See the Law of Deception

Chapter 264 Cause of Death
After hearing Shen Yi's words, Lu Jinzhao's heart sank slightly.

She couldn't be sure she would never need to resort to a desperate gamble.

But can she bear that price?

What is important to her?

a lot of.

The story revolves around the platform, the mother and father, Lin Zhao's last words, and the truth about the sheepskin.

Her best friend, Lin Lin.

Her memories, personality, will to survive, and wisdom—these are what make up "Lu Jinzhao".

These are all important to her.

But she couldn't be sure what was "the most important thing to Lu Jinzhao" when it came to train tickets.

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If the supernatural item disappears after she uses the "all-or-nothing" method, will she never be able to get her traded soul back along with the disappearance of the sheepskin?

She seemed relatively normal after losing a third of her soul, but she realized from the night she was seriously injured at the funeral home that the sheepskin had not only taken away a third of her soul, but had also "moved in" with her.

This time, the platform put this point out directly: while taking away her soul, the sheepskin also squeezed itself in.

Her relationship with Sheepskin is like a broken roof with a load-bearing pillar that didn't originally belong there. If Sheepskin disappears, what will happen if this pillar that caused the house to break down but barely maintained its balance is removed?
Getting rid of the sheepskin is certainly a good thing, but until she has a way to get her soul back, it's best for this thing to stay with her.

Moreover, she did not want to lose her destiny, nor the ghost bone, which, as a relic, was still unclear whether it had any other uses.

From this perspective, the price of such a desperate gamble is probably unbearable for her.

"Bai Pei and Luo Yu also took the desperate gamble with you?"

"Correct."

Without finding a way out, on the death platform, one can only wait to die.

This was unavoidable; they had no choice but to take a desperate gamble.

Why did Luo Yu die?

Tearing up the ticket would bring someone back to life and onto the "path to survival," so the platform shouldn't pose any threat to Luo Yu anymore. As long as the taboo isn't broken, the ghost won't kill her.

So, the only thing left to kill her was a human?
Shen Yi's next words confirmed Lu Jinzhao's guess.

"At first, after using the 'all or nothing' strategy, we all survived and became immune to the village's taboos."

"But soon an anomaly appeared."

At this point, Shen Yi asked Lu Jinzhao, "Do you know who that woman is?"

“Xiang Liang,” Lu Jinzhao answered affirmatively.

It seems that Luo Yu's death is related to Xiang Liang.

“That’s right.” Shen Yi’s words confirmed her thoughts: “That woman is Xiang Liang who came back to life.”

"He was unwilling to give up his destiny, unwilling to take a desperate gamble, and given the special nature of his destiny, he must have drawn a card that grants him a kind of resurrection."

"His resurrection only resulted in the loss of some supernatural items, and his status was downgraded from a top-level passenger to a first-level passenger."

"Compared to going all in, the cost is far too small."

Shen Yi's words were filled with uncontrollable envy: "Even with the status of a special-grade officer, as long as you leave alive, you'll come back."

Xiang Liang was quite well-prepared for this death.

Unfortunately, he did not anticipate that his preparations would be used up ahead of schedule, and before that, he would face an even more desperate moment.

"Without his desperate gamble and without finding a way to survive, it's impossible for him to leave alive."

"Even if he made many preparations, and may have even placed some important supernatural items on the woman in advance, there will always be a moment when he runs out of resources."

"So he died, half a minute after we tore up the tickets."

Lu Jinzhao found it strange that Shen Yi knew so much.

But Shen Yi's words immediately explained how she knew all this. "I didn't witness his death myself. I only deduced this after I left, because half a minute after we made our desperate gamble, a card fell off Luo Yu."

"It says on that card—"

【perish together】

Those weren't real cards; they represented Xiang Liang's destiny.

"This is his revenge."

Shen Yi sighed as she said this, "You should be glad you're not a Special Grade. Xiang Liang used this card on Luo Yu. He'd rather drag another Special Grade down with him than you."

"Luo Yu." Shen Yi called her name and sighed with some regret: "She's really unlucky."

"But Xiang Liang died half a minute later than her; she had already torn up her train ticket."

If Xiang Liang had died a little earlier, he wouldn't have actually taken Luo Yu with him.

"It can only be said that cause and effect are predetermined. The moment she decided to kill Xiang Liang, she had already written down her own death date."

Lu Jinzhao did not comment on this statement. She did not believe in fatalism, but rather in human effort and eliminating problems at their root. She also could not comment on Luo Yu, because she was not Luo Yu.

"That's all you need to know."

After Shen Yi finished speaking, she turned to look out of the car.

Outside the car window, the streets of the real world were bustling with people, looking lively and vibrant; this was the human world.

But she knew that if she got off the bus and went into the crowd, even if she did something almost like a clown, no one would pay attention to her or look at her.

She is now a wandering, lonely ghost in the human world.

As agreed, Lu Jinzhao told her how he and Tianlei left, and did not hide anything about the family genealogy.

"It's actually a family tree?" Shen Yi smiled bitterly. If it were any other way, she probably wouldn't be as unwilling as she is now, but it just so happens to be a family tree.

But she didn't think much of it. It was all fate. She held the family genealogy but couldn't see the way out for her. That was her destiny.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Jinzhao returned home.

After putting everything down, taking a shower, and briefly processing the three sets of shadow puppet materials she had collected, she finally relaxed and curled up on the sofa.

After emptying her mind for about half an hour, Lu Jinzhao felt that her overly tired spirit had eased a little. Once she relaxed, it was as if her rusty brain could start working again.

Then she remembered something, and with a somewhat awkward posture, she reached into her pocket and rummaged around, pulling out the sheepskin.

Why are you so quiet?

Isn't this thing a little too quiet?

The sheepskin did not react.

Lu Jinzhao pinched it between two fingers and shook it in the air: "Dead?"

Don't bother me.

Oh, so you've got a temper now.

Lu Jinzhao wasn't angry at those words; instead, she smiled and asked, "What's wrong? Are you in a bad mood? Tell me about it."

Tell her to make her happy.

【.】

What's the point of telling you? You can't help me solve it.

A question mark popped into Lu Jinzhao's mind.

That's not the right answer, is it?

Shouldn't Yangpi get furious and start arguing with her at this point?

She looked at the palm-sized, tattered parchment scroll with a puzzled expression.

Is this really emo?