The moment Hong Lin sensed the murderous intent, her whole body tensed up. With her strength, she instinctively wanted to break free from Cheng Shi's embrace at any time, but she didn't. Instead, she clenched her fists, frowned, and asked cautiously:
"Don't get excited, it's me, what happened?"
It was her act of restraining her strength that made Cheng Shi feel relieved, but he still couldn't believe that Hong Lin's appearance was so coincidental. She showed up just when he was most desperate and said that she had walked ahead.
This reason is very clever. No one has ever directly broken through the barrier of time and space, nor does anyone know whether there is time distortion in the real universe. Therefore, Cheng Shi cannot find the flaw in it and can only temporarily believe that the big cat in front of him is real.
Of course, the "truth" here means that the big cat in front of him is a real living being, not some imaginary illusion of his own. As to whether this living being is a big cat, that remains to be discussed.
Cheng Shi frowned and thought for a moment, but did not move the dagger away. Instead, he took out a dice with the other hand that was locking the big cat and gently tapped it on the other's back.
Hong Lin understood and took out a dice as gently as possible, muttering in a low voice:
"The way back and forth..."
Cheng Shi breathed a sigh of relief. He put away the scalpel, held the dice against the big cat and said, "...It's all predetermined."
Hearing this, Hong Lin's nerves were obviously relaxed. Her expression relaxed as she looked around and said:
“Is this the real universe?
Why is there nothing here?
Cheng Shi, what exactly happened?"
Cheng Shi looked directly into the big cat's eyes, chuckled a few times at first, then sighed and shook his head:
"I should be the one asking you what happened.
I came here and couldn't find you, so I searched for you in this desolate universe for ten days.
Ten full days!
And now you tell me you just got here..."
Hong Lin was horrified and said in disbelief, "How is this possible! I only felt a moment of darkness, and when I opened my eyes again, I saw you. How could it have been ten days!"
Cheng Shi carefully examined Hong Lin's expression, but found nothing unusual. He frowned and shook his head.
"I don't know either, but luckily I found you.
But the supplies I prepared are not enough for the next consumption, you..."
Before she finished speaking, Hong Lin took out the food she had prepared from her personal space.
"Here, I've been preparing for a long time, it's enough!"
Cheng Shi smiled with relief. With the support of food, he could indeed continue his search for power. But the moment Hong Lin turned around and looked, a sharp look flashed in Cheng Shi's eyes.
The other party is definitely not Hong Lin!
Even if the conversation was not a lie, the food in her hand could not be fake.
Don't forget who Honglin is now. She is Frazel, the daughter of [Prosperity], and a [Prosperity] candidate recognized by the [Convention] to attend the Covenant of Gods. She possesses the authority of "vitality" and "abundance" and no longer needs to rely on external supplies. How could she prepare food in her personal space?
Even if she stored some food for her friend in an emergency, she would never say the word "enough". She only needed to share her authority to let the two of them roam freely in this real universe, but the big cat in front of her did not mention the word "prosperity" at all!
This discovery made Cheng Shi's heart tense again.
If this happened in the trial, Cheng Shi would have ten thousand ways to confirm the other party's identity. After all, only players can perform such tricks, and the scope will soon be narrowed down to five people.
But this is the real universe, a place Cheng Shi has never set foot in. He doesn't even know if everything that happens here can be explained by the experience of the original world!
For example, is Hong Lin in front of us an "intelligent deceptive creature" wandering in the real universe, or is he a native of this wasteland who is good at acting?
Or even more terrifying, could she be Hong Lin from another starry sky?
If so, that meant the big cat in front of him wasn't an enemy at all, but at most a familiar stranger. But if not...
The identity of the big cat undoubtedly became a landmine buried around Cheng Shi.
Given Cheng Shi's usual steady style of doing things, he would not carry such an uncertain threat with him, but this time it was different, he did not expose the other party's "lie".
When an unknown life tries to approach you by lying instead of hunting you directly, it means that either it cannot take you down head-on, or it has other intentions towards you.
Coincidentally, when it comes to having a purpose, Cheng Shi has never lost.
Don't forget, he is not just a liar, he is also a gambler, a crazy gambler.
Since Hong Lin is "fake" at the moment, her confusion about the real universe may also be "fake". In this way, as long as we can stabilize the other party temporarily, we may be able to unravel the other party's words and deeds and find out more facts about the real universe.
Therefore, Cheng Shi remained silent, pretending to be thoughtful.
“Based on my exploration and understanding of this area these days, the real universe is far from what we see in our world.
It's vast, desolate, and silent. Even if we try our best, we might not be able to find anything. So I think there may be some unknown secrets here, such as time or space, that can allow us to explore this place more efficiently."
As he spoke, Cheng Shi looked at Hong Lin. Hong Lin frowned and looked confused, obviously knowing nothing.
Seeing that the other party was very cautious, Cheng Shi continued:
"Of course, this could just be my imagination. The real universe is vast and boundless, and we humans are too small to understand the reality of 'reality'.
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