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

Chapter 1448 Sins and Taboos

Although Lin Yu did not yet know what other punishments the "Eternal Cage" imposed on the prisoners besides restricting their freedom, he knew from the state of these elves that they must have suffered greatly.

The question is, why do they have to suffer like this?

Until this undead "Mans" told him, Lin Yu felt that the treatment these elves received was far too much.

Although he didn't feel any pity or sympathy, Lin Yu simply felt objectively that the "God of Fairness and Judgment" might be imprisoning and torturing these elves out of some personal prejudice.

It wasn't until Mans explained the crimes committed by these elves.

If this "Mans" wasn't exaggerating, then... these elves truly "deserved their fate."

And the "God of Fairness and Judgment" truly lives up to the name of "fairness".

“Committing such a crime is really nothing to sympathize with,” Lin Yu said with emotion. “I never imagined that such a thing would happen before the invasion of the Night Valley Abyss.”

"However... this should be a relatively outer area of ​​the 'Eternal Cage,' right? The elves did such a thing, and they're only imprisoned here?"

Lin Yu spoke calmly, and Mans laughed.

"Please don't be impatient, this is exactly what I wanted to introduce to you... This place, as the area where the 'elven race' is imprisoned, belongs to the 'outer ring' of the Eternal Cage."

"The sins they committed were indeed the 'lightest' in this cage."

"The five major areas of the entire outer ring are categorized according to the crimes committed by the people imprisoned here..."

“In this region, the corresponding crime category is ‘genocide,’ which refers to completely transforming the physical and spiritual forms of other intelligent races or killing them outright. This crime is only considered to have been committed when there is no necessity for both sides to engage in a ‘war to the death.’”

"And in the two outer ring areas adjacent to this region, the category of sin corresponding to the left is 'destruction of civilization,' which refers to erasing all traces of a civilization's existence and its remaining creations, and indiscriminately slaughtering any life that identifies with or even retains memories of that civilization."

"In the right-hand region, the corresponding category of sin is 'Severance of the Extraordinary,' which refers to the complete severance of the transmission of a system of extraordinary power that can communicate with the origin of the world and understand its essence, causing the development of the entire world to stagnate."

"And the two outer ring areas that are not adjacent to this area, one of which corresponds to the sin category of 'invading other worlds,' which is easy to understand... refers to launching a war of aggression across worlds."

"Another sin is 'creating the end times,' which refers to creating a catastrophe that causes enormous damage to all matter, civilization, and living beings in the world."

Lin Yu listened calmly to the five horrifying categories of sins, and couldn't help but feel a sense of awe.

This is only the "outer ring"!

However, he didn't complain about that aspect; he just remarked on other things.

"I see... So those imprisoned here are all races, because these sins are unlikely to be committed by a single individual."

Mans nodded: "Yes, those imprisoned here are often all members of an entire race, nation, or organization..."

"Won't there be innocent individuals among them?" Lin Yu asked curiously. "After all... even if they belong to the same race and country, it's not necessarily the case that all members agree, right?"

“These are sins that would be absolutely intolerable in any world. Even simply remaining silent or going with the flow in a group is a sin.”

"Mans said calmly."

"Of course, those who vehemently oppose and completely disagree will naturally not be arrested, just like 'elves'... There are some pure-blooded elves in the Night Valley Realm now, right?"

"No, at least from my observation, it seems to be completely absent."

Lin Yu spoke.

Mans was somewhat surprised, then nodded: "That probably means the remaining ones just didn't manage to continue their bloodline... at least the elves weren't captured back then."

“In short, besides these, the Lord will also make some judgments on those who are arrested. The mastermind will naturally be guilty of a heavier crime... those who are locked up here now are even considered to have a lighter crime,” Mans said, and then continued, “and those who were not involved at all will be given a choice by the Lord... just like me.”

Mans grinned: "I was once a member of the Undead's 'Fingerbone Society' and committed the sin of 'transcendental severance', but because I was not the mastermind and hardly carried out their plan to hunt elemental mages, I joined the society only to seek refuge... Therefore, after my sentence was over, my Lord gave me, who sincerely repented, a chance to continue to forgive my sins or be freed."

"And I... chose to become the 'guardian' of this place."

Lin Yu looked at Mans: "So you were a prisoner before?"

"Half of the 'guards' here were once prisoners... So, don't be too careless when you encounter other 'guards.' Not everyone is as easy to talk to as I am. After all, don't forget that even the lowest level of sin required to enter this place is to have caused great harm to the world."

Mans reminded him.

"Yes...that's why I'm even more curious, what about the remaining four areas closer to the center?"

Lin Yu asked naturally.

Mans clearly intended to explain as well, and continued along with Lin Yu's words: "Inside the outer ring are the three areas of the inner ring... Unlike the criminals who committed 'unforgivable sins' in the outer ring, those imprisoned in the inner ring are those who touched 'untouchable taboos'."

"'A taboo that cannot be touched'?"

Lin Yu was a little curious.

"Yes, although the power systems and knowledge systems of each world are completely different, there are three completely consistent most forbidden areas regarding the 'forbidden' realm."

"One is the 'soul taboo'... mainly artificial souls and artificial intelligent life—creating intelligent puppets or creating bodies and then letting the soul naturally grow inside the body doesn't count as violating the taboo, as long as the soul's will is generated completely naturally."

"Of course, besides artificial souls, it is also taboo to modify the soul form of a certain realm's beings on a large scale and to reunite 'extinct' souls to cross the taboo of life and death. I am an undead, because the 'undead' can only be considered as some souls that can leave the body and continue to live, or new life forms that are naturally born on the corpses of other beings."

Lin Yu couldn't help but feel a little uneasy when he heard about the first of the "three major taboos".

Using the "Ancient Notes" to create an "information life form"... does that count as breaking a taboo?

Logically speaking, it shouldn't count, since "information life form" is a naturally occurring soul... right?

At the same time, although he had hypnotized hundreds of millions of people in the Gray Zone and stuffed fragments of his own soul into them, ultimately only his own soul structure had changed. The souls of those other people did not seem to have been completely altered.

Because Lin Yu's acting skills were excellent and he maintained full restraint at this moment, he naturally did not let Mans see his thoughts.

Mans continued speaking.

"In short, the second taboo is 'conservation'... Violating this taboo means using the power of other worlds to break the balance and conservation of energy, matter, and information in one's own world—this could be a major event that could lead to the collapse of the entire world and chaos in its rules."

“Generally speaking, beings from the Ten Realms who have a deep connection with you ‘Seekers of the Way’ and your kind often violate this taboo… Using the power of other realms is very tempting for many high-ranking beings. Although the world’s will can self-correct and eliminate the influence if used appropriately, there won’t be a big problem, but… there will always be people who accidentally ‘cross the line’.”

As Mans spoke, Lin Yu nodded calmly.

"I see. But we seem to often use powers from different worlds that aren't part of our current one. Won't that cause problems?"

“Of course not, after all, our Lord said... that the one who corrects you seekers of the Way is a higher-dimensional power that transcends the ‘world will’ of each world,” Mans said, his tone even a little envious. “The identity of you ‘seekers of the Way’... may be more precious than you can imagine.”

Lin Yu nodded: "Then... what about the last taboo?"

“The last taboo is ‘authority’—or rather, ‘the origin of the world’,” Mans began. “Forcibly creating authority, forcibly accommodating authority, or attempting to desecrate the gods who wield authority, or arbitrarily encroaching on the rights of the gods, will all harm the ‘origin of the world’ of each world, and even affect the stability and balance of this divine realm… This is also something our lord does not wish to see.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu slowly nodded.

He had a premonition...

Although it's in the outer ring area, the people being detained are probably all people I don't know.

But in Central...

You are very likely to encounter people whose names you have heard of or who you have even come into contact with indirectly.

But Mans hadn't finished speaking.

"The most serious taboo regarding 'authority' is to directly destroy an existing authority, or to forcibly kill a god who has authority and have no way to deal with that authority... If such a taboo is violated, the offender may not necessarily be imprisoned in the Central area... and may even be imprisoned in the core of this 'eternal cage'."

Lin Yu looked at Mans and spoke.

"Kernel?"

“Yes, it’s the very core area, that place almost at the center,” Mans said. “Those locked up there… are generally not people who have committed a specific crime or violated a taboo, but rather those extremely dangerous individuals whose cases are ‘particularly serious and heinous’ or who have ‘violated multiple taboos and committed multiple crimes’.”

"Ah, but as far as I know, there are indeed some guys who are imprisoned for reasons that don't fall under the five unforgivable sins or the three untouchable taboos..."

"For example, there is an entity imprisoned here on what seems to be... 'attempting to destroy the Ten Realms'."