I Really Do Miss the Past, but Have You Had Enough of Your Act?

"Now, I'm curious, what would you choose?"

Great Cheng Shi stood to the side with a smile on his face, quietly waiting for Cheng Shi's answer.

There are no fixed options for Destiny's Choice. Once a player who believes they know the entire path of Destiny takes the initiative to make a choice, it will appear in the sight of every player.

This feeling is very similar to the pop-up event selection that appears after you've completed 90% of a game.

However, you need to fill in the options yourself.

When an option that matches the Trials clues is submitted, it becomes a public option for decision-making and appears before everyone, automatically receiving 1 vote.

If the submitted option does not match the Trials clues, the individual vote is considered a failure, the voting right is lost, and there are basically no points for this round.

The option with the most votes will become the direction of the next Trials, and Destiny will inevitably evolve in that direction.

Regardless of history or the truth, in His Trials, He has the final say.

Moreover, losers may also suffer some cruel twists of Destiny, simply because they stand on the side that goes against Destiny.

Seeing Cheng Shi frowning and struggling to make a decision, Great Cheng Shi shook his head and chuckled:

"Innocent and ignorant residents were used as Experiment subjects."

He is both the behind-the-scenes driving force and the Divine Envoy who safeguards the continuation of the town;

Zainjil, who created all of this but was defeated by the birth of consciousness of the Eternal Day, and was also abandoned by the Scholarly Council;

And then Scholarly Council, which is facing bankruptcy but can only watch from behind the scenes, helpless as the Experiment is doomed.

Even one more:

A hapless traveler, captured by the Tower of Reason and brainwashed by alchemical magic, was cast into this place...

The Candidate for [Destiny] must be relevant to the proposition. Since the truth is related to the False God, the party to be saved can only be someone or something that has a grudge against the False God.

All five options will be the answer.

Haha, you don't need to worry about it so much.

Because this is just a Trials, perhaps...

It can't change anything.

Cheng Shi curled his lip upon hearing this.

What if it changes?

"Do you care a lot about what I choose?"

"No, no, no, I was just watching... for fun."

"..."

I knew it.

Cheng Shi sighed and asked in return:

What do you think I should choose?

"You shouldn't ask me. I came back to have fun, not to take on responsibilities."

"Since nothing can be changed, what responsibility do you need to take?"

"Influencing your choices might displease Him."

"Hehe, you are me I Am You, so what influence do you have? Since that's the case, then give Him a suggestion."

Great Cheng Shi paused for a moment, blinked, and said:

"You really want to know?"

Cheng Shi wanted to nod, but whether it was because he had been standing for too long or because he had been thinking too much, he felt dizzy for a moment.

His knees buckled, and he fell forward, about to fall off the platform surrounded by the giant's corpse.

Great Cheng Shi reacted quickly and grabbed him.

"You are very weak."

"It's nothing. It's probably just a side effect of the Life Sage's resurrection. I don't feel like my body has recovered to its best condition."

As he spoke, he grabbed Great Cheng Shi's arm and stood up, immediately casting a Healing Art on himself.

"Go ahead and give me some advice. You found all the answers for me, so please help me to the end."

"..." Great Cheng Shi frowned and looked at Cheng Shi, slightly puzzled, and said:

"You have a problem. This isn't like you, or rather, this isn't like me."

Cheng Shi gave a wry smile.

Even the strongest person gets tired sometimes. I used to make decisions alone, but now I finally have some Nothingness, elusive support...

This feeling reminds me of when I was job hunting and asked an old man for advice...

Upon hearing this, Great Cheng Shi's face instantly darkened.

But he started laughing again soon after.

"It's good to be vigilant, but it's a bit too late. If I were a fake, you wouldn't have known the whole truth just now."

The old man didn't give me any advice when I was looking for a job...

I found the job myself, and only notified him after it was finalized.

You should miss the smile on his face when he found out you had a job, not...

What Nothingness and unrealistic advice?

However, I'm pleased that they can remain vigilant amidst such a dense barrage of information.

Great Cheng Shi shook his head with a smile, his nostalgic expression as if he were seeing his own cunning past.

Cheng Shi also grinned foolishly.

"I just felt that everything was going too smoothly, a bit unbelievable. Sorry, it was just an instinctive probing."

"No need to apologize. I would be disappointed if you didn't test me."

"Alright, stop stern. I Am You, and you are me. Now give me some advice, I mean, advice that will benefit me!"

Our principle is, never...

Cheng Shi interrupted Great Cheng Shi, staring into his eyes, and said earnestly, word by word:

"This is a rare opportunity, so take it now."

"..."

Great Cheng Shi laughed.

"You are smarter and more adaptable than I was in the past."

Okay, since you want it, my suggestion is:

Zainjil!

Cheng Shi's pupils contracted sharply, and he frowned, repeating incredulously:

"Zainjil?"

"That's right. If we can redeem him, perhaps we can help him get out of his state of life loss and regain control of the Experiment."

This also means that the Divine Authority of [Birth] and [Filth and Decay] will continue to be stolen.

If one day the Experiment succeeds...

"The greatest pleasure is for a Mortals to steal their Divine Authority."

Cheng Shi understood.

Great Cheng Shi's thinking still leaned towards reverence for his Lord of Grace.

So he nodded, seemingly lost in thought, and said:

"You really are His Believer."

"Otherwise what?"

So, what do you think of my suggestion?

So that's what you were planning...

I understand, but didn't you say, 'This is just a Trials, and perhaps it won't change anything'?

"When the show is about to begin, when He looks here, who can guarantee that the outcome, which was originally unchangeable, won't Change?"

"But this is Trials of Destiny..."

"Who told you that Destiny doesn't like to have fun?"

"?"

Cheng Shi was stunned.

[Destiny] Do you enjoy watching entertainment?

I think He enjoys watching me have fun!

He chuckled wryly twice, rubbed his face to relax all the muscles, and then gave a perfectly standard smile as he said to Great Cheng Shi:

"My teammates, it seems, have all been controlled by you..."

"Except for that Life Sage is currently exchanging feelings with Zainjil, yes, you could say that."

Do you want someone to die?

Or perhaps, you've taken a fancy to someone?

I think that young Singer is quite good, much better than the Wind Tamer Ranger. Why don't you consider her?"

Great Cheng Shi teased him, beaming with joy.

Cheng Shi laughed along, but as he laughed, the joyful smile faded.

"By the way, I don't think I've ever told you that I lost a teammate. How did you find out?"

Even if one less player entered this area, couldn't it be that he simply didn't come?

Great Cheng Shi seemed unsurprised by the question; he curled the corner of his mouth in a playful manner:

"Is it starting again?"

Okay, I can tell you.

As the opposite of "Memory", through my years of dealing with Him, I have also come to understand some ways to manipulate Memory.

Therefore, it's not difficult to know everything that happened here.

Cheng Shi suddenly realized!

"Oh, I see."

Does that mean you can also see my Memory through this method?

"?"

Great Cheng Shi never expected that he would be tricked like this, and he laughed loudly:

"No need. I just need to go through everything I've been through to know what your past was like."

Because I Am You, and you are me.

I remember our loneliness, I remember our pain, I remember being adopted by the old man, I remember our Regain New Life, and I remember...

"Enough!"

Cheng Shi rudely interrupted Great Cheng Shi's speech and laughed again.

But there was not a trace of empathy in his smile; instead, there was endless sarcasm and Indifference.

"Have you had enough of acting?"

I'm a little... tired of it.

"?"

Great Cheng Shi was slightly taken aback. He looked at Cheng Shi with a puzzled expression, his brows furrowed as if he was thinking about something.

Cheng Shi curled the corners of his lips, looked at the person in front of him with amusement, and clapped his hands with a sigh:

"Clap clap clap clap—"

What a brilliant performance, what a flawless disguise.

I almost fell for your trick.

That's amazing, really amazing.

However, as He said...

Unrehearsed performances always have some problems, but the actors themselves are often unaware of them.

But it doesn't matter, the audience saw it.

Let me tell you where you went wrong.

But before that, how should I address you?

Shaman?

Qin Chaoge?

The murderer we've been searching for?

Or perhaps...

Cheng Shi's smile vanished, and he stared intently at "Great Cheng Shi," uttering each word of the name with deliberation:

"Zhen Xin?"