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

When the two sides engaged in a battle essentially have the same goal, then no matter the process, the final result is almost predictable.

It's like a match where one side chooses to throw the game—perhaps the two sides haven't communicated, but they can certainly reach the result they both want to see through tacit understanding.

After a few rounds of back-and-forth exchanges, Zhu Qiansi quickly revealed a flaw and was locked by the talisman array.

The azure light of the talisman array wrapped around Zhu Qiansi, and then she revealed her true form in this illusion.

The earth cracked, and a huge spider emerged from the ground, but those talismans with azure light were like slender nails, firmly pinning it down.

Soon, the spider gradually calmed down and was gradually nailed to the ground, unable to move—along with the townspeople of Willow Town who were besieging Lin Yu and his party, their movements also stagnated.

"Is it over?"

Yunzhen murmured.

Snowy Owl frowned: "I'm afraid not yet…"

As soon as the words fell, Yunzhen and Xuan Yunzi's figures suddenly froze—then, the figures of the two disappeared.

The sudden disappearance of these two Taoist priests from the Taiqing Sect made Gao Shan and Snowy Owl a little nervous.

"What's going on again?"

Gao Shan asked, subconsciously looking at Lin Yu.

Lin Yu, who was still watching the show, answered Gao Shan's question: "She's going to fulfill her promise."

The moment the words fell, Gao Shan was about to say something, but suddenly found that his eyes went white.

Everything in sight was pale, as white and dazzling as a snowy plain, instantly replacing the original scene of Willow Town.

"What's going on?!"

Gao Shan was taken aback.

The only thing around that wasn't white was his own player party—even in this vast white scene, everyone spotted Flying Dagger in the distance.

That guy was hiding hundreds of meters away from them, also startled by the sudden change, and continuous screams came from afar.

Not just buildings—there were even pedestrians on the street.

"Yes, these are all the Willow Town 'sealed' by her causal threads," Lin Yu said softly, "For Zhu Qiansi, the Taiqing Patriarch almost destroyed it back then, and it could only survive by binding all of its causal threads to Willow Town."

"So, neither the ruins we saw underground nor the illusion we just experienced can be called the real 'Willow Town'—the real Willow Town is forever sealed in her body by her causal threads."

Lin Yu said softly, and Seagull exclaimed in surprise.

"But how does this allow us to clear the level at the same time?"

"Willow Town and the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Thread Demon Lord have been integrated into one by this vast 'causal thread' supernatural power. This is also an advanced usage of causal threads that none of us know—through causal entanglement and mutual substitution, two originally unrelated concepts can be integrated into one—although this trick requires an extremely large amount of causal threads and hundreds of years of arrangement, as well as various restrictions, but obviously, Zhu Qiansi has done it."

"So originally, at the same time as the 'Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Thread Demon Lord' was resurrected, this Willow Town would naturally reappear; when Willow Town reappears, the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Thread Demon Lord will also be resurrected," Lin Yu said, pausing after telling them the facts Zhu Qiansi told him, "But that's when 'Zhu Qiansi' is the 'Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Thread Demon Lord'."

"Now the manipulator of the causal threads is 'Zhu Qiansi' rather than the 'Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Thread Demon Lord'. Although they are originally one person, now… Zhu Qiansi is planning to abandon her millennia of cultivation and the identity of a demon through 'severing karma'."

"So, at this final juncture, Willow Town and the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Thread Demon Lord will appear at the same time—but they will not manifest in the world, but will unlock the seal in the form of 'dissipating and being destroyed'."

Lin Yu explained, and then told the players the conclusion: "At that time, the conditions for our respective level-clearing tasks will be met simultaneously."

Listening to Lin Yu's long explanation, Snowy Owl, Gao Shan, and Seagull still had some doubts.

But this doubt only lasted for a short time before it was dispelled by the facts.

"Swish—!"

The originally vast white spider silk was withdrawn, and a "frame" of the past extracted from Willow Town emerged from under the spider silk, frozen in place.

It was exactly the same as the scene seen in the illusion—but it was even more detailed than that seemingly real environment.

At the moment when this frozen "Willow Town" emerged, blood-red prompts popped up in front of all the players.

[Task conditions have been completed!]

"It's actually feasible?"

Seagull was very surprised.

Li Nian also laughed: "Yay, cleared the level!"

In the small gap before the blood-red words "Game Over" appeared and the dizziness pulled them into the [Settlement Space], Snowy Owl and Gao Shan suddenly realized something.

"Wait a minute, we're about to clear the level… Yunzhen and Xuan Yunzi aren't here either, so doesn't that mean this demon can't be killed?!"

Snowy Owl asked.

Gao Shan also frowned: "What exactly is going on?"

Lin Yu looked at the two, with a look of regret on his face: "Ah, it seems it really can't be killed. That demon is still one step ahead… Just kidding!"

Behind her, Zhu Qiansi's figure appeared, wearing a collar. Lin Yu reached out and hooked the collar around Zhu Qiansi's neck, grinning and smiling: "Sorry, I don't actually have any moral principles."

"Why are you doing this?!"

Even Seagull showed a puzzled expression.

Lin Yu looked around at everyone and said softly: "Well, it's easy to explain. I only need to say one sentence, and you'll probably understand."

"Let me reintroduce myself. I'm not 'Old Yao' from 'Jiang'an Hall'. That's just a guy I met a long time ago—you guys from big organizations really don't care about local organizations. He's been very popular in Jiangcheng recently. You could have found out with a little inquiry… 'Old Yao' is a man."

"As for my real organization and code name…"

"'Psychological Society', 'Clozapine'."

"Or, you can also call me 'Zhu Ming'."