Fool's Society, No. 15

Cheng Shi felt a little embarrassed by the stare, so he took a few steps back and waited for the Puppeteer to separate the Divinity.

But when he saw the large amount of [Prosperity] Divinity extracted from Zuo Qiu Yan's body, even though he was mentally prepared, he still didn't expect the amount of Divinity to be so large.

It's almost as much as the portion of the [Prosperity] Divinity that Su Yida brought back back back then!

But you have to understand that Su Yida comes from the future. Just because he can find it doesn't mean that people in the present can!

Thinking about it, wow—this Puppeteer is quite something.

So, did she also try to pay homage to "Prosperity"?

If you go to such lengths to meet with other "them," will your "silent" Lord of Grace agree?

You don't think that His silence means He's tacitly agreeing, little sister?

Cheng Shi was somewhat stunned.

Retrieving so much Divinity from a not-so-spacious space will cause extraordinary phenomena; soon the entire main house will become lush and verdant thanks to the nourishment of this Divinity.

The Fungus-Footed People outside, seeing the Change in the main house, became even more devout. Look, this is His Divine Envoy of God; even discussing matters is so... prosperous!

As Hong Lin skillfully sealed these Divinity into her body, she looked at Cheng Shi and teased him:

"I've heard some people say that I like to use my teammates as experimental Experiment. Aren't you afraid I'll use you as Experiment now?"

"..."

Tao Yi is such a big mouth!

I've come to understand now; this world is just one giant mouth!

Everyone's a big mouth!

Cheng Shi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and chuckled dryly, "We're all teammates, how can we not? Hurry up, hurry up, we need to finish this and we'll be leaving soon. After we send this Puppeteer away, it'll just be the two of us bald guys left. Winning the Trials will be a long and arduous journey."

"Tch, let's change the subject."

Hong Lin chuckled twice and quickened the sealing process.

Cheng Shi standing to the side. He observed the method by which the Chosen of God sealed his Divinity while silently hypnotizing himself.

Yes, hypnosis!

He's repairing the trap that Jiang Wu Mei triggered!

When the Dream-Peeking Ranger entered his dream, Cheng Shi's backup plan was triggered once again.

This was a trap he specifically prepared for the [Memory] Hunter, and the key to triggering this trap was:

Dream!

Cheng Shi never dreams!

He had many backup plans when he the First altered his Memory and hypnotized himself, one of which was to hypnotize himself so that he would never dream.

So when he woke up and realized he had a dream last night, he knew that an uninvited guest had come to his dream.

So, by the next morning, Cheng Shi had already confirmed Jiang Wu Mei's identity. However, when Zuo Qiu, the Puppeteer, delivered the message, he feigned complete ignorance, intending to allow the Dream-Peeking Ranger to intrude into his dream again the following night, and then...

Go see that old man you haven't seen in a long time.

That's what longing is like—wanting to see someone but not being able to is the most agonizing thing.

As Cheng Shi going to sleep. This was a necessary step in setting up the trap. Thanks to the fact that this was his own dream, it wasn't too difficult to add another insignificant passerby to the dream through hypnosis from the perspective of a Creator.

So in this dream filled with memories, two uninvited guests actually appeared: one was a wandering knight who spied on others' dreams, and the other was the "victim" being spied on.

Then, the victim killed the ranger in self-defense, and the details of that incident will not be repeated here.

So when Cheng Shi fulfilled his small wish, and when the Dream-Peeking Ranger- seeking, he had to hypnotize himself again to complete these backup plans one by one.

This should have been done from the beginning, but one strange thing after another happened today, and he hadn't found an opportunity until now, when he quietly began the surgery.

By the time he finished everything, Hong Lin had also completed his sealing work.

"There's one more thing. I killed the wandering knight, so his spoils should naturally belong to me." Cheng Shi chuckled and looked at the Puppeteer again.

The Puppeteer frowned. "You should know that a player's personal space is sealed off by the game after they die..."

"Of course I know, but I'm referring to the spoils he carries on his person."

"..." The Puppeteer was silent for a moment, then controlled Zuo Qiu to speak, "When did you see it?"

As he spoke, he instructed the ranger to take out a golden card from his pocket.

Really!

The ranger has something in his pocket!

Cheng Shi actually had no idea what the wandering knight possessed, but he could guess it from the Puppeteer's behavior.

According to her, if the Puppeteer was turning the ranger into a puppet simply to increase their combat power during their exploration of the Sighing Forest, she wouldn't have needed to rush the "refining" process.

The instant Cheng Shi opened her eyes, the Puppeteer controlled the wandering knight to leave its original position and stand beside her. This unusual action did not seem to be a declaration of ownership of the corpse, but rather a cover-up.

Perhaps she discovered that the ranger was hiding something valuable?

So Cheng Shi tried it out, and to his surprise, it actually worked.

"What's this?"

Hong Lin raised an eyebrow and took the card from Cheng Shi.

This is a pure gold card. The front is shiny and plain, while the back only has three small black characters and a serial number in the lower right corner.

It says on it:

The Fool's Society, No. 15.

"Fool's Society?"

What kind of sinister organization is this?

Hong Lin frowned, examined the card repeatedly for a moment to confirm that there was nothing wrong with it, and then tossed it directly to Cheng Shi.

Cheng Shi glanced at it briefly before discreetly putting it into his spatial storage. He didn't know what the card was for, but this was clearly not the time to study it.

But his smooth movements seemed to be telling the other two people present that he knew the card's purpose.

The Puppeteer remained silent for a moment before speaking, offering a reminder:

"This is Stage for mediocre people, it's not suitable for you."

Cheng Shi smiled and said, "I'm just an ordinary person, a very ordinary person. Alright, we've wasted enough time, let's go."

Oh, by the way, what did you discover about controlling Zuo Qiu's nightly outings?

The Puppeteer paused slightly, but did not hide anything. Zuo Qiu Puppet replied truthfully, "There are some objects from the Surface in the tribe. They look like things from the Tower of Reason. They are very old and we can't tell anything about them. I have some dealings with people from the History School and want to find some to take back with me."

The Tower of Reason?

Scholar has wandered into the forest?

Cheng Shi gave a thoughtful "hmm": "I hope you can come out alive and continue your trade."

After saying that, he and Hong Lin exchanged a glance, nodded at the same time, and pushed open the door one after the other and walked out.

The Fungus-Footed People were already impatient, and Amir was so excited he didn't know what to do.

Hong Lin took out the desolate lamp and led everyone to the altar, opening the Mist Gate again. Cheng Shi tilted her head and gestured for the Puppeteer to leave first. With her departure, she marked the end of her Trials journey.

"Since you want to go deep into the forest, you must have some means. We'll leave the spatial subsidence in this Mist Gate to you. Go ahead and have good luck."

The Puppeteer nodded expressionlessly and directed the three puppets to step inside one by one.

After she had been gone for a while, Cheng Shi mentioned that Amir had followed Hong Lin into the area.

As soon as he entered, he knocked out the excited Amir and frowned as he said to Hong Lin:

"The Puppeteer is no ordinary person; she seems to want us..."

"Awaken Eupusca's soul of [Prosperity]?"

Cheng Shi was taken aback. "You figured it out?"

Hong Lin spat in annoyance, "I'm just not that smart, but I'm not stupid."

"..."

However, I would say that having self-awareness is already quite intelligent...

But Cheng Shi dared not say this. He nodded and said while thinking:

"This member of the Worship God Society who likes to trade clearly wants us to use these [Prosperity] Divinity to contact Eupusca. She covets [Prosperity] and probably won't refuse. But the problem is, she's about to go deep into the forest, why is she still thinking about this Trials?"

Help?

Whose favor are we helping?

"Bald guy, you don't know her, are you teaming up to scam me?"

Hong Lin glanced at Cheng Shi with disdain and sneered, "I was wondering if you two were teaming up to put me on the receiving end. You two don't want me to go and feed Eupusca, do you?"

"..." Cheng Shi stared in disbelief. "That's too much, sis. Your imagination is a bit too rich."

"Is that so?" Hong Lin scrutinized Cheng Shi for a moment, then suddenly stopped. "Take your tongue out."

Cheng Shi was taken aback.

"?"

Baldy, what are you trying to do? Truth or Dare?

Here? Inside the spatial passage!?

Are you kidding me?