Death Game: Starting as a Trickster, Pretending to Be a God

After the two exchanged in a businesslike, not-particularly-familiar manner, Lin Yu lay back on the waterʼs surface again.

He had to admit... after getting used to this feeling of being submerged, clothes clinging wetly to his body, it was actually quite comfortable.

Like duckweed floating on the waterʼs surface, gazing up at the overcast night sky where basically no stars were visible, for a long while, Lin Yu felt somewhat drowsy.

Before he completely fell asleep...

The familiar sensation of weightlessness came.

Then...

”Splash!”

When consciousness returned, the sound of tidewater reached his ears.

”Gurgle gurgle...”

And the continuous sound of bubbles.

Lin Yu looked around and found himself in the cabin of a large, sinking ship.

The hull looked like it was made of some kind of wood, with several large holes smashed through the cabin walls, and seawater was madly pouring in through them.

At this point, the water inside the cabin had already risen past Lin Yuʼs waist, and various wooden barrels and corpses floated around him.

And the only living person in the entire cabin, besides himself...

Was just one other person, a girl with short black hair.

She wore crisp black short-sleeved tight athletic wear, the elastic, sweat-wicking material already soaked through, though it wasnʼt too much of an impediment. This stood in stark contrast to Lin Yuʼs hoodie, which had visibly become heavily waterlogged and cumbersome.

The girl also noticed Lin Yu, then furrowed her brow. ”So youʼre 『Yayu』? Seriously... knowing you were coming to Pure Abyss, whyʼd you wear something so inconvenient!”

Lin Yu looked at her. Even though her features and appearance hadnʼt changed, it took him a moment to realize...

”Oh, youʼre April.”

The style and aura of the person across from him had changed drastically compared to when heʼd seen her in the second 【dungeon】!

In the second 【dungeon】, sheʼd still been a college girl in pink athletic wear, looking very clear-eyed but also strong and kind.

And now...

Even though heʼd known sheʼd joined the 『Marauders』 and must have undergone certain changes, and had expected it somewhat, Lin Yu still felt a bit shocked.

On the two forearms exposed beneath Aprilʼs black short-sleeved athletic wear were tattoos of entwined thorns and a serpent staff respectively. She also wore earrings and an ear cartilage stud, and had even pierced her brow ridge.

Even though his ancestral home wasnʼt the land of Confucius and Mencius, Lin Yu couldnʼt help but sigh emotionally.

It seemed she had completely given up on any consideration for government jobs or positions with official establishment.

This transformation could no longer be explained by post-breakup madness.

Killing her own boyfriend with her own hands had probably dealt too great a blow to her worldview.

”Li Nian, you are utterly wicked.”

Lin Yu sighed emotionally in his heart once again.

Of course, compared to Li Nian... the most utterly wicked was the 『Death Game』 itself.

This damned Game turns people into ghosts!

Though from a literal definition standpoint, it actually turns ghosts into people, anyway.