Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god.

Chapter 1047 Shocking Scam

"Tack, tick, tick..."

Walking step by step along the dim corridor, Lin Yu and Li Nian's footsteps echoed in the empty corridor.

The two had just climbed out of the artificial sea, and water droplets on their bodies dripped onto the ground.

"The nobles of the City That Never Sleeps are such a wicked bunch, coming up with such a dirty trick," Li Nian said unhappily after climbing ashore. "When I see the director team, I'm going to clean out their pockets!"

"But they really spent a lot of money... those rare materials there are actually 'real'."

Li Nian said this and Lin Yu nodded.

"Firstly, I'm afraid they didn't expect someone would actually rob the vault... Secondly, the audience for this show is probably the most prestigious 'aristocrats' in the city that never sleeps."

"Even if we put aside those precious materials, building this luxury cruise ship would require the collaborative support of many nobles—and don't just think of it as an 'entertainment show.' Don't forget that in the City That Never Sleeps, shows that harvest emotions are themselves a form of energy production."

As Lin Yu spoke, Li Nian suddenly realized: "That's true... But I won't return those things to them."

"Since this is the City That Never Sleeps, it's naturally impossible to return the things that have come into our hands... I also have some connections in the City That Never Sleeps."

Lin Yu pinched his sleeves and squeezed out the moisture: "No matter which company or which noble is behind this... I still have to ask them for some additional compensation."

Li Nian laughed: "Since you are so confident, I will leave it to you..."

She believed that Lin Yu should have a lot of connections in the City That Never Sleeps. After all, she knew that Lin Yu and "Forboluo" were good friends. Li Nian often bought the hand-typed and sorted forum posts specially provided to the three expelled organizations from the Hunting Club. In the posts, "Forboluo" would brag about his close relationship with the "Director" from time to time.

The value of Forbolo in the city that never sleeps is now known to everyone.

What's more, Lin Yu himself has also taken out many high-quality props that are obviously produced by the City That Never Sleeps.

"However, this production team is really careless. We've already come all the way here, and no one has come to greet us or stop us?"

Li Nian asked, and Lin Yu shook his head: "Maybe they are waiting for us to negotiate... The land in the City That Never Sleeps is very expensive, and the studio for this program seems to cover a large area, so it should be in the Great Wilderness."

"So, they should be more confident. After all, they can build such a place in the wilderness, so there should be a lot of armed personnel stationed there."

The two of them quickly reached the end of the corridor—here, there was a heavy door, with light faintly visible through the crack of the door.

There is a sign next to the gate saying "Controlled area, no entry for unauthorized persons".

Lin Yu pushed open the door.

The expected scene appeared. Even if it was a world away, the control room of a program crew would not be much different.

There are more and larger screen monitors, rows of consoles more complex than a cruise ship's cockpit, and numerous workstations that should be occupied by various post-production and field control personnel.

but……

"Something still doesn't seem right."

Li Nian muttered.

because……

In this huge control room.

Still, no, anyone!

There was a half-drunk cup of coffee and an unfolded newspaper on the table, and an unwrapped sandwich wrapper on the floor. Lin Yu even took a quick glance and saw many half-aligned audio tracks and unsaved files - this meant that someone had disappeared halfway through their work!

in other words……

It's the same here as on a cruise ship.

"The signs of people 'suddenly disappearing' on the cruise ship weren't intentional," Lin Yu reacted and said suddenly, "There were originally a lot of 'extras' there... The theme of that cruise ship wasn't a deserted, silent cruise ship, but a haunted cruise ship with 'other passengers' - in addition to those 'mechanical' ghosts, there should have been NPCs playing ghosts, but... they also disappeared along with the entire production crew!"

Li Nian said in shock: "Holy crap, is this true?"

"Of course it's true - if there were a reality show in the City That Never Sleeps, it definitely wouldn't be themed around 'hauntings'. This is what I find strange in the end - because now, collecting emotions like 'fear' is illegal in the City That Never Sleeps!"

As Lin Yu spoke, he grabbed the newspaper on the table. On it was written the headline news of the day: "The memorial service for Buyetian Yongshang was held today at the Buyetian family" - the picture showed a farewell ceremony being held in the Buyetian family mansion.

In the memorial procession, Lin Yu could see a familiar figure standing in the second row—Buye Tian Yonglian, with long hair falling to the ground and dressed in plain clothes, was standing behind a handsome man.

At the memorial service of the Buye Tian family, Buye Tian Yonglian stood in the second row, which means that at least she had not yet become the head of the family.

in other words……

"This show is at least a few decades old."

Lin Yu came to a conclusion.

"So, something really attacked here—not just the cruise ship, but the entire crew, right?" Li Nian said in horror. "Oh my god, no! I was just relaxing!"

She looked around warily, comforting herself, "But at least I know this is the Wasteland Realm... There aren't any ghosts in the Wasteland Realm—so was this done by the people of the Great Wasteland, or was it destroyed by some large force... The worst-case scenario is that it's just the Great Wasteland Evil God!"

Li Nian muttered, and Lin Yu shook his head and interrupted her.

"No, if this is really the wasteland, then it's fine."

Li Nian looked at the newspaper on the table and said, "There's even the Buyetian family here. If not the Wasteland Realm, then somewhere else? Are there other Buyetian families in the Ten Realms?"

"No—but I kind of already know what happened here," Lin Yu sighed and walked to another door in the studio marked "Emergency Exit." "About a few decades ago... the crew of 'Ghost Ship' violated some kind of taboo, and the entire crew accidentally left their own world and came to... this world."

Lin Yu opened the door, and outside the emergency exit was "nothingness".

Li Nian's brain was buzzing: "What on earth is going on?!"

"I still don't remember anything about the [Settlement Space]. Senior reminded me that it's not over until I see the [Settlement Space]... I'm really grateful for her reminder."

Lin Yu sighed.

"Li Nian, you don't have a complete soul right now. You've just been 'filled' with soul matter, allowing you to regain your ability to think..."

"The two of us have been tricked by the 'Central Authority' - now we are still in the Gray Zone and haven't left yet!"