Chapter 300 Whose Origin (Three in One)

The order of the explorers’ gathering in the City of Stars was very ordinary, and whispers were immediately heard from the audience.

Everyone’s attention was focused on the owner of the Wild Grass Guild. They should have been surprised that the rumored president was actually a young girl. She was smiling and had no special demeanor. She seemed to be an ordinary person like them if she were put into the crowd.

Lin Yuan’s background and his unpretentious nature naturally created a sense of closeness between him and the explorers.

They still had many questions in their minds, such as why Lin Yuan had been hiding behind the scenes and suddenly stood out at this ordinary trade fair; for example, how Lin Yuan made everything in the Star City look brand new, but hurriedly left the weeds behind and went to the higher-level main city.

And what Lin Yuan mentioned in his opening remarks.

Why did she leave the City of Stars and come back here?
Wouldn’t it be better to have a higher level Youyue City?

Everyone was full of questions and looked towards the area surrounded by lights with curious eyes.

When the real president Hayashi Yuanyi appeared, he naturally took over the only C position in the trade fair.

She stood under the spotlight, the corners of her lips slightly raised, and her curved eyebrows shone like obsidian under the dazzling light.

“It’s been almost a month since I left Star City.”

Lin Yuan spoke slowly and relaxedly:

“During this time, I have been to the two main cities that are said to be the most prosperous. The main cities have advanced technology and a good life. Players focus their main energy on completing the game. People have friendly relations with each other and there is little intrigue.”

“The atmosphere of communication and learning is very strong on the forum. There are strategies and tips for various dungeons, as well as a blacklist that tells everyone which adventurers are not trustworthy.”

“Players can freely choose whether to open a live broadcast section to earn extra money and accumulate fame.”

“The shopping mall is convenient. You can buy anything without leaving home as long as you have enough gold coins.”

“In order to prevent adventurers from getting bored from a comfortable life for too long, the game also thoughtfully holds an annual event to add some excitement to the simple life.”

……

Lin Yuan enumerated one by one the benefits he had experienced since living in Youyue City.

But just like the charm of journalism, everything has its pros and cons. If a person only talks about the good and keeps silent about the bad.

Then this person must have ulterior motives and is covering up the facts.

Soon, the expressions of the explorers below the stage changed from initial yearning and admiration to suspicion.

And there are ready-made examples to question Lin Yuan.

An explorer looked straight at Lin Yuan and questioned:
“Mr. President, I’m sorry to interrupt you, but I just have a question.”

“Since life in Youyue City is so good, why did you come back?”

Once someone starts, countless others will follow.

In an instant, the huge conference hall was filled with doubts.

“I know that those who were promoted to three-star adventurers in the past went to Youyue City, but once they entered the city, there was no news of them and they never appeared in the Star City again.”

“Either life there is so good that they never want to come back, or… they never have the chance to come back.”

“We are very grateful to the president for building Wild Grass and Spark Mall. However, the president who has never shown up suddenly came back and introduced the benefits of Youyue City to us. This makes us suspicious…”

“Is there a ghost in Youyue City?”

Listening to the questions coming from the audience, Jiang Xun sighed in annoyance.

She folded her arms and leaned against the pillar at the corner of the stage, wanting to see how Lin Yuan would handle this scene.

The newly appointed agent X received an order from Lin Yuan a few minutes ago, asking her to immediately gather a group of killers to a certain address in Zhongxing City, and to give the killers a uniform disguise.

Although Jiang Xun was not happy, he knew that he could not disobey Lin Yuan’s orders, so he completed the task in excess.

She called back all the killers who had not yet left, not leaving anyone behind.

Because Lin Yuan’s beastly form was a fox, Jiang Xun took it upon himself to find hundreds of fox masks from the alliance’s inventory and distributed them to the killers.

At this moment, people wearing fox masks were scattered in various corners of the venue. The masks concealed their expressions very well. While others were observing them, they were also observing others.

Jiang Xun raised his head and looked from a certain angle, as if he was looking down at the explorers below the stage.

——She does have the capital to look down on others.

The encounter between the killers and the explorers, who were much stronger than them, was like a pack of wolves meeting sheep. It was bound to be a bloody massacre.

As long as Lin Yuan gives the order, the killers on the scene will immediately deal with all those who raise doubts.

Even if there is a “no killing” rule in the main city, the killers have plenty of ways to make people die in various accidents.

Jiang Xun looked up boredly, and suddenly a sentence flashed before his eyes.

She froze in place.

[“Chess pieces” are not within the scope of rule monitoring]

You are on the “chess piece” side

What do you mean?
She was a pawn, not within the scope of the rules. So even if she really showed her power and wanted to kill people in the venue, she would not be punished by the rules?
Also, how did she become someone else’s pawn?

Jiang Xun’s lips trembled uncontrollably, as if he was suppressing the anger that had been accumulating for a long time:
“Whoever dares to make me her pawn, I will kill him…”

Jiang Xun had just started to feel murderous intent in his heart, but his intent quickly withered after he thought of the only possible candidate.

If it was Lin Yuan who held the rule book and the war chessboard, he could indeed boss her around.

At the same time, seeing that the effect of “first praising and then suppressing” was achieved, Lin Yuan’s mouth curled up:
“Youyue City is indeed a good place.”

Facing the distrustful gazes of the crowd, Lin Yuan remained neither humble nor overbearing, and his attitude was natural:

“When I first entered Youyue City, the people above me told me the same thing.”

Everyone’s suspicious expressions relaxed, and they suddenly realized what the next highlight was, and all their attention was focused on what Lin Yuan was about to say.

“Some people say that the people in Youyue City are all superior people, and they are all incredibly wealthy. The overall strength of the players is also several times stronger than that of Zhongxing City.”

“But I went to take a look and found that the rumor was both true and false.”

A book appeared in Lin Yuan’s hand, the red cover was slightly opened, revealing an inexplicable strange aura.

“The truth is, they are really rich. The extra gold coins can be used to build all kinds of facilities in the main city of the game. Even if some players will never use them in their lifetime, they still enjoy it and treat the sailing world as their own personal world.”

“Some people get tired of playing games, so they start playing with people. And the people they play with are not just ordinary people, but navigators who happen to be other players.”

“It’s a fake place… their strength is just average, not even as good as me who just entered the city.”

Lin Yuan smiled and threw the Book of Evil into the audience, and everyone was stunned.

The big red book that exuded a bloody smell did not fall down as expected, but floated in the air. The pages turned slowly and finally stopped at a certain page.

A message suddenly flashed through the minds of all explorers.

[Player name: Wei Changhong]

[Player status: dead]

[Player’s crime: human trafficking, forcing players to become unconscious defective dolls, providing special services to some adventurers in Youyue City]

Lin Yuan clapped his hands, and the crisp sound brought everyone back to their senses.

“This person’s innate title is Profit Grabber. He has three characteristics. One is to quickly build relationships with people, one is to coerce and bribe others to sign a gambling contract with him, and the last one is to squeeze people dry.”

“He opened a nightclub in Youyue City. All the people who were exploited by him will be made into puppets and stay in the nightclub for the rest of their lives to serve other players.”

The crowded conference hall rarely fell silent. The audience seemed to be questioning the truthfulness of Lin Yuan’s words, and seemed to be cursing in their hearts that people like Wei Changhong were beasts.

The atmosphere was extremely cold, but Lin Yuan smiled and stepped out to mediate:

“As for me… I’m unlucky. As soon as I entered Youyue City, I was targeted by this person.”

Suddenly, everyone in the meeting room stopped breathing, and someone couldn’t help but ask:

“and after?”

Now that Lin Yuan is standing here safely, Wei Changhong must have failed.

But the fact that Lin Yuan was alive and well while Wei Changhong did not receive severe punishment was not enough to calm their inner anger.

There are people struggling on the brink of life and death in All Stars City all the time. How could there be players in Youyue City who are so bad that they own so many things yet even sell their own kind as commodities?
At this time, someone called out:
“Mr. President, later on, Wei Changhong died.”

The hall was silent for a moment.

Lin Yuan narrated the process of hunting Wei Changhong in the form of “Wei Changhong aimed at Lin Yuan, but was killed in return”. Her tone was ups and downs, and the process of hunting Wei Changhong was already full of ups and downs. Her narration attracted the attention of a large number of people.

The story was more attractive than the monotonous introduction, and the explorers in the audience followed Lin Yuan closely.

After all, he is the president of the Wild Grass Guild, and he came from the City of Stars.

Lin Yuan’s story naturally appeals to them.

The same goes for the Killer. There is no Killer who would not be interested in Heart’s rise.

The two groups of players who should have been incompatible were actually sitting in the same place at this moment, listening to Lin Yuan’s stories with great interest.

If any of the game’s founders saw this scene, he would probably faint from anger.

The players from the two opposing camps not only did not believe in any of the founders, but they even dared to listen to the words of a “two-faced person”, as if they regarded Lin Yuan as an idol.

“I escaped from Wei Changhong’s clutches and thought that the high-end players in Youyue City were just like that. They didn’t have the ability to do evil, and they had ugly hearts.”

Lin Yuan pretended to sigh, looking concerned about the country and the people, as if he was very worried about the future of the maritime world.

The explorers off the field were infected by Lin Yuan’s emotions. They couldn’t help but pursed their lips and began to worry about their own future.

If the people in the high-level main city are all like this, then wouldn’t it be even harder for the little people like them in the Star City to survive, and they could become the enemy’s prey at any time?

How did Lin Yuan, who came from the City of Stars, gain a foothold and live safely until now?

“I know everyone is curious about my story, but time is limited, so I can only talk about a few important things.”

As Lin Yuan spoke, the Evil Book floating in the air moved without wind.

“In fact, it’s not just Youyue City, it’s the same everywhere. Bad guys and good guys always appear alternately, and most people are half good and half bad.”

“After escaping by chance, I encountered a second difficult enemy.”

The Book of Evil flipped through the pages with a rustling sound, and new information appeared in the explorer’s mind.

[Player name: Yang Baogen]

[Player status: dead]

[Player’s crime: illegally conducting medical teaching experiments, deceiving the world and stealing reputation, a demon on earth]

With the foreshadowing of Wei Changhong, everyone subconsciously felt uneasy when they heard the new name this time.

Fortunately, the player status column showed “Dead”, so they could relax and listen to Lin Yuan’s story.

Lin Yuan recounted what happened in the game “One Hundred Thousand Volts”. This time she didn’t need to adapt it because she was in an opposing camp with Dean Yang, so it was natural for her to kill people on the Dean’s side.

Upon hearing of the second adventurer’s death, the explorers’ mood had changed.

The first Wei Changhong scared them, but the second Yang Baogen seemed a little… not scary enough?
Everyone’s eyes unconsciously turned to Lin Yuan.

On the stage, the people standing in the light are the reason why they feel not to be feared.

Thanks to the different treatment in the game, the news of Yang Baogen being killed by Heart on live broadcast never reached Zhongxing City.

Including the game founder’s sudden change of mind and the hunting operation launched against Lin Yuan, the explorers far away in the City of Stars had neither the qualifications nor the ability to know the news.

Or, given the current situation, even if the people in the audience knew the truth, they would not do anything to Lin Yuan.

Anyway, Lin Yuan’s prestige has been slowly built up.

A person who is full of light only appears real and credible if he has one or two black spots.

Afterwards, Lin Yuan introduced the other prey one by one. When it was Zhang Yunting’s turn, Jiang Xun, who was sitting at the edge of the stage, stiffened for a moment.

Lin Yuan turned his eyes and saw only the little girl’s angry face.

“…”

Hayashihara used all his life’s acting skills and let out a long sigh.

“This series of experiences makes me wonder whether sailor is a symbol of innocence and purity.”

“After all, I have come a long way. Although the people in the Killing Camp are not good people, the actions of some adventurers and navigators I have met are even worse than those of the killers.”

Hearing the leader of the alliance say without blushing or beating his heart, “People in the killing camp are certainly not good people,” the fox-masked men scattered in the crowd couldn’t help but fall silent.

“So I went to the Inquisition, to the Blazing Sun City, and found the answer.”

Jiang Xun looked at Lin Yuan with his fists clenched tightly.

“It’s really an art of language.”

Lin Yuan changed the order of events. Although every word she said was true, it made people misunderstand it in the direction she wanted.

She had clearly been to the Tribunal and Fiery Sun City first before she was sure she could kill those people.

How could it be that you were “forced” to kill those people, which led to you questioning the world and wanting to go to these places to seek the truth?
Jiang Xun gritted his teeth and continued to watch Lin Yuan’s performance on the stage.

“After many adventures, I found out about a place.” Lin Yuan said these three words heavily, his tone suddenly solemn:

“Sacrificial City.”

Just like her reaction when she first heard the term, the explorers all looked confused.

How could there be a city with such a weird name?

Lin Yuan curled his lips:

“The word ‘animal’ means animal, and the word ‘human’ means human. It is said that a group of horrible monsters are imprisoned in the Animal City. The monsters are trying to escape from the Animal City all the time.”

The people below have different expressions.

The explorers felt unknown and frightened about the place Lin Yuan mentioned, while the killer hid all his expressions under the shadow of the mask, looking moody and unpredictable.

Until now, the rhythm of the venue was completely under Lin Yuan’s control.

If she were asked to preside over every meeting of the Killing Alliance afterwards, Lin Yuan would only do better than the previous two agents.

She is a natural Kill King and a perfect agent.

Lin Yuan held the microphone in one hand and clenched the other hand into a fist, raising it to his ear.

Suddenly, she opened her clenched fist and a glittering gold coin fell to the ground with a crisp clanging sound.

jingle——

Lin Yuan did not bend down to pick up the gold coins. The gold coins flew up as if they had life.

One meter in front of Lin Yuan, the gold coin turned into a girl in a white dress. The girl had a gun on her back and a camera around her neck.

That’s Eva from Seinetown.

“This is a soul coin. It can summon the corresponding soul to help the player pass the level.”

Lin Yuan clasped his five fingers together, and the girl turned into a shadow and threw it into the gold coins.

She held the soul coin between her fingers and raised her right hand above her head.

The next second, the information about the item Soul Gold Coin was generously displayed in front of the explorers.

“Excuse me, what does this sentence mean?”

An explorer scratched his head and asked in confusion.

“If the soul is shattered, it will cost a high price to redeem it.”

The explorer repeated it. For some reason, although this sentence did not contain any frightening information, the explorer felt deeply uneasy and his heart was pounding.

It seems like I’m one step closer to the truth.

Lin Yuan looked at the person who asked the question, revealing an extremely “complicated” expression, mixed with annoyance, regret, and a sense of helplessness.

Her performance immediately attracted everyone’s attention. Everyone sat up straight and stared at Lin Yuan nervously.

Only now did Lin Yuan sigh and say sadly and helplessly:

“The bodies of dead players are imprisoned in the Sacrifice City. The souls of players are transformed into gold coins and enter the game loop.”

“All dead players can theoretically be resurrected, but it will cost a high price.”

“I went to the Sacrifice City and learned this shocking secret.”

“Then…I was hunted by the whole world.”

The whole audience was in an uproar, everyone’s pupils trembled, and they looked at Lin Yuan in disbelief.

It turns out… this is the truth behind Lin Yuan’s return to Star City.

Even the killer looked at Lin Yuan in shock, and a thought flashed through his mind.

“Could it be that everything Heart did was for us, for all the players?”

If these murderous executioners were not wearing masks, their faces would be filled with regret.

They only knew that by killing Kill King they could inherit everything from him, but they never expected that the reason why Lin Yuan was targeted by the rules was that she had spied on the dirtiest and most shameful secrets of the game world.

To be honest, the killers are also players, and they are on the same side as Lin Yuan. Why should they obey the rules and kill their own kind?
Besides, the secret discovered by Lin Yuan concerns all players. Why should the game kill Lin Yuan?
Lin Yuan is dead, who spread this news?
Should I be a gamer for my whole life without knowing what’s going on, or should I be brave enough to follow Kill King?
Or to put it in a more cruel way, sailing players are doing hard labor for the game, and killing players are simply being used as knives by the game.

The people in fox masks breathed rapidly, their hearts were pounding, and in just a few breaths, they figured out a lot of things.

This time, the killers did not take orders, did not use threats or inducements, and made the decision in their hearts at the same time.

——Follow Lin Yuan and kill those guys who use them as knives first!
At the same time, the explorers were not in a good mood.

The world after death should be a restful one, but they entered a strange game world and finally rekindled their hope for life, only to be told the truth.

——What you think is the hope of life is nothing but a trick of the game to pity the ants.

The truth is a sharp knife that tells you, no matter life or death, no matter body or soul.

Once you enter the game, you will always belong to the game.

“…”

One explorer looked stunned, a knife appeared in his hand unknowingly, and he was hesitating whether to attack the aorta.

The companions around him slapped the explorer in the face and shouted:

“Are you crazy?! Why are you looking for death at this time?”

The explorer pursed his lips twice and said in a hoarse voice:
“Does it make sense? You can’t bring anything with you when you are born, and you can’t take anything with you when you die. They will all become assets of the game anyway. Now that I have cleared the dungeon, everything I have gained will eventually belong to the game.”

“I’ve worked so hard, but in the end I’m just working for someone else. Rather than dying in some inexplicable game, I might as well end my life. At least I can die with dignity.”

“…It’s also more dignified. At least I get to decide whether to live or die.”

My companion looked shaken.

This feeling is really like the helplessness of low-dimensional creatures when they are played around by higher-dimensional creatures.

Everyone was at a loss and looked towards Lin Yuan.

The companion suddenly woke up and slapped the explorer again.

Snapped!
“You are stupid. Lin Yuan, who discovered the secret, is still being hunted by the game. If the sky falls, there will be someone taller to hold it up. Why are you so melancholy here?”

The explorer discovered that this seemed to be the case.

If Lin Yuan can hold on, does that mean…

Will their ending change?

So while the other explorers were hesitating, this explorer suddenly stood up and shouted loudly:
“Lin Yuan, do you have a way to fight against the game?”

The world is quiet.

Lin Yuan might have a backup plan since he was able to escape to the City of Stars safely while being hunted by the gamers.

Lin Yuan’s eyes were filled with smiles, and he lived up to everyone’s expectations when he spoke:
“Yes, I have a way.”

“At this time, we can only seek help from the Death Alliance.”

Explorers and killers in the field: ???

Both parties thought at the same time: Boss, what are you talking about?
Each other’s first reaction was how could it be possible.

Lin Yuan took out the rule book, and on the cover page were the rules she had written not long ago.

[Anything that happens in the main city related to the “chess pieces” will not be perceived by any other being]

This was the confidence that gave her the courage to rebel loudly in the territory of Star City.

Lin Yuan wanted to win over all the forces he could, including the Killer and the Star City.

“The game is in league with the original inhabitants, the aborigines.”

“The game burns the player’s life as energy. In essence, the opposition between the killing line and the sailing line is intentional in the game.”

“We are all players. The joke of killing each other has long been seen by those arrogant original residents.”

Lin Yuan’s tone suddenly became heavy, and the microphone in his left hand was smashed to the ground.

The noise that instantly resounded throughout the conference hall almost pierced everyone’s eardrums, but no one would question Lin Yuan’s words at this time.

——Yes, she is right.

The explorer and the killer thought of the same thing at the same time.

“Master President, how do we find the members of the Death Alliance?”

Some explorers were already anxious to help Lin Yuan share his worries. Lin Yuan looked at the thousands of phantoms that appeared on the war chessboard and smiled without saying a word.

She must be a little passionate in her heart, otherwise how could so many people follow her with just a little incitement?

[Current chess piece’s recognition of war: 90%]

There is still a part missing. The explorers and the killers are not all the power that Lin Yuan wants to gather.

“Finding the murderer…is not that easy.”

The explorers stared at Lin Yuan in a daze, only to see Lin Yuan clapped his hands twice, and the fox-masked men who had just walked in from the backstage appeared one after another.

They did not take off their masks, but took out the blood-drinking swords that represented their identities.

At this moment, everyone suddenly felt that “it should be this way.”

Lin Yuan… A big reason why she could easily deal with the adventurers from Youyue City was because.

Those people were Lin Yuan’s prey.

At the corner of the stage, facing Jiang Xun’s gaze that seemed like he might kill someone at any time, Liu Lang, the former president of Wild Grass, climbed up to the stage tremblingly and picked up the microphone that Lin Yuan had thrown on the ground.

“Everyone, let me say something.”

Although Liu Lang is a coward, he has always had a good reputation among the players. If he expresses opposition to Lin Yuan, the explorers who have just reached a consensus will probably cause chaos again.

Jiang Xun frowned, and the blood-drinking knife that belonged to the agent was ready to go.

Suddenly, she received Lin Yuan’s signal.

——Lin Yuan shook his head at her.

Jiang Xun snorted coldly, put down the knife, and stared at Liu Lang with a bad look.

“I’ll say one thing…”

“Lin Yuan didn’t kill the player at first. She killed people because she wanted to avenge my friend.”

“Perhaps because of this, she was targeted by the Death Alliance and later had to join the Death Alliance.”

The explorers looked stunned.

Liu Lang swallowed his saliva and continued:

“The first two people Lin Yuan killed were because they hurt the people around her.”

“The deceased are Yan Xianglong and Jiang Liuxing. It is because of them that Lin Yuan embarked on the path of killing to stop killing!”

Even Lin Yuan did not expect that Liu Lang would provide such a powerful assist at the most critical moment.

After all, Lin Yuan had only been in the game world for two months, but those two notorious players in the City of Stars had been a scourge to the explorers for a long time.

It would have been fine if they were not killed by Lin Yuan, but if they were killed by Lin Yuan.

Now, the explorers must follow Lin Yuan’s footsteps more firmly.

Lin Yuan was silent for a while, as if he had made a big decision, and then he said:
“Before his death, Navigator Zhang Yunting once said to me -“

“The essence of the great voyages is plunder.”

“It is the game that plunders us, and it is also the high and mighty that plunders all players.”

“If possible, I hope we can live up to the name of Spark Mall, a single spark can start a prairie fire.”

The venue was filled with thunderous applause, and everyone looked at Lin Yuan with hope.

I don’t know who took the lead and shouted:
“A prairie fire!”

What followed was a roar like the sound of a tsunami, as if there really was a ball of fire scattered across the City of Stars.

Maybe not a single item was sold at this trade fair, but its significance is far greater than any previous trade fair.

Liu Lang was so excited that his face turned red and his neck became thick, and he shouted loudly while holding the microphone.

The edge of the stage.

The little girl Jiang Xun stared at Lin Yuan with dim eyes. The blood-red cloak could have covered her entire head, but Jiang Xun insisted on lifting the cloak.

She looked at Lin Yuan stubbornly and asked:
“Whose cause are you going to burn?”

“Do you think you are fire? You can burn everything, including yourself.” Jiang Xun said gritting his teeth.