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

Chapter 688: Heading to Willow Town

The massive, terrifying spider demon loomed over Willow Town. Its mere existence brought an intense sense of oppression.Not just Lin Yu, but the other players looking at this enormous spider also couldn't think of a way to defeat this giant creature for the moment.

"So it's literally the size of a mountain, huh? I thought it'd be at most a dozen meters or even a few dozen, but now it looks like—" Seagull raised his head, using his hand to measure in front of his eyes. "This thing feels like it's one or two kilometers wide."

Snowy Owl also nodded. "About that. So here's the question: does anyone here have a means of attack that can cover two kilometers?"

Clearly, none of the players possessed that level of firepower.

Lin Yu let out a slight sigh. "Isn't this approach to solving the problem a bit too crude? It's like using L'Hôpital's rule for every calculus problem... There's no need to solve it with such brute force."

"We have a professional who's been studying this thing for decades—Senior Mystic Cloud Master. With a demon body this massive, even if it just lay there motionless and let us kill it, it'd probably take forever... Since you came in here, and even planned to come alone before, you must have a way, right?"

Lin Yu asked, and Mystic Cloud Master's expression grew grave.

"There is indeed a way. The Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord's 'Causality Silk' divine ability is extremely terrifying. In fact, even if you truly 'destroy' this main body of theirs, it won't actually kill them."

"As I said before, as long as their 'Causality Silk' remains, they can be reborn again. And they've already become entangled with the past of Willow Town's million-strong population. The Causality Silk has long formed a massive network."

"But precisely because of this, killing them actually has a shortcut," Mystic Cloud Master said in a low voice. "And that is to kill the 'source' of their current Causality Silk—that is, their identity as 'Zhu Qiansi'."

"Although some of their Causality Silk has occasionally leaked out now, these haven't yet formed a climate or a completed 'network'... According to my speculation, their Causality Silk can only grant them the true ability to be immortal and indestructible through that ability when it reaches a certain scale and forms a closed loop, creating a 'network' within a specific area."

"This was the killing move our founding master truly prepared for them—after a century of imprisonment, the 'causality' connected to them is nothing but the already perished 'Willow Town'!"

Lin Yu understood what Mystic Cloud Master meant.

"I get it. So the idea is to use the side effect of their own method for multiple resurrections to completely erase their existence, right?"

The Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord, to ensure they wouldn't be killed by the righteous orthodox sects, had lurked in Willow Town over three hundred years ago. They refined the lives of seventy to eighty percent of Willow Town's population into their life-saving "trump card." Since it was the most prosperous town, those people would endlessly spread outward. The network formed by the Causality Silk would naturally grow larger and larger. By the time it covered most of the Prison Mountain Realm, it would be enough to grant them true immortality.

But they probably never expected that the founding master of the Taiqing Sect was a decisive figure who, even by the standards of righteous characters, could be called "ruthless." He directly sank the entire Willow Town underground as a burial offering and sealed the demon lord there.

So, as time passed over three hundred years and Willow Town was gradually forgotten, the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord's proud "Causality Silk" divine ability instead became a burden.

That was why the puppet had been so eager to use Xie Chong's corpse to stir up chaos. They desperately needed a new "network."

Now, the new network wasn't yet formed, and the old network was sealed underground and in a dilapidated state...

Compared to trying to "physically" defeat a demon as massive as a mountain, striking from a "causal" level seemed like the truly best option, didn't it?

"So here's the question," Li Nian said, having also heard Mystic Cloud Master's words, pointing out the most critical issue with the plan. "How do we erase their identity as 'Zhu Qiansi' from a 'causal level'?"

Lin Yu didn't answer. Although he felt he might be able to try using his [Fraudster] ability, and he'd even thought of a few rough operational plans... he didn't want to reveal too much information about his own [Class].

"Although some of their Causality Silk has occasionally leaked out now, these haven't yet formed a climate or a completed 'network'... According to my speculation, their Causality Silk can only grant them the true ability to be immortal and indestructible through that ability when it reaches a certain scale and forms a closed loop, creating a 'network' within a specific area."

If something was already available, why not use it?

Lin Yu could also vaguely guess what Mystic Cloud Master's idea was.

"I think you, Senior, plan to use the spider demon's 'Causality Silk' divine ability, right?"

"Exactly right, young friend, your comprehension is excellent," Mystic Cloud Master nodded. "After that demon used 'Causality Silk' to scheme against me, and I used 'Incarnation Beyond Self' to counter-scheme them, I came to understand... Although 'Causality Silk' is the demon's own innate divine ability, such a great power that can manipulate causality is definitely not something the demon can fully control at will."

"So, if they want to see the light of day again by modifying their own past, they must use the 'Willow Town' network they've already woven. Earlier, the Willow Town puppet said that the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord used 'Causality Silk' to store everyone's past and consciousness."

"According to the founding master's records, once they make this move, we can take the opportunity to enter the vast net woven by the 'Causality Silk,' trace back to their own past—and then thoroughly kill the core of that network, which represents them as 'Zhu Qiansi'!"

As Mystic Cloud Master said this, his tone became resolute.

"I see. Then I have a new question," Li Nian raised her hand and said. "When will they act, and how do we get in?"

"For this plan of theirs, we've already brought the most critical 'key' for them," Mystic Cloud Master chuckled quietly, looking at Xie Chong's remains in Lin Yu's hand. "This is their blood descendant... And although it's now a 'mutilated body,' it's still in a 'living' state. To modify their own past, having this thing will absolutely save them a great deal of effort, getting twice the result with half the work!"

"This essentially provides them with a shortcut to find their own 'past causality.'"

"According to their original plan, they intended to launch this from the renamed 'Liu Town,' instantly replacing 'Liu Town' with 'Willow Town.' This would not only allow them to break the seal in one fell swoop but also make 'Liu Town' their second new network."

"But... now that we've ruined that plan and brought the remains here, they have no other choice. Using these remains here is also their final and best opportunity."

Having said this, the old Taoist Mystic Cloud Master beamed a brilliant smile. "Of course, even if they see through my, this old Taoist's, scheme and choose to give up this opportunity, it won't matter."

"Because they previously planted 'Causality Silk' on my original body... So now, the initiative is no longer solely in their hands."

Mystic Cloud Master looked at the six players.

"Everyone, please prepare..."

"We're going to Willow Town!"