New Game, Deadly Q&A!

Lin Yu rode his bicycle home.

Just like yesterday, Lin Zhao was waiting behind the door—only this time, she was sitting on the sofa with the lights on.

The moment she saw Lin Yu push open the door, Lin Zhao sprang up from the sofa, rolled up her sleeves, and marched toward him, her face blazing with anger.

"Lin Yu, today is already..."

Before Lin Zhao could blow up, Lin Yu immediately opened his schoolbag and pulled out two stacks of yuan.

"Business first, Sis! I went out and made some money!"

As he spoke, Lin Yu stuffed two thousand yuan into Lin Zhao's arms.

The pink bills instantly reduced the anger on Lin Zhao's face to zero.

She subconsciously rubbed the bills between her fingers. After confirming they were all genuine, she still spoke with some reproach.

"Why didn't you tell your sister sooner... Besides, didn't I tell you not to work part-time?"

"It was precisely because I was afraid you wouldn't let me that I kept it from you," Lin Yu said, waving his hand. "Don't worry, it wasn't tiring. I just made some quick money over the past few nights."

Lin Zhao immediately grew suspicious. "You made quick money at night... Lin Yu, you didn't go do something like male escorting, did you? I'm warning you, you'd better keep yourself respectable!"

Lin Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"What are you thinking, Sis? Why would I do male escorting?"

As for the origin of the money, Lin Yu had already thought up an explanation.

"There's a senior at school who makes short videos. I went to make a couple of guest appearances, and this is the appearance fee he gave me!"

As Lin Yu spoke, Lin Zhao really believed him.

After all, in Lin Zhao's eyes, Lin Yu was practically a future superstar and Film Emperor.

Getting several thousand yuan for filming short videos over a few days was perfectly normal, of course!

"So there's such a good opportunity? You should've told me. I definitely would've agreed! It's not like I'm completely unreasonable."

As she spoke, Lin Zhao even grew a little excited. "Hey, what's your senior's account called? I want to see what you filmed."

Lin Yu waved his hand. "Oh, he's still building up the account, so he hasn't posted any of those videos yet. I'll definitely tell you once he does!"

"I filmed all night and I'm a little tired. I'm going back to sleep!"

With that, Lin Yu hurriedly escaped to his room.

After closing the door, Lin Yu let out a breath.

"Phew..."

He had finally managed to fool Lin Zhao.

Lin Yu was already considering whether he should actually film some short videos.

It wouldn't just give him something to tell his sister a few days later...

If he made money at a gathering in the future, he wouldn't have to make up a new excuse, either.

"But all of that is a minor matter... The most urgent thing is making sure I can survive the 'Death game.'"

As he thought, Lin Yu opened the "forum" again and began browsing the guide from that day.

Because of the Fraudster's class characteristics, Lin Yu decided to memorize all the currently known classes and their abilities!

For other players, memorizing the abilities of other classes couldn't be said to be completely useless, but no one would deliberately go to such lengths.

After all, as long as it was a noncompetitive instance, everyone would introduce their own abilities.

But for Lin Yu, the most useful way to use the Fraudster class at present was to disguise himself as another class.

Depending on the characteristics of each instance, he could choose the class best suited to the current instance and use it.

Of course, that wasn't all.

Lin Yu was also studying ordinary instance guides!

In the blink of an eye, four days passed.

Lin Yu spent the entire weekend holed up in his room under the pretext of "reading scripts," studying all kinds of game guides.

Even during the two school days, he frantically studied the guides whenever he wasn't in class or rehearsing.

This greatly enriched his theoretical knowledge of the Death game.

Even on the way to and from school, Lin Yu rode his bicycle while recalling the classes from those deadly games, as if he were memorizing vocabulary!

"It really feels like I'm back on the eve of the college entrance exams."

Lin Yu couldn't help sighing.

Just after noon on Tuesday, the bloody writing before his eyes also changed.

"Less than twenty-four hours remain until the latest possible start time of the next game!"

"Before midnight tonight, find a 'body of water' deeper than fifty centimeters, submerge yourself completely in it, and wait to enter the game."

Lin Yu looked at the bloody writing before him, understanding dawning in his heart.

This was how he would enter the next game!

After browsing the forum these past few days, Lin Yu already knew...

Entering the Death game every week wasn't something that happened instantly.

Instead, players had to enter the game through some sort of bloody-word prompt, and those methods were generally related to a particular "way of dying."

Today's method, for example, was probably imitating "drowning"!

"Fortunately, it isn't too demanding. Otherwise, I'd have to go to some trouble."

Lin Yu muttered to himself.

If he failed to complete the entry method as instructed, then after midnight...

He wouldn't be erased or anything like that. He would simply be forced into the instance.

But under such circumstances, he would usually receive extremely harsh punishment inside the instance!

Some players even died the moment they entered... Put plainly, it was no different from a "death penalty."

As a newcomer who had just cleared the Novice instance, Lin Yu didn't want to challenge a high-difficulty instance in only his second one!

So Lin Yu had found a "body of water" long ago—and fortunately, he had one at home!

Although the apartment was old and cramped, the bathroom was fairly spacious.

Previously, Lin Zhao had bought a huge wooden bathtub on a whim, planning to soak in hot water whenever she felt like it.

But later, she discovered that it was far too wasteful of water—especially since heating such a large tub of water used a great deal of natural gas.

So after buying the tub, she had only used it a few times, leaving it on the balcony ever since.

Taking advantage of Lin Zhao not being home today, Lin Yu came home from school early and dragged the wooden tub into the bathroom to scrub it clean.

Afterward, Lin Yu quietly waited until Lin Zhao came home that evening.

"You're home early today... Did you drag out that wooden tub?"

"Yeah. I want to take a hot bath after I finish studying tonight."

Lin Yu spoke as he did so, and Lin Zhao wasn't surprised.

After the siblings finished dinner, Lin Yu returned to his room and read a few more guides, reinforcing the classes he had memorized earlier.

Then, when it was almost midnight, Lin Zhao had already gone to sleep in her room.

Lin Yu tiptoed into the bathroom and locked the door from the inside.

"People on the forum generally believe that most 'entry methods' are related to the content of the game."

"This game instance of mine is probably related to 'water,' so I'll try to play the roles of a 'fisherman' and a 'sailor' as much as possible."

Having made up his mind, Lin Yu took a deep breath and climbed into the wooden tub wearing slippers, tropical-style shorts, and a shirt.

Holding his breath, after only a few minutes...

As Lin Yu felt his consciousness disperse, bloody writing appeared before his eyes.

[About to join the game—]

[Ga%me... na*me: Is... ex&...]

In his daze, the bloody writing before his eyes seemed to writhe.

But soon, the bloody writing became orderly once more.

[Game name: Deadly Q&A]

[Clearance Conditions: Solve the necessary puzzles.]

[Player Count for this game: 5.]