Su Yida? No, No, No-Long Jing!

The Void, Jester Gathering Place.

The return of Squinty Old Zhang did not elicit any reaction from the Clowns. They had long known that the Gravekeeper would return, so Squinty Old Zhang's appearance was just as uneventful as his previous absence.

But Zhang Jizu himself was somewhat unsettled, because he had just heard from the Dragon King the whole story of the blood transfusion plan and the news of Zhen Xin a god.

With Zhen Xin's succession in [Chaos] now a foregone conclusion, two problems lie before the Gravekeeper:

Firstly, will I inherit my Lord of Grace's Divine Throne? And if so, what will happen upon [Death]?

Secondly, who will inherit the Divine Throne [Deception]?

Zhang Jizu was the one among the Clown who knew best why [Deception] couldn't be inherited by Cheng Shi. He originally thought Zhen Xin would take over the position of [Deception], but now it seems... things have Change?

He looked at the Dragon King with a puzzled expression, but saw that Li Jingming did not seem to be bothered by the question.

Zhang Jizu narrowed his eyes. "Someone has been chosen?"

Li Jingming smiled slightly and remained silent.

Zhang Jizu nodded thoughtfully, understanding. The Dragon King's unwillingness to speak indicated that something behind it might involve someone's secrets. And for a Clown to treat a secret so seriously, it was obvious that the other party was also likely a Clown.

But who could it be?

The Doctor is definitely out of the question; only he can fill the vacancy on the Divine Throne of [Truth]. Cheng Shi can't fill it either. And if we exclude himself, then it seems that only...

Long Jing?

Zhang Jizu looked at the Acrobat in astonishment.

He didn't mean to belittle Long Jing. President Gong has indeed gone far down the path of [Deception], but the question is, are his will and the will of [Deception] truly aligned?

One manipulates the Cosmos from behind the scenes, while the other is eager to step onto the stage and show himself. Although both of them are lying, not all lies are the same.

However, the focus of today's gathering is indeed President Gong.

At this moment, President Gong, who had been Deception and left Void halfway through his audience, was angrily denouncing Zhen Xin for her disloyalty.

He felt that if he had known earlier that Zhen Xin had inherited the [Chaos] Divine Throne, he would have had more room to maneuver and could have fooled those liars at the Audience Assembly even more.

In response, Zhen Xin snorted and scoffed:

Even if I didn't tell you, couldn't you have made it up?

"They've already lied, so what's the point of talking about being truthful?"

"?"

Long Jing was stunned; he felt he was being questioned!

What's most infuriating is that questioning it seems to be justified...

Yeah, why didn't I dare to go a little bigger? Why was my perspective limited to playing the Fool's Game...? Is it because I only saw the Cheng Shi of playing the Fool's Game, that's why I could only come up with this one idea?

Long Jing, you must learn to innovate! Copying others' ideas will lead nowhere!

At this moment, Long Jing became "isolated" again. He clearly felt that he had been quite glorious in deceiving so many swindlers at the Audience Assembly, but once he returned to the Clown, he became the one with the least imagination.

Whether it's Zhen Xin or Cheng Shi, these gifted but eccentric individuals always seem to take a little further down the path of Deception than I do.

Thinking of this, Long Jing looked around with a complicated expression, then comforted himself:

At least the Dragon King, Old Zhang, and the Doctor are slightly worse than me, but they're not the worst among the Clown... right?

The three people whose gazes swept over President Gong seemed to sense the emotional fluctuations within President Gong, and they all revealed knowing smiles.

They didn't reveal anything, but continued to ponder their own thoughts.

Soon, the convener arrived.

As soon as Cheng Shi entered the Graveyard, he looked up at the Tomb of Deception, which hung high in the air and illuminated the Jester Gathering Place, his expression complicated.

Upon seeing this, Zhen Xin immediately asked, "What exactly happened?"

He has left.

Cheng Shi's answer was concise yet ambiguous, making it difficult to judge at first glance.

Fortunately, there was some Long Jing on site. Unaware of the situation, President Gong immediately launched into a series of three questions:

Who left?

[Deception]?

Where did He go?

The question "Where did you go?" immediately jolted Zhen Xin awake. She raised an eyebrow and instantly guessed that the apparent self-destruction might have been a staged death to escape.

As for where [Deception] went... at this point, it has nowhere else to go but the True Universe.

Zhen Xin looked at Cheng Shi meaningfully, seeking affirmation, but Cheng Shi did not respond. He seemed unwilling to waste too much time on this matter and went straight to the point, talking about the plan to Jie Shu.

However, in the conversations among scammers, sometimes not responding is a response in itself. Zhen Xin understood that Cheng Shi his best to cover up the matter, so she stopped asking and listened silently.

"The current plan, which involves a lot of Jie Shu, has far exceeded my the First expectations."

To explain all of this clearly...

He looked at the Dragon King, nodded in greeting, and said, "I may need the Dragon King's help to retrieve this Memory so that everyone can have a look at it."

I initially thought it was just an accident, a trap set by the future, that my future self had gotten involved in some trouble and was thus assassinated.

But as I learned more about the Universe Truth, about Cheng Dashi, about the Fire Keeper, about Su Yida... I realized I was wrong.

Perhaps the Master of Trickery I met at the beginning wasn't surnamed Su, but rather...

Cheng Shi looked at Long Jing with a complicated expression, then met the gaze of the Acrobat and said, "... Long."

That's right, Long Jing, I've most likely met you long ago, even before the Fool's Society.

But at that time I had no idea it would be you.

Of course, he is not you, but he is also Long Jing.

"?"

What tongue twister?

There's no problem with the fact that the Master of Trickery is surnamed Long, after all, Long Jing plays the role of the Master of Trickery in the Jie Shu Plan. But what exactly are all these convoluted schemes that Cheng Shi is talking about?

Long Jing frowned, his questioning gaze returning to Cheng Shi and the Dragon King, trying to find an answer in their expressions.

The answer came quickly.

The Dragon King nodded, placed his hand on Cheng Shi's shoulder, and soon showed the Clowns a Memory.

When everyone followed Cheng Shi past Memory, all the Clown on stage, except for Zhen Xin, were stunned.

Especially Long Jing, he looked at Zhen Xin in disbelief, speechless:

"The Blind Man's prophecy was... was... was it from Cheng Shi in the future?"

Zhen Yi tricked everyone, but only you found the answer to the prophecy!?

Zhen Xin, as someone who knew the situation and experienced it firsthand, nodded:

"Yes.

It was from that time that I learned the name [Origin] from Cheng Shi.

Long Jing blinked frantically, patted his cheeks, then looked at Cheng Shi, his eyes wide, and asked in a surprised tone:

"And the person who brought all of this back was Su Yida? No... it was me!?"

At this time!?

In the plan to Jie Shu!?

Cheng Shi nodded with a solemn expression:

I guess that's about it.

The reason we've come this far and have the opportunity to come together is most likely because another world is Passing the Flame to us.

Countless Slice Universe eliminate incorrect options for other worlds through their own destruction, and then countless losers piece together clues for those who come after them.

Cheng Dashi's arrival not only brought me back to [Destiny], but also unveiled the prelude to the Universe Truth for us, and he 'destroyed' [Prosperity], which is the key to everything.

Another Cheng Shi once told me that [Prosperity] may not be the final answer, but it is the most prerequisite. Only by opening this gap can we possibly find the final answer.

As it turns out, after the fall of [Prosperity], we have indeed arrived at where we are now.

So now, it's our turn, those of us who have 'arrived in the future,' to Passing the Flame to other worlds. That's why I call this project the Passing the Torch Plan.

And you, Long Jing, will be the most important character in this plan, the Master of Trickery who went back in time to kill me with his own hands, Su Yida."

"..."