Cheng Shi opened his eyes and found that he was not on the rooftop.
His heart skipped a beat, and his first reaction was: Did I guess wrong? Was what Xu Lu said true?
But when he found himself in the starry sky, above the stars, his previous thought was negated again.
He was not wrong.
It was just that his body had been moved by a mysterious power.
He had heard other Players mention this power in previous Trials.
It is said that when a God favors one of His believers, He will descend in a form that humans can understand and summon him at the end of the Trial.
"Holy crap, is this true?"
Cheng Shi's mind was in a daze, buzzing.
He had never thought that the jokes these Suns were telling were actually true.
Just as he held his breath and focused, searching for his Lord above the brilliant starry sky, a pair of gigantic, truly terrifying eyes suddenly opened before him.
An indescribable pressure surged towards him, striking directly at his soul, leaving him stunned on the spot.
Compared to these pupils, which were almost like black holes, Cheng Shi's body was like a speck of dust in the boundless void.
"Thump—"
"Thump—"
"Thump—"
Cheng Shi was dumbfounded, his heart pounding wildly.
He felt his heart beating faster and faster, and within a few breaths, it was in sync with the fluctuations of Nothingness under this starry sky, and then he gradually lost all sensation as a "human."
If he had to describe this feeling, it was probably like his soul had left his body.
Cheng Shi looked down in shock and found that his body was indeed left in place, with a blank expression.
And now he was transparent and ethereal, like a spirit body.
Only then did the inexplicable pressure of fear gradually dissipate, and Cheng Shi gradually regained control of his consciousness.
And it was also at this moment that an ancient, indifferent voice emanated from the eye before him, an eye with "spirals filling the whites and starlight scattered in the pupil."
"Cheng, Shi."
This voice was different from any sound Cheng Shi knew; it was as if hearing it would make one merge into Nothingness.
He felt that he should be trembling now, and glancing down at his feet, sure enough, his body was indeed trembling.
But his current spiritual state was not afraid, so he responded softly.
"Yes."
But immediately after, he felt it wasn't enough.
No one can remain calm as a human in front of the Gods.
Even if there were, it would be far from when Cheng Shi had this level of strength.
So he added another fawning sentence:
"Praise Nothingness, praise Lord, how fortunate I am to be summoned by You."
To survive, it's not shameful.
But unexpectedly, that all-seeing eye moved slightly and let out a sneer.
"Weak human, you don't even recognize your Lord, yet you dare to speak of praise."
"!!!"
Not Fraud!
Cheng Shi's eyes widened in instant fear, but soon his eyes narrowed, and after his thoughts raced, he tentatively asked a question.
"Time?"
When that eye heard this God's name, its pupil spun rapidly like a clock for a while, and its voice became even more indifferent:
"Speaking a God's name falsely, I judge you guilty."
As soon as the words fell, Cheng Shi's spiritual body instantly vanished into Nothingness.
As if it had never existed.
His body also crumbled into scattered sand, blown by the interstellar wind into the boundless abyss.
The gigantic eye spun round and round until it felt that someone's Fate had turned here, only then did it close, seemingly "satisfied."
As if it had never existed.
Time began to flow.
It felt like a century had passed, and yet it felt like only a second.
In the Chaos of timekeeping, after an unknown period, that pair of eyes opened again in the same position.
Only this Time, the corners of His eyes were slightly turned up, clearly smiling.
"Oh, you didn't come too late."
The eyes of spirals and starlight blinked and blinked, and with each blink, some bright stardust appeared where Cheng Shi's body had been.
This stardust attracted, merged, and condensed.
When they were molded into the shape of a human by an invisible force again.
This clay figure, molded under the starry sky, opened its eyes.
"Uh—huh—"
Cheng Shi gasped for air, his back drenched in sweat.
He looked at the eyes before him, gritted his teeth, and squeezed out a word from his throat:
"Fuck!"
Those eyes were clearly stunned for a moment, but then, He smiled even more happily.
"According to my understanding of your human language, this word seems to express that you want to share the authority of Birth with me?"
The eye rolled twice and chuckled:
"Or perhaps you want to pull me into the Sea of Desire of corruption, and do something to me that cannot be seen by humans, oh no, it should be something that cannot be seen by Gods?"
Cheng Shi listened to these words in a daze, and with difficulty swallowed back the greeting that contained a very high concentration of the word 'mother'.
Regardless of the form or tone, this was clearly not the same one as the one just now.
His mind churned for a while, and he seemed to guess something, his face darkened, and he said in a deep voice:
"Watching a believer being killed by another God with your own eyes, as the Lord, I would like to ask, where is Your so-called protection?"
The eye under the starry sky rolled again and smiled:
"It seems you have already guessed my identity, but you said one thing wrong.
I did not see Him kill you.
I came with my eyes closed."
"?"
Cheng Shi was shocked.
So there was a reason for his shamelessness.
Isn't that what it means when the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam is crooked?
But!!!
Is this what I'm fucking talking about right now???
Cheng Shi was very speechless, but he also confirmed one thing.
At least the other party responded to him and admitted that He was his Lord.
Fraud.
Moreover, the so-called "God and believer meeting" was not as solemn and serious as he had imagined.
The first round just now doesn't count.
"So, can you tell Your confused believer what happened just now, that murderer... Who was He?"
"Do you get familiar with everyone so quickly?"
"?"
Cheng Shi quickly regained some of his human instincts and retorted:
"I have social phobia, I'm not very good at dealing with people."
"I can probably understand your emotions, so?
Is it just because I saved you and I am also your Lord, that you are so...
Let me think, this word should be called:
Reckless?"
Cheng Shi shook his head, denying Fraud's statement.
"It has nothing to do with these."
"?"
"Because You are not human."
"Hahahaha."
A burst of joyful laughter echoed through the starry sky, and the pair of eyes filled with spirals and starlight had laughed so much that they could no longer control the frequency of their blinking, twisting and deforming.
He looked at Cheng Shi with pleasure and abandon, as if looking at a precious work of art.
"You are the second work that has satisfied me."
Cheng Shi raised an eyebrow, his expression calm, but his heart was somewhat uneasy about the word "work."
"Who is the first lucky one?"
"An interesting little girl named 'Zhen Xin'. To use your nickname, she is my God Chosen."
Cheng Shi's pupils contracted.
The Gods know God Chosen.
Of course, the Gods should know everything.
But when a God talked about Players like goods in front of him, Cheng Shi's heart still felt a little strange.
"Oh? You seem to have become angry about your identity as a Player?"
Cheng Shi stopped being playful, he shrugged his shoulders and replied in a provocative manner:
"Not allowed? Sorry, I can't control it."
"All anger is merely deceiving oneself. The weaker life is, the more it tries to hide its incompetence, and the angrier it becomes."
The eye scrutinized Cheng Shi's thoughts and said with a chuckle:
"Do you want to take revenge on Him?"
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