Death Carriage in Turmoil, Li Nian Gifts Clothing

After Yue Zhenqiao the order, all the bodyguards surrounded him.

The bodyguards quickly sat down, some with serious expressions, others with worried ones; none of them seemed optimistic.

This is to be expected... Encountering a colleague mysteriously disappearing, or even not being able to remember who the missing colleague is, is a rare and terrible experience, even in the Prison Mountain Realm.

Therefore, they certainly couldn't be optimistic.

Yue Zhenqiao sat there and slightly adjusted the seating arrangement of the bodyguards around him.

"You two sit a little closer together."

"Wu San, you and your men, check the seating arrangement..."

"Everyone must pay close attention to the people around them."

Looking at Yue Zhenqiao's arrangements, Lin Yu couldn't help but sigh.

"Although this Biaotou Yue's fighting skills are just so-so, he has a wealth of experience in the martial world and his leadership is quite good."

After all, even when facing unknown and invisible enemies, and terrors whose patterns haven't even been fully figured out, Yue Zhenqiao is still trying to find ways to fight against it all.

What he did was indeed the optimal solution after summarizing the patterns.

But unfortunately...

"These measures are unlikely to stop people from continuing to go missing."

Lin Yu said in a low voice.

Hearing Lin Yu's words, Li Nian asked curiously, "Why do you say that, Sister Zhu Ming?"

"Isn't his method much better than those three over there pointing weapons around randomly?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu shook his head.

"They are stronger than them, but Biaotou Yue's approach is essentially relying on people's attention... But people's attention and Memory are the most unreliable things, not to mention that the Yaomo or other things hidden in the shadows, this guy who created the disappearance, is clearly very good at Deception people's senses and manipulating their Memory... Your Profession is 'thief,' you should know this better than I do."

Li Nian nodded. "That's right... Those two people disappeared without a sound, and no one around them noticed anything."

As Li Nian spoke, she came to understand what Lin Yu was saying.

After all, she had just personally proven Lin Yu's point—the fact that Squirtle didn't realize its scroll had been stolen silently was the best example.

With Lin Yu's reminder, Li Nian could recall many similar examples of attention diversion... After all, even without the "Death game" ability, she was extremely talented at "stealing".

Of course, there was another reason why Lin Yu was not optimistic about Yue Zhenqiao's plan...

That's because he had already asked Old Zheng to keep an eye on everyone... but it was to no avail.

Old Zheng's Mental Power coverage is much more reliable than the sight and hearing of ordinary people, but all he can do is tell himself where people are missing as soon as possible.

It is impossible to stop, track, or even capture how the disappearance occurs.

Lin Yu looked at Yue Zhenqiao again—the leader of the escort team was now keeping a close eye on all his colleagues and subordinates, silently counting numbers.

Clearly, Yue Zhenqiao was constantly counting the number of people around him.

But...

Lin Yu issued a warning the instant the last disappearance occurred, so theoretically, the next disappearance shouldn't happen so quickly.

Moreover, Lin Yu had a vague premonition...

It seems that what caused the escorts to disappear one after another was not some kind of unconscious weirdness of "regularity" and "system of rules", nor was it a demon with low intelligence.

In other words, the disappearance of these bodyguards must be due to some entity, some entity with a strong sense of self, actively manipulating everything behind the scenes.

After all, if his reasoning that "those with the weakest interpersonal relationships disappear first" and "Player and Native are treated differently" is true...

It's highly likely that a mastermind behind all this is deliberately driving things.

This shows that that guy at least has the wisdom to judge who among the escorts is more lonely, and to distinguish the difference between players and natives, and he can also spy on all this in some way.

If this assumption holds true, and based on this premise, Lin Yu put himself in the shoes of this "mastermind."

"To take it a step further, let's assume this mastermind has observed Yue Zhenqiao and me discovering something is wrong, and that we're trying to deduce and find patterns, and tentatively, its goal is to make as many of us as possible disappear or die..."

Lin Yu began to think from the perspective of the "mastermind behind the scenes".

"If it were me... even though there are still twenty-four bodyguards, if they disappear two at a time, it would take twelve rounds to completely eliminate them."

"Therefore, the best option is... the third round of disappearances will not follow the pattern of the previous two, but will instead break the deadlock and create even greater chaos..."

"Even if it's not the third round, it'll probably be the fourth, fifth, or sixth round... In short, it's impossible to keep doing this, like slowly boiling a frog in water, forcing us to constantly search for patterns and try to find a loophole."

Thinking of this, Lin Yu looked towards the spot where the two had just disappeared.

To put it bluntly, the strategy of trading lives for time is actually advantageous to these Player.

So...

"Something is bound to change within the next half hour."

Lin Yu thought to himself.

He was just about to share his deductions with Li Nian when he heard a sound coming from outside the stone house.

"Whoosh--"

"Bang!"

A sharp whooshing sound was followed by a violent explosion.

Lin Yu's expression changed slightly.

He had heard this sound before when he was at Fuyuan Mountain - it was the sound of an escort's arrow.

He looked at Yue Zhenqiao, only to see Yue Zhenqiao stop counting and stand up abruptly.

"It was Old Liu who fired the signal arrow; something happened to the caravan!"

We need to go check it out right away.

Yue Zhenqiao stood up, turned around, and looked at the bodyguard. "Wu San, come with me... Wu Qi, you stay here and guard."

Wu San nodded in agreement, but Wu Qi immediately spoke up.

"No, Chief Escort! It's noon, the hottest time of day. Going out now would be extremely dangerous!"

"This Chen Family Fortress is already strange; you and Wu San should go there..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu stood up.

"Plus me."

As he spoke, Yue Zhenqiao looked at Lin Yu and asked, "Is the Heroine truly willing to help?"

Seeing that Lin Yu's expression didn't seem to be joking, Yue Zhenqiao salute.

"Thank you so much for your help, Heroine! I, Yue, am deeply grateful!"

Upon hearing this, Li Nian also stood up.

Lin Yu glanced at her and, before Li Nian could speak, said, "You have to stay here—someone has to keep an eye on these guys and their employer."

"I can't take my employer out into the scorching sun with me... right?"

Upon hearing this, Li Nian sat back down helplessly.

"Okay, you have a point," Li Nian said, taking off a transparent, almost invisible Soft Clothing. "But... take this with you."