"So why me?"
After the human and god had remained silent for a long while, Cheng Shi raised his head and asked the question with a complicated expression.
He had asked Memory and Deception this question before. Memory had told him that the ruler of the Void Era had chosen him, which was why all the gods had taken an interest in him;
Deception had told him that It had not chosen Cheng Shi, but had chosen itself.
Now, he had asked Destiny the same question. The spirals in those eyes stopped for a moment. Staring at Cheng Shi with an attitude that was not quite so cold, It remained silent for a while before slowly saying:
"Because it is predetermined. It wasn't me who chose you. Rather, it was predetermined in you."
"But Lord of Grace, isn't the predetermined your authority!?" Cheng Shi didn't understand. He glared with wide eyes, wanting an explanation, but then he realized what Destiny's words actually meant.
The predetermined was indeed Destiny's authority, but this authority had been... bestowed by the Origin!
So the true source lay with the Origin!?
Was It the one who had chosen him??
At that thought, an emotion even more fearful than before boiled up in Cheng Shi's heart. At that moment, he finally experienced the terror of facing the Origin directly. Never had he felt so close to the God of Merriment as he did now.
The existence of the Fear Faction had a reason. No one liked being remembered for no reason.
Cheng Shi's face went deathly pale, and cold sweat covered his body. He didn't dare think about anything related to It, afraid that his thoughts might spread and attract an unknown gaze. Thus, he could only silently pray in his heart, begging the God of