Cheng Shi couldn't even imagine how crazy the person in front of him was; He sent his past self to the spacetime He was in.
It was obvious that someone as full of schemes as Su Yida would never believe any nonsense or promises from his future self, even if He encountered him.
But the future Su Yida still succeeded, why?
Naturally, it was because He saw through the current Su Yida's most fervent desire: to become a God!
In that future spacetime, Su Yida had perhaps reached a height difficult to attain in the present, and that height was closer to them!
He understood himself, tempted himself, deceived himself, ignited the desire in his heart, and tricked his past self into the future!
This also indirectly proved that the Players who joined the Tower of Rationality were a bunch of crazy, absurd, and paranoid lunatics!
Such an unbelievable series of actions truly shocked Cheng Shi beyond measure.
This action of his also undoubtedly illustrated one thing:
Even if the current Su Yida died, it would not affect this Su Yida from the future surviving!
Why?
If past Death couldn't represent present Death, then what was the point of Him coming back to kill himself?
Was this a paradox of Time, or the Divine greatness of Memory?
Hearing this, Su Yida finally spoke again; He gave a self-mocking laugh.
"In your eyes and mine, you are always you, and I am always me, but in His eyes, every you and every me in memory are independent."
"We are merely pigment on a comic book; removing any single page has no effect on Him."
Cheng Shi frowned, not understanding.
"So He sent you back just to remove the current me?"
"Since it doesn't affect the future me, what's the point of erasing a past me?"
"Even so, that's concerning Memory; You are not Him, much less His follower, so how can you be sure you can survive in the recalled memory?"
!!!
Wait!
I think I understand!
Hahahaha, Su Yida, amazing, You are truly amazing!!
I was wondering why you didn't dare use the Lord's power against me; I just thought it was because the future me had reached a sufficiently high place, earning His favor, and you were afraid of angering Him, which is why you didn't dare kill me.
No! Wrong! I was wrong!!
I was too naive!
You dared to stay in the present, pretending to be your original self and not return, not because you could escape the scrutiny of Memory, but because you were waiting for our Lord, Fraud, to help you deceive them!
So that's it!
So that's it!!
You accepted their commission from the future, came back to the present, but didn't kill me - this is the first Fraud.
You tricked your current self into the future and used Zhao Qian's corpse to replace me - this is the second Fraud.
You attempted to deceive the Players in this Trial, living on as an unsuspecting past Su Yida - this is the third Fraud.
You offered this Fraud linking the present and the future to Him, precisely to make our beloved Lord gaze upon you, and then...
In your so-called past memory, protect you!
Only He could allow you to live in Memory with an old identity!
Especially since this Fraud also concerns Memory!
Presumably, He must really like it.
Therefore, you dared to scorn the gift of Death, but didn't dare use the power of Fraud to destroy His follower.
Not because I am important enough, but because you are afraid!
You were afraid that this shocking Deception would develop a flaw, causing Him to lose interest in you!!
What a Deceiver, what a Master of Illusions!
Su Yida, you were almost successful!"
"Heh heh... until I realized I still underestimated you, even the current you, right?"
Su Yida shook his head resignedly and withdrew the power of existence from his hand.
"You are far more capable than me, Cheng Shi."
He was right, you are indeed very annoying.
Curious about the power of Time on me?
The power of Memory can be considered borrowed from Him by them, but the power of Time on me, you can't figure it out, right?"
Indeed, since Memory intervened, where did Su Yida get such concentrated power of Time from?
A demigod artifact?
Divinity?
Neither seemed likely.
Cheng Shi remained silent, waiting for Su Yida to give an answer.
However, what He waited for was...
"Heh, I won't tell you."
"..."
Are you a dog?
If you're not going to say, why tease?
For a moment, Cheng Shi's face was like He had eaten shit.
After being completely exposed, Su Yida finally decided to give up; He also lay down on the ground, watching the surrounding ice rapidly dissolve, and let out a heavy sigh.
"Since I was matched with them, I've been tense every moment, calculating painstakingly every minute and second, but the pressure like Mount Tai pressing down still made me feel suffocated, until I finally had this opportunity to escape from there..."
He didn't continue, but Cheng Shi could tell that the "there" Su Yida spoke of didn't refer to his Trial in the future, but that... era.
"But what if you guessed correctly? The offering is complete, I have already received the Lord's protection."
?
Cheng Shi suddenly flipped himself up and asked in disbelief:
"He acknowledged your identity?"
"Soon; when the Trial ends, I will become I!"
"You..."
What about the original Su Yida?
He went to the future; He will surely die, won't He?
That group of people... how could They let go of a deceiver?
You just killed Him like that?"
"I killed Him?
No, He was willing.
Just like the open scheme you set for Him, I told Him everything, without the slightest concealment.
But He still chose to go."
Cheng Shi clearly heard the self-mocking tone in Su Yida's voice.
The current Su Yida was already desperate to become a God; He even thought He could deceive that group of people in the future.
As for the future Su Yida, He seemed to have lost the ambition He had in the present.
What did He experience?
What happened in the future?
Su Yida would definitely not answer these questions himself, but there was one question...
"Why choose Zhao Qian?"
Su Yida clearly didn't expect Cheng Shi to care about a dead person.
"Why? His luck was bad; I saw Him."
"Do you even believe such a flimsy reason yourself?"
Such a meticulous plan wouldn't have such a random variable; Why choose Zhao Qian?
His physique isn't like mine; choosing Him is worse than choosing Gao Yu...
Wait, Gao Yu?
Right, how are the other teammates?
Cheng Shi looked up at the tent, only to see that the entire tent seemed to be Time-stopped.
"Why only remember the others now?"
Was my story too exciting, causing your vigilance to drop significantly?"
"It seems you really like using the power of Time."
"Stop probing; I won't say."
Su Yida hugged his head, resting on his arms, and snorted a laugh.
"I just told Him a story, and He committed suicide."
"Suicide?"
Cheng Shi could tell that Su Yida wasn't lying.
Zhao Qian actually committed suicide?
Why?
"Want to hear?" Su Yida used his old trick again.
"Heh heh, you guess?" Cheng Shi wisely didn't ask further.
"Why, do you feel pity for his Death?"
Instead of spending this Time, why not consider yourself? How about it, still haven't decided whether or not to kill me?"