Behind-the-Scenes Puppeteer

The departure of Justice) wasn't particularly tragic, but it did catch people off guard.

After countless revisions to the [Covenant] clauses, the Gods' Covenant Assembly finally concluded. Although shackles remained, they had been reduced to the bare minimum. After all, the [Covenant] was an agreement, and agreements must have content. Cheng Shi reluctantly accepted this.

Everyone clearly had many questions about this sudden Change, but [Death] didn't seem to want to explain too much. He turned into White Bone Flood and left, with [Silence] following closely behind.

The gods looked at Cheng Shi, only to see Cheng Shi:

I'll explain later; perhaps it's time to tell you what to do next.

But before that, I need to go see Him first.

I still need to confirm one thing.

As he spoke, Cheng Shi also left that Starry Sky. As the Proxy of the [Covenant], his departure took away the brilliant stars, and the darkness of the Void swept back, reflecting on the faces of the gods and swallowing their doubts.

"Who did he go to see?" Hong Lin was still the one everyone was asking.

Zhen Xin and the Dragon King exchanged a glance and said in unison, "[Folly]."

That's right, Cheng Shi went to see [Folly].

[Folly] This vote is extremely suspicious. How could a god who constantly talks about Foolish Deed commit Foolish Deed himself?

If the world seems to have no answers, then why would He vote for Himself when replacing [Justice) ]?

Does this vote represent approval of the [Deception] scheme, or contempt for the entire plan?

If it's the former, then Cheng Shi might breathe a sigh of relief, but if it's the latter... he must find out exactly where the road ahead lies in [Folly] eyes, so that he can make preparations in advance.

In the past, as Mortals, he was powerless against [Folly] and had no desire to deal with [Folly]. But now, as the Proxy of [The Covenant], he felt that he might have the right to go and ask for a Foolish Deed.

And relying on the [Covenant]'s connection to the gods, he quickly found...

"!!!"

How could it be him?

Cheng Shi's pupils contracted sharply, and he stopped in front of a familiar figure.

He came looking for [Folly], but instead, in the place where he sensed [Folly], he met an old friend. This friend was not [Folly], but had many connections with [Folly].

Cheng Shi's expression was complex. He met the gaze of the person in front of him for a long time, then sighed and asked:

Where is He?

The person in front of him smiled, and he shook his head:

You're too late.

He has perished, right beneath your feet, right where you are standing right now.

"..."

If anyone else had stood here and said those words, Cheng Shi would have had to think about whether it was a lie. However, the person in front of him was a [Folly] Believer, the Top Rank on the Path to Godhood, and the one no one would doubt— Wei Mu!

Cheng Shi naturally had no doubt about this.

With the Cosmos situation having developed to this point, those who understand the big picture probably already have the answer. At this point, it's no longer a matter of deceiving or not deceiving. If anyone were to deceive, they would only be deceiving themselves. As for deceiving others... it's pointless.

Wei Mu remained the same Puppet- like figure; he had not changed in any way despite the Change in his status.

He gazed at Cheng Shi and chuckled softly:

"You must be very curious about why He cast that vote just now; I think that's why you came."

I can answer your question; it was a Foolish Deed.

"..." Indeed, in the eyes of [Folly] and [Folly] Believer, the actions of others are always inseparable from Foolish Deed.

I asked Him when He would die.

He never responded to me until today, when He cast his vote.

Rest assured, that was not His complete contempt for [Deception], nor was it a special warning with deeper meaning; He was simply giving Him an excuse, an excuse to die.

[Folly] often said that everyone in the Cosmos Foolish Deed, but He alone was able to remain virtuous. Although He had also committed some Foolish Deed, in His view, those Foolish Deed were not foolish at all, but even wiser than those in the Cosmos.

Self-deception is not the sole domain of Deception; at the very least, it is mastered by [Folly].

He knew that this Starry Sky could no longer contain Him, and He had witnessed the fall of too many gods. Proud as He was, He would not allow you to dethrone Him from that Divine Throne. So He deliberately committed an 'unforgivable' Foolish Deed, and then pronounced His own death.

[Folly] Dying from Folly, isn't that quite interesting?

Unfortunately, I didn't see Him in his disheveled state; before your arrival, I only witnessed the Void returning to silence.

"..."

For a moment, Cheng Shi was at a loss for words.

This is [Folly]; even in death, one remains Folly.

However, the death of [Folly] was somewhat expected, after all, the Old Gods would eventually fall, and Cheng Shi was somewhat prepared for this.

What caught him off guard was the identity of his friend— the Behind-the-Scenes Puppeteer the ingenious game. Was he really the person he thought he was?

Wei Mu saw through Cheng Shi's thoughts and nodded, saying, "That's right, you guessed correctly. I am indeed His Divine Authority."

"!!!!!"

Yes!

Instead of finding!

These two simple words can represent vastly different meanings.

After Zhen Xin expressed her conjecture that "[Folly] Believer might be [Folly] Avatar," Cheng Shi had a vague idea, but he didn't grasp it until Zhen Xin said again that her exploration was blocked by Divine Authority... Cheng Shi made a bold guess about Wei Mu's identity.

And now, this guess has been proven true.

Wei Mu is the Divine Authority that [Folly] has hidden!

What a master of hiding in plain sight!

Wei Mu seemed to have accepted his identity, chuckled self-deprecatingly, and continued:

"I know what you're worried about: that I've revealed the future of the world, and that you've become tainted with [Folly] will."

But I would say that this is where [Folly] is brilliant.

Under this Starry Sky, [Deception] is never the only player; [Folly] is too, and even surpasses [Deception] in skill.

He molded Divine Authority into human form, deceiving the Cosmos, and he deceived me as well.

Consciousness is a magical thing. When you are unaware of your true self, you will not carry the colors of your essential self.

This is why some fools, even when they are thinking the wrong answer, cannot be identified as false by Master of Deception.

Because he firmly believed in himself and fooled himself in complete ignorance.

I am such a fool.

I always thought I relied on talent to gather information, on brainpower to connect clues, and on intelligence to see through the secrets of the Cosmos.

But now the tide has gone out, and what's left swimming naked... ha, it turns out I'm the only one left.

My intelligence was not innate, but rather a gift from God, a fact I only recently came to realize and discovered.

That's why I say [Folly] is the best chess player in the Cosmos. He saw the 'future' of the world and told you through my words. In this way, Predestination will not be corrupted by will, and the world will have a future.

But this path was not paved by [Folly], but rather explored little by little by [Deception] from the Dawn of the Era.

He delivered the best answer within his power, but unfortunately, [Folly] did not consider it the answer; He still insisted that there were no answers in the Cosmos.

Friends, we're about to fight a tough counterattack, remember to vote!

I never expected Katarro to win the side story competition. It seems everyone needs a devout and perceptive Katarro assistant. The current queue order is (Li Jingming - Zhang Jizu - Wei Mu - Long Jing - Katarro). I'll see what tricks they can pull in the last two days... After 420,000 votes, it's still 10,000 votes to unlock one character. If I'm second at the end, I'll unlock them all at once! I should compile the relevant character information after the side story for everyone's reference. Today's segment review begins, and the sixth character's side story vote Candidate.

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