Lin Yu: Gangsters Were Still Too Low-End for the First Generation Freud

Hearing Nightless Sky Fire Apricot's complaint, Lin Yu, who was displayed as a corpse on the shelf among a bunch of mannequins, raised his head. His pale, bloodless lips moved, emitting a slightly hoarse voice than usual.

"Are you sure he received the message...? Based on your description, Omia Bosen should be in hiding right now, living under an assumed name. He might not be constantly monitoring this terminal."

"Based on the status of the previous three emails, there was actually a fairly long interval between their communications... They probably only replied after they had time to see the emails."

As Lin Yu spoke, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot scratched the back of her head, which was pressed against her back, and said, "Oh, that makes sense, Arthur..."

After a moment of silence, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot said, "So, does that mean we should pretend to be corpses later?"

"At least we'll have to wait until he replies to the email... or until Pipi others on the outpost spot someone approaching?"

Lin Yu looked at Nightless Sky Fire Apricot with lifeless, equally unfocused eyes and said, "Hmm... it seems we don't need to rush."

"But there's no harm in keeping the body there; if he arrives quickly, it will be too late."

"And... it's quite comfortable for me. Lying down like this is like sleeping; I don't have to think about anything, and it helps me recover a lot of mental and physical energy."

On another shelf beneath Lin Yu, Old Zheng couldn't help but speak up as well.

"Wow, boss, that's fine for you, but it's a bit too much for me... It takes some effort for me to maintain the appearance of a not-so-fresh corpse."

After all, not everyone can adapt to having their Life Force suppressed to an extremely low level.

People like Nightless Sky Fire Apricot and Lin Yu, who have mastered methods related to Life Force, are fine; they can autonomously reduce the outward activity of their Life Force. However, for people like Old Zheng who haven't mastered these methods, if they want to pretend to be a corpse, Lin Yu will first drain most of their Life Force.

A state of low Life Force is like having a cold, hypothermia, diarrhea, anemia, and other illnesses all at once; a person's overall bodily functions will decline to a very serious degree.

If you could see a Game character Status Bar right now, low Life Force would definitely not just show one negative status, but a series of statuses such as "sluggish," "hungry," and "dizzy" stacked together.

Old Zheng is currently in this state.

Lin Yu looked at Old Zheng on the shelf below, thought for a moment, and then spoke.

"Should I temporarily remove your body and then have Nightless Sky Fire Apricot soak you in a jar?"

Before Old Zheng could answer, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot spoke up excitedly.

"What does 'removing the body' mean...? What does that mean?"

"Could this Doppelganger Two actually be a pure soul entity? -- Although I do find his body a bit strange, I really have no idea what state this guy is in!"

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot spoke, Lin Yu spoke up.

"Oh, his body is actually a 'fake,' a 'materialized' Projection of some special energy at the level of Rule."

"However, he's not a pure soul... he's simply someone whose entire body consists only of a brain."

As Lin Yu spoke, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot's eyes lit up. "Wow, I really want to see that, Arthur... I do have organ Cloning Vat, unopened nutrient solutions, and even what seems to be a special version for brains in my Warehouse..."

Old Zheng had originally intended to politely decline Lin Yu, changed his expression slightly upon hearing the detailed explanation from Nightless Sky Fire Apricot and immediately spoke up.

"No need for that... I can still tolerate it!"

Being left with only a lonely brain is definitely not a good experience. Even though the body's feedback in the current low Life Force mode isn't very good, Old Zheng still feels it's better than being left with only a brain.

That feeling is worse than being paralyzed from the waist down.

In particular, Old Zheng had almost gotten used to the feeling of only having his brain, since he had basically forgotten what it felt like to have a body.

But after meeting Lin Yu, especially recently...

He began to frequently regain his body—although they were all fake illusions, the functions and senses were real and tangible.

Objectively speaking, it's true that this body is a "fake".

But from Old Zheng's subjective experience, this couldn't be more real.

Then, Old Zheng changed the subject. "However... I still admire Stiller at times like this; he can even fall asleep in this kind of environment."

On the shelf next to Old Zheng, Stiller opened his eyes and spoke.

"I didn't fall asleep. I just entered an energy-saving hibernation mode in a 'low Life Force's state... Although it has 'hibernation' in its name, it doesn't actually force me to lose consciousness. I'm just temporarily in a dream-like state, but I still retain the ability to communicate with the outside world."

"This is a default function that I had from the moment I was born as an 'Artificial Humans'... After all, I originally designed it to cope with various extreme environments, including the Great Wilderness Life Forbidden Zone. Although this design goal has shifted and changed since then, the function of activating this 'hibernation energy-saving mode' in the event of serious injury or extremely harsh environment has been preserved."

"The designers and President Paris probably thought this feature would come in handy—though I hadn't expected it before, I never imagined it would be used in 'pretending to be a corpse' today."

Stiller explained to Old Zheng.

Hearing this, Old Zheng quickly understood what Stiller was saying and couldn't help but sigh again.

"So you have a special method for faking your body, and it's not difficult at all... I'm the only one suffering here in this whole plan, is that it?"

"Can't I play the role of a subordinate or something?"

As soon as Old Zheng finished speaking, Huo Xing's voice rang out from Nightless Sky Fire Apricot.

"Of course not... My persona as the 'Fairy Queen' dictates that I will never have any of my subordinates in the same room when I'm meeting guests!"

"I need to maintain the Fairy Queen persona."

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot spoke, she lifted her head up by her hair, so that it would face Old Zheng.

"Besides, none of my trusted subordinates are as weak and docile as you—you have no tattoos, your muscles aren't bursting out of your clothes, and you even wear glasses. How could you possibly be the 'Fairy Queen's' trusted subordinate!"

"I'm the stand-in for the 'Underground Emperor' and 'King of Gangs' in the Outer City —do you even know what 'underground' and 'gangs' mean?"

"It's hardly convincing for someone like you, who seems like a mild-mannered, kind-hearted intellectual, to claim you're my subordinate!"

Lin Yu remarked, "Let me interject... While the term 'intellectual' is correct, the rest is entirely wrong."

"The organization he founded is several times more ruthless and insane than the gangs you subdued in the Outer City."

"This guy is a notorious lunatic among the 'Player'."