"It looks like it's time for the game to end."

Lin Ye controlled the tendrils to bind Ayla securely, then fully took over the Parasitism Network.

He didn't bother with that giant shadow. Even if its speed were several times faster, it couldn't possibly ram into a massive tendril monster using Red Flash within the Parasitism Network's coverage.

This giant shadow had serious issues. The other party wanted to force Lin Ye to deal with it, so Lin Ye absolutely refused to make any contact with it.

As for those human faces below emitting spatial fluctuations, Lin Ye just found them laughable.

No one could trick him with the same method twice. If the other party thought this might work, then their skill level was just that mediocre.

Before those human faces could get close to the massive tendril monster, their spatial fluctuations completely subsided. The last time the other party had used spatial teleportation within the Parasitism Network's coverage, Lin Ye had carefully sensed the entire process. During that process, he had at least ten methods to prevent spatial teleportation from activating.

Spatial teleportation also required mental energy and spiritual energy support, and the entire process was very complex. Completing a teleportation wasn't easy, but disrupting the process was far too simple.

Lin Ye created a large number of attention-grabbing vortices near those human faces. The faces gathered around the vortices, and the massive tendril monster used Red Flash to bypass the areas where the vortices were located, leaving the giant shadow behind.

But the giant shadow was fast. It kept following behind the massive tendril monster, trying to ram into it.

'This is a real hassle.'

Red Flash wasn't a skill that could be used continuously. Although the massive tendril monster had plenty of material to consume inside its body, given its size, the blood expended each time it used Red Flash was no small amount.

If they didn't find a way to deal with the giant shadow, after using Red Flash fifty times, they would come into contact with it.

Lin Ye certainly wasn't going to wait until then to think of a solution. After less than half a second of thought, he unsealed the Abyssal Eye and glanced at the giant shadow as it passed by them.

That Abyssal creature, which had been following them on the other side, appeared near the giant shadow.

It was a human face pieced together from various colored cubes of different sizes. It turned to look at Lin Ye. After making eye contact with the Abyssal Eye, it stopped in place, as if contemplating something.

Lin Ye directly used the power of the Falling Rule Fragment on the human face. The face decisively followed that force and appeared on the surface of the giant shadow.

After putting on the colorful human face, the giant shadow no longer mindlessly rammed into the massive tendril monster. It was like a machine that had suddenly gained consciousness, emitting an indescribable sound.

It began to float upward, but before rising, it threw a pitch-black box toward the massive tendril monster.

Lin Ye had a parasitic creature that had detached from the Parasitism Network catch the box. The box wasn't locked. Inside was a spherical glass container holding 10 milliliters of black liquid.

'So what the hell is this?'

Lin Ye looked in the direction where the giant shadow was fading away. He really wanted to pull it back and make it explain before leaving.

"Whatever... Do you still want to play the game?"

Lin Ye said to Ayla, who was tied up on the ground.

"I want to play! But this time, it's my turn to run the game!"

Ayla took out a card game she found unbearably boring from her spatial item. It was her turn to torture Lin Ye.

...

"The fishing plan was successful, but there was a small problem during the retrieval phase."

"Someone who can reach a place like that and make contact with that existence is naturally not easy to deal with. I'll get there as soon as possible. You just need to ensure the target can't escape."

"No problem. I've trapped the target inside the Black Sea Experimental Site and sent Subject Zero to tie them up. Although the target hasn't attacked Subject Zero, the target also can't shake off Subject Zero to reach the Black Sea Laboratory."

"...The target is going deeper into the Black Sea Site?"

"That's right. I originally planned to use the Black Sea to dispose of the target, but the target quickly adapted to the Black Sea environment and started diving."

"Suspend the plan. Eliminate the target immediately. The Black Sea Site involves Project Zero. The current situation has exceeded the rule-defined limits."

"I refuse to suspend the plan. The situation is still under control. I can handle it. As long as you arrive in time, there won't be any problems."

"I will report this truthfully. You know the consequences."

"I'll bear all the consequences."

"...I'll get there as fast as I can."

The communication ended. The man in the protective suit glanced at the screen. Subject Zero and the target were still in the safe zone.

Behind the man, a colorful human face stared at his head, revealing a sinister smile.

...

"I'm not playing anymore! This is so boring!"

Ayla rolled around on the ground a few times, letting out a pained wail.

"You gave up your chance to defeat me. What a pity."

Lin Ye put down his hand of cards. He loved playing card games, especially ones with such strict rules.

"Can I actually win?"

Ayla looked at Lin Ye with eyes full of suspicion.

"This is a very fair game. I don't have a surefire way to win either. As long as you can calculate a few more steps ahead than me, you can beat me."

In other words, if Lin Ye didn't go easy, Ayla could never win.

And Lin Ye never went easy when playing games, even if his opponent was an idiot.

He was exactly the kind of man who would feel happy about defeating an idiot.

"...Should I pick a game that relies more on luck?"

Ayla certainly didn't want to compete in calculation ability with Lin Ye, who could predict 143 deaths.

"Luck? There's no such thing as coincidence in this world. What people call luck is just a part of fate. Ordinary people who can't see the overall pattern of how things work mistake temporary trends in fate for luck. But in reality, everything is already decided the moment you make a choice."

Lin Ye already had a deep understanding of the rule of fate. The real adventure game he had made earlier was created using a Fate Rule Fragment. If he hadn't participated in the Fishing Competition, Ayla might have ended up in a situation like that.

"Then I surrender."

Ayla decisively chose to concede. She didn't actually have any obsession with beating Lin Ye.

She just wanted to play a game with Lin Ye that didn't involve people dying.

"Smart choice."

The massive tendril monster stopped its descent. They had reached the deepest part of the Black Sea.

Lin Ye took over the Parasitism Network and began examining the specific situation in this area.

"Oh? It looks like I've found something interesting."

Under Lin Ye's control, the massive tendril monster began moving in a certain direction.