The breeze blows, and the bright moon shines silver.
On the roof of a super-high-rise building, Cheng Shi sat on the edge of the roof, his legs hanging high in the air, enjoying his today's spoils.
What was chewing in his mouth was the most common blood finger bread in the [Food Trial] reward, which was exactly the same shape as a human finger, and even the touch was indistinguishable.
Only when you taste the taste of cranberry jam bursting in your fingers can you confirm that this thing is really just a food, not a severed finger.
Unfortunately, the bread is waxy, the jam is very sour, and the C-grade food is not delicious.
But none of this prevents it from providing energy, and providing energy means that it can continue to live.
Yes, in this world, living is the most important thing.
Since the arrival of [Gods] half a year ago, the real world has long been transformed into an absurd [game of faith].
Everyone in the world must choose to step into a [destiny] and believe in one of the [gods] to live in this broken and unreal reality with the blessings of the gods.
The reason why it is said to be broken is because the whole world is divided into countless pieces by the gods.
Everyone, or the [players] now called [Believers in the Gods], are all randomly assigned to survive in a fragment.
Just like Cheng Shi, the place he was assigned to was the roof of an unknown building.
The roof is about two hundred square meters, and although the space is large, there is no obstruction, not to mention the wind and sun, not even a piece of cloth to wrap the body.
The most difficult thing is that there are air walls on all sides of the roof, and even if the door downstairs is at hand, he can't go downstairs through the air wall.
Unless you open the "trial" about the extended space and successfully clear the level, you can break through the surrounding air wall obstacles and gain more living space.
And this also involves the "unreal" mentioned earlier!
The world is physically divided, society has completely stopped functioning, and players who have lost all resource support can survive half a year entirely because the game can give them everything they want.
In this game, all "resources" need to be obtained by participating in the [Prayer Trial], from "food, clothing, housing and transportation", to "God's power", as long as you dare to make a wish, the gods will descend the [God's Proving Ground] and match you with corresponding teammates.
Join forces with your teammates to clear the trial, and everything you pray for will be granted by the [Gods] and appear in front of your eyes out of thin air.
The more outrageous the prayer, the more difficult the trial.
Not only that, but each trial will also increase various points, allowing you to go further on the road of trials.
Of course, if you are a social fear, you can also choose a solo trial, but the solo trial will not increase any points, and the rewards given are only barely usable.
Players who have survived to this point 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 raised his eyes to look at the game information in his field of vision.
[Current number of believers in the world:]
In just half a year, only two-thirds of the world's 12 billion people remain.
[Faith Game] is not an absolutely safe game, dying in the game means dying in reality.
But if you don't accept the trials of the gods, you won't be able to get the supplies and resources you need to survive.
So the purpose of the game is obvious: only by constantly getting stronger can you survive to the end.
"There is still one day left..."
Looking at the eye-catching red text reminder in the center of his field of vision, Cheng Shi sighed.
[Faith Game] will not allow players to survive, it will automatically match players with a [Special God Trial] every seven days.
This trial is extremely difficult, and if players do not successfully pass the level, even if they are lucky enough to survive, they will be deprived of the ability to [Prayer Trial] in the next cycle.
In other words, failure means that in the next week, there will be no input, only food can be consumed!
To be honest, Cheng Shi has a lot of surplus grain on the roof, and after half a year of operation, he has built two warehouses on the roof.
Although the materials in the warehouse were of poor quality, at least they provided sufficient guarantee for his survival.
"I hope the teammates matched this time are more reliable, after being pitted last week, a lot of food has been wasted last week, and the inventory in the warehouse has been lowered to the cordon...
He was thinking about how to deal with tomorrow's challenges when a greeting suddenly came from the distance.
"Hey, buddy, how was your harvest 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.
The colorful and bizarre clothes he wore were the most "new" models from participating in the trial.
The young man surnamed Xie is here
Although the real world is separated by air walls, in addition to restricting player movement, these invisible walls do not block light and sound, or even prevent everyone from throwing objects at each other.
That's why the vast majority of neighbors are not friendly, because you don't know when, your neighbor pulls out a submachine gun and stabs you.
The game does not prohibit players from killing each other.
Cheng Shi does have several neighbors here, and the one on the roof of the opposite building is one of them.
The two sides are about twenty or thirty meters apart, and communication is purely based on shouting.
He claimed to be from Jiang Province, a senior student in civil engineering, surnamed Xie.
People have a little nerves, but they are 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 was directly employed.
After all, there are no jobs in the world, and in terms of facts, [professional gamers] are indeed considered employment.
Therefore, he is one of the few "Adventists" who believes that the gods have saved the world, at least the employment rate of the world.
Cheng Shi shook the can of tentacle slime drink in his hand, and smiled and signaled that this was his trophy.
"Damn, snot, buddy, I've never taken anyone in my life, so I'll take you, how can you drink this thing?"
The young man surnamed Xie looked shocked, and his face turned a little pale when he looked at the drink in Cheng Shi's hand.
"Snot" is the nickname of this drink, and the mucus on the tentacles is green in color and viscous to the extreme, resembling the snot that flows during wind, heat and cold, hence the name.
But even so, it is still a good thing to quench thirst, and because it is too viscous, it even has some satiating effects.
Cheng Shi smiled and said, "How to drink it?" As soon as you bite into it, you will go down by yourself. "
"..."
The other party's face turned even whiter, he retched a few times, and said speechlessly: "Not to that extent, buddy, I see that your face is quite stable every time you come out, and the ladder score should not be low, why do you wrong yourself every day and take a single copy." "
Of course, it is because the solo trial is low in difficulty and less stressful.
Everyone knew about this, so Cheng Shi smiled and didn't speak.
"Eh, we've been neighbors for so long, and I don't know which god you follow, let's talk about it, maybe the next match will meet, and you can cooperate in advance." The young man shouted again.
"What about you?" Cheng Shi asked rhetorically.
"Me? Didn't I tell you that I believe in [order], don't you think so?" Civilization is on fire, and order lasts forever! "
The young man surnamed Xie said, stood upright, and made a right fist tap on his left shoulder, which was the signature action of [Order] believers.
The other side was very standard and skilled, but Cheng Shi knew that he was lying.
This is not a conclusion obtained from observing the other party's micro-expressions and movements, and besides, the expression of the other side cannot be seen clearly even from a distance of ten or twenty meters.
This is Cheng Shi's ability.
In other words, this is the [gift of faith] given by the gods.
Ever since he believed in [the One], he has been extremely sensitive to lies.
As long as someone is lying, he can detect that although he cannot specifically determine which sentence of what the other party said is a real lie, it is enough for Cheng Shi to guess what it is in the context of the chat before and after.
But even if he knew that the other side was lying, he didn't break it.
After all, it's good to have a couple of words to relieve boredom occasionally, and there is no need to make the relationship too stiff.
Even if the opponent wants to expand the border and invade the area where they live, they must obtain their own consent when starting the trial.
The "trial" of the extended space can be opened at will if the target space does not belong.
But if the target space has ownership, it must be agreed by the owner to decide whether to start the confrontation trial or the cooperation trial.
No matter what the trial, Cheng Shi will definitely not agree.
"Hey, buddy, I said how boring it is for you to hide, and it doesn't matter if you say it, are you still in a competitive relationship with me?"
The other party is tempting.
Cheng Shi curled the corners of his mouth and began to fight back.
"How many points are there in [Ladder of Audience], what is the name of the ID, let me see where you are ranked."
When the young man surnamed Xie heard this, his whole person froze, and he asked with a little surprise: "Are you really a believer in [order]? "
Cheng Shi shook his head and smiled at the taste:
"No, I am a believer in [Chaos]."
"..."
The opposite side was obviously shocked, his pupils contracted violently for a moment, and his brows sank.
Cheng Shi's tone when he said this sentence was very flat, as if he could really look at the [Ladder of Audience] ranking of [Order].
This surprised the young man a little, he originally thought that Cheng Shi, who often talked to him, was a player with biased beliefs.
But I didn't expect him to be a believer in [Chaos].
In [Faith Game], there are opposites to fate.
Just like [civilization] and [chaos], they are two opposing paths.
And some gods on the way to life have a situation of [opposition of faith].
For example, the first god of the path of civilization, the prelude of civilization [order], and the first god of the path of chaos, the prologue of chaos [chaos], are opposing beliefs.
The essence of their pursuit is very different, and the will they advocate is very different, so their believers hate each other at the behest of their benefactor.
However, the two sides of opposing beliefs share the same [Ladder of Audience] ranking, and each other can see each other on the leaderboard.
The ranking of [Ladder of Audience] is related to the opportunity to "face the true god and obtain divine favor", so if the top rankings are all people with opposing beliefs, then the weaker side may not have a good time until the next [Audience].
The young man's face changed again and again, he did not report his score, and he did not continue to ask.
Because he is indeed not a believer in [Order].
At this moment, the moonlight shone on his face, and it still couldn't illuminate the haze on his face.
He couldn't see through Cheng Shi's reality.
"You didn't lie to me?"
Cheng Shi smiled: "I never lie." "
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