Su Yida was an excellent actor.
At least to the others, in that last sentence, he conveyed three meanings.
Firstly, he was a Mage of Memory, a Memory Traveler.
Secondly, he did indeed have the ability to return to the past, which might be very useful in the Trial of annihilation, subtly increasing his importance.
Thirdly, he saw that Tao Yi was a believer of prosperity, indicating his keen observation skills.
But to Cheng Shi, Su Yida's performance hid two more layers of lies, and those were...
His talent!
And his score!
Cheng Shi had already guessed his talent:
The S-rank Faith talent of Fraud, Mirage in the Cracks of Reality.
When someone believed his lie, everything he described would be seen by that person.
And if someone saw through his lie, everything he said would not be seen by the person who saw through it.
In other words, Su Yida created a handful of mushrooms that existed between reality and illusion.
Tao Yi believed him, so Tao Yi could see and eat them.
Cheng Shi had long guessed that he was a believer of Fraud and had a talent that could see through his lies, so Cheng Shi couldn't see the mushrooms at all; all he saw was Su Yida's clumsy and comical pantomime.
This was also the reason why many talents of Fraud looked very abnormal but were actually rated very low.
Because once a lie is exposed, no matter how high the building built upon it is, it will collapse, and can never be rebuilt.
But the interesting thing was, the current Cheng Shi, precisely, could not expose him.
Not even throughout the entire Trial.
Because he might be the only guarantee for Tao Yi to exert her full strength in the Trial.
Also, having an S-rank talent meant that Su Yida's ladder score was likely higher than 2000.
Looking at it this way, this person's depth of thought was no less than that of the teammates from the previous match.
Tao Yi smiled into a Squinty Eyes again, holding the mushrooms and eating heartily, not avoiding the Cui Dingtian who had finished his battle.
The Lao Tou looked up at Tao Yi, coughed, and nodded, acknowledging the girl with the opposing Faith.
Zhao Qian's gaze towards Cui Dingtian was still strange; he stepped back two paces, took two deep breaths, and said:
"Mummy is truly a defense specialist, impressive."
"Uh, cough, cough, cough... You flatter me."
As soon as the Lao Tou finished speaking, he started bending over and coughing again, looking hunched.
"Hmm, as everyone can see, the rain is getting heavier and heavier. Given the current soil quality, if it gets any heavier, the probability of triggering mudslides or landslides is very high."
Zhao Qian kicked the muddy ground under his feet, frowned, and continued:
"My suggestion is to go down first, then turn. The mountain peak over there looks a bit harder in terms of rock quality. Whether we wait for the heavy rain to end or for an even greater downpour there, there will be more room for maneuver. What do you think?"
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed and found that the mountain over there did indeed look more solid; it was a dark white rock.
"I have no objection."
"Hmm... Good, no objection... Gulp..."
"Cough, cough, cough, then let's hurry up and go."
Zhao Qian took the lead, Su Yida was full of energy, and Old Cui didn't walk slowly either.
Cheng Shi and Gao Yu naturally walked side by side, silently following behind.
"Hey, you keep talking about us, what about yourself?" Gao Yu asked in a low voice.
"Myself? What?"
"Edict, you're not prosperity, so naturally there's only..."
"Oh, that." Cheng Shi smiled awkwardly, then somewhat deliberately patted his crotch, "It's already done."
Gao Yu's gaze followed his movement downwards, and when he saw Cheng Shi's pants, he seemed to suddenly understand something, blinking in shock and confusion.
"This... This... Is this okay?
You... Awesome!
Really fast."
"Hmm? Isn't being fast good? It saves Time."
"..."
Gao Yu showed a "I can't understand" smile and turned his head away.
Tao Yi, who had finished eating, was clearly in much better spirits, and she ran all the way to the front to clear the way.
But it was not surprising, given the Wood Elf's affinity for plants, the weeds and thorns blocking the way were not a problem at all.
Tao Yi just waved her hand, and a shortcut through the cliffside bushes appeared before everyone's eyes.
"Let's go, follow carefully."
Her agile figure darted and leaped on the continuously protruding vine platforms, her nimble state looking completely different from the harmless pink-haired girl from before.
It was still the same saying, no one at this score level was simple.
Appearance was misleading.
Cheng Shi shook his head and smiled, following closely.
Although he couldn't be as effortless as Tao Yi, he could still climb down quickly.
However, just as He was halfway down, a rapidly growing vine suddenly wrapped around his leg, pulling him down from high up.
Cheng Shi looked back in surprise and found that it was Tao Yi who had 'Prospered' the plants by her feet, turning them into a giant hand that caught Cheng Shi.
He didn't feel any shame or inferiority at all; instead, He approached Tao Yi with a grateful look and fawned over her.
"Great star is amazing, Da Lao is awesome, thank you Da Lao, I will hold onto Da Lao's leg and never let go even in Death, Heaven will witness my sincerity!"
As soon as the words fell, thunder roared!
"Boom--Boom boom--"
"..."
Everyone watched the joke in silence from the side, Tao Yi smiled awkwardly, waved her hand and said:
"It's nothing, helping each other, let's go quickly."
The group set off again, and Cheng Shi and Gao Yu fell behind again.
At this time, the rain was falling even harder.
The curtain of rain was almost interfering with the Players' vision, so much so that they had to make some makeshift rain shields from materials on the spot and hold them over their heads, which gave them a clearer view of the path ahead.
"Child... Gao Yu..."
Hearing Cheng Shi's greeting, Gao Yu sighed.
"Just call me what you want."
"Child elder brother!"
As soon as Cheng Shi said this, He felt refreshed.
"I'm also quite interested in history, especially the history of the development of the Tower of Rationality's Alchemy Creation system. It's boring on the way, tell me about it."
Gao Yu was a little surprised:
"You like puppets?"
Cheng Shi didn't hide it and nodded sincerely:
"Yes!"
Then He lowered his voice and said:
"Look, when you're not participating in the Trial, it's so boring by yourself.
But if you connect your space with others, you have to guard against outsiders suddenly having designs on you, it's not safe.
If I could learn some Alchemy Creation techniques and refine a puppet myself, wouldn't that be...
Hehehehe, you know."
The rain was pouring down, and the sound was noisy, so the conversation between the two people should not have been heard by others.
But at some point, Su Yida also quietly fell behind, just walking in front of the two of them and pricking up his Ears to listen.
Clearly, He was very interested in what topic the two were secretly talking about.
Gao Yu thought to himself that Cheng Shi was indeed this kind of person, and He replied with a slight disdain:
"Flesh and blood are just temporary companions. Since the Gods have descended, what we may possess is endless possibilities. Why be attached to these things that easily fade."
Cheng Shi was stunned and asked in return:
"Then what should we be attached to? Eternal mechanical creations? Create a feminized mecha to accompany ourselves?"
Who would have thought that Cheng Shi just said it casually, but Gao Yu's steps suddenly stumbled, and his embarrassed, flushed face quickly turned to one side.
Cheng Shi stared at his reaction in astonishment, thinking to himself, you haven't already made one, have you?
Hmm???
Although mecha is a man's romance, it's not meant for you to romance it this way, Child elder brother.
You're not even 18 yet!
How can you go down the wrong path?
I suggest you give the mecha to me, I will bear this sin for you!
Su Yida listened to the conversation between the two and frowned.
They were whispering for a long time, just talking about this behind?
They didn't even see any clues to solve the Trial, and you're here talking about the romance of mecha?
What, isn't it romantic enough now? If it rains for another hour, the entire valley will be so full of water that it will be both 'lang' (waves) and 'man' (overflowing).
He shook his head and followed the steps ahead again.
Seeing him leave, Cheng Shi continued:
"Green vegetables and radishes, each has their own preference, tell me about it, Child elder brother."
Gao Yu actually didn't want to bother with such a vulgar person, but the feeling of someone asking him about history was very good, so much so that He endured for a second, but still couldn't refuse.
"What do you want to know?"
"Oh, what are the great masters in the Alchemy Creation system, what are their research directions, which one is the most reliable, etc. Later I'll look up some information, so I can work in that direction."
"Let me think..."
Gao Yu stepped on the muddy ground, sometimes deep, sometimes shallow, and after thinking for a moment, said:
"Speaking of the most talented figures in their department, it's probably Zayinjier, who died accidentally in an alchemy experiment in the early civilization era, and Buckhus, who refined his wife into a new life in the late civilization era."
"... I want to refine a wife puppet, not refine my wife into a puppet. Talk about the former, just the former!"
When Cheng Shi heard this name, his heart skipped a beat.
According to Chernosley, Zayinjier's Death was not accidental.
He was assassinated by Scholars from other schools of the Tower of Rationality!