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

"Boss, please ask away, whether it's about customs and traditions of any realm or rare [items], I will tell you everything I know without reservation!"

As a [Summoned Creature] who always addressed Lin Yu as "Boss," Old Zheng had always maintained a proper attitude.

Upon hearing Lin Yu's question, he immediately used his mental power to press the remote control and turned the television volume down to the minimum, responding respectfully.

However, this question was clearly not something that could be excused just because of Old Zheng's attitude.

Lin Yu smiled as he lifted the brain.

"Is that so? Next, I'm going to ask about 'Misty Islands' related matters."

"The Misty Islands? The Misty Islands are great, I'm familiar with them," Old Zheng answered as usual, but he seemed to have noticed the abnormality in Lin Yu's mood, his flashing frequency quickening. "What's the problem with the Misty Islands?"

"Someone just came to find me, saying they're planning to go to the Misty Islands to dig up your legacy," Lin Yu continued with a smile. "You hid some things in the Misty Islands? How come I didn't know about that?"

Old Zheng's glow instantly reached its peak, and it didn't fade for a long time.

"Well... well... Boss, you never asked?"

Old Zheng's words were dry, and Lin Yu continued smiling without saying a word.

"You weren't planning on keeping them for yourself after you resurrected, were you?"

"Hahaha, how could that be?" Old Zheng quickly said. "Well... the truth is, I forgot!"

"After all, I didn't store those things together with the asylum. The asylum is on Island Thirty-Seven, but those things are hidden on Island Six!"

As Old Zheng spoke, Lin Yu continued asking: "So, what's there?"

"My most commonly used set of core [items], five pieces in total, plus my [Exclusive Item]."

As Old Zheng spoke, Lin Yu was shocked.

"Five plus one... six [items]?! Why didn't you tell me before I was preparing to build the 'Schreiber' identity?!"

"Also, how did you manage to die while your [Exclusive Item] still remains?"

Facing Lin Yu's questioning, Old Zheng spoke up: "I'm ashamed to say, my [Exclusive Item] is rather special... combined with a little arrangement I made, so it was left behind."

"Do you think I'm praising you? Explain in detail - what's so special, what methods you used, tell me everything!"

Lin Yu shook Old Zheng: "Anyway, the news has already leaked. Do you think it's better for it to fall into my hands or for someone else to get lucky? You choose for yourself - I just think that at least if I get it, you'd still be able to see it from time to time."

Hearing Lin Yu's words, Old Zheng hesitated for a moment, and was eventually persuaded by Lin Yu.

"Boss, even though I know you're a top-tier swindler, sometimes the things you say are just impossible not to believe..."

Old Zheng sighed, then continued speaking.

"My [Exclusive Item]... the name isn't important. Anyway, its appearance is a purple crystal pendant. Its function is roughly to create a kind of 'entity' based on the subconscious of all selected targets. I don't know exactly what it will create, and those 'entities' are under my control."

"Because even though this thing looks like a 'crystal pendant,' it's actually a crystal of highly condensed mental power. It's a substance that shouldn't exist but came into being through the rules of the [Death Game]. So even though I 'died,' my mental power hasn't dissipated, so it still theoretically has the possibility of existing."

"I made a deal with a High-Ranking Being on the Misty Islands, asking it to help me store this [Exclusive Item] and the other five things on Island Six and conceal their existence."

"But now it seems... because you brought me away from the Misty Islands, and we haven't been back there at all recently, that being probably thought our deal had concluded, so it stopped hiding the aura."

As Old Zheng spoke, Lin Yu understood.

"I see..."

Old Zheng asked curiously: "So, who came to find you?"

"The one with dissociative identity disorder I met in the Black Marsh."

Lin Yu said.

Old Zheng was surprised: "It's actually her. That little girl isn't simple after all... she actually managed to discover my legacy."

"Besides her, members of the [Psychological Society] will probably go too... [Lacan] will definitely go... If that little girl is just calling you to team up with her, without other backing, it'll be hard for her to snatch it away from [Lacan]."

"And if [Wundt] goes, it's easy for the [Night Watchmen] to get pulled in too... It's quite possible that the 'Misty Islands' will get very lively next."

Lin Yu was helpless: "Isn't all this liveliness because of your legacy?"

"If you had told me earlier, wouldn't it have been better for me to quietly take it away before I was exposed? Now look... I have to compete with a bunch of experts and powerful organizations."

Old Zheng was quite surprised: "You want it too?"

"With you in my hands, why wouldn't I give it a try?" Lin Yu said in a low voice. "After all, it's your stuff... that's an advantage no one can erase."

"I definitely have to get involved in this kind of matter. The only question now is, which identity should I go as?"

Lin Yu pondered.

With Old Zheng's help... it wouldn't be impossible to accept the invitation and go with Moss as the [Director], since that would be like half his home turf.

Although Moss also had some home-field advantage in the Misty Islands, both of them had interacted with Crow before, which meant neither of them had that advantage.

On his side, he had Old Zheng as an extra, so he truly held the "geographical advantage."

At the same time, he could also report this matter to [Order]...

Of course, Lin Yu still tried to avoid going as the [Director] - in the next [dungeon], it was better not to let the Director appear for now.

Based on that consideration, it seemed feasible to recommend [Zhu Ming] to Moss.

He could even... use the [Zhu Ming] identity to ask the [Free Alliance] folks.

And the new identity [Schreiber] participating alone in the next game was also perfectly justified.

These three identities were all ones where he could relatively showcase his "strength"...

However, Lin Yu still had two other identities to choose from.

[Heavenly Artisan] and [Old Yao].

Although these two [First-Tier] identities were very weak, and Lin Yu generally didn't consider using them for [dungeons], this situation was special - it really wasn't impossible to try using these two identities!

First, he switched to the [Heavenly Artisan] account and, for the first time in a while, started speaking on this account.

He directly sent a private message to Fish.

"Big Sister, I heard from my last [dungeon] that there seems to be some disturbance in the Misty Islands, apparently related to the movements of the [Psychological Society]. It's about some big shot in the [Psychological Society], I think. Do you know anything about it?"

Fish replied after a while - ever since the [Director] had become so famous, the "Heavenly Artisan" who had already left some impression on Fish had risen even higher in status, and could now directly get a word in.

"I understand. I'll ask the boss and the one in charge of intelligence."

Lin Yu looked at Fish's reply, then opened the [Old Yao] account and sent a message to [Tycoon].

"Boss, I received some not-so-accurate intel. [Lacan] seems to be heading to the Misty Islands."