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

Chapter 810: The Grand Barrier

“Something from the Pure Abyss?”

Upon hearing Brother Qi’s judgment, Phoenix first furrowed her brow, then a look of realization dawned on her face.

“So that’s it, so that’s it.”

“I was wondering why the mana flow of this thing was so strange—it turns out it doesn’t use ‘Ether’ mana at all!”

Hearing Phoenix’s explanation, Lin Yu also put on a suitably shocked expression.

“What, items from other worlds... could this be the players’ doing?”

After all, although some of the Ten Realms had already begun to interact with each other—for instance, the nobles of the Sleepless City in the Wasteland Realm even kept collections from other worlds—players themselves traveled between realms all the time, inevitably bringing along plenty of “influences.”

But...

The Death Game and each realm had a strict self-correcting mechanism: the more powerful and far-reaching an item or technique was, the more easily it would be “corrected.”

When something from another world crossed boundaries and caused an impact, it would often vanish due to various “accidents” or return to the world it originally belonged to—one common method was being directly rewarded to a player.

So, when a Pure Abyss item suddenly appeared here, it was only natural to first suspect it was some other player’s doing.

However, that guess was quickly shot down by Phoenix and Brother Qi.

“It’s unlikely to be another player’s work... Lone Boat should know all the experts active in the Pure Abyss. If someone were planning something like this, they wouldn’t do it without saying a word first.”

As Phoenix spoke, Brother Qi nodded more earnestly.

“If I’m not mistaken, this item is the same model as the ‘Deep Sea Sky Dome’ of the Lost Kingdom... It’s almost impossible for a player to obtain it, and using it so casually is nothing short of wasteful.” Brother Qi paused, then added, “Besides... the relationship between Night Valley and the Pure Abyss is relatively special.”

“Special?”

Lin Yu asked, puzzled.

“The ‘Abyss’ of Night Valley is like the ‘Boundary Gate’ of the Wasteland—it can communicate with other worlds without going through players... And those ‘demons’ aren’t bound by rules like the companies of the Sleepless City or the tribes of the Wasteland. When they get their hands on something from another world, they really will force it into use, defying the correction and interference of the ‘World’s Will.’”

“Instead of suspecting players, it’s more likely the demons are behind this,” Phoenix said, looking up at the sky. “After all, this kind of scale doesn’t really match a player’s style.”

Fish, on the other hand, didn’t care where the thing came from—she cared more about how to get rid of it.

So, she turned to Brother Qi and asked, “How do you break this thing? You know?”

“There’s no breaking it. The most famous ‘Lost Ruin’ in the Pure Abyss is shrouded by something called the ‘Deep Sea Sky Dome,’ hiding countless treasures and wonders inside—natives of the Pure Abyss and players alike have tried many ways to break in, but that thin layer of a barrier has never been breached to this day. Only when the manipulator wants to open it can someone enter or leave.”

As Brother Qi spoke, Phoenix nodded.

“The only thing we can do now... is turn back.”

“Because in my view, the cost of breaking through this cross-realm item, which might even be at the ‘Divine Artifact’ level, is far higher than simply returning to Lilee City and finding the hidden dark races amid that turbulent undercurrent. A city as big as Lilee, statistically speaking, has to have at least a few hiding there.”

“Yeah, and don’t forget, the Tribunal of Heresy’s black prison also holds dark races,” Kui reminded with a smile. “To be honest, maybe storming the black prison would be easier than breaking this barrier?”

“I’m not so sure about that. The black prison not only has its own troublesome barrier but is also guarded by experts, and it’s located underground in the city center. If something goes wrong, the Church and city defenses can respond immediately...”

At this point, Fish paused, suddenly realizing something.

“Hey, wait a minute... you guys think someone holding a Golden Cross Medal has the authority to get inside the black prison?”

Phoenix was also stunned: “Huh... that might be worth a try. Why didn’t I think of that just now?”

“That’s called a blind spot in thinking, I guess. Everyone was only focused on killing the dark races wandering outside, but some of the captured ones were never executed—we all overlooked that for a moment.”

Kui said with a smile.

Lin Yu nodded: “I think it’s worth a shot.”

He hadn’t thought of that angle either.

Actually, there was another reason why no one had considered it... those dark races that hadn’t been executed must have had various reasons.

Too strong to kill, better to keep locked up; carrying a death curse that made safe disposal difficult after death; being too unique for research value...

Even if they could sneak into the black prison, taking out those guys by force would be no easy feat.

But still, it seemed like a viable backup plan.

“Let’s go, back to the city!”

Phoenix jumped back onto the carriage and set off with a flurry of urgency.

Even though it was a stolen city defense knight’s carriage, as they returned to the city, everyone became far more assertive.

The reason was simple...

They actually had a legitimate excuse now!

Lin Yu’s Golden Cross Medal already gave him extremely high privileges, and with just a bit of a good reason, it became nearly unbeatable.

As they approached Lilee City, the patrol knights on the city walls spotted a feed cart that had no business being on the road, racing toward them from afar.

“Who goes there?!”

On the closed city gates, the guards hailed from a distance.

The group, who had originally planned to escape by stealing the cart, now radiated pure confidence.

Fish stood up and shouted loudly.

“You idiots—the entire area around Lilee City is sealed off by a barrier, and you don’t even know it?!”

She raised her flintlock with one hand and fired a shot into the sky.

The white light from the flintlock shot up at lightning speed and collided with the canopy of the sky a moment later.

“Bang!”

The crisp crack above Lilee City, along with the fine cracks illuminated by the white light, revealed an invisible dome that had somehow appeared hundreds of meters in the sky.

Like an upside-down bowl, it sealed them within a hundred miles of the city!

“You’re all locked up like turtles in a jar, and you’re still out here patrolling! Morons!”

“Open the gates! Then go wake up your captain and tell him that at least a monarch-level demon is plotting against Lilee City—and while you’re at it, wake up the bishop of the Holy Flame Church and the Inquisitor of the Tribunal of Heresy!”

“Tell them to come see us as fast as they can—demons covering this place with a dome definitely aren’t planning to feed and pamper the people of Lilee City for fun.”

“If you don’t want to end up as part of some tragedy like the ‘Lilee City Grand Sacrifice of the 35th Year of the Azure Moon Calendar’ that future history books will record, then get moving!”