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

Chapter 870 Lao Zheng’s True Strength

"The Soul-Sucking Vine, its population is primarily distributed on the eleventh island, with fewer than ten individuals remaining... His claim of being on the twenty-sixth island was absolutely a lie, intended to lower your guard and make you think it's not high enough. After all, the higher the number of islands in the Kirishima, the more bizarre and terrifying they are... While the ranking isn't absolute, roughly every ten islands can be considered a level."

"A mature Soul-Sucking Vine can devour a person's soul completely in two hours, then manipulate their body's movements, even using techniques from before birth. While this military resident still retains consciousness, he's practically beyond saving."

"But it hasn't attacked you yet...because to it, your Thirty-Seven Islands must be a lie."

"Based on the abilities and strength you've displayed, he'll definitely guess the 'Illusion Puzzle' from the Ninth Island or the 'Mirage' from the Third Island."

When Lin Yu heard what Lao Zheng said, although he was not surprised that the monster had deceived him, he was still quite surprised that he was mistaken for a monster from the ninth island or the third island.

Although he knew that this "Soul-sucking Vine" was intentionally misleading players by saying that a monster had directly "transformed" into someone's appearance, read someone's memory, and replaced someone, then Kirishima should indeed have monsters that could do something similar.

However, Lin Yu was surprised that the island where these monsters were located was so close to the front.

"Phantom Puzzle and Mirage... I remember them."

"Are there any other characteristics of these two monsters?"

As Lin Yu spoke, Lao Zheng immediately guessed what Lin Yu was thinking.

"Boss, you're not trying to pretend to be one of those monsters, are you?"

Lin Yu nodded: "Of course, if I can do it, I will definitely give it a try."

Lao Zheng exhaled: "Hmm... That's a good idea."

"Of the two, I recommend Mirage, because Phantom... Honestly, that thing is too weird and too fragile, and it likes to trip you up and create puzzles, so if you play as it, your behavior is not very flexible."

"As for the mirage—that thing's main form is a tiny shellfish, resembling a fingernail-sized scallop, but its mental power and soul are incredibly powerful, capable of creating illusions. And the scariest thing about it is that the illusions it creates directly and instantly affect your perception. It doesn't require hypnosis or a dream, and even if you use mental power to investigate, it's difficult to detect. This means that normal hypnosis or illusion creation uses mental power to project a cake into your mind and recall your memories. While this is relatively labor-saving, it's easy for a master of mental power to detect it, given the 'hypnosis' process."

"The mirage's method is different. It creates the illusion of a 'cake' at a specific location..."

Lin Yu frowned: "It sounds a lot like Hannah's ability."

"No, the octopus's ability is that a ball of ink really transforms into something that looks like a cake. However, what the mirage creates has no physical form. It's just a ball of mental energy. When you sense it, it gives you a 'cake'-like feedback, including visual, auditory, olfactory, and tactile sensations."

"The scariest thing about this thing is that it's calculated in real time, so it can make different people perceive different things."

"Of course, the shortcomings are also obvious. First, no matter how powerful the illusion is, it's not real, and its true form is also very fragile. Even if it encounters an energy attack like Ah Yu, even if it misses the true form, the collapse of its mental power will cause a huge backlash to the mirage soul."

"That's because the mental energy consumed by this thing is too great. So even if a single Mirage's mental power is already very strong, in order to support the 'illusion' they create, it often requires the cooperation of many Mirages - so many Mirages operate as family units."

Lin Yu was extremely shocked: "This thing has a family?"

"Why can't shellfish form families? Don't apply your human thinking to other worlds," Lao Zheng said sternly, "Kirishima is not as simple as you think."

"However, this is also a major difficulty in pretending to be a mirage... Boss, you have to pretend to be a family of shells."

Lin Yu thought about it and then nodded.

"Sure, it's just one person playing multiple roles... Although it's challenging, I'm willing to give it a try."

Lao Zheng nodded: "I believe in your acting skills, boss, and I will do my best to support you."

"You should assist me with all your strength. After all, we are going to retrieve your things," Lin Yu said leisurely. "You didn't even tell me about the situation on the Sixth Island in advance."

"Boss, don't think too highly of me. Although the Sixth Island is indeed buried with my inheritance, the owner of the Sixth Island is only keeping it for me out of favor," Old Zheng said with an apologetic smile. "I really don't know what exactly is going on on the Sixth Island."

Lin Yu had expected this when he heard Lao Zheng's words of weakness.

He spoke again lightly.

"Really? When that soul-sucking vine mentioned you just now, it said... you're the alien who caused the fall of the Lord of Kirishima."

"With such achievements, I'm afraid the owner of the Sixth Island... wouldn't dare to mess with you, right?"

"After all, the director of the asylum on the Thirty-Seventh Island was only an island master, and you killed him easily."

Upon hearing this, Old Zheng quickly spoke up, "Boss, this is pure misinformation. It's completely unbelievable. That dead vine has ulterior motives and must be trying to sow discord between us."

"How could it know you were on my side, and yet it's still trying to sow discord between us?" Lin Yu said coldly. "I've been meeting a lot of powerful 'Level 3' players lately... You were only one step away from opening your 'Heart Realm' back then, and you're the founder of the 'Psychology Society'. Even if you fell to Fluoxetine due to carelessness or something else... you're definitely much stronger than you've been letting on."

"What good will it do you to show weakness in front of me? What on earth are you planning?"

As Lin Yu spoke, he completely revealed his dissatisfaction, allowing Lao Zheng to clearly sense his unhappiness through the mental connection.

Sure enough, after hearing Lin Yu's words, Lao Zheng was silent for a moment, and then explained.

"Boss, believe me...I wasn't that strong back then."

"Although I did participate in the fall of Lord Kirishima, I was merely 'taking advantage of the situation'..."

"If you must say, I really didn't lie to you. My frontal abilities are indeed much weaker than those of an average 'Level 3'."

"My abilities are mainly reflected in taking advantage of troubled waters, playing both sides, sowing discord, and killing with borrowed knives!"