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Chapter 639 A Bold Idea, All in!

At the bottom of the book, there seems to be a rough design drawing, blurry and indistinct, that looks a bit like a copper coil, or a reactor, but when viewed as a whole, it resembles some kind of bizarre, ultra-modern geometric architectural structure...

Lin Yi's eyes widened.

"This...?! Isn't this the book I saw in my dorm room when I had that flashback?!"

He thought it was a textbook from his school course!

I can't believe it actually turned out to be the campus design plans!
"Depend on!"

"We actually saw the blueprints beforehand!"

"No wonder! No wonder!"

"No wonder the boss's understanding of the design drawings differs from Young Master Tian's understanding of the campus blueprints!"

"Because in their respective perceptions, they are both right!"

As Lin Yi's mind was churning with countless thoughts, the "Principal's" voice rang out again: "The remaining 'Bronze Key' and 'Ouroboros Ring' will be given to 'Night Watchman-02' after I return to Black Moon Outpost."

"Is there anything else I need to do?"

“That’s enough,” Wei Liang shook his head and said. “Nothing else is needed. Just go to sea according to your plan.”

"Our plan began the moment you left your things behind."

"Of course, you have to remember one thing: no matter what happens, remember to come back, 'come back,' understand?"

“But… I don’t seem to have done anything,” the principal said.

“No.” Wei Liang shook his head slightly. “Compared to the you before, the you now knows more. Time has already left its mark on you, and that’s enough.”

"Leave the rest to us."

“Okay… On behalf of the remaining humans in the world, no, at least all the survivors of the Huaxia Alliance, thank you.” The “principal” bowed sincerely.

"Thank me, it's no use. I'm just a clown, a...sober clown."

Wei Liang waved his hand gently, and the figure of the "principal" slowly faded away.

In this dark dormitory room, which resembled a cabinet council chamber, light and shadow slowly converged on Wei Liang's desk.

“Those who toy with time will inevitably pay the price…” Wei Liang sighed softly. “It’s not that retribution won’t come, it’s just that the time hasn’t arrived yet. I can only keep gambling and trying my best to… redeem myself before ‘time’ comes after me.”

"People are always cautious when exploring things they can't control..." The person sitting next to Wei Liang finally spoke slowly, "Even the 'principal,' they didn't give enough trust."

"He" said, "The authorities have begun to distrust the 'principal'... Otherwise, given his personality, he wouldn't have taken that step."

“The ‘initials’?” Wei Liang said, “Indeed… the ‘Principal’ was the most talented and had the most human-like cognitive abilities among the group of children that Difa and the others trained.”

"To put it bluntly, he's practically a superman."

"When 'Holy Sun' fell, I already sensed the surge of his 'Primordial Power.' I didn't expect him to choose to lie low instead of breaking through, only taking that step in this era."

He said, "If it were back then... a breakthrough might not have been a good thing."

“Definitely. The call of the Gray Mist Sea is not to be underestimated. At that time, even he himself probably wasn't confident in maintaining an absolutely firm will.” Wei Liang nodded slightly. “So many ‘Originals’ perished in the depths of the Gray Mist Sea… One more newly promoted Original won't make a difference, nor will losing him. There's no need to sacrifice him; it's better to save him for more important things.”

He said calmly, "However, losing absolute trust must be quite sad for the 'principal'."

Wei Liang said: "In any era, in any place, once an individual's power exceeds the limits that an organization can bear, then the individual is no longer an individual, but a weapon."

"Everyone thinks that having superpowers will make them Superman, but in reality, everyone will become a Homelander."

“Sadness,” he said slowly.

“Sadness is useless.” Wei Liang shook his head with a wry smile. “If sadness could be transformed into power, Difa could have shattered the Gray Mist Sea.”

"In any case, we've already made the move with the 'principal,' and everything is going as smoothly as expected. Of course, he's an old friend who knows the ropes, so negotiations will be much easier."

"So next, we need to carefully plan our course of action..."

"In the coming period, we need to understand the design concepts of those architects by studying the campus design drawings."

"The good news is that, thanks to the extraordinary pathways and decreasing levels of pollution, we are always able to maintain a high level of understanding in this era, making it relatively easy to comprehend the campus."

"Once the 'Principal' leaves the campus, it will gradually collapse. So what we need to do is obtain the 'Bronze Key' and the 'Ouroboros Ring' before the campus reaches the critical point of collapse, and then find a way to bring him back from the Gray Mist Sea."

"The principal was unaware that the real turning point in this incident had already emerged."

"When he returns from the Gray Mist Sea, the aura he carries will provide crucial information for our next move."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yi was stunned.

"Wait a minute! Something's not right! Weren't we supposed to be here to get the principal's notebook? Why hasn't the conversation mentioned it at all?"

A few words suddenly popped into Lin Yi's mind—"Side quest!"

"Could it be that getting the principal's notebook is just a pretext, and the 'side quest' that Young Master Tian mentioned is actually our main mission?"

"This is ridiculous!"

However, looking at the "self" sitting next to Wei Liang, a self that even he himself felt somewhat unfamiliar with, Lin Yi couldn't help but wonder if his guess was the truth.

"No wonder Young Master Tian said that I would regain some of my memories once I got to the principal's office. It turns out he cut the truth into many parts, letting me recover a little bit at each stage?"

As for the real purpose, Lin Yi still doesn't know.

Every time he thought he understood, I would immediately tell him that it was just a temporary improvement in his understanding...

Just as Lin Yi was pondering this, he suddenly noticed that the "self" sitting next to Wei Liang had abruptly pulled out a bag of snacks, torn open the packaging, and silently pulled out a potato chip...

"Crunch... Crunch..." Lin Yi silently ate potato chips, lost in thought.

Wei Liang turned to look at "him" and slowly said, "S City University, we're not strangers to each other. Why are you suddenly thinking about this? Have you thought of something else?"

Lin Yi munched on his potato chips, but still nodded silently. Then, he slowly said, "Simply changing the 'Principal's' approach isn't enough. Since you're going to go all out, you might as well thoroughly rectify all the mistakes you've made in the past."

"Easy for you to say, it's not that simple... Wait, do you have some bold ideas?" Wei Liang's eyes lit up.

Lin Yi nodded seriously: "That's certainly bold enough."

“Our previous attempts were too conservative; we weren’t ruthless enough, and we weren’t tough enough on ourselves.”

"This time, let's all attack as 'ordinary people'."

"All of you?" Wei Liang looked slightly surprised. "This is indeed an unprecedented attempt, but isn't it too risky to do this?"

Upon hearing "himself" say these words, Lin Yi's lips twitched violently—he never expected that their "tiger and wolf plan" was actually proposed by "himself"!

Depend on!
Previously, he felt that Tian Bufan was being somewhat perfunctory by having him endorse the "self" that he didn't know, but he didn't expect that he would actually have to endorse these things himself!

But the next moment, Lin Yi saw "himself" shake his head.

"Isn't this too risky? Are you so confident?" Wei Liang seemed somewhat surprised.

“No,” Lin Yi said. “I don’t mean ‘the few of us,’ but all of us, including you.”

"Damn it!" Wei Liang slammed his hand on the table and jumped up. With the "principal" not present, he completely lacked the imposing aura he once possessed. "You want me to play like a chicken?! My third and fourth wives are paired up, and you expect me to bet that the 'angel' won't pull out a flush?!"

"In your style, shouldn't you be standing on the table, slapping your knee, and yelling 'Let's take a gamble'?" Lin Yi sneered, trying to provoke him.

"Get lost!" Wei Liang waved his hands repeatedly, his face full of disgust. "Such a slick move? You should be the gambler next time! I only dare to make a violent move if I have a way out. I wouldn't dare to throw out my cards and go all in right away."

"Then tell me, is it possible that because we didn't do this, we always fall short at crucial moments?" he countered.

Wei Liang curled his lip: "I won't do it. What you're saying is just the kind of talk I use to fool others. You're using my tricks to provoke me. I won't listen, I won't listen..."

“In that case, why don’t you hear our plan first?” he said.

Wei Liang said reluctantly, "What's the big deal? Let me hear it. But I must remind you, 'Angel' is an old rival of yours... With it watching the campus like a hawk, you can't just enter like this."

"Of course we've taken all that into account," Lin Yi said slowly. "We'll use 'One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones,' and you, 'Sever Yourself.' This way, we'll enter the campus at the lowest possible level, and even if we improve along the way, it won't attract the 'Angels' attention."

"Once everything is ready, even if the 'angel' notices us, we'll have already taken the final one or two steps. At that point, everything will be in place, and even if it does come to ambush us, we'll have enough opportunities... to get around it."

Wei Liang narrowed his eyes.

Confronting the "angels" head-on is always the worst possible strategy; avoiding direct confrontation is one of their guiding principles.

"Moreover, this time, we will release Difa as agreed," Lin Yi said.

Upon hearing the words "establishing the law," Wei Liang's eyes suddenly lit up with a brilliant light.

Lin Yi continued to urge, "There are some things that even the 'Principal' doesn't know much about. We, along with Difa and the others, might have a chance to pull off something big... Besides, they've been waiting for us—no, mainly for you—for so long. I think it's time for a real 'all-in'."

Wei Liang took a deep breath, his brows furrowed, and silently tapped the table.

"Tap...tap...tap..."

After saying that, Lin Yi didn't continue. Instead, he grabbed some potato chips from the snack bag and started eating them one after another.

"Tap...tap...tap..."

"Just like that... 'all in'... is that it..."

As Wei Liang pondered, countless strange symbols seemed to appear in his eyes, like stars blooming and then extinguishing, or like all things being born and then withering away.

"Want to give it a try...?"

“No, it’s not ‘try,’ it’s ‘all in,’” Lin Yi corrected.

"Oh dear, oh dear..." Wei Liang tapped his head, "Which faction are you on? Why have you suddenly become so difficult, just like that 'Principal' kid?"

"I'm just making a very interesting suggestion," Lin Yi said. "Are you going to listen or not?"

"I..." Wei Liang gritted his teeth, making a grinding sound. "Then be more specific, say something different... let me think about it carefully!"

"We... are like this..."

"Lin Yi" said slowly, and Lin Yi listened attentively. However, this time, what he heard was almost the same as what Tian Bufan had told him before. There was no mention of their real "side mission".

Lin Yi was getting increasingly anxious. "Damn it, get to the point! Don't just tell me what I already know!"

"...In this way...then, around the sixth or seventh day, we should be able to reach the 'Principal's Office'..." Lin Yi finally got to the point.

"The plans for the future will be roughly the same as before... However, this time, with so many variables added, everything will be like the butterfly effect, becoming completely different."

Lin Yi was getting anxious. What do you mean by "roughly the same as what we had before"? Couldn't you have been more specific?

Damn it…

Wei Liang said, "In that case, you will be in charge of this operation."

"Huh? Me?" "Lin Yi," who was eating potato chips, paused for a moment, pointed to himself, and asked, "What do you mean?"

“You’re in charge of troop deployment, you’re the one playing the game… and as for me, this time, I’ll back up your action plan.”

"You want to go all in? Okay! I'll go all in with you!"

"However... I reserve the final right to interpret the terms 'surrender and lose half'..."

(End of this chapter)