Many People Came to Test Me, and I Turned Them All Away...

The night was silent, the Milky Way vast.

When Cheng Shi opened his eyes again and saw a dazzling starry Starry Sky above him, he tensed up and didn't dare to move.

He was terrified that he would be "rushed" to some of His territory again and subjected to a barrage of questions.

After listening intently for a while and finding no further movement around him, and feeling the hard concrete ground beneath him, Cheng Shi Shiti's breath suddenly dissipated, and he collapsed weakly onto the rooftop of the Rest Area.

They're back, finally back...

The pace of these Trials lately has been deadly; the audience after the Trials is even harder than the Trials.

Even if you can't fool the Peak Player in the Trials, you can at least use the role-playing method to escape. But when facing [them]... Cheng Shi has no way to deal with them.

All I get is beatings and scoldings...

Fortunately, the protection of [Nothingness] is still effective; at least so far I haven't died... no, I haven't died yet.

He let out a long sigh, relaxed, and lay down on the rooftop, intending to clear his mind and rest. But as soon as his gaze fell upon the stars in the sky, he remembered the words of his Lord of Grace:

"Yes, isn't my Emissary you, Lord [Fool's Game]?"

Is this a joke, or is it something more pointed?

Or perhaps, this wasn't said to himself at all, but to Mouth Brother?

Thinking of this, Cheng Shi suddenly spoke up:

"Mouth Brother, since you dare to speak in front of [Time], why don't you dare to speak in front of your Lord of Grace?"

It's strange that He knows you exist, yet He never greets you.

You two... have a problem!

"Could I be right? You're sulking with God of Merriment because your Mask shattered?"

After Cheng Shi finished speaking, his mind started racing with all sorts of thoughts. He had received too much information recently and needed time to sort it out. Most importantly, he didn't expect Lips of Foolish Play to answer him at all. After all, when he asked these kinds of questions before, Mouth Brother never said a word.

To his surprise, the Lips of Foolish Play responded today!

"·yes."

"???"

Cheng Shi jolted awake, sitting up from the floor. His eyes widened in disbelief, but he quickly forced a smile and muttered:

"You lied to me again?"

"I Never Lie."

"..." Cheng Shi's face darkened. He wished he could take out his Tongue of Lies and give Mouth Brother a good thrashing, but when he thought that Tongue Brother's slaps would only hit his own face, he reluctantly gave up.

"Let me think. What you said, Mouth Brother, can't possibly be entirely true, but it can't be completely false either. Hmm... so you mean you and God of Merriment do have a problem, but it's not about the Mask breaking, right!?"

"Sigh, people really do get smarter when they're fooled for too long."

"..."

"Yes, there is indeed a problem between Him and me."

"!!!" Cheng Shi jumped again, his whole body tense and nervous, as if he were digging into a huge secret of the gods. He asked in a soft voice, incredulously, "What's the problem?"

This time, the Lips of Foolish Play didn't keep anyone in suspense; its answer was very direct.

"I don't know what his problem is, my problem is..."

Why do you always get fooled like that?

"???"

Cheng Shi was stunned for a moment, then his face darkened, and he collapsed back down with a thud.

What's the problem?

What kind of question is this?!

Is this the "problem" I was referring to? Ah!?

You really do have a problem with your feelings, don't you?

Okay, okay, Clown, I am the Clown!

Cheng Shi chuckled self-deprecatingly, took out a Mask from his personal storage space, and skillfully put it on his face.

Through the narrow slit in the Mask, he emptied his mind and looked up at the Starry Sky, his thoughts drifting away.

As the moon sank westward and the night grew darker, the An Jing rooftop was almost silent except for the occasional cold breeze.

Cheng Shi let his thoughts wander and gradually drifted into the moonlight, almost falling asleep again. But just as his eyelids were drooping and he was about to give up, a piercing phone call rang, pulling him back from his dazed state.

Cheng Shi startled awake and turned to look in the direction of the warehouse.

At this moment... who could it be?

He frowned, then decided to answer the phone. He got up and went to the warehouse, where he quickly found the phone.

The moment the call connected, a familiar female voice came from the other end, cautious yet enthusiastic.

"Recently, many people have come to test your identity, and I've covered for you all. What have you done now, Cheng Shi?"

"?"

It's Big Cat.

Although... but...

When Cheng Shi heard Hong Lin say those words, a bright question mark appeared on his forehead.

No, sis, what exactly are you covering up for me?

Ah?

Everyone who calls knows I'm Cheng Shi, so why are you still trying to hide it?

I'm already being nice by not calling you specifically to complain, so why are you expecting me to thank you?

"... Thanks."

Cheng Shi still said thank you, acknowledging the kindness.

He also knew he couldn't blame the exposure of his identity on Big Cat's carelessness, after all, she wasn't a player who was... cough cough... good at using her brain.

Felines only need to be able to scratch and bite people; they don't need to use their brains.

"You're welcome, it's nothing."

But you sound so uneasy, did something happen to you?

"..." Cheng Shi twitched his lips and replied, "Get to the point, Da... Hong Lin, you didn't call just to ask me to thank you, did you?"

Hong Lin paused, then her eyelids twitched and she said, "What were you about to say, what big?"

"It's late... you need to get to the point, I need to sleep," Cheng Shi quickly tried to cover up.

"..."

Hong Lin didn't believe it at all, but she was helpless over the phone, so she could only spit out a curse and then start talking about the matter in a serious manner.

"I met Nangong."

Her first words warmed Cheng Shi's heart.

How wonderful! A kind girl met a righteous and good person...

Wait a minute!

Cheng Shi was dumbfounded. "What do you mean you saw Nangong? You two were matched together?"

"No, I saw her in the results of the Prayer Trial. She was a little girl who was weak and helpless, kind to the point of being... naive."

I didn't expect her to be a non- Faith. How is that possible, Cheng Shi?

Do you know how much risk a non- Faith might face in a Trials?

Fortunately, the Trials wasn't difficult, and fortunately, she met a good person... sigh, a good person with Faith in "Decay".

I reviewed the entire Trials, and if it weren't for that mummy protecting her throughout, your friend... probably wouldn't have made it through.

Praise be to Destiny; at least it didn't let good people die too young.

"?"

Cheng Shi was stunned for a moment, blinking in bewilderment.

A mummy with Faith "Decay" is still a good person, oh my god—

The description of Big Cat sounds so similar...

"Do you know what's even more amazing? This mummy was once a Believer of [Prosperity], and he was an Oathbreaker!"

An Oathbreaker abandoned prosperity and embraced Decay!

"Sigh, what a pity. Otherwise, I could have offered him some help. But now, he seems to be in a pretty bad situation."

"!!!" A glint flashed in Cheng Shi's eyes, and he exclaimed a name with delight, "His surname is Cui, right?"

"?"

The person on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing:

"You know him?"

You seem to know quite a few good people; no wonder the little fox trusts you so much.

Cheng Shi, you still say you're not a good person!

"?"

What does this have to do with me being a good person?

Even though I'm a bad seed, you can't deprive me of my right to appreciate good people!

Cui Ding Tian!

That mummy is Cui Ding Tian!

He's still alive! That's wonderful! He's still alive!

This was perhaps the best news Cheng Shi had received recently. Upon hearing that this kind old man was still alive, Cheng Shi's smile became even brighter.

He stretched out his hand and looked thoughtfully at the little fingernail of his left hand.

"Praise [Destiny], that all good things will eventually come together."