that the secret he thought he saw was wrong, but it wasn't too outrageous;

And 【Memory】 didn't give points... it could only mean that the memory he remembered was meaningless, but it was not truly false.

So what other secrets were hidden in this trial that were missed by him and not found?

Was it what happened during the period when Zhen Xin and Cheng Shi disappeared, or did Zhang Jizu, who disappeared at the beginning, hide something?

Or, to be bolder in guessing, did that conscious 【Deception】 artifact... have a problem?

Thinking of this, Li Jingming's eyes began to flicker. He was not doubting the authenticity of Envoy Envoy Yu Xi, but when thinking of a conscious artifact... he happened to have one in his hand.

It was just that this thing was a bit evil, and he instinctively didn't want to be overly contaminated.

But thinking about it, it wouldn't be impossible to use it occasionally to verify some things, right?

So Li Jingming pondered for a moment, and still released the mirror in the space.

This was a full-length mirror as tall as a person. The patterns were complex and the style was ancient. The mirror surface flowed with deep blue brilliance. The edges were engraved with sleeping smiles. Only the style on the back was out of place with the front, with countless humanoid figures with closed eyes struggling and screaming in fear protruding.

Their hands were pinching their own necks as if suffocating, their wide-open mouths and noses were distorted wantonly, as if they were trying their best to breathe the last breath of air to save their lives.

This shape was extremely weird, and it didn't look like a mirror of 【Memory】 at all, but more like an artwork of 【Corruption】.

When this mirror appeared in the Taoist temple, Li Jingming's face became extremely solemn. He looked at himself in the mirror with playful eyes and asked the first question of the day:

"Do you know Envoy Envoy Yu Xi?"

Li Jingming in the mirror chuckled, pulled out his hairpin, let his Taoist bun loosen and his hair scatter, then shook his hair casually, a trace of imperceptible weirdness flashed in his eyes, and hummed:

"Of course I know. You know where I lead, so you should know that the memories I remember are far more than you imagine.

However, Li Jingming, before you agree to our agreement, I will not answer any more questions for you.

Free-riding is not something a 【Memory】 believer who advocates memory exchange should do."

Li Jingming raised his brows and smiled playfully. He thought that even if you didn't want me to free-ride, I had already free-ridden.

This trick was indeed easy to use.

But he didn't answer, but directly moved his gaze away cautiously, no longer looking at the mirror surface that kept pulling his emotions.

And what was magical was that as his gaze disappeared, even though he was still standing in front of the mirror, the person in the mirror disappeared directly.

Just like this, Li Jingming turned his back and reached out, groping the edge of the mirror frame, chanting the 【Memory】 prayer, and was instantly extracted from reality by the mirror surface and spat into a magnificent... collection hall.

The collection hall of 【Memory】!

This was where Li Jingming's benefactor collected collection items.

This was not the first time Li Jingming had come here. When he first studied what the mirror was for, he had come here once, and it was that time that made him inadvertently learn a secret about his benefactor.

That was...

In this collection hall, there was a painting that mortals could not approach that had been smeared, and Li Jingming could tell that the smearer was 【Memory】 himself.

Because the purest and richest power of 【Memory】 flowed on that painting, even he, the Chosen of 【Memory】, was shocked by that pure power and even felt a little fear.

He couldn't imagine how many memories were collected there, but he could guess that the collection item that the benefactor put here and locked firmly must not be a simple memory.

Although that smeared painting had no content, it had a shape, and coincidentally, the shape was exactly like...

Li Jingming silently took out the mask in his hand, slowly raised it, and placed the mask on the line of sight between the painting and his eyes. Comparing it like this:

It was a perfect fit, without any difference.

"Interesting, would this be the reason why I got zero points, benefactor?"

"But why would you share this secret with me?" ===== CHAPTER 870 =====