Escaping [Origin]'s gaze

Beside the Sea of Desire, Land of Depravity.

Not long after the Poison entered the Sea of Desire, news came from Dolgo D.

The Doctor and several other "Experiment assistants" rushed over, looking quite excited. As soon as they landed, they asked everyone:

What is most important to the gods?

"Praising Fool's Game."

"..."

You'd better not be answering your own question.

Cheng Shi frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and gave an answer, "Faith."

"That's right! It's Faith!"

The Doctor was overjoyed and could not contain himself, exclaiming, "Praise the Fool's Game! Change is what Experiment strive for, and the unexpected is what drives the results!"

I found it!

I found that time, which, in fact, stemmed from an accident.

While I was contemplating the progress of the Experiment, I unconsciously shifted my gaze to the Truth Ritual beside me. The Truth Ritual is not merely a creation of [Truth]; it is also Vessel of [Truth]. The Faith in [Truth] remains, and so I saw Divinity dripping from the Vessel.

Perhaps because the Cosmos is thirsting for Truth, the rate at which Divinity drips is not slow, but it is by no means fast either. What is even more amazing is that neither extending nor shortening the time can change the rate at which Divinity drips!

At that moment, as I watched a drop of Divinity fall and another begin to Divinity, a sudden inspiration flashed through my mind:

If time is discontinuous, then existence itself is also discontinuous. In that case, can Faith... be continuous!?

Faith is the foundation of God. If Faith is not continuous, does that mean that at some point in the gap of Faith, God did not establish a 'connection' with His Believer?

But wouldn't not contacting someone mean not paying attention, or even being completely unrelated?!

Since they are completely unrelated, getting close or distant won't affect the two 'independent' 'individuals'. Isn't this the 'moment of negligence' we've been looking for?

Praise the Fool's Game!

This instantly inspired me. I pulled Long Jing along and began to observe the time pattern of the Divinity dripping from the Vessel. The overall time of the Divinity dripping varied depending on the level of Faith. The power of [Time] could not accelerate the condensation of Faith. However, our focus was not on the dripping process, but on the 'blank' time between the fall of the previous drop of Divinity and the condensation of the next drop!

I call it the 'Faith Interval'.

Then something interesting happened: no matter how fast the Divinity dripped, the interval Faith Interval remained absolutely constant!

While the power of [Time] cannot affect Faith, given the precision of [Time], we can certainly pinpoint this interval, and according to Long Jing's statement...

The Doctor understood perfectly; he knew that the Stage should be given to Long Jing at this moment, so he looked at Long Jing before he finished speaking.

All eyes turned to Long Jing. Unable to suppress a smile, Long Jing gave everyone a flamboyant bow and said mysteriously:

221!

This is not just a length of time, but also the number of time twists. Time twists are not infinitely long; each twist has an upper limit. Once the upper limit is exceeded, the twist cannot be completed, and the folded time will collapse completely. But this cannot stop me!

Through my extremely meticulous manipulation, and after 221 time twists, I finally observed the moment when the Old Gods divinity dripped from the Vessel and the New God divinity failed to take its place.

To put it simply, if we compare time to a black line on a canvas, then when observing this line, I zoomed in on the observation window 221 times, and finally found a pixel on the canvas that wasn't painted black!

And it's not just the Vessel [Truth], but also [Time], [Memory], [Folly]... We've examined all the Vessel we have at hand, and the Faith Interval is 'absolute,' it doesn't differ depending on the Vessel!

So..."

Long Jing stared intently at Cheng Shi, knowing that Cheng Shi possessed Dyed Vessel capable of activating all Faith.

"If we could gather all our Faith to create a Vessel that closely resembles the [Origin] Vessel, then at the moment when Divinity drips from the [Origin] Vessel, within that Faith Interval called 221, we would have the opportunity to escape the gaze of the [Origin], sever our relationship with the [Origin], and escape this Experiment!"

I think this is the greatest legacy that [Deception] has left us!

Cheng Shi, is that Vessel in your hand... the [Origin] Vessel?

"..."

It is, it certainly is.

Cheng Shi had already determined the purpose of the Dyed Vessel; he just hadn't realized that the hourglass was actually used for "timekeeping."

With a complicated expression, Cheng Shi took out the Vessel in his hand. The Vessel was now stained with many Faith, but some had not yet been activated.

Looking at the Vessel that resembled Silent Puppets, the remaining few stepped forward one by one, as Cheng Shi exchanged glances, to dye the Vessel.

Truth, [Folly], [Prosperity], Order...

Indeed, [Prosperity], Hong Lin finally passed the Divine Throne to the little fox before leaving. Tao Yi held the tender green buds in her hands, looked at Hong Lin from afar, and shed tears on the spot, bidding a silent farewell.

As Faith was poured into it, the Vessel Change shape continuously until An Mingyu stepped forward and poured in the power of [Destiny]. Suddenly, the Dyed Vessel stopped Change. Instead of turning into the shape of the [Destiny] Vessel, it began to flash back to its past appearance.

No, it should be said that it is flashing through the various forms of the fourteen Faith in sequence, according to the order of Path of Fate: [Life], [Sinking], [Civilization], [Chaos], [Existence], and [Nothingness], skipping over [Filth and Decay] along the way, and not returning to [Destiny].

The power of [Destiny] seemed not to have affected it, but rather brought about a "Change".

The Dyed Vessel detached from Cheng Shi's hand and floated into the air. In the process of flashback, a tangible Faith began to spread outward.

Cheng Shi's eyes darkened. He dared not determine whether the Change was good or bad, and could only wait and see for the time being.

Everyone was on high alert and rushed forward to Predestination Jiding behind them.

Countless Divine Power surged into the sky, isolating the Dyed Vessel from the Cosmos. However, the essence of Faith emanating from the Vessel began to resonate with the surrounding Divine Power, accelerating its spread.

Before long, a tangible form of Faith began to weave a rough outline around the Vessel, and the onlookers realized that the Vessel seemed to be being reconstructed, though what it was about to be reconstructed into remained a mystery...

Upon seeing that somewhat familiar silhouette, all the Clown fell silent for a moment.

"!!!!!"

"Divine Throne!?"

That's right!

After gathering fourteen Faith, the Vessel floating in mid-air actually pieced together a Divine Throne with tangible Faith. The shape of this Divine Throne was almost identical to the one that Cheng Shi brought back from the Gods’ Graveyard in the True Universe!

It wasn't broken; on the contrary, it looked remarkably intact.

Perhaps this is what that Divine Throne truly looks like.

Although the Faith was as solid as a tangible substance, once the Vessel was reconstructed, that solidified Faith vanished with a roar, leaving only traces of Faith existence. It then shrank back to its normal size and slowly floated back into Cheng Shi's hand.

Cheng Shi's pupils contracted sharply as he looked at the "blank" miniature Divine Throne in his hand. He finally understood what kind of thing it was.

"This is...?"

"The Blueprint." Cheng Shi gripped the object in his hand tightly. "It's used to piece together the Blueprint for that Divine Throne."

That Divine Throne isn't just Divine Throne; it's exactly what we want...

[Origin] Vessel."