The Needle and Thread Hypothesis

Zhen Xin's early departure was not a retreat after the plan was completed, but rather a key step in clarifying the true purpose of the Jie Shu.

As one of the sixteen True God who overlook the Cosmos, no matter how well Mortals conceal their tracks, they cannot escape her gaze.

Soon, Zhen Xin saw Jie Shu use dazzling Jie Shu to shake off Cheng Shi behind him and appear on the top of a desolate mountain.

She chuckled softly, descending into the air above reality. She concealed her form with the ultimate power of [Chaos], and with a casual gesture, summoned the Clown, who had lost his target, to her side for an audience.

When Cheng Shi arrived, the Jie Shu on the mountaintop seemed to be making some preparations.

Cheng Shi stared intently at everything beneath his feet, and said, not particularly surprised:

"He really is going to conduct another Experiment!"

Indeed, since the Wise One's theory has only just been verified, he will naturally use the verified theory to carry out the next step of exploration.

Zhen Xin also observed with great interest, asking questions as she watched:

"How does it feel to be outmaneuvered, Lord Foolish Play?"

"?"

Cheng Shi didn't take it to heart, shaking his head and laughing, "I've been through so much together, I'm used to being schemed against by others."

Zhen Xin raised an eyebrow, not expecting Cheng Shi to say that. She smiled and said:

"This time it's different. The one plotting against you isn't a god, but a Mortals."

Cheng Shi glanced at her:

"It's not like I haven't been tricked by Mortals before. Before this, didn't you and Zhen Yi deceive me quite a few times..."

Besides, what's the difference between Mortals and gods? One simply lacks Divine Throne, while the other is fortunate enough to Divine Authority.

In this Experiment of the Creator, both humans and gods are pitiful Experiment subjects, beings lost and unable to see the way forward.

In essence, there is no difference.

"..."

When the topic escalates to this level, it means that casual conversation can no longer continue.

Zhen Xin looked at Cheng Shi with a strange expression, not as if she were looking at a friend, nor as if she were looking at a Clown, but as if she were looking at a "senior," a leader standing at the crossroads of the world who was about to guide the Cosmos.

This feeling was subtle, gradually blurring her memory of Cheng Shi's former self.

The Clown wasn't like this before; he was carefree, cunning, lazy, and always laughing, and his words sounded like they were laced with poison.

Now, however, he is calm and decisive, and his plans are well-thought-out. Although he still smiles often, the meaning behind his smile seems to have changed.

Furthermore, his tone increasingly resembled that of a high and mighty deity in the eyes of the world. Even though he was not a god, a faint "Divinity" still flowed from him.

Zhen Xin's gaze was slightly complicated. She looked at Cheng Shi and said softly, "You keep talking about being confused and about the essence of things. I feel like you're getting closer and closer to [Destiny]."

Cheng Shi was taken aback, then smiled:

"Predestination is Destiny."

He has already accepted his Predestination identity...

Zhen Xin remained silent and nodded quietly.

As the two were talking, the Wise One on the mountaintop finally completed all the preparations for the Experiment and opened another spacetime passage leading to the unknown on the mountaintop. However, this passage looked significantly more stable than the one on the rooftop.

Moreover, the surging [Memory] Divine Power emanating from it reminded Cheng Shi and the other person of the "Past Self in Memory" that Long Jing had previously possessed.

The Wise One indeed gained something from his plan!

Zhen Xin raised an eyebrow and said, " Those with the Jie Shu are eager to try and could step into it at any moment."

Should we stop them?

The Jie Shu this counter-strategy is to obtain the so-called 'connection method' we have, and President Gong's ring perfectly fulfills this requirement.

As expected of being ranked second on the Path to Godhood, only below Wei Mu, he was able to understand the beginning and end of the Experiment despite not making any moves in the previous Experiment, and quickly replicated a similar path.

Sometimes I wonder if these Wise One men actually have human brains.

Are they really players? Or are all the Wise One just Avatar of the [Folly] "?

"?"

Cheng Shi was stunned. Zhen Xin's words sparked a thought in his mind, and a vague idea flashed through his mind.

Instead of grasping at the thought, he asked curiously, "Why do you have this idea? Did the [Chaos] will inspire you?"

"No." Zhen Xin shook her head. "It's just that after observing from the perspective of [Chaos] for a long time, I find the power of [Folly], which sees through everything, to be quite incredible."

[Folly] is one thing, after all, He is a god, True God who has been Naming by [the Origin].

But aren't people like Wei Mu and Jie Shu... far exceeding the standard compared to ordinary people?

"Of course, he cheated, so of course he exceeded the limit."

If driving it makes you worse off than an average person, then what's the point of driving it?

"?"

My focus is on whether he used it or not; I'm not asking where the cheat came from.

Zhen Xin blinked and chuckled.

The Fate Weaver was still the same Fate Weaver; what changed was his attitude towards the world, not his inner character.

He will always be that Clown with the peculiar thought process, but the pressures of reality make it difficult for him to show such joy anymore.

"Make a decision quickly," Zhen Xin urged, her smile fading. "Otherwise, if Jie Shu to leave this Starry Sky, I won't be able to help you."

After saying that, Zhen Xin gave Cheng Shi a suspicious look and cautiously asked, "You don't actually want to go out with him, do you?"

"..."

Am I really that wild? Never home?

Cheng Shi's lips twitched slightly, and he gave a helpless smile.

He didn't plan to go out, because he would be scolded if he did, but he also didn't plan to stop the Wise One, because he couldn't be sure if the Wise One was the "thread" that stitched together the different Slice Universe.

His Jie Shu were so mysterious that everyone only knew he was an outsider, but no one knew his origins.

As everyone knows, Jie Shu is an "illegal immigrant".

He appeared suddenly and became the second-ranked person on the Path to Godhood. It was he who brought Su Yida into our world.

Don't you find this development strange?

Zhen Xin tilted her head. "What's so strange? Aren't there plenty of illegal immigrants?"

"No, he's not just a simple illegal immigrant."

Imagine a Wise One appears in the True Universe. Where would this Wise One's 'home' be?

He couldn't have appeared out of thin air; there must have been a primordial world that 'Birth' to him.

But where is this world?

Or, to put it another way, does a prototype of Jie Shu exist in our world?

Zhen Xin seemed to understand Cheng Shi's meaning somewhat, but she was still puzzled:

"Every world is different. Perhaps our world doesn't have Jie Shu, and it's the Jie Shu from other worlds that has come to our world?"

Cheng Shi shook his head. "I've thought about that too, but if you think about it carefully, you'll find that beings in different Slice Universe may have different Destiny and endings, but the premise is that they all exist, exist in every world!"

For example, you, the gods, the Clown, the Fated, and countless beings who are related to, Predestination, or have forced their destiny Predestination this point...

Once he is associated with something Predestination, he can never be a rootless duckweed.

This is not me praising myself, but rather the experience and lessons learned from countless worlds and countless Predestination, all built upon blood and tears. This Experiment unfolded precisely for the sake of the Predestination system, so everything that exists in relation to the Predestination must have its origin.

But the Jie Shu...

At least for now, we haven't found its origins, not even its Memory, which were severed after his arrival.

No one knows where he came from, nor what he went there for.

So I worry that he might not belong to this Starry Sky, but rather to...

Zhen Xin's gaze sharpened. "The True Universe?"

"Right!

Is it possible that he actually belongs to the True Universe, that his roots are in the True Universe?

I can't imagine what world could Birth to such a Wise One, who, without ever having any contact with me, left his own world to search for a Starry Sky without Predestination.

But if it was created by some being or certain will in the True Universe, and then used as the thread connecting countless worlds... that seems to be the only reasonable explanation.

Although we were outmaneuvered in this plan, it is also true that the Wise One helped us complete the Passing the Flame.

No matter how mysterious he was, no matter what he wanted to do, he did not cause any damage to the world, nor did he commit any unforgivable crimes.

The assassination was just a trap; his real purpose was to lure me into it.

"If that's the case, then I'm wondering, is it necessary for us to risk depriving other worlds of their 'needle and thread' by leaving the Wise One here?"

"..." Zhen Xin had never left the world. All her perceptions of the True Universe came from Cheng Shi's descriptions. Yet, based solely on these descriptions, she could directly imagine the wonders of that Starry Sky. There, perhaps nothing would be surprising.

"So you think he's not just a needle and thread, but a reusable needle and thread?"

Is that why you let him go?

Cheng Shi nodded. "I guess so, unless we can find 'proof of the Birth's of Wise One in our own world, otherwise..."

"No need for further discussion, the Wise One has departed."

Before he finished speaking, Jie Shu, with a solemn Jie Shu, stepped into the time-space passage.