Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 693 The Controller

Lin Yilin has already coordinated all the key points in the process. Faced with this chaotic battle involving the Bureau of Justice, the gray neighborhoods, and the white city, she is determined to become a key player in this war.

Fortunately, when you count them up, Lin Yilin probably has the most cards to play in the whole game, and she also has Zheng Fan and Luo Ye, two real trump cards.

This time, Zheng Fan didn't even need to find a hostage to possess and launch a major offensive; simply dropping nuclear bombs around the central area would directly help their side dominate more than half of the situation. Well, that should be considered a "major offensive" in itself.

However, dropping a few nuclear bombs is still better than Zheng Fan launching a full-scale attack.

The performance of the monastery orchestra, led by Doris, was very effective from the start. This allowed for suppression before the true division of the capital, preventing a direct, decisive victory from behind the scenes.

After gaining control of the situation, they immediately "changed the song and changed the disc," taking advantage of the weakened state of the capital to weaken the world barrier and lay the groundwork for what was to come.

It's all thanks to them that we can hit a target with a fingertip nuclear bomb.

The return of the Wave Army to provide support was also a foregone conclusion. Lin Yilin had specifically instructed the Wave Army to target and destroy the spaceship if it returned.

Especially when the spaceship has just jumped back, the passage they opened themselves can be used by our side to create a larger opening and increase the efficiency of the support force.

Then, through the ritual connection, and with the help of Fan Zhonghong and Li Miaosheng from the end-level society, at the macro level, a channel was opened to summon resistance forces at the weak points where Zheng Fan dropped nuclear bombs.

Originally, the plan was to only have Rabi and Carrot's mechanical puppet army. With Zheng Fan providing the resources, Rabi and Carrot could directly create a continuous army of mechanical puppets. However, after the incident at the Wave Factory base, it actually saved Zheng Fan a lot of trouble, because there was quite a lot of stuff left in that factory, saving them a lot of effort.

Originally, it would have taken some effort to open a passage from the mechanical world to Dadu, but now it's much easier. The Wave Factory base itself comes with Dadu's teleportation coordinates. Although the base didn't originally have the function of jumping between multiple worlds, they only need to install one.

Zhou Yinzhu and Lu Chongming can both do this easily now. Lu Chongming stays in prison and provides some remote optimization guidance using Jin Qunhou's knowledge, while Zhou Yinzhu skillfully operates on-site. That's how the matter is settled.

The reward was that Zheng Fan brought some barbecue for Lu Chongming to eat last night, and Lu Chongming enjoyed it very much.

The mechanical puppet army's main role is to fill manpower gaps. It doesn't need to hold back the lamplighters much, but it should at least put pressure on the Tide Army and the Seed of Light.

Doing so risks escalating the war, but if war is not used to stop war, the Gray District would be doing an extraordinary job if it could hold out for half a day against the combined forces of the Lamplighters, the Tide Army, and the Seeds of Light.

However, now, it may be more than just pressure.

After Zheng Fan contacted Jiang Si, Jiang Si quickly helped to connect them and bring in more support.

Mr. Immortal King, the "Professor of Immortal City University," and Jiang Qiang, the leader of the Jiang family, known as the "Family of Infinite Love and Heroes."

The martial virtues of these two cannot be simply described as abundant; the connections of this serial killer are terrifying.

Thus, a grand triangular alliance of corpses, violence, and machinery was formed, and now it was the White World's iron triangle's turn to feel the pressure. Apart from the Lamplighters, the Seeds of Light and the Tide Army were already drenched in sweat.

The Lord of the World represents a will that can use everything from the world from which it originated without reservation.

But this is only the most basic part of being a world master. It should be said that every world master should have mastered this instinct during the representative stage. It's just that after becoming a world master, this scope is expanded to the entire world.

This is not the entirety of the world's rulers, but most world rulers stop here.

The next step is expansion.

It extends outward, encompassing the symbols and meanings of its own world and the will of the world's ruler. If becoming the world's ruler is merely the process of forming a cocoon, then reaching this stage is the true transformation from cocoon to butterfly.

In the former case, it would be nothing special for most. The lamplighter, by unleashing his full power in the dark world and with the help of the lighthouse, could easily pierce through the world itself from the outside, causing the world's ruler and his world to perish together.

However, the latter is not a concept at all.

The concepts were extended in their hands, and they may have even extracted commonalities that encompassed the entire multiverse.

For example, the "soul" of the Undead King, and the "composition" of Rabi and Rox.

Although Rabbi and Carrot took shortcuts in becoming the rulers of the world, they achieved this in one step with the help of Zheng Fan. With the renewal and rebirth of the world and Zheng Fan's intervention, Rabbi and Carrot quickly transformed from cocoons into butterflies and even took flight.

The Undying King, this guy truly became a wild third-stage world master purely through his own talent.

The approach was a bit too unconventional. The fact that it made the Ghost King act so recklessly was itself an experiment for the Undead King. The unbridled growth of spirit beings was also part of the Undead King's observation and research. Furthermore, the union of the Wolf Mother and the Ghost King allowed it to glimpse a corner of the outside world.

The arrival of Zheng Fan and Jiang Si further broadened its horizons. Teaching Jiang Si was also a form of self-practice for it. A third-stage world lord, utilizing their own world and unique characteristics, is a formidable opponent for Dadu. Each of them is a monster that has stepped out of its "comfort zone." If pushed too far, they could directly bring their own worlds into Dadu, manually triggering a world impact. If several of them came at once, Dadu would likely be in dire straits.

Fortunately, historically, there have been very few world rulers who have truly emerged from the wild, and there has never been an observation of more than two appearing at the same time.

Not only are most people wary of suppressing the emergence of such entities, but the illusion of the dark world and its advocates are also hindering the development of such things.

Normally speaking, in the current multi-world situation, the emergence of a second-stage world ruler would be considered the absolute pinnacle.

However, there is no doubt that the corpses and machines that appeared at this moment, taking advantage of the chaos and vulnerability of the capital, are undoubtedly backed by the world lord of the third stage!
While Jiang Qiang is not the master of the world, then again, the violent world, which is closely related to the concept of humanity, is inherently irrational.

Despite being a top-tier violent maniac, he's also a family-oriented hero who prioritizes love. Now, after years of reflection, he's returned to the capital. Judging from the lantern bearers who kept getting knocked away after approaching him, his strength is undeniable.

These "super giants" took advantage of this opportunity to directly invade Dadu, while the people of the city had to suffer the disadvantage of playing on home ground.

The slightly weaker lamplighters would probably not perform much better than the Seed of Light in front of these individuals—at most, they would be a little more durable.

Thus, although the initial divisions caused by Jian Banxian were somewhat unexpected, Lin Yilin's arrangements for today proceeded steadily overall.

If it were still a complete capital, it would take a lot of effort to fight. If the battlefield were in the Black World instead of the capital, and the unrestricted lamplighters burned everything to bless a few powerful lamplighters, even a third-stage world lord would have a hard time breaking in.

But now there are no more "what ifs".

From the moment Zheng Fan's nuclear bomb was unleashed and Fan Zhonghong and Li Miaosheng's ceremony was completed, even the lamplighter was dragged into this vortex and found it difficult to escape.

However, Lin Yilin's goal was not to exterminate all the lamplighters.

Of course, that's impossible. Lin Yilin has no grudge against the lamplighters; in fact, she greatly admires and respects them. If they were gone, most of them would be extremely vulnerable in the face of the dark world.

Civil war aside, the underworld has fallen silent since the failed raid on the factory base, but it cannot be truly ignored. Sufficient manpower must be preserved to deal with the underworld's next move.

Therefore, we need to be patient.

Lin Yilin was currently sitting in the office chair that originally belonged to President Yi Yun in the high-rise building of the Central Bank of Dadu. The person in question was now mining in the world of gold.

The view and signal are good here, and it's also close to the core central area.

Jian Banxian definitely has other methods up his sleeve. There's no news from Jiajia yet, but Zheng Fan said there's no problem. At the same time, he can also sense a violent collision between pure white factor energies erupting deep within the Thousand Hundred Corridors, a battle between Stratus and Eliadodice.

Jian Banxian and Eliado Dike are the two sources of all this. We must resolutely sever their thoughts and kill them completely in order to ensure that Dadu survives this calamity.

Managing so many things left Lin Yilin feeling a bit tired, but at the same time, she also felt a sense of excitement.

She has never been a well-behaved junior manager at the firm. Once she finds a loophole, she can quickly snowball her influence with the help of various forces until it becomes uncontrollable.

At this moment, Luo Ye sent a message.

"Yilin, Bai Wucang has been captured alive. Although he resisted very hard, which surprised me a little, it didn't take much effort."

"Thank you, Sister Ye. Let's prepare for the next step. Mr. Head of the Central Committee, this symbolic gesture is still very useful at times like this," Lin Yilin replied.

“Alright. Speaking of which, Yilin, since you’re sitting behind the scenes with the Chief Executive in charge, in a sense, aren’t you now the true Dark Queen of Dadu?” Luo Ye’s tone was relaxed, and he was even in the mood to joke. This scene couldn’t bring her any pressure or tension.

"It's so cringeworthy, but it seems to suit Mr. Illusion quite well." Lin Yilin first made a lighthearted complaint, but then her perspective took an unexpected turn.

"Is she really that love-obsessed?"

"Sister Ye, aren't you the same? Besides, if you don't think about him more, you won't be able to hold onto him later." Lin Yilin tilted her head.

"Stop joking, I'll go set it up now." Although he was the one who started being irreverent, Luo Ye was the first to change the subject.

"Ok."

(End of this chapter)