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

Chapter 820: Parallel Plans

Even without Old Zheng's rebuttal, Lin Yu roughly knew that Fish's approach wouldn't work.

The Inquisitor of the Tribunal was clearly no fool—since he dared to release this "semi-finished product" so directly and blatantly, he must have had full preparation and confidence.

But to convince Fish... just this level of judgment wouldn't be enough.

Fortunately, Old Zheng immediately provided a concrete reason.

"Boss, besides the trait of devouring souls, Monarch-tier snake descendants have another characteristic: they can use 'souls' to repair their physical bodies."

"And in that 'Dark Current Waters,' there should be plenty of soul fragments hidden that aren't serving as 'components' but as 'Expendable Materials' and 'restorative supplies.'"

"In other words... this thing isn't rapidly healing its injuries right now only because it doesn't need to tap into those stored nutrients in the pool—when it truly takes a fatal blow, it can instantly recover to a full-health state at any time."

"Trying to land a swift kill on it, striking it down before it fuses... is almost impossible!"

"The best method is to stop attacking it and find a way to 'disintegrate' the spells on its body... or enter the water to locate that hidden bastard."

Lin Yu immediately relayed Old Zheng's words in his own tone to Fish.

When Fish heard Lin Yu's explanation, she responded almost without hesitation: "I get it... you're saying if I want to blow this thing up, I don't just have to destroy its main body in one hit—I also have to blow up its fountain, right?!"

Fish lifted her head, staring at the massive serpent head, a face full of eagerness to try.

"It's been ages since I've run into something this tough to beat!"

Lin Yu was stunned. "Sis Fish, this... actually, the better plan would be to go underwater..."

"Even if we don't attack it, it'll still fuse, right? What if it completes the fusion while we're underwater? You said yourself that finding that Old Bastard hiding down there isn't easy!"

Fish shot back, then said, "Your plan is solid, Schreiber—but there are three of us, we can do both at the same time."

"Raymond, get him a set of underwater breathing gear."

Hearing Fish's instruction, Raymond immediately nodded.

Lin Yu waved his hand. "That's not necessary—I have a way to breathe underwater... but in this situation, wouldn't splitting up make things worse?"

"Of course not," Fish said with extreme calm. "Even if my attack doesn't fully work and it ends up successfully fusing... draining some of the mana and souls from this 'Dark Current' pool will still eliminate plenty of interference factors, right?"

"That way, when you go searching, it'll be much more convenient, won't it?"

"Besides... this Inquisitor of the Tribunal probably can't fully control this snake descendant with the stitched monster soul. When I pose a massive threat to its life, it'll be drawn to my presence on the shore."

"So... no matter what, me blowing it to pieces is the best, absolute best option," Fish grinned, teeth clenched, both savage and excited. "That low-down old dog raised such a disgusting pet to try and screw with me—so I'm going to blow both the dog and the snake to kingdom come!"

As she spoke, Fish raised both guns simultaneously.

"Alright... Schreiber, I know it's a bit of a risky move, but brother, I trust you, and I trust Raymond."

"And I trust myself even more—who knows, maybe right after you go underwater, you'll see me blow this thing to smithereens!"

"Now, move—don't waste time!"

With that, Fish pulled both triggers!

Even though it was just one person with two guns, the firepower she unleashed was like an army equipped with advanced weaponry!

Amid the explosive sounds...

Lin Yu and Raymond no longer hesitated, charging toward the shore—although Lin Yu didn't think Fish's plan was all that reliable, it was clear that getting Fish to go along with his plan was out of the question.

So he'd just have to go along with hers.

After all...

"Even if this plan isn't reliable, it's not completely absurd."

It was just that this woman, Fish, was truly berserk to an abnormal degree!

Lin Yu grumbled inwardly, and Old Zheng's voice chimed in with a sigh.

"It's almost like her confidence and recklessness make me suspect she has manic and obsessive tendencies... at the very least, she's got narcissistic personality disorder."

"Boss, when you get a chance, ask her if she's ever read Nietzsche."

"If she hasn't... I'd seriously recommend she read him."

Lin Yu was shocked by Old Zheng's words.

"You suspect she has narcissistic personality disorder, and you still want her to read Nietzsche?"

"Fight poison with poison... I think if she went even more extreme, it would help her power advance further and unlock her 'Heart Domain' in the future. It'd also benefit the entire 'Player' community—you know the 'catfish effect,' right?"

Old Zheng explained, and Lin Yu was exasperated.

"I admit that the 'Schreiber' identity is part of the plan to join the 'Psychological Society,' but I don't agree with their philosophy, and I don't want to put any effort into that..."

Lin Yu responded to Old Zheng, and then...

"Splash!"

He and Raymond plunged into the water together.

The [GPWW Specialized Combat Suit] activated, and Lin Yu transformed his palms and soles into webbed shapes—last week, when he went to the market to buy live chickens, he casually analyzed common creatures like chickens, ducks, and fish, storing the data in the combat suit's database.

The [Fusion-Type Memory Metal Respiratory Tract] kept his breathing completely unobstructed.

Back in the water, Lin Yu felt almost no different than on land.

The only thing that bothered him was...

This water was still too cold. The bone-chilling chill was hard to resist, even with Lin Yu's current physique and physical fitness.

He turned to look at Raymond and saw the older man wearing goggles, biting down on a respirator, also freezing his ass off.

Raymond gestured to Lin Yu, but Lin Yu directly used his spiritual power to project his thoughts—although Lin Yu wasn't that skilled yet, Old Zheng could assist him in using spiritual power to communicate directly with Raymond.

"Raymond, relax your mind, just speak in your heart."

Raymond was startled by the voice in his head, but since this was Night Valley, he was long accustomed to all sorts of magic. Though he'd never encountered a direct "spiritual communication" spell, Night Valley had similar things—stuff like "Soul Whisper" wasn't all that novel.

So, he quickly figured out how to use it.

"Got it, Schreiber..."

"Where do we go now?"

Lin Yu pointed toward the direction of the deep water.

"We go down."