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

Lin Yu did not rashly bring up the matter of "power" directly with Earl.

After all, Lin Yu didn't know whether Earl knew about this matter.

The Secretary never told him that he had consulted with the God of Fairness and Judgment beforehand when he placed the "power of drama" in the "Trial Grounds".

Although Lin Yu didn't think that the 'Secretary' and 'Order' would have the authority to silently transfer power to another god's territory, but... what if they did?

Lin Yu never forgot that although the Earl before him was a relatively friendly unit and had a cooperative relationship with 'Order', he was still a powerful chosen one—and he was currently in the divine kingdom of the god that the other party served and believed in!

In the territory of their own gods, the chosen ones are an existence that Lin Yu cannot shake.

If the other party really harbors any hostility towards him, Lin Yu can hardly think of any way to gracefully retreat unscathed.

As for sending someone without sovereignty into the divine kingdom of another god, Lin Yu really wasn't sure what kind of thing that would be considered.

What if this were considered very impolite in the realm of gods and deities?

Therefore, when faced with something that might cause controversy, Lin Yu did not take it for granted and ignore the possibility of even a one in a thousand or one in ten thousand chance. Instead, he spoke very cautiously and thoughtfully.

But fortunately...

Lin Yu's worries were unnecessary.

Upon hearing Lin Yu's question, the Flaming Earl clapped his hands lightly, sending sparks flying everywhere, and chuckled, "As expected, you wouldn't overlook this... Don't worry, this extra 'authority' has also been placed somewhere within this 'Eternal Cage.' However, according to the request from the 'God of Power,' I won't give you any hints. I can only tell you that it exists in 'physical' form."

“I wouldn’t have told you these things if you hadn’t asked,” Earl paused, then said, “Also, while I understand you have your reasons for being cautious… neither my lord nor I would covet an unclaimed authority—though authority is useful to gods, authority that is not compatible with them is utterly useless to them.”

"Moreover, our Lord is in charge of 'fairness'... Even if a power that is truly in perfect harmony with Him were sent in, our Lord would not stoop to using any tricks or schemes to seize it."

Earl said proudly, and Lin Yu quickly waved his hand.

“You misunderstand. Of course I could not possibly think that you are coveting ‘authority’. I believe in the name of ‘fairness’ and I also believe in the judgment of ‘order’ of my organization… I was cautious in my words just now because I was worried that ‘putting authority into someone else’s divine kingdom’ would be considered a kind of ‘disrespect’ in the etiquette of communication at the ‘divine’ level.”

As Lin Yu spoke, Earl paused for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"Is there really such a way of thinking? How interesting!"

"In short, that doesn't exist... My lord doesn't mind that."

"Just go ahead and do it."

Earl spoke, and Lin Yu nodded.

"Okay, then I'm relieved—I have no other questions."

As Lin Yu spoke, Earl nodded.

"Okay—get ready, we're about to begin."

With that, Earl stood up and walked toward the door.

He opened the door, stood in the corridor, looked into the room, and waved goodbye to Lin Yu inside.

Lin Yu asked, somewhat confused, "Um... how do I leave this room?"

After all, there were no doors on the side of the railing where Lin Yu was standing—there was only a whole gray-black wall behind him.

Earl laughed heartily: "You know what, 'Director'? This is the highest point of the 'Eternal Cage,' the closest place to the entrance and exit of this cage. This place is called the 'Celestial Ring'—our current location is the 'Ninth Interrogation Room' in the 'Celestial Ring'."

Lin Yu asked, somewhat puzzled, "What... what do you mean by telling me all this?"

"What I mean is, you're about to undergo a 'trial,' rather than 'going out'..."

Earl snapped his fingers, and Lin Yu suddenly felt a lightness in his body.

"...It's more like 'going down'!"

A cheerful sound rang out, and Lin Yu felt the floor beneath his feet disappear.

"Oh!"

Gravity pulled Lin Yu down!

Lin Yu was somewhat surprised, even though he immediately realized from Earl's words that this seemed to be one of the necessary steps for him to accept the "trial" and that it might not cause any fatal consequences.

However, Lin Yu subconsciously activated the [Wind Riding Bracelet] and used the "Wind Vein Technique" to try to slow down his descent.

but……

It had no effect!

Lin Yu's fall did not slow down in the slightest.

Neither the [Wind Riding Bracelet]'s [item] effect nor Lin Yu's own "Wind Vein Technique" were effective at this moment!

Although it has not been completely disabled, its effect has been reduced to almost nothing.

The winds of the divine realm, or at least the winds within this "eternal cage," do not obey the commands of witchcraft!

It's not just the "Wind Vein Technique" witchcraft...

Lin Yuneng instantly understood that some supreme rule had directly weakened and suppressed the entire "Black Swamp Realm's" witchcraft system and the spiritual power that communicated with heaven and earth to an extremely low level.

This is reasonable, after all, this is a "cage" that imprisons prisoners from the Ten Realms, how could the people inside be allowed to freely possess extraordinary powers?

What Lin Yu found strange was not why his power was weakened, but why it was only "weakened" and not completely disabled.

Given His power as the "God of Fairness and Judgment," He should be fully capable of completely prohibiting the use of witchcraft and similar abilities within His own divine realm.

However, within this eternal cage, the feeling of using one's abilities is only weakened to the extreme, not rendered unusable...

"Does this mean that the God of Judgment did this intentionally? Why would He do this... to leave a glimmer of hope for those imprisoned here?"

"Or is he encouraging conflict, or perhaps he wants to use this to understand the different abilities within the Ten Realms?"

Lin Yu pondered as he gradually fell towards the ground.

He had now passed through some swirling clouds that were obstructing his view and could see the scene below.

"The 'God of Feasts' and the 'God of Judgment' seem to have a good relationship... Could it be that their friendship stems from their shared hobby of capturing people and sending them to heaven?"

Lin Yu muttered to himself about this somewhat blasphemous thought as he looked at the scene below.

Compared to the boundless, seamless deep blue sea beneath the Kingdom of the God of Banquet, this Kingdom, directly below the sky, is a gray-black expanse divided by dark gray lines.

Upon closer inspection, Lin Yuneng discovered that this was a land resembling a maze.

A massive, gray wall, as tall as a mountain range, divides the land into nine large regions, with the outermost wall extending infinitely upwards, forming an insurmountable boundary.

These nine large areas are further divided by many relatively low and rough gray walls, which serve as dividing lines.

Within the high walls, each area, large and small, contains different buildings. There are almost no natural, wild plants and animals to be seen; instead, there are buildings, temples, and sculptures with obvious artificial traces.

The buildings varied in style and size, but their color schemes were highly uniform, all being very dark.

Where there are no buildings or high walls, the exposed ground is a very flat gray, like a concrete plaza, orderly and lifeless.

Although the area was vast, Lin Yu could definitely feel the oppressive atmosphere; he sensed it very clearly…

“This place is indeed a ‘cage’…”

Lin Yu murmured.

It wasn't just the dark gray tones and the high walls that reminded him of the "boundaries" that made it so; it was also because, although Lin Yu saw numerous traces of man-made structures in each area, he didn't see any "living beings" active outside.

At least as far as he could see, there were no signs of life on the ground.

No Rakshasa, no werewolves, no shadow puppets...

Monsters and humans alike, there was no sign of life in any of the areas.

Lin Yu attempted to use his mental energy to explore the interiors of the various buildings, but as soon as he released his mental power, he felt that the power was greatly weakened.

Just as the Wind Vein Technique can barely support Hannah now, Lin Yu's mental power detection range has also been compressed to within five meters.

It feels like suddenly becoming nearsighted, with perception becoming blurry beyond five meters.

With their perception abilities weakened to this extent, it's easy to imagine that attacks launched using mental power would be even weaker.

"As expected, most of the common and uncommon abilities of the 'Ten Realms' will be weakened here..."

Lin Yu sighed.

After all, although witchcraft is a mainstream ability in the Black Swamp World, there are not many people who have mastered mental power and related [items].

At the same time... the effect of his "Alchemy: Butterfly Wings" that he had just activated in conjunction with the Wind Vein Technique was also greatly reduced.

This weakening is not only aimed at outward power, but also at the power to strengthen oneself inward.

At this moment, Lin Yu had been falling through the air for a while and was gradually getting closer to the ground.

Without the aid of Wind Vein Technique and Alchemy, and even with most of the buffs he was currently enjoying potentially weakened, Lin Yu rationally considered the current falling height, his falling speed, and the apparent hardness of the ground.

"If I were to hit him... I'd probably either die or suffer broken bones and severe injuries, right?"

Lin Yu pondered for a moment, then sighed.

"Is this the first challenge I'll face in my trial?"