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

Lin Yu and Shen Bingmiao had to put in considerable effort before the drama club juniors finally understood that the two of them were not in a secret underground romance.

At least on the surface, everyone seemed to buy their explanation.

College students aged eighteen, nineteen, or barely twenty, surrounded by all sorts of rosy, romantic vibes.

Add to that the fact that people are naturally gossip-loving creatures, so whenever they catch wind of anything, they always lean toward speculating about romantic plots.

Lin Yu was helpless about it, but he understood.

After the drama club members noisily devoured the cake in Lin Yu's room, everyone gathered around to chat.

The daytime performance, campus gossip, recently released movies, trending topics about celebrity influencers...

The room was rowdy, and even with the air conditioner cranked down to sixteen degrees, you could still feel a slight stuffy warmth.

Fortunately, Shen Bingmiao had booked most of this floor, and the soundproofing was excellent, so they wouldn't disturb the resting guests next door.

Lin Yu and Shen Bingmiao casually participated in these conversations.

Soon an hour or two passed, and everyone started feeling sleepy, leaving one by one.

Shen Bingmiao also took this opportunity to leave Lin Yu's room.

After lying down on the bed, Lin Yu let out a long breath, feeling that his energy had been drained considerably, though he didn't feel much mental exhaustion.

Just as he was about to drift off to sleep, Lin Yu suddenly received a notification from the [Social] panel.

Li Hua had finally sent a message.

"Quick, check the 'Hunters' Association,' someone put a bounty on you."

"The amount is huge."

Those two consecutive messages snapped Lin Yu wide awake in an instant.

He immediately grabbed his phone, opened the Hunters' Association app, and quickly spotted the bounty post targeting him.

After all, this post was extremely hot right now, practically pinned to the top of the Hunters' Association bounty board, visible at a single glance.

The reason was simple.

"WANTED: 'Director,' dead or alive, bounty of fifty million or a choice of any one of the following [Items]."

The poster was anonymous, and the post displayed three [Items].

[Echo of Mu Continent], [Earth Scroll], [Deed to the Twelfth Island].

"Fifty million?!"

Even Lin Yu was shaken when he saw that number.

"Is there any way to make this person believe 'Director' is dead? Using [False Face] or some combination of [Items]... it doesn't seem impossible, does it?"

But that thought only lasted a moment before Lin Yu dismissed it on his own.

After all, while Lin Yu did want money, it was more of a habitual thought pattern at this point.

Thinking about it carefully, he had enough money to spend right now.

And the real reason he needed so much money, that justification, no longer existed.

Abandoning the 'Director' identity for "fifty million" was not a good idea.

But Lin Yu wasn't completely giving up on the idea of tricking the poster.

After all...

While money wasn't important, could any of these three [Items] be worth a try?

He didn't know about the other two, but Lin Yu was clear about the [Earth Scroll]...

It was on par with the [Celestial Register], a [Divine Artifact] originating from the Sleepless City in the Great Wasteland!

Although he didn't know why it had flowed out of the Sleepless City and fallen into a player's hands, Lin Yu, who had witnessed the power of the [Celestial Register], would absolutely not underestimate this [Earth Scroll].

Lin Yu immediately summoned Old Zheng.

"Old Zheng, someone put a bounty on me. Take a look at the first and third [Items]. No need to explain the [Earth Scroll], I already know about that one."

As Lin Yu spoke, Old Zheng immediately got into the zone.

After flickering briefly twice, Old Zheng's voice revealed shock.

"Whoa, the first one, [Echo of Mu Continent], is one of the 'Nine Great Treasures of Pure Abyss,' and the third one, [Deed to the Twelfth Island], comes from the Misty Islands. Literally speaking, it's the deed to the twelfth island of the Misty Islands. Get it, and you're legally the master of the twelfth island."

Hearing Old Zheng's words, Lin Yu's expression turned serious.

Sure enough, these two [Items] were on the same level as the [Earth Scroll]!

These were far more useful than money.

Just from the first [Item], Lin Yu knew he might have to face some powerful 'Third Tier' member of the [Free Alliance] who was dedicated to collecting the "Nine Great Treasures of Pure Abyss."

Old Zheng's opinion was clearly similar.

"That person really went all in... Boss, this is quite the show of face," Old Zheng clicked his tongue. "Honestly, these three [Items] are more useful than you. I mean your 'Director' identity."

"Your real identity's value, though, is worth far more than one or two Divine Artifacts... but logically, you shouldn't have been exposed at all."

Lin Yu nodded. "That's indeed strange. It's impossible for any player to know my true 'value'... So in other words, the 'value' that 'Director' has already demonstrated is enough for someone to offer this price, right?"

"Either 'Director' possesses some [Item], or the existence of 'Director' has special significance to some expert... And since it says dead or alive, it means the important thing for the poster is that 'Director' no longer exists."

Although Lin Yu's 'Director' identity was indeed high-profile, someone being willing to pay this kind of price to put a bounty on him, practically wanting him eliminated... still made it hard for Lin Yu to guess who.

Especially someone who could offer these [Items] definitely wasn't some ordinary character.

"Since these [Items] aren't cheap, can we reverse-engineer the poster's identity from them?"

Old Zheng admitted he couldn't help. "I wouldn't know about that. I know the names of these three [Items], but only the names... I've heard of them across the Three Realms, but I don't know who actually possesses them. Hell, when I was active, it wasn't even certain whether these [Items] had fallen into players' hands."

Lin Yu nodded. "No problem, we can investigate slowly."

Since the message came from Li Hua... then he might as well use the connections on the 'Order' side first.

"These [Items] all have complicated origins, not something ordinary 'Players' could obtain. Since the other party dared to offer them as a bounty, can we investigate from that angle?"

At the same time, Lin Yu also forwarded the post to Shen Bingmiao, who had just left.

"Someone put a bounty on me, need a favor."

Then...

Lin Yu thought about it and proactively shared the post to the [Free Alliance] group chat using the 'Zhu Ming' account.

[Zhu Ming: Someone put a bounty on 'Director,' and one of the optional rewards seems to be a 'Nine Great Treasures of Pure Abyss' item.]

[Braised Carp King: @Never Empty-Handed]

[Never Empty-Handed: Got it]

[Braised Carp King: Got it my ass. Are you taking the bounty or robbing the person who posted it?]

[Never Empty-Handed: What's the bounty?]

[Prisoner: Catch the Dog Trainer's boyfriend]

[Designer: I say we go rob the bounty poster]

[Zhu Ming: He's not my boyfriend. If you want to go after him, be my guest]

[Master Thief Anian: @Never Empty-Handed Find out who posted the bounty, and I can steal it for you]

[Undertaker-Xiao Yun: Zhu Ming, can you get in touch with your boyfriend? Have him cooperate with us to lure that person out]

[Undertaker-Xiao Yun: I want that land deed]

[Zhu Ming: He really isn't my boyfriend]

[AAA Construction Lao Wu: Damn, putting a bounty on our new member's family member? How can we tolerate that? Let's get him!]

[Phantom: I bet Zhu Ming's next line is "He's not my family member either"]

[Zhu Ming: He's not my family member either]

[Zhu Ming: ?]

[Comedian: Holy shit, Phantom, you're actually psychic!]

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