Lin Yu had never intended to use the food from [Flavor Papers] to win this round.
Although the saying "Rather than improving yourself, it's better to undermine others" was indeed correct for this stage.
But from the very beginning when Lin Yu introduced the concept of [Flavor Papers], he had been carefully guiding these intelligent players toward drawing the exact conclusion he wanted them to reach.
Namely, that the optimal strategy for using [Support] opportunities in this round was to divide the [Flavor Papers] equally among all support opportunities.
This wasn't entirely deceptive - it was indeed a decent solution...
But it absolutely wasn't the optimal solution.
When the [items] in hand could produce greater effects, abandoning [Flavor Papers] was also a good choice.
To make these players overlook this point, Lin Yu continuously distracted their attention and thinking, guiding them to focus entirely on "offense and defense"!
The initial "wall-building" served two purposes: first, to block everyone's view so they couldn't see what he and Robin were actually doing and saying.
But more importantly, it made them subconsciously think about "how to breach the wall."Thus preventing them from considering other "solutions."
And one such solution superior to [Flavor Papers] was...
An item that could completely incapacitate a contestant or render them immobile for an extended period.
However, this was also difficult to achieve - after all, no player knew what weaknesses these three powerful "monster" contestants might have.
Using a single [item] to hard-control a monster was challenging to begin with.
Moreover, in this round, players couldn't directly manipulate items or know the monsters' weaknesses.
But coincidentally...
Lin Yu could see the monsters' weaknesses.
[Fear Lens: After using this item, you can see the image most feared in another's heart. Limited to one use per dungeon/return.]
And it was through this item that Lin Yu saw White Drace's deepest fear!
Silver crosses, powerful and terrifying demon hunters - during his childhood, the entire Drace family of werewolves had been slaughtered by that formidable demon hunter!
Gigantic silver crosses nailed his family members and elders to the ground, draining their blood and leaving them powerless!
Those massive silver crosses were like natural predators to werewolves.
So Lin Yu had Robin observe the image in the [Fear Lens] and paint this "cross" scene.
And to ensure the painting would effectively work.
Lin Yu even used the item [Ancient Notebook]!
[Ancient Notebook: An indestructible notebook where recorded information remains permanently preserved. Other undiscovered uses may exist...]
This guaranteed that even without Robin, the notebook's effects would absolutely take hold.
The [Ancient Notebook] and the 'Painter' were practically a match made in heaven.
The combination of these two [items] with Robin's 'Painter' abilities ultimately resulted in...
A silver cross standing tall in White Werewolf White Drace's area, radiating dazzling silver light.
The moment the silver cross appeared, White Drace immediately felt his entire body weaken.
Under that silver glow, White Drace trembled uncontrollably.
He turned his head and saw that nightmare image again.
Although it was from his earliest childhood, seeing it now once more...
Still nearly suffocated White Drace.
Why?
Why was this cross here?
Was that demon hunter watching too?
Was he among the audience?
These chaotic thoughts, combined with the weakness induced by the light, left White Drace collapsed atop the food pile, completely immobilized!
He wanted to roar loudly, to vent his fury - he knew he wasn't that weak little pup anymore.
But...
Ultimately, all his howls and rage were swallowed by overwhelming terror.
All the loud cries he wanted to make could only emerge as pitiful whimpers.
"Whimper... whimper..."
He lay limp on the ground, motionless.
And this scene, witnessed by all players...
Became absolute shock!
Robin looked at Lin Yu in disbelief.
"Fluoxetine... it actually worked?!"
"How did you know this would work? How did you get that image?"
Lin Yu smiled mysteriously: "That's... my secret!"
He said with a laugh.
As White Drace's supporters, Phantom and Fish looked extremely upset.
Especially Fish - she'd already lost one rope!
If she lost two more ropes after this round ended, she'd be in extreme danger.
"I've really lost to you, 'Fluoxetine'!"
Phantom also sighed.
"Looks like we're done for..."
It was clear White Drace wouldn't have the strength or mental capacity to act anytime soon... Even if he recovered later, catching up to the other two would be extremely difficult.
So Phantom spoke as if accepting fate:
"But I'm curious - even if White Drace is immobilized now... how will you defeat Pitian?"
"You couldn't possibly have items that coincidentally counter both characters, could you?"
As Phantom asked this, Li Hua, Radish and Mosin-Nagant all listened intently.
After all, this directly concerned them.
Lin Yu shook his head.
"I really don't have a way to counter that red muscle mountain... but..."
"Even without countering him, I have a [item] better than [Flavor Papers] to use!"
As Lin Yu spoke...
The black box that had landed in Pitian's area suddenly began multiplying wildly!
Massive amounts of food came gushing out!
Compressed biscuits, mineral water - they sprayed out from the black box like a fountain.
Huge piles of food accumulated on the ground.
"Ta-da! The Delicacy Fountain!"
Lin Yu laughed loudly.
Mosin-Nagant and Radish's expressions changed dramatically.
Especially Elder Radish, who like Fish, looked too despairing to speak.
Li Hua, observing this hopeless scene, still managed to comment:
"You actually had... this kind of [item]..."
Lin Yu explained with a smile.
"I used it well - this [item] isn't just some box that spews food without reason."
This was the "truth."
[Chate's Supplies: Generates biscuits and water meeting an adult's minimum daily requirements, using "Fear" as fuel.]
And now...
White Drace's endless, overwhelming fear was vigorously powering [Chate's Supplies]!