Chapter 912: No One Is Interested in the Trial

No One Is Interested in the Trial

Perhaps worried that the too-short undergarment would be inconvenient when running, by the time this female player appeared behind Cheng Shi, she had already put on a sleeve shirt with a slightly longer hem.

The two of them ran in the same direction tacitly. To avoid being judged as deserters by the caravan's supervisors, they secretly knocked down quite a few Iron Law Knights along the way, taking advantage of the chaos.

Of course, it couldn't have been Cheng Shi who did the moving, because as he ran, he ended up behind that female teammate, leaving the position of vanguard to her.

The female player had no reaction to this; she just buried her head and moved forward, waving her hand from time to time, causing several Iron Law Knights who wanted to stop them to lose their intentions and stand there in a daze.

Seeing this, Cheng Shi raised his eyebrows slightly, finally able to confirm that this was a follower of 【Silence】, and also a mage of 【Silence】—a Master of Mime.

The two ran wildly all the way, and before long, they passed the first carriage of the caravan and ran into the unmanned dense forest. At this point, the Master of Mime finally slowed down, frowning slightly as she looked at Cheng Shi behind her.

Cheng Shi didn't know if anyone was watching in the dark, so he simply pretended to be exhausted, supporting his knees with his hands, panting heavily, and asked without even raising his head:

"Master, who are those two?"

Cheng Shi had guessed the female teammate's identity and hadn't expected any response, just trying his best to play a low-score player who had stumbled into a peak-level game and knew nothing about it. But who would have thought that as soon as this question was asked, a crisp... electronic sound came from beside him.

"Cheng Shi, stop pretending, I recognize you."

"???"

Cheng Shi was shocked. He raised his head abruptly to look at this teammate, and then saw this expressionless female player holding an electronic sound-maker seriously, her fingers flying like butterflies, typing frantically on it.

"My name is Sun Miao, I'm from the School of History. What, Zhen Xin didn't mention me to you?"

"..."

Cheng Shi looked at everything before him, his pupils shaking, his scalp tingling.

No, sister, what are you doing?

Playing abstract with me, right?

Who let you 【Silence】 followers talk by carding bugs like this?

Where is your piety?

Do you really think that not using your own mouth to speak counts as piety to Him?

Judging by that void puppet form, not expressing anything at all is His will!

You've gone astray, sister, gone astray just like Chen Shu!

However, having said that... she could point out Zhen Xin directly—did that mean her status in the School of History was high enough?

Otherwise, how could she connect the School of History with that 【Memory】 opponent, the 【Fraud】 God-chosen, and use this to greet him?

In that case, Zhen Xin had mentioned him to her?

It wasn't Cheng Shi's fault for starting to think this way, because the other party's move was too cheap. Manipulating an electronic sound-maker to speak didn't essentially count as verbal communication, but rather an action. The Master of Deception couldn't distinguish actions, so Cheng Shi wasn't sure if the other party's identity was real.

But whether it was true or not, such small tricks couldn't stump Cheng Shi. Since his identity had been exposed, he simply stopped pretending.

Heh, when I can't act, do you think anyone can continue acting in front of me?

Thus, Cheng Shi directly used his stooping posture to quietly switch back to 【Fate】, and then, in front of Sun Miao, covered his face with a pure white mask.

He had used this move on Wang Mou in the 0221 experimental field before. Under that pure white mask was hidden a Warrior's Mask, so Cheng Shi at this moment was equivalent to blatantly turning into a Pointer Warrior under the other party's gaze.

He wasn't afraid of the other party recording this move, because in that experimental field duel that shocked the game, he had already left traces of the pure white mask. In this way, him wearing the mask at this moment was the perfect replica of that warrior-like Cheng Shi from before.

Thus, the next second, Cheng Shi extremely arrogantly scattered the dice in his hand on the ground, and then a teasing smile curled at the corner of his mouth. A snap of his fingers appeared beside the Master of Mime, and before the other party could react...

"Crack—"

He pinched the other party's neck, holding this Master of Mime in mid-air like cured meat.

Just kidding, a mage, how dare she stand within a warrior's attack range without defending in advance?

Just because you know me?

Sorry, I might not have that many friends.

Cheng Shi looked at the "captive" in his hand with sharp eyes, tsking:

"Like to talk, right? Fine, I'll give you a chance to speak. Use your tongue to tell me you're not lying."

The force in his hand wasn't heavy, but under the influence of gravity, Sun Miao's face was as dark red as a pig's liver.

A flash of annoyance passed through her eyes, but she still didn't choose to resist, instead continuing to type:

"I don't have a tongue."

"?"

Actually, the moment Cheng Shi lifted the other party, he noticed the problem. As a mage whose skills and speed were quite good during the escape from the caravan, the other party's score was clearly not low.

Because low-score mages had no energy to take care of their physical skills; only those lunatics who anchored themselves to the peak would be forced to develop comprehensively in order to survive in more difficult trials.

But such a high-score mage actually had no desire to fight back when he lifted her.

One had to know that Cheng Shi wasn't a 【Silence】 follower. Even if his attack was fast, physical control couldn't completely block a player's talent attacks. So the other party's attitude of not fighting back actually explained some problems—that she had no malice toward him.

But was having no malice safe?

Not at all. Using a side relationship as an entry point to approach a target was often the easiest fraud tactic. Cheng Shi knew this well, so he was very steady.

So, the moment he heard that the other party had no tongue, his gaze turned to the scar on Sun Miao's mouth.

This festering skin seemed to be stained with some power of 【Decay】. Cheng Shi frowned slightly and put the Master of Mime, who was held in mid-air, back on the ground. And when Sun Miao's neck was able to exert force because her toes touched the ground, she opened her mouth slowly with a dark face.

Only then did a withered, leather-like tongue lie terrifyingly in her mouth, which was overflowing with the breath of 【Decay】. The visual impact was too strong, making Cheng Shi feel that he wasn't looking at a person, but a monster disguised as a human.

"You..."

Cheng Shi was stunned, his expression brilliant.

Sun Miao continued typing: "The punishment of branding the tongue from followers of 【Decay】. I can't control myself from liking to talk, unable to fully dedicate myself to Him, so I can only use some auxiliary means."

"..."

I see. No wonder even after decaying her own tongue, she still had to beep with an electronic sound-maker.

So you're in the same school as Chen Shu... then your score shouldn't be low, right?

Sun Miao seemed to see Cheng Shi's doubt, but she didn't type a response, instead looking at the hand that was still pinching her neck with a face of slight anger.

Cheng Shi frowned and pondered for a moment, then released his control over the other party, deciding to trust her for a moment. Because he could see that the traces of 【Decay】 on that tongue had been there for some time and weren't a fake appearance made specifically to avoid his Master of Deception for this trial.

Of course, this could still be the other party's means to resist 【Fraud】 followers, but at least it wasn't aimed at him, which was enough.

Thus, Cheng Shi retreated two steps, leaving a trace of space for the other party, while ensuring the distance was within his controllable range.

Feeling Cheng Shi's vague trust, Sun Miao paused for a moment and continued typing:

"Relax, I won't hold a grudge against you because of your rudeness, because my goal is the same as yours—we're both here for the Grand Court of Judgment."

"Zhen Xin gave us a mission to investigate the history related to 【Order】. I guess this has something to do with you, right?"

"Don't be surprised. She's always mentioning you in front of us recently, and then mentioning these missions. Anyone could guess it."

"And if my guess is correct, in a while, we can discuss history at another table like this, right, Cheng Shi... Vice President?"

"?"

Hearing this, Cheng Shi dropped 90% of his suspicion.

This couldn't possibly be a player with ulterior motives fabricating an identity to approach him. Everything the other party said was happening right now, or things only Cheng Shi and Zhen Xin knew. So the other party must be from the School of History, and her status in the organization must be high.

Or rather, it was very likely Zhen Xin's right-hand person; otherwise, she couldn't know these things!

Thus, a flash of light appeared in Cheng Shi's eyes. He withdrew his fist and smiled:

"Then how should I address you, Vice President Sun Miao?"

"Blind politeness only reduces work efficiency. Just call me Sun Miao."

Efficiency?

Cheng Shi raised his eyebrows, thinking, what kind of efficiency do 【Silence】 followers care about? If you cared so much about efficiency, you should have broken the silence and communicated more long ago.

However, her attitude of choosing 【Silence】 but still wanting to speak... perhaps she really was a person who valued efficiency.

"Okay, Master. Then next, how should we start?"

Cheng Shi smiled, looking at Sun Miao in front of him, and then looked back at the caravan behind. Up to now, the other teammates in the trial hadn't appeared, and the battle in the distance hadn't ended. Looking at it this way, it seemed like no one cared about this trial.

But isn't each person embracing their desires to do what they want to do also 【Corruption】's expectation for players in the trial?

So blasphemy and piety have always been intertwined.

In other words, at least half of an individual's unconscious blasphemy must be piety.

Since that's the case, rounding it up, is there any problem with me saying I'm 100% pious? ===== CHAPTER 913 =====