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

As Xuan Yunzi, the old Taoist, spoke, his body suddenly transformed into a wisp of green smoke, disappearing with a "poof" sound.

Immediately afterward, several players suddenly saw several white spider silks appear from within the green smoke, directly entering their bodies.

Seagull was extremely horrified: "What?! Is this old Taoist trying to harm us? Could he also be one of the spider's people? Has he been playing a double game all along?!"

"Calm down," Lin Yu waved his hand, "This should just be a means of sending me into the 'past'."

As Lin Yu spoke, Xuan Yunzi's voice also echoed from the air.

"Indeed, this is my trump card technique, a top-tier 'Arcane Art' recorded in the Taiqing Sect's Sutra Repository—'Shifting Stars'."

Just by hearing the name, everyone could guess the general effect of this technique.

"The effect of this technique is to transfer any effects of 'spells', 'divine abilities', or 'talismans' within the Great Dao that I receive onto other people. When used on the 'Causal Threads', it can just happen to counteract the effects of this divine ability!"

"Because 'Shifting Stars' is used on you, that demon can no longer manipulate your 'past', but can only modify my past… but you are indeed connected to it through 'Causal Threads'."

"It's like a one-way connection," Li Nian said, smiling, "Ah, old Taoist… you truly deserve to have studied this spider for seventy or eighty years; you've really figured out the mechanism of its abilities!"

Lin Yu also nodded slightly, looking at Xie Chong's remaining body, which was also entangled with "Causal Threads", and couldn't help but admire him.

"That demon probably has to start immediately… because this remnant of Xie Chong is also connected to the 'Causal Threads'."

Xuan Yunzi said smugly: "That's right, if that demon doesn't start, these two parts of Xie Chong's remnant… it might as well waste them forever!"

Feidao's expression changed slightly: "Then, Taoist priest… is it necessary for me to go too?"

Before Xuan Yunzi could speak, everyone felt a mysterious sensation coming over them.

A slight daze, a feeling of weightlessness, and consciousness began to dissipate involuntarily.

For several players… this feeling was quite familiar.

It was like the feeling of entering a [Sub-plot] in the 'Death Game'.

But it wasn't as strong, as irresistible, nor did it have the feeling of falling into a brand new world.

It was like… a low-profile version.

And for Lin Yu, he had one more sample to compare it with.

"It's completely different from the feeling of returning to the past through the deceptive 'rollback' method in the first [Sub-plot]…"

Lin Yu muttered, and then, while his consciousness still remained, he did one last thing.

Then, through the [Fear Lens], Lin Yu saw three figures.

Two Taoists in green robes and a martial artist in white.

"Hmm…" Lin Yu remembered these three figures.

After completing the memory, his consciousness completely blurred.

It was like having a bizarre dream…

When he opened his eyes again…

Lin Yu found himself in a bustling ancient town!

"Hey—make way!"

A shout came from behind Lin Yu, and a man in a hurry pushed a cart full of bricks past Lin Yu. The noisy sounds, the smell of the crowd, and the sights in front of him were extremely real, all declaring that Lin Yu had come to another world—

"Willow Town three hundred years ago?"

Lin Yu looked around and murmured softly.

In front of him was a huge stone tablet landmark engraved with the words "Willow Town".

Behind the stone tablet, the bluestone road was straight and wide, dividing the town into blocks of different sizes with white-walled and black-tiled buildings, as well as alleys of different widths. Each block and alley had different degrees of newness and oldness. The new and old buildings and walls contrasted with each other, as if the old, the young, and the children were walking on the bluestone road at the same time, forming a rhythm based on time.

This feeling was completely different from ordinary rural towns. At first glance, it looked like a large town settlement with a long history and rich heritage.

A touch of red sunset glow shone on the town, and one of the three suns had already sunk into the mountains, while the other two were mostly gone.

It was dusk, and judging from the attire and liveliness of the pedestrians on the street, it was not the hottest time of summer.

The lanterns on both sides of the street lit up one after another, illuminating the entire long street.

Unlike other places, due to the climate, the Fire Prison was actually more lively at night than during the day.

The vendors on the street were setting up their stalls. The old man selling sugar figurines stuck the last fresh sugar figurines on the straw handles and slowly pushed the cart into the alley.

The aroma of wine wafted from the porridge stalls and taverns in the alley. Several drunkards dressed in brocade clothes and looking like young masters staggered out, humming out-of-tune tunes. There were also laborers dressed in short clothes, full of energy, and walking in a hurry, as if they had just eaten their fill and were preparing to go to work.

Further away, the shop assistants of the silk and satin shops were sitting at the door, eagerly waiting for customers. Rolls of brocade shone softly in the twilight; at the entrance of the money shop, several young men dressed in tight-fitting clothes were unloading goods from the carriage. It seemed that the good hands of a certain security company had just transported a batch of good goods here.

Everything was extremely real, and everyone was extremely vivid, but…

Having experienced the real "Return to the Past" and also holding the [Ancient Notebook], Lin Yu could clearly feel that although everything felt absolutely real in terms of senses, and even the people inside seemed to be truly alive, but…

"There is no soul or vitality, and the feeling at the rule level is not like a completely real and independent world… This is ultimately just a 'fake past' constructed by the 'Causal Thread' divine ability," Lin Yu said with emotion, "The vividness of these people is only achieved by relying on the consciousness left in the 'Causal Threads'…"

This place was not a true "Return to the Past", but more like a large dream and illusion.

"However, this kind of large-scale illusion is probably not something that the spider demon can easily manipulate and do whatever it wants," Lin Yu began to speculate based on his experience using the [Ancient Notebook], "Otherwise, it should now directly transform into a celestial being, directly find and kill me, an uninvited guest."

Then, in this illusory past, wanting to kill that Zhu Qiansi might not really be impossible!

"However, before that… I still have to reunite with the others first."

Lin Yu said with emotion.

After all, after looking around, in addition to understanding the local customs of Willow Town in those years and confirming that this place was an illusion, Lin Yu also discovered a very important and obvious thing.

That was that he and the others were not all in the same place.