The underground space was not small, and Cheng Shi was moving fast.
There were no more obstacles ahead. He sprinted onward, thinking as he went.
The investigation had gone too smoothly, filling him with doubts. From the beginning of the trial until now, he had barely taken a wrong turn. It felt as though someone was pushing him along. But who was the hand behind it all?
His teammates?
No, they did not seem to have any problems.
Hu Xuan went without saying—she definitely could not be plotting against him. As for people like Meng Youfang and Chen Yi, although they could not be judged by ordinary logic, they were far "simpler" than ordinary people, because they always put their malice out in the open.
Square and Round was a possibility. Although he had always been the one directing the trial's pace, this believer of Order had appeared at every turning point that pushed things forward. Still, judging from what he knew of him, this player could absolutely not be called bad. Besides, he did not seem to crave or covet Truth.
The remaining person did covet Truth intensely, but Wei Zhi's thoughts were easy enough to guess. This deeply calculating president of the Rationality Association was probably waiting for him and the Grand Scholars to suffer losses on both sides before reaping the benefits?
Although he had come to assist with the experiment, how could the Grand Scholars, who were about to drive out the invaders, trust a strange outsider?
Conflict was therefore inevitable, and Wei Zhi might well be waiting for it to erupt.
What he coveted should be the knowledge of the Scholarly Council and that "all-powerful" Truth Ritual, right?
Thinking about it that way, he really could have obstructed the experiment from continuing. After all, if