But the Protagonist of the Trial Was Me!

Let's rewind a bit, back to the time when Li Yi and Gao San disappeared.

When Li Yi reached the ceiling in his Gao San, he found an opportunity.

He didn't disappear instantly because he turned into a pile of Playing Card; rather, he scattered a bunch of cards as an illusion, using Magician's trick to teleport himself away.

The location they moved to was precisely the same spot where he had previously tapped on the Experiment apparatus outside the door to remind Cheng Shi.

That one tap caused him to silently drop a playing card behind the blackout cloth.

Thus, the Magician's magic trick of making people disappear for the second time was performed.

When Li Yi appeared outside the door, his heart finally settled down, and he felt as if he had escaped Cheng Shi's clutches.

"Phew—even Magician get tired sometimes, it's time for the curtain to fall."

Li Yi had no other thoughts in his mind. He just wanted to leave this place as soon as possible, to leave this Experiment filled with chaotic thoughts, and then stop participating in the civil war of Deception, and find a place to quietly wait for the Trials to end.

He was exhausted; this Trials was far more exhausting than Trials other.

Exhausted, both physically and mentally.

But just as he lifted the blackout cloth to leave, he found someone standing in front of him.

Therius, the Scholar had just been chatting with him in the workshop, was now standing in front of him again.

It's him!

That Therius outside the door!

His expression seemed completely different from before; it was more gloomy and more terrifying.

Li Yi's pupils contracted sharply. He did his best to maintain his composure and smiled slightly:

"We meet again. How did you know I was here?"

Therius sneered, "No, I don't know, but he told me you were here."

As soon as he finished speaking, a "whoosh" sound came from behind Li Yi, and then a pair of wet hands locked him up from behind, just like Gao San had locked up his attendant back then, and hugged him.

Li Yi was shocked and turned his head in horror, only to find that the Experiment device behind him had already shattered, and an identical Therius had pounced out of it, looking at him with the same cold smile, and his face was pressed against his neck!

!!

Slices of Therius!

The Experiment setup contained not ordinary Experiment materials, but slices of Therius!

He guessed that the breakage of the Experiment device was not an accident, but he did not expect that the Experiment subject inside was actually Therius himself!

Moreover, his strength was terrifying, unlike that of a frail old man.

Li Yi's gaze sharpened, and the words Therius had spoken in the workshop flashed through his mind:

"At least the changes in human nature have given rise to many forces that are beneficial to living beings and help them overcome fear."

Strength!

So Therius, after cutting himself into pieces, also mutated and gained this power. He was not a Scholar who was powerless, but a warrior who was good at disguise!

At least his slice is!

Li Yi's hands were locked, rendering him unable to move. He quickly reviewed the information he was currently receiving, then said with a solemn expression:

"There's no need for that; there's still room for cooperation."

Therius looked at him Indifference and asked, "You like cooperation?"

"I wouldn't say I like it or dislike it, but I prefer to resolve differences through cooperation."

"In that case, how would I know if you've ever... worked with the person inside?"

"!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yi broke out in a cold sweat.

Oh no, I've gotten myself into trouble. I didn't expect Therius outside the door to be so cautious. He's wary that I might be a ploy thrown out by the Therius inside the door.

"I didn't..."

Before he could finish speaking, Therius stabbed Li Yi in the stomach with his hand.

He winced in pain and immediately threw out several Playing Cards from his hand to take the opportunity to move himself.

However, Therius's powerful attack severely injured him. After staggering a couple of steps, Li Yi stopped in the corridor of the Experiment Field.

This wasn't because he was too injured to run, but because in front of him, countless "splashing" sounds rose and fell as one after another, soaking wet Therius emerged from the petri dishes, rubbing his wrists.

They were not naked; instead, they were dressed in identical black clothes, the material of which looked similar to Prison Helmet.

So... this clothing can reduce damage?

There was no time for Li Yi to guess. The eyes of the Therius all turned to Li Yi, their identical timbres resonating in unison, converging into a strange and terrifying "chorus".

Do you know why there aren't many guards in the Experiment Field?

Because...

When there are enough people in charge, the presence or absence of guards becomes irrelevant.

Outsider, you should feel honored, for before you lies a great Divinity Sprouting Experiment, and the great Grand Scholar Therius, whose name will be etched in history.

Having witnessed all of this, you can die without regrets.

"Grass!"

Li Yi was as black as ink. He looked around and broke through to the place with the fewest people.

The Magician was indeed very powerful, taking down at least a dozen Therius during the breakout, but two fists can't fight four hands, not to mention there were more than four hands present, perhaps even more than forty hands.

Thus, amidst the increasingly fierce encirclement and suppression, and with his space for maneuver constantly shrinking, the Magician finally made a mistake.

Because he was a beat too slow in turning around, one of the Therius behind him grabbed his arms again, and countless Therius surrounded him, brutally tearing the Magician was skilled in many tricks, into countless pieces.

The performance has ended.

Li Yi is dead; at least in Therius's eyes, this Experiment subject has been erased.

Dozens of Therius cleaned up the scene, then turned to stare at the impassable wooden door, seemingly waiting for new prey.

What they didn't notice was that among the dozens of Therius, one Therius with a gloomy expression silently pulled up his wet coat to cover a dim green light, and then, quite "integrated," looked toward the familiar wooden door.

The Gao San did not escape.

No one expected that an Acrobat who was eager to escape the scene would not leave. With his audacious audacity, he cleverly wedged himself in the gap in the ceiling with exaggerated limb contraction and top-notch body balance, An Jing enduring the confrontation between Cheng Shi and Therius without moving.

After his teammate and Galiusha left one after another, the Iron Law Knight had no interest in investigating, because the Therius that Montrani and that the Great One needed was not dead, and it didn't matter who died.

So they didn't even bother to investigate the scene. After seeing Galiusha off, they left directly, leaving behind a mess that was neither safe nor convenient to clean up.

The room An Jing for a long time, so long that Gao San felt night was about to fall, before he quietly landed and stood before the deceased Scholar.

He heard everything, including the conversation between Cheng Shi and Lips of Foolish Play.

Now his mind is filled with this, filled with that "schizophrenic" teammate, Cheng Shi.

He seemed to be talking to himself, or to another personality? A personality called something like "Mouth Brother"?

Is he sick?

The Gao San student's face was extremely solemn, because this was not funny.

In other places, this might be a joke, but here, in the Experiment Field where personality fragments are extracted and created, don't his words further prove that he is very likely another personality fragment of himself?

After his five personalities were split off, he still had two personalities?

Is it absurd?

He felt a slight fear in his senior year of Gao San, and for a fleeting moment, an inappropriate question arose in his mind:

Am I really me?

Am I the Cheng Shi personality that was separated from me by this Concentric Dagger?

His gaze fell on the bloodstained "Daggers," and then he cautiously picked it up.

This looks like an ordinary Scalpel, so how did it become a "Concentric Dagger" that can split personalities?

In order to conceal himself, the Gao San only dared to listen and not to look, so he naturally did not know that Cheng Shi had switched the Concentric Dagger. What he did not know was that the Daggers that had been switched was the very one that Cheng Shi to shake hands with Li Yi, who had turned into a rat.

So, the instant he brought the Daggers to his eyes to examine it closely, the Daggers unexpectedly transformed into a Playing Card, and then with a "whoosh," it pierced through his throat.

The Gao San was stunned.

Wearing Prison Helmet, he couldn't see his neck, so he gently touched it with his hand, only to find a warm liquid inside.

"Huh? Acrobat?"

No, I am the Clown, the real Clown.

"Thump—"

The Acrobat ended his performance abruptly without even giving a closing remark, leaving behind a heart full of resentment.

Of the six remaining, three are determined by Destiny.

Let me clarify for those who are into the story: I didn't deliberately speed up the pace. This book is being written according to the original schedule, and it is indeed almost finished, about a week.

Finally, thank you again for your support and encouragement in following the updates!