"Who? That one just now?"
"Didn't you guess who He is?"
Cheng Shi frowned, deep in thought.
It wasn't that He hadn't guessed. After confirming that the one in front of him was his Lord, He knew that the one just now was probably [destiny], another God of the [nothingness] Fate.
Because They had the same outward appearance, the same form, and the same nothingness fluctuations.
The only difference was their personalities.
One was indifferent, the other was jumpy.
"Looks like you guessed."
"So what if I guessed? As a mere human, can I possibly take revenge on a [God]?"
"Hehe, you don't need to probe, I can tell you the answer.
Any life form can take revenge on a [God], but this 'revenge' might not be in the form you desire.
For example, you, from beginning to end, have been taking revenge on Him."
"???"
Big brother, please don't talk nonsense. When did I ever take revenge on [destiny]?
If I had that kind of guts, would I have gone and ordered a solo instance?
Seeing Cheng Shi's surprise, He continued.
"From the moment you took down the mask representing me at 'The Starting Point of Fate', your blasphemy against destiny had already begun."
Cheng Shi was dumbfounded. Countless images flashed in his mind, and his thoughts returned to the day the Gods descended.
...
On that sunny and beautiful afternoon, [Faith Game] forcibly invaded the consciousness of everyone in the world in a way that humans could not understand, naturally including Cheng Shi.
Cheng Shi, who was thrown to The Starting Point of Fate, looked at the white mask and the pale, bone-like dice in front of him, His confusion breaking through the sky.
The situation was obvious, He needed to choose one of two.
Cheng Shi was very conflicted. He didn't even know what these two things represented.
"How should I choose?" He muttered to himself.
What was unexpected was that the mask responded to him.
"Choose 'dice of fate'."
Although Cheng Shi didn't know what "dice of fate" represented, He knew that the mask was definitely talking about that dice.
Cheng Shi was a person who listened to advice.
So He picked up the dice.
In His simple concept, listen to advice and eat your fill.
So He chose the dice without hesitation.
Just as the mask curled up its Mouth and revealed a relieved smile, Cheng Shi reached out and pinched the mask again.
The mask's smile instantly froze.
Cheng Shi was not only a person who listened to advice, but also a smart person.
Since this mask could advise people to take things, it must also be a good thing itself.
So the greedy Cheng Shi gave up on choosing one of two. He wanted both.
The anomaly happened then.
The dice began to become heavy, and the mask began to burn.
Cheng Shi's left hand was scorched black by the burning flames, and his right hand was smashed into the floor by the heavy dice.
However, even so, He never let go.
Highlighting the point that He would be greedy even unto Death.
Only when the mask had burned away half of his body and the dice had smashed through his palm did these anomalies gradually disappear.
The dying Cheng Shi lay on the ground, looking at the mask's remains and the ash-stained dice in front of him, and returned to the state of choosing one of two.
Cheng Shi gave a tragic laugh and placed the only remaining mask's Lips on his face, but the mask instantly disappeared.
Helplessly, He reached out his pierced right hand to fish for the dice underground.
And then...
He inexplicably became a believer of [Fraud].
He had an undetectable [fools lips] on his face, and in his hand, there was a [dice of fate] that would always only roll a 1.
So much so that from the beginning until now, everyone else's [Edict] was to pray to the mask, while He could only pray to the dice.
...
"Do you remember?
You went against your Fate.
From that moment on, every [Edict] of yours was a blasphemy against Him.
You say, if there is always a tiny bug questioning you, provoking you, blaspheming you...
What would you do?"
Cheng Shi's face twitched. He thought to himself, that depends on who it is.
If I were that God, I would definitely step on that dirty bug.
But if I were the bug...
Bah, [destiny] is really a bitch!
The eyes under the starry sky narrowed slightly, revealing a smile.
"See, you blasphemed Him again."
"..."
Cheng Shi smiled on the surface, but cursed in his heart, "You summoned your believer just to watch Him make a fool of himself?"
"Otherwise?"
"???"
Is that human language?
Cheng Shi's face twitched twice, and He sighed as if giving up:
"Let's talk about something serious, Lord.
Your devout and humble believer has just suffered a murder, his mind has endured enormous pressure, and He is extremely exhausted. He really doesn't have the energy to listen to your mockery.
What did you come to tell me, or what do you want me to do? Please speak directly."
The eyes rolled and smiled:
"Why didn't you follow my will and kill that believer of [destiny]?"
Cheng Shi said honestly:
"I personally feel that letting her recognize her miserable Fate and question the Lord who once protected her is perhaps more painful than killing her.
Death is the simplest form of torture."
"Interesting. Perhaps [Death] doesn't agree with your point of view, but it doesn't matter, He doesn't count.
Then how are you so sure that your choice is definitely right?"
"Because I am your believer, and your radiance always guides me."
This was a blatant flattery, very loud.
But useless.
The eyes smiled playfully:
"You blasphemed Him again."
"..."
"However, I am very satisfied.
Hmm, how should I reward my devout follower?
Let me think, how about telling you a few secrets.
With so many secrets, which one should I tell you?"
The eyes blinked happily. After a while, He chuckled:
"Let's play a game."
"?"
"The game of [Memory].
The believers of [Memory] search everywhere for interesting secrets to please Him. Let's also have a game of secret exchange.
You can ask me two questions, and I will also ask you two questions.
Considering that I still have the divine name of [Fraud] above my head, for the sake of fairness, let's add one more rule:
Of the two answers, at least one must not be a lie."
Cheng Shi's eyes narrowed, and his brain began to work frantically.
You should know that the rule in the [Faith Game] about "at the end of each year, players will be selected according to the Ladder to the Audience ranking, and the top ten players in the ranking will have the opportunity to meet with God" will not take effect until half a year later.
So no matter what, this was an opportunity to understand [God], to understand [Faith Game], and to understand "himself".
What should He ask?
And how to ensure that He wouldn't lie?
Cheng Shi thought for a long time, and the answer He came up with was: It's impossible to ensure!
Even the rules of this game could potentially be His lies.
Simply because His divine name is [Fraud]!
Since that was the case, there was no need to waste brain cells searching for logical loopholes.
Just ask whatever you want to know.
...