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

Chapter 189: Operation Deployment and Lin Yuʼs Counter-Deduction

Lin Yu naturally still remembered the general appearance and persona of ”Old Yao.”

Having someone who looked like they might have dropped out of middle school—probably unable to even pronounce the word ”dropped out” correctly—hold forth on the Bible and Norse mythology would certainly be a jarring mismatch in tone.

So Lin Yu had no intention of letting ”Old Yao” solve this riddle ”on his own.”

His approach to solving the puzzle was through ”reliable friends.”

This was also the persona Lin Yu intended to craft for ”Old Yao”—someone with high emotional intelligence and a wide network of friends.

After all, while the Jiangʼan Hall wasnʼt a large organization, with an expert like ”Tycoon” among them, their combat strength ranked among the better groups.

After carefully observing the structure of Jiangʼan Hall, Lin Yu quickly identified the role that the organization lacked and that the ”Old Yao” identity could fill.

Someone capable of calling in ”external assistance” and acquainted with all sorts of characters from various walks of life.

This was the idea that could connect all the ”fake identities” and the method to make ”Old Yao” truly convincing.

”May May” was building reputation through the high-combat-strength lone wolf route, so the ”Old Yao” identity needed to adopt a different competitive approach.
And the facts proved Lin Yuʼs idea correct.

”If your friend has no objections, then the reward is yours,” came Tycoonʼs reply, sounding noticeably more cordial than before.

”Old Yao, though youʼve only been in the organization for two weeks... I really should consider promoting you!”

”You must have passed the First-Tier by now, right?”

Seeing Tycoonʼs reply, Lin Yu exhaled softly.

”Right, boss, Iʼll follow your arrangements!”

Good—now even within Jiangʼan Hall, this ”Thief” identity was gradually gaining footing.

Once this identity became fully established...

Perhaps the Thiefʼs abilities, like the Doctorʼs, could remain effective long-term.

Of course...

”After building up Old Yaoʼs presence, I canʼt forget Zhu Ming either...”

Lin Yu muttered to himself before picking up Zhu Mingʼs phone and resending the earlier message to Li Nian in Zhu Mingʼs tone.

Li Nianʼs reply came quickly.

”So itʼs Norse mythology... very much that womanʼs style.”

Though Lin Yu knew exactly who ”that woman” referred to, he still asked,

”Whose style? Iʼm quite curious who fits this description!”

Li Nian replied again: ”Youʼll find out after officially joining. Thatʼs not someone whose name you should know yet—dangerous individual.”

Lin Yu didnʼt press further. After all, he was just reinforcing ”Zhu Mingʼs” presence and establishing her persona.

Then...

Lin Yu took out Heavenly Artisanʼs confiscated phone and quickly scanned it.

Unexpectedly...

Fishʼs post had been taken down.

In its place was a new pinned post:

”Riddle solved. Members at Second-Tier or above who wish to go to Jiangcheng can DM me for the address.”

”Solved already? That fast!”

Lin Yu was inwardly astonished.

He even suspected whether Order or the Free Alliance had a mole.

But...

Information couldnʼt spread that quickly. Moreover, the postʼs timestamp showed it was freshly posted—likely some expert within the Marauders had solved the riddle around the same time.

Scrolling through the Marauders membersʼ replies in the post confirmed Lin Yuʼs speculation:

”Holy shit, the boss personally stepped in!”

”Sis Fish has serious clout—got the boss to cast the divination himself.”

”Brothers, charge!”

”Second-Tier and above can all go? When the boss says so, feels like we gotta go!”

A group of Marauders officers responded enthusiastically, none showing surprise at the riddle being solved.

To them, it seemed perfectly natural for this poster to have solved it.

Lin Yu scrolled back up to check the posterʼs ID again.

”Diviner.”

Just the name suggested this was another big shot who either used their profession directly as their alias or had a closely related codename.

If Lin Yuʼs guess was correct... the other party might not even need the riddleʼs content to divine the time and location!

”Truly a dangerous ability,” Lin Yu mused.

What struck him even more, though, was the name itself.

For the Marauders to uniformly refer to this person as ”boss,” their identity was obvious.

Lin Yu also remembered where heʼd last seen this alias—

On the forum, ranked second among players, just below ”General”!

Also the leader of the Marauders!

Fortunately, it seemed this person wouldnʼt be coming to Jiangcheng in person.

Not that Lin Yu would worry even if they did—when the sky falls, the tall ones get squashed first.

If Diviner really came, Lin Yu wouldnʼt be within ten circles of having to face them!

As Lin Yu pondered this...

High Mountainʼs voice came from the front passenger seat:

”Hey, Single King, make a U-turn.”

”Gambler just sent word—locationʼs been solved!”

”We need to leave the city—an abandoned enclosed section of Jiangchengʼs southern overpass. Weʼre assigned to the old overpass entrance southwest.”

Single King acknowledged: ”Got it. Any time pressure?”

”None... the Hai City Game Masterʼs being decent, says the areaʼs desolate so we can eat first, just get there by noon.”

”After all, weʼre probably the first to solve it—no rush to secure position!”

As High Mountain spoke, Reed interjected with surprise:

”That was really fast! Could it be our Henan Provinceʼs ʼDetectiveʼ? That guyʼs unreliable, but heʼs actually pretty good at solving riddles!”

High Mountain shook his head: ”I sent him the riddle first thing. He solved the time part, but for location... he said heʼs unfamiliar with Jiangchengʼs terrain, so even with direction, verification would be troublesome. No movement yet.”

Lin Yu was slightly surprised.

”Seems Fu Luo, though not officially in Order, has close ties with them...”

But his thoughts about Fu Luo were fleeting.

From the timing of High Mountainʼs information report, Lin Yu realized something else:

”His Excellency Tycoon seems deeply connected with Order too—at minimum, he must be on close personal terms with Li Hua.”

Within minutes of him solving the riddle, Li Hua had already relayed the information back to the front lines—and not just raw intel, but analyzed, planned ”operation instructions” precisely assigned to each team.

This meant Tycoon absolutely had direct communication channels with Li Hua—Jiangʼan Hall and Order didnʼt need organizational-level coordination.

In fact...

Lin Yu had reason to suspect these two might currently be together, looking at the same screen, sharing information in real time!

If so, that would mean...

”Jiangʼan Hall will likely coordinate extremely closely with Order during this operation.”

”Jiangcheng is truly Orderʼs absolute home turf!”