The Fool of the Gods

The breeze was blowing gently, and the moon was shining brightly.

On the rooftop of a super high-rise building, Cheng Shi sat on the edge of the rooftop, his legs dangling in the air, enjoying his spoils of war today.

What he was chewing in his mouth was the most common blood finger bread in the [Food Trial] reward. The shape of this bread was exactly the same as a human finger, and even the touch was exactly the same.

Only when you taste the cranberry jam bursting in your fingers when you put it in your mouth can you confirm that this thing is really just a kind of food, not a severed finger.

Unfortunately, the bread is like wax, the jam is very sour, and the C-level food is not delicious.

But these do not prevent it from providing energy, and providing energy means that it can prolong life.

Yes, in this world now, staying alive is the most important thing.

Since the arrival of [Gods] half a year ago, the real world has long been transformed into an absurd [Faith Game].

Everyone in the world must choose to step into a [fate] and believe in one of the [gods], and live with the blessing of the gods in this broken and unreal reality.

The reason why it is called broken is that the whole world is divided into countless fragments by the gods.

All people, or [players] who are now called [god believers], are randomly assigned to live in a fragment.

Just like Cheng Shi, the place where he was assigned was the roof of an unknown building.

The roof is about two hundred square meters. Although the space is large, there is no shelter. Not to mention the wind and sun, there is not even a piece of cloth to wrap the body.

The most difficult thing is that there are air walls around the roof. Even if the door to go downstairs is at hand, he can't go through the air wall to go downstairs.

Unless the "trial" about extending the space is opened and successfully passed, the surrounding air wall obstacles can be broken and a larger living space can be obtained.

And this also involves the "unreality" mentioned earlier!

The world is physically divided, society has completely stopped functioning, and the reason why players who have lost all resource support can still survive for half a year is entirely because the game can give them everything they want.

In this game, all "resources" need to be obtained by participating in the [Wish Trial], from "food, clothing, housing and transportation" to "God-given power". As long as you dare to make a wish, the gods will send down the [God's Trial Field] and match you with corresponding teammates.

After passing the trial with teammates, everything you pray for will be granted by the [God] and appear in front of you out of thin air.

The more outrageous the wish, the more difficult the trial.

Not only that, each trial will also increase various scores, allowing you to go further on the road of trial.

Of course, if you are socially phobic, you can also choose a single trial, but the single trial will not increase any scores, and the rewards given are barely usable.

Players who can survive to this day have long been accustomed to everything in the game, and many of them have become masters of this game.

Cheng Shi sat on the roof, swallowed the food in his mouth with difficulty, and looked up at the game information in his field of vision.

[Current number of believers worldwide: 8478114678]

In just half a year, only two-thirds of the world's 12 billion people are left.

[Faith Game] is not an absolutely safe game. Death in the game means death in reality.

But if you don't accept the trial of God, you can't get the materials and resources needed to survive.

So the purpose of the game is obvious: only by constantly getting stronger can you survive to the end.

"One day left..."

Looking at the eye-catching red text reminder in the center of the field of vision, Cheng Shi sighed.

[Faith Game] will not let players live in humiliation. It will automatically match players with a [Special God Trial] every seven days.

This trial is extremely difficult. If players fail to pass it successfully, even if they survive by chance, they will be deprived of the ability to [Prayer Trial] in the next cycle.

In other words, failure means that there will be no income in the next week, and they can only consume their stored food!

To be honest, Cheng Shi had a lot of food on the roof. After operating for half a year, he had built two warehouses on the roof.

Although the materials in the warehouse were of poor quality, they at least provided sufficient guarantee for his survival.

"I hope the teammates I match this time are more reliable. After being cheated last week, a lot of food was wasted last week, and the inventory in the warehouse has been reduced to the warning line..."

He was thinking about how to deal with tomorrow's challenge, and suddenly a greeting came from a distance.

"Hey, buddy, how did you get today?"

Cheng Shi looked up and found that the voice came from the "resident" on the top floor next door, a young man with long hair and fashionable clothes.

He was wearingThe colorful and strange clothes are the latest ones obtained by participating in the trial.

A guy named Xie

Although the real world is separated by air walls, these invisible walls do not block light and sound, and do not even prevent people from throwing objects at each other, except for restricting the movement of players.

That is why most neighborhood relationships are not friendly, because you don't know when your neighbor will pull out a submachine gun and shoot you.

The game does not prohibit players from killing each other.

Cheng Shi does have a few neighbors here, and the one on the roof of the opposite building is one of them.

The two sides are about 20 to 30 meters apart, and communication is purely based on shouting.

He claims to be from Jiang Province, a senior student of civil engineering, and his surname is Xie.

He is a little crazy, but not bad.

Before the gods came, I was worried about how to find a job, but I didn't expect that after the gods came, I got a job directly.

After all, there are no jobs in the world, and speaking objectively, [professional players] are indeed considered employment.

So he is one of the few "Adventists" who believes that the gods saved the world, or at least saved the world's employment rate.

Cheng Shi shook the can of tentacle mucus drink in his hand, and smiled to indicate that this was his trophy.

"Fuck, snot water, buddy, I have never been convinced by anyone in my life, but you, how can you drink this thing?"

The guy named Xie was shocked, and his face turned pale when he looked at the drink in Cheng Shi's hand.

"Snot water" is the nickname of this drink. The tentacle mucus is green in color and extremely sticky, just like the runny nose during a wind-heat cold, hence the name.

But despite this, it is still a good thing to quench thirst, and because it is too sticky, it even has some effect of filling the stomach.

Cheng Shi smiled and said, "How can I drink it? I can't bite it once I put it in my mouth, and it just gurgled down by itself."

"......"

The other person's face turned even paler, and he retched a few times, and said speechlessly, "Not really, buddy, I see that your face is quite stable every time you come out, and your ladder score should not be low. Why do you wrong yourself every day and go to the single-player dungeon."

Of course, it's because the single-player trial is easy and stressful.

Everyone knew about this, so Cheng Shi smiled and said nothing.

"Oh, by the way, we have been neighbors for so long, and I still don't know which god you follow. Tell me, maybe we can cooperate in advance when we meet in the next match." The young man shouted again.

"What about you?" Cheng Shi asked back.

"Me? Didn't I tell you that I believe in [Order]? Isn't it like that? Civilization rises, and order lasts forever!"

As the young man surnamed Xie said this, he stood at attention and tapped his left shoulder with his right fist, which was the signature move of the believers of [Order].

The other party did it very standardly and skillfully, but Cheng Shi knew that he was lying.

This was not a conclusion drawn from observing the other party's micro-expressions and movements. Besides, he couldn't see the other party's expression clearly from more than ten or twenty meters away.

This is Cheng Shi's ability.

Or, this is the [faith talent] given by the gods.

Ever since he believed in [that person], he has been extremely sensitive to lies.

As long as someone lies, he can detect it. Although he can't determine which sentence the other party said is a real lie, combined with the context of the previous and subsequent conversations, it is enough for Cheng Shi to guess what it is.

But even if he knew that the other party was lying, he didn't expose it.

After all, it's good to chat with neighbors occasionally to relieve boredom. There's no need to make the relationship too stiff.

Even if the opponent wants to expand the border and invade the area where he lives, he must get his consent before starting the trial.

Regarding the "trial" of extending the space, if the target space has no owner, it can be started at will.

But if the target space has an owner, the owner must agree to decide whether to start a confrontation trial or a cooperative trial.

No matter what the trial is, Cheng Shi will definitely not agree.

"Hey, buddy, I said you are so boring to hide it, and it doesn't matter if you say it out loud. Are you still in competition with me?"

The other party is testing.

Cheng Shi raised his mouth and started to fight back.

"How many points are you in the [Audience Ladder], what's your ID name, let me see where you rank."

After hearing this, the young man surnamed Xie froze and asked with a little doubt: "Are you really a believer in [Order]?"

Cheng Shi shook his head and smiled playfully:

"No, I am a believer in [Chaos]."

"......"

The other party was obviously shocked, his pupils shrank violently for a moment, and his brows sank.

Cheng Shi said this in a very calm tone, as if he could really look up the ranking of the [Ladder of Audience] of [Order].

This surprised the young man. He thought that he was always talking nonsense with him.Cheng Shi is a player with a partial belief.

But he was unexpectedly a believer of [Chaos].

In the [Faith Game], there are opposites in destiny.

Just like [Civilization] and [Chaos] are two opposing destinies.

And some gods in the opposing destinies have [opposing beliefs].

For example, [Order], the first god of the civilization destiny and the prelude of civilization, and [Chaos], the first god of the chaos destiny and the prelude of chaos, are opposing beliefs.

The essences they pursue are poles apart, and the wills they advocate are very different, so their believers hate each other under the instruction of the benefactor.

However, the two opposing beliefs share the same [Audience Ladder] ranking, and can see each other on the leaderboard.

The ranking of the [Ladder of Audience] is related to the chance of "facing the true God and gaining the favor of God". Therefore, if the top rankings are all people of opposing beliefs, then before the next [audience], the weaker party may not have an easy time.

The face of the young man surnamed Xie changed again and again. He did not report his score, nor did he continue to ask.

Because he is indeed not a believer of [Order].

At this moment, the moonlight sprinkled on his face, but it still could not illuminate the haze on his face.

He could not see through Cheng Shi's true and false.

"You didn't lie to me?"

Cheng Shi smiled: "I never lie."

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