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

Chapter 648 Lin Yu’s Strategy

"Although he didn't resist, the mastermind behind this certainly didn't use hypnosis," Lin Yu summarized the pattern of the three disappearances and came to a relatively certain conclusion. "This guy's professional skills are far inferior to yours, Old Zheng... If it were you, you definitely wouldn't leave so many loopholes."

Lin Yu was sure that if it were Lao Zheng's home court and he were to arrange everything, Lao Zheng would definitely not give Liu Chengyang the opportunity to lose control of his emotions and fire a flare.

Moreover, the player's memory will definitely not be preserved.

Even if he is restricted by some kind of limitation and can only tamper with the NPC's memory... Lao Zheng will at least make the NPC's memory clean and neat.

It is absolutely impossible for Yue Zhenqiao and other escorts to make such a serious mistake as remembering the "total number of people", nor would it make Yue Zhenqiao realize the "irrationality" of not being able to send only one person.

Lao Zheng would definitely fabricate a complete set of memories and even temporarily modify his cognition, so that Yue Zhenqiao would firmly believe that everything was completely fine. In that case, even if he was extremely powerful, he would inevitably be suspected, hostile, and wary of Yue Zhenqiao and other bodyguards.

Old Zheng also acknowledged Lin Yu's praise: "Indeed, Boss... So I think this further proves that the being responsible for all these disappearances does not have the ability to modify people's cognition and memory through mental means or soul-level means. It's not that someone with mental power higher than mine used methods that I can't see, but that he used other means to make these escorts lose their memory."

"That's what I'm curious about. Besides directly affecting the soul and mind, are there other ways to modify memories?"

Lin Yu asked in a deep voice.

"Of course there are. The soul and body are like hardware and software. Psychic experts like me, and other players or NPCs skilled at the soul level, are like hackers. Modifying memories is certainly what hackers like us are best at," Old Zheng paused. "But the Ten Realms are so vast and complex, so there are always exceptions... Truth Company's 'emotional technology' and related alchemy are prime examples."

"In the Prison Mountain Realm, there are sects that can modify people's memories through acupuncture with silver needles and soul transfer with talismans."

As Old Zheng spoke, Lin Yu also understood.

"I see... So maybe it's a super martial arts master or a high-speed demon who, after eating someone, instantly gave all the escorts acupuncture to make them lose their memory?"

As Lin Yu spoke, Lao Zheng spoke in a sad voice.

"Although it sounds a bit unbelievable, if the other party is really so fast that he can do it instantly, then this theory is valid."

"Tsk, this Prison Mountain Realm is not simple either."

Lin Yu stood up and looked at Yue Zhenqiao and the other two who were quietly waiting for him to think and observe.

"Let's go, Captain Yue, let's go meet the one I sensed."

He now has more clear and specific questions, and it's time to find someone to answer them.

Yue Zhenqiao generously gave Liu Chengyang a talisman as well, and then the three bodyguards followed Lin Yu out of the cave.

Under the guidance of Lao Zheng's navigation, Lin Yu seemed to have turned on the navigation and headed straight to the destination without any hesitation.

Although the roads in Chenjiabao are all small paths, they are relatively straight and regular. Even if there are occasional inclinations, it is rare to see winding roads with many turns. Generally speaking, they are still squares one after another, dividing the stone houses and low forts.

Lin Yu and three bodyguards headed straight for one of the stone forts.

When he reached the door and was about to push it open to enter, he heard a voice behind him.

"Why are you four guests wandering around instead of staying indoors at noon?"

“This is not good!”

Lin Yu turned around and saw Chen Yongde, the head of Chenjiabao Village who had received him before.

At some point, the old man appeared behind them like a ghost and stood in the middle of the road.

more importantly……

The old man had no means of sun protection or heat relief. He just stood alone under the scorching sun, seemingly not caring about the extreme heat at all.

It's not that he could ignore the high temperature - because Lin Yu could see clearly that beads of sweat the size of beans were rolling down the old man's body like rain, and it was obvious that he was very hot.

He is standing here just for the sake of holding on!

But this is the problem... Lin Yu could not see that Mr. Chen Yongde was trying hard at all - he seemed to be completely unaware that he was about to be sunburned to death and died of heat!

Yue Zhenqiao, Wu San and Liu Chengyang were also startled by the sudden appearance of the old man.

Afterwards, Chen Yongde's obviously strange behavior made the three escorts, who originally didn't know that there were dead people in Chenjiabao, realize that there was something strange about the old man, and the three of them felt like they were facing a formidable enemy.

"careful!"

Yue Zhenqiao whispered, ready to fight the enemy.

Wu San and Liu Chengyang also put their hands on the hilt of the knife.

But none of the three took action directly.

Yue Zhenqiao looked at Chen Yongde and said in a low voice: "Old man, we are here to find someone for something."

If possible, Yue Zhenqiao still didn't want to conflict with this old man Chen Yongde at noon on the other party's territory.

Chen Yongde listened to Yue Zhenqiao's explanation, his tone still calm: "Really? So anxious... But it's really strange..."

"Your house belongs to the second son of the Chen family's eldest son, my eldest brother's son, and my nephew."

"And my nephew is away learning a trade and hasn't been back to Chenjiabao for a long time," Chen Yongde said, his voice turning cold. "Are you planning to steal something?"

Yue Zhenqiao looked at Chen Yongde, whose face had become a little cold. Although the other party was just a skinny old man, he still felt a lot of pressure.

"Old man, I..."

However, before Yue Zhenqiao could finish his explanation, he saw a shadow passing by.

"boom!"

After a muffled sound, Chen Yongde fell to the ground with a thud.

Lin Yu put away the [Torch of Fear] in his hand and let out a breath.

"It's done!"

Yue Zhenqiao looked at Lin Yu and was startled: "Lady, you...you are..."

"I don't have time to waste on this old man," Lin Yu waved his hand. "Although this guy looks a little weird, since he's sweating profusely from the heat, it means his physique is at least at the level of a normal old man."

"But, will there be any chain reaction after defeating him..."

Yue Zhenqiao said worriedly.

"I don't think so. I don't feel his spirit is connected to anything," Lin Yu said with narrowed eyes. "The mastermind behind the strangeness of Chenjiabao has been hiding here and there. If I knock out an old man, it will rush out and launch some kind of mutation to stop us. I would actually be happy to see it."

"At least this means it doesn't want us to attack the people in Chenjiabao - if that's the case, then we'll have something to do!"

"What it doesn't want to see is what we want to do, so when the time comes, we can just attack these villagers directly!"