A Fine Deceiver, a Fine Master of Trickery!

Cheng Shi couldn't even imagine how crazy the person in front of him was; he had sent his past self back to the time and space he belonged to.

It's obvious that someone as cunning as Su Yida wouldn't believe any of his future self's nonsense or promises, even if he encountered his future self.

But Su Yida still succeeded in the future. Why?

That's because he understood Su Yida's most fervent desire at that moment: to become a god!

In that future time and space, Su Yida may have reached a height that is currently unattainable, and that height is also closer to them!

He understands himself, seduces himself, deceives himself, ignites the desires in his heart, and tricks his past self into the future!

This also proves from another perspective that the players who joined the Tower of Reason are a group of crazy, absurd, and fanatical lunatics!

This bizarre operation truly shocked Cheng Shi.

His action undoubtedly illustrates one thing:

Even if the current Su Yida dies, it won't affect the fact that this Su Yida live on!

Why?

If past deaths cannot represent present deaths, then what's the point of him going back in time to kill himself?

Is this the paradox of time, or the Divine Majesty of Memory?

Hearing this, Su Yida finally spoke again, and he laughed self-deprecatingly.

"In your eyes and mine, you have always been you, and I have always been me, but in His eyes, every version of you and every version of me in his Memory is independent."

We are merely paint on a comic book; removing any one of them makes no difference to Him.

Cheng Shi frowned, not understanding.

"So He sent you back just to remove the current me?"

Since it won't affect my future self, what's the point of erasing a past me?

Even so, that's only in terms of "Memory." You are not Him, much less His Believer. What makes you so sure that you can survive in the Memory that have been revisited?

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Etc!

I think I understand!

Hahaha, Su Yida, you're amazing! You're really amazing!!

I was wondering why you didn't dare use the power of the Lord of Grace to deal with me. I thought it was because my future self had reached a high enough level that He favored me, and you were afraid of angering Him, which was why you didn't dare kill me.

No! I was wrong! I was wrong!!

I was so naive!

You dare to stay in the present, pretending to be your former self and not go back, not because you can escape the scrutiny of Memory, but because you are waiting for our Lord of Grace, Deception, to help you deceive them!

I see!

I see!!

You accepted their commission from the future, yet you didn't kill me when you went back to the present—this was a deception.

You deceived your present self into the future and replaced me with Zhao Qian's corpse; these are two deceptions.

You are attempting to deceive the players in this Trials by surviving as a completely unaware Su Yida from the past—this is the third deception.

You offer Him a deception that connects the present and the future, just so that our beloved Lord of Grace will look upon you, and then...

May you be protected in your so-called past Memory!

Only He can allow you to live on in your Memory with an old identity!

Especially since this scam involves [Memory]!

I imagine He would like it very much.

Therefore, you dare to despise the gift of death, but you dare not use the power of Deception to destroy His Believer.

It's not because I'm important enough, but because you're afraid!

You're afraid that this grand deception might have some flaws, causing Him to lose interest in you!

What a Deception, what a Master of Trickery!

"Su Yida, you're almost there!"

"Heh... until I realized I still underestimated you, even now, didn't I?"

Su Yida shook his head resignedly and withdrew the power of [Existence] from his hand.

"You are far more capable than me, Cheng Shi."

He's right, you really are annoying.

Do you have doubts about the power of [Time] within me?

The power of "Memory" can be considered something they borrowed from Him, but you can't understand the power of "time" within me, can you?

Indeed, if it was [Memory] that intervened, then where did Su Yida get such a strong [Time] power from?

Demigod Artifact?

Divinity?

None of them seem to fit.

Cheng Shi remained silent, waiting for Su Yida to give his answer.

However, what awaited them was...

"Ha, I won't tell you."

"..."

Are you a dog?

Why keep people in suspense if you don't tell them?

For a moment, Cheng Shi's face looked as if he had eaten shit.

After being completely exposed, Su Yida finally decided to give up. He also lay down on the ground, watching the surrounding ice rapidly melt away, and let out a heavy sigh.

"Ever since I was matched with them, I've been on edge every single moment, meticulously calculating every second, but the overwhelming pressure still felt suffocating, until I finally had this opportunity to escape from there..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but Cheng Shi could tell that the "there" Su Yida was referring to wasn't the Trials he would face in the future, but rather that... era.

"But so what if you guessed right? The offering is complete, and I have already received the blessing of Lord of Grace."

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Cheng Shi suddenly sat up, asking incredulously:

"He acknowledged your identity?"

"It'll be soon. When the Trials ends, I will become me!"

"You...

What about the original Su Yida?

He went to the future, he's bound to die, isn't he?

How could those people possibly let a swindler go?

You just killed him like that?

"I killed him?"

No, it was his own choice.

Just like the open scheme you devised for him, I told him everything without hiding anything.

But he still chose to go.

Cheng Shi clearly heard the self-deprecating tone in Su Yida's voice.

Su Yida is now willing to do anything to become a god; he even believes he can fool the people of the future.

However, Su Yida in the future seems to have lost the spirit he had in the present.

What did he go through?

What happened in the future?

Su Yida certainly wouldn't answer these questions himself, but there's one...

Why choose Zhao Qian?

Su Yida clearly didn't expect Cheng Shi to care about a dead person.

"Why? He was unlucky; I saw him."

Do you even believe such a lame excuse?

Such a meticulously planned scheme wouldn't have such random variables, so why choose Zhao Qian?

His build isn't like mine, so choosing Gao Yu would be better than choosing him..."

Wait, Gao Yu?

By the way, how are the other teammates?

Cheng Shi looked up at the tent and saw that the entire tent seemed to have been frozen in time.

Why are you only thinking about other people now?

"Is my story so captivating that it has greatly lowered your guard?"

"It seems you really enjoy using the power of [Time]."

"Don't try to trick me, I won't tell."

Su Yida put his head in his hands and rested his head on his arms, letting out a soft laugh.

"I just told him a story, and he committed suicide."

"Suicide?"

Cheng Shi could tell that Su Yida wasn't lying.

Zhao Qian actually committed suicide?

Why?

"Want to hear it?" Su Yida used the same trick again.

"Hehe, guess?" Cheng Shi wisely refrained from asking any further questions.

"What, are you feeling sorry for his death?"

Instead of wasting time, you should think about yourself. So, have you still not decided whether you want to kill me or not?