The Diviner's death

Distorted, shaky, blurry mosaics and garbled data covered half of the "Diviner's " body, as if gradually erasing him from the world.

This is not "death" or "harm," but something higher, something more irreversible... deletion!

This attack is not targeting the "Diviner's" life or anything else, but rather his very existence.

As Lin Yu said, this is a method from a "Death game" that is of a higher level than Authority.

This is something even Shen Bingmiao, the "God of Games and Rules," couldn't do.

Although Lin Yu briefly acquired a Deity status and mastered the "Game" Authority, he also realized why the "Game" Authority was special—this "Authority" indeed had the Divine Power to influence the "world," interfere with "reality," and even truly affect the "Death game" itself more easily than other Authority.

This is also the basis for his ability to perform [Data Deletion].

But...

Relying solely on "Game" Authority is insufficient to perform [Data Deletion].

What made this method possible was Lin Yu's words just now.

"I am the Game Administrator" -- This is the "truth".

Lin Yu has always possessed some "Administrator" privileges.

At this moment, this sentence was repeated again, and coupled with the "Fraudster's" ability, and with the help of the "Game" Authority, Lin Yu's influence was further expanded.

Lin Yu can now make the non-existent method of [Data Deletion] a reality.

Furthermore, it could be applied to "Diviner".

But no matter what...

This was indeed Lin Yu's deadly plan for the "Diviner"!

Although Lin Yu's goal was always to stall for time, if he could actually kill the "Diviner" here, or force him to reveal his survival techniques and lose his "Player" status... that would certainly be even better.

"Anyway, now... it's your turn to counter," the Diviner.

Lin Yu looked at the "Diviner" and said in a low voice.

The deletion process is still ongoing.

The Diviner also sighed softly.

"Amazing, amazing... God of Games and Rules, you truly deserve to be called a monster who survived the Previous Version. I underestimated you..."

As he spoke, the Diviner gripped his own neck with his left hand and used his blurred, distorted Right Hand to pull his head back.

"Click."

After the crisp sound, the "Diviner" breathed his last.

He committed suicide.

The Diviner decisively ended his life and died at that moment.

But...

Even death cannot prevent Data Deletion.

That process was still eroding his "corpse," and it was even accelerated because he was in the process of "death."

Moments later, the Diviner's body completely vanished and disappeared, no longer existing in this world.

But Lin Yu felt... it wasn't that simple.

How could things possibly go so smoothly?

Diviner is definitely not someone who would choose suicide in Desperate Plight!

Perhaps some people, knowing they have no hope of survival, will take their own lives, choosing a dignified end for themselves.

But Diviner are definitely not that kind of guys.

In fact, Lin Yu knew that his suicide attempt was definitely not an "experiment".

That was just him revealing a trump card—a card he was confident he could handle [Data Deletion], albeit at a heavy price.

The next second, Lin Yu also knew how the "Diviner" should respond.

Cracks appeared on the "Destiny" Authority in the air, on the transparent Authority of Fate figure whose heart was beating, which was in a false state of completeness.

The sound of shattering continued, and then the solidified form peeled away piece by piece.

Diviner can project a "complete" false Destiny from another moment onto this moment, and naturally, he can also Projection the process of its "fragmentation"!

But this newly shattered Destiny, like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, revealed... the figure of the Diviner himself.

He and "Destiny" reappear in the present, from the past or the future.

The completeness of "Destiny" is an illusion; its fragmentation is the reality.

The process of going from complete to broken again is like a kind of correction, turning the "fake" back into the "real," and merging the tributaries into the mainstream.

Therefore... the death and disappearance of Diviner is like a Lone Boat on the River Destiny, drifting with the current and becoming an illusion.

His reappearance was... a transformation into reality.

No, not only that.

Lin Yu keenly sensed that regardless of whether the "Diviner" had just died, disappeared, or reappeared now...

His "Heart Domain" has always existed!

Even during the moment of Destiny's shift, the Diviner's "Heart Domain" played a hidden role—a subtle yet crucial change that Lin Yu couldn't comprehend but certainly sensed, affecting both the Diviner and the [Fragment of Fate]!

His "Heart Domain"... has hidden functions?

Lin Yu thought in surprise.

Although he understood what the Diviner had done to deal with [Data Deletion], Lin Yu wasn't entirely clear on the principle behind how it worked.

But...

The Diviner clearly didn't eliminate the effects of [Data Deletion] without paying a price.

Lin Yu could sense that the [Fragment of Fate] in his hand had quietly shattered.

The power of Destiny contained in that fragment of Fragment of Fate has slipped away from the "Diviner" and returned to the Ten Realms, its whereabouts unknown.

"Truly impressive, to have survived," Lin Yu praised softly. "And remarkably decisive... to be able to directly abandon the [Fragment of Fate]."

The Diviner looked at Lin Yu and sighed, "Would dying with a [Fragment of Fate] be more acceptable to me? Ha... But don't worry too much, I'll get it back."

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow and said, "But you only had one [Fragment of Fate], and now it's gone... What are you going to do, Diviner?"

"You can only use this life-saving measure once."

The Diviner looked at Lin Yu: "Is [Data Deletion] something you can use again? How much time... do you really have left?"

Lin Yu replied frankly, "Of course not."

Although he wasn't Shen Bingmiao and didn't have the restriction that his "self" would be consumed, for Lin Yu, [Data Deletion] was indeed a one-time measure!

This method not only consumes a lot of "trust," but it's not even a "compliant method" in itself; rather, it seems to exploit some kind of bug in a "Death game"...

After he used it, the will of "Death game" seemed to have noticed the bug and revoked Lin Yu's permission to "delete" "Player" using "Death game" privileges.

"However, even without [Data Deletion], now that you've lost 'Destiny,' how will you fight against me and the 'God of Desire'?"

Lin Yu countered with a question, and the system panel on the "Diviner" reappeared.

At the same time...

The God of Desire, surrounded by golden light, also appeared behind the Diviner.

"Mortal... your struggle, your 'Desire to survive' is astonishing, but once you've lost 'Authority,' you're powerless to reverse the situation."

The Diviner turned back to look at the God of Desire. His "Heart Domain" activated again, switching his and the God of Desire's positions. He avoided the Desire Golden Light that was secretly rushing towards him from beneath his feet, and instead allowed the power of Desire to return to the God of Desire's own body.

"Honestly, exposing 'this' to you, the 'Hacker,' to 'Order' and 'Feng Shui Master' is not a good choice... but now, there really isn't a good alternative."

After dodging the attack of Desire, the Diviner spoke in a low voice, and the Compass behind him appeared and began to slowly rotate.

This time, however, he did not use the power that connected the Ten Realms that he had used when he fought the "Feng Shui Master"—although using that move inside this "channel" that was already connected to various parts of the Ten Realms and was in the process of collapsing might have been twice as effective.

But...

The Diviner knew that using that to fight against the "God of Games and Rules" and the "God of Desire" was meaningless.

Therefore, at this moment, the turning of the Compass is drawing in... another kind of "Authority".

A cold, damp, and dim atmosphere enveloped the Diviner; some invisible energy imbued him with an aura that...

Complete convergence.

In just half a second, he transformed from a Tier 4 Deity who had opened his "Heart Domain," whose body still retained the aura of "Destiny," and who was almost Demigod, into someone who, as the creator of the [Instance], was empowered by the nascent will of the current space, into...

An ordinary person.

Half a second later, his aura became even more restrained, to the point that one could hardly sense that he was a "Living Beings" or a "living thing"!

Modern Diviner are more like a piece of wood, a plastic plant, a chair, or a hand-cranked Coffee machine.

He is practically nonexistent.

Undoubtedly, this is the blessing from another hidden Authority —an Authority that may not be as powerful as "Destiny" or as high-ranking as "the Game," but... its compatibility with the Diviner is absolutely excellent.

"The God of Games and Rules... and over there, the God of Desire."

"I will put both of you into a deep sleep."

The Diviner whispered, raising his hands, one copper coin after another between his fingers.

But before he could make his next move, Lin Yu laughed.

"You're going to launch a counterattack, aren't you?"

"Well... goodbye."

As soon as he finished speaking, a stream of data covered his body, and the God of Desire transformed into a golden light.

Then, both figures vanished from the spot.

The Diviner was somewhat surprised.

"What?"

Jian Cunyi's voice came from behind the Diviner.

"Fool... My calculations are complete."

"Nobody wants to fight you to the death here, so you can just... have some fun on your own!"

The Diviner turned around and saw that the same data stream had already enveloped Gu Mo and Jian Cunyi.

The two of them, too, disappeared without a trace while surrounded by the "Emperor"!