Identity Exposed?

"No..."

Chen Fan lowered his head, avoiding the "gaze" of the God Statue.

He tried his best to hide the panic in his heart: "I, I'm fine."

His mother frowned.

As the person who understood Chen Fan best in this world, she keenly sensed that something was wrong.

To be precise, ever since Chen Fan suddenly locked himself in his room a few days ago, she had vaguely sensed something abnormal.

At first, she thought it was just due to the excessive psychological pressure Chen Fan was under after just becoming a God Chosen.

But now, it seemed her initial guess was a bit off.

She finally couldn't suppress the confusion in her heart: "Xiao Fan, what's been wrong with you these past two days?"

"Why do I feel..."

His mother hesitated repeatedly, finally voicing the doubt that was stuck in her throat: "...like you've become a different person?"

The moment he heard these words, Chen Fan felt a tremor in his heart.

This is bad.

Was the identity he had tried so hard to hide about to be exposed so quickly?

Feeling the atmosphere around him gradually solidify, Chen Fan's mind raced, searching for a response.

Too much pressure?

No, that excuse had already been used. He needed to come up with a new line of reasoning.

Should I just reveal the truth and say I found out there's something wrong with the God?

Don't be ridiculous!

Saying that to a devout believer, wasn't that just pure suicide?!

Neither of these options worked. For a moment, Chen Fan felt utterly flustered.

Just as Chen Fan was feeling anxious, One's voice suddenly rang out in his mind:

Chen Fan, don't fall into the Self-Proving Trap.

Chen Fan's heart skipped a beat, and then he suddenly understood!

The so-called Self-Proving Trap is when a person, upon being questioned, immediately tries to prove themselves.

But in fact, the moment you try to prove yourself, you've already fallen into a disadvantage.

No matter how he answered the question his mother posed, he would ultimately fall into a dead loop of self-justification.

He couldn't perfectly prove himself, and his mother would have more questions because of his answers—one lie often requires more lies to cover it up!

'One, thank you.'

Chen Fan expressed his gratitude to One in his heart.

This is what this unit should do.

The electronic synthesized voice continued to ring in his mind:

You should quickly think about how to solve this problem. This unit cannot analyze human nature and cannot help you with this.

After realizing he had fallen into the Self-Proving Trap, Chen Fan's stagnant thoughts instantly cleared up.

As the saying goes, whoever asserts must prove.

But asking his mother to provide evidence was definitely not feasible.

As for the reason...

He was indeed a fake!!!

What if his mother really came up with something concrete? Wouldn't he be shooting himself in the foot?

Given this, the only way to solve this problem was to approach it from another direction:

Instead of proving himself, he should shift the conflict to a third party!

Who was the third party? In his opinion, there was no better scapegoat than the God!

Chen Fan took a deep breath: "Mom, don't you feel it?"

"What?"

His mother was stunned by Chen Fan's question, and her praying motion involuntarily stopped: "What do you feel?"

Chen Fan's face showed just the right amount of confusion and unease: "Recently, it seems God's attention to us has become much closer."

"I remember, God didn't used to be so frequent..."

"Silly child."

Before Chen Fan could finish speaking, his mother interrupted him: "Is that what you're worried about?"

Seeing Chen Fan nod, his mother smiled with relief, clasped her hands together again, and turned to look at the God Statue in front of her: "Xiao Fan, God is everywhere. He pays attention to every one of His believers."

"But not all believers are qualified to listen to God's teachings."

"You are now a God Chosen, a person personally chosen by God. You should receive more."

Had it been yesterday, Chen Fan's attitude towards these words would have been one of disdain, but now...

A storm was raging in his heart!

'God is everywhere.'

In Chen Fan's opinion, this statement was not accurate.

The accurate statement should be that God Statues are everywhere!

If his judgment was correct, the God Statues should be the tools used by the so-called God to monitor believers!

Thinking back carefully, the times when the God spoke were always during worship of the God Statue!

Because of this, the so-called God did not discover that the original owner had died, nor did He discover the abnormal events that happened in the room last night—the God Statue was in the living room, and He could not "see" the scene in the room through the door!

After figuring out the truth behind the various strange events, a thought that made Chen Fan want to laugh suddenly popped into his mind.

The God Statue could emit a stiff electronic synthesized voice, could give corresponding answers to questions asked around it, the content of the answers had obvious template traces, and it could also monitor the surroundings...

This...

This wasn't a God Statue at all, this was practically a Smart Speaker made into the shape of a God Statue!

Adding in the "voice-activated incandescent lights" in the room...

Wasn't this a complete set of Smart Home devices?!

Also realizing the problem, One's voice became slightly more serious:

Find an opportunity to get close to the God Statue.

In visitor mode, the smart terminal has a low-power basic scanning function.

This unit can help you simply probe the internal structure of the God Statue.

Chen Fan was overjoyed upon hearing this!

If he had known about this function earlier, he probably would have given this pretentious God Statue an X-ray a long time ago!

You didn't ask before...

Chen Fan: "..."

"Xiao Fan?" Looking at Chen Fan standing frozen in place, his mother asked with some concern: "Do you understand what I said?"

Chen Fan naturally nodded repeatedly in response to his mother's question.

Not only did he understand, he was already thinking about taking an X-ray photo of the God Statue!

A corner of the mysterious veil covering the God had been lifted, and more confusion immediately surfaced in Chen Fan's mind.

What was the deal with the God Chosen?

Were these devices, which looked so much like Smart Home devices, really bestowed by God?

If that were the case... wouldn't this God be a bit too low-level?

Furthermore, couldn't the people in this world see that there was something wrong?!

Holding such doubts, Chen Fan slowly stood up from the prayer mat.

Suddenly!

"Bang!"

A dull thud came from outside the door, interrupting Chen Fan and his mother's actions.

Before Chen Fan could react, his mother's face had already turned ugly.

"They're here again, those beasts are here again..."

Saying this, his mother hurried towards the front door.

The confused Chen Fan naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity, and he jogged to keep up with his mother's pace.

As soon as he reached the front door, he heard a noisy commotion coming from outside the wooden door.

"Damn it, it really is those beasts!"

His mother clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and began to pray: "Lord..."

Looking at the mixture of shock and anger on his mother's face, Chen Fan frowned and subconsciously asked, "Who are they?"

"They?"

His mother opened her eyes and looked at the closed wooden door through gritted teeth: "They are a bunch of rats living underground, who can't see the light!"

Her face was contorted, and her eyes were filled with hatred.

Perhaps blinded by hatred, his mother at this moment did not notice the abnormality of Chen Fan's question.

Rats who can't see the light?

Listening to the noise outside the door, a vague guess immediately popped into Chen Fan's mind.

Could it be that in this world ruled by God, there would also be "gangs"?

What about the claim that God is everywhere?

Could a dignified God not even solve a small "gang"?