Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god

#666 - dart

Under the snow owl's questioning, before Lin Yu could even begin to explain, Seagull had a flash of inspiration.

"Eh? Could it be... that what we need to prevent is the appearance of the real Willow Town from underground?"

"And you guys can actually go to that renamed Willow Town to complete your mission!"

As Seagull spoke, Lin Yu and Snow Owl both sighed in unison.

"I'm afraid it won't work. If only it were that simple."

Lin Yu said with a sigh.

Snow Owl also facepalmed: "We really should have let Li Hua lock you up for another three weeks."

Gaoshan once again smoothed things over: "Well, Seagull brother's speculation is also reasonable..."

"So, this... Ms. Yao, what exactly is this method you mentioned that would allow us to cooperate?"

Lin Yu spread his hands: "Is it that hard to understand? It's literally what it means—to reach Willow Town without letting it 'appear'."

"The meaning of 'appear' should refer to Willow Town seeing the light of day again... and according to the information I've gathered, this Willow Town is deep within the Twin Saw Mountains beneath our feet."

"If Willow Town doesn't appear, we'll just go find Willow Town."

Lin Yu said calmly.

Snow Owl lowered his head and looked at the mountain beneath his feet: "What you're saying is quite simple, but it's like 'putting an elephant in the refrigerator only requires three steps'... without many details, I can't judge whether this is feasible or not."

"Since you already know that Willow Town is right beneath our feet, you must have more information, right?"

Hearing Snow Owl's question, Lin Yu nodded.

"Of course, we've indeed collected more information on our side—just like you guys were initially near the bandit stronghold, we were initially near the Jin Fu Escort Agency's rendezvous point."

"The goods you were trying to seize, the key mentioned in those bandit letters, should be what that escort team was transporting."

"And since those escort teams are definitely more upright in their actions than bandits, we didn't clash with them. In the process of interacting with them, we naturally obtained a lot of useful information... Of course, for us, the situation isn't entirely clear either."

Lin Yu slowly said, "The ruins of the real Willow Town, submerged deep within the Twin Saw Mountains, are occupied by a huge spider demon, almost as big as a mountain—now, the spider silk and spiders everywhere in and around the Twin Saw Mountains should all be the work of that spider demon."

Seagull was very surprised to hear this: "So these spider silks and spiders are actually being manipulated by a boss?"

Snow Owl also looked solemn: "A spider demon as big as a mountain... sounds like it's not easy to deal with."

"Yes, according to my observation, that spider demon not only releases spider silk and spiders but also has the ability to control people..."

As Lin Yu spoke, Snow Owl spoke again: "We also noticed this—the bandits mentioned that there are some strange people wandering in the mountains, looking like ordinary merchant caravans, but they are actually wandering souls who may disappear at any time—some have even become evil ghosts and puppets who will actively harm people."

Lin Yu nodded: "Yes, and according to my research, this spider demon should have abilities similar to 'manipulating the past of cause and effect'... It turns people into puppets by manipulating the past—of course, the cost of figuring out this ability is also heavy. The friendly NPCs we met along the way were almost all wiped out by that spider demon—they disappeared silently, without a trace."

Hearing Lin Yu say this, Snow Owl's face became even more solemn: "Not only is it huge, but it also has such difficult abilities... this [dungeon] is really... giving people surprises."

Gaoshan also nodded slowly: "It seems that we really should cooperate... even if the cooperation plan is more circuitous, facing this kind of demon—six people are always better than three."

"And a demon of this level is also a great disaster to leave in this Prison Mountain Realm."

Even Seagull, who seemed more relaxed, became serious: "I didn't expect to encounter something of this level in this dungeon—if you're right, the ability to manipulate the past and cause and effect already involves the authority of the gods."

Lin Yu was very satisfied with the three people's reactions.

He chose to share this information first to make the three people more determined to choose to cooperate with him through pressure.

"Your mission is to 'prevent Willow Town from appearing'... then it means that someone must be dedicated to making Willow Town appear, and that's likely referring to this spider demon!"

"After all... it is entrenched on the underground Willow Town and obviously has a symbiotic relationship with that town."

Lin Yu said calmly, giving his conclusion.

"What happy cooperation are you talking about? Does this plan have any feasibility?"

Snow Owl looked at Lin Yu, also somewhat helplessly: "I thought you were a strategist, Old Yao... whether it's the three of you sneaking into the lair of a demon who can manipulate cause and effect, or the three of us killing a demon as big as a mountain, neither of these is a very feasible plan."

"This is just the big framework and direction. Of course, the specific implementation plan isn't for us to dig a hole and directly confront it now," Lin Yu looked at Snow Owl and explained, "Because the core key of this dungeon is... 'the goods'."

Lin Yu pointed to the gray remains behind him.

"Haven't you noticed me carrying this all along?"

Snow Owl looked at the remains and said, "We noticed, but we were afraid this was some special hobby of yours or you had some tragic story, so we didn't dare to ask."

And Seagull, seeing this scene, suddenly realized: "I understand... Actually, you and 'Thief' were playing us—you're also from the 'Freedom Alliance', right?!"

Lin Yu was startled to hear Seagull's words.

Is this guy so perceptive?

But the next second, Seagull's words let Lin Yu know that this was just a misunderstanding.

"You're the 'Undertaker', right—I know, the 'Undertaker' is a somewhat handsome, aloof, and beautiful girl who likes to carry corpses with her... This completely fits your image."

Lin Yu sighed.

And before he could clear his name, Gaoshan spoke to set the record straight for Lin Yu.

"No, I've met the 'Undertaker', she doesn't look like this."

He looked at Lin Yu and said, "So what you're carrying is the corpse of some NPC?"

"Yes, but more importantly... this is the 'goods' that were being escorted!"