The main issue is with Jia Zhengyi. I don't know what's wrong with this guy. He never responds to my inner voice communication, and I don't know what kind of suffering he's going through in his cognitive space.

"Never mind him for now, everything will be healed when we get back to the dorm."

Su Lin gave Jia Zhengyi a deep look, then took out a smart assistive suit for disabled people from the warehouse and helped Jia Zhengyi put it on.

This thing was originally prepared for seriously injured people, but it is also very suitable for Jia Zhengyi to use now. Wearing it will allow him to be controlled by Su Lin, so that Jia Zhengyi will not fall behind.

"Okay, Linlin, what's the next step?"

Su Lin looked at Xiao Linlin. In this extremely difficult situation, the only way to break the deadlock was to rely on Xiao Linlin's brain.

"Brother, show me all the information prompts after your game."

"good."

Su Lin followed instructions and displayed various prompts.

Xiao Linlin quickly glanced at it and raised an eyebrow: "Sure enough, the mission content hasn't changed... This guy is very clever. He knows how to expand his influence by using a mix of truth and falsehood. That means the intelligence and information we gathered about the game before were basically correct."

"It is a fact that the world's values ​​are distorted and warped."

"If that's the case... he must have used his abilities to influence the entire game world NPCs in order to completely reverse the situation between the two factions of good and evil. His abilities are indeed far more powerful than I expected."

Xiao Linlin muttered her analysis, and Su Lin agreed.

If it weren't for the widespread influence of cognition, how could an extremely powerful figure like Senior Li be so easily defeated?

Senior Li can be considered the only supreme being in this gaming world, almost able to represent the entire gaming world alone and enjoy all the blessings and fortune of heaven and earth.

But that's where the problem lies: the more powerful and prestigious a company is, the more likely it is to be targeted by malicious people.

Senior Li's situation is similar to Su Lin's own. Both are outstanding individuals with reputations that make them easy targets. Even those with strength can only be harmed by underhanded tactics, since they are completely outmatched in a direct confrontation.

"So, the only question is... why would this guy want to influence the balance between good and evil? No one would do something that is detrimental to themselves; he must be gaining a great deal from doing so."

"And in the current world competition, who would benefit most from doing this?"

As Xiao Linlin finished speaking, she suddenly looked up at Su Lin, who blurted out, "The mysterious expert from the Netherworld Blood River Sect!"

It was him!

"Yes, he is our enemy!"

Xiao Linlin nodded seriously, and Su Lin was taken aback: "But isn't he a local NPC? The cognitive trap we encountered should be caused by the survivor's talent. This can't be the original ability of the local world. This doesn't fit the current world's power system."

"If the world information released at the start is correct, then this guy only appeared a few years ago; according to the rules of the mechanism, no new survivors will be added to the current world until a match is over."

"If he is a survivor, he is at most a survivor from the last match, so it's impossible for him to encounter us."

Su Lin frowned, not immediately agreeing with Xiao Linlin's judgment.

Xiao Linlin smiled gently: "Brother, have you forgotten what happened to Song Daqiang? He almost got stuck in the game forever because he became a ghost doll... And I guess that guy is most likely a survivor, but also an NPC."

"He stayed in the game world, becoming a new NPC as a [loser]. The mechanism will naturally not abandon a good escape world just because someone failed to escape."

"So, as long as someone stays in the game, they can meet the survivors who will enter the game next time."

"Although no one knows how frequently or when matches will start in the same world, it's something that's bound to happen!"

"And I guess... he was probably a survivor in one of the matches, but chose to stay in this match world on purpose."

Xiao Linlin's words were particularly shocking, startling Su Lin: "Deliberately left behind?"

Not a loser, but someone who deliberately stays in this world and refuses to leave?

How could anyone do such a thing?

Su Lin frowned, realizing the seriousness of the problem.

This guy is not only incredibly talented, but he's also an unconventional survivor with a completely different gaming experience from the average person.

"Yes, he chose to stay either because he saw the huge potential benefits in this match, or because of his own talent."

Xiao Linlin gave the answer: "There can only be two reasons. There must be enough benefits and advantages for someone to risk staying."

Survivors who remain in the game will experience the same time flow as the current world. Since human lifespan is finite, if they do not live to see the next game start before they die of old age, they will truly die in the game forever.

However, this person has a strong gambling instinct and a very accurate eye. As long as he can integrate into the current world's power system, he can live longer than ordinary people and is more likely to wait for the next game to begin.

Furthermore, the longer he stays here, the stronger he becomes through self-study, making it difficult for new survivors to pose a threat to him.

"This method is tricky, and I've been thinking about whether to let my brother try it."

Xiao Linlin took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Now that someone has done this first, it can be considered as providing us with a case study to refer to."

"If we succeed this time, we only need to verify one more thing to determine whether my brother will also use this almost cheating method in the future."

Xiao Linlin paused, looking ahead: "Now that the three of us have escaped the cognitive trap space, he probably already knows about this. Most importantly, he is already naturally ahead of us, possessing a huge advantage in remotely controlling the major evil sects in the local world!"

"The longer we delay, the more likely he will use his leadership advantage in the local world to besiege us and call on the warriors of various evil sects to use their power to oppress us."

"Therefore, our only option now is to take the initiative."

"Go to the Netherworld Blood River Sect, storm their lair, and capture and kill the bandit king!"