Chapter 99

Not a moment to lose, what's coming next is a new trial!

Turning into a skeleton wasted quite a bit of Cheng Shi's time, so much so that he hadn't even had time to check the information on the various channels before the new trial arrived.

Cheng Shi stood on the rooftop, put on his ring, pinned the brooch to his chest, and then looked at the crimson warning before him, cursing with an extremely ugly expression:

"Fuck!"

【Special Trial (Who Should Receive Redemption 【Fate】) has begun】

【Matching teammates (1/6)】

【Trial Goal: All fables concerning gods are merely the clinging of weak lives to Him (3-day time limit)】

No, if you can't win an argument with the Lord, go find the Lord; what does it have to do with the child?

Is this outrageous, everyone?

Cheng Shi secretly cheered himself on, already prepared for the fact that this trial wouldn't be easy to pass.

He let his vision go black, obediently, without any resistance.

【Matching successful (6/6), entering trial】

Bed, table and chairs, floor-to-ceiling windows, balcony.

Warm breeze......

Hold on!!

Why is it a hotel again!?

I think I'm getting hotel PTSD!

Cheng Shi jumped off the bed abruptly, his sharp eyes beginning to size up the not-so-large room.

The room layout was different, and the furnishings were different.

Whoosh——

Thankfully, he hadn't returned to Yongzhan Town.

Cheng Shi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his gaze sweeping over his hand, and he discovered that the Screaming Mouth on the ring had lit up halfway.

"......"

What a wonderful start, the ring was scared into charging by himself.

Well, that's good; at least suicide would be 100% successful now.

However......

Next time there's no good news, you don't have to force it, thanks.

Just like last time, Cheng Shi didn't rush out; he pressed against the wall and listened silently for a long time.

But this time, he neither heard any movement next door nor waited for a knock on the door.

After frowning and pondering for a moment, he decided to be proactive and go out to take a look.

He pushed the door open and walked out of the room; before his eyes could see anything else, his attention was drawn by a tall, slender young girl at the door.

Not only because she was standing at the door, but mainly because this beautiful girl was dressed in a way that was really......

Too skimpy.

A cross-neck halter white gauze dress was slightly translucent, and draped over her body, it couldn't hide her graceful figure at all.

Her slender waist and creamy white thighs were visible through the gauze dress as the breeze blew.

Even though the girl hadn't moved, she still seemed to be swaying, exuding a silent temptation in all directions.

On her head were novel accessories he had never seen before, and on her feet were a pair of exquisite sandals; her toes, like cardamom, were slightly curled inward, and a nervous pale pink appeared between them.

If it weren't for the girl's hands clasped tightly in front of her and her slightly reserved expression, Cheng Shi would have really thought he had entered the wrong shop.

"Gu...... guest, hello, have you rested well?"

Hearing this somewhat unfamiliar tone, Cheng Shi furrowed his brows.

This was not the language of the Star Fall Continent.

The 【Faith Game】 didn't make things difficult for players regarding language; all players who joined the game became masters of language, able to communicate with NPCs of various language families without any obstacles.

But they couldn't read.

If you wanted to read, you had to learn it yourself.

Cheng Shi looked at the girl's attire with some surprise, finally gleaning some information from her hair accessories and the hotel style.

This trial seemed to be underground!

The language the girl spoke also sounded like a hybrid variant of the underground volcanic language family and the official language of the Star Fall Continent.

This meant that the place he was in was not far from the entrance to the underground world, the 【Abyssal Volcano】.

Cheng Shi rubbed his furrowed brow, feigned a hangover, and asked with some confusion:

"I don't seem to recognize you; who are you?"

The girl smiled with pursed lips, still reserved:

"Hello, guest, welcome to Yuanmu Town; I am your personal sightseeing assistant, my name is Shaman.

Did you...... rest well last night?"

Yuanmu Town?

Cheng Shi nodded, his eyes darting around, while he continued to stall.

"It was okay, I remember...... um, what about the others?"

"Ah, you mean your tour guide? He has already left; don't worry, I will be serving you for the next few days, and when the date approaches, someone else will come to take you back."

Tour guide?

Is this town a tourist attraction?

"Oh, I see, thank you."

Cheng Shi thanked the girl politely and then walked toward the corridor railing.

His gaze jumped rapidly through the space, scanning everything he could see like a laser.

This was a 4-story hotel; although the floor height wasn't high, the area was large.

The entire hotel was shaped like a "mouth" character, with an open interior and rooms all around the outside.

Looking down from the corridor, there were many bars and entertainment venues on the first floor; at a glance, Cheng Shi thought he had boarded a cruise ship.

Many rooms had their doors tightly closed, and outside several rooms stood so-called "sightseeing assistants" quietly waiting, just like Miss Sha Man.

It was just that these assistants weren't all girls; there were quite a few men as well.

And the attire of these men......

How should I put it, it was also quite skimpy.

White gauze trousers couldn't hide their thighs, and their upper bodies were simply bare, their solid muscles glistening as if they were participating in some bodybuilding competition.

Cheng Shi was speechless at the sight.

"......"

Is this really a decent hotel?

Just as Cheng Shi was carefully sizing up his surroundings, several people walked out one after another from several rooms not far away on the same corridor.

Everyone looked at each other, realizing one after another that they were teammates for this trial.

And behind them followed personal assistants like Miss Sha Man, both male and female.

Cheng Shi smiled meaningfully, a conspiracy theory suddenly rising in his heart.

Are they sightseeing assistants, or personal monitors?

This Yuanmu Town seemed to have a story.

A middle-aged woman in a suit walked over with great momentum in small high heels; she had small braids, and her image didn't match her attire at all.

She waved her hand to signal the handsome man following her not to follow too closely, and the male assistant understood, stopped, and turned back to the door of the room to continue waiting.

Seeing this, everyone followed suit, one after another "persuading" the people behind them to leave.

Only Miss Sha Man, because the players' meeting point was at the door of Cheng Shi's room, had nowhere else to go; to avoid suspicion, she smiled embarrassedly at Cheng Shi and pointed to his room.

Cheng Shi nodded elegantly, allowing her to go inside to take shelter.

Miss Sha Man bowed gratefully and quickly hid inside the room.

After the assistants around them dispersed, the powerful woman in the suit who had started it all spoke with a playful expression:

"Called assistants, but actually monitors.

I think everyone has realized that this town called Yuanmu Town is a bit too enthusiastic toward us travelers from afar.

I managed to get information out of the little handsome guy in my room; the people here don't believe in any of the He we know.

They believe in a true god called the 【Eternal Sun】.

In my limited knowledge, I haven't found the divine name of this true god, and He is not a subordinate god of any path......

Time is limited, that's all the information I have.

Let me introduce myself: Li Bola, 【Existence】, Hunter, 2216."

Hunter?

Cheng Shi looked at Li Bola's suit attire and thought she was a Singer or Mage; he didn't expect her to be a Hunter?

Isn't she afraid of being inconvenienced by dressing like this?

But this sister's aura was really strong, and her gaze was aggressive; she quickly finished her opening, and then a pair of sharp eyes began to size up her teammates wantonly.

That feeling was like looking for prey.

Under normal circumstances, prey would want to avoid the hunter's gaze.

But this time, someone met it head-on.

"Yo, opponent, nice to meet you.

Ji Ran, 【Void】, Warrior, 2076."

A decadent youth in silk pajamas scratched his bird's nest hair and lazily raised his hand to greet everyone.

His lazy and casual posture was like someone who had just been sleeping soundly in bed the second before, only to be suddenly dragged up and forced to attend class the next.

Everyone had different reactions to the youth, some frowning, some raising their eyebrows; only Cheng Shi's expression turned black immediately after his gaze flicked over Ji Ran.

Damn it, he'd run into a "peer" again.

Cheng Shi could tell that the reason Ji Ran dared to openly state he was 【Void】 after 【Existence】 wasn't because of any "excitement and courage to spar with an opponent," but......

A familiar aura of giving up.

He was all too familiar with this feeling of being a slacker, because he was in this state at the beginning of every trial.

Cheng Shi pouted, and he wasn't having it.

This is my job!

And the youth's indifferent expression clearly said:

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, I'm just a slacker of 【Fate】, whatever."

Yes, it was 【Fate】.

【Void】 is a very magical path; because of the existence of 【Deception】, this path seems to have only ever had one 【God】.

Followers of 【Deception】 won't say they are His people; they like to disguise themselves as followers of other houses, especially 【Fate】.

So in this environment, as long as someone says they are 【Void】, regardless of whether they are 【Fate】 or not, just treat them as if they are.

Anyway, even if they are liars, they won't admit it.

And Cheng Shi had a hunch that this young man must be a person of 【Fate】.

As for how this ethereal feeling came about, he couldn't say.

Hiss——

Let alone the fact that the xx god planted a male xx in the xx trial.

With two slackers at the start, how is this supposed to be played?