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

Chapter 819: The Chimera

Lin Yu was quite cautious when using his Summoned Creature in front of these high-tier Players.

After all, the more he interacted with them, the more he understood just how comprehensive these Players were.

Everyone had their own methods of investigation.

So...

Lin Yu spread out his mental energy, solely to conceal Old Zheng's appearance.

The 'Schreiber' identity originally carried the attribute of being a 'Freud' disciple, so being recognized as having connections to the First Generation 'Freud' was fine.

But... Lin Yu still didn't want others to know that Old Zheng existed as a summoned creature in his Item Space.

Moreover, Lin Yu's setting for 'Schreiber' was that he was also hiding his identity as a 'Freud' disciple.

In other words...

Lin Yu wanted people to discover the intricate connection between 'Schreiber' and the First Generation 'Freud', but he didn't want them to figure it out too easily, and then suspect he was deliberately using the 'Freud' banner to show off.

So...

That was why Lin Yu was putting on a mysterious act in front of Fish right now - while this might be a bit too obvious for other scheming experts, it was perfectly tailored for Fish, hitting just the right note.

Sure enough, when Fish heard Lin Yu's request to "keep it a secret" for her, she was initially just a little dismissive.

But...

The moment Lin Yu's mental energy began to output, Fish couldn't help but turn back to look at him.

"Kid... I thought he was going to use some incredibly precious Item, but it turns out he's using mental energy..."

As someone who had mastered the Mana of the 'Night Valley Realm', although Fish followed the 'Holy Relic faction' path and relied more on enchanted firearms and machinery to display her supernatural power, she still possessed mana and the perception that came with it.

It wasn't as powerful as someone like Phoenix, who appeared to be a more traditional Night Valley magic user, but...

Right now, Fish could clearly feel Lin Yu releasing an incredibly formidable mental energy!

Even...

At first, Fish just thought Lin Yu was outputting his mental energy at the limit, at least recklessly using and draining his mental power, which should have exhausted him within half a minute at most.

But...

Minutes passed, and not only did the guy's mental energy output show no signs of weakening or declining, it even became more violent yet more refined after more than ten seconds!

This made Fish realize with even greater shock...

"Could it be that the mental energy I already thought was strong enough was just his starting point?!"

"With this pure kind of mental energy, what power system from which realm did this kid learn?"

Fish was stunned, but then didn't dwell on it.

She never bothered to overthink these things - after all, this was her teammate now.

So his strength was a good thing, a damn good thing!

Thinking this, Fish laughed out loud.

"I really underestimated you, Schreiber - tell me, what did you see?"

Hearing Fish's words, Lin Yu knew the seeds had been quietly planted.

And calling Old Zheng out wasn't just to flaunt his identity.

Old Zheng's appearance was also necessary to solve the problem at hand.

"Did you hear that, Old Zheng? She's asking you."

As Lin Yu spoke, Old Zheng's voice rang out.

"Oh, moving that mental energy around sure feels good... but boss, you really made the right call. This thing is seriously problematic!"

"Its soul level... is very problematic!"

Old Zheng's mental energy swept up and down three times: "Although it's well hidden, it can't fool me..."

"Boss, this thing is dead - it still has vital activity, but based on actual assessment, this is an animated corpse."

"The soul of this Night Valley snake descendant has already dissipated for a long time!"

Hearing Old Zheng's words, Lin Yu was shocked.

"Dead?!"

He quickly reacted: "Could it be that the Inquisitor of the Tribunal is controlling it?"

After all, the Inquisitor's diving move earlier seemed extremely abnormal.

Minutes passed, and not only did the guy's mental energy output show no signs of weakening or declining, it even became more violent yet more refined after more than ten seconds!

Old Zheng complained.

"Since he's not controlling it, we don't need to worry about him for now," Lin Yu said. "First tell me, what's going on with this snake descendant?"

"Oh, there's a 'stitched monster' soul inside him... the raw materials should be those soulless dark creature corpses laid out on the platforms behind."

"Whether it was this Lilee Tribunal Inquisitor or whoever came up with this, it's a brilliant idea," Old Zheng couldn't help praising. "After erasing the Monarch-tier snake descendant's soul, they soaked it in the Dark Current to preserve the corpse's activity, then used the corpse's residual feeding instinct to devour the soul fragments of other high-ranking dark creatures, and finally used some astonishing necromancy to fuse all the souls together..."

"They're trying to create a magnificent creation using a 'Monarch-tier snake descendant' as a container, housing a soul-level Frankenstein!"

"I don't know what the purpose of this creation is - but damn it's genius! Thumbs up for it!"

Hearing Old Zheng's excited words, Lin Yu wasn't excited at all.

He sorted out the truth, then immediately looked at Fish.

"I've figured it out, Sister Fish... Its soul is wrong. This uses the 'Monarch-tier snake descendant's corpse as a container, keeping its soul alive after death while it continuously devours the souls of other dark races, creating a stitched monster at the soul level!"

Upon hearing this, Fish was also slightly stunned.

"What the hell... You mean the reason it's staying still now is because its soul and body don't match?"

"Yes, this should be the first time this thing has been 'activated', and its soul hasn't even fully merged yet," Old Zheng spoke, and Lin Yu relayed his explanation in real-time. "But... if we keep fighting like this, under the influence of pain and the instinct to resist death, it will probably quickly develop a consciousness that fully integrates and adapts to the body."

Fish frowned upon hearing this, then showed a look of realization.

"I understand, so we need to finish this quickly... And it's best to kill it in one decisive blow before it fully reacts!"

"Clearly not!"

Old Zheng immediately refuted in Lin Yu's mind.