The Truth of Everything

Is Lin Zhao dead?

Lin Yu felt as if he had been hit on the head with a heavy hammer; his ears were ringing and his vision was blurred.

No... no, it must be lying to itself!

Yes, this guy must be Deception himself—his goal is to undermine his own beliefs.

Lin Yu looked at the Black Cat he was holding in his hand and gradually Leng Jing down.

"You're lying to me..."

The Black Cat looked at Lin Yu and sneered, "Still unwilling to accept reality?"

Lin Yu released his grip.

"Even at your peak, you couldn't hypnotize so many people at the same time, let alone including Kres and Paper Kite," Lin Yu said Leng Jing. "And among my Summoned Creature, one is even more skilled in mind manipulation than you, and the other has a rank only slightly lower than that of the Chosen of God ..."

"From the moment I started, I felt my thoughts were in disarray and I couldn't Leng Jing. My decisions were impulsive and emotional, and I was hardly myself anymore. So... you didn't let everyone else into the dream except me; you only let me Entering Dream!"

"You want me to lose my judgment in this dream and then fall into despair—that's why you fabricated the story that my sister is dead, trying to use this thing that I fear most to break down my psychological defenses."

As Lin Yu spoke, he narrowed his eyes and said, "Lin Yu, you are indeed very clever... This is definitely a dream."

"But... unfortunately, I didn't know at first that your biggest worry and fear was your sister. To be honest, in my opinion, someone like you could completely disregard your family—I only discovered this after entering the dream—in your dream, the furnishings of your home are quite different from those in reality."

The Black Cat looked towards the kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom.

"In your dream, this house is indeed filled with traces of two people living together, but in reality... this house looks like it's entirely yours to live alone."

"Perhaps you were already mentally unstable before you even entered the 'Death game'," Twenty said sarcastically, "But that's precisely why... you were able to create the illusion of a dead person!"

Lin Yu looked at it coldly. "You're still trying to lie to me... Twenty, it seems you want to die by my hand again."

"Kill me again," Twenty said with a smile. "Did you think the one I summoned with the altar was my true form?"

"Then one day I will go to the world you are in," Lin Yu interrupted him, "And then kill you completely, until your soul is completely destroyed."

"I'm looking forward to that day," Twenty said with a smile. "However, I must remind you that you're still in the dream I've woven and manipulated."

"Are you sure?"

Lin Yu countered with a question, staring intently into the other's cat-like eyes.

Then, in the next moment... two people appeared in Nian's house—and Nian transformed from his Black Cat form back into his original human form.

"Thank you, Old Zheng."

Lin Yu said softly.

Twenty's expression Cataclysm.

Damn it!

He cursed angrily, and the next moment, the dream shattered.

Lin Yu opened his eyes and found himself sitting in his room.

Fu Luo turned around and was about to step forward. "Oh--you're awake?"

But Lin Yu growled, "Fu Luo, stay away from me!"

The next moment, a dense black nightmare substance surged from his body and rushed towards Fu Luo.

Fu Luo groaned and fell into a deep sleep, at the same time the black nightmare substance surged out of his body.

"So that's how it is. The 'altar' was just a decoy. Your real 'method' for returning to reality is hidden in the dreams of the people you've hypnotized!"

The Demons that made a Contract with Nian is named "Nightmare," and Nian has consistently demonstrated the ability to create dreams.

The best way for Lin Yu to deal with this kind of thing is still the legacy of Will Valetti!

The [Fear Torch] suddenly lit up, its pale flames approaching the black nightmare substance that was Fu Luo.

"Old Zheng!"

"I know!"

As Old Zheng answered, the invisible Mental Power Fu Luo's body, ripping it out of his soul and dream. Clearly, both of them were once "Tier 3" beings, and now they were new Life Form lingering on after death. Old Zheng, this First Generation "Freud," was indeed more than twenty in manipulating the mind!

It was already the limit for Nian to tamper with Lin Yu's dreams after he fell asleep on his own. To do it in front of Old Zheng was simply courting death!

The two men's Mental Power clashed in an invisible battle, and Twenty was subsequently defeated step by step.

Finally, Nian let out a scream like a cat being burned, and transformed into a burning Black Cat, falling into the air.

The next second, a surge of seawater rushed in from outside the window, turning into a water prison that trapped it inside.

Kres and Paper Kite climbed in through the window. Looking at the 20 on the ground, Kres sighed.

"Thank goodness I made it in time! Damn, that scared me half to death... Where did this nightmare come from?!"

Paper Kite's expression turned grave. "This isn't a nightmare, it's Player 'Twenty'!"

Lin Yu looked at Twenty in the water dungeon and said coldly, "Although what's in this world now might be your Doppelganger, if you die here, your original body probably won't feel good either, right?"

At this moment, Lin Yu had regained his resolve—everything in the dream he had just experienced was definitely a deception and a lie by Nian.

"They actually tried to sway me with false information about my family..."

Nian looked at Lin Yu and sighed, "I did underestimate you again, but..."

Twenty spoke loudly, "Your sister is indeed dead—no matter how much you try to deceive yourself, you cannot deny this fact!"

"Shut up, my sister is perfectly fine outside!"

Lin Yu spoke in a cold voice, when a knock sounded at the door.

"Xiao Yu, why is it so noisy in your room? What are you doing?"

Lin Zhao's voice rang out, and Lin Yu replied with a smile.

"Twenty, your method of lying is so clumsy!"

However... even after hearing Lin Zhao's voice, Lin Yu still felt uneasy.

Twenty, inside the water dungeon, spoke with a cold laugh.

"I've already told you, it's a hallucination... You're a paranoid lunatic who should see a Doctor to check his brain."

"The thing outside the door may look like your sister, and may even have a soul-like structure, but she can't be called a 'person' at all—she's not even a 'life'!"

"I know you still harbor illusions, that's alright... Now I can convince you. Although I only learned earlier that your sister was a figment of your imagination, the fragments of Memory I gleaned from 'Sherlock's' mind have already given me a good understanding of most of the principles behind your success..."

"The answer lies in your own Memory. Your sister, whom you cherish so much, can you recall the time you spent with her? When was the last Memory you were with her before entering the Game? On the day you entered the Death game, what was your sister wearing, and what did she cook for you that morning? Can you remember?"

"Lin Yu, although I don't know where you came from, you actually used an entire 'Fragment of Fate' as the cornerstone supporting this 'fantasy'... No wonder beings from every world and 'Player' are so eager for the 'Fragment of Fate,' it turns out this thing actually has..."

At this point, Nian suddenly let out a piercing scream.

"What... what?! Ah!!!"