How long had it been since Truth had personally presided over an experiment?
Aside from Faith Fusion, which Truth had opportunistically promoted when Nothingness persuaded the gods to sign the covenant, most of the legends surrounding this second god of civilization, hidden behind the scenes, came from Truth's followers and the Truth Empire that had vanished from the Isle of Hope.
The small one was already this insane. How bad could the big one be?
As it turned out, truly terrible.
Among the gods present, no one besides Deception probably knew what Truth wanted to do.
Folly definitely knew, but Folly had left, and before leaving, had already characterized Truth's actions as a foolish endeavor.
Death and Birth could guess at some of it, but they still felt Truth might not be quite that bold.
Memory looked at the Starry Tome of Knowledge with a slightly cold expression. Memory could sense that Truth had stolen the authority of existence, but it was perfectly normal for gods to seize one another's authorities. Moreover, when Truth had asked Memory a question last time, Memory had been unable to provide the memories sealed away by Destiny. Naturally, Memory had no standing to stop Truth from exploring on his own now.
As for the other gods... at most, they were there to watch the excitement. Annihilation in particular could hardly wait for Truth to make an even bigger commotion, so that Annihilation could take the opportunity to annihilate some things he wanted gone.
Deception's eyes, their corners raised high, took in every reaction from the gods. Then Deception looked toward Truth and sneered mockingly.
"Do you think your foolish endeavor will have an answer?"
The Starry Tome of Knowledge did not respond. It merely flipped its pages faster and faster. Eventually, the entire book