On my second playthrough, they were full of malice towards me.

Liao Ji meticulously listed the things that seemed amiss, and finally focused his gaze on the catgirl behind Klaus. The catgirl shuddered and quickly shrank back into herself, not even bothering to peek out.

It's clear that Liao Ji's ability to play villains is quite good.

"It's alright, it's not your fault, Ah Xu. It's all my fault; I could only come up with such a stupid idea."

"Lord Liao Ji, Ah Xu was enslaved by others for a long time. She was a real slave. So even though it was acting, it brought back some very bad memories for her. That's why she was so anxious and screaming, wanting you to come quickly. She's afraid that she'll really become a slave again."

While comforting the catwoman, Klaus explained to Liao Ji, and the catwoman cried even harder under his words, no longer hiding behind him, but burying her head in Klaus's arms again and sobbing incessantly.

Having explained the most flawed point, Klaus countered that Liao Ji's first two points were incorrect.

"Lord Liao Ji, I did use a little bit of auxiliary means to amplify the desires of this group of Dragon Kingdom soldiers, but please believe me, once you arrive in Dragon Kingdom, you will see things that are even more corrupt, cruel, and filthy than these Dragon Kingdom soldiers!"

Klaus's eyes flashed with hatred as he spoke, his hands clenched into fists inside his uniform sleeves.

But Liao Ji was actually more concerned about another point.

"After I arrive in the Dragon Kingdom? It seems you're quite confident in your guesses about my next plans."

“No, I don’t have that ability. It’s that lord.” Klaus shook his head.

"That sir?"

"I'm very sorry, but that lord instructed me that this is the most I can say to Lord Liao Ji."

Klaus's serious demeanor amused Liao Ji.

puff.

Liao Ji couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This kind of arrogant attitude—having his subordinates relay messages, yet insisting on being half-concealed, even though he clearly knows everything, still putting on an air of "I didn't intend to tell you"—is quite something.

Among "them"

Only "she" could do something like that, right?

"So, the reason your cat, Ah Xu, stole 'Hearthstone'—oh, which is this relic I have—was to set up new coordinates for me, right?"

The stone pendant that Gu Qing had previously possessed is now spinning and glowing in Liao Ji's palm.

Looking back now, it's true that from the moment they arrived at the Wall of Michel, Klaus had been constantly giving him hints and reminding him of the existence of the "Relic Envoy" opposite him, and even specifically hinting that the "relic" in the other party's hands was a teleportation-type artifact.

Liao Ji's purpose in going to the border was actually to go to the Dragon Kingdom. After all, the only reason and conflict Jiu You had for declaring war on the Holy Kingdom was him. As long as he was no longer in the Holy Kingdom, this war could be easily avoided.

Of course, this also means that he has completely lost Sthija's protection.

That's why Liao Jicai said Jiuyou's move was ruthless.

It may seem reckless, but in reality, it forced him into a dangerous situation.

But now it seems...

It seems there's someone even more ruthless than Jiu You?

Or

Is that a bit "uncivilized"?

Liao Ji looked at the item panel of the stone pendant in his hand.

Hearthstone Tears

[Quality: ★★★★ (Dangerous)]

Rarity: Rare

【Effect 1: Teleport friendly units within a certain range to a designated coordinate location (requires charging and must have previously visited that coordinate)】

[Effect 2: Instantly teleport yourself to any location within ten meters]

[Turbid Deviation: There is a very small chance that "Effect 1" will be replaced with being teleported to a "random" coordinate location.]

(Legend has it that there once was a Hearthstone Castle in a blizzard, where a princess and a prince lived. They were initially very much in love, but the prince, taking advantage of the princess's obedient nature, became increasingly unruly and eventually banished her. However, what the prince did not know was that it was because of the princess that his castle was able to stand firm in the blizzard. When the princess was lost, the blizzard buried the castle, and the Hearthstone prince's tears of regret eventually solidified into this stone, hoping that one day he could return the princess to her side.)

[Note 1: The new coordinates were set ten minutes ago as: Shanghai, Demon King's Tower, City Lord's Bedroom]

Chapter 74 High-Stakes Gamble

Good guy!

Liao Ji's eyelids twitched violently as he looked at the small line of coordinate changes at the end of the Hearthstone Tears panel.

If you didn't notice anything and were careless, foolishly using Hearthstone Tear to teleport, then it wouldn't just be a lamb entering a tiger's den, but a fish jumping onto a chopping board.

What left Liao Ji speechless was...

He turned to ask the crusader leader and the catwoman in his arms.

"Klaus, how did you set the new coordinates?"

“It’s a special item given to us by that lord. We don’t have the power to use the ‘relic’,” Klaus said honestly. This was within the scope of what that lord “allowed” them to tell.

"Did she tell you where the coordinates were set?"

Klaus shook his head when pressed by Liao Ji, but he said with a very trusting expression:

"Although we don't know the exact location, that lord told us that you are the hope for saving Ah Xu's people, that you can stop that tyrannical empress, and that you can bring change to the Dragon Kingdom! The task that lord entrusted to us is to use the 'relics' to pave the way for you, presumably..."

"It must have teleported you to a secret revolutionary base somewhere in the Dragon Kingdom, right?"

At this point, Klaus trembled with excitement, as did the catgirl in his arms. Both of them seemed to see the spark of revolution about to ignite a prairie fire in the Dragon Kingdom!

Liao Ji: "."

Looking at the innocent knight opposite him, and the catwoman in his arms who still showed some fear but more pleading and expectation, Liao Ji sighed.

Because he seemed to see, behind this bitter and resentful cross-cultural couple, someone who was manipulating puppets like a puppeteer.

Pink-haired succubus.

I must say, as expected of you, Lena?

Liao Ji couldn't bear to tell Klaus and the others the truth that they had been completely "manipulated".

Lena, as Styutia told herself, was the only one among "them" who did not "self-hibernate," and was also the master of the so-called "center of the world," the magical city. With the succubus's powerful intelligence network, Lena could easily lock onto her without her having to use her abilities.

Moreover, it's clear that Lena's methods are even more sophisticated than Jiu You's; she used a dirty trick.

The Dragon Girl's declaration of war against the Holy Kingdom successfully forced her away from Sthiuthia's side. But then Reina jumped out and began to steal the fruits of the Dragon Girl's labor!

They're all incredibly talented!

Liao Ji was in a real bind.

Things are getting complicated now.

First of all, he had to go to the Dragon Kingdom. The reason was simple: even without a declaration of war, the Dragon Girl was his subordinate, and Jiu You's country was in such a terrible state that he couldn't just sit idly by.

When I was playing the "second playthrough," I said that I only had one goal: to find my wives to have sex with, to have sex with, and to have sex with them!

Correcting Jiuyou is imperative!

The defeat CG must be collected.

But now that Lena has stepped sideways into the middle, it has somewhat disrupted Liao Ji's plans.

He could indeed control the relics; in fact, these were the items and equipment he had acquired during his first playthrough.

But the problem is

In Hearthstone, to activate "Location" teleportation, the user must have visited the coordinates at least once to establish an anchor point. This is similar to clearing the fog of war and opening the map before teleporting.

With his current map, even if he unlocks the Black Hole and the Wall of Michel, the Dragon Kingdom is still completely dark.

Gu Qing, the only one who could both use the relics and "open" the map of the Dragon Kingdom, died because he was too reckless.

Now it's impossible to find someone to replace them.

On the other side, seeing that Liao Ji remained silent and frowned in thought while looking at the "relics," Klaus thought that Liao Ji did not trust them and suspected that there was a trap involved.

"Lord Liao Ji! I am truly sorry for concealing this from you! I... I admit, I only wanted to take this opportunity, before you went to the Dragon Kingdom, to further reduce your goodwill towards the nobles and military of the Dragon Kingdom, thinking that this would make it easier for you to join the revolution. I had absolutely no other intentions!"

"Even if you don't believe me, you must believe that person! I've never seen that person care about you so much. I'd stake my life on it; she...she has absolutely no intention of harming you! She truly wants to help you!! She cares about you so much."

stop!

Liao Ji made a gesture to stop.

Indeed, what evil intentions could a succubus possibly have? She just wants to do something wrong to him. Given Reina's perverse personality, she would probably send him and "them" to the dormitory to drain them dry together.

Think about it.

If you absolutely have to use Hearthstone Tears, then there's only one option left.

That's right.

From the very beginning, such as the [Kobold Clay Statue] and the [Dirty Essence] to the current [Tears of the Hearthstone], all "Dirty items" have one thing in common: the Dirty bias.

As the name suggests, under the influence of the turbidity, items become unstable.

The vast majority of these "turbidity deviations" are negative effects.

For example, Hearthstone Tears.

[Turbid Deviation: There is a very small chance that "Effect 1" will be replaced with being teleported to a "random" coordinate location.]

The transformation of targeted teleportation into random teleportation is something no one would want to trigger in most situations, but it can be surprisingly effective in special circumstances, such as right now.

Almost all "randomness" in games is pseudo-randomness, and the same is true for Fall. Liao Ji had already figured it out long ago. The randomness in Fall is greatly influenced by the user. In reality, it should be a pseudo-randomness that narrows down the range based on the user's emotions, thoughts, and inner expectations.

As long as Liao Ji keeps silently chanting about the Dragon Kingdom and focuses all his emotions on it, if the Turbidity Deviation is triggered after activating [Tears of the Hearthstone], he will almost certainly be randomly located within the Dragon Kingdom.

This can be considered a way to "smuggle" people across the border without having to "open a map".

Of course, all of this is contingent on Liao Jide being able to trigger this "extremely low probability" [Turbidity Deviation] effect.

For the average person, it would probably take thousands of attempts to trigger it even once.

But if it were a certain girl

Liao Ji finally turned his gaze to Yilin.

"Sigh, now there's no way to fire you even if we wanted to," Liao Ji sighed.