Death Game: Starting as a Trickster, Pretending to Be a God

Lin Yu left the club activity room.

Having joined the Death Game for so long, it was only at this moment that he finally felt a rare sense of ”peace of mind.”

The threats from the Psychological Society and the Marauders had always existed, and now he was even entering the sights of more and more high-level players...

Even within the dungeon worlds, there were gods with unclear intentions watching him, scheming who-knows-what about him.

It was just like the four-line evaluation given to him by that guy called ”Fate Fragments,” all mystical and cryptic.

”Clouds mountains mist water heart is illusion, obsessed with old appearances unable to free oneself;body already trapped in countless layers of games, where could a death trap imprison the heart!”

When he realized these four lines were about him, Lin Yu also discovered... they were surprisingly fitting.

He really was a body trapped in countless layers of games—even Lin Yu himself couldn’t say he fully grasped all the secrets he carried.

He knew he was special, had a Unique Class, his Promotion dungeon count was abnormal, and he was unexpectedly valued by gods...

But Lin Yu had absolutely no idea why!

He clearly had nothing commendable about him—compared to those true geniuses, Lin Yu never felt he had any advantages.

No photographic memory, no cheat-like observation and reasoning abilities, severely lacking creativity, no powerful will to survive, no indomitable willpower...

At most, he was just a bit obsessive about ”performances.”

And what he had to face was wave after wave of malice.

But now... even though these threats still existed, Lin Yu could finally feel somewhat at ease.

”At the very least, Senior is still trustworthy.”

The shadow that had always lingered around him, making Lin Yu vaguely feel someone was watching, monitoring, and arranging everything about him, had finally been figured out by him.

A long time ago, he had more or less suspected his own senior... especially the moment she proactively confessed her ”Player” identity to him.

The timing was just too coincidental.

Now, although Lin Yu still retained some doubts about Shen Bingmiao.

But no matter what, at least as said in the activity room just now...

Shen Bingmiao, who was not a ”Player,” was enough to become an ”accomplice.”

As for whether she had lied about her identity, Lin Yu also checked...

During their conversation just now, Shen Bingmiao mentioned past deceptions.

Those were deceptions Lin Yu had already made True.

However, no new Belief came from Shen Bingmiao, yet it also didn’t affect these True effects from continuing to work.

If she were a Player, such an anomaly shouldn’t occur.

And this situation had only appeared under two circumstances.

One, NPCs that had become his items—Old Zheng, Hannah, and Stiller, after learning the truth of his lies, also didn’t affect the True effects in the slightest.

Two... gods.

No matter what existence Shen Bingmiao was, this point was enough to prove that, compared to Players, she was closer to an existence belonging within the dungeon worlds.

Furthermore, Lin Yu also had Old Zheng as a living example.

”Wow, geez, that’s really lucky,” Old Zheng in the backpack couldn’t help but sigh. ”You actually connected with the founder of the ’forum,’ this is what they call having a big tree to lean on for shade, huh... Prestigious schools really are good, even in the Death Game, they can provide you with connections of this level.”

”Correction, according to her own words, she *is* the ’forum’ itself,” Lin Yu said. ”Actually a bit like you.”

Old Zheng spoke again, ”I know, just used to calling it that... Back in my active days, the forum’s Hacker was already famous, I didn’t know this detail back then... But then again, this does explain a lot of things.”

”For example, why her stance leans towards Order, but she doesn’t completely stand on Order’s side—Ha, so it’s because she herself is also constrained by those gods.”

Hearing this, Lin Yu looked at the crow mark on his wrist.

”Hmm... Senior also seems to be reminding me not to get too close to these gods...”

”It seems they really aren’t completely reliable.”

Hannah quickly spoke up, ”Ribbit! Director, the boss of my uncle actually has a pretty good personality...”

Lin Yu smiled, ”I wasn’t talking about the Banquet God, He is indeed quite good—but even with a good personality, after all, the stances are different.”

”Don’t worry, Hannah, I won’t put you in too difficult a position either.”

Hearing this, Hannah hurriedly said again, ”Ribbit! Director, I’m definitely on your side. Even though I was dispatched by the god, now that I’ve chosen to follow you... I won’t have divided loyalties!”

”Even gods will rank behind you... That’s just how we octopuses are, it’s in our nature.”

Hannah said seriously.

Lin Yu was actually amused by Hannah’s earnest declaration.

”I know, I know... Hannah, I’m not doubting you.”

He laughed easily.

Aside from Senior, this ”accomplice,” these three assistants of his could also be considered trustworthy and important pillars of support.

”Anyway, I’m only First-Tier right now. Even if I decided to go against the gods, they might not even spare me a glance.”

Lin Yu shrugged.

”So, Old Zheng, any advice regarding the Second-Tier dungeon?”

Old Zheng sighed upon hearing this, ”You’re asking me for advice on this too? Wasn’t the help from that Hacker enough for you?”

”When I was in school, I hated it when my teacher said ’We didn’t have conditions like yours back in our day.’ Now I understand exactly how my teacher felt back then!”

Lin Yu chuckled easily.

”Who would ever complain about having too much help?”

He opened his phone—that is, the Cyber Ghost’s Electronic Coffin gifted by Shen Bingmiao.

”Besides, Senior can only predict the first half of the dungeon for me. What the latter half, the Personal Dungeon, is like, I still don’t know!”

On the phone, there was a piece of information directly sent by Shen Bingmiao.

”Your next dungeon is in the Black Marsh, the specific location is probably within the territory of the Blood Kingdom.”

”I’ll send you detailed information about the Black Marsh later, after I compile and summarize the intel from various organizations.”

”By the way, according to my algorithm’s prediction, your dungeon clearance condition is very likely to be participating in the Blood Kingdom’s ’Glory Festival’ and obtaining the Blood Kingdom’s ’Warrior Medal’—in other words, this dungeon’s type should be a composite of ’Competition’ and ’Slaughter’.”

”Make good use of your current Soldier and Doctor abilities... and then, stock up on some consumables, and also enhance your frontal combat power.”

”Although I don’t know the specifics of your Class, I’m guessing it probably doesn’t provide much direct combat power, right?”