I went berserk in the game of gods.

Chapter 84 True Word Technique

After the discussion, the six players, excluding Cao Yu, Yang Chan, and Xi Gou, quickly selected their identification documents.

The sycophantic senior and the martial artist chose the gatekeeper's pass, and they decided to stay in the gatehouse with the greyhound... The martial artist was the first to speak up, saying that choosing the gatekeeper's pass would be dangerous. It's clear he had some ulterior motives.

The mature woman and the masked man chose the remaining two cleaner certificates.

The bodyguard and the brown bear opted for the dormitory inspector badge.

There was one room inspector's pass left, which Cao Yu temporarily entrusted to Xi Gou for safekeeping... If those two criminal players both managed to get in alive, this pass could undoubtedly be used as a trigger to provoke a conflict.

The three intelligence gathering teams were thus divided up.

Cao Yu and Yang Chan, the mature woman and the bodyguard, the masked man and the brown bear.

The six people immediately left the guardhouse.

Before parting ways, the older sister called Cao Yu back and brought up the topic that had been interrupted by a monster attack during their escape.

"Junior, do you remember what I said before? I was going to tell you what my superpower is and show you my value?" the mature woman asked. "Do you still want to hear it now?"

"With so many people here, aren't you afraid of being exposed?" Cao Yu asked rhetorically.

"I'm not afraid. Because I've never hidden anything." The mature woman smiled and said, "Number 90: Truth Word Technique."

Number 90... Cao Yu did not check the system store to verify, because this superpower had appeared once in the Federation's records database.

However, I heard that the owner is dead.

While higher-ranking superpowers provide a greater boost to a player's strength, a rank of 90 is clearly insufficient to easily clear dungeons using only combat power.

His number 11 is acceptable.

However, if you want to get a high rating, you have to use your brain.

If your own abilities are insufficient, it's normal for a player with serial number 90 to die in a rule-based puzzle dungeon.

"Truth Word... I remember this superpower has a limitation: you can't lie normally, right?"

“To be precise, it’s not a restriction,” the older woman explained. “Because telling the truth allows me to accumulate ‘truth energy.’ When I use this energy, I can tell lies, and the lies I tell can distort reality and turn it into reality.”

"so smart?"

Yang Chan, standing next to Cao Yu, looked surprised.

"Its omnipotence is indeed impressive, but it can't distort every aspect of reality. Of course, it's also possible that I haven't accumulated enough 'true energy'."

The mature woman smiled and said:

"The reason I was able to see those spirit monsters before was because I used 'Mantra Energy' to tell the lie that 'I possess the spiritual vision of a top-tier D-level immortal player.' I would like to tell an even bigger lie, but unfortunately, with my current strength, I cannot do so."

"What's your name?" Cao Yu suddenly asked.

"Junior, you're really cunning. You immediately started testing me when you heard I could only tell the truth? But one of my options is not to answer." The mature woman smiled and said, "Of course, there's no need to hide my name. My name is Shen Luoyan."

"...The president of the Abstract Society?" Cao Yu asked.

“It’s the talk therapy club, junior,” Shen Luoyan corrected.

Cao Yu finally remembered why he felt somewhat familiar with this mature woman.

Before entering the Fourth Academy, he was a student at the Fourth Mountain University.

When he first entered university, the school held a "Battle of a Hundred Clubs" event... which, simply put, was an event where various clubs in the school gathered together to recruit new members at the same time.

At the time, he ran over with a few of his college roommates to join in the fun.

During this time, he saw a talk therapy club and was about to go over and ask about it when his roommate stopped him and told him that the people in the club were all very abstract, and the club president, Shen Luoyan, was even more abstract than the abstract.

My roommate even showed him photos of Shen Luoyan from the forum, mentioning that many students joined the talk therapy club because of her beauty. But after a short time... perhaps influenced by their surroundings, they all became like her, turning into abstract figures.

"I never expected to run into him in a dungeon..." Cao Yu thought with a touch of emotion.

"It seems you've misunderstood me, junior." Shen Luoyan laughed. "The purpose of our Talk Therapy Club is to provide psychological treatment through words, it has nothing to do with abstract concepts."

"...I just randomly matched into a dungeon and ran into two players from Sishan University, both of them D-rank..." Cao Yu changed the subject, "Are there many D-rank players from Sishan University?"

"Junior, that simp senior isn't from Sishan University," Shen Luoyan reminded him.

"...What did you call him?" Cao Yu became more wary.

"Simp senior" is a nickname he gave himself. Does Shen Luoyan have some kind of mind-reading ability?
"Junior, your reaction suggests you didn't give him the same nickname too, did you?"

Shen Luoyan seemed to find it amusing, and the curve of her lips widened slightly as she said:

"That's true, given his behavior, it's normal for you to call him that in your mind."

"Isn't it a bit inappropriate to say it like that?" Yang Chan reminded her, "He's, after all, your teammate who came in with you."

"Actually, he pestered me to come in. The simp senior is a rich kid from another school, so he must have found out about the instance I need to participate in through my roommate."

Chen Luoyan smiled softly:
"There's no point in doing this. The simp senior is obsessed with looks, and I'm actually obsessed with looks too."

So no matter how much effort the simp senior puts into me, it's all in vain.

"Because just imagining holding hands with him gives me goosebumps, I just can't accept it physically." "Aren't you... being a little too blunt?" Yang Chan's eyes were subtle.

"These days, there aren't many people like me who are willing to tell the truth."

Shen Luoyan's gaze fell on Yang Chan, and she asked:

"Little sister, if someone confesses their feelings to you, but you don't like their looks, how would you respond?"

Yang Chan: "..."

She would usually reply with "You're great, but we're not a good match," or "I'm sorry, I want to focus on my studies right now."

"There are too many tricks in this world. Can't people be a little more sincere with each other?"

Shen Luoyan knew the answer as soon as she saw Yang Chan's expression.

She sighed:

"When I'm in this situation, I'll just say to the other person, 'I'm sorry, I can't accept you physically. I appreciate your kindness...' Such simple, straightforward, and honest words! The other person will definitely be very happy. I can tell them the truth, right?"

She then looked at Cao Yu:
"Junior, I'm telling you about my superpower because I want to get on your good side. I hope you can take care of me."

Of course, I won't take advantage of you, junior. I'll also lend a hand. My abilities can be surprisingly effective at times, which I'm sure you'll need.

However… if you, junior, secretly sabotage me by assigning me some extremely dangerous tasks, then I might outwardly cooperate but inwardly defy you and do something underhanded.”

Cao Yu: "..."

Is sincerity the ultimate weapon?

The other players present exchanged somewhat subtle glances.

Speaking the truth is good, but just telling the truth... why does it feel so strange?
"I need information on Lin Youwei, this 'Level 7 Researcher,' in great detail, the more detailed the better."

Seeing that the other party was so sincere, Cao Yu said:
"In addition, I also need the personal information of the students in this college."

“No problem.” Shen Luoyan smiled. “I am very good at intelligence gathering. Some key points that are hard to find can be uncovered by a single ‘lie’.”

"You can find this thing using 'lies'?" the bodyguard accompanying Shen Luoyan asked in surprise.

“Of course.” Shen Luoyan used an analogy: “For example, I am a detective who is good at discovering key information, and I have also temporarily awakened the ability of ‘complete memory’, which allows me to memorize all the information.”

"...Your ability is truly outrageous in terms of versatility!" the bodyguard said with envy.

As expected, the earlier the superpower number, the more powerful the effect.

After the conversation ended, the six people dispersed temporarily.

Cao Yu led Yang Chan toward the teaching building and office building.

Halfway there, Yang Chan asked:

"Cousin, shouldn't we go to the library first? You're letting Miss Shen Luoyan investigate... Can we really trust her with this?"

"Cousin, what do you think is the true nature of the crisis facing this academy?" Cao Yu asked in return.

"It should be related to Dean Lin Youwei."

Yang Chan analyzed:
"Although the background description of the dungeon mentions that Lin Youwei created the academy to recruit and train young players in survival skills for dungeons, ... the description doesn't mention his purpose at all, only this one."

He's a level 7 researcher, so what project is he mainly researching? Could it be related to evolution games?

Could it be that he brought so many young players here because...?

After a pause, she offered her guess:

"Could he be conducting some kind of player experiment? And in the process, created a monster?"

“Good, good. This is indeed a direction to explore, and the possibility is not small. Much of the information in this copy is explicit, and I estimate that there are not many decryption steps involved.”

After offering a compliment, Cao Yu pointed to his head and continued:
"So I have a lot of guesses here, which need intelligence to verify. Intelligence is like a puzzle piece. As long as we can piece together a complete logical line, we are very close to the truth."

Are we looking for answers based on guesses?

Yang Chan nodded, indicating that she understood.

The exploration direction for this instance is very clear, and this method can indeed be tried to clear it.

Lin Youwei is a level seven researcher, he founded a school, and he recruits relatively obedient young players... These three points alone reveal a lot and easily lead people to wonder if this guy is secretly conducting some kind of human experimentation...

If Shen Luoyan can find the key intelligence, it will save a lot of time. If not... the puzzle is incomplete, and you can just go and investigate again yourself.

"So what are we going to investigate now?" Yang Chan asked.

“We’ll directly contact the teachers and students of this college to gather intelligence and gauge their reactions,” Cao Yu said. “There might be danger, so…”

He instructed Yang Chan:

"Be mentally prepared."

(End of this chapter)