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

Chapter 1160 The Reason for Selflessness

"Can't open the 'Heart Realm'?"

Lin Yu still believes in the judgment of Shen Bingmiao, a player who survived the previous version and the builder and operator of the forum.

After all... Lin Yu had heard many masters mention the "Heart Realm".

This is a field that belongs entirely to you, opened up through your own understanding and perception of professional abilities and [items], without the need for "level-up trials" or the "death game" to "give" additional [items] and power.

At the same time, this is also a prerequisite for becoming a "fifth level" and holding power.

Although for many players, achieving the third level is already an extremely remarkable thing.

After all, the total number of "Level 3" players in the entire "Death Game" is only a few hundred.

There are only sixteen people at the fourth level.

What's more, Lin Yu knew that after he completed the creation of his [exclusive props] and officially reached the "third level", he was afraid that ordinary "third levels" would be far from being his opponent.

But for Lin Yu... stopping at the 'Third Level' and being unable to open the 'Heart Realm' is something he absolutely cannot accept.

Whether it was the enemy he was preparing to avenge, or those who were staring at him and might come looking for him...

Lin Yu needs to be stronger to deal with them.

Even if he didn't consider the threat from other players and just considered surviving the game itself, he couldn't stop here.

It would be fine if ordinary players didn’t know about it, but Lin Yu was very clear about the existence of the so-called “ultimate trial”.

not to mention……

He also has a plan to use the "Death Game" to revive his sister.

To achieve all of these, one needs to acquire greater power and higher status.

"Fourth level", "Fifth level"...

God and authority.

Although it is far away, it is the place I must reach.

"So... the 'Death Game' thinks I'm a hollow shell lacking self-awareness, right?"

Lin Yu whispered, "But I don't think so. I love acting... I have a career that I love and a field that I'm deeply involved in. At the same time, I also care about my family and friends."

"I know who I am. I know what I want, what I like, what I'm good at, and what I hate. Isn't this a very clear 'self'? As a 'person', I am absolutely full, complete and three-dimensional."

Shen Bingmiao looked at Lin Yu and said slowly, "Only when we need to make the 'character' look like a human being will we need the part you just mentioned... My dear 'ace', let me ask you something - you, do you think you are the 'director'?"

After Lin Yu heard Shen Bingmiao's question, it took only half a second for him to realize the problem.

"However, even though I created the character 'Director' based on myself and play the role of 'Director' in my life, I have never felt lost or confused because of it."

Shen Bingmiao looked at Lin Yu, holding her chin with one hand: "Yes, but that doesn't mean you are fine... My dear 'Ace', you are actually in a misunderstanding."

Lin Yu looked at Shen Bingmiao in confusion: "What misunderstanding?"

"You may indeed possess 'self-awareness' and not have 'lost yourself' through performing and playing one 'identity' after another, but ah," Shen Bingmiao said coldly, "so many players have survived so far, and I've even witnessed an entire 'version' more than you, but in fact, only a very few can touch the threshold of the 'heart realm'."

"And those who have truly opened the 'Heart Realm' are even more few and far between—this 'version' has even more of them than the previous one."

"Opening the 'heart realm' is never a simple matter, and it requires more than simply 'maintaining one's self' or not being lost—it requires extremely rigorous standards—so what you need to do is to fully and clearly understand yourself, the world, and the abilities you possess."

"And this is just one of the many requirements for opening the Heart Realm."

"If you are now a [empty shell] that the 'Death Game' would consider you... obviously you can't do that."

"Of course, having said that, your ability to act and play different roles may have caused trouble and obstacles for you in opening your 'heart realm,'" Shen Bingmiao looked at Lin Yu. "My dear junior and ace, I am very impressed by your acting skills... But when you play so many roles, even becoming a character yourself, your 'self-awareness', although it exists, can't be really unaffected?"

"You're an experiential actor, and you're best at immersive performances, aren't you?"

"And now you're playing different roles in life...without the constraints of a script, without the boundaries of a stage. If you continue like this...you'll definitely be further and further away from the 'heart realm'."

"Because the better you act, the more your various 'identities' will naturally become more vivid. You're so good at acting that each character is being refined and made more three-dimensional. This is even more fatal - the abilities and [props] you possess are also distributed among different characters. Eventually, it will become increasingly difficult to unify them. Do you understand?"

"I told you that the road would converge from now on...but you've spread too far!"

As Shen Bingmiao spoke, Lin Yu did not refute her.

After a long while, he finally spoke.

"Senior, but I can't stop acting now."

"Acting is not only my passion, but now it is also what I have to do in order to maintain the current situation that allows me to survive."

Shen Bingmiao looked at Lin Yu: "So... you want to give up opening the 'Heart Realm'?"

"Of course not," Lin Yu said immediately, almost without hesitation. "What I need to do...is to maintain the current extremely unfavorable situation of integrating performance into life and constantly playing multiple roles, while still finding a way to unify these completely separate and divergent roles and cognitions under the framework of 'me'."

Upon hearing this, Shen Bingmiao spoke almost subconsciously: "Do you know what you are talking about? You have to keep the trend of dispersion and unify them. Where are you putting this colorful black?"

"This is simply not something a human can do!"

After hearing Shen Bingmiao's doubts, Lin Yu became more determined.

There was a hint of madness in his eyes.

"It's okay... Senior, the 'Heart Realm' is the first step to reaching the realm of the gods!"

"If you want to reach the realm of 'God', then of course you have to do... things that ordinary people can't do, things that are impossible, right?"

Shen Bingmiao was stunned for a moment, maintained that surprised expression for a moment, and then laughed softly.

"Okay... I lost to you."

"You truly are worthy of being called the 'Ace'. Although I had high hopes and high expectations for you, you have completely exceeded my expectations."