Death Game: Starting as a Trickster, Impersonating a God
Chapter 1699

The Psychology Society saw a genius like a pig starved for three days saw a slop bucket

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Which is more eager to jump on the bandwagon: the Psychology Society or the Freedom Alliance?

In most cases, the answer to this question is "Freedom Alliance".

After all, most members of the "Freedom Alliance" have a somewhat morbid pursuit of various "unexpected situations" and "interesting events".

Even the seemingly most composed and older Old Wu, and the most Leng Jing and rational Wang Yuyang, have underlying personalities that include "strong curiosity" and "extraordinary action-orientedness".

In other words... all members of the "Freedom Alliance" are the type whose first reaction upon hearing an explosion is definitely, "I have to go see what happened."

This organization exists on this basis.

But the "Psychology Society"... although this organization also has its share of highly motivated madmen, self-important narcissists, and mentally ill patients with unconventional thought processes, they spend their days figuring out how to give high-potential "Player" Trial and evaluate their behavior...

However, contrary to stereotypes, the "Psychology Society" and most of its members do not actually Xingyi high-impact activities very frequently.

Most of the time, they remain Leng Jing and restrained, acting as "observers" and "evaluators" as much as possible.

They didn't conduct "Trial" very often, and most of the time they only made "minor adjustments." Sometimes, other "Player" wouldn't even notice that the "Psychology Society" members had intervened and made adjustments to the current "Instance."

After all, most "Player" are considered "mediocre" and not worth their time in their eyes. Only a few radicals will increase the difficulty of the [Instance] even when facing "mediocre" or "ordinary" players. They believe that mediocre players can sometimes transform into amazing geniuses under pressure and extreme conditions.

These members believe in the principle that "it's better to refine gold in fire than to polish jade."

Most of the stereotypes about the "Psychology Society" actually stem partly from the actions of these radical minority members—after all, they leave such a deep impression.

And the other part...

This stems from the fact that once a "Psychology Society" decides to undertake a large-scale organizational event, it usually creates a huge commotion!

Either a large number of other organizations and the recently rising star "Player" will be brought to their deaths, or a major event with far-reaching impact will occur in the Ten Realms.

In other words...

Although the "Psychology Society" doesn't really have a high activity frequency, the things this organization does each time have a very wide impact!

This is what's commonly referred to on the forum as... "The Marauders" do most of the work, while the "Psychology Society" does the bigger job.

Of course, the forum is currently offline.

Lin Yu, who had long been dedicated to studying the "Psychology Society" and hoped to bring down the organization and kill several key members within it, was naturally very familiar with the characteristics of the "Psychology Society".

Especially after having Old Zheng, the Founder, as his advisor and strategist, and after developing the identity of "Schreiber," Lin Yu had come to a point where he fully understood the characteristics of the "Psychology Society."

During the immersive role-playing of "Schreiber," Lin Yu was able to engage in deep thinking using the thought patterns of most members of the "Psychology Society."

Therefore, how to get members of the "Psychology Society" to behave as they wish, and how to get the members of this organization, and even the entire organization, out of the bystander mode of "evaluation and analysis"...

Lin Yu knew exactly what he had to do.

The prospect of a full-scale battle between "Order" and "Marauders" is itself news that would stir the "Psychology Society."

In relaying the information to Skinner, Lin Yu also made many targeted efforts to enhance the narrative by focusing on specific angles and details.

For example, by showing Schreiber's attitude and giving Skinner the opportunity to analyze Schreiber's psychology at the beginning, we not only helped Schreiber establish his character, but also put pressure on the Psychology Society.

For example, by only briefly revealing the existence of "Cold Cicada," a suspected high-potential individual—the "Psychology Society" may very well have been paying attention to this person... Even if they hadn't, after this information was given to the "Psychology Society," they would have investigated this existence that would definitely interest them.

The "Psychology Society" is a bunch of lunatics, but under certain circumstances, even lunatics can be manipulated and become useful "tools."

Skinner's reply after Lin Yu relayed the information remained very restrained.

[Skinner: I am aware of the intelligence you provided, and I will pass it on to the other members of the "Professional Committee." In any case, thank you for telling us this; it is indeed very valuable information.]

But what Skinner replied is not important.

Lin Yu was quite certain... they would definitely take the bait.

If the "Psychology Society" doesn't get involved in this, then it's not a "Psychology Society"!

Lin Yu even believed that even without his notification, the organization would most likely still get involved once they learned of the situation.

Of course... given that Lin Yu himself is "pushing things along," the timing and the setting will most likely be exactly what he expects.

Especially regarding "Cold Cicada"—although we still don't know what kind of guy he is or what specific information we have.

However, judging from the evaluations received by "A'yu" and the "Embalmer," this "Cold Cicada" is undoubtedly very capable.

Based on his current "achievements," Lin Yu could almost conclude that... this guy was a genuine "genius."

He is the type of person who will definitely be targeted by the Psychology Society and will generate tremendous interest in the Psychology Society.

In Lin Yu's view...

The Psychology Society will undoubtedly cause huge trouble for Cold Cicada!

Thinking about the ability of those lunatics from the "Psychology Society" to annoy him, and then thinking about how these lunatics were about to annoy a certain new "opponent" of his, Lin Yu couldn't help but want to laugh out loud.

Indeed, this "Cold Cicada" is mysterious, powerful, and seems to be very good at scheming and planning, and has strong mental and spiritual abilities.

But...

"You seem to be very good at hiding yourself and doing things behind the scenes... but I wonder if you can maintain that in front of the 'Psychology Society'?"

Lin Yu closed the "Schreiber" account.

The messages that needed to be sent using Socializing accounts with different identities have almost all been sent.

Lin Yu believed that he wouldn't receive any new information anytime soon.

So...

Next, all I have to do is wait.

Let the dust settle, let these rumors circulate, and wait for the actions of the experts from various organizations, as well as for the mysterious "Cold Cicada" to be forced to reveal more flaws as the situation changes.

Of course, Lin Yu wouldn't just sit there doing nothing and let time go to waste.

During this period...

He can also "improve himself".

After all, my abilities have indeed been improving rapidly over this period of time, with significant progress every day.

From the Barren Realm to the Eternal Prison, and now to the Nether Void Realm, I have gained a great deal from each journey.

New Item, new abilities... and new Authority.

Although many of these gains came at a huge "cost," if Lin Yu had a choice, he certainly wouldn't have chosen to pay those costs in exchange for these gains.

But... since it has already happened, and he has no other choice.

Lin Yu naturally wouldn't refrain from using these "gains" he gained in exchange for sentimental reasons like "being moved by the scenery" or "remembering people upon seeing objects."

He might feel a little sad, but that wasn't a reason to stop him.

To make good use of these gains... whether it's abilities or [Item], there's still a lot that requires some time to digest and adapt to.

Some of the gains even need to be processed further before they can be put to use.

For example...

My gains from my journey in the "Nether Void Realm".

In a secluded corner, Lin Yu took out a solid water sphere with some miniature parts floating in the middle.

The water sphere, only the size of a palm, floated and rotated on its own in Lin Yu's palm, yet it contained some extremely powerful energy fluctuations.

This is naturally...

The [Azure Sea Sky Dome] that Lin Yu obtained.

At this moment, what floats in this [Azure Sea Sky Dome] is not only the core components of the device itself.

Inside this [Azure Sea Sky Dome], Lin Yu could sense that another entity had also been identified by the system as an [Item].

[The Strange Desire Doll] -- Amidst a pile of mechanical gears, a rag doll with a heart-shaped head floats.

This is naturally the embodiment of the will left behind by the former God of Desire.

He looked beyond the [Azure Sea Sky Dome] and saw Lin Yu's face appear—this caused the God of Desire to pause slightly, before he realized what was happening...

Although she looked different from any girl he had seen before, this was indeed the mortal who had schemed against him.

"Ha, I didn't expect you... to be so versatile in appearance!"

The God of Desire raised his head, looked at Lin Yu, and spoke with a hint of sarcasm.

Lin Yu lifted up [Azure Sea Sky Dome], looking directly at the God of Desire.

"It doesn't change much; that face is one of the ones I use quite often... I only use a handful of faces regularly."

"But that's not important—although I didn't show my 'true face' before, what I said was true and reflected my real thoughts—it's just that the way I expressed it was slightly different."

"But the situation was urgent at the time, and there were indeed some things I didn't finish saying... So, now's a good opportunity for us to continue our conversation."

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