I refuse!

Qin Xin left with Qin Xin.

After bidding farewell to the Hope's Flame once again, An Mingyu also left with Zhen Xin.

Cheng Shi did not entrust everything about [Destiny] to the Blind Man here. In his view, the [Nothingness] of the past had appeared together, so the [Nothingness] of the present should be the same.

[Deception] has waited for [Destiny] for an entire era. At the end of that era, [Destiny] should also pause for a moment and wait for [Deception] to travel with Him.

The Dragon King was still at the back; he clearly had more to say to Cheng Shi, but before he could, he suddenly smiled wryly:

"From a young age, when I was copying the deeds of my late master, I admired and envied his carefree life every day."

In times of peace, one should observe the wind and rain while guarding a crane in the garden; in times of chaos, one should take up a gun to kill the enemy and sacrifice one's life for righteousness.

Now that I've been copying scriptures for so long, I've finally found an opportunity to learn from him.

"?"

Cheng Shi was puzzled and frowned slightly as he looked at the Dragon King. He saw Li Jingming solemnly raise his hand, extract a Memory from his mind, and push Memory towards Cheng Shi, giving him an unusually serious instruction:

"I shouldn't know these things, but luckily no one else can see them except me."

Qin Xin only thought that the crystal coffin contained the lost Memory of [Destiny], little did she know that the Memory was just a facade, meant to conceal the essence buried deep within, and that essence was also a Memory.

The Hope's Flame recorded His thoughts here. Although I still have doubts about how He manipulates Memory, I think it's probably through methods left behind by [Deception]. After all, He once stole the Divine Authority of [Memory], and you said that the False Curtain Call was orchestrated by Him."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Shi suddenly had a bad feeling.

Why is this talk of False Curtain Call again?

Li Jingming did not stop; he continued:

"Cheng Shi, have you ever thought about why the Hope's Flame took Sun Miao away?"

"I know about this. He's impersonating Wei Mu, spreading news about [Origin]." Cheng Shi frowned. "I can imagine that letting the world know about [Origin] might be related to the future of the world, but I haven't grasped the key yet. Could there be a reason in this Memory?"

"Have.

[Deception] As expected of the Cosmos's best chess player, he seems to have never made a single dead move, not even False Curtain Call!

"!!!" Cheng Shi's pupils contracted sharply, and his heart tightened.

Even though I have succeeded [Memory], I never imagined that the past that only you remember would be so blatantly placed in the garbage dump of Memory!

The False Curtain Call was never a falsehood; it was a Change that will be remembered.

Sun Miao was spreading was not a rumor, but something that actually happened during that Change.

[Origin] did indeed come, but the eyes seen by the world may not necessarily belong to [Origin]; they could also be...

Li Jingming didn't utter the last word; he simply stared intently into Cheng Shi's eyes, tracing the outline of those pupils stroke by stroke.

It's not just similar, it's practically identical.

Upon seeing the Dragon King's reaction, Cheng Shi suddenly froze on the spot.

At this moment, he recalled Wei Mu's posture before he left. When he mentioned that False Curtain Call, Wei Mu looked into his eyes in the same way.

So what really happened at the end of that False Curtain Call?

Cheng Shi looked at Li Jingming with surprise and doubt in his eyes, while the Dragon King pointed to the cluster of Memory in front of Cheng Shi and said:

You will know, but I cannot know.

Cheng Shi, promise me you'll erase all your Memory of what happened before you died, so I can forget it all.

The purpose of Delusional Memories is to make [Memory] forget what it shouldn't know. I will piece together the Dreamless Mirror and the My Nightmare, Your Dream, and then forget my discovery, so that the true Final Decree of the Hope's Flame may remain forever secret.

This is the only way out, even if it comes at a price, I'm willing to bear that price.

I think they would be willing too!

Although this is not the future I envisioned, at least we shouted and resisted, and that's enough.

"Go ahead, Cheng Shi. To prevent me from 'cheating,' you must personally extinguish this Memory that shouldn't belong to me."

Once you've done all this, you'll see the 'Final Decree' left for you by the Hope's Flame on the crystal coffin.

Cheng Shi sensed the Dragon King's resolve, but without knowing the meaning of the 'Final Decree,' he couldn't understand its solemnity and gravity. After a moment of silence, he said:

"It's just a Memory, is it worth all this fuss?"

You are [Memory], inherently recording the past for the world. What is there that you cannot know?

"Yes, it is necessary," Li Jingming smiled. "As you said, what I remember is the past, not the future."

The choices we make now are crucial to the future.

Admittedly, I firmly believe that even knowing all this, I would still cooperate, but cooperation is a different kind of trust, not absolute belief!

Even if I forget everything, once you know what the Hope's Flame has done, you can still tell me.

It all depends on you, not me.

Fate Weaver, you always make me trust you, so can you trust me just this once?

"..."

Cheng Shi wasn't stupid at all. The Dragon King's strange attitude and relieved tone made him very uneasy. He wasn't afraid that the other party would forget something after this Memory was erased, but rather that the erased Memory was not only a Memory, but also a trust gap that was about to appear between him and the Dragon King.

Sacrificing one's life for righteousness...

Although the word is "heavy," it is not "good" for Cheng Shi.

The fact that the Dragon King was so determined to forget meant that the other party was certain that he would never tell him these things again after he forgot them.

But if certain things are kept from us, wouldn't that trust become a deception?

As an era draws to a close, should I still lie to my friends?

Cheng Shi hesitated, but soon he nodded as firmly as the Dragon King.

If deception can bring hope, then why not deceive?

I've always been a liar, haven't I?

Cheng Shi made a decision. He extinguished his Memory and, while the Dragon King closed his eyes to piece together [Delusional Memories], took all the Memory related to the Hope's Flame from the crystal coffin.

But when he saw what this so-called "Final Decree" was, his face turned pale, and he froze on the spot.

How so...

How so!!

This is the future that [Deception] has found for the world!?

But if this is the future, then what's the point of all this journey I've taken?

Perhaps this does make sense for [Deception]. Rebellion must eventually have a result. Even if [Origin] cannot be defeated, at least at some point He escaped [Origin]'s gaze and completed the betrayal.

But what about yourself?

What is this? Pulling out all the anchors you've cast into this world, retrieving the ropes binding you to it, and then embarking on a solitary journey with the world!?

No, I neither accept nor agree to it!

As Cheng Shi's expression Change drastically, the Dragon King slowly opened his eyes. He looked at Cheng Shi with a puzzled expression and said uncertainly:

What are you thinking? Aren't we leaving yet?

I seem to remember something you were going to say to me, Cheng Shi, you...?"

Cheng Shi looked at the Dragon King, about to speak the truth about the future of the world, but he swallowed the words back with difficulty.

After a long while, he lowered his head and shook his head, saying in a cryptic tone:

"Nothing.

Let's go, it's time to leave.