Even after returning to the rooftop, Kataro's words kept echoing in Cheng Shi's mind.
What did "but then again, you might" an?
It sounded as if Kataro was egging him on to "seize" greater power from above. But why did his tone carry the distinct impression that "if you dare ask, He might just agree"?
This wasn't an unfamiliar feeling. Cheng Shi had experienced it before — but usually only during audiences with his two Void Benefactors.
He knew sothing important must be tethered to him — sothing that had drawn the gaze of every god in the universe. Because he had never forgotten what mory had said:
'The gods are interested in you only because, in this era of the Void, the two masters of the Void have set their eyes on you.'
So was Chaos's goodwill a product of the sa reason?
Taking the thought further: Chaos had never refused Deceit's cooperation; He'd even recognized an "Ultraman" handpicked by Deceit as a genuine Envoy. Was it possible that Deceit's voice in their partnership carried far more weight than Cheng Shi had imagined?
And what Kataro's words truly pointed to wasn't the entity masquerading as Order inside the temple — but rather Deceit, who could equally "call the shots"?
'Did Chaos hand over the temple's proxy authority to the Fun God before leaving?'
'Not impossible!'
'In fact, the Fun God Himself wouldn't pass up such a golden opportunity to pocket a Chaos temple for free.'
Cheng Shi was probably right. The Fun God didn't just have designs on the temple — He'd already moved in!
That explained everything.
Kataro's coy, half-spoken deanor today clearly stemd from fear of sothing. But an actor playing the role of an Envoy had no reason to fear the Benefactor who assigned him tasks. So the only thing he could be afraid of was an "Outer God" who had "seized" control of the temple!
At this realization, Cheng Shi's eyes lit up.
If the Fun God truly held proxy over the Chaos temple, this was outstanding news. It ant Ultraman's authority could expand almost without limit — approaching that of a real Envoy upon His divine throne.
The temptation was imnse.
Cheng Shi quietly filed this away, resolving to test his Benefactor's reaction at the next audience.
At last, the post-trial Clown found a mont to breathe. He lay on his bed, idly scrolling through chat logs across every channel, thinking that as the situation fernted, more and more people would notice 0221's various anomalies and piece together clues about the experint from the deluge of information.
But Cheng Shi underestimated the players' capacity for action — or perhaps their appetite for drama.
He'd assud that even with the news out there, extracting useful intelligence from the noisy, redundant torrent would take at least two or three days of brewing. Yet barely a single night passed before soone discovered the thod 0221 used to "kidnap" players during a trial — and sold that information at a steep price.
The buyer turned out to be a sucker who then published the intel openly. So when Cheng Shi opened his eyes the next morning, the chat channels were already flooded wall-to-wall with guides on "how to join the Truth Ga."
Cheng Shi was gobsmacked. He began combing through the records, trying to piece together cause and effect, when the phone rang again. He picked up without hesitation. It was Big Cat again — and this ti, her fury was on the razor's edge of eruption.
"Cheng Shi, help ."
Cheng Shi's gaze sharpened. "You found her?"
"Yes. I know where Tao Yi is. I need manpower — the situation there is extrely complicated."
Cheng Shi had only just seen the news and hadn't yet figured out what this so-called "Truth Ga" actually was. But a sudden jolt struck him, and he asked uncertainly: "The sucker who bought the intel... that was you?"
"It was."
"...What did you pay?"
"My survival trump cards. I traded away every ergency lifeline I had from before I beca Frazor — and finally got the ticket to this garbage ga."
Hearing that, Cheng Shi actually relaxed. For Big Cat as she was now, the dangers she faced had long surpassed trial-level threats. A handful of ordinary survival asures were practically irrelevant.
Still, he was curious. The "admission ticket" was like the diocre Person Society's invitation cards — joining should be entirely voluntary. Why would everyone who received one want to go?
Moreover, if this ticket had a physical form, cautious players like himself might not even want to touch it!
Who would willingly interact with sothing unknown?
And strangest of all — if this ticket truly existed, why was it only coming to light now?
Had not one of the vanished players refused theirs?
Even gold wasn't to everyone's taste, surely?
Cheng Shi furrowed his brow, completely baffled — until Big Cat dispelled his confusion over the phone. And her explanation only deepened his sense of 0221's sheer madness.
"You can't even imagine what this admission ticket is. Before I held it in my hands, I never would have believed anyone could refuse it.
Because it's... a fragnt of divinity!
A fragnt of Truth's divinity!"
"A what?!"
Cheng Shi leapt to his feet, certain he'd misheard.
0221 was using a piece of divinity as an admission ticket to an experint?!
Where did he get that much divinity?
Why squander it luring experintal consumables instead of studying Truth?
'Seriously — who cons people using real gold?!'
"Shocking, isn't it? No wonder the information never leaked.
Of course not — when soone gets their hands on a piece of divinity, why would they tell anyone?
Not only wouldn't they — they'd do everything in their power to seal it inside their own body. And the mont they do, they've played right into 0221's hands.
I had it analyzed. This divinity isn't 'pure.' Or rather, 0221 has achieved an unthinkable breakthrough in divinity research — he's embedded within this fragnt a spliced sequence of other divinity, engineered for directional teleportation.
Do you understand what that ans?
It ans 0221 can already fuse scattered pieces into a disassembled puzzle!
He's pushed open that door. He's found an entirely new path — one that bypasses existing 'faith blueprints' and achieves preliminary divinity fusion at the 'microscopic' level of faith!
And this single step has no precedent in the entire history of the Land of Hope.
0221, that madman — he's broken the shackle that only gods could assemble divinity, and he's punched a peephole through the firmant, letting every mortal glimpse the divine thrones!
His kidnapping of Tao Yi makes
furious. But I have to admit — this madman isn't just a madman. He's also a... genius.
A genius who's touched the threshold of mortal truth."
"..."
Cheng Shi's breath seized. His pupils shrank to pinpoints as he struggled to process what he'd just heard.
But realization ca quickly. Genius or not, 0221's achievents weren't born from talent and effort alone. He also needed timing!
Yes — timing!
In the ancient eras of the Land of Hope, there had never been faith fusion between the gods!
So the tidal wave of faith fusion had truly arrived. And the first thing to be shattered by that towering deluge was humanity's understanding of divinity itself!
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