Recaps

Lin Yu used his Fraudster ability to survive a deadly game, uncovering that the humans were the outsiders before Yu Longguo killed him. He then rewound time, took control as the Administrator of a new game, and entered its next stage as players began dying.

• Lin Yu accepted the Death game’s offer, became a Fraudster, and joined six others in “Who is the Outsider?”
• Lin Yu claimed to be a detective who could uncover secrets, then investigated Bao Liu and learned he was a werewolf.
• Lin Yu discovered that the humans were the outsiders and killed Xia Yue, but the group failed to banish anyone after Chen Zhuo accused him.
• Lin Yu manipulated Yao Zhengye into killing Bao Liu, then found himself surrounded with Chen Zhuo by the remaining players.
• Lin Yu revealed Yu Longguo’s secret and falsely claimed to be a Player with the power to Rollback before Yu Longguo beat him to death.
• Lin Yu awoke five minutes before the game began, became Mr. Administrator, and persuaded the six players that his role and knowledge were real.
• Lin Yu retrieved a handgun, directed Bao Liu to a werewolf weapon chest, and later found Bao Liu dead while Xia Yue had survived.
• Lin Yu learned that Xu Xiumei had died, leaving Xia Yue and Yu Longguo as the remaining werewolves.

Lin Yu survived his first Death game, investigated the Players’ world, and used his Fraudster ability to turn others’ belief into real items. He entered a second instance, Deadly Q&A, where his group solved lethal puzzles and chose a door to continue.

• Lin Yu killed Yu Longguo and Xia Yue, ending the Werewolf game, then returned to reality with his rewards and a card inviting him to a Players’ gathering.
• Lin Yu met Harmony brings wealth, learned about Items and the Players’ Forum, and studied its guides to prepare for future games.
• Lin Yu used his Fraudster ability to give Chen Zhuo a baton and agility potion, helping him fight off his bullies.
• Lin Yu sold batons and potions to Tycoon at the gathering, then learned that the Psychology Society had arranged his entry into the Death game and escaped a Ninja’s attack.
• Lin Yu prepared for his next instance, entered Deadly Q&A, and reunited with the Thief who had stolen his bicycle before joining Uncle Tie, April, Number Eight, and Bu Wang.
• Lin Yu recognized that the first puzzle’s doors and drains led to endless voids, so he answered that the room could never fill with water.
• Lin Yu calculated that the group could not finish the second puzzle’s tasks before drowning, and Crowman accepted their answer and gave them a chance to change their choice in the next dilemma.
• Lin Yu explained the Three Doors Problem, but after the group chose red, Crowman opened the yellow door and a strong current nearly swept Bu Wang away before Lin Yu rescued her.

Lin Yu cleared the Inverted Tower by exposing Crowman’s deceptions, earning two bound Items and learning that he would face a Rank Advancement Trial early. After investigating the organizations interested in him, he entered his next Game Instance, where he had to make contradictory lies come true and find the hidden Fraudster.

• Lin Yu chose the black Trapdoor and led the group through the Second Room’s bridge puzzles, where Bu Wang tested a bridge and helped identify the safe route.
• Heavenly Artisan revealed his identity as a Marauder and left the Instance, while April exposed Number Eight’s betrayal, killed him, and earned her key.
• Lin Yu used Bu Wang’s truth about clearing twelve Instances to earn a key, then stayed behind and challenged Crowman’s lies and identity.
• Lin Yu deduced that Crowman was the God of Truth, Falsehood, and Change, and met his future self before entering the Inverted Tower’s final room.
• The God of Change explained that the Instance was a reward and revealed that Bu Wang had joined it to assess Lin Yu for the Freedom Alliance.
• Lin Yu chose the statue’s reward and used the Tooth of Prophecy to trick Crowman into giving him both it and the Tongue of Deception, then woke in the Settlement Space.
• Lin Yu learned about Rank Advancement from Tycoon, declined to join Jiang'an Society, and asked Shen Bingmiao to investigate Tycoon and A Nian.
• Lin Yu prepared for his early Rank Advancement Trial by entering a freezer, then woke in a blizzard-bound wooden house and questioned a burly man about who he was.

Lin Yu gathered professions and investigated the deaths and deceptions surrounding Winter Mountain, uncovering Truth Company’s creation of Cha from stolen fear and souls. As the Dream Manufacturing Device drew survivors into a shared dream, Lin Yu stayed out and accepted Veil Valetti’s offer in exchange for a deal.

• Lin Yu used false identities to collect professions from the Players and mapped the outposts, then discovered that Sherlock was an impostor and that the map’s missing sector spelled “cheat.”
• Lin Yu dreamed of the Rough Uncle’s death and learned that Cha could kill people in their sleep, then found Veil Valetti’s journal and key in a hidden chest.
• Lin Yu and Sherlock concluded that deaths occurred in dreams and that time passed differently while sleeping, then followed Veil’s clues to a cave concealed behind a wall from the past.
• Lin Yu and Sherlock entered an underground factory, where Veil Valetti revealed that Truth Company had created Cha by harvesting fear and combining stolen emotions and souls.
• Veil Valetti warned that Chatter would activate the Dream Manufacturing Device to seek true life, and said Lin Yu could find its soul in the survivors’ shared dream.
• Lin Yu used Official’s power to keep himself out of the dream while Sherlock entered, then accepted Veil Valetti’s offer of help and his indestructible notebook in exchange for a deal.