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

Chapter 1526 Strategies for Coping with the Apocalypse

Although there was a discrepancy between Bai Ying's account and the timeline of Shen Bingmiao's "hunting fate," Lin Yu still felt...

This matter may not be entirely unrelated to Lin Zhao.

At least Lin Yu intends to treat it as a connection.

But even if there is no connection... these experiences of Bai Ying back then are still very valuable to Lin Yu.

Because he realized something.

Bai Ying is a rare being from the Ten Realms who experienced the previous generation of players and has almost complete memories, and is even willing to negotiate this part of the content with me.

While most gods have probably experienced this as well, they seem to have a deeper connection to the "Death Game" and are subject to more restrictions, making it difficult for them to explain these things to ordinary players.

Otherwise, Shen Bingmiao would definitely have sent these materials directly to her.

and so……

Although Lin Yu had known about the previous version of the game for a long time, this was the first time he had learned about the previous version's state.

Furthermore, Lin Yu's long-held suspicions were confirmed at this moment.

In the past, especially because his older sister was a player of the previous "version" of the game, Lin Yu had always paid more attention to observing and thinking about the "old version" of "Death Game" than other players.

During this process, Lin Yu noticed the following points.

"Firstly, the time flow in each world of the 'Death Game' does not match that of the real world."

Although most players and organizations have noticed this, most of them think it's just a normal thing.

But Lin Yu noticed that... not only did the real world and the ten realms covered by the 'Death Game' not match, the flow rate between these ten realms was also not fixed.

A week has passed in the real world, half a month may have passed in the Kirishima Realm, and three weeks may have passed in the Night Valley Realm.

Moreover, this uneven flow rate is not even fixed – because in the next week, a week in the real world might equal ten days in the Kirishima world, while the Night Valley world might become a month.

However, this relatively niche event has also been the subject of some statistics and research by some "players"—some of which were simply recorded out of boredom.

And some... are long-term research and statistics conducted by the redundant manpower of the vast organization of "order" based on the principle of "no detail is too small".

Based on the data within 'Order,' Lin Yu noticed...

Although the flow of time in the "Death Game" is not uniform, there are a few unchanging principles: the flow of time in the real world is always slower than that in the Ten Realms—at the closest it gets, it is only close to a one-to-one ratio.

Secondly, this uneven flow rate is based on a settlement once a day, meaning that this uneven flow rate does not operate in a way that the past second in the real world is equal to the past five seconds in the tenth world.

Instead, the "time points" are fixed.

The regular [Instance] of the "Death Game" always starts after midnight. Using the daily regular [Instance] as the anchor point and starting point, it is equivalent to anchoring a fixed time point as the starting time for all players entering this [Instance] on that day.

Players who enter a [dungeon] through unconventional means, whether it's [map] access or [items] for additional [dungeons], will have their time shifted backward by a proportion of the real-world flow rate, using the time of the regular [dungeon] as an anchor.

Until all the players who entered the current world today through [dungeons] or other means leave or fail, time in this world will flow at a "fast pace" if no one enters. There will not be any players entering the current world immediately the next day. There will be a period of time in this world where no players enter.

This process appears to be entirely determined by the "death game".

This theory of uneven time allows Lin Yu to naturally arrive at the second conclusion.

"Secondly, the 'Death Game' does not directly interfere with the material reality of the Ten Realms and the will of the beings within them, but its rules are always indirectly transforming the Ten Realms and making them more suitable for conducting 'Instances'."

This is something that ordinary "players" might not have noticed, but Lin Yu, who has come into contact with many high-ranking figures, understands it deeply.

The quests issued by the "Death Game" in each "Instance", especially those issued to powerful "players", are themselves designed to influence the Ten Realms through the players, shaping them in the way the game desires.

Although the conditions for clearing each individual "dungeon" are not very obvious, if you combine the long-term tasks of multiple "players", you can vaguely see the "death game's" "tendency to modify" and "trend" in each world.

And it's not just 'players'.

Gods, demigods, the will of the world... the more powerful a being is, the closer it is to the essence of the world, the more inevitably it will be affected by the "Death Game" indirectly or even directly. This is why, in the previous version of the "Death Game," although many beings from the ten realms had come into contact with it, very few people talked to the players about it.

Lin Yu could guess... it was probably because the powerful figures of the Ten Realms were more or less people who had complied with the 'Death Game'.

Those who do not conform to the trend of change will likely have their existence eliminated in that "transformation trend".

Or...

Imprisonment, exile.

Just like the "White Nightingale" today.

Therefore, ordinary players rarely come into contact with the experts who would recklessly reveal content that the "Death Game" does not want them to disclose.

This leads to the third point—although it is unrelated to the second point, it leads to a conclusion when combined with the second point.

"Thirdly, in all ten realms, there is a 'doomsday' that causes a break in the continuity of civilization. The ten realms we see now are all secondary civilizations that have been reborn from the ruins of the previous civilization."

Lin Yu was initially unsure whether there was a causal relationship or whether the arrow was shot first and the target was drawn later.

After all, although all ten realms have experienced a "doomsday catastrophe," it may not have been caused by the "death game," but rather it chose the worlds that had already experienced the disaster.

Or rather... civilizations, especially those with extraordinary powers, are bound to be destroyed.

After all, I know too little about it.

But it wasn't until just now, after hearing Bai Ying's words from the experience firsthand, that Lin Yu finally became certain...

The birth of these apocalypses is indeed inseparable from the "Death Game," and may even be entirely "created" by the "Death Game."

The reason, as White Nightingale said, was to conduct a "final trial" for all players.

This is the second point Lin Yu observed: the "Death Game" will modify the Ten Realms in order to develop the "Instances," and at the same time, it will further modify the Ten Realms by utilizing the "Instances" and the actions of the "Players."

Although the word "transformation" sounds mild, it now appears that the process of "transformation" even involves creating "apocalypse".

Although Lin Yu had cursed the "Death Game" a lot when he first became a "player", as time went by, he gradually got used to the existence of the "Death Game".

Even... because of Lin Zhao's situation, Lin Yu more or less began to think that "maybe the existence of this game is not a bad thing."

After all, Lin Yu's memory was confused because he used the [Fragment of Fate] to create the illusion of Lin Zhao. In addition, Lin Zhao had definitely "died and been resurrected" once because of the "Death Game" but died a second time. Therefore, his memory was somewhat confused and blurry, and he could not figure out what exactly happened back then.

However, Lin Yu was certain of one thing—Lin Zhao first died in an accident, and then was resurrected because of the 'Death Game'.

Although he eventually died, the "Death Game" probably helped Lin Zhao prolong his life for a long time.

at the same time……

It also gave him hope of reviving her.

But at this moment, Lin Yu realized something again.

Even though he considered himself a guy with weak morals and little empathy, Lin Yu still couldn't help but have an idea after realizing that the "Death Game" would create "apocalypse".

This "death game"... is indeed something that should "disappear".

As long as it exists, it will create chaos and suffering, ruining the lives of many people who should have been happy.

Of course, despite realizing this, Lin Yu knew that he couldn't actually make the game disappear.

He sighed, then continued his conversation with Bai Ying.

"So... you chose to 'invade each other's worlds, create chaos and apocalypse in each other's worlds' because you hope to prevent a real 'devastating apocalypse' in this way?"

Bai Ying nodded: "You are indeed very clever, my friend—that's right."

“Because we’ve all dealt with this ‘game’ before, we’re aware of one thing,” White Nightingale sighed, “that going against it is absolutely impossible. It requires our world to experience ‘apocalypse,’ and then that apocalypse will inevitably happen.”

"Even if we stop what's happening now, it might only unleash something even stronger."

"Therefore, the only way we can think of to 'save ourselves' is to prevent our own 'doomsday' while also creating a 'doomsday' that meets the expectations of that 'game'—a 'doomsday' that we create ourselves with certain expectations and known methods. Although the result must also be the 'destruction of civilization,' at least... we might be able to keep the 'destruction' to a minimum."

"After all, if we let the original 'doomsday' happen naturally, we cannot predict its upper limit and destructive power."

"And because this 'game' has no self-will, it will still 'examine' us in some way—therefore, in order to circumvent this examination, we must do this across worlds, and the people of this world cannot initiate the apocalypse on their own."

"Of course, there is another very important reason... even if the motivation is 'saving,' the psychological burden of personally destroying the plans that created your own world and civilization is still too heavy."

"If we take turns... it will be a little easier for us to get started."