The Fool of the Gods

Cheng Shi's consciousness was almost gone.

He had gradually lost the ability to think. He felt that the scalpel on his chest was getting deeper and deeper. Even if he avoided the heart, if he didn't receive treatment now, he might die directly from excessive blood loss.

He barely caught Qin Chaoge's position with his peripheral vision. He smiled with relief as he watched her staggering towards him.

It was finally time to exchange sincerity for sincerity.

Cheng Shi had maintained an open and cooperative attitude throughout this trial, and shared everything sincerely, just for this moment.

In order to gain the trust of the lawful players, so that they would be willing to help him at the most critical moment.

He had used this trick many times, no, it should be said that he had gambled many times, and he had never lost yet.

This was not only because he had good luck in gambling, but also because he saw through human nature.

Just like this game, he saw through Qin Chaoge and Li Bola.

These two were both very trustworthy partners.

On the premise of giving something, you can definitely get something in return.

But Cheng Shi, who had been overly eroded by the desire to kill, ignored a fatal problem at this time, that is:

Why was Qin Chaoge not affected by this dazzling red light!

As soon as she entered the door, she ignored all restrictions, and even though her steps were staggering, she still walked into the room step by step.

But as she got closer and closer to Cheng Shi, her hunched body became more and more straight, and her steps became more and more stable.

When she walked in front of Cheng Shi, Qin Chaoge's state was almost back to the peak, with a confident light flashing on her ruddy face, and her eyes became more and more playful.

Cheng Shi's vision was blurred as she watched her walk past him calmly, with a smile on her face...

Passed by himself, passed the ranger, and then...

Stopped by Ji Ran.

She leaned over and whispered a few words in Ji Ran's ear, and Ji Ran instantly got rid of the control of the red light, roared, panted and pulled out the giant sword in front of his chest, and fell to the ground with a miserable laugh.

"Clang--"

"Hu--Hu--

You came later than agreed...

I thought our cooperation... was over."

Qin Chaoge snorted and extended his hand to Ji Ran.

"Let's go. How much we can gain depends on how big the secret is behind this door."

"What about them... Why don't you kill them..."

"If you don't save them, you will kill them. There's no need to waste your energy."

After saying that, she pulled Ji Ran up and pushed open the door at the end of the room without looking back.

Cheng Shi heard the sound of the door closing and sneered at himself.

"I'm such a... clown..."

I misjudged someone.

But why did I misjudge him?

This sound closed not only the door in the room, but also the door of hope for the two people to survive.

As the sound of the door closing gradually dissipated in the air, the sound of a body falling to the ground came from the room.

"Plop--"

"Plop--"

The clown was tired, and the wind was tired.

So the clown died, and the wind stopped.

...

I don't know how long it has been, nor where I am.

When consciousness returned, Cheng Shi opened his eyes in disbelief.

He felt a vigorous vitality in his body that was repairing all vitality.

He was familiar with this power because he had used it before.

The power of [birth].

He looked at his hand, at the "pregnancy law" planted by Hu Xuan. The strange bag bulging on his arm was slowly shrinking at this moment, and as it shrank, it overflowed with a power that seemed to be a new life!

"This is..."

He heard a cry of surprise, and looked back, and saw the ranger struggling to raise his head. At this time, the two confused people met a pair of equally confused eyes.

Cheng Shi suddenly smiled.

Sincerity did not win the favor of the singer, but it won the gratitude of the sage!

This believer of [birth], this sage of [life], this new old friend!

In this way, Cheng Shi was given a new life.

He laughed, and tears came out of his eyes.

Li Bola was also deeply touched. She shook her head and laughed, and pulled out her own bow from her stomach.

Cheng Shi shared a healing spell with her, and then asked a ridiculous question:

"Do I... have an extra mother?"

Li Bola was stunned, and then laughed out loud:

"If so, then you have an extra sister."

"Hahahaha-hahaha--"

The clown laughed, and the wind followed.

So the clown woke up, and the wind blew.

Cheng Shi picked up all the scalpels left on the ground and hid them in his new clothes.He and the Ranger sorted out everything and prepared for another battle.

One hunter and one herder, against one war and one song, the odds of victory or defeat might be fifty-fifty.

But considering that Qin Chaoge is likely to hide something, it is still hard to say who will win.

Why did she do this, and what benefits can there be in cooperating with Ji Ran?

Cheng Shi was puzzled.

Not only him, but Li Bola was also deeply puzzled.

She claimed to be able to judge people accurately, even if she always experienced betrayal, but every betrayal almost had signs.

Only this time, the betrayal came too suddenly.

The two looked at each other again and decided to take care of the present.

Looking at the time, it was only half an hour since they "just died", and the black-robed man at the door who was fighting against his desire to kill still had a pair of terrifying claws stuck in his chest.

The red light in his eyes had disappeared, but he seemed to be trapped in a weird state that he could not extricate himself from, sobbing and rubbing his heart, unable to die or wake up.

The two looked at this scene, confused.

"Is this the price of inducing [Defilement]?"

The Ranger asked, and Cheng Shi shook his head.

He didn't think so. He felt that the black-robed man's current state was more like a self-circulating bug.

After all, he was a puppet!

A puppet made of flesh and blood!

Cheng Shi carefully reached out and took off the black-robed man's hood. An ugly face covered with scars instantly jumped into view, causing the two to frown.

The scars on the scalp were like the self-mutilation of an ascetic, eye-catching and dazzling.

"[Decay]!?"

"No," Cheng Shi shook his head again, "It's obsession. People who have been refined into flesh and blood puppets cannot act 100% according to the actions designed before their death, because his flesh and blood carry obsession, and they will always make some actions outside the rules."

"Puppet? He is a puppet?"

The Ranger looked at Cheng Shi in shock, as if wondering if Cheng Shi was just talking nonsense.

In the battle just now, she did find that the black-robed man's behavior was a little decisive, but she didn't think that "he is not a person" at all!

"Reintroduce, the creation alchemy enthusiast, Cheng Shi."

These words were not said by Cheng Shi, but he read them from Athos's creation alchemy notes.

Although it seems cool to turn yourself into a puppet, a series of unexpected "failures" will occur over time.

And obsession is one of them.

The original body of the puppet is a person, and people have obsessions, but in order to achieve a certain goal, they must abandon obsessions, so they turn themselves into puppets that only act according to the rules.

In the designed rules, all behaviors related to obsession are prohibited.

But when the puppet becomes old with the accumulation of time, the rules in the body begin to loosen, and the obsession before death becomes more and more uncontrollable due to the accumulation of time.

Therefore, under a certain opportunity, once it breaks through the designed rules and begins to satisfy its own obsession, the puppet is likely to fall into a cycle of self-confrontation and cannot wake up.

This is the content of Athos's alchemy notes, which is his conjecture when he was studying in the Tower of Principle.

Because at that time, he, or the Creation Alchemy Department at that time, had not yet found a way to refine himself into a puppet, and everything was their assumption based on the "creation truth".

At present, this assumption seems to have been confirmed.

And there is another note in Athos's notes, which was a footnote written by him after he found a way to refine himself. He recorded how to make the puppet exit this state:

Set a "restart word".

Whenever the flesh and blood puppet hears this restart word, the rules in the body will temporarily refresh their obsession again, but this is only a temporary solution, not a fundamental solution.

The obsession will still accumulate, waiting for the next opportunity to come.

Thinking of this, Cheng Shi had a bold idea in his mind.

He leaned over and whispered to the black-robed man.

The Ranger was startled by his action and saw his intention, so he quickly pulled him and said in a deep voice:

"There will be a fierce battle later, you have to think carefully, Cheng Shi."

Cheng Shi stared at the Ranger with burning eyes and suddenly laughed.

"Ranger, if you are the guardian of a secret, when you can't determine how many people will come to explore the secret, will you choose a suicidal attack just to eliminate the enemy in front of you?"

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