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

Chapter 646: Suspicion Lifted

Chen Family Fort was a human settlement with very concentrated buildings and a very dense population. The distance from the stone houses used for summer retreats and resting to the cave where the escort carts were stored wasn't much.After all, when they came, it only took a short walk to get there.

Although the scorching sun was currently slowing down their progress somewhat, the total distance was fixed, and they still arrived quickly.

From a distance, Lin Yu saw a person standing near the cave entrance, looking bewildered.

Inside the cart shed, the escort carts and livestock were all safe and sound.

Leading Yue Zhenqiao and Wu San forward, Lin Yu glanced at Yue Zhenqiao.

"Is this Liu Chengyang?"

"Yes, this is Liu Chengyang."

As Yue Zhenqiao spoke, he looked around, seemingly trying to find that deputy and the other dart master he himself couldn't remember.

But in the end, he still couldn't remember anything, so he had to take Wu San first to confirm whether the escort carts were safe and sound.

Lin Yu didn't bother with the carts and instead entered the cave.

The cave didn't have cooling talismans, but the interior avoided direct sunlight, and there was flowing water deep inside, so the temperature was lower than outside, probably only around forty-something degrees.

He looked at Liu Chengyang, who was holding his bow. The other man seemed to remember Lin Yu, giving a slight nod.

"Female Warrior... you've come too!"

Lin Yu looked at Liu Chengyang and spoke, "Dart Head Yue heard the signal arrow, realized something was wrong here, and rushed over. What happened?"

Lin Yu didn't directly say he had already deduced that two people had gone missing here.

He didn't want to directly lead the other to the answer.

Although Liu Chengyang seemed ordinary, he was currently the only one who had reacted to the disappearance of the people around him.

So, Lin Yu wanted to see how far the other could go.

Upon hearing this, Liu Chengyang said with some self-blame, "To be honest... I don't know either."

"I feel... it's like I was cursed or something, suddenly feeling very wrong—it was as if at a certain moment, I suddenly realized that me being alone here seemed too dangerous."

"At the time, I didn't know why I was so panicked. Maybe it's because my mental fortitude is too poor," Liu Chengyang sighed. "My martial arts aren't good enough. I always thought in the past that it was fine to just rely on others and muddle through. But at that moment, once I got scared and my head got hot, I shot the signal arrow."

At this point, he hesitated, "But... Female Warrior, I'm not trying to make excuses for myself. After telling you, I feel more and more that when I shot the arrow, it really seemed a bit strange."

"Clearly, I was just staying alone at the beginning, perfectly fine, but suddenly at that moment, I felt an inexplicable terror. Could it be that some kind of demon passed by, and my instincts and qi sense detected something wrong, which is why I was affected?"

The more Liu Chengyang thought about it, the stranger it seemed, and he couldn't help but ask.

Lin Yu shook his head, "No, I think perhaps it wasn't a demon passing by... Can you still remember why Yue Zhenqiao arranged for you to guard here alone at the time?"

Although Liu Chengyang didn't know why Lin Yu suddenly asked this, he still nodded, "I don't recall anything particularly special. The Dart Head just called me out alone... hmm... wait, now that you mention it, it is indeed very strange. Why did the Dart Head suddenly have me watch the escort carts alone today?"

"Usually, when our escort agency encounters this kind of situation, it should be at least three people together, and they should all be veterans and skilled hands from the agency..."

Thinking of this, Liu Chengyang also seemed to realize something was wrong and tried hard to think.

But his expression twisted in pain, as if he couldn't remember no matter what.

Lin Yu knew that forcing the other to think further was meaningless, so he simply revealed the answer directly.

"Because you were originally three people guarding the escort carts together. Dart Head Yue didn't have you watch this place alone... There is some powerful demon or other strange entity that erased the other two and made you forget all of this."

Lin Yu said calmly.

Liu Chengyang looked at Lin Yu, "This... how is that possible?"

"A demon instantly killed my two colleagues and erased my memory?!"

"Not necessarily killed, maybe just kidnapped," Lin Yu corrected. "Although it sounds incredible, this should be the truth—your Dart Head Yue's memory was also modified, but I still remember this arrangement, and... one of them was your Deputy Head Escort!"

"Deputy Head Escort?" Liu Chengyang asked in astonishment. "We... we have a Deputy Head Escort?"

He asked somewhat incredulously, his expression extremely confused.

Then, Liu Chengyang struggled for a moment, as if thinking of a certain possibility.

His look towards Lin Yu became somewhat wary.

"Female Warrior, what you're saying is too unbelievable," Liu Chengyang put down his short bow and drew his saber. "I have to be wary of the possibility that you are a demon in disguise... my apologies."

After all, compared to believing what Lin Yu said... for Liu Chengyang, the possibility that Lin Yu was a suddenly appearing demon was more reasonable.

He hadn't been with Lin Yu the whole time, so he couldn't naturally trust Lin Yu like Yue Zhenqiao could.

"Your Dart Head is right over there," Lin Yu, seeing the other draw his saber, wasn't flustered. "If you don't believe me, you should at least believe your Dart Head, right—you should have methods, secret signals, to identify whether someone is a demon or not, correct?"

Liu Chengyang looked at Yue Zhenqiao, who was not far away inspecting the escort carts and livestock in the cart shed, struggled for a moment, and then said, "Yes, once the Dart Head comes over, I will naturally confirm with him. It's just..."

"Ding!"

In a flash of lightning, Liu Chengyang saw a white flame flash, and an uncontrollable fear surged in his heart.

In the instant he was bewildered by fear, the saber in his hand had already been knocked away!

"Clang!"

The saber flew out diagonally, clattering as it fell on the cave floor.

By the time he regained his senses, Liu Chengyang saw the Female Warrior opposite him holding a short rod that looked like a torch, its tip steadily stopped a hair's breadth from his face.

Lin Yu spoke calmly, "Dart Head Yue will still be a while. I don't really like you pointing a saber at me... Anyway, this can also be considered my own method of proving myself before exchanging secret signals."

"Although unreliable, I think it has some logic... you can listen—if I were a demon, killing you wouldn't require any disguise."

Liu Chengyang looked down at his right hand, which was numb from the shock and had a split tiger's mouth, recalling the speed and force just now, and had to admit.

The Female Warrior before him indeed spoke the truth.

"I was rash," Liu Chengyang said in a low voice. "My apologies!"

"No matter."

Lin Yu put away the Fear Torch.

Not long after, Yue Zhenqiao also finished inspecting all the vehicles and livestock with Wu San.

"Truly strange, Female Warrior... two people are missing from this place, yet the escort carts weren't looted!"