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

Chapter 1446 Prisoners and Guards

Even with his physical abilities intact, falling from a height of 10,000 meters to the ground was not an easy thing for Lin Yu to endure.

Now that all his abilities have been reduced to the extreme, Lin Yu is even less likely to ignore the damage caused by the fall.

but……

Even if he couldn't "tough it out" and "Wind Vein Technique" couldn't prevent the fall, Lin Yu still had other ways to avoid the damage.

This was also the immediate countermeasure Lin Yu thought of after confirming that the "basic values" of all abilities and [items] had been greatly weakened during the fall, and how to proceed within this "eternal cage".

Although the effect of the ability is reduced, the "function" remains complete.

in other words……

"Although the 'numbers' are unreliable, the 'mechanisms' still exist."

Lin Yu took out the Corner of the Shadows from the Item Space.

Then, when it was still a few meters from the ground...

Lin Yu aimed at the shadow in the corner of a tall building below, and then activated [Corner of the Shadows].

Lin Yu's conjecture remains correct.

The next moment, [Corner of the Shadows] was successfully activated, and Lin Yu entered the shadows!

Using the [Corner of the Shadows] for movement, Lin Yu was able to completely avoid the fall damage he was about to receive!

of course……

After staying in the shadows for a few seconds, Lin Yu was forced to leave.

"As expected, [Corner of the Shadows] has also been weakened, but is the weakening part the 'duration' of maintaining the shadow state?"

Lin Yu put away "The Corner of the Shadows".

But this weakening is hardly a big deal for [The Corner of the Shadows]!

At the same time, this also confirmed to Lin Yu that his strategy was correct.

"Next, when using [items] and abilities, we should focus on using those with strong mechanics and make the most of those mechanics to plan our strategy or deal with unexpected situations..."

Lin Yu thought to himself.

Although he was in the "Eternal Cage" this time, he had to use as few [props] as possible related to the identity of "Director". He already had relatively few [props] with strong "mechanisms", and the range of usable [props] limited to the identity of "Director" was further narrowed. But Lin Yu felt that as long as he matched them properly, it would definitely be enough.

and……

Before he realized that his items and abilities had been significantly suppressed and weakened, Lin Yu only felt that although the three items given to him by Earl were quite powerful, they were not the kind of decisive key assistance.

But now it seems...

With the stats of their own items reduced, the three items that can still exert their original power and have a certain aesthetic appeal in terms of stats—Dual Radar, Quick Teleport, and Full Power Strike—become even more important.

It seems that the "god of fairness and judgment," as well as this Earl, really have high hopes for themselves.

Of course, the "general" must have had a really good relationship with the gods here.

Putting away "The Corner of the Shadows," Lin Yu stood in front of the towering building and surveyed his surroundings.

While in the air, he deliberately observed his landing point.

Although the boundaries of the nine regions are not very regular, they can be simplified and abstracted into a circle and viewed as a three-layer structure: a center, a ring containing three regions, and a ring containing five regions.

The location where I landed was probably somewhere in the outermost ring.

Looking down at the ground, the flat, square-like ground beneath my feet did indeed seem to be made of some kind of cement-like material, gray and very hard, devoid of any vitality.

All around, you can see undulating high walls, while the building in front of you is an eight-story "residential building" with similar materials for its exterior walls and ground.

There are many such tall buildings lined up neatly all around, each one exactly the same, eight stories high with twenty windows on each floor, looking as if they were made from the same mold.

These gray buildings are not widely spaced, resembling some kind of dormitory, or a residential community built by someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder in a simulation game.

Looking further up, you can see the light source in the sky—a ring-shaped light source, like an angel's halo, emitting a soft white light, suspended high in the sky.

Lin Yu was about 80-90% certain that this light source was the location of the "Celestial Ring" where he had fallen.

"This divine kingdom created by the gods is truly extraordinary..."

The scenery here exudes a sense of "unreasonableness".

Unlike the usual [duplicate] spaces in the Ten Realms, every scene here reminds Lin Yu that although this place is vast, it has no trace of "natural evolution" and is a space that was created according to the will of the gods and exists only because of the gods.

Even the small world of the "Gray Zone" feels much more "reasonable" than this place—although the "central authority" of the Gray Zone can interfere with the operation of the small world, at least most things inside the small world are randomly and naturally generated.

So……

Whether it's seeking a tangible "theatrical authority" or fulfilling the conditions for passing the level, past experience may no longer be of any use.

In other worlds and normal [dungeons], Lin Yu could deduce many patterns by understanding why buildings were constructed the way they were and why the ground was made of a particular material, which would help him in his next actions.

But within the realm of the gods...

These "objective realities" make it impossible to deduce any "laws".

Everything here is a manifestation of the "will of the gods".

"Therefore, we need to change our thinking. Now, to take action, we don't need to, and can't, 'summarize the patterns'; all we need to do is 'understand the will'..."

Lin Yu's eyes shone brightly as he looked at the building in front of him.

He moved silently along the edge of the building's shadow, and soon found the entrance to the building in front of him by following the "exterior wall" of this residential building.

Upon entering, Lin Yu found himself in a similarly gray corridor.

Is this the architectural style of Kirishima?

Lin Yu pondered, feeling as if he had seen a house with this kind of feel before in some of the ruins of Wushima.

However, compared to the buildings in Kirishima... the buildings here seem to be more "standardized" and more "neat".

There are metal doors on both sides of the corridor, each with a small observation window.

Lin Yu was quite certain... that each room here should be imprisoning some kind of creature.

From this perspective, the architecture here is quite close to my narrow understanding of what a prison should look like.

Lin Yu approached one of the metal doors and, through the observation window, saw that there was indeed a "prisoner" being held inside.

The room was empty, with nothing inside. The person being held inside was huddled in a corner with a blank stare. He was wearing a gray uniform and some kind of silver bracelet on his wrist, probably some kind of restraint device that limited the prisoner's abilities.

But more than his attire, Lin Yu was concerned about...

The prisoner's appearance—the one huddled in the room at this moment—had skin so fair it was almost transparent, golden hair, blue eyes, and eyebrows that looked almost like a sculpture. Even the simple gray prison uniform couldn't erase his near-perfect appearance.

At the same time... the other party also has a pair of distinctive long and pointed ears.

"This is... an elf?!"

Lin Yu was somewhat surprised.

Elves don't just exist in fantasy works in the Ten Realms. Legend has it that in the Night Valley Realm, before the Abyss fully invaded in ancient times, in addition to the Dark Race and humans, there were also a large number of elves, dwarves, orcs, halflings and the like living in the Night Valley Realm.

However, when the Abyss invaded, all these non-human races disappeared, leaving only some rare hybrid bloodlines.

However, a wealth of literature and archaeological sites within the Abyss-covered area indicate that these races did indeed exist and flourish.

Although the war between the Abyss and humanity lasted for thousands of years, and many historical records are very vague, the mainstream view in the Night Valley is that these races other than humans perished because of the invasion of the Abyss.

But Lin Yu saw a pureblood elf in this "eternal cage".

This made Lin Yu realize...

"Could it be that there are other secrets hidden in the ancient history of Night Valley?"

He looked into another room, and unsurprisingly, it also held a handsome, blond elf.

Lin Yu looked at a few more rooms, and without exception, they all held elves.

"Am I in the elven mass containment area? Oh right... it seems that the White Wolf and the Rakshasa were also imprisoned here as a whole race before. It seems that the God of Judgment often locks an entire race in the 'Eternal Cage'..."

Lin Yu thought for a moment, stood in front of a metal door, stared at the observation window, and then knocked on the door.

"Dong dong."

He had already looked through more than ten rooms, and some of the elves noticed a pair of eyes appearing in front of the narrow observation window, but none of the elves showed any curiosity about Lin Yu, nor did any of them choose to talk to him.

They would at most glance at it blankly, and then continue to huddle in the corner of the room.

Therefore, Lin Yu decided to give it a try...

He wanted to see what would happen if he took the initiative to talk to these elves.

After knocking on the door, Lin Yu spoke to the elf inside.

"Hello—are you still alive?"

"Does she still have the ability to think? Can she still speak?"

As Lin Yu spoke, the elf inside raised its head again, its eyes showing not only blankness but also confusion.

After a long while, he managed to open his mouth and utter some syllables.

"Uh... ah..."

Lin Yu frowned.

"Could it be that the 'God of Fairness and Judgment' has poisoned these elves and rendered them mute?"

"Of course not, my friend."

A light, cheerful voice rang out from behind Lin Yu.

Turning his head, Lin Yu saw a thin man in a suit, pale-faced, walk in from the building entrance and smile at him.

"These elves have simply forgotten how to speak because they haven't spoken in so long."

"After all, these pointy-eared animals have been kept here for over a thousand years."