Something's Wrong, I've Been Tricked!

Cheng Shi was stunned. He could tell that Hong Lin wasn't testing him; she genuinely needed this Focus Technique to help her focus better. But the problem was...

Big sister, I am a Today's Warrior!

We can't just waste a Faith spell for the sake of a single Focus Technique...

But sometimes reality is like that; you never know what absurd reasons it will use to push you forward.

With only two people remaining and united against a common enemy, Cheng Shi had no choice but to use the Focus Technique. He couldn't allow the currently harmonious relationship between his teammates to develop new rifts and doubts because of a small Focus Technique.

So, if switching Faith is to continue the friendship and cooperation between the two, then thinking about it this way... makes it much easier to accept!

Sigh, that's the only way I can console myself...

Cheng Shi's lips twitched slightly, and he nodded. When Hong Lin turned around to check on Eupusca's condition, he secretly reached out and touched the shadow behind him with his finger. But this touch made his brain explode with a "boom".

"What's wrong?"

Giant Bear frowned. Seeing that Cheng Shi hadn't made a move for a long time, a slight suspicion arose in his heart. This slight suspicion might not affect the friendship that the two had just established, but Hong Lin did have some doubts about Cheng Shi's true identity.

According to Tao Yi, Cheng Shi should be a Priest, and he also admitted that he is a Fate Weaver. However, in this trial, he never showed any talent related to Priest. Instead, he acted more like a warrior who was good at both physical and mental skills.

She knew that some special talents of certain Faith could change professions, so she wondered if the identity of the Fate Weaver was also fake.

Is it possible that he's still lying?

Just as the doubts were slowly increasing as Cheng Shi's frozen time lengthened, Cheng Shi moved. He raised his hand and cast a Focus Technique on the Giant Bear, which included not only Focus Technique, but also Mental Technique, Anti-Interference Spell, a weak Resistance Shield, and a Healing Art imbued with Shared Divine Grace.

Sensing this real restorative power, Hong Lin was stunned. "You really are a Fate Weaver?"

Cheng Shi ignored her, his brows furrowed.

Hong Lin thought she had offended someone by being suspicious, so she pouted sullenly and vented her anger and embarrassment on Eupusca, who was about to rush over.

The two enormous creatures collided again, but this time the Giant Bear simply grabbed the tree spirit's leg and began whipping it on the ground like a broom.

Cheng Shi was too preoccupied to watch the exciting battle; at that moment, he was only thinking about one thing: why had his shadow changed!

Yes, Cheng Shi's image has changed!

The moment he touched his own shadow, he sensed that the shadow's state was different from before.

Before the Trials, when switching Faith with the shadow, the shadow's reaction was very agile, giving people the feeling that the shadow carried a trace of Faith and will.

Just now, Cheng Shi discovered that his shadow had become mechanical, devoid of emotion, seemingly just a dull Faith converter, having lost all its vibrant energy.

Why did this Change happen?

Every Change will affect the subsequent situation, let alone when such a Change happens to oneself!

So he cast a Focus Technique on himself and began to focus his mind on figuring out where the problem was.

First, let's rule out the influence of the Trials, because yesterday in the Sighing Forest, when he was preparing to switch Faith to save the Puppeteer, he clearly felt the agility of the shadow, but today, that agility has disappeared.

So, what happened in between that caused the shadow to Change like this?

Cheng Shi carefully recalled all the events and details that had occurred between the two switching sessions, but still could not find any clues. The only major variable was that the Dream-Peeking Ranger had invaded his dream and died in it. However, the problem was that he had also entered the dream on the first night, but this problem did not occur on the second day of the switching.

He was completely baffled. Frustrated, he started switching between himself and his shadow again. After doing this seven or eight times, he finally confirmed that it wasn't his imagination; his shadow had become dazed.

But how could a shadow, without any Change in itself and without any contact with outsiders, possibly...

Wait a minute!

Touch!?

Cheng Shi's pupils contracted. He suddenly realized that he had overlooked something, which was that it wasn't that no one had ever touched his shadow!

That Puppeteer!

No, the Historian puppet controlled by that Puppeteer who found himself very strange had come into contact with his own shadow!

Moreover, he used his own shadow to dodge his own attack by Shadow Shuttle!

It's her!?

That Puppeteer?

She noticed something unusual about her shadow.

Did she see it yesterday when she switched Faith?

Wait, something's still not right!

Cheng Shi began to stretch out his memories, recalling the scene before his departure the next day. At the altar, as they prepared to leave, the Historian was beside him, head bowed, searching for something. At the time, he had simply assumed the historian was curious about the altar's design and materials, but now, thinking back...

Was he searching for his own reflection back then?

Cheng Shi's face darkened.

Oh no, I've been scammed!

That Puppeteer might not be a simple person!

Even if she really knew Zhen Yi, and Zhen Yi had told her about himself, she clearly only acquired the talent of switching shadows later. How could she possibly know about it and become interested in her own shadow?

This is neither common sense nor logic.

But this aligns with the mindset of a con artist!

Cheng Shi's gaze sharpened, his eyes sweeping across the battlefield. After confirming that he was safe, his brain began to work frantically.

He began to put himself in Zhen Yi's shoes, starting with the other person obtaining all his surface Memory, and then, with the mindset of a conman, deduced Zhen Yi's thoughts and intentions.

And upon reflection, the first thing that came to mind was the prophecy that caused the Chosen of God ones to lose points:

The sun and moon Transition, Above the Void and Reality, the future has arrived!

After the Trials that fooled Grand Marshal Hu Wei and Xiao Bai Fei, Cheng Shi always felt that the "future has come" was probably just a farce, and that the Blind Man had predicted that Zhen Yi was impersonating him. But now, looking back at the current situation, is it possible that it was not a farce?

When the logical basis Change, some details that were previously taken for granted take on completely different meanings.

For example, Grand Marshal Hu Wei took a good care of himself.

My good older brother said that he prayed for clues about the prophecy, but ever since that "history lesson" in the Void Experiment Ground, he has been watching everyone from the shadows. He even appeared at the scene immediately after I came into contact with Xiao Bai. So why would he care so much about me if it was just a clue?

Even though he had already arrived at the Void Experiment Ground of the Tower of Reason, was he so sure that there were no clues he was looking for around him?

No, perhaps he doesn't need to care about any clues around him. Is it possible that his prayer is related to the person in the prophecy?

After all, people are one of the clues, so it's not a lie!

This explains why he kept staring at me and Yan Chun. Sure enough, that so-called bullshit prophecy might have been pointing at me.

But in that Trials, which seemed to be the fulfillment of a prophecy, what future was there?

Her future was a lie created by Zhen Yi. The residents of Yuanmu Town and the Divine Envoy could not see the future at all. Only one person could vaguely see the future, and that was Hu Xuan, who was recognized by [Birth].

But Hu Xuan has nothing to do with her own shadow. Thinking about it this way, this Puppeteer who knows Zhen Yi has no reason to come into contact with her shadow!