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

"I'm here to 'end' this?"

After hearing this, Lin Yu frowned.

"But what do you want me to do?"

he asked softly.

But before Via Valetti could reply, Forbolo began to shout.

"Why are you only talking to Wu Yue? And he's the smartest..."

"Am I not qualified?!"

Forbolo said dissatisfiedly.

Vil Valetti glanced at Forboluo and frowned slightly.

"You? You do have some wisdom... but you can't put an end to this 'monster' created by the company. Only he can do it!"

Hearing what Vil Valetti said, Forboluo's expression softened slightly, but he still couldn't hide his anger.

"Of course I am intelligent—but your contemptuous attitude must be a lie!"

Forboluo looked at Lin Yu with a serious expression.

"May, I think this guy might not be a good person—he's also an employee of the Truth Company, and B-3 is already a high level... There are four levels of authority: A, B, C, and D, with three levels in each level!"

"He's practically a member of management. You can't trust what he says!"

"This guy might just be trying to trick you into dying!"

As Forboluo spoke, Lin Yu nodded.

Although there was some emotion in these words, Lin Yu knew...

What Forbolo said was reasonable and the result of his rational analysis.

In fact, Lin Yu didn't completely believe Will Valletti.

He looked at the researcher and sighed.

"To be honest, I do have some doubts about you..."

Will Valletti wasn't surprised. "I understand. After all, it seems I share the same origin as this monster, even from the 'company' that created this tragedy. Regardless of whether I side with the monster or the company... there's every possibility that I have 'bad intentions'."

"But I can only ask you to trust me!"

he said seriously.

"Time...is really running out!"

Will Valletti said this, Lin Yu and Forbolo were puzzled.

"What do you mean time is running out?"

Forbolo asked anxiously.

"It has grown to a terrifying size. Your presence here has already alarmed it," said Will Valetti. "Soon, it will forcibly activate the 'Dream Maker'... Now, it can control some of the instruments here!"

"And once that thing is activated, you will all be trapped in the dream it creates—including the other survivors who appeared at Solstice Mountain with you!"

"It will take two or three minutes at most before this starts!"

As Will Valletti spoke, Lin Yu's expression changed slightly.

"Does this monster sound alive?"

Upon hearing this, Will Valletti looked at Lin Yu again.

For the first time, a conflicted look appeared on the researcher's face.

Finally, he spoke as if he had made up his mind.

"Okay, I'll tell you—it's not alive now. It's just relying on the aggregated consciousness formed by the 'devoured souls'—but what you said is exactly its purpose... to obtain 'real life'!"

"This thing wants to digest and integrate all souls, allowing it to give birth to a true soul and life."

"To do this, it needs to devour more souls!"

"And once this thing truly 'comes alive,' transforming from a simulated consciousness and life activities into a real living being... it will be able to completely detach from these instruments, and—it will likely gain 'intelligence' from the souls it devours!"

"None of us can predict what it will do then!"

As Vil Valetti spoke, Forbolo and Lin Yu looked at each other.

"This is too crazy!"

Forbolo murmured.

"I see," Lin Yu exhaled, "That makes perfect sense!"

"But I still have one final question - why me, and what do I need to do?"

"Is it just because of 'that' in me?"

Lin Yu asked.

Will Valetti nodded.

"Yes, what you need to do next... is to find the true form of this monster in the 'dream'."

"It's not easy to destroy it in reality. It's now tied to the underground base of Mount Winter. If we want to destroy it, we have to find a way to destroy the entire base!"

"However, in dreams, it can reveal the consciousness formed by those devoured and imprisoned souls."

He seemed to realize that Lin Yu did not want to reveal the "Mark of God" on his body in front of Forboluo, so he also spoke vaguely.

"And the one on you can ensure that you find it."

"But... I don't know how to destroy it after you find it! But I believe you can find a way - with your two clever minds, you can definitely find a way!"

Will Valetti said frankly.

"Aren't you just trying to trick me?" Forbolo couldn't help but curse. "Although I don't know what kind of riddle you played with May, or why you're so sure that May can find that soul..."

"But we don't know how to destroy souls!"

Will Valletti explained: "In dreams, its soul also has a physical body... and it can only transform into a 'frightening monster image', and it must be the fear of the soul in the dream - such as a giant snow monster seven or eight meters tall!"

"That's easy for you to say," said Forbolto angrily, "but we can't handle this thing!"

"There are more than two of you. You have... there should be nine left now!"

"In the dream, if you two gather them together, you will definitely be able to come up with a solution!"

Will Valetti said eagerly.

Lin Yu, who had been silently thinking about how to kill the snow monster, was stunned when he heard this. He said, "You mean, all of us survivors will enter the same dream next!"

"Yes, that monster would also like to gather you all together and capture you all in one fell swoop... After all, it doesn't need many souls now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Forboluo was about to say something, but suddenly there was a loud noise from below.

"Om-!"

Will Valletti looked at the spherical machine running below, his face changed drastically, and he shouted quickly.

"Oh no... the device has been activated!"

"Remember, you must 'eliminate all fear from your heart.' No matter how terrifying the image, once fear arises, it's over!"

After he finished speaking, the spherical instrument below burst out with a burst of strong light.

Forbolo fell to the ground with a thud.

but……

Will Valletti looked at Lin Yu in surprise.

Lin Yu just stood there calmly and didn't fall asleep.

"You...why can you ignore the dream-making device?!"

"Because this is essentially a 'rule' - when this device is activated, everyone will enter the dream created by it."

"And I just happen to have the ability to tamper with the rules—and luckily, the person who gave me that ability hasn't disappeared yet."

Lin Yu said thankfully.

It was all thanks to him that he took a deep look at the "Rule-based" career advancement guide.

The various "item effects activated by non-players" and "specific abilities of monsters and NPCs" in the game can also be regarded as a kind of "rules".

It can be invalidated by "ruffians" and modified by "officials".

Otherwise, in those "survival" and "fighting" dungeons with simpler rules, this type of "rule-based" profession would be extremely weak!

Just now, Lin Yu used the ability of "official" to modify the scope of effectiveness of this "dream maker" and exclude himself.

Of course, Lin Yu was even more fortunate because he had taken double insurance and made two preparations for his "rule-based" profession.

after all……

The ability of "Ruffian" has disappeared!

And Will Valetti's surprise then turned into despair: "But if you don't enter the dream, then... all your companions will die!"

"This monster called 'Chat' will also come back to life!"

He knelt weakly on the ground and looked in the direction of Lin Yu.

Lin Yu shook his head and said coldly: "I have a reason why I absolutely cannot appear in dreams...or rather, I absolutely cannot appear with them!"

In that case, all of Lin Yu’s contradictory lies will be exposed!

"As for the fate of those people... I'm sorry, Researcher Will Valetti, but they and I are not companions. If they die, they die."

"As for the monster... all I care about is the 'truth'."

"Killing it won't do me any good!"

Lin Yu said calmly.

From the beginning to the end, he solved all the puzzles step by step, just to complete the upgrade task.

The second upgrade task only requires him to find the "swindler" and see through the "scam".

From beginning to end, Lin Yu did not need to "expose" or "destroy" this "scam".

He did feel sorry for those who died, but...

Not to the point of putting yourself at risk for this.

After hearing what Lin Yu said, Will Valetti was stunned for a long time.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, okay, okay... In that case, let's make a deal!"

"I've always noticed that you tell everyone a different 'identity' and don't want them to know your true identity. After all, you are the one favored by the God of Change, so your motives are sufficient."

"I can help you disrupt their communication in the next dream and ensure that your lies will never be exposed!"

"Although I retain my self-awareness, I am also a part of this 'monster'... Before, I was able to enter your dreams to give you hints, and I can also enter this dream!"

Will Valetti said.

Lin Yu looked at him and became interested.

"It really makes my heart beat."

Indeed, even if he did not appear in the dream, with those people gathered together, there was still a certain risk that they would see through his lies.

"But... it's not enough!"

"I can also promise you my 'notebook'—a book that has the property of being indestructible," said Vilvaletti. "That's all I can offer you!"

As he spoke, Lin Yu exhaled.

"Then...deal."