The Fool of the Gods

(Today's 6000! Warriors with arms akimbo!)

"If the wood elf no longer drives plants, what else can he do?"

"He can still eat, drink, pee, and poop. There are many things he can do. What's the problem?"

"...No more."

The two looked at each other strangely, and tacitly stopped probing, and then looked at the surrounding environment.

When Cheng Shishang looked outside the wall, he thought this was a well-maintained religious institution, but after entering, he found that this so-called evil baby court seemed to have not been taken care of for a long time.

The lawn in the outer courtyard was full of weeds, and the water in the pool in the courtyard had long been dried up. Even the two big-bellied statues of gods, one man and one woman, in front of the main hall had lost their paint and color, and were no longer sacred.

At first glance, I thought this place was occupied by followers of [Decay].

"Looking at the growth of the weeds, it seems that no one has been here for a long time, and it seems to be abandoned." Zhang Jizu frowned and asked in confusion, "Where did you learn about the history of this place? Does it say that Dolgod once abolished the court?"

Cheng Shi curled his lips and thought to himself, if I knew that this place was abolished, I would never bring you here.

He shook his head and said, "Let's look for clues first. If the Evil Infant Court is really gone, then our trial will be in big trouble!"

Indeed, if the Evil Infant in Dolgod of this era has long ceased to exist, then where can they find the so-called life that should not be born?

Cheng Shi was about to raise his leg to walk to the inner hall, but he stopped as soon as he took a step.

"Strange, are our three teammates too fast? Where did they go?"

Zhang Jizu, who was following him, narrowed his eyes: "They have been silent since just now. The direction of the footprints is the inner hall, but there are only footprints of Gou Feng.

Be careful, there may be something strange here."

Cheng Shi frowned and walked forward in silence.

As he walked, he found some clues. He saw that there were a few stone bricks on the road outside the main hall with very few weeds in the gaps. It was not difficult to connect these sparse places and find that this was a path that had been trampled by people for years, and on the other side was the closed door of the court.

It seems that people still come here frequently, but the number of people is not large, but this also means that there is indeed a problem with the Evil Infant Court.

He raised his eyebrows and turned to walk into the hall.

The three teammates still didn't see anyone at this time. Cheng Shi stepped into the hall cautiously and saw a huge round conference table at the first time.

However, the round table was covered with dust, and the chairs around it were broken. Only the first chair facing the door had a complete wooden chair, and the tabletop was polished to a shine. Obviously, it was a seat where people often sat.

Behind the round table was a huge stone sculpture, on which countless men and women were carved, naked, gathered in front of a huge statue of worship, and piously shared the power of [birth].

The two people who had just entered the door were obviously not surprised by this kind of fertility worship mural. They observed the round table for a while and then walked around the stone wall to check what was behind it.

Behind the huge stone wall were several sparse bookshelves. This was probably the cleanest place in the court. Each bookshelf was wiped spotless and filled with books with the same packaging. Looking at the symbols marked on the bookshelf, Cheng Shi guessed that this was probably the archives of the court arranged by age.

The information he wanted to find might be in these archives.

He walked to the bookshelf, picked up a file and started to read it. Zhang Jizu saw that he was reading it seriously, stepped forward and said in surprise:

"Do you know the characters of the Life Era?"

Cheng Shi curled his lips, saying "a little bit", but he laughed secretly in his heart.

I know nothing, but I have a big mouth.

Squinting eyes were really shocked by Cheng Shi this time. There are indeed many people who know the language and characters of the Civilization Era, especially in the team of old mages who love to study the background of the game, there are some real erudites. Of course, this is also related to the fact that most of the trials took place in the Civilization Era.

But there are too few trials in the Life Era, and the research direction related to it is even more unpopular, which can only be said to be a little more than studying the underground.

So being able to know the language and characters of this era can really be considered a very awesome existence in the [Faith Game]. Zhang Jizu is not even sure that except for the members of the History School, there are a few casual players outside who can understand the characters of the Dor Empire.

No wonder this "honest" player can be favored by [Fraud]. Experts really have their own strengths.

This seems to be a knowledgeable liar.

I just don't know his other personality, Zhen YiWhat an interesting person is his new lover, the fortune-teller.

Zhang Jizu, who was in a good mood, moved closer to Cheng Shi and asked with some admiration:

"What's written in it?"

Cheng Shi looked calm on the surface, but he was actually very anxious. He had been asking for help from others, no, asking for help from the mouth, since he picked up the book.

The mouth brother, who was always very helpful, had no response today, which made him almost buckle his shoes.

But even if the lips of foolish play didn't help, this little scene was completely manageable for a liar. Cheng Shi pondered and waited for a few seconds. After confirming that the mouth brother didn't want to help, he pretended to turn two pages, and then frowned slightly and said:

"This should record the past handling of evil babies by the court."

Zhang Jizu obviously didn't think there was anything wrong. He nodded and agreed: "Oh? As expected, what is written on it ? "

"......"

Cheng Shi scratched his toes, coughed lightly and continued:

"These pages describe how the staff of the court dealt with a certain evil baby. After they found the citizen who was pregnant with the evil baby, they used a palace saw to cut open her stomach, splitting the person and the evil baby in half, and then burned them all with fire."

"So... simple and crude? There was no purification or begging for His forgiveness?"

Cheng Shi shook his head stiffly: "It's not written on it."

Zhang Jizu narrowed his eyes and asked in confusion: "I saw you turned four or five pages, and you only recorded these things?"

"That... work report, you know, is written in a long and boring way, and there are many inexplicable rhetorical techniques used in it to increase the word count. There is nothing good to see."

"Reasonable, but what year did this happen?"

"......"

Why are you so endless?

You ask me, who should I ask?

Cheng Shi's face turned black and he put the book back directly.

"It's old news from decades ago. I don't see any recent records here. Let's go find clues somewhere else."

Cheng Shi started walking, squinting his eyes and looking at the bookshelf in confusion. Although he was a little puzzled, he still followed.

The two continued to walk along the inner hall and soon saw a long spiral staircase. The steps of the staircase were covered with dust like other places, but there were several fresh footprints on it.

Looking at the outline of the footprint, it should be...

"Gou Feng." Zhang Jizu recognized the footprint at the first time, and then frowned and said, "The edge of the footprint is blurred, the sole is solid than the heel, and his steps upstairs are very urgent, like..."

"Someone is chasing him."

Cheng Shi's eyes condensed, and a scalpel slipped out of his sleeve.

At the same time, Zhang Jizu also slipped out a scalpel from his sleeve.

The two looked at each other's scalpels in each other's hands and were both stunned, and then laughed meaningfully at the same time.

"Why, wood elves also like to use scalpels?"

"I use it to cut my hair when it grows long, but I want to ask, why do gravekeepers also like to use scalpels?"

"There are always homeless people who come to steal food in the cemetery. Holding a knife in hand can give them courage."

Cheng Shi raised his eyebrows: "The cemetery manager, it turns out to be you."

"What about you, Cheng Shi, should I continue to call you a wood elf, or should I call you a trickster? Or... a fate weaver?"

?

Cheng Shi was stunned for a moment, thinking what the hell is a trickster?

Does he think I'm really a wizard?

Interesting, who is this guy's friend?

Cheng Shi had many questions in his mind, but he did not struggle and quickly responded: "I don't know what you are talking about. After all, I am just a wood elf who joined the Plant Protection Association."

"......"

"Forget it, I feel like you are a good person. No matter who you know me through, a friend of a friend is still a friend. I confess.

Yes, I am indeed a trickster. For the sake of that adult, can I believe you?"

"......"

Zhang Jizu originally thought that Cheng Shi in front of him was a trickster, but the other party's confession made him unconfident. He looked at the liar in front of him for a moment and said unhappily: "Should I ask you this? Believer of [Fraud]."

"Of course you can believe me, because I never lie."

Zhang Jizu's eyes twitched, and he thought to himself that if I hadn't seen you cheat the whole process, I would have almost believed it.

Just when the two were still arguing over their identities, a terrifying scream suddenly came from upstairs.

"Ah!!!"

The sound was too loud and the surroundings were too empty, so the two floors soon echoed with a creepy sound.

The two people listened to the scream with the same expression.Shi Yisan, looked at each other and made a decisive choice...

Retreat.

At this moment, Cheng Wenjian finally met another cautious player who could sync with him, Zhang Wenjian.

"It's Gou Feng's voice!"

"I heard it, let's retreat a little further, wait for him to calm down and then find a chance to go in and take a look. After all, we are all teammates, and it's not good to just leave him alone. I... Oh, no, you should be better at collecting the body than me."

Zhang Wenjian glanced at Cheng Wenjian, squinted his eyes and nodded in approval.

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