bookpub #659 - Precognitive ability
#659 - Precognitive ability
From the different locations of the Taoist temple, Lin Yu could actually deduce that there was a conflict between the镖师 (bodyguards) and the three players who arrived later.
This meant that one of the two sides was untrustworthy—whether they were deliberately lying or were equally deceived.
Initially, Lin Yu suspected that they were hiding their true clearance conditions or even using some method to deceive the [One-Sentence Lie Detector].
However, after arriving at the Taoist temple and realizing that the mastermind behind the scenes possessed abilities related to "time," Lin Yu realized that there was a more reasonable explanation for the anomalies in these three players.
That is… these three guys also had their sense of time "confused."
Their mission had actually failed long ago, and they had been buried in the fiery hell of this Prison Mountain.
Although they seemed to be still alive—at least in the judgment of the 'Death Game,' they had been dead for a while.
"What 'seize the镖 (shipment)' or not, you bastard from the 'Psychological Society' are making up nonsense to scare people!" Deadshot cursed loudly.
Looking at the trio on the ground who completely disbelieved what he said, Lin Yu squatted down.
"It doesn't matter if you don't believe it," Lin Yu said calmly, "but I'll still confirm one last thing. Has a major event happened recently in your 'Player Mutual Aid Association'? Do you know what it is?"
"What major event could there be?" Jenny Turtle said unkindly.
Lin Yu stood up.
"Alright, then I can be sure."
He looked at Li Nian: "These three don't know about the Hai City incident, but they recognize you and know you're a 'Second Order,' so they've probably been trapped here for about three weeks."
Li Nian nodded: "I see."
"But what should we do next, kill them? What exactly does this mastermind want to do?"
Lin Yu said softly, "It's useless. Although these three are 'players,' they're no different from the villagers of Chen Family Fortress."
"They're just ordinary puppets. Killing them won't do any good."
At this moment, Flying Knife, who was hearing everything in a fog, finally couldn't help but speak.
"Why do we have to fight to the death in this weird place? Can't we just run… Even asking for directions outside is better than wandering around in circles here!"
"Based on this," Li Nian sighed, "if I'm right, if we want to reach Willow Town, we have to face this 'mastermind' and crack its abilities."
Flying Knife was stunned: "What does that mean?"
"It means that this 'Willow Town' should also be under its complete control, just like Chen Family Fortress," Lin Yu exhaled, "In other words, our destination is not some safe place, but an existence that has already been swallowed by some powerful being."
"This thing is much more terrifying than we imagined… The entire Fire Prison might be within its sphere of influence."
Flying Knife felt his scalp tingle: "If… if this is true, what should we do?"
Li Nian looked at Lin Yu: "Zhu Ming-jie, what do you say?"
"The safest method is to continue to focus on the '镖 carriage' and study what is so special about this remnant body of the 'Blade Demon' in this 'Seize the镖' dungeon," Lin Yu said calmly, "Moreover, this Taoist temple should also be a place that restricts it to some extent… This Taoist temple should have really been left behind by a master a hundred years ago."
"It's a pity that he probably couldn't defeat the mastermind either—but at least we should be relatively safe in this Taoist temple."
"Although the outcome of slowly grinding it out is likely to be trapped here forever like those three over there, but… we really have too little information in our hands right now."
As Lin Yu spoke, Flying Knife was about to agree, but Li Nian raised a different opinion.
"You've already revealed so much to those three, there must be a more radical and funnier plan, right, Zhu Ming-jie?"
Lin Yu nodded.
"Of course," he looked at Flying Knife, "Do you know the 'Diviner'?"
Flying Knife was taken aback.
"I know him… what's wrong?"
"Although I don't really belong to the 'Marauders,' I am indeed a member of the 'Marauders' to some extent, and the 'Diviner' has met me once and values me very much. Therefore, he has also prepared many methods for me," Lin Yu opened his lips slightly and uttered words, while activating [Tooth of Prophecy], "Therefore… I can also use prediction methods to directly glimpse the true face of the 'mastermind'—after all, the other party is also related to 'manipulating time,' so prediction abilities have special effects!"
"Only by giving me enough 'phenomena' and 'events' can I follow these 'appearances' and see their source!"
The first half of the "truth" instantly received 'belief' from Flying Knife and Li Nian.
"Zhu Ming-jie, you have this layer of relationship?"
Flying Knife was even more shocked: "An active member of the 'Psychological Society,' a future member of the 'Free Alliance,' and also half a member of the 'Marauders'…"
Is this guy collecting stamps?!
However, even with the strong 'belief' of the two, Lin Yu was still not enough to gain the ability to "see the future."
But it doesn't matter, the current Lin Yu is no longer the guy who had to painstakingly piece together every bit of 'belief' in the beginning.
With [Professional Props], Lin Yu can not only use [Tooth of Prophecy] with confidence and boldness without saving, but also directly use [Tower Scheme] to supplement 'belief'!
Before entering the [Dungeon], Lin Yu used 'Old Yao's' identity to brush a wave of 'Jiang'an Hall's' twenty-person share of belief.
After entering the [Dungeon], Lin Yu even brushed a thirty-person share of the镖 (shipment) team's.
Now, the "fifty-person" share of deeply convinced 'belief' is stored in [Tower Scheme], which can support Lin Yu's transformation into "Rakshasa," and naturally also enough to allow Lin Yu to gain the ability of "prophecy!"
The effect came true, and the ability swindled in the name of the 'Diviner' emerged. Lin Yu felt that there seemed to be some kind of "insight into everything" in his eyes.
Then, he manipulated this ability and began to try to understand and gain insight into the haze and truth surrounding this dungeon.
"Old Zheng, if the situation is not right, knock me unconscious."
Lin Yu said in a low voice, his gaze swept over the players and the natives of the Prison Mountain Realm, and he recalled all the details along the way.
Then, he felt a trance in his consciousness, and his vision seemed to sink into the depths of this Double Saw Mountain!