The second of three blades
To some extent, President Gong is a master of time management.
After all, an actor who can't manage their time can't win the audience's favor and attention.
On his journey to find the Dragon King, he had already contacted the Doctor through the Clown's contact information, so when he emerged from the My Nightmare, Your Dream, Wang Weijin had already jumped out of the Trials and was waiting for him at the Gathering Place for a long time.
The Doctor, still with his serious Scholar demeanor, leaned against [Truth]'s tombstone, reading his Experiment notes. Seeing Long Jing arrive, he looked up in surprise and asked:
What's the urgent matter?
"Praising Fool's Game."
That's right, Long Jing's message to the Doctor was just four words: Extremely urgent.
Upon receiving the message, the Doctor immediately understood and arrived at the gathering place of the Clowns. He looked at President Gong, who was constantly checking the time, and felt that something big had happened that he was unaware of.
Long Jing wasted no time. He immediately dropped a page from the Memory book made by the Dragon King and left the Void to find his next target: the talkative [Silence] Chosen of God.
Chen Shu is not like Clown. Long Jing rarely communicates with the other party. Zhen Yi, who shares the same Faith, is troublesome enough. Only a lunatic would want to be friends with Chen Shu.
Now it seems that Cheng Shi was the lunatic, no, it should be said that Fool's Game was the lunatic, otherwise why would he play two roles just to fool an Acrobat?
No normal person would do such a despicable thing.
Besides Zhen Yi.
Seeing that Long Jing was racing against time, the Doctor immediately realized that the Clowns ' "mission" was not simple. He first glanced at the My Nightmare, Your Dream standing behind the [Memory] tomb, and then opened the book to absorb the Memory within.
Every detail of the entire Memory is shocking enough, but for Wang Weijin, the most shocking thing is that Cheng Shi was just Fool's Game.
The moment he saw Cheng Shi confess, all sense of Truth vanished from his mind; all that remained was the image of him repeatedly shouting "Praise the Fool's Game" in front of Cheng Shi...
Some people are dead, but they still live on; some people are alive, but they are already dead.
The Doctor's hands, which never trembled even when conducting Experiment, were now trembling slightly just from holding a piece of paper!
Fortunately, the Believer [Truth] is most adept at reflecting on his own "failures." He quickly adjusted his state, entered "Experiment mode," and began to analyze the Lord Foolish Play's "commands" word by word.
There's no way around it. Even if it's so embarrassing that you'll tear your shoes apart with your toes, the Faith and devotion written in your soul won't change. To others, this might be Cheng Shi calling for help from the outside world, or calling on Clown to save the world. Those being asked for help can choose to respond, or of course, they have the right to refuse.
But for the Doctor, this was far from a plea for help; it was an order!
Lord Foolish Play has spoken; I must complete the task.
Even though he was once Chosen of God of [Truth], the phrase "Doctor - [Decay]" made Wang Weijin fall into deep thought.
To be honest, all his connections with [Decay] were in the Experiment, the deepest connection being with 0221's Experiment body, pieced together from half [Prosperity] and half [Decay]. Based on this alone, he couldn't determine why Lord Foolish Play had sent him to search for [Decay].
But the brilliance of Cheng Shi's Cheng Shi lies in the fact that while others might think, hesitate, and agonize when they don't understand, wasting time, the Doctor, who Faith Fool's Game to the core, will not; he will simply obey orders first!
Therefore, even though the Doctor had not yet understood Cheng Shi's meaning, he still tried his best to attract [Decay]'s attention.
To be honest, as Believer "Truth" who had been using "Decay" as Experiment consumables for years, the Doctor was somewhat apprehensive when he asked to see "Decay." He didn't know if "Decay" would summon him.
On the other hand, precisely because he is Believer [Truth], he understands best how to achieve the "Experiment objective" most efficiently.
He included "the plight of Lord Foolish Play" in his prayer, and to highlight Lord Foolish Play's dire situation, he suppressed his self-reproach and slightly blasphemed him by changing Fool's Game's name to Cheng Shi, using the misery of Mortals to beg for the mercy of the Decay.
The Doctor believes that since Lord Foolish Play is going to find [Decay] himself, perhaps the other party already has an agreement with [Decay], and he only needs to do his job.
Little did he know that the agreement never existed, Cheng Shi's move was still a risky gamble!
The Clown was not only considering who could save him, but also who could see [Decay] on his behalf. [Decay] values mercy the most, and He Himself is begging for the mercy of [Origin]. Therefore, only someone who can clearly explain His dire situation has the potential to resonate with this [Sinking] Second God, thus granting Him a rare opportunity to be seen when the tide of [Decay] recedes in the Cosmos.
After much deliberation, Cheng realized that only Doctor who treated everything as Experiment could handle the task, so Cheng Shi wrote the Doctor's name on the second Daggers.
As expected, the Doctor, who had never seen the [Decay], was dragged into the Blood Rot Tomb by the aging giant. Seeing the giant almost turn to bones, Wang Weijin in the middle of the tomb without saying a word.
He didn't know what to say, and he also knew he shouldn't say anything.
In this audience, he was merely a messenger, a mascot responsible for delivering messages. Everything that needed to be said was clearly stated in the prayer. As for how [the Decay] would react afterward, that was entirely up to the will of "God".
As Believer the "Truth" who understands variable Experiment best, Wang Weijin knew that as long as he, the external variable, didn't speak recklessly, didn't interfere with the judgment of the internal variable "Decay," and didn't unnecessarily change the Experiment environment, the task assigned by Lord Foolish Play would be successfully completed.
As expected, the giant, rotten to the point of complete ossification, ignored the Mortals before him and instead murmured in a buzzing voice:
I already understand its meaning...
I never imagined that the [Deception] would originate from beyond the Cosmos... So perhaps there are countless others like me suffering the same pain... begging for the same mercy...
I was wrong... I should have known... that [Deception] Believer was also a pitiful person...
It's too late... What's done is done... There's no turning back... I must be the first to Decay among the many... to win His mercy...
As for the pitiful [Deception] Believer... it is not I who should show them mercy... but [Nothingness]...
Go ahead... there's nothing here that you're looking for...
After saying this, the ossified giant closed his eyes, and even his huge skeleton began to rot, his bones cracking inch by inch, and his white bones scattering into ash. At this rate, it wouldn't be long before [Decay] disintegrated on its own in the Blood Rot Tomb.
The Doctor dared not say more and bowed slightly to the giant.
But when he looked up again and saw the handfuls of fallen divine ashes, a thought flashed through his mind, and he suddenly realized that this thing should be one of the best materials for Divinity Experiment in the Cosmos.
If we take just a little bit...
Fortunately, the thought had barely formed when he was swept away by a terrifying Sighing Tide.
Back at the Jester Gathering Place, the Doctor was filled with lingering fear and broke out in a cold sweat, thinking about how he had almost made a mistake and ruined Lord Foolish Play's mission.
Never speak the Truth it's inappropriate; remember this for next time!
"Praising Fool's Game."