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

Chapter 1325: Blasphemy

"You have a point..."

Buyetian Huoxing listened to Lin Yu's words and fell into deep thought.

Lin Yu did not continue to strike while the iron is hot and directly suggest something like letting Buyetian Huoxing directly become the chosen one of God.

After all, Buyetian Huoxing is also a smart person. If he is too radical, the other party may notice the clues and the effect may be counterproductive.

At this moment, the seed of an idea has been planted, and we just need to wait and see how it develops.

Lin Yu knew very well what Nevernight Huo Xing wanted - in the Wasteland Realm, Nevernight City, and among the upper class nobles, she was one of the few people who cared more about her own feelings than "fame, status", "power and strength". She longed to live a "free" and "interesting" life.

Once you know what a person is trying to achieve, it becomes much easier to influence his or her judgment.

What's more, Lin Yu's idea of ​​implanting the Fire Apricot into the Buyetian at this moment is not a complete "fraud".

Gaining power, obtaining the identity of being chosen by God, and having Buyetian Huo Le as the head of the family who is likely to be very dedicated and responsible, can indeed allow Buyetian Huo Xing to have a life that is extremely close to the "free life" she expected.

She only needs to exist as a "strategic deterrent" and support the Nevernight Fire Music.

Even in daily life, Huo Xing of Nevernight can go wherever she wants, within the Nevernight City, or even the entire wasteland, the outer city, or the wilderness, as long as she can provide support in the first time when an emergency occurs.

In fact, nowadays, in the City That Never Sleeps, there are very few situations where the "chosen ones" of the royal nobles need to take the initiative to provide support.

The last time this happened...

It was the commotion caused by Lin Yu that forced the "Chosen of Life" Alan Mercury to take action.

If we exclude the time when Lin Yu participated, the recent situation where the God of Choice took action might have happened ten years ago.

Even if an all-out corporate war were to break out now, the chosen ones from each company would probably exercise the utmost restraint and would never act rashly.

After all, once the chosen ones are divided into strong and weak, the value of strategic deterrence will be greatly reduced.

The clever Huo Xing from Buyetian will probably figure out the ins and outs of all this very quickly.

Lin Yu glanced at the Nevernight Fire Apricot, who was obviously thinking about the conversation just now, and knew that the speed at which the seeds germinated might be faster than he expected.

"It seems that maybe after returning from the Great Wilderness this time, I can report to the head of the Buyetian family..."

As Lin Yu was thinking, the compass in his hand trembled slightly, bringing his thoughts back to reality.

This was the [Compass] telling Lin Yu that he was very close to the "place" he was looking for.

This place is quite far away from the outpost, and the gray fortress behind has become a small undulation on the horizon.

And the place where Lin Yu is standing now... is a low-lying edge with a low terrain and a sinking trend.

Among the loose sand, some scattered wreckage of large alchemical machinery, broken building frames and walls were mostly buried, leaving only a few inconspicuous corners exposed.

These mechanical wreckages also revealed why a sunken depression suddenly appeared here - about ten years ago, there should have been a small mining area here.

The location of the Universal General Chamber of Commerce's outpost may have taken the existence of this mining area into consideration.

However, later on, this mostly non-renewable alchemical mine was mined out and its resources were exhausted, so the related facilities were naturally moved away and relocated, and the entire mining area was gradually closed down. In the end, only some alchemical machinery remained, which may have been excessively worn and no longer needed to be moved.

After losing maintenance, the underground cavities caused by mining led to the natural subsidence of the ground here, and finally formed a gentle slope with a drop of three or four meters.

Lin Yu bent his knees carefully and "slid" down to the bottom of the sunken depression with the help of the fluidity of the sand.

As he approached the center of the depression, the compass needle vibrated more and more violently.

Huo Xing, carrying the captain, also slid down, followed by Fu Luo, who almost fell and rolled down, stumbling to the bottom of the depression.

"Wow... Arthur," Fu Luo looked at Lin Yu and called out the name of his identity in the Wasteland Realm, "Is this the place where Captain Gao Shan chased us?"

Lin Yu nodded and whispered, "Yes, and this is also... the scene of his death."

The effect of [Compass] is to find what the holder expects to find when activating it.

And the things and places that Lin Yu hoped to find when he activated the [Compass]...

Of course, that's where Captain Gaoshan's body is.

Just as Lin Yu and Lao Zheng analyzed, the first scene of Gao Shan's death was indeed after he was led away by the "bowstring".

"Besides, his body should still be here."

Hearing Lin Yu's words, Fu Luo subconsciously clenched his fists.

"So this is the place... So the attackers we encountered that night at this outpost were the cause of Team Mountain's demise?"

Fu Luo whispered and began to look around.

"But...where are the remains of Team Shan?"

Lin Yu shook his head: "I don't know. The accuracy of the compass can only help us determine the approximate range. I only know that it is nearby, right here, but I really can't confirm where it is buried specifically."

Lin Yu whispered as he looked at the master of corpse manipulation, Buyetian Huoxing, who was standing next to him.

Huo Xing shook her head: "I don't know either. I didn't even sense any corpses here."

"If your [Compass] is correct, then the murderer has made arrangements to target my ability to perceive corpses."

Lin Yu frowned: "If he not only set a trap for me, but also was wary of you becoming my helper, then it would be too much of a plan."

Although the other party does not need to know that Buyetian Huoxing is his ally and has the alchemy to manipulate corpses, after all, Buyetian Huoxing's identity as the "Fairy Queen" is a clear sign that she has used the ability to manipulate corpses.

It is also an indisputable fact that the Turbine Gang under the "Fairy Queen" provided a smuggling channel for Forpolo and Gaoshan to leave the city.

But being able to be on guard against the Fairy Queen's involvement in investigating this matter is definitely not something that ordinary people can think of.

"Anyway, since it's nearby, there's a high chance it's been buried by the wind and sand...should we dig around?"

Fu Luo kicked the sand under his feet and said in a low voice.

Lao Zheng's voice murmured, "That's a possibility, but... have you ever considered a more cruel possibility?"

"For example... he was reduced to ashes."

Old Zheng mentioned a possibility that Fu Luo was obviously not willing to hear.

Fu Luo was silent for a long time, then said, "I'm going to start digging. Since the mountain team is here, I'm going to find him."

Lin Yu nodded, and suddenly added: "But besides the possibility that Lao Zheng mentioned, since we didn't find the body and she didn't feel anything, there is another possibility... a more optimistic possibility."

"Although Shantai is confirmed dead as a 'player' and remains in this 'copy'... he may not have truly fallen into 'complete and irreversible death'."

Buyetian Huoxing reacted: "You mean, I didn't sense the presence of the corpse because he's not completely dead?"

Old Zheng pondered the matter and offered his own opinion. "The probability is logically very small. Although the Excellency didn't sense a corpse, I also didn't sense the mental fluctuations of a living person. However, mental scanning isn't very reliable for finding 'people,' especially those who might be in a state of suspended animation."

"If the other person's mental activity completely ceases, I won't be able to sense it either... so this is a possibility."

But when Fu Luo heard what the two said, he gave the opposite opinion.

"No, I feel the possibility is extremely small... Captain Gaoshan hasn't demonstrated any life-saving methods. He even mentioned to me that he felt he should develop some life-saving methods after creating his [Exclusive Prop]..."

"If he just didn't mention it, it might just be that he didn't want to discuss it too much... but there's no need for him to deliberately lie to me about his 'life-saving method'."

Fu Luo said this with a firm tone.

After listening to Fu Luo's words, Lin Yu said, "But what if Captain Gao Shan really didn't have any 'life-saving means', but still died only as a 'player', not completely dead?"

Fu Luo looked at Lin Yu, frowned and said, "I don't know what you mean by that."

"I mean, what if the 'murderer' let him go?"

Lin Yu whispered.

When Fu Luo heard this possibility, he subconsciously said, "How is this possible..."

"Whether it's possible or not, we can find out by experimenting."

Lin Yu looked at the Nightless Sky Fire Apricot: "You have mastered the alchemy of 'Life Spectrum', right? Do you have the alchemy to directly release life force to cover an area, for range recovery or to promote the growth of living beings?"

Huo Xing nodded. "Of course there is. This is the most basic lower-level alchemy. In my opinion, it can't even be called a 'spell'. It simply uses alchemical energy to catalyze life force and spread it indiscriminately."

Lin Yu nodded: "Then you can use this trick - Lao Zheng, release all your mental power."

"Understood, boss."

Old Zheng obviously understood Lin Yu's intention.

The vitality of the Nevernight Fire Apricot and Lao Zheng's spiritual power quickly covered the depression, and then the two spoke at the same time.

"Arthur... you're truly a genius. This spreading vitality has actually been sucked away—there's something beneath our feet that's rapidly absorbing that vitality."

"Boss, up ahead... it seems like Captain Gaoshan's faint mental fluctuations are beginning to recover!"

As Old Zheng finished speaking...

"Shh!"

The sand broke open, and the figure that had originally merged with the earth stood up staggeringly. The dust trapped between his clothes and hair fell down, revealing the man's appearance.

"It's actually Team Shan?! Team Shan, you're not dead?!"

Fu Luo became excited when he saw the appearance of the person who came.

But... Lin Yu spoke calmly.

"No, he's in a worse state than dead."

Old Zheng sighed, "Forbolo, this isn't a mountain. It's a monster created from a mountain's corpse."

"This technique is indeed unrelated to the alchemy that you, the Excellency, use to manipulate corpses. Instead, it... shares a common origin with some of my abilities."

Fu Luo was stunned: "What?"

Then he looked at the "Gao Shan" in front of him with an indifferent expression, and reacted, and then became angry.

"Damn it... That bastard actually dared to desecrate Team Shan's remains like this!"

At the same time, he also reacted.

"So that's what happened to the remains of the captain named 'Bowstring' that the Mountain Team saw?! That guy hid the remains of the Mountain Team here. Is he planning to do something similar with them too?!"

“It’s… awful!!!”

Fu Luo's anger was not concealed.

Huo Xing sighed and said, "It's even worse, everyone."

"The other party may not have left this corpse here on purpose to disgust you, but... this is his base where he stores most of the corpses."

"Captain Gaoshan's corpse is just the latest one. Although I have stopped the life force supply, all the corpses here have been activated."

"Probably... one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight..."

"Well, nine hundred, maybe?"