With the sisters' identities changed again, Zhen Yi, as Zhen Xin had predicted, did not refuse the throne of [Deception], and the will of [Deception] was finally able to continue.
However, Cheng Shi was not in a hurry to hand over the [Deception] throne. Whether it was out of a last glimmer of hope or for absolute stability, he wanted to wait a little longer.
However, after the new [Fraud] was finalized, [Time] naturally had a successor. Longjing, the pointer knight who only embarked on the path of [Time] halfway through [Fraud], took over the pointer from Chengshi and became the new [Time].
The moment he regained control of [Time], he stared in astonishment at Cheng Shi's fingertips, saying in disbelief:
"That...that is..."
Cheng Shi was taken aback, raised his hand, and looked at the ring on his finger.
The time of eternal imprisonment.
This is the only ring he still owns, a gift from time itself.
"What's wrong with the ring?" Cheng Shi frowned.
Longjing seemed to have realized something, as if he had been shocked by something, and his face was full of emotion:
"We searched for it for so long, but we never imagined that it would be hidden here by time."
I can see the twisted time on this ring, and I can see the meaning buried beneath time. That cyclical ring of time, don't you think it resembles something?
"?"
What does it look like?
Cheng Shi took off the ring with a puzzled look and held it in the air. Just by changing the angle in front of him, he suddenly realized that the rings side by side looked exactly like a pair of...nostrils.
"!!!!"
A nose that can detect fakes!
The name flashed through the minds of the clowns present almost simultaneously.
Is the time of eternal imprisonment the nose for discerning truth from falsehood?
Is this possible? One is a prop of faith bestowed by [Time], and the other is a secret puzzle piece concerning [Fraud]. No matter how you look at it, these two things cannot be connected.
But let's not forget that deception steals everything. Just as the ear that seeks secrets is close to silence, and the eye that mocks is close to foolishness, it is not incomprehensible that the nose that discerns falsehood, as another mainstay of the fear faction, is close to time.
Moreover, fraud cannot distinguish between truth and falsehood, and only existence cares about truth and falsehood. They are unwilling to turn falsehood into truth, nor do they want to distort reality. Thinking in this way, the nose that can distinguish between truth and falsehood may indeed be the time of eternal imprisonment!
Turns out, my nose has always been on my body!
No wonder the Mask of Laughter and Mockery would reassemble itself the moment it entered his body; He had already shown him the answer, but the Joker hadn't expected it...
Cheng Shi was momentarily dazed, then his expression tightened. He immediately blocked the universe, took out the Tongue of Lies, the Eye of Mockery, and the Ear of Secrets, and then arranged all the parts in front of him, asking in his mind to Brother Mouth:
"Is that it, Brother Mouth?"
The lips of fools have been silent for a long time; since [Deception] left, they seem to have fallen into silence as well.
Now that all his "brothers" were present, feeling a vague sense of familiarity amidst the eternal imprisonment, the lips of the foolish man said uncertainly:
"I can't say for sure, there's some kind of [time] power concealing it..."
Before the two finished their conversation, Longjing reached out and used the surrounding power of time to erase the seals on the Eternal Imprisonment. The moment the seals were completely removed, a real, masquerade nose appeared before everyone.
The nose that can distinguish the genuine from the fake!
That's it!
At the same time, all the mask fragments except for the Lips of Fools vibrated simultaneously. They resonated in unison and drew closer and closer. Seeing this, Cheng Shi knew that he should also throw the Lips into the fray to solve the biggest mystery that [Deception] had left for him.
However, when the moment actually came, he hesitated.
Having already lost too much, is even Brother Mouth leaving now?
"Brother Mouth..."
Cheng Shi's expression darkened, and before he could say anything, his mouth started moving on its own.
"Idiot, I just created the mask from outside my body, I'm not dead. Can you hurry up? I also want to know what He left behind."
"......"
Sure enough, it's still the same.
Cheng Shi knew this was a silly, consoling remark, but he couldn't laugh at all.
Besides the tension and trepidation of getting closer to the secret, there was also confusion and fear about the uncertainty of the future.
But Cheng Shi knew that everyone was watching him, everyone was waiting for him, so he gritted his teeth and made a tough decision, and directly pulled his mouth open.
He had used this trick on Su Yida on the snowfield. At that time, the world changed color, and the detached mouth became his trump card to intimidate the master of trickery.
Now, no benefactor could anger him anymore, and Cheng Shi tore off the foolish lips that had accompanied him throughout the game, merging them completely with the other fragments in front of him.
"Buzz—"
"Bang!"
The resonating components collided, creating a dazzling cloud of smoke and dust like a circus act. After the smoke and dust cleared, a pure white mask appeared before everyone. The mask no longer possessed the vitality of fragments; it floated quietly, like a key.
The Dragon King understood immediately and brought the [Memory] collection to everyone's eyes. Cheng Shi, with mixed feelings, took the "key" and gently placed it on the sealed collection.
The next second, a wisp of entangled divine power, including [Deception], rose from Cheng Shi's fingertips, turning into a viscous pull along his arm and dragging him straight into the collection.
"Whoosh—"
Watching Cheng Shi disappear into the library, the remaining few exchanged glances, filled with extreme curiosity.
"What do you think might be hidden inside?"
"[Deception]'s backup plan, the future of the universe, or the past of the gods?"
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