Prosperity's Prosperity Became Proof of Decay's Fall

Cheng Shi still did not make a move.

He sat quietly in his seat, not even giving President Gong on the stage an excessive glance.

At this moment, he behaved like a truly mediocre person, looking around and hesitant to speak, as if he wanted to say something but was afraid of causing controversy.

There are too many people like Cheng Shi. Many of them are not without their own opinions, but they just want to hear everyone's opinions before expressing them.

But Cheng Shi and his group weren't simply trying to avoid attracting attention; they were using the opportunity to carefully observe their surroundings.

If President Gong is Zhen Yi or Zhen Xin, then he has reason to doubt that all of this is just another Illusory Dream from Nothingness!

This is terrifying. Cheng Shi has already fallen into this trap once. Recalling the back door he pushed open in the Void Church in Yuanmu Town, how similar it was to the door of the Fool's Society that he had just pushed open!

This time, however, there were no flashbacks of Memory, but there was an empty corridor.

But who can guarantee that this isn't just a trap set by Master of Trickery of hand to lure its prey?

Cheng Shi was scared, really scared.

Even if they were terrified, at this moment they could only pretend to be nonchalant and remain still.

The players at the venue were thrown into chaos by the news delivered by President Gong, but the situation was generally under control.

The Folly glances, the Decay insults, the Deception laughter, and the foul language of the hot-tempered old men wove together a net that crashed down on President Gong. But the person who revealed the explosive news didn't care at all and continued to share his "friend's" speculation.

"I know it's hard to believe this kind of absurd news, but there will always be people who believe me, because I also know that there must be many smart people in this venue who picked up the invitation cards I personally handed out."

I don't want to delve into how you 'picked up' these invitation cards, nor do I want to question your motives for sneaking in, but these people probably already know that what I said is true.

Look, you mediocre people! Clever people can find their stories by piecing together clues from the smallest details, but if we lose the ability to share and help each other, we will be completely abandoned by the times and lost in the ocean of Memory.

I'm not exaggerating. After experiencing so much, you should know that what I'm saying is true.

Alright, enough with the chit-chat, let's get back to the main topic and talk about the fall of [Decay].

President Gong put his hands behind his back and began pacing on the Stage. After a while, he asked a question in a mysterious manner.

"I know that none of you here have ever met the gods, and of course, neither have I. To be precise, everything I know about them comes from other people's stories."

So I would like to ask everyone here, given your connections and information, can you confirm one simple thing first, that is:

Since a few days ago, the scores of the [Prosperity] Believer seem to have started to rise across the board, right?

"!!!"

To be honest, truly mediocre people are preoccupied with survival and probably don't have the extra energy to pay attention to changes in the rankings. Of course, there's nothing to care about if you're below 2000 points.

But President Gong is right. There are not only mediocre people in the meeting room. Many smart people have also come in and are now thinking about the meaning behind President Gong's words.

One of the older players had clearly noticed this as well, and he spoke up to confirm it:

"That's right, I've noticed that too. In my tier, the rankings of the [Prosperity] Believer both above and below the Ladder of Audience have all risen recently."

You might wonder how I could notice whether someone's ranking is rising or falling in a range where a difference of just one point can mean tens or even hundreds of thousands of places. I can tell you this:

Not long ago, I was fortunate enough to gain some advantages in the Trials, which allowed me to climb a lot of points and leave several familiar [Prosperity] IDs far behind. But recently, they have caught up again.

Not only that, I also have... cough cough... a friend of mine told me that the "Prosperity" Believer in their Mutual Aid Society recently received a lot of Trials rewards.

While not all of these rewards are useful, there are indeed more of them than before.

I am not a shill hired by President Gong. As you can all see, I am a Believer of "Decay". So, I am also very curious about what exactly happened to the Believer of "Prosperity".

There must be some people from the "Prosperity" group among those present. Would you dare to stand up and explain it to everyone?

As soon as the veteran player finished speaking, a heated discussion broke out again in the venue. Many Believer of "Decay" stood up to testify, but not a single Believer "Prosperity" dared to respond.

Obviously, everyone knows that you shouldn't flaunt your wealth at this time.

Seeing this, Cheng Shi shook his head and smiled bitterly, suddenly realizing that it must have been quite difficult for Big Cat to be the patriarch and raise so many people.

Upon hearing this, he basically guessed what President Gong meant.

Clearly, the clueless President Gong, or rather his imaginative friend, took the recent phenomenon of the "Prosperity" Believer frantically gaining points as evidence of the "Decay" faction's downfall.

Indeed, if Prosperity has won the so-called God War, then it might not be unreasonable to use the overwhelming advantage of the Ladder of Audience to highlight this great victory.

The problem is that what gives these "prosperity" Believer points isn't their Lord of Grace "prosperity," but the Big Cat!

Who would have thought that their recent great gains weren't because their Lord of Grace won the God War, but rather because He died...

President Gong and his friends were deceived, or rather, not exactly deceived. Given that the "gods" are keeping this matter a secret, probably no one can guess the whole story.

This is like a multiple-choice question with only four options (A, B, C, D) presented to President Gong and his friends. Their courage to discard all other answers and choose the non-existent option E is commendable.

But reality is far more absurd than imagination, because the real answer to this question is an F that does not exist and is even more absurd.

The god who scores the [Prosperity] Trials and distributes the Trials Rewards has been replaced by a false, selfish Emissary who likes to protect his friends and "bend the law for personal gain"!

If you hadn't experienced it yourself, who would believe it?

"Tsk, this is really... hard to judge."

Cheng Shi clicked his tongue, then thought that since President Gong guessed the wrong answer because of this kind of thing, did that mean that the probability of him being Zhen Xin Zhen Yi had decreased?

To be honest, perhaps because he had some bias towards his own "Deception" Chosen of God, Cheng Shi always felt that Zhen Xin was not the kind of person who could guess the wrong answer.

So he began to doubt again the real Historian Zuo Qiu, who had disappeared from the very beginning.

It was at this moment that President Gong spoke up again.

"I appreciate the old gentleman's corroboration, but the evidence I have goes far beyond this."

I also heard from that friend that the Believer of "Decay" seem to have not...

"We have come to pay homage to the gods."

"What!?"

"How is that possible!?"

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!?( ′???` )