Audience Assembly · [Origin]

[Deception] still hasn't mentioned a word about His plan.

Cheng Shi gradually calmed down, he had actually guessed this outcome long ago, because [Time] had said that [Deception] had lost its qualification to guide.

Cheng Shi understood what this meant. To find the path to the future, the Predestination will must be close to the [Origin]. However, everything [Deception] did was moving away from the [Origin], so it could not pollute itself with its His Will.

Furthermore, the God of Merriment possesses a wisp of [Origin] power, which He obtained by using Himself as bait through False Curtain Call. This wisp of [Origin] power is also problematic!

Zhen Xin, who summoned the Space-Time Storm for herself, and the Big Cat possessing the power of the [Origin] both desperately warned themselves not to touch the [Origin] power. So, is it truly a countdown to the world's destruction?

Just as he thought of this, the pair of eyes in the Void nodded:

"Yes.

When the power of [Origin] descended upon the world, the Experiment time allotted to the petri dish was locked. This meant that no matter how much the world struggled, as long as there was no result, it would eventually collapse completely when the Experiment time ended.

This timeframe, according to [Time] speculation, is the span of the [Nothingness] era.

Therefore, the idea of everything returning to Nothingness is not the expectation of Nothingness for the Cosmos, nor the understanding of the times by the gods, but a cruel countdown under the Experiment truth.

To save the whole world, we must find a way before this era ends.

Cheng Shi's heart tightened. He almost "ignored" all other information, his mind focused solely on the words "find a way before the era ends." The pressure from those few words made him feel suffocated, and he blurted out urgently, "When will the era end?"

"Oh."

[Deception] chuckled self-deprecatingly, "That's the most crucial question. Neither I nor [Time] can say when the countdown will end."

But we all sensed that moment was approaching, because the destruction of other worlds would come at the latest shortly after the Audience Assembly...

Don't be so nervous. The "short time" here is relative to the length of an entire era. From the perspective of human time perception, there may still be quite a lot of time.

Who could have imagined that the game, which was originally created to understand the will of the [Origin], would have its fabricated rules become Predestination part of the game?

[Time] is so busy, precisely because it is racing against time for this world.

Hearing this, Cheng Shi tensed up again. He Storm his brains, but still had many questions. Frowning, he asked again:

"Predestination will cannot be corrupted. Okay, I understand and accept that."

But surely this so-called future can't be about a Mortals nearing the end of an era, still completely ignorant, instantly reversing the Creator's Experiment?

Lord of Grace, I heard from Wei Mu his speculations about the Fear Faction' plans, and you should know what I'm thinking.

I just want to ask, was his guess... correct?

[Deception] glanced at Cheng Shi without any joy or sorrow, then looked away without responding.

But that one glance sent Cheng Shi's mind into a frenzy!

It's true!!!

It's actually true!

The plan of [Deception] and [Time] is definitely the conjecture that Wei Mu mentioned: to let the Predestination replace the gaze of [Origin], thereby stripping the world from the Experiment!

Otherwise, at such a close moment to the truth, someone who orchestrated an era of Deception would never have allowed themselves to risk going Wrong Path!

His silence is His affirmation!

But the question is, how to replace him? How to deceive the real Experiment's organizer, that supreme Creator [Origin]?

Relying on that wisp of [Origin] power that was fished out?

No, Zhen Xin from the [Chaos] of Another World said: Do not touch the power of the [Origin], do not use the power of the [Origin], and do not retain the power of the [Origin]!

The power of [Origin] is a deadly Poison that will plunge the Cosmos into crisis.

If that's the case, why did the God of Merriment still need to fish for that wisp of [Origin] power?

Cheng Shi thought, Cheng Shi could only come up with one answer: to use this wisp of [Origin] power to calculate the true end of the era and find the exact moment when that world would eventually return to Nothingness!

He abruptly raised his head, looked into those eyes that were no longer filled with joy, and asked nervously:

"Is that so, my Lord of Grace?"

[Deception] looked down at His Believer again and gave a cryptic chuckle.

Good idea.

It's a pity it's a bit immature.

Those who strategize should not only scheme against others while neglecting their own interests. When an era is drawing to a close, knowing that a dead end lies ahead, yet still using the only strength at hand to measure the distance between oneself and that dead end, is not a waste, but foolishness.

"..."

Fortunately, the Clown's stupidity did not affect his Lord of Grace.

"The power of the [Origin] has its uses, provided I possess it again."

"???"

What does it mean to have it again?

You already had it, and it only lasted a few days from the False Curtain Call to the Audience Assembly, and you've already used it up?

Even if you have money, you shouldn't spend it like this, right?

Etc!

Thinking of this, Cheng Shi suddenly froze.

He wondered, if the Blind Man's prophecy during the Trials brought a trace of [Origin] power to this world, then wouldn't the prophecy of [Destiny] at the Dawn of the Era... also contain a trace of [Origin] power?

No wonder God of Merriment said the countdown spanned an entire era. Cheng Shi was too nervous to notice; it turns out that the world's destruction was already predetermined the moment the era began...

What a Nothingness era!

This is not a path to Nothingness; it is clearly silence within Nothingness!

But what was that the First wisp of [Origin] power used for?

Although Cheng Shi was Predestination, he was, after all, just a Mortals life, having lived for a mere twenty-odd years. He had not participated in the vast span of time and countless years in the Isle of Hope, so naturally he could not find any trace of that [Origin] power.

But he was eager to know where this crucial power had been used, because in the current state of "no guidance," the traces of the [Deception] scheme were very likely the clues to finding the answer.

So he looked at his Lord of Grace again, and when he saw the dim starlight in those eyes, a sudden thought flashed through his mind.

"!!!"

"My Lord of Grace, at the Dawn of the Era, when the [Nothingness] descended, the two [Nothingness] Dominion saw no glittering stars, but now..."

The starlight you see is a projection of the [Origin] power onto your Divine Body, isn't it!?

"..."

Perhaps having long anticipated this day, [Deception] chuckled self-deprecatingly and shook his head:

"People all think that the Eye of Nothingness is dazzling, but they don't know that what is truly dazzling is the Origin, not the gods."

The Puppet on Stage are ultimately just Puppet, nothing more than puppets controlled by strings.

That's right, the starlight you see is a manifestation of the [Origin] power. The starlight in my eyes is dim now, not because I've exhausted it, but because I never obtained it during that False Curtain Call!

The merciless Creator never even glanced at this Starry Sky, not even when [Destiny], since its inception, had called Predestination it.

This is [*He], this is the one who presided over the Experiment, the true god devoid of any emotion, [the Origin]."