Settlement Complete! Return to Reality! Lin Yu's Plans!

In the pitch-black space, rows of bloody words appeared before Lin Yu once again.

[Congratulations on winning the "Who is the Outsider?" game!]

[Settling the rewards for this game!]

[You have received the basic reward: 7 days of Survival Time.]

[Based on your performance in this game, you have received the evaluation "Master of Control" and earned an additional reward.]

[Additional reward: You may choose one "Non-exclusive item" that appeared in this game as your reward!]

As Lin Yu's rewards were being settled, a sudden scream came from beside him.

"Holy crap—why is it seven days?"

Lin Yu looked toward the source of the commotion.

This [Settlement Space] looked very similar to the space they had entered before the game, but it was also somewhat different.

The difference was...

Besides him, there was also Chen Zhuo.

After screaming, Chen Zhuo looked toward Lin Yu.

"Administrator, bro, what happened to the promised seven years...?"

Looking at Chen Zhuo's tearful, desperate state, Lin Yu shrugged. "Oops, I only told that kind lie earlier because I didn't want you all to despair too much."

"Seven days is only enough for me to keep watching for one more episode!" Chen Zhuo wailed again. "C-can't you give me a little more time?"

"Sorry, Chen Zhuo," Lin Yu said helplessly. "Although I'm an 'Administrator,' I'm only a Player with a special identity. I don't have that much authority."

"Rather than a god, I'm only a god's 'spokesperson.' Otherwise, I wouldn't have appeared in this Settlement Space with you."

Lin Yu said this to Chen Zhuo.

Chen Zhuo was dumbfounded. "Huh... Administrator, then... will you have a little more time in your balance?"

"Yes! The time I receive is twice yours!"

Lin Yu spoke with certainty.

That was why he had "partially confessed" to Chen Zhuo earlier.

When Lin Yu saw that Chen Zhuo still regarded him as the "Administrator," he had an idea...

Could the Fraudster's ability also work in the game's Settlement Space?

After all, this was the Unique Profession!

Unfortunately...

After Lin Yu said it, he felt that although Chen Zhuo believed him, and the Fraudster's ability did seem to be taking effect...

Making it "come true" had still failed.

A vague realization rose in Lin Yu's heart: Chen Zhuo's "belief" alone was far from enough to support making the matter of him "receiving twice the Survival Time" come true.

"This is actually pretty difficult."

Lin Yu muttered inwardly.

But after proving that the Fraudster's ability was effective, Lin Yu became excited.

"Of course, apart from this 'Survival Time'... I can also receive an additional ten 'Non-exclusive items' that appeared in each game!"

"Ten?!"

Chen Zhuo said in shock.

"Yes. In fact, as long as you perform well in the game and receive a 'special evaluation,' you can also earn Item rewards." Lin Yu patted Chen Zhuo on the shoulder. "Not bad, right?"

Chen Zhuo said in astonishment, "So that's how it is..."

He naturally "believed" Lin Yu's explanation.

Lin Yu felt Chen Zhuo's "belief," but unfortunately, it still did not "come true."

His "belief" was still insufficient to support it "coming true." However, this time, Lin Yu could sense that it was not far off.

Lin Yu thought for a moment, looked at Chen Zhuo's extremely gullible face, and spoke again.

"I was joking earlier. It's not actually as many as ten. There are only six."

If it had been anyone else, Lin Yu definitely would not have dared to change his story so casually. It would certainly have aroused their suspicion.

But Chen Zhuo...

As expected, the little fatty believed him again!

"Damn, that's still pretty good, Administrator bro! I think you're really amazing!"

But...

This time, it still did not "come true"!

However, Lin Yu could sense that it was only a little short this time.

So he decided to keep changing his story and fool Chen Zhuo.

But this time, Lin Yu did not intend to state a number directly.

"Actually, I don't receive them unconditionally. As an 'Administrator,' I can only receive 'double' the rewards when I obtain rewards!"

"So I only doubled the 'additional rewards' I received from this game!"

As Lin Yu spoke, Chen Zhuo suddenly understood.

"I see... Being a 'Game Administrator' really is an incredible profession!"

"But I think the reason you were chosen by the gods is because you're strong too... You hosted this game very well!"

Chen Zhuo gave Lin Yu a thumbs-up.

Then he realized something was wrong.

"Wait... According to what you said, Administrator bro, all the Players who cleared the game should be here in this [Settlement Space], right?"

"Why can't I see anyone else?"

Lin Yu spread his hands. "Oh, they all died—because I added special Rules, they couldn't resist slaughtering one another. The last two happened to perish together, so the game ended very quickly, leaving only one Player who cleared it."

"What?!"

Chen Zhuo was utterly shocked. Then he asked, "Even the 'Lone Wolf' died?!"

As he said this, Lin Yu froze for a moment before realizing that Chen Zhuo still believed the "Lone Wolf" existed.

Lin Yu nodded solemnly.

"That's right. The 'Lone Wolf' was killed by the 'Veterinarian'—one slash, straight through the throat."

Chen Zhuo was horrified.

"Damn, who would've thought that 'Veterinarian' was so ruthless? She was a woman, and she even wore glasses and looked so refined!"

Lin Yu froze for a moment.

Xia Yue didn't wear glasses either, did she?

Then he realized what had happened.

"You remembered wrong. That was the 'Teacher.'"

"Oh, oh." Chen Zhuo scratched his head, then said with some emotion, "Sorry... I was just shocked by how cruel this game was."

"Yeah, it was very cruel."

Lin Yu also spoke softly.

Chen Zhuo's survival had indeed been mostly due to luck—the little fatty, the only human identity card besides himself, had diligently completed his tasks until the game ended.

Still, luck was also a part of strength.

"Good luck from here on out. You've come back to life once, so you must cherish this hard-won opportunity."

"It's only seven days, bro..."

Chen Zhuo said with a mournful expression.

But before he could finish speaking, the [Settlement] ended as well.

Lin Yu opened his eyes in a daze and found himself lying in the center of the stage.

He took out his phone and saw that it was already past midnight.

Overlapping almost perfectly with the 00:01 displayed on his phone were bloody words floating in the upper-right corner of his vision.

"Latest start time of the next game: 06 days 23 hours 59 minutes"

Lin Yu exhaled.

"Although I guessed the 'time' wrong, there really is..."

There really was another round of this Death game.

Compared with Chen Zhuo, Lin Yu did not feel that seven days was short in the slightest.

But...

"That's still pretty urgent."

He climbed to his feet and touched the nonexistent "bullet wound" on his chest.

Everything seemed like a dream.

What proved that it was not a dream, besides the bloody countdown in his vision...

Was also the storage space within his soul, where the "Infallible Revolver" and the "One-sentence Lie Detector" quietly lay.

And—

The Fraudster's ability could still take effect.

With these things as his support...

"It's time to figure out exactly who that 'madman' who killed me was."

Although the other party had a gun, he had one too now!

Lin Yu muttered as he took a step forward.

Then he suddenly felt that the sensation in his right trouser pocket was off.

It felt as though someone had stuffed a card inside.

He reached in and pulled out a pure-black card.

In the center of the card were two lines of small, silver printed words.

"Welcome back from 'Resurrection,' Dear Senior."

The moment Lin Yu saw the words, the hairs on his body stood on end.