Lin Yu stared at the lizard man who had just pulled a "Dinosaur Carrying Wolf" comic book out of thin air and handed it to him, feeling like his own mind might actually be getting a bit disturbed.
He took the comic book and flipped through it a couple times...
The comic actually had real content and felt heavy in his hands—it wasn't some illusion or projection.
"This can't be right..."
Lin Yu felt an indescribable sense of wrongness enveloping him.
Did this lizard man have the ability to summon objects from thin air or create things?
Or perhaps... there was something strange about that window area, or the medical staff at this "asylum" had made some modifications targeting its condition?
Whatever the case, in the Death Game filled with supernatural phenomena, pulling a comic book out of thin air wasn't particularly shocking or rare ability.
In fact, this was a basic ability for Players—the privileges of the item space were available to players as soon as they entered the Death Game.
Because even though he could come up with those "reasonable" explanations, his intuition told him... the current situation absolutely didn't fit those seemingly logical explanations.
This lizard man who seemed to have delusional disorder moved and carried himself too naturally, as if he really was in a comic book shop filled with comics. Lin Yu even noticed that his elbow had accidentally bumped against what might have been a "cabinet," causing a slight shift—even the world's greatest mime artist couldn't perform to this level.
This wasn't a question of whether acting skills could achieve it, but whether ergonomics and physics could permit it.
Even the most accomplished Oscar winners playing flying deities would need wires and special effects!
So... Lin Yu held the comic book in his hands, feeling that these "patients" were indeed much deeper waters than they appeared.
"Has the psychiatric fantasy here reached the point of constructing an entire world invisible to others out of thin air, or is it simply the projection of some higher-dimensional being?"
Lin Yu held the comic book and looked back at the lizard man.
"Thank you for the recommendation... I'll properly appreciate this comic book."
Lin Yu spoke while slightly bowing in thanks, then left the table.
The lizard man with the metal skull nodded slightly in acknowledgment.
Holding this comic book, Lin Yu began trying to interact with other patients.
His next target was the two-headed bird sitting cross-legged on the floor playing chess not far away.
Before the two-headed bird was a chessboard with black and white pieces on a square board that looked like Go, but the board only had ten vertical and ten horizontal lines, not the standard Go configuration.
The two bird heads were also quite peculiar.
Both appeared to be some kind of raptor, but one had no eyes on its face, while the other had teeth in its beak.
The eyeless bird head played black, while the toothed bird head played white.
"Clack!"
Every time a piece was placed, both bird heads would shake and sway while praising each other and themselves.
"What a brilliant move."
"Truly an excellent play, hahaha!"
Lin Yu moved closer to take a look—the two crows were currently twisting their heads around like goats.
His eye twitched.
Not only were they playing against themselves, but both heads were terrible chess players.
Noticing Lin Yu approaching to watch the game, both bird heads simultaneously turned toward Lin Yu.
"A chess friend has come to watch, would you like to play a game?"
The left eyeless bird head spoke cheerfully.
Before Lin Yu could respond, the right toothed bird head spoke with an unfriendly tone.
"Go away, go away, I only play with masters... you're of unknown origins, I won't play with you."
Hearing the right bird head speak, Lin Yu immediately smiled.
"Alright, sorry to disturb!"
Lin Yu immediately turned and left.
He didn't have time to waste with this two-headed bird man...
Patients were all very dangerous, Lin Yu kept this firmly in mind.
The right bird head seemed to have a bad temper... what if they got angry during the game and started fighting with him?
The risk was too great—better to try someone else!
After leaving the two-headed bird man, Lin Yu found another figure sitting on a table, leaning against a mop, completely covered in dark fur.
From within that fluffy mass of fur, a pair of bright red eyes shone intensely, like the indicator light on Ultraman's chest when he's low on energy.
Lin Yu walked over and stared at it for a while.
The fur ball spoke.
It pointed to the mop beside it, its voice weathered.
"Iron Mouth Direct Judgment, No Deceiving Young or Old!"
Lin Yu looked at the positioning between him and the mop and understood.
So this mop that looked like a mop was actually a banner.
This fur ball before him was actually a fortune teller.
"How much for a fortune reading?"
Lin Yu looked at the fur ball before him and asked.
The fur ball shook for a moment, then extended a withered hand from within.
It pointed to the... comic book in Lin Yu's hands.
"This."
"This? This is borrowed," Lin Yu looked toward the lizard man still reading comics over there, "This isn't my thing, it's his."
Lin Yu pointed toward the lizard man.
The hand extended by the fur ball waved slightly.
"No matter, just give it to me."
Lin Yu hesitated somewhat, worried this might cause trouble.
But after considering for a moment, he felt it probably wouldn't be a big problem, and handed the comic book to the fur ball.
The fur ball took the comic book, retracted its entire hand inside, then fell silent.
A few seconds later, just as Lin Yu was wondering if this thing had stolen his comic book and was playing dumb, it suddenly spoke again.
"Calculating, calculating, endless changes cannot be fully calculated."
"Seeing, seeing, all living beings and appearances cannot be completely seen."
"Today it is destined that you come here, with me, this half-immortal, having unfinished karma."
"Karma is karma, immortal is immortal, heavenly secrets cannot be spoken plainly."
"Listen carefully to the seven parts of meaning hidden in my words, and the seven parts of mystery hidden within that meaning."
"They say it's like ten waters converging at the trapped dragon peak, mountains connecting to rivers and rivers connecting to mountains."
"Those entering the mountains are all mountain guests, not knowing where the mountain lord has gone?"
"Don't mistake pines and cypresses for fellow travelers, recognize that snakes and insects are not human!"
"The child bears the appearance of tiger and leopard, the mountain man inverted becomes immortal."
"Having spoken of the mountain's situation, let us speak of the three mountain guests."
"Coming to this mountain, all have their reasons;
I speak slowly, you listen carefully."
"One is a false temple housing the true Laozi, not recognizing that his own body is wood and stone;
entering the mountain and joining the game is not his true intent, his true form not revealed brings no disaster."
"One is that the mountain differs but resembles, revisiting old grounds with thoughts not eliminated;
entering this game he is not a piece, positioned outside the board not holding chess."
"One is that cloud-covered mountains and misty waters create illusions in the heart, obsessed with old appearances unable to extricate himself;
his body is already in thousands of layers of games, what dead end could trap his heart!"
After speaking, the fur ball shook the mop behind it, actually producing clear bell-like sounds.
"Fated one, I have finished speaking... you may go now!"
Having said this, the fur ball spoke no more.
Leaving Lin Yu stunned for a moment, before he quickly pulled out the Ancient Notebook and recorded everything the fur ball had just said!