By this point, Cheng Shi had essentially understood the entire story of Sandlais.
The Tower of Reason's No Faith Experiment had failed. For more than a century, the scholars had "farmed" this city from behind the scenes, creating a "God of No Faith" for this faithless place.
Then, for reasons unknown to outsiders, the Scholarly Council abandoned this place. The clown Kraun guided all the citizens to convert to Deception in order to save his homeland. It was precisely this massive transfer of faith that stained the "God of No Faith," born from everyone's belief, with the color of Deception, gradually twisting "faith."
So from the very beginning, this so-called "God of No Faith" had actually been nothing more than a container—a container that let the divinity of "No Faith" drip into the world. Only after the transfer of faith did it become a container for the divinity of Deception. The God of Merriment—who else could it have been but the God of Merriment—had hidden it in Sandlais's past.
It had used Memory as a disguise and the Ear of Secret Prying as cover, concealing its true "essence" beneath Sandlais's snow and wind. It was not until this trial brought in players who could discover it, until Cheng Shi summoned the memories of this place's past with Past Life Replay, that it was once again "dug" out of the buried permafrost and brought back into the world.
And that was the greatest secret of this silent trial!
So, aside from Cheng Shi, everyone had been wrong.
The "death-fearing" Battle Marshal had only heard his teammates' secrets;
Long Jing thought he had witnessed Lord Foolish Play's past;
Li Jingming had confirmed that this so-called "Foolish Play" was collecting shattered masks;
And Zhen Xin had verified Foolish Play's existence and believed she