Long Talks with Deception (III)

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"My Lord of Grace..."

When Cheng Shi read those four words aloud again, he felt a mix of emotions.

[Deception] The loss of some of the "divine" filter in his heart has made him more respectful.

He didn't know where this strange and awkward sense of respect came from, but this feeling was very similar to the feeling that Old Jia gave him.

It's like using one lie after another to erect a shield against all external attacks.

Of course, whether this shield is for protecting himself or for protecting the God of Merriment himself still needs to be carefully studied.

Cheng Shi looked at those eyes with a complicated expression, slowly raised his left hand, showed the nail of his left little finger to the deity, and then said earnestly:

"I don't know if this is also part of your plan, but in that Trials just now, I obtained..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by God of Merriment.

"Ha, that stinking beggar is quite generous, but if you really think of him as compassionate and merciful, you're being too naive."

???

Regardless of my opinion on this "Decay" thing, are you serious about calling someone a "stinking beggar"?

No, so Zhen Yi learned how to give people nicknames from you, right?

"..."

But what does He mean? That [Decay] is not merciful?

Cheng Shi frowned and fell into deep thought.

Indeed, His mercy did not seem like genuine mercy; He clearly had an ulterior motive. In retrospect, the actions of [Decay] were more like taking the mercy begged from [The Origin] and putting it on himself, using appropriate charity to satisfy his own unfulfilled desires.

In other words, he is playing the role of a benefactor, comforting his own "misery" by bestowing upon himself the pity he cannot receive.

But the meaning of the God of Merriment seemed to go beyond that, so Cheng Shi blinked in confusion, waiting for Him to explain further.

Those eyes were unusually talkative today; He chuckled and said:

"I know what you guessed, and you guessed right. The stinking beggar really longs to see [*He]. It should be said that before [Civilization], the worship of [*He] by [Life] and [Sinking] was very primitive and crazy."

Just as people of that era were fanatical and devout in their Faith in God, they were also fanatical in their devotion to Him.

Even if He was inspired by the self-destruction of the Mother of Prosperity and found a new path to Him, He did not need you to Proxy this 'faded' Divine Authority.

You are just a player. Under the constraints of the "Covenant," even if you believe this game can continue indefinitely, at most you will only encounter a few more of His Believer throughout your life.

This level of fading is useless to a god, yet He still grants you Divine Authority and authority. Do you know why?

Cheng Shi understood immediately, and nodded solemnly. "Because I am a [Nothingness]... walker."

"Laugh--

So what if he's a darling? Why call him a wanderer?

Ordinary travelers don't receive so much divine attention.

"..."

"[Memory] is right. They can't figure out what I'm going to do, so they're putting up a Chip with you and waiting to see what happens next."

You don't need to expect me to tell you anything, hehe~

Because even I don't know what I'm doing.

"..."

Cheng Shi wanted to complain. He felt like a Clown, awkwardly twisting his clumsy body on Stage to make Clown laugh. However, unlike other Clown, this Stage was created by the God of Merriment, and the audience below the stage were the gods sitting high on their Divine Throne!

The gods couldn't understand what was going on in this play, but that didn't stop them from throwing two coins onto the stage as encouragement when the Clown performed brilliantly.

Thinking of this, Cheng Shi's face fell.

Oh no, now I've really become Clown, the Clown of the gods!

[Deception] seemed to have seen through Cheng Shi's thoughts, and laughed heartily, affirming Cheng Shi's idea.

"It seems that this stinking beggar made quite a bit of money in the past. His rewards were much more generous than those of the Old Bones."

"..."

No, my Lord of Grace sir, what do you mean by that?

The Great One... also one of the opportunists in the audience?

Doesn't seem like it. [Death] seems like a really good boss, doesn't he?

"Old Bones is a good person, just a bit dull."

However, it's not that good people are without guile. He is trying to understand the New Authority Filth and Decay that you 'offer' to him, and wants to use it to seize something from that Sea of Desire that has been divided by 'Order'!

Tch, all that high-sounding talk, all you're doing is trying to get some benefits.

Otherwise, how do you think that broken bone ring in your hand managed to glue together a bunch of tattered Divinity?

It's fear!

It was the New Authority of fear that gave the Old Bones a new idea: to use fear as a bondage to bind those Divinity that could never be integrated.

But that's all there is to it; different Divinity are inherently distant from each other, and that cannot be changed.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Shi was taken aback, then his eyes gleamed.

"So that's why the gods wanted to merge with Divinity, right?"

"It's because... the Divinity bestowed by that being is incompatible with each other, so the gods tried to approach... that being through the reverse process of merging Divinity, right, my Lord of Grace!"

Those eyes raised an eyebrow in surprise, and she gave a soft chuckle:

"You've become smarter; it seems you're not afraid anymore."

"..."

Stop mocking me, stop mocking me, I'm just a Clown, okay?

Cheng Shi was stunned. He finally understood what those Experiment with the Tower of Reason he had experienced were all about. It turned out that those Grand Scholar were constantly trying various methods to integrate Divinity, graft Faith, and create artificial gods on behalf of [Truth] under His protection.

They only thought these things would allow them to ascend to godhood, but they didn't know that behind it all, "Truth" was integrating with their methods, approaching "*He" in almost the same way!

So this was the gods' true purpose!

All the causes and effects they have sown throughout the Cosmos are for [*Him]!

Therefore, the gods similar to the God of Merriment are the "Fear Faction" in the [Covenant], while the gods represented by the gods of [Truth] and [Decay] are the "closer faction" in the [Covenant]. However, there are differences among the closer faction; some worship with fanaticism, while others approach with reason.

A rough Fear Faction would include...

There is only one.

Because no one likes the God of Merriment, even the Destiny, who is also a [Nothingness] Twin Gods, disagrees with Him.

How tragic! It turns out I'm not the only Clown; there's an even bigger Clown out there.

As for who it is...

Cheng Shi touched his nose, his gaze wandering, and he didn't dare to say a word.