"You are fortunate, and I am also fortunate, or rather, the whole world is fortunate."
"But the fortunate find it hard to see the misfortune of others. Do you think that Clown who inherited the authority of [Deceit] truly wanted to live?"
"!!!"
The impact of these words on Cheng Shi was undoubtedly huge.
Since Old Jia left, living beca the only obsession in Cheng Shi's heart.
Perhaps it should be 'living well'.
But today, when the gods have descended, the word 'well' is too difficult. Just living has already exhausted all his strength.
Therefore, Cheng Shi's unique wish was to live. And because of this, he believed that all Cheng Shis—no matter which world, no matter which starry sky—their wishes should be consistent; all of them wanted to live.
But a single sentence from the Fun God directly woke Cheng Shi up, making him realize that perhaps not all Cheng Shis were like himself, always holding fast to Old Jia's final request, wanting to live well.
Cheng Shi and Cheng Shi were also different!
Putting oneself into the perspective of that [Deceit] Cheng Shi: when he personally retrieved the 'answer' from the Real Universe and brought the world toward the future he hoped for, only to find that future was nothing but a delayed destruction, and the Universe would eventually collapse and fall apart...
What would he think?
The gods fell because of him, the future was hopeless because of him, the world collapsed because of him, friends blad themselves because of him. Even Old Jia... even this affection that only existed in his mories could at most exist for another few decades, and then vanish like smoke and disperse like clouds, with everything returning to nothingness!
Is this what he desired? No!
Is this what he expected? No!
But this was what he pushed for, the 'sin' he personally created!
At such a dead end, plagued by remorse, did he really still want to live?
No... perhaps death was the only release. Otherwise, he wouldn't have swapped with Old Zhang, coming to this world to seek his so-called atonent!
So from the mont he chose atonent, he had already chosen death, and had personally 'killed' himself.
His self in the False Curtain Call failed to discover [Deceit] Cheng Shi's thoughts, but [Deceit] discovered it. Because he was not only him, but even more so 'Him'. Don't forget, what that Cheng Shi inherited was the authority of [Deceit]!
Rather than saying [Deceit] killed Cheng Shi, it was better to say [Deceit] killed [Deceit]!
He saw His exhaustion, saw His bitterness, saw His remorse, saw His despair, so He rcifully bestowed release upon Him.
[Deceit] Cheng Shi should have been released, yet [Death] Zhang Jizu taking His place in death allowed Him to survive again.
At this ti, no matter where He was, He bore the despair of an entire world, and also bore the agonizing pain of losing a close friend.
Thinking like this, he really was fortunate.
Thinking of this, Cheng Shi froze in place, his heart boiling to the extre, unable to calm down for a long ti.
Heartbreak, agony, desolation, pity... For a ti, countless emotions intertwined and surged. This uncontrollable empathy gradually evolved into a deep resentnt of fate, and an aversion towards [Origin]!
All the tragedy originated from this Creator's experint, yet the power of the experintal creatures simply could not shake it in the slightest.
This kind of despair surged into his heart once more, making Cheng Shi clench his fists tight, veins bulging.
And at this ti, the eyes in the void smiled self-deprecatingly, murmuring in a voice Cheng Shi couldn't hear:
"Very despairing, isn't it.
When I learned all of this, I was even more in despair than you.
The Fear Faction?
Heh, where is there any Fear Faction in this world? It's nothing but a group of despair-filled creatures forcing themselves to be calm, deceiving themselves as well as others, using the guise of fear, dragging legs that can't be moved, and gritting their teeth to crawl forward.
Now I have already crawled up to here. The rest..."
Cheng Shi seemingly felt sothing. He focused his gaze and raised his head, only to see that pair of eyes switch expression in a second, blinking playfully and smiling:
"Let's not talk about these boring things, let's talk about sothing interesting.
How does it feel to hide behind the scenes and overlook the whole situation?"
"..."
Cheng Shi was ultimately a mortal. Without the help of external forces, he couldn't achieve a completely smooth emotional transition. He choked up a bit and didn't speak.
[Deceit] continued with a smile:
"I see you really enjoy this joy of sitting deep behind the scenes. Hmm, you really are the chosen one."
Cheng Shi fundantally didn't want to talk about any behind-the-scenes or front-stage. At this very mont, he only wanted to know what the Fun God's World Saving Plan was, and whether His so-called world-saving could truly save this world.
Was He... really going to build an [Origin] for this world?
Cheng Shi took a deep breath and asked slowly:
"What exactly is your plan, Lord Benefactor!
It's already co to this ti, do you still intend to hide it from ?
How can a fixed destiny who knows nothing cooperate with you to save this world!?"
"The world cannot be saved."
The smile in [Deceit]'s eyes gradually solidified, and the spirals no longer spun mysteriously. He looked into the depths of the void with neither joy nor sorrow, saying faintly, "I also want to know what my plan is, but who can tell ?
I began laying out my plans from the beginning of the era, calculating everything from behind the scenes. But in the end, soone told
that all of this was just a pipe dream; this world simply has no future. If you were , what would you do?
Heh, the fake is ultimately fake, just like how you could control that pair of puppet eyes to summon my follower, but once I personally descend, everything of yours will eventually be seized by ...
The tragedies of countless universes have only taught
one truth: [Origin] cannot be defeated!
You think [He] sits high above the Real Universe ignoring everything, seemingly only wanting an experintal result. But actually, any anomalous factor that could possibly affect this Creator's experint will be erased by [Him] one by one.
[War], you, and your little cat friend are all living examples.
[He] will not allow a problem to appear in any petri dish, much less let a problem appear in the entire experintal environnt. Only when one out of countless petri dishes can present the true result to [Him] will this suffocating experint truly co to an end.
It's a pity, there is probably no world that can wait until that ti, because soone told
that [He] is also racing against ti, and [Origin]'s ti is also running out..."
Speaking up to here, [Deceit] cast a faint glance at Cheng Shi. "But I don't believe it."
"???"
Cheng Shi was dumbfounded listening to this.
What did that an?
[Origin] also had no ti?
No, where exactly did the Universe's ti go? Who stole it? How co no one has ti!
These things the Fun God said were too terrifying. In the next sentence, aren't you going to tell
that [Ti] is [Origin]?
They were too similar, weren't they?
Although the amount of information in [Deceit]'s words was huge, Cheng Shi sharp-wittedly caught so details. He frowned tightly, staring intensely at [Deceit] and asked:
"You keep saying soone told you, soone told you...
I am very curious, exactly who under this Starry Sky knows more than you?
Is it that [Ti] without ti, or that [Fate] imprisoned by you?
[Ti] once told
that 'the road ahead is blocked' is [Fate]'s assertion. Since you run completely counter to [Fate], why have you started believing [Fate] at this ti?
Or is it that [Ti] finally deduced that that road also leads nowhere, and we only need to wait for death?
Since everyone is fighting for ti, Lord Benefactor, shouldn't we also save so ti?
Exactly what misgivings do you have that you cannot tell
these answers? Is it because your final plan still requires sacrificing the fixed destiny, and you're afraid I'll desert on the eve of battle?"
"..." That pair of eyes said with neither joy nor sorrow, "Then will you run?"
This question undoubtedly pronounced the clown's death sentence.
Cheng Shi paused, and finally felt relieved.
Sure enough, his guess was right. The fixed destiny could not escape death.
Since it was like this...
"If their future is as beautiful as I have imagined it to be..." He hooked up the corner of his mouth, full of longing. "I will not run."
"But if even fighting to the death cannot leave a piece of pure land for my friends..."
Cheng Shi clenched his fists tight, his gaze resolute. "Then my death will only be the next sar of blood-colored mockery!"
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