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

Chapter 1514 The Forgotten Chosen One

Even for Lin Yu, after realizing the presence of the pale-faced man in front of him, he felt an unprecedented sense of horror and fear.

Especially after discovering the other person's figure in those previously "forgotten" memories and realizing that the other person had been watching him for a long time, Lin Yu felt even more terrified.

The surrounding fog thickened instantly, and for a moment, it seemed as if Lin Yu could only see the other person.

Looking into the other person's bloodshot eyes, Lin Yu suppressed his emotions and spoke.

"Who are you? And why have you been...observing me?"

Although Lin Yu already had some ideas about the answers to these two questions, he still asked them, hoping to get a specific and affirmative answer from the other party.

Hearing Lin Yu's words, a smile appeared on his face—but the smile still looked somewhat off.

Because when this pale-faced man smiled, only the corners of his mouth turned up; the upper half of his face and his eyes remained unchanged.

He continued to stare intently at Lin Yu, his eyes seemingly glued to Lin Yu, his gaze heavy and viscous, like the increasingly thick, damp, and suffocating old gray-white fog.

“A very good question… However, I think my identity, with your intelligence and the high-level ‘knowledge’ you possess… shouldn’t be too difficult to guess, right?”

The other person looked at Lin Yu and said in a low voice.

Lin Yu nodded: "If you put it that way, I can indeed guess something—you must be a favored deity of some god who wields powers like 'forgetting' and 'memory'?"

Lin Yu spoke with great certainty for the first half of his statement, but became somewhat doubtful at the end.

“To be honest… the feeling you give me is more than just divine favor,” Lin Yu said, looking at the other person. “The pressure your soul rank brings me, as well as the influence of the abilities you display, are stronger than those of ordinary demigods and divine favored beings. After all, even these demigods who are also demigods, or even those who hold authority, have not been able to resist your moves… If this is simply explained as your authority restraining them or having a more powerful function, I don’t think it makes sense.”

"Therefore, your own rank... is more like being above ordinary chosen gods, demigods, and favored gods, but not yet at the level of a god."

Lin Yu analyzed.

The other person looked at Lin Yu, a hint of longing flashing in their bloodshot eyes.

“Ah…ah…you really surprise me,” he said, licking his dry lips and speaking in a hoarse voice, “After actually getting to know you, I’ve discovered…you’re much more… ‘intelligent’ than I imagined!”

"They can actually see that—ordinary beings, even some gods, after seeing me, only regard me as a 'chosen one,' but they don't know... I am indeed a 'chosen one,' but I and the god I serve are also... one."

The pale-faced man spoke excitedly and without any concealment, explaining to Lin Yu: "Just as you predicted, the 'authority' that my lord wields is called 'Forgetting'—He is the God of Forgetting in the Mist Island Realm."

“So when I was first chosen as a member of His clan and became His chosen one, I was no different from the chosen ones of other gods. All I could do was act on behalf of the gods and borrow their authority and power, just like the chosen ones,” the pale-faced man said in a low voice. “Until… as I came into more and more contact with the authority of ‘forgetting’ and was assimilated by this authority and power, I also began to ‘forget’ many things—my parents, my race, my aspirations, my lover, my experiences, my skills—everything seemed to be swallowed up by a thick fog and drifted away in the fog.”

“After that… one day, I finally forgot even my ‘self’ completely. In my soul and cognition, there was only ‘forgetting’ and the will of God—from that day on, I was both ‘chosen’ and ‘God’.”

"Because I no longer need to 'act on behalf of the gods'—my will is the will of the gods themselves, the will of authority itself."

"Everything I am is an extension of God himself, an extension of authority itself."

As the pale-faced man spoke, his face revealed a complex mix of arrogance, honor, calmness, and fervor. Some of these emotions were even completely contradictory, yet they were genuinely reflected in his expression, greatly enriching Lin Yu's repertoire of performance material.

After imprinting the other person's expression in his mind and taking in their facial features, Lin Yu asked a question.

"So... your coming here to make contact with me and your constant, secret observation of me is also a manifestation of the will of the gods, isn't it?"

The chosen one, whose authority and will had been completely merged with the forgotten god, nodded: "That is indeed the case."

"why?"

Lin Yu asked again.

“These are two questions,” the chosen one of the Gods of Oblivion said. “Let me answer the second one first—why I want to keep observing you.”

"I've been observing you in secret because you're 'special' enough."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu frowned and asked, "Special? What makes me special?"

Although he may have some talent in certain areas and has made some truly remarkable achievements in the "Death Game," Lin Yu even knows that he has been noticed by some gods.

However, Lin Yu did not believe that he would receive the attention and favor of every god.

At least, this "God of Oblivion"... he had no interaction with him.

The other party's "honorable name" and the power it wielded made Lin Yu feel that he should not associate with this deity.

But the other person was indeed watching me, and had been watching me for a long time.

This puzzled Lin Yu.

The other party noticed Lin Yu's confusion and slowly said, "In my world... there is another god, a god who stands on the opposite side of me and my lord."

“At first I didn’t know what was special about you, but I did know… that His attitude toward you was special, even at the cost of interfering with the ‘Death Game’ and having abnormal contact with you.”

"Therefore, as His adversary, I must know His reasons for doing so—so, according to the will of my Lord, I began to observe you quietly."

“In this process of observation, especially today, I have discovered that you are indeed different—although there are many extraordinary individuals in the group of ‘players,’ you are more special than any ‘player,’ or any of the exceptionally talented individuals that my Lord has ever witnessed.”

“You are a god destined by birth—even though fate has been shattered and no one can interfere with or accurately predict the trajectory of every individual, I firmly believe that you, as a special case, will surely ascend to the rank of a god.”

That's why I'm observing you.

The other person spoke with a hint of excitement.

He was already standing very close to Lin Yu, almost pressed against him, and now that he was excited, his breath seemed to hit Lin Yu directly.

Lin Yu spoke up: "So you didn't come here for this reason?"

"Of course, the reason I'm here is because my Lord has accepted a commission from someone else. A 'demigod' has commissioned my Lord to capture a 'player'—and that 'player' just happens to be you."

The chosen one of the God of Oblivion said with some emotion, "To be honest, it's too much of a coincidence. The one my will sent to contact you and carry out your capture was actually myself."

Upon hearing what the God of Oblivion had said, Lin Yu immediately realized something.

"Wait...you mean, the God of Oblivion himself is unaware of my special nature—that observing my behavior is your own will as the chosen one?"

The chosen one shook his head: "I have already said that I have no self-will. My will is the will of oblivion, the will of the gods—I sometimes refer to myself as 'my lord' and 'He' in our conversations, just to make it easier for you to understand."

Lin Yu asked, "Then how did you manage to make it so that you, as the chosen one, knew of my existence, while the god himself seemed unaware?"

“For if He knew, then my existence would be discovered by another god who is watching you. Only when even my Lord himself forgets my existence can I observe you silently.”

The chosen one of the God of Oblivion spoke, pointing to himself.

"When 'forgetting' can affect my Lord himself, this authority can also affect other gods... This is the rule of the operation of 'authority,' or at least the rule of the authority of 'forgetting.'"

As He spoke, Lin Yu let out a breath.

“Okay… but since you are the will of ‘forgotten’ itself, it means that although this body of yours is ‘chosen by God,’ you and the god who gave you the orders are equivalent in terms of decision-making at the level of will, right?”

Lin Yu asked back.

The chosen one of the God of Oblivion nodded: "That is naturally the case."

“In other words, you also have the right to change the instructions and decisions He gives you,” Lin Yu said. “Since that’s the case, although He sent you to arrest me on behalf of other beings… I can change this mandate through negotiation with you, right? There’s room for negotiation between us, and you have the right to make that decision!”

The chosen one of the God of Oblivion has already understood Lin Yu's meaning.

“I know what you’re trying to say… Theoretically speaking, your statement is indeed valid.”

"But—I have no intention of negotiating with you."

As he spoke, Lin Yu raised his hand.

"Don't rush to reject me. After all... the 'original entity' that gives you the orders doesn't know me nearly as well as you do, does it?"

“At least in my case, you are the one who has been observing me the most and truly understands me better—so you should trust your own judgment and decide my worth!”

The chosen one of the God of Oblivion once again revealed that smile that only showed the lower half of his face and his mouth.

"This judgment is based on my understanding of you—I've been observing you for a long time."

“I know perfectly well that doing business with you... usually has a high probability of being deceived by you.”

"This may also be the reason why you were favored by another god of Kirishima—He and you should be considered 'birds of a feather'."

“And I have said it before—that He and I are…oppositions.”