Chapter 312: Five Hmm? Why don’t you use it? (5K)
“The stake is… each other’s rules?!”
When Rocky heard this, his first reaction was, “Are you kidding me?”
He had never heard of Visas’s rules being used as a stake… unless it was actually about chopping off fingers and gouging out eyes in reality.
But then again, he had been brought to such a place, and within his own East Church no less, one of the closest places to the great Rhein God. Ulu had managed to drag him here, it really didn’t seem like a joke.
“Do you think I’m an idiot?” Rocky said, “Not clarifying anything and then asking me to gamble with you, and on… rules?”
Bai Wei sighed softly, “A single game would make everything clear, there really is no need for extra words.”
He was no fool, such an obvious trap was something only that presumptuous cyclops would jump into, nobody else.
“Then explain a bit, although I don’t know much either,” Bai Wei said with his hands crossed, his bright middle finger conspicuously eye-catching, “You can ask me questions, and I will tell you everything I know… as long as it doesn’t involve the real world.”
Rocky asked subconsciously, “Why?”
“Isn’t it obvious?” Even though he couldn’t see Bai Wei’s face clearly, Rocky still felt his smirk, “Would you tell me your true identity if I asked you right now?”
Rocky was silent for a while, then answered, “Indeed.”
It seemed this guy had guessed it too.
Once they knew each other’s real-world identities, what that would entail.
Take them, for example, Rocky as the Eastern Bishop of Rhein and Bai Wei (from his perspective, Ulu) had just killed the West Bishop, making him the biggest traitor in the history of Rhein.
They were naturally enemies, the kind that would start fighting immediately upon meeting in reality, and even here, they couldn’t possibly discuss things amicably.
Fortunately, they didn’t know each other’s identities… oh no, to be correct, it was only this guy who didn’t know my identity.
Rocky slightly raised the corner of his mouth.
He realized this was his advantage, but he also knew he couldn’t expose this fact, or else Ulu might immediately run away.
“You’re right,” he continued, “We indeed shouldn’t pry into each other’s identities or the matters of the real world.”
Rocky decided to take it slow, not to startle the snake, and turned the conversation back to this illusory space.
“Did you create this place?” Rocky asked.
“If I said it was me, would you believe it?” Bai Wei said with a laugh, “Do you think I’m capable of that?”
Rocky wouldn’t believe this place was created by Bai Wei, because as soon as he had entered, he felt a slight throbbing in his right thumb, which clearly had something to do with this space. Combining this with what Bai Wei had said before, Rocky deduced that this place must be Visas’s legacy.
Just like the Corpse Blocks.
Visas’s… Divine Country?
Rocky narrowed his eyes slightly. As the Eastern Bishop of Rhein, he indeed had more knowledge than the average person and realized that everything here was like the legendary Divine Country.
It seemed that Visas of the past was indeed comparable to All Gods… no, wait.
Rocky recalled the heart-shocking information the Pope had shared with them several months earlier, and his heart couldn’t help but shake again.
Fortunately, that guy is already dead, his body broken into pieces.
His Divine Country, too, had fallen into ruins.
But the question was, how did Ulu get here?
It seemed as if reading Rocky’s doubts, Bai Wei on the other side spoke leisurely, “As you see, I was lucky enough to possess two Corpse Blocks, and then I came here… to be precise, my soul was guided here, just like you.”
Rocky didn’t respond.
He didn’t think his “fall” could be considered guidance; it was more like being dragged in against his will.
So, he and Bai Wei had different methods of entry?
Was it because of the different numbers of Corpse Blocks? After collecting two Corpse Blocks, could one receive guidance to this place?
Why hadn’t this happened before… Oh, no one had previously obtained two Corpse Blocks at the same time.
At least not in the records.
But… two Corpse Blocks?
Rocky pretended to glance casually at Bai Wei’s throat.
Since the body was illusory, with some effort, he could see directly to the pool of water behind Bai Wei.
But Rocky wasn’t looking at Bai Wei’s body; he was looking at his tongue.
In this space, only the Corpse Blocks were real and could not be hidden; they would shine brilliantly no matter where they were placed.
During their earlier discussion, Bai Wei (Ulu) likely already possessed Visas’s tongue, unprecedentedly owning three Corpse Blocks — the last to have so many had been Visas himself.
If that were the case, then Bai Wei (Ulu) now was completely unfathomable.
Fortunately, it seemed that this guy hadn’t gotten the tongue, the worst scenario had not occurred.
So where had the tongue gone?
Rocky couldn’t help but ponder this question, but he didn’t think about it for long, soon redirecting his focus back to Bai Wei.
“So you’ve been here for a while?” Rocky asked.
“To be frank, I’ve just arrived.”
You think you’re fooling a child!
You killed the Cyclops months ago, and you’re telling me you’ve just arrived?