Chapter 496 The Truth About the Nature of Sin

"So who is Miracle?"

This question was on the minds of everyone present.

Even Lu Xiao was curious about the identity of Miracle.

He first targeted the being who created Lu Xiao.

After all, Lu Xiao mentioned that existence more than once.

However, Lu Xiao did not continue to explain. Instead, he turned his attention to the gambler and said, "Keep talking."

The gambler nodded and then continued:

"Nick Ryder wants to awaken Cthulhu because I transferred the tainted fate to him through a ritual."

"And what I really want to awaken is 'miracle'."

“Then I started laying it out.”

"Because 'fate' tells me that if you want to awaken a 'miracle', you need a delicious meal as a stimulus."

"This delicious meal is also one of the ritual conditions required for the awakening of the 'miracle'."

"Then I zeroed in on Cthulhu."

"So I returned to the Land of Sleep and asked Lu Xi to create a copy of the Pope."

"Then, under my guidance, the clones joined the Saints."

"His fate was also determined the moment he was created."

"After that unfortunate Nick Ryder dies, he will become the link to Cthulhu."

"Then continue my layout behind me."

After hearing this, Lu Xiao looked at the gambler with cold eyes and said:

"But is there any necessary connection with you disrupting Liu Guang's plan?"

Hearing this, the gambler's eyes looked a little lonely.

He shook his head slightly, and then sighed deeply:

"Alas~ Actually, I don't want to disrupt Liu Guang's plan."

"It's just that he set his sights on 'sin'."

"This trait was not intended for him."

"Actually, all he needs to do is follow his original plan and draw all the forces into the water to participate in this war."

"His ceremony can be completed perfectly."

"And with the authority and ability he has, he can remain awake for a period of time after becoming a god."

"He can even control his hazy state and wake up at the critical moment."

"This is his original destiny."

"It's just that, I don't know why, he ended up focusing on 'sin'."

"Perhaps it was because of the characteristic that sin can allow people to skip rituals and become gods, that gave him the idea."

"But what he doesn't know is that for people who rely on this characteristic to become gods, the characteristic cannot be upgraded to authority."

"In other words, after becoming a god, he will be a false god at best."

"And for some reason, I couldn't tell him about it."

"So in the end I had no choice but to intervene in the progress of collecting sins."

Lu Xiao narrowed his eyes and said solemnly: "Please explain in detail the 'sin' characteristic."

The gambler took a deep breath, then looked at Lu Xiao and said:

"Under the guidance of fate, I informed Nick Ryder of this characteristic effect that should not exist."

"Then Nick Ryder started his layout in order to allow Cthulhu to go further after waking up."

"He took five people and gave them five different characteristics."

“To wit: envy, wrath, sloth, gluttony, and lust.”

"Actually, the method is very simple. It is to guide the deepest desires in these people's hearts, and then use pollution to make these characteristics appear."

"As for greed and arrogance, that's what exists."

"What I have is greed, what Lucilla has is arrogance."

"And Lucila was supposed to be a living object in the U01 asylum."

"It's just that under the influence of Nick Ryder, Lucilla transformed all the senior officials of U01 into vampires."

"So there is no information about Lucilla in the database."

“The holders of the seven attributes occupy the seven seats of the saints.”

"Nick Ryder's idea was simple."

"After he awakened Cthulhu, he brought these seven characteristics together to form 'Sin'."

"Then use it as nourishment to make Cthulhu go further."

Hearing this, the doctor who had been listening quietly suddenly said:

"There are many logical holes in your statement."

"Like how did Nick Ryder believe your words?"

"For another example, you just said that the characteristic of sin does not exist in the first place."

"So how does Nick Ryder make this non-existent feature appear?"

However, the person who answered the doctor's question was not the gambler, but Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao said calmly: "Because of the 'lie' characteristic he has mastered."

"His ability is that as long as the other party believes what he says, the lie can come true."

"If I'm not wrong, he relied on lies to convince Nick Ryder of this matter."

"So, the seven incomplete characteristics emerged."

"And the reason why 'sin' does not make a person very powerful is because of the limitations of his abilities."

"He can weave any lie, but the prerequisite for people to believe the lie is that they cannot let the other party realize that it is a lie."

"For example, he told me that in five minutes I would shit my pants."

"It's impossible to pursue logic in such a small thing, so I might believe it."

"When I believed the first lie, five minutes later I was indeed shitting my pants."

"Then I'm going to believe the rest of his lies."

"As the lies grew, they grew bigger and bigger."

"Slowly, I will gradually ignore the logical loopholes in his lies."

"Because what he says is always accurate."

"Unless the lie he told in the end was outrageous, the other party would never doubt the authenticity of his words."

"So he just told lies after lies to convince Nick Ryder to believe what he said."

"And just like that, this weird property was created."

"Until the end, when sin is merged, lies become truth."

"So now he can expose the lies he told himself without affecting the facts that have been produced."

After listening to Lu Xiao's words, the gambler nodded heavily towards him and said:

"You guessed it right."

"If Liu Guang could have guessed this at the time, maybe this would not have been the ending."

"If he had known that I had mastered the 'lie' trait, then maybe he wouldn't have ended up like this."

However, Lu Xiao shook his head and said: "If I didn't know that the characteristic you mastered was 'lie'"

"Perhaps you can resurrect Liu Guang just like you tricked Liu Guang into skipping the ceremony of becoming a god."

Hearing this, a trace of regret flashed in the gambler's eyes.

"It's a pity that you exposed my lies when you first met me."