Consu their flesh, commune with their truth — that was one of the Life Extension Departnt's techniques.
The forr Wei Zhi had used this very thod to devour a Grand Scholar's corpse, thereby making contact with the Erudition Presidium that lurked in the shadows.
And now, Wang Weijin was doing exactly what Wei Zhi had done.
In truth, the mont he'd seen Wei Zhi among the party, he'd understood: Cheng Shi had already seen through his intentions. Even if the man wasn't yet certain whether his identity was compromised, precautionary asures were already in place.
Anyone who knew Wei Zhi knew the Reason Association's president excelled at "consuming" people. Bringing him along to visit Zangier was undoubtedly a test.
Yet even having seen through it all, Wang Weijin hadn't called it out. He'd simply played along, feigning indifference, following Cheng Shi's lead all the way here.
So this was a farce in which all three participants knew exactly what the others were doing — yet everyone stayed silent by tacit agreent.
They were all waiting for the right mont.
Cheng Shi held ho-field advantage with Aph Ros at his side — naturally unflappable. Galusha had no stake in this; getting closer to the prisoner was prize enough, so her calm was understandable. But Wang Weijin had walked straight into the lion's den. What gave him the courage to pull this stunt under three pairs of watchful eyes?
Because he had his own trump card!
Faith Synchronization!
The Consciousness Faith Departnt had experintally proven the entanglent properties of slice consciousness. And Wang Weijin — being 0221's originating "host body," a [Truth] follower who'd sched against his own slices — naturally knew every departnt's experints inside out.
As long as the current slice obtained the knowledge inside Zangier's mind, the countless slices he'd prepared back at the experint site would simultaneously launch a ntal brainstorm, attempting to transmit this "truth" back through redundant entanglent.
This way, he could acquire what he wanted at the cost of a single slice.
And once he possessed Zangier's experience and knowledge, with Wang Weijin's abilities, he could replicate the experint himself — enter the ga personally, build his own Stars Dagger!
Even if the experint only yielded half its potential, it could still push him toward becoming a Pseudo God!
This was Wang Weijin's entire plan — and the reason he'd bided his ti just to get close to Zangier.
Of course, since Cheng Shi was already on guard, everything he was seeing might not be real. He needed to watch for this [Deceit] follower conspiring with Aph Ros to set up a fake Zangier and bait him into revealing himself.
That's why his earlier approach hadn't been purely about studying the experint — it had also been about verifying authenticity.
Fortunately, after all his ti working with Zangier, he recognized the real thing. The experint before him was genuine — not only real, but showing unprecedented breakthroughs in faith fusion.
How could Wang Weijin not be ecstatic?
Just devouring Zangier — no, he didn't even need to eat all of him. Even a few bites could reveal a wide-open road to [Truth]. And if the secret of faith fusion could be extracted, then soday, with all sixteen faiths converged in one body, he would beco the greatest [Truth] follower in history — or perhaps the next [Truth] itself!
A [Truth] far greater than the current one!
And so, when Galusha casually dropped that provocative line, Wang Weijin knew the reckoning had co. He acted without hesitation — hurling down countless tools, erecting walls of [Truth] to stall his opponents for an instant, while simultaneously ripping off Zangier's head and biting into it ravenously.
The scene was beyond insane — bordering on deranged.
True, from Wang Weijin's perspective, his decisiveness was impeccable and his plan was proceeding smoothly. But to any outsider, this looked grotesque.
How to put it — watching a madman wearing a Joker's skin gnaw frenziedly at Zangier's face: those in the know could understand he was extracting truth. Those who didn't would think the Doctor was making out with Zangier.
Cheng Shi desperately wanted to yell "No kissing allowed on the premises!" — but he'd been "silenced."
The instant Wang Weijin made his move, all three others acted simultaneously.
Galusha shot backward at breakneck speed, distancing herself from the chaos. She chose to watch. Especially since this show had been triggered by her own words — the plot felt even more entertaining.
Cheng Shi's pupils contracted. He snapped his fingers.
But the snap wasn't for himself.
He was currently [Deceit]'s priest-class Clown — lacking effective direct-combat options. Normally, he'd switch back to [Fate] and let the Hero of Today handle it. But now, he no longer needed to switch faiths.
One snap to draw everyone's attention, and his shadow instantly donned an assassin mask — transforming into a hybrid of the Another Day Assassin and the Fate Thief. Through shadow-swapping, it slipped into the Doctor's shadow, evading every eye, and silently drove a blade into the Doctor's flank.
Aph Ros moved at the sa ti.
Go Lis — who'd been absent all day — tore open the tribunal's roof and crashed into view. Countless pitch-black, viscous tentacles rained down like a monsoon, binding Cheng Shi and Galusha tight — yes, those two specifically — in a strangling embrace.
"???"
Tentacles exploded everywhere — yet the only one spared was the madly-gnawing Wang Weijin.
This turn of events, beyond everyone's predictions, made all three players' eyes go wide.
Wang Weijin instantly sensed a trap. But the "truth" in his belly confird Zangier was real. He couldn't parse Aph Ros's intentions in the mont, so he could only keep eating while watching — buying ti to complete his plan.
Galusha hadn't expected Aph Ros to move against both Cheng Shi and her. But clever as she was, she quickly deduced this had to be a sche — and the poor [Truth] follower had walked right into it.
'Heh — foolish [Truth].'
As for Cheng Shi, his heart lurched.
He wasn't afraid Aph Ros would betray their "friendship." He'd also guessed Aph Ros had set a trap for the Doctor. What he couldn't predict was what kind of trap.
He was terrified Aph Ros had secretly pulled so unpredictable stunt behind his back — like creating an absurd new god nad Yu Xi who sohow reigned above the sun and moon in an experintal town.
"..."
'What is He doing?'
Aph Ros sensed Cheng Shi's confusion and flashed him a gleeful smile:
"Don't worry, my brother.
I told you — this [Truth] follower's covetousness toward Zangier might not be a bad thing.
As for just how good it is...
You'll see shortly."
Hearing that, Cheng Shi panicked even harder.
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