Time slipped quietly by, and Cheng Shi spent several peaceful days in the rest area.
During those days, he kept preparing himself mentally. He planned to first learn a little about the history related to the Nation of War and the Grand Inquisition, then decide whether he should truly throw himself into the situation and accelerate the God of Merriment's plans once he had a rough understanding of it.
But investigating history was an extremely tedious task. It was impossible to summarize anything concise using only the unreliable information in the chat channel, so Cheng Shi naturally thought of the History School—or rather, Zhen Xin.
He hadn't forgotten that Zhen Xin still owed him compensation. Although Katarro had demanded that compensation, who said a shadow couldn't be another version of oneself?
Thus, Cheng Shi called Zhen Xin. For more than ten seconds after the call connected, neither of them spoke. Only when Zhen Xin chuckled and said, "It's me," did Cheng Shi let out a slight sigh of relief. He then discussed Ultraman's "mission" with her.
Compared with Cheng Shi, who had made no progress at all, Zhen Xin had been much more diligent. She had already compiled the history of the Grand Inquisition and prayed for several trials related to it.
Unfortunately, she had gained nothing.
That result wasn't surprising. If anyone could see through the relationships between the gods after going through only a few trials, then the divine beings probably couldn't be called gods anymore.
Zhen Xin wasn't discouraged in the slightest. She even generously shared her insights and organized notes with Cheng Shi. Although she claimed verbally that this was the compensation she had promised him, Cheng Shi understood that, besides compensating him, she was also urging him to explain the matters concerning the other worlds.