Alas, Your Path Is Wrong

"What do you mean? Simple?"

Cheng Shi froze. If this matter were simple, then what had the Tower of Reason been working toward for thousands of years on the Isle of Hope?

What did the players' tireless trials and research, day and night, amount to?

Hadn't 0221 been the only one to discover the secret of splicing divinity all this time? If that could be called simple, then why had no one else ever discovered it?

"Explain!"

At that moment, Cheng Shi's curiosity about this method far outweighed his desire to trade with 0221.

"Actually, his method couldn't even be considered research. I never expected that 0221, who had walked the farthest along the path of Truth, would actually submit to 'worshiping the gods.'"

"Hah—The path of worshiping the gods is also a form of knowledge. Mortals are merely blinded by a leaf, lost in themselves."

"Shut up. One more word and the trade is off." Cheng Shi pointed at Wang Mou and said irritably, "You talk!"

"As everyone knows, only gods possess 'Faith Blueprints,' and only by following those blueprints can one splice divinity together. The scholars of the Tower of Reason had spent a thousand years researching this without finding a way in. The reason wasn't that they hadn't thought of a method like 0221's, but that they wanted to open up a path through mortal hands and use it to draw closer to them.

"But his method... Heh, he merely borrowed 'the hand of a god,' passing through his own hands what the gods could accomplish!

"Fate Weaver, this manuscript records an item that must be used to splice divinity. Do you know what it is?"

Seeing the Doctor's disdainful expression, Cheng Shi's pupils contracted. He felt that the other man was implying something. Then, connecting this