Lucia and Yog

"A midwife?" Cheng Shi was taken aback. "Shouldn't Lucia be a man?"

"Yes, he is indeed a man, but his midwifery skills are very high. Many children survive under his care, and over time his reputation grew, so people naturally ignored the issue of his gender."

Furthermore, it is rumored that before becoming "He," he could treat various infertility issues, making him less of a traditional midwife and more like a skilled obstetrician- Doctor.

"... So that's why He is called the 'Sacred Sound of Procreation'?"

"His Divine Name and His past come from two completely unrelated Memory, so I can't give you a precise answer, but in my personal opinion, it's probably true."

"So, this Emissary of [Birth] is not..." Cheng Shi hesitated for a moment. He thought of Golis and wanted to say the word "abstract," but considering his "friendship" with Afros, he swallowed the word back.

"Nothing?"

"Not a villain?"

Li Jingming was taken aback, then chuckled:

"They are neither positive nor negative, nor good nor bad; what is called good or bad is merely a subjective judgment based on personal bias."

Generally speaking, the basis for making such a judgment is most likely self-interest.

If He benefits me, then He is good; if He does not benefit me, then He is bad.

Therefore, I often think that Faith is not necessarily true piety; desires inevitably play a part in it.

Hiss--

Why does this sound so familiar?

Are you Lee Afros Jingming?

Cheng Shi blinked in bewilderment, silently attributing the current scene to the fact that knowledgeable people always have similar insights.

"Then what desires are mixed into your piety?"

"Me?" Li Jingming smiled. "Probably for the pursuit of knowledge and Memory? For example, I'm very curious about those 'eras' you mentioned."

"Goodness, you know how to seize an opportunity," Cheng Shi chuckled and waved his hand, "This is the next round. Let me finish my question first."

Upon hearing that there was hope, Li Jingming nodded slightly and continued:

"My understanding of the [Corpse Vulture King] is limited. I only know that when only this one [Decay] Believer remained in the Cosmos, He was favored by His Lord of Grace and promoted to the Emissary in the battle when the [Decay] Faith was about to perish."

However, after becoming Emissary, He lost His previous courage and broke through the encirclement and escape when faced with the siege of Herobas and His World Destroyers.

Few people are interested in Him; even His own Believer rarely mention Him. He is not a shining example, but rather more like a Clown escaped death by luck. Uh, sorry, I forgot you're Clown too. I didn't Decay anything by that.

"..." You'd better be!

Cheng Shi twitched his eye, thinking to himself that Yog really couldn't change his ways; after all these eras, his only specialty was still running away.

Can the Big Cat catch such an Emissary is good at running away?

Even if we catch them, can we defeat them?

Cheng Shi couldn't help but worry about the future of Big Cat, but he forgot one thing at this moment: where was Big Cat right now?

He was so engrossed in exchanging Memory with Li Jingming that he completely forgot about the fact that another teammate of his was missing.

"So, are you satisfied with this Memory?"

"It's alright, but I need to verify whether what you're saying is true. After all, you're a liar, and liars never tell the truth." Cheng Shi clicked his tongue in slight disdain, then raised an eyebrow to indicate it was time to switch people.

This time, in this undisturbed Void, Cheng Shi had enough time to fill in the gaps in his understanding. At least until those two Lord of Grace finished fighting, he should be relatively safe.

Li Jingming noticed that Cheng Shi was very interested in talking, which met his expectations, so he smiled and said, "I'm far less interested in them than in you, if you're willing..."

"No way."

Li Jingming paused slightly, then nodded as if he understood. "Alright, then let's talk about the 'era'. I'm very curious about how the era you're talking about relates to the eras I know."

Cheng Shi got Cheng Shi into it, and he was sure he could get something out of Li Jingming, so he didn't hide anything or make anything up, he just spoke vaguely.

"The existence of an era is not unique. The [Civilization] era that you know about has probably occurred four times in history, and the current one is the fourth time."

"!!!"

Cheng Shi's words immediately startled Li Jingming. He frowned and began searching his Memory. Countless streams of azure light flashed in his eyes. After a long period of contemplation, he replied thoughtfully:

"I see, so there was another time."

"Huh?" Now it was Cheng Shi's turn to Cheng Shi surprised. "You guessed it?"

"No, it's just that the recurring Memory are slightly conflicting, which makes me doubt certain points in the past."

I initially thought this was similar to the Trials of "time," where some kind of temporal entanglement occurred, causing a distortion of history.

But now it seems that this is not the case; it turns out that different Civilization Era produced different histories.

However, the recurring historical events in my Memory all seem to share similarities. Does this mean that in each era of Civilization Era, the course of history is the same, with only slight Change along the way?

At this point, Li Jingming and Cheng Shi were both taken aback. They looked at each other and uttered the same word in unison:

"[Destiny]?"

Indeed, it's so similar. Change within Predestination —isn't that the Divine Authority of Destiny?

The problem is that in the previous eras, the "Nothingness" had not yet descended. In other words, the "Origin" had not yet created the "Nothingness." So what is the reason for this strong sense of déjà vu?

Cheng Shi had never thought about this problem from the perspective of "Memory" before. He pondered for a moment, but had no clue, so he could only write down the problem for now.

Li Jingming was even more confused than Cheng Shi. He didn't even know how the "era" actually operated. However, based on his extensive Memory, he still guessed some things, so eager to verify them, he asked again:

"Is this 'four times' you mentioned related to the number of Path of Fate?"

Clever!

Cheng Shi never imagined that the Dragon King could guess this even though he had spoken so vaguely. He looked at the Dragon King with admiration and clicked his tongue in appreciation:

"That's impressive. Now I believe what Hong Lin said. Zhen Yi might not have really tricked you. But I'm more curious about what she did to you?"

"If you can explain the 'era' clearly, I don't mind sharing this not-so-interesting Memory with you, Cheng Shi. You should have realized that I have never been an enemy of 'Deception', nor will I be your enemy."