Forum Strategy!

After the "Death game," Lin Yu understood that his acting skills had indeed improved to an almost "qualitative" level.

It wasn't just his performance on stage today...

He was becoming increasingly adept at applying his "acting skills" to everyday life.

No, rather than "improvement," it was more like...

The "Death game" had served as a wake-up call – reminding Lin Yu that he could use his "acting skills" to do these things in reality.

For example, telling his sister a well-intentioned lie.

Faced with Lin Yu's sincere words, Lin Zhao naturally had no reason to doubt him.

Her initial annoyance turned into concern.

"Then, Xiao Yu, you should go back and rest..."

"Don't take acting too seriously... If you need a break, we can take one. Sister has her own shop now, she can support you!"

In the past, even though Lin Yu was an "experiential" actor who fully immersed himself in his roles, he would often get stuck in character. Lin Zhao had witnessed this state before.

Especially after browsing short videos online and hearing news about "famous movie stars unable to escape their roles, leading to suicide," Lin Zhao naturally feared such an outcome.

Lin Zhao was Lin Yu's only family in the world, and wasn't Lin Zhao his as well?

Seeing his sister Lin Zhao's concerned eyes, Lin Yu returned to his room.

While he felt a sense of relief, he also felt a pang of guilt.

"People really are hypocritical... Or rather, anyone who can enter the 'Death game' is a top-tier 'egoist'."

Lin Yu muttered to himself.

In the "Death game," he had "deceived" and set traps that led to the deaths of five living people, even personally killing two, and he only felt a slight twinge.

But facing his beloved family with a lie, seeing their cautious expressions...

Lin Yu felt a bit uneasy.

However, Lin Yu wasn't so sentimental as to blame himself for it.

He was someone who didn't dwell on things.

"Ultimately, it's all the fault of this strange 'Death game'... and the person who killed me."

"I must catch her at tomorrow's gathering... and also see if I can really use that gathering to improve my life."

Lin Yu secretly made up his mind.

After Lin Yu had this thought...

Without hesitation, he locked his room door and opened the installation package that "Harmony brings wealth" had sent him.

After Lin Yu clicked install, it was soon...

A brand new app icon appeared on his desktop, completely black.

The name was also simple, with only two characters – "Forum."

"It's really called 'Forum'," Lin Yu couldn't help but mutter, "I thought it was some kind of code name."

Despite his complaints, Lin Yu had to admit that the app's name and icon were indeed mysterious and sophisticated.

He clicked on the icon, and it remained extremely minimalist – a completely black screen with an input box in the center, no prompts whatsoever.

If not for the blinking white cursor indicating that Lin Yu should input something, he would have suspected his phone had blacked out.

Clicking on the input box, the keyboard floated up.

Although there were no words telling Lin Yu what to enter, he recalled what "Harmony brings wealth" had said – "fill in the WeChat ID for invitation."

He entered "Harmony brings wealth"'s WeChat ID.

As expected...

The input box flickered twice and changed to two characters.

"Welcome."

Then, a new input box appeared – this time with a prompt.

"Enter your 'nickname' and 'account'."

Lin Yu thought for a moment and decided not to use his WeChat ID as his "account" like "Harmony brings wealth."

Lin Yu entered his account – "Stanislavski1938."

This was the English spelling of his favorite screenwriter and theater theorist, with "1938" being the year of the master's passing.

Then, Lin Yu hesitated slightly over his nickname.

Finally, he entered two characters.

"Director."

He had originally wanted to enter "Actor," but Lin Yu felt... that might expose him too much.

Although, from a rational perspective, it was almost impossible to determine his identity or anything else based on just these two words...

But taking a few more "detours" would put Lin Yu's mind at ease, so why not do it?

After finishing these, the input box flickered again.

Soon, new words appeared.

"Welcome to the 'Forum'!"

The text faded, and then a very simple forum interface appeared.

The forum had only four main sections: "Announcements," "Discussions," "Guides," and "Bounties."

Lin Yu took a look. "Announcements" was like a normal forum, filled with content about banning users for various durations.

Most posts were meaningless, but a few about "permanently restricting access to the forum for members of XX organization" piqued Lin Yu's interest.

"It seems this 'Forum' isn't completely neutral in its operations!"

Lin Yu muttered.

He also silently noted down the names of the organizations that were restricted from logging in.

Pinned to the top were three organizations: "Psychology Society," "Freedom Alliance," and "Marauders"...

"Marauders" already gave off a shady vibe, but the other two made Lin Yu unsure of the "Forum's" leanings.

Moreover, the pinned announcements only listed three rules for the forum: "No personal attacks, no spreading rumors, no posting irrelevant information."

It didn't even explain why members of these three organizations were banned from the forum.

"Could it be continuous large-scale flame wars?"

Lin Yu didn't know.

But none of that mattered...

Lin Yu continued to browse the "Forum."

In the "Discussions" section, many posts were being bumped, though Lin Yu only half-understood the titles.

"Rational discussion: Can the strength after completing two professional tasks truly compare to exclusive items?"

"Is the rule-based profession 'Thug' the most useless in pure 'survival' categories?"

"Seniors, I really want to know how long the 'Referee's' abilities take to take effect in reality?"

"Looking to trade powerful offensive items, private message if interested!"

"'General' versus 'Grandmaster,' who is stronger in a one-on-one fight?"

"Haicheng, female, newcomer, looking for a carry! Can verify via video!"

Each post left Lin Yu feeling like he understood, yet didn't fully grasp.

He could vaguely sketch out the "portraits" of other players, but couldn't quite comprehend them.

"I'll check out the 'Guides' first!"

Lin Yu muttered, opening the next section of the forum.

And upon opening the "Guides" section...

Lin Yu was shocked.

"Holy crap!"