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

Chapter 658: Dart Seizure

"Two skulls equal twelve strings of cash?"

When Lin Yu heard Chen Yuanye's words, he stood up calmly.

"I understand, Brother. It seems that this map is indeed old."

As he said that, he folded the map in half and walked straight to Charmander, Deadshot, and Squirtle.

"Tell me, what kind of demon did you encounter? How did you escape? Tell me everything in detail!"

Lin Yu asked directly, his tone more serious than ever.

But the three of them looked at each other, still hesitant.

"This one……"

Charmander pondered as he spoke, and Lin Yu looked at him coldly.

"Whatever your reasons for not wanting to elaborate, tell me everything now. There's something seriously wrong with this [Instance]—the Taoist temple beneath us, the demons in this mountain—there's something amiss."

"If you want to get out of this dungeon alive, tell me now."

Hearing this, Charmander and Squirtle were still hesitant, but Deadshot spoke up.

"Psychology Society, you're not trying to scare us or put pressure on us, are you?"

"If you think there's nothing wrong with this copy, you don't have to believe me."

Lin Yu said lightly, and Death Shot nodded.

"Okay, I'll tell you—after we got lost, we accidentally strayed into the territory of a powerful demon and disturbed the demon..."

"Actually, we didn't realize we'd disturbed the demon at first. It was just that the demon, disguised as a normal human, we all thought it was just a poor native of the Hell Mountain Realm," Deadshot sighed. "Then, she tricked us all and led us into a trap..."

"The trap was a seemingly harmless cave. She said it was where her family stored their belongings, and she wanted us to help her retrieve some of them... Luckily, Charmander had a warning item, so we didn't step into it!"

After hearing this, Lin Yu probably understood the reason why the three people concealed the truth - most likely because the experience of being deceived was too shameful.

Including the words of Death Shot now, they are now somewhat influenced by the style of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Although he didn't mention the gender of the demon in disguise, Lin Yu already had a judgement in his mind whether the word "pitiful" meant "pitiful and destitute" or "delicate and pitiful".

"Are you sure it's a disguise and not... a 'puppet' or something?"

Lin Yu looked at Death Shot and asked seriously.

Deadshot frowned. "If you think that demon is related to Chenjiabao, then maybe... But the guy we met doesn't feel the same as the people from Chenjiabao, and she is..."

"It just disappeared out of nowhere, didn't it?"

Lin Yu asked in a low voice.

"Yes, just like the escort who disappeared before," Deadshot was surprised. "How did you know?"

"Summary and Analysis... Currently, the demon behind this is using two methods. One is to cause people to disappear inexplicably and affect their memories, while the other is to manipulate the actions of puppets."

"And I'm wondering... maybe these two abilities are actually two stages of the same ability."

Lin Yu said softly.

"The so-called 'disappearance' is actually the process of turning people into puppets."

This bold guess shocked Deadshot, Charmander and Squirtle.

"This... is this guy really someone we can contend with?"

Lin Yu nodded: "Of course - since it takes such a long and complicated method to create a puppet, and we have already taken such extreme actions without any other reaction, it means that perhaps apart from this method, the guy lurking behind the scenes has no other good methods."

Lin Yu stood up and looked outside the Taoist temple.

"Plus, why did the location of the Taoist temple change... So, I have a guess."

"This map is from a hundred years ago, and the Taoist temple you left is the same location as it was a hundred years ago. So, could the power of this mastermind be related to 'time'?" Lin Yu said softly. "Of course, it might not be able to directly travel through time and space or manipulate time, but it might be able to call up the state of any time node of the 'things' that it can control and master."

The three players were stunned by these remarks.

Deadshot asked, "Well, what do you want to say?"

Lin Yu raised a finger: "It's very simple - some people in this Taoist temple seem to be fine, but in fact, before they disappeared, they had already become the 'puppets' of the mastermind behind the scenes."

He turned around and looked at the escorts. "If we consider the villagers of Chenjiabao to be the ultimate state of the mastermind's power, completely controlling a person's past and present, then 'disappearance' may be the penultimate stage—the point at which it begins to control a person's present."

"And if we continue to work backwards, their 'memory' might have been affected by a stage 'before,'" Lin Yu said with a sigh of pity. "Since I've confirmed that they have no mental problems, what was modified is actually... their 'past.'"

"The reason they forget some information is not because their souls have been tampered with, but because their 'past' no longer belongs to them."

Charmander said in shock: "You mean, these escorts are actually beyond saving?!"

"Not only those escorts, but also Chen Yuanye, who is deeply involved with Chen Family Castle." Lin Yu paused, "Look at the three players."

"And you three, of course."

"what?!"

As Death Shot spoke, Lin Yu whispered, "Do it, An Nian."

"received."

Li Nian, who had already circled behind them at some point, spoke slowly.

The three of them subconsciously wanted to touch the weapons they were carrying, but suddenly felt their bodies go limp.

They were all paralyzed.

Li Nian picked up the empty bottle of [Paralysis Potion] on the ground and spoke with a smile.

"I'm sorry, everyone."

Charmander spoke quickly: "You must have misunderstood something. We have no problem at all..."

"Psychology Society, I think you're just looking for a reason to take us down!"

Deadshot also said angrily.

Lin Yu sighed: "How pitiful! Are you still trapped in the past? Let me ask you a question."

"What's the title of your [copy]?"

Lin Yu asked, and the three of them looked at each other.

"Why are you asking that? Aren't we the same?!"

Lin Yu shook his head.

"I think it's probably not, because a very important point in my judgment that this game is a [competitive] instance is that this [Instance] is called Dart Seizure."

"So we reunited with the escort team shortly after we started, and the mastermind behind this was also very interested in the 'escort car'."

"But what about you three?" Lin Yu said, stroking his chin. "You seem to have no interest in the dart team from the beginning to the end?"

"So, I have a bold guess..."

"You three shouldn't be playing the same [Instance] as us."