Good, Good, You Really Understand Prosperity!

Upon hearing Cheng Shi's offhand lie, Zhang Jizu's eyes widened slightly. He smiled helplessly to himself, recalling the scene in the Fishbone Hall when his Lord of Grace summoned him.

"I, with, [Deception], made, a deal."

You don't need to know the content.

After this audience, upon your return, pray to Him for a Trials.

Then, in the Trials, He will do His best to save the life of one of His Believer.

Zhang Jizu, now a skull, stared dumbfounded at his Lord of Grace and asked incredulously:

"[Deception] In order to protect His Believer, He made a deal with you?"

The green flame in the eye sockets of the massive skull on the Bone Throne paused for a moment, then let out a heavy "hmm".

Upon receiving a positive reply, Zhang Jizu immediately thought of one person: Zhen Xin!

Only she, and only the Chosen of God of [Deception], is qualified to have the True God step forward to protect her, right?

She... no, her unreliable younger sister has gotten her into trouble again?

Is this such a big commotion that it requires communication between True God to resolve?

But since the gods have already taken action, why not just save her directly? Why do you have to get involved?

Puzzled, Zhang Jizu asked directly:

"So, sir, I'm going to be Zhen Xin's bodyguard?"

No, it's her.

"!!!" The usually composed Zhang Jizu panicked, his eyes widening for the first time, his voice trembling slightly, "Go be Zhen Yi's bodyguard???"

"No, it's her."

"Phew—that's alright." But then he became puzzled again, "Sir, which swindler has caught the attention of [Deception] again?"

"I need to protect him, so I should at least know his name, right?"

His name is Cheng Shi.

"?"

Honesty? Cheng Shi?

Zhang Jizu paused for a moment, then suddenly remembered the gossip that had swept through the entire Peak Player community.

Is Zhen Yi's new love Fate Weaver, also named Cheng Shi?

What a coincidence?

Same name?

The enormous skull seemed to sense Zhang Jizu's confusion and gave a slight response.

"It's the person you're thinking about."

"But isn't he Believer [Destiny]?"

Zhang Jizu was completely bewildered. He didn't know what had happened, and he couldn't understand why his Lord of Grace would issue such an order to make him a bodyguard.

But after thinking for a moment, a possibility came to mind: Cheng Shi, like Zhen Xin, also had a secondary personality, and this secondary personality Faith in [Deception]!

This might explain why the Fate Weaver and the [Deception] Believer could be the same person.

This is outrageous! [Deception] has found [Death] and sent [Death]'s Believer to protect Zhen Yi's boyfriend. And this person is very likely a multi-personality player like Zhen Xin and Zhen Yi!

Nothingness?

When the logic finally clicked, Zhang Jizu was dumbfounded.

He looked at the Bone Throne in bewilderment, hoping the divine guidance could be more detailed, but the Great One clearly had no patience to explain it to him. So Zhang Jizu only saw a bone whip lashing towards him, and then everything went black as he was pulled back to reality.

From the moment he returned to reality, he followed his Lord of Grace's instructions with a complicated expression, praying to [Deception] for Prayer Trial, but absurdly, [Deception] never responded to him.

Today, he tried his luck early in the morning and finally matched with this honest scammer!

He really is "honest"! This is the first time I've ever met a "Wood Elf" who can lie without batting an eye!

After hearing Cheng Shi's words, Gou Feng shook his head and sighed:

"Brother, it's no fun if you're lying. Could it be that one of us is your enemy, so you're hiding your Faith?"

Are you a person of "Destiny"?

Upon hearing the Divine Name "Destiny," the little Assassin Scorpion suddenly looked at Cheng Shi with a serious expression. If this leader was the opposite of "Destiny," then he would have to be careful in this situation.

Mo Shu, however, breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. At least one of his two teammates with a rating of 2400 was not "dead," which was quite good news for him.

Before Cheng Shi could respond, Gou Feng scratched his head and said:

"It doesn't seem like it. [Destiny] is mysterious, and you don't look like a charlatan."

Could it be [Filth and Decay]?

Are you my rival?

What is being embraced? A desire for control? Toying with teammates, to dominate everything?

If you truly belong to Him, just say so. I enjoy cooperation and am open to collaboration, but if you're hiding it, I won't like you as much.

"..."

Bro, what you said makes me want to join [Filth and Decay].

Cheng Shi shook his head and chuckled. He knew that no one would believe him without evidence, so he reached out and subtly released a trace of Lele'er's aura.

This is the aura of ancient prosperity, far purer than the power of prosperity possessed by the players.

The reason for not choosing to stimulate the Divine Authority "Vitality" and the Divinity of "prosperity" is naturally due to careful consideration.

Even if Steady Cheng, it would be a steady kind of recklessness; he wouldn't reveal all his cards at the very beginning.

He knew that this wisp of ancient [prosperity] aura would most likely fool his teammates, and even if it didn't, he could cover up any other loopholes with a lie.

As expected, everyone was stunned after sensing this ancient and prosperous aura.

"Brother, you really are Wood Elf? But your hair..."

"Interesting. The flavor of ancient prosperity. 2400 points is definitely different. I really like you."

"..."

Zhang Jizu also sensed this ancient aura of prosperity and secretly rejoiced.

He considered himself a very shrewd person, but he still couldn't avoid being scammed by con artists, because there were always con artists who were even more shrewd than him, and there were many such highly skilled con artists.

But today was different. This was the first time he had witnessed a scam from an omniscient perspective, watching his teammates being fooled. He suddenly understood why scammers were so persistent in deceiving people.

Watching monkey shows is really fun, especially when you're not the monkey being played.

Seeing that everyone's doubts had been somewhat dispelled, Cheng Shi smiled. He glanced at the squinty-eyed man out of the corner of his eye and keenly caught a hint of happiness in the corner of his eye. Then he blinked thoughtfully without saying a word.

Scorpio was, after all, an Assassin, and his senses were clearly much better than the others. While they were talking, his Ear twitched slightly, listening for sounds from inside the wall. Only after everyone gradually fell silent did he speak with a strange expression:

"Strange, I've been listening for a while, and it seems like there's no one in the yard."

"Nobody here?" Cheng Shi was taken aback. He looked up at the sky. The sun was not yet halfway up the sky. It was clearly the duty time for the Divine Nurturing Church. How could there be nobody inside?

He frowned, sensing that things might not be as simple as he had imagined.

"Let's go in and see for ourselves."

Everyone nodded in agreement, and then each of them displayed their unique abilities.

The Assassin Scorpion vanished into the shadows and disappeared without a trace. Gou Feng looked up at the high courtyard wall, mustered his strength, and jumped straight over it!

Mo Shu cautiously moved away from Zhang Jizu, then smiled at the two of them, Annihilation a hole the size of a person in the wall, and walked directly inside. Cheng Shi was just about to hitch a ride when the hole in the wall miraculously reappeared after Mo Shu went in.

Seeing this, Cheng Shi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

What a creative Cleaner!

But to be fair, aren't you guys being a bit too selfish? I've led you all the way here and this is what you do to me?

Alright, alright, since that's the case, I'll have to show you the power of the Clown.

Yes, Cheng Shi was a Clown in this game.

He didn't bring Mask in, and the reason he didn't was because he never expected to be matched with a proper Trials when he was praying.

He thought for a long time before making his wish, feeling that praying to "Destiny" might lead to a completely predetermined outcome. So he switched back to the Clown and prayed to "Deception," but it still ended up being completely predetermined.

So now, he has lost the Divine Power protection of Today's Warrior and has become a Priest is "powerless to even kill a chicken".

But the current difficulties are not a battle, so the Priest has his Priest solutions.

Just as he was about to take out a rope ladder from his personal space and swing it up the wall, the squinty-eyed man who had been standing to the side spoke up.

"This tree looks quite nice. Wood Elf, why don't you help me build a tree ladder to get me up there?"

Cheng Shi's lips curled into a smile. He had expected this. He had been walking at the back, waiting for Zhang Jizu to strike up a conversation with him. Now it seemed that Zhang was indeed the one with the problem!

The man's gaze lingered on me for far too long; either he had heard of me like my teammates had, or he actually knew me.

Interesting, whose friend is this?

But Cheng Shi never revealed any of this. Since the Priest brothers were also hiding, let's see who can hide better.

He pretended to suddenly realize something, turned around, and looked at Zhang Jizu apologetically, saying:

"Oh, I forgot, there's a Priest here too. Don't panic, let me, the Wood Elf, take you inside."

As he spoke, he reached out his hand to the squinty-eyed man.

Zhang Jizu was taken aback, wondering if this [Deception] Believer was a Master of Trickery with the ability to Lies Like Yesterday. He had tricked a [Prosperity] Believer in the last round, so this time he had really turned him into a Wood Elf?

Wood Elf are fine too, at least they're easy to climb walls, so he smiled and reached out his hand.

Just as Cheng Shi grabbed Zhang Jizu's wrist, he...

He shoved one end of the rope ladder into the other person's hand.

"???"

Seeing the bewildered, squinting eyes, Cheng Shi explained in a serious tone:

"I am a member of the Plant Protection Society. I never mistreat plants or treat them like cattle or horses."

This is a rope ladder I made from vines I picked up using the power of "Prosperity". By throwing this onto the wall, we can climb up safely.

How about that? Isn't it convenient and quick?

"..."

This sentence has so many flaws that Zhang Jizu had a bunch of swear words he wanted to use but they were all stuck in his throat, and he didn't know where to begin.

He was so angry he laughed, and while laughing, he pulled on the rope ladder in Cheng Shi's hand, swinging it up the wall as the other man had instructed. Then, adjusting the end of the rope ladder, he glanced at Cheng Shi with a half-smile and said:

"The power of [Prosperity] has this effect?"

Cheng Shi was taken aback and looked at Zhang Jizu's palm. He noticed a white product tag hanging at the end of the rope ladder. Only then did he realize that the rope ladder was not something he had prayed for, but something he had picked up from someone else's backpack during a Trials.

That's really strange. In Apocalypse, why would anyone still use tagged products?

But he showed no embarrassment whatsoever, and even argued without batting an eye:

"It is clear that my Lord is very sentimental, and even helped me restore these details that only existed before the game came to be."

So!

Who says prosperity is only for the present? Look at these spray-painted labels—aren't they proof that manufacturing once flourished?

"..."

How can this be related?

Good, good, you understand the concept of "prosperity"!

Zhang Jizu was speechless. He decisively shut his mouth, swallowed back all the complaints he had, and stood quietly to the side without making any further moves.

Seeing that the other party was unwilling to go first, Cheng Shi had no choice but to climb up first, with Zhang Jizu following closely behind. When the two of them reached the top of the wall, Cheng Shi pulled the ladder back and placed it on the other side, then slowly climbed down.

When he landed safely, Zhang Jizu, who was still on the wall, twitched his lips in annoyance and jumped down from the high wall.

"Bang—"

Cheng Shi saw dust flying everywhere in front of him, and then a figure rubbing his knee appeared in the dust.

His gaze sharpened as he looked at the robust Priest, and a slow smile crept onto his lips.

Those squinty eyes... there's something there.