Warhammer Fantasy: I Have Total War System

Ever since accepting the fact that he had been transported to another world, Li Lin had had a hunch in his mind.

He, and the system, may all be part of a game played by the four evil gods.

And the one most likely to orchestrate all of this is none other than the god of change—"Tzeentch"!

That is, the "Qingbao Tianzun" as spoken of by the people of China!

Yi Ge stared at him, remaining silent for a full ten seconds.

Then he laughed.

It wasn't that pretentious, shallow smile, but rather that uncontrollable, genuine laughter that hit the funny bone.

She tilted her head back, her shoulders shaking, and even her usual composed demeanor crumbled. Her right hand braced against the side of the compass cart, her left hand clutching her abdomen, and tears welled up in her eyes as she laughed.

"Ha—hahahaha!"

Her unrestrained laughter echoed throughout the inner palace of the Dragon Palace.

"Big sister, is your smiling like that also part of the plan?"

Li Lin had prepared extensively for her reaction to being exposed, and he was able to remain composed even if Yi Ge suddenly transformed into an incredibly ferocious Chaos Egg.

The only thing I didn't expect was that she would burst into laughter.

"Stop laughing," he grabbed Yi Ge's arm and shook it. "I'm begging you, sister, you've been laughing for over a minute, and there's still a war going on outside!"

Yi Ge then slowly stopped, wiped his eyes with his sleeve, and looked at Li Lin with a completely new and somewhat friendly gaze.

Unlike their previous relationship, where they only felt like they were using each other and doing business together.

In the system menu, a number quietly jumped up and down.

【Yi Ge - Loyalty: 50-60】

Huh? What does that mean?

"Do you know what will happen if you mention those four words?" Yi Ge asked Li Lin with great interest.

"Uh...you know?" Li Lin thought this was some kind of test between Tzeentch followers.

Yi Ge wanted to laugh again, but she restrained herself, desperately covering her mouth and her stomach, which ached from laughing.

"I have indeed studied the ritual implements of Qingbao Tianzun. In fact, most people in Tantric Buddhism have studied them, but I am not a follower of it."

"No one in the Shangyang Tantric sect believes in that existence."

Li Lin raised his eyebrows and looked at her suspiciously.

"Because there's no need." Yi Ge's tone revealed an almost arrogant certainty.

"Binlong himself is the changing wind of Zhen Dan. He is the supreme pinnacle of all mortal magic, an existence comparable to the Moon Queen."

"He allowed us to conduct any form of research in Shangyang, to learn all the forbidden knowledge, and he also imparted all his knowledge to us."

She paused, then said, "Tell me, what reason do we have not to worship a true emperor who grants all our wishes, but instead turn to some pathetic being who has been kept outside the Great Wall for so long?"

Li Lin scratched his head.

Wow, that seems to make sense.

Binlong truly had no taboos. As long as one was willing to serve him, whether it was a criminal from Zhen Dan exiled from other provinces, a cannibal from the Sorrowful Mountains, or a blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigner from the distant Western Regions, they could all find a place in his court.

Esoteric Buddhism was jointly founded by exiled practitioners of spiritual energy from various provinces. It has always held an important position in the imperial court, and there has never been any case of a monk being corrupted by Qingbao Tianzun.

On the contrary, the northern provinces, which reject non-Dragon Descendant monks, have to deal with the corruption and schemes of Qingbao Tianzun all year round.

"If you really want to find someone like that, you can go to the mages in the territories of those dragon princes who are enemies of Binlong." Yi Ge's tone was indifferent, revealing a kind of nonchalant contempt and disdain. "Take your master, Biaolong, for example. I bet her oppressive and bloody court is full of filth."

Li Lin instinctively felt a chill and quickly waved his hand to interrupt Yi Ge.

"Are you out of your mind?!"

"My home is in the northern province of Weibei! Don't get me into trouble!"

Yi Ge shrugged and walked to the center of the inner hall.

"Your power," she stopped in front of the stone pillar, raising her hand to the perfectly round dragon pearl with two intersecting colors on the altar, "is the power you used to spy on me and amplify the physical abilities of those around you, which mostly comes from this dragon pearl."

Li Lin knew she was referring to the "system".

One of the duties of the military commissioner is to acquire various precious magical items and present them to the Dragon Palace.

Even if the other members of the team noticed the influence of the "system," they would mostly just attribute it to their young master using some kind of powerful magical item.

But this couldn't be hidden from the magic-savvy sorcerer, and it's not surprising that he saw through it.

"Check it yourself. Your contract with the Dragon Balls is right in your heart."

Upon hearing this, Li Lin quickly unbuttoned his outer robe.

Sure enough, in the center of his chest, there was a reddish-gold amber-colored coiled dragon pattern, quietly coiled on his skin, exactly the same as the engravings on the Dragon Court Cast Gold given by the "system".

Staring at the lines on his chest, fragmented pieces of memory began to leak out from his shattered recollections.

In an antique-style mansion, on a rainy night with continuous spring rain, on a night he couldn't remember, he got up in the middle of the night and accidentally heard his grandfather and father talking in the ancestral hall.

"This matter is of utmost importance and must be carefully considered."

"The items bestowed by the Dragon Emperor can infinitely stimulate the potential of the holder, but they will also increase the greed, anger, and ignorance in their hearts."

"The matter of succession must be handled with utmost care, utmost care, and utmost caution. We must not fail the Jade Emperor's earnest expectations for our Li family..."

That's all the memory I have. Whenever the original owner of this body tried to inquire about "Dragon Ball" intentionally or unintentionally, her grandfather and father, those two old foxes, would cleverly change the subject.

As Li Lin put his coat back on, he began to realize something.

Therefore, his power actually comes from the dragon pearl in the Dragon Palace.

Because he's a hardcore gamer, the Dragon Balls, which can unleash human potential, activate his power in the form of a "game system."

It still feels a bit far-fetched, but it's a reasonable explanation nonetheless.

"Finally figured it out?" Yi Ge teased from the side.

"Pretty much," Li Lin shrugged, looking at Yi Ge with a serious expression. "But knowing this won't solve the immediate problem. I need the 'Ultimate Alchemy,' otherwise the swarming ogre behemoths and monster armies will crush everyone to pieces."

Yi Ge sighed.

"I know you've given me some power, but that doesn't allow me to learn a spell immediately."

"As I said before, it takes ten or twenty years of cultivation to learn and master a spell. It is absolutely impossible to learn it in a few hours."

is it?

Tzeentch's mage would be perfect; he can even draw prizes on the battlefield at any time.

I miss you all, shapeshifters, Carlos.

"However, I have other alternatives."

Yi Ge smiled mysteriously and had Li Lin lead the two of them to the outside of his room.

The two teleported to the outside of the room where Yi Ge was sealed, and almost tripped over the wounded people lying in the corridor.

"Young Master?"

The three artillery battalion members immediately put down their bottles and jars, wiped the blood and sweat from their faces, and ran to Li Lin to salute.

"Is there anything you need?" Li Lin glanced at the crowded outer ring of the Dragon Palace and said in a heavy tone, "I can get some more water and food."

"Thank you for your trouble, young master. We have no shortage of supplies, but..." a female soldier said with a wry smile, "we are just short of manpower and enough hospital rooms."

The person next to her playfully nudged her with their elbow: "Young Master, rest assured to command the front lines. Leave this to us, we will do our best."

Li Lin wanted to say thank you, but it came from an inexplicable instinct.

He transformed his words of gratitude into a nod that conveyed praise and encouragement.

This seemed to greatly encourage the members of the three artillery battalions, and Li Lin caught a familiar look in their eyes.

Just like not long ago, Xing Ganqi gazed at Yun Mosige's retreating figure.

That was a feeling called "longing".

They dream of becoming as great as themselves.

"Great?" Li Lin thought to himself with a bitter smile.

He felt he had absolutely nothing to do with the word "great"; he was just a pure video game player.

On the other side, Yi Ge took out a bright red talisman and tore it to pieces. "Alright, let's teleport in."

"Teleportation? You just need to break the seal and we can just push the door open and go in."

Yi Ge chuckled, "This door is a trap; it will explode if you push it."

Holy crap! It could really explode!

And this compass cart was previously only inhabited by him and Yi Ge, so this trap was specifically designed to blow him up!

No wonder the loyalty level is only 50.

Li Lin was inwardly full of complaints, but with a formidable enemy at hand, he restrained himself and teleported the two into the room.

Yi Ge's room, like other boudoirs, was about a hundred square meters and very spacious.

But it was packed full.

All sorts of alchemical instruments filled three walls, including bronze furnaces, glass tubes, oddly shaped distillation devices, and dozens of sealed ceramic jars, vaguely resembling human organs, each with a label written in tiny characters.

"Squeak squeak squeak? Master... Master has brought back live experimental subjects again... Yes, yes?"

The three large gray rats in the center of the room turned their heads and stared at Li Lin.

Both sides were shocked. Li Lin drew his sword, and the rats activated some kind of weapon that looked like an iron claw mixer. They screamed and shrank into the corners at opposite ends of the room.

"Holy crap! There's a rat-man in your room!?"