The Clown in the Void

When Cheng Shi woke up again, he found himself still in the Void, but he had returned to human form. Moreover, a pair of extremely Indifference eyes of Nothingness were open in front of him.

He was startled for a moment, then stood up and bowed three times in praise.

"Praise be to the great [Destiny], may your radiance shine everywhere, so that the Cosmos may sing the melody woven from Predestination and Change, and let the past and future recite the magnificent chapters composed by good fortune and misfortune!"

Your most devout Believer and most loyal follower, Cheng Shi, sends his greetings.

And I express my sincerest gratitude for your protection.

This time it's for real.

After all, she had just been saved by her Lord of Grace, so it was only right that she sweet-talked him a little.

To his surprise, those cold eyes suddenly turned playful after hearing this fervent praise. He looked at Cheng Shi with slight displeasure and clicked his tongue in disapproval:

"I never knew that praising others could be so sincere and heartfelt. It is my blessing that is unworthy of this most heartfelt gratitude."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Shi instantly created an Avatar from his cold sweat.

!!!!!!!!!!!!

He is not Destiny!

How can He not be "Destiny"?

What kind of "deity" would impersonate a Path of Fate Twin Gods just to toy with its Believer?

Can this really be a proper "god"?! Huh?

Oh, so He's Deception. Oh well, never mind, just consider yourself unlucky.

Cheng Shi choked, quickly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and immediately changed his story:

"Praise be to the great [Deception], may you... may you..."

Those eyes looked at him with a half-smile, as if they wanted to know what kind of nonsense this Believer could spout.

Cheng Shi this was bad and immediately changed his strategy, saying on the spot:

May you be happy every day and have a smile that lasts forever.

Upon hearing this, the vortex in his eyes began to swirl, and he glanced at Cheng Shi sneered:

"It seems I really don't deserve those praises."

Cheng Shi immediately waved his hand. "No, no, no, Lord of Grace benefactor, this is the most sincere blessing from the bottom of my heart. Those formulaic words are just for getting by. You should know that the simpler the praise, the more sincere it is."

"Oh? So, all those praises you uttered to [Destiny] were insincere lies?"

"?"

Cheng Shi had become smarter. He didn't respond immediately, but carefully observed the details of the eyes in front of him. When he was sure that this was not [Destiny] playing [Deception], he looked around and nodded hesitantly.

What other options are there? We have to get through this first.

So he said in a very low voice, "More or less."

The eyes in the Void instantly changed from cold and lifeless to joyful. It raised the corners of its eyes and chuckled, "What did you say?"

Cheng Shi gritted his teeth and muttered quickly, "More or less."

As soon as he finished speaking, a pair of identical eyes opened beside [Deception], looking at him with an expression that was neither happy nor sad.

"..."

"..."

"..."

Seeing two pairs of "Nothingness" eyes appear simultaneously in the Void, and seeing the spiral of the "Deception" eyes spinning wildly, he knew perfectly well that he had once again become the Clown in the center of the Stage.

He didn't have the strength to explain anymore, so he just slumped and gave up.

Tired, let's destroy it.

Destroy them all!

[Prosperity] shouldn't have committed suicide; He should have dragged all the gods down with him, making them all disappear from this world!

Although Destiny arrived "in response," it did not pursue Cheng Shi's disrespect, but merely coldly uttered a single sentence:

"I have returned the powers granted to her by the Covenant, and the fall of Prosperity is now over."

"Huh? Whose authority was given, Baldy? My Lord of Grace, you just went to see Baldy?" Cheng Shi longer. He hurriedly asked, "So, Baldy has become the Emissary of [Prosperity]? He has become Flazhol? Then she has also received the Divine Authority of [Prosperity]?"

However, neither of the two pairs of eyes in the Void responded to him. They seemed to ignore this human in the Void and began to communicate among themselves.

[Deception] smiled and looked at [Destiny], saying:

"What's wrong? You seem a little unhappy that [Truth] didn't get the Divine Authority He wanted."

I suppose the most rational being in the Cosmos wouldn't go to the [Sea of Desire] to demand the Divine Authority of assimilation from the one within, would He?

"?" Cheng Shi looked at [Destiny] abruptly, only to find that its cold, abyss-like eyes had become even colder.

"Predestination in the future, Change occur in the present, and have no impact."

"The future? Whose future, my Lord of Grace? My future has returned, do you know that?" Cheng Shi tried to interrupt, but the two of them completely ignored him.

Hearing Destiny's words, Deception was even happier; His eyes blinked rapidly, and He was almost laughing out loud.

"Oh? So he used this reason to convince you to help him cover up the evidence?"

He!?

Who is he referring to?!

Cheng Dashi?

After recovering from the First embarrassment, Cheng Shi's mind immediately became clear.

Clearly, he didn't think his Lord of Grace, [Deception], was just making fun of him; He was obviously saying something to him, otherwise he shouldn't have been present for the secret conversation between the two gods, [Nothingness].

Since they did not cast themselves into the Void, it means that they can hear these things, and it is very likely that these things are being spoken to them.

So he immediately shut his mouth and listened intently, trying not to miss any detail.

He realized that Cheng Dashi's return seemed to be related to "Destiny".

But Cheng Shi couldn't understand why his future self didn't choose to cooperate with "Deception." Logically speaking, he was more inclined to believe "Deception" now.

Even if He dresses up as a Clown every day, there's no way around it; the boss of a con artist is bound to be Deception.

However, the two in the Void did not mince words. The spiral in the eyes of [Destiny] slowly began to rotate. He looked at Cheng Shi and immediately addressed the question that puzzled Cheng Shi the most.

"You guessed right."

!!

Cheng Shi's pupils contracted, and he pursed his lips.

"This matter is actually not complicated."

When a certain god of [Nothingness] provoked [Memory], his actions were too great, causing an oversight in the intersection of [Existence] and [Nothingness].

A restless shadow, having overheard the ramblings of that [Nothingness] god, slipped back from that oversight, only to find me before [Memory] could mend all the errors.

As she spoke, [Destiny] looked at Cheng Shi again, her eyes deep and unfathomable, as if she had seen through Cheng Shi's past and future in an instant.

He said that his return was not simply due to a divine mandate, nor was it to see his past self, but rather to present me with a 'Predestination drama filled with Change'.

He felt that the future was too boring if it remained unchanged, so he wanted to bring forward the climax of the play.

I acknowledged that he had steadfastly followed the Predestination path, and thus accepted his offering and placed him in the Trials I had given him, fulfilling his request.

I suppose you've already met him.

Cheng Shi felt a chill run down his spine, but he still calmly shook his head. "I... just guessed he was coming back, but I haven't seen him."

"To know is to see."

"..."

My level of understanding is not as high as yours.

Cheng Shi pursed his lips, looked up and asked, "Has he... already gone back?"

This time, the answer he received was not "Destiny," but "Deception."

"They were deported. The Nothingness likes chaos, but Existence does not. Those two rigid old traditions cannot tolerate even the slightest flaw in Existence."

However, it's quite amusing for avid collectors to have their collections vandalized with their own artwork.

Cheng Shi didn't care what [the Deception] said; he was just thinking that Cheng Dashi had achieved his goal in this way.

"So, he achieved his goal?"

By using my offering to [Prosperity], I have attracted the gods to hunt down [Prosperity], and then caused Him to fall into the will of 'Cosmic Prosperity'. This is His offering to you.

Is this the climax of the play he rewrote for you?

[Destiny] did not respond; perhaps He wanted to, but [Deception] spoke first.

Hehe~

What's on your mind?

So you think you'll be this amazing in the future? Haha!

That traitorous fellow only wrote a few lines; the rest of the play, the first word of which you wrote yourself, and everything after that, is subject to the Change of Destiny.

His staying behind merely created an opportunity; whether that opportunity perfectly capitalized on the Change in Destiny is a question for this Lord of Grace tires you out with false praise.

"..."

God of Merriment, I think you want me dead!

[Destiny] coldly glanced at [Deception], then coldly glanced at the Cheng Shi, and once again forgave his blasphemous sin.

"In the Predestination Destiny, there has never been a fall of prosperity. The present is indeed Dominion Change, but the future will still follow the Predestination path."

I have a piece of advice for you: stop creating loopholes and indulging in pointless fantasies.

"Did you hear that? I'm insulting you."

[Deception] She looked at Cheng Shi with a grin and winked.

"..."

I don't know who they were cursing at, but it certainly wasn't me.

"Tch, boring. This audience was too unpleasant. I'm leaving. Seeing you two is annoying."

As she spoke, the joyful look in her eyes gradually faded, and her cold gaze swept over Cheng Shi again before disappearing silently.

Cheng Shi was left standing in the Void, his brows furrowed, silently sorting out his thoughts.

It seems that the Change Cheng Dashi hoped for has occurred.

But Destiny says the future is Predestination, so did he change his Destiny not?

Or perhaps, his purpose in returning was not to change his Destiny at all?

Thinking of this, he frowned to himself.

"The future... Predestination... a tragedy..."

[Prosperity]...[Existence]...[Nothingness]...

What exactly are they trying to do?