Chapter 955

Bait

Although Sun Miao didn't recognize the container, as the Vice President of the History School, his eye for things was sufficient.

He could see that the thing behind the mask had to be at least an SS-rank quasi-artifact, and his intuition even told him that it was highly likely to be an SSS semi-artifact!

Coupled with the influence this thing had on desire and emotion, there seemed to be no need to guess the faith affiliation of this divine relic.

Sun Miao's pupils shrank, and he subconsciously moved two steps away from Cheng Shi, but strangely, the fear in his heart seemed to be slowly decreasing.

This was the first time he had taken a defensive posture toward Cheng Shi, and the reason was very simple. Obviously, this Vice President Sun also held an attitude of keeping 【Filth and Corruption】 at a distance. This actually made Cheng Shi feel that what this part-time Vice President of the God-Worshiping Society had said didn't seem to be fake; he was indeed concentrating on gathering intelligence, not obsessed with some method of becoming a god.

Cheng Shi even faintly felt that the other party's so-called "only by becoming a god can one achieve one's wishes" meant that one could get more intelligence after becoming a god......

What a king of gossip.

Seeing that Sun Miao had become vigilant, in order to prevent this only and useful teammate from withdrawing from the cooperation, Cheng Shi had to give this 【Filth and Corruption】 container a new name.

"Fear Tree Core. This is something cut out from His trunk after Le Le'er fell. It can absorb people's desires and fears, and of course, it also involves some other emotions, after all, this thing also belongs to 【Filth and Corruption】."

"!!!"

Hearing this, Sun Miao finally understood why Cheng Shi had made a feint to cover up the fact that he hadn't entered that consciousness exchange. He should have thought of it earlier; the other party had found a huge benefit in that exchange, and this benefit was the so-called "Fear Tree Core" in Cheng Shi's hand!

"The Fear Mother Tree fell? You killed the Fear Mother Tree!?" Sun Miao asked in disbelief.

This sentence really gave Cheng Shi a fright.

Not so, brother, you can't just say things like that!

At most, I can be considered to have whipped the corpse; the karma of killing can't be pinned on me.

Le Le'er's death was because 【Prosperity】 committed suicide, and 【Prosperity】's suicide was because......

Hmm, that's not quite right. Forget it, anyway, it wasn't me, at least not the me of this world at this moment!

In this abstract world, I think it is necessary to add so many qualifiers to protect myself.

The more Cheng Shi thought about it, the more guilty he felt, so he simply stopped thinking and shook his head violently:

"I don't have the strength to face a Messenger directly; it was Ke Yinlaoer.

It was he who broke Le Le'er's branches, forged that giant bow with Li Deya La's blood, and then fought with Le Le'er. I don't know why Le Le'er was so weak, but in short, Ke Yinlaoer cut open Le Le'er's trunk and found this tree core.

I just played a trivial little trick and swapped the tree core in his hand.

Of course, I admit that I was influenced by 【Filth and Corruption】 at the time, but I can also confirm that the tree core in front of me not only has no effect of fueling personal desires, but even absorbs people's emotions and desires.

You should be able to perceive your own changes, and the fact that I can talk to you about these things so calmly is enough to show that it is also affecting me.

So Vice President Sun, put your heart back in your stomach. I have no interest in you. I took it out because......"

"Fishing!"

It must be said that the Wise Man of 【Stupidity】 was still too overpowered.

After hearing Cheng Shi's explanation, Sun Miao guessed Cheng Shi's plan immediately, and rarely put away his nostrils, looking at Cheng Shi levelly:

"A reputation is never unearned. I have never believed that a person's fame can be built up by pure force.

Sure enough, your wisdom is worthy of the gaze of 【Stupidity】."

"......"

Although this sounded like a kind of recognition coming from a believer of 【Stupidity】, why did it still feel so strange?

So no matter how smart others are, at most they can only be on equal footing with the Wise Men, right?

Cheng Shi curled his lips and retorted unappreciatively: "Then what about... Xiang Honglin?"

"......"

Now Sun Miao couldn't speak. His eyelids twitched, and he explained seriously with a straight face:

"Whether it's experiments or observations, there are always uncertain special variables that cannot be generalized. Obviously, Xiang Honglin is one of the special variables of this theory.

But looking at the entire peak circle, she is the only expert like that, isn't she?"

Cheng Shi nodded and couldn't help but laugh:

"Got it. You called her stupid and said she's the only stupid one in the peak circle. I've noted it down, and I'll tell her next time.

Wise Man, take care of yourself."

"???"

Sun Miao should have been panicked, but under the influence of the 【Filth and Corruption】 container, he couldn't feel any fear at all.

He looked at the mask thoughtfully, caught a glimpse of the light flowing behind the mask through the gap, and said with some emotion:

"The effect of this tree core is really good. I clearly feel that I should hold awe for everything, but now I can't feel it at all.

However, Vice President Cheng, I must remind you that when it absorbs your desires and emotions for no reason, even if you have no fear, it is best to be on guard in your heart, because you don't know what 【Filth and Corruption】 is using it for.

If, and I mean if, it is the key to Le Le'er's resurrection, then those emotions and desires that were sucked away will become an inextricable karma between you and the Fear Mother Tree."

Perhaps it was because there were no mixed desires, but Sun Miao's words seemed very sincere. Cheng Shi blinked, thinking that this worry was superfluous, because the absorbed desires and emotions would all drip into the divinity of 【Filth and Corruption】. However, he was still very appreciative; at least this showed that this Vice President was truly "concerned" about him, or at least concerned about the intelligence on him.

Well, that's enough.

Obviously, in Cheng Shi's view, the other party had absolutely no reason to suddenly help him.

The oracle was just an excuse. Completing the decrees bestowed by Them would indeed have rewards, but not completing them would not bring punishment. So if Xiao Qi's starting point was piety...

That was too ridiculous.

The piety of a 【Deception】 believer only had the offering of lies. In this way, his arrival must be another scam.

From the message in the dense forest to the advance warning, was this old friend who was suspected of getting together with Lin Xi really turning back, or was he acting?

Cheng Shi tended to combine the two. He understood these liars too well. They would never do things without benefits. But judging from Xiao Qi's performance in this game, could this half-baked beast tamer really achieve the fisherman's profit after the snipe and clam fought?

Could it be that the other party had been hiding his clumsiness?

Cheng Shi was not sure. The only thing he could be sure of was that he would never listen to an outsider's arrangement in the face of a duel. So he didn't change direction or reduce speed, but asked Chun in front of him:

"Is there a way to deal with Lin Xi's traps?"

Chun nodded without looking back: "Very simple, just walk through it."

"...?"

"【Decay】's plague is strong in breadth, not intensity, and will not kill quickly. With 【Prosperity】 talent as a backing, I can hold on until I annihilate all plagues for myself.

So you just need to follow behind me.

However, 【Annihilation】's traps are very troublesome. We need to be vigilant about being thrown into the world about to be annihilated by that stinky rat.

Fortunately, 【Annihilation】 is only his second faith, and he has few means to use as traps. As long as I am careful enough, the command flag can tell me where there is 【Annihilation】 aura.