A Message That Deceived All the Gods

The battle in the flowerbed continued, with Hong Lin and Eupusca locked in fierce combat. However, under the Giant Bear's pressure, Eupusca's wounds multiplied, and pale blue fluorescent blood was sprayed onto almost every patch of the flowerbed, nourishing the "Corrupting Flowers" planted upside down in the ground like fertilizer.

Outside the battlefield, Cheng Shi was still deep in thought.

He was pondering what the so-called "future" really was, and why it had anything to do with him.

To be honest, he had considered that the "future" that Zhen Yi was relentlessly searching for might be his future self. This was easy to think about and the easiest thing to come up with, but the problem was that thinking about it was useless; this viewpoint needed to be proven.

Cheng Shi needed to find crucial evidence to confirm that the "future Great Cheng Shi" was the one the prophecy referred to, but he couldn't come up with any clues after thinking for a long time, so he decided to change his approach.

Let's assume that Cheng Dashi has already been here.

While it's impossible to determine which future Cheng Dashi came from, or how similar his experiences were to our own, we can first put ourselves in his shoes and make a very intuitive guess: if this is a Cheng Dashi has never changed, then everything we are experiencing now has at least a little bit of room for explanation.

At least, if I were to go back in time, I wouldn't let my past self discover my existence so easily.

Cheng Shi once thought that if he went back to the past, he would probably just watch his past self have fun and wouldn't do anything, but this was on the premise that his future self would accidentally get the chance to go back to the past!

However, if we connect the Su Yida incident to the truth, the truth may be far more complex than simply "just looking"!

Therefore, if Cheng Dashi had ulterior motives, he would definitely leave some clues for himself after returning, because in this "time," he can only trust himself!

And most importantly... he also needs to keep it a secret from the gods!

If Cheng Dashi from the future wanted to do something in the past but still had to be completely exposed to the eyes of the "gods," he wouldn't do it so secretly. That would mean he was using the illusion of "going back to the past" to deceive people, implying that none of this actually had anything to do with him, and perhaps he was just playing a game with them in terms of time.

Since he did it so discreetly, it means he needed to deceive the gods. But the question is, what clues could he find that would make him, who couldn't possibly hide from the gods, think of, while also keeping them in the dark?

Cheng Shi racked his brains for a long time but couldn't figure it out. But as he thought about it, a question suddenly came to mind.

Remember!

Is recalling things in order to figure them all out a clue?

So why do we need to remember, and what is the purpose of remembering?

Memories... wait, wait!

[Memory]!

Cheng Shi's eyes widened suddenly. He had just come up with an unbelievable way to transmit information that "could both make him think of it and deceive the gods":

Let them, without even realizing it, give the hints themselves!

Cheng Shi finally remembered an important piece of information he had overlooked: a sentence He had uttered when summoned by [Memory]:

"However, this farce is far from over. Your restless Lord of Grace has added another item to the collection that has not yet been repaired."

Although I erased myself from this situation, these repeated provocations have made me lose face.

Cheng Shi's pupils contracted; he had finally found the "answer"!

This stroke erased his own name!

Ha, hahaha, hahahahaha!

What a "future," what a "self"—just like me, coming without a sound and leaving without a trace!

No, he was far more capable than himself, because he had even foreseen the temperament of [Memory]. He used the complaints of [Memory] to give himself ample hints: his future self had been here before!

A glint suddenly appeared in Cheng Shi's eyes. So, that trap from the future was set up by you, Cheng Dashi?

Did you send Su Yida back to kill me?

Okay, okay, so you're going to play like this, right? You're so sure I won't die, right? You just have to make things harder for me!

Wow, you're really something!

At this point, although there was still no actual evidence to support it, having found a logical basis that could explain the many phenomena in front of him, at least all of Cheng Shi's thoughts were sorted out.

That means Cheng Dashi from the future didn't just quietly return; he set up a scheme for the present!

His actions were in line with his own temperament, and his behavioral logic was almost identical to his own. Thinking about it this way, he probably didn't come back to trick him.

But the question is, what does he want to do?

To reiterate, if Cheng Dashi were truly identical to himself, he would never have any interaction with his past self. Just like in the Cemetery in his dream, no matter how badly Cheng Shi cried back then, his present self would not appear by his side to offer a word of comfort.

Because this is our fate, the fate of loneliness.

So why did Cheng Dashi break this principle and come back to set up a scheme?

Cheng Shi couldn't understand it because he didn't know exactly what would happen in the future, but he could guess and put himself in the shoes of others to guess.

If I were Cheng Shi from the future, what circumstances would have occurred that would have made him secretly return to the past and personally orchestrate a scheme for his past self?

Because of the unpredictability of the future, he couldn't fully immerse himself in it, so Cheng Shi began to work backward from the present.

If last night's dream hasn't faded, under what circumstances would I intervene in the past and influence the version of myself in the dream who was still in school?

He couldn't understand it, because even when Old Jia died, he didn't think to tell Xiao Cheng Shi so that he could do something in advance, so what else could make him change?

Cheng Shi pondered for a moment and began to think about the worst-case scenario.

He wondered if one day he would forget Old Jia, would he choose to go back and tell Xiao Cheng Shi through a small matter so that he could prepare in advance and remember Memory?

Probably, but Cheng Shi doesn't think he'll forget Old Jia. Even if the [Gods] used all their methods against him, he's confident he'll remember.

Because the path he walked, the things he did, and the people he became carried the will of Old Jia. He was raised by Old Jia, and as long as he is still alive, it is the best consolation for Old Jia.

But what if... he dies?

Death is death, it's no big deal. Death is just another form of reunion.

But if he still had the chance to continue reminiscing about the past and missing Old Jia, but had to die due to some events beyond his control, would he want to give his past self a chance?

For example, if a dream is about to collapse due to external interference and can never be repeated in the years to come, would you want to give Cheng Shi continue the dream, even if it is an unfortunate nightmare?

Thinking about this, Cheng Shi hesitated.