All Too-Familiar Strangers

Less than two seconds later, the door to the room was pushed open, and a slightly anxious, ethereal female voice came first, followed by a woman with her eyes covered by a black cloth rushing in, carrying a tattered black gauze dress.

"Qin Xin!! Is that you?"

As soon as she entered the room, she saw Qin Xin lying on the ground and took out a bottle of healing potion from her personal space without saying a word.

When she sensed someone staring at her blankly from the corner, she froze for a moment, then exclaimed in even greater astonishment:

"Cheng Shi?"

The eyes, wrapped in black cloth, slowly "looked" at Cheng Shi's legs, their "gaze" seemingly fixed on his feet.

"Those feet were actually yours?"

"???"

What kind of foot?

Whose foot?

I have no feet!

Cheng Shi was stunned. He didn't think about anything at first and instinctively wanted to shift the blame. But when he realized that he didn't have any blame to shift, he quickly looked at his feet.

For some reason, under the female player's "gaze," he suddenly wanted to hide his feet, but then he felt that the "feet" she was talking about didn't seem to be his current feet, but rather... the feet in the prophecy?

Did she see herself in the prophecy?

It's possible, very possible. After all, she is a Prophet, the Chosen of God of "Destiny," the one known as the Blind Man An Mingyu.

Indeed, Cheng Shi recognized the other person as An Mingyu.

He had never actually seen Blind Man before. Judging from the other person's appearance alone, he wouldn't have immediately associated him with Blind Man. There are so many people in this world dressed in strange clothes, and no one knows what some teammates are hiding by wearing odd clothes.

But when he heard that somewhat familiar voice, Cheng Shi immediately filled in the blank image of the Blind Man in his mind and confirmed that the other party was An Mingyu, who had called him before.

Another Chosen of God one, another Chosen of God process!

Interestingly, this Blind Man is also Chosen of God of [Destiny]. Coincidentally, Cheng Shi is currently ranked highest on [Destiny's ] Ladder of Audience. So, if this Chosen of God were given to...

"You didn't do anything, did you?" An Mingyu knelt down beside Qin Xin, slowly feeding the medicine into Qin Xin's mouth, while turning his head to "look" at him, his brows slightly furrowed and his face full of doubt.

Cheng Shi was even more bewildered.

No, girl, where did you learn to be so outgoing? I only called you once, and you might not even know it was me. How dare you shift the blame and start doubting me?

I'm a law-abiding citizen, how could I possibly...?

Oh no, they actually made a move. But can testing someone be called making a move? Besides, that light shot couldn't even break through this heavily armored guy's armor, how could it possibly knock him down?

He fainted because of an old injury, what does that have to do with me?

Countless excuses flashed through Cheng Shi's mind, but in the end he just shook his head slightly.

He didn't choose to explain anything at this moment, because as the Blind Man finished administering the medicine, another person strolled in from outside the door.

This is a tall, thin man dressed in casual clothes. His expression is slightly serious, but he doesn't seem unapproachable.

He first frowned and looked at Qin Xin on the ground, then nodded slightly to Cheng Shi as a greeting. His bright eyes swept around the room, and finally he said thoughtfully, "Looks like it's a gathering of acquaintances."

He was clearly not talking about himself, but about the three people in front of him.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Shi's lips twitched, and his expression turned strange.

If you're talking about acquaintances, then yes, we do know each other's names, but that's about it. This is truly the first time I've ever met someone like this.

Hmm, that's great, a get-together with acquaintances on our first meeting.

The loud thud of Qin Xin falling to the ground drew everyone's attention in the entire hotel, and soon a crowd of people peered out from outside the door.

Cheng Shi stood further inside and glanced at the inn from the side, only to find that the guests in the inn seemed a bit strange.

Some of them were dressed in fine clothes, while others were dressed in rags. They came from all races and had almost no commonalities. However, one thing was noteworthy: they all gave the impression of being shrewd and mercenary businessmen. Their small, rat-like eyes were gleaming as they surveyed the room, seemingly trying to determine if there was any profit to be made in this "chaos."

Before long, two more players squeezed through the crowd; their attire clearly identified them as players.

The man clearing the way was dressed in a tight-fitting leather jacket, with a bright and cheerful smile. When someone blocked his way, he would speak kindly and politely step aside to make room for them. Of course, if someone didn't give way, he would also use his broad shoulders to teach them a lesson.

Following behind was a woman with short, flowing hair cut in a princess style, wearing a Pure White trailing robe. She had an Indifference, and her eyes even overflowed with barely suppressed killing intent.

She walked quickly behind the man, and wherever she went, the travelers would instinctively take a step back because of the chilling murderous intent emanating from her. But if they were too slow to retreat, they would be met with a venomous glare from the woman, her violent eyes seeming to say: Do you want to die?

The two men quickly squeezed in from the outside. The man in the leather jacket politely said a few words to the onlookers to get rid of them, then wiped his sweat and closed the door tightly.

And so, the six players who had participated in this Trials finally met in this sweltering room.

At this moment, Qin Xin, who had been awakened by the drug, opened his eyes while lying on the ground. His sharp eyes swept over the person in front of him, and his tense heartstrings instantly relaxed a little.

"Mingyu, it really was you... I..."

He paused suddenly halfway through his sentence, then slightly raised his head to look at Cheng Shi's feet.

Cheng Shi was startled by the sudden gaze. What was even stranger was that as Qin Xin turned to look at him, everyone in the room followed the other person's gaze to Cheng Shi's feet.

"..."

No, big brother/sister, if I've done something wrong, please kill me instead of leaving me to die here in embarrassment, okay?

I'm so scared watching this that I don't even dare to scratch the ground with my toes, for fear of turning it into a toe-pleasing performance for you.

Perhaps noticing Cheng Shi's awkwardness, Qin Xin lay back down with a "thump," while simultaneously bursting into laughter:

"Those feet... were his?"

An Mingyu shook his head and chuckled, and judging from the situation, the laughter seemed to be getting louder and louder.

Cheng Shi was utterly speechless. His eye twitched violently, and he said in a strange tone to the two men who were smiling at each other:

"Gentlemen, if you don't explain what's going on and keep laughing like this, don't blame me for making you stop laughing."

Upon hearing this, everyone present lit up. The other three, who seemed to enjoy watching the drama unfold, all took a step back. The Blind Man raised an eyebrow and looked at Cheng Shi with some kind of expectation.

As for Qin Xin, he suppressed his smile. Although he was still trying to hold back a laugh, it was clear that he wanted to give Cheng Shi the utmost respect.

"I'm very curious about you, Cheng Shi. Before explaining all this, I'd like to see how you manage to make me stop laughing."

The person speaking was Blind Man; her face was clearly covered with a layer of black burlap, yet Cheng Shi could clearly see a pair of curious eyes beneath the burlap.

The look in those eyes clearly didn't resemble "Destiny," but rather "Deception."

Okay, okay, you really think I have no temper, huh?

Cheng Shi snorted coldly, his expression immediately changing. He suddenly pulled out a white cloth several meters long from his personal space and wrapped his legs and feet tightly like a mummy in the blink of an eye.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then their expressions became increasingly interesting, because they saw four large characters clearly written at the end of the white cloth:

Pay to watch.

This wasn't something Cheng Shi had just written; he simply took out this white cloth. This meant that the rather "famous" Fate Weaver in front of everyone had been preparing this white cloth in his personal space all along.

So... what kind of respectable person would keep a piece of cloth with "Paid Viewing" written on it in their personal space?

The Blind Man stared in disbelief at the scene. She even considered pushing Qin Xin up to test Cheng Shi's strength, but to her surprise, he didn't make a move at all. However, this did stop her from laughing, because he cut off the source of their laughter.

"..."

An Mingyu tilted his head blankly, and after glancing at the Cheng Shi's legs several times, he finally admitted defeat and sighed:

"No wonder Xin Xin was so impressed with you, you... are indeed an extraordinary person."