High above the distant Void, within the pale White Bone Hall.
A massive skull sat upon the White Bone Throne, looking at the respectful smaller skull before it, not uttering a word.
The smaller skull's mouth opened and closed rhythmically, repeating the message Cheng Shi had brought without missing a single word.
Its voice was clear and strong, completely out of sync with the surrounding deathly silent atmosphere.
The massive skull listened An Jingly until the smaller skull finished repeating the message. Only then did it allow the smaller skull to return below the throne, turning into a cornerstone on the base.
"Employee... interesting..."
When the massive skull spoke these words, the entire Fish Bone Hall, along with the White Bone Throne, emitted sharp wails.
"He is coming back! Stop! He is coming back! Don't run!"
"Run? Who would run?"
The skull on the throne's tone suddenly became lively. He turned to look at the large door of the Fish Bone Hall and laughed happily.
"Heh, Old Bones, why is this seat of yours still so hard!"
As the voice fell, another massive skull suddenly appeared outside the hall's large door. However, the Death aura surrounding this skull was even denser and more solidified.
The moment He appeared, the Fish Bone Hall and the White Bone Throne seemed to come alive again. They scattered noisily across the floor, then swept up like a flood, rushing towards the second skull, reforming into a throne beneath Him.
In just a moment, the two skulls' positions were swapped.
The one who arrived later became the master of the seat, while the one who was there first became the guest outside the door.
"You, why, have you, come?"
"Old Bones, how can you have the face to say such words? You stole something of mine, so naturally, I've come to settle the score with you!
Oh~
Sorry, I forgot, you really don't have a face."
"..."
"I, snatched, His, authority.
Your, authority, was, given, away, by, yourself.
I, did not, seek, trouble, with, you.
Yet, you, come, for, this?"
"Ah, don't say it out loud, it's so boring when you say it out loud."
The skull outside the door opened its Mouth and bounced upwards, trying to climb, but the fish bone stairs kept extending, refusing to let Him jump close to the throne.
"I hate climbing stairs."
"You, can, leave."
"I haven't even found trouble with you yet."
"..."
"What, are you in the wrong?"
The skull on the throne was Silent for a moment, then a green light flashed in its eyes. A bone that was inside out, with marrow as the wall and the bone wall as the marrow, rose from beneath the throne and was slowly sent before the skull outside the door.
"Take, your, authority, and, leave."
"That won't do. If Memory knows I didn't lose anything at all, wouldn't He hate me to Death?"
"Has, nothing, to, do, with, Me."
"It has something to do with you. You lured away my believers, then were inspired by my believers, and stole His authority. Now my lovely believers are being troubled by Memory, aren't you going to compensate them?"
"I, exempted, the, offerings, He, owed."
"Not enough."
"..."
The light in the eyes of the skull on the throne flickered, and after a while, He spoke again, helplessly:
"You, want, what?"
"Heh~ I was just waiting for you to say that. I've been annoyed with Him for a long time. How about we team up and kill Him? How does that sound?"
"..."
The two skulls exchanged glances. The Fish Bone Hall, along with the White Bone Throne, suddenly collapsed without warning and instantly vanished.
The remaining skull floated in the Void, opening and closing its Mouth a few times to itself, somewhat disheartened:
"Tch, coward."
...
Cheng Shi waited for two days and finally received a reply from "That Lord."
Waking up one morning, He suddenly found that the status on His body had changed.
It changed from "Shuhui Reversal" to "Guanghui Hushu."
Guanghui Hushu: The corpse that drank the potion will turn into white bones within five days. After five days, it will revive as a person. Remaining Time: 2 days.
Huh? What?
Before Cheng Shi could understand what this meant, His vision went black.
He died.
Not even clothes were left. A skeleton suddenly appeared on the rooftop.
When His consciousness returned again, two more days had passed, and the buff on His body had also disappeared.
It looked like it was resolved.
But this method of resolution, why did it feel like venting anger?
Xie Yang next door saw Cheng Shi appear and waved excitedly.
"Hey, buddy, I thought you were dead! Haven't seen you for two days. Where did you go?"
Cheng Shi scratched His head, confused.
How should I say this?
You guessed right?
"Got lost in studying spells, didn't bother to come out."
"What did you study?"
"Death is very scary."
?" Xie Yang blinked, thinking He had misheard.
So you stayed in the room for two days just for this?
"Hehe, you're quite funny, buddy."
"You're not bad either."
Cheng Shi cupped His hands, didn't waste any more words with His neighbor, and began preparing for the upcoming Trial.
And just then, the end-of-month settlement for the path to godhood began.
According to the rules of the Faith Game, at the end of each month, the path to godhood would conduct an additional settlement.
Players in different tiers would receive different rewards.
For Cheng Shi's 2100 points, the reward tier generated was 2000-2400. This meant that S-rank talents and items were available, but not many.
Because the closer to 2400, the higher the probability.
However, the settlement could still yield many good things, which was one of the few things Players looked forward to.
After all, these rewards didn't require risking their lives to obtain.
Cheng Shi's vision blurred, and He saw several lines of large text appear in His field of vision.
[path to godhood Periodic Settlement Begins]
[Current Global Believer Count: 5197421853]
[Calculating tiers and generating rewards...]
[Cheng Shi, Male, 22 years old]
[Fate: Nothingness]
[Faith: Deception]
[path to godhood: 2141, Global Ranking: 452007]
[Ladder to the Audience: 164, Fate Ranking: 60]
[Reward Talent: Expression Observer (A), Deception Faith Talent. In your field of vision, no change in any expression can escape your notice, even if it only appears in your peripheral vision.]
[Reward Talent: Healer Heal Thyself (A), Priest Profession Talent. When the healing you cast takes effect, you receive an additional 100% of the healing effect.]
[Reward Item: Ice River Rift Lizard's Toe (A), Flavored food, hard texture, rich flavor, has a refreshing effect, can be used in medicine. X100]
[Reward Item: Faith Dropper (A), Truth Faith Item. Can extract target's Faith and inject Faith into other targets. The injected Faith will overwrite the original Faith, lasting for 2 hours.]
[Please select your reward...]
Clearly, the settlement didn't give all rewards, but offered a choice.
Looking at these uninspiring rewards, Cheng Shi sighed and casually chose the toe.
He had the fortune of eating this thing before, and it tasted good, with a pickled vegetable flavor, very good with rice.
As for the talents, forget it.
Talent slots were limited. Before getting an SS talent, He probably wouldn't change them.
Just as Cheng Shi was feeling dejected about having wasted another month, the space behind the rooftop warehouse suddenly distorted.
An exquisite skull fell from mid-air, landing at His feet and breaking its lower jaw.
Whatever the skull had been biting was also flung onto the ground.
Cheng Shi looked at everything before Him, blinking in confusion.
"Delivered! Delivered! I'm going back! He is waiting for me! Goodbye! Goodbye!"
With that, the skull and its lower jaw slowly disappeared.
"..."
Hold on, wait a minute. Your lower jaw fell off, how did you speak?
Huh?
I actually didn't question why a skull could talk, but instead questioned why a skull could talk without a lower jaw...
Truly bizarre.
Cheng Shi scratched His head and picked up the item the skull had delivered.
This seemed to be a brooch.
He picked up the small object, which was two finger-joints long, and found that it was indeed a brooch.
A brooch made from two slender finger bones.
Brooch of the Deceased's Finger Bones (S): Holy Relic, a brooch personally forged by Death, containing His great understanding of certain authorities of Memory.
Special Effect [Deceased's Recollection]: You can converse with a corpse that has not been dead for more than 12 hours. It will truthfully answer your first question according to its memories before Death.
Special Effect [This is not a gift, but a trade]: Each time you use [Deceased's Recollection], you need to offer a sacrifice to the esteemed Lord on the throne.
"..."
How should I put it...?
I really want to change jobs.
Question:
How can I change jobs to a company with better benefits without my Boss finding out? Is there any legal and compliant way?
Waiting online, it's quite urgent.
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