On the Ark.

"Data recovery!" White Owl's voice suddenly rang out from behind Lin Ye.

Lin Ye was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned his head to look at the white-faced owl.

The White Owl's ears twitched, and then it slowly spoke in its distinctive mechanical voice: "A word of advice from Operator White Owl, Dr. Lin, please remember this. Whatever you encounter in your dream, it is Miss Liz's dream, not anyone else's."

Before Lin Ye could figure out what the white-faced owl had said, his ability took effect.

Everything before my eyes was plunged into darkness.

When the darkness disappeared, he had arrived in the dimly lit tunnel.

"That white-faced owl!" Lin Ye gritted his teeth. "He won't explain anything clearly!"

What do you mean this is Liz's dream, and not anyone else's?! Isn't that a pointless statement?!

But if it's just nonsense, there's no reason for the White Owl to bring it up with him specifically.

Forget it, let's get moving.

Lin Ye recalled the White Owl's plan, first avoiding the Sarkaz warriors running past him, and then quickly running into the dungeon.

As he kept track of the time in his mind, he took the cell key off the wall.

"First, this one."

Lin Ye unlocked the cell of a prisoner whose arms had been severed, then quietly slipped the lock into his pocket without attracting the attention of the prisoners inside.

Instead, it was the second and third rooms.

Then he carried a manure bucket out from the corner, placed it in the middle of the walkway, and lifted the lid, a stench hit him.

At that moment, the rough voices of the Sarkaz warriors echoed through the dungeon plaza.

The timing is perfect.

Lin Ye grabbed a torch from the wall and quickly ran to Liz's cell, unlocking it.

"Liz," he whispered to the little girl huddled in the corner, "I've come to pick you up."

Author's BB:

Regarding today's Arknights update, I only have one question...

When will that operator named Blaze be implemented? GKDGKD

Chapter 132 The Battle of Dreams (Part Two)

This was the first time Lin Ye had spoken to Liz in his dream in nearly a month. In his previous thirty attempts, he had at most stood outside the cell watching Liz while in stealth mode, not daring to speak. Because speaking would awaken Liz, thus ending his stealth mode, just like now.

Liz, who was fast asleep, slowly opened her eyes. Looking at Lin Ye standing in front of her, before her brain could even process what was happening, she murmured, "Who are you?"

As expected, he still didn't remember who Lin Ye was.

"I'm here to save you." Lin Ye picked up Liz and said, "The war is over, we should get out of here."

"The war is over?" Liz's azure eyes were filled with disbelief. She thought she had misheard, or perhaps she wasn't fully awake. But Lin Ye had no time to explain to her, or even for him to react. In White Owl's plan, time was always the most important factor.

The heavy footsteps of Sarkaz warriors echoed down the corridor.

Lin Ye held Liz in his arms, standing close to the wall, a torch in one hand.

"Get up! Get up right now!" A rough voice rang out first, and then the person appeared.

The Sarkaz warrior was taken aback when he saw no one in the cell, despite holding a keychain.

Lin Ye seized the opportunity, using the Sarkaz warrior's blind spot to rush out of the cell, and then used the torch as a weapon to smash it towards the Sarkaz warrior's forehead. Although it was a sneak attack, the Sarkaz warrior reacted quickly, instinctively raising his hand to block and shield his head.

However, Lin Ye was only feinting; his target was not the Sarkaz warrior's head at all, but another equally fatal part of his body.

With a "plop" sound, Lin Ye shoved the torch into the Sarkaz warrior's groin.

"Ooh ooh ooh ooh!" the Sarkaz warrior cried out in pain, immediately clutching his groin with both hands.

Seeing this, Lin Ye naturally pulled out the torch and smashed it towards the Sarkaz warrior's head.

Lin Ye had been practicing swordsmanship with Yato for over a month. Although his swordsmanship was still terrible, his strength and agility had improved considerably. The Sarkaz samurai, after being struck repeatedly in vital areas, immediately lost consciousness and slowly collapsed.

However, the Sarkaz warriors outside still heard the Sarkaz warriors' screams.

"Damn it?! What happened?!"

Once this Sarkaz warrior named Mad falls, the other Sarkaz warriors will rush over to check on him. No matter what he does, he can't avoid it; fortunately, all of this is still within White Owl's calculations. After silently counting a few times in his mind, Lin Ye threw the torch.

The torch spun in the air before landing precisely in the latrine bucket that Lin Ye had previously placed in the corridor.

At that moment, the Sarkaz warriors entered the corridor.

Then came the explosion. Flames tore at the methane gas, and the resulting shockwave ripped open the manure bucket and the manure inside.

Although the explosion wasn't very powerful due to its weight, the effect was still excellent. The wreckage and excrement from the latrine bucket were thrown high into the air by the impact, then fell with a clatter, landing squarely on the Sarkaz warriors.

"Holy crap, what is this?! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"This is shit, this is shit!"

The powerful biological weapon instantly stirred the well-trained Sarkaz warriors, while the deafening explosion slowly roused the sleeping prisoners. Lin Ye, having timed it perfectly, roared down the corridor, "The locks are gone! The counterattack begins! Kill these beasts!"

After saying that, he turned and ran away with Liz.

Liz was stunned by Lin Ye's actions. She grabbed Lin Ye's shoulders and asked in a panic, "Who are you? Didn't you say the war was over?"

“Yes,” Lin Ye said, “Once we leave here, the war will be over.”

Liz shook her head: "I don't understand, were you sent by the enemy?"

"No." Lin Ye patted her shoulder and said softly, "I was sent by you."

After a brief commotion, one of the Sarkaz warriors spotted Lin Ye fleeing. Just as he was about to call for the other Sarkaz warriors to chase after Lin Ye, a pair of large hands reached out from the cell next to him and grabbed his neck tightly.

He turned his head with difficulty and found that the prisoner had come out of the cell at some point.

"Freedom!" the prisoner shouted.

As a result, the entire dungeon descended into chaos.

All of this was still part of the White Owl's plan.

As Lin Ye led Liz toward the secret passage, he didn't stop running. After navigating the dungeon more than thirty times, he had memorized the location of every single latrine bucket. So, every now and then, he would take a torch from the wall and toss it away, creating an explosion and sending countless torches flying through the air.

This was naturally done to hold off pursuers, even though the current prisoner riot seemed to be in his favor. He knew very well that the prisoners here were either crippled or tortured beyond recognition, making them unlikely to pose a significant fighting threat. Compared to the Sarkaz warriors in the dungeon who were still capable of fighting, it was like comparing sheep to wolves.

Once the Sarkaz warriors react, it shouldn't take more than a few minutes to subdue the prisoners.

Lin Ye led Liz to the storage room, which was also the location of the secret passage. Even now, Liz still didn't quite understand what had happened, didn't know who Lin Ye was, or why all his actions seemed so fluid and effortless. Even though this was the first time Liz had seen him in the dungeon, it felt like he had been there for many years.

Lin Ye carried Liz inside through the opened dungeon exit. He then closed the storage room door, blocked it with three large dung buckets, and placed a final torch above the buckets, adjusting its angle. If the Sarkaz warriors chose to break down the door, the torch would fall into the three dung buckets, becoming the final obstacle to them.

In this way, Lin Ye completed all the operations in the White-faced Owl's plan. And everything now is still within the White-faced Owl's calculations.

Then Lin Ye climbed into the secret passage. But now he had no torches, so he could only blindly follow the path ahead.

Although he couldn't see anything, he could hear the girl's tense breathing in the darkness.

“Liz,” Lin Ye said softly, “Don’t be afraid. I’m here to take you out. We just need to leave through this road and we’ll get to the surface.”

Liz remained silent for nearly twenty seconds before asking in a trembling voice, "Who are you? What do you want me to do?"

"I told you, I'll take you away."

"I cannot abandon my people."

“No, Liz,” Lin Ye said in a low voice, “Your people are no longer here. This is just your nightmare. You should wake up from the nightmare now.”

Chapter 133 He is invincible (5K)

Because it was used to transport goods, the passageway was narrow and dark.

Lin Ye could only bend over and feel his way forward along the walls of the dark passage. Although the movements were awkward, he was already familiar with them, so walking wasn't too strenuous, and his speed wasn't slow either. The petite Liz, on the other hand, didn't have to bend over like Lin Ye. She just had to feel her way forward, but the endless darkness still brought considerable fear to the young Liz.

To counteract her fear, she kept talking, her childish voice echoing through the narrow passage, along with Lin Ye's patient reassurance.

"Are you really not sent by the enemy?" Liz asked.

Although he had answered this question many times, Lin Ye would still repeat it again and again: "No."

Where are you taking me?

Rhodes Island.

"I've never heard of such a place."

“You’ll find out soon enough,” Lin Ye said. “Many people are waiting for you.”

"I don't know them."

"You'll get to know it, as long as you can get out of here."

"If we can get out, will we be able to reach Rhodes Island?"

"Ah."

“You’re lying to me,” Liz whispered. “I’ve seen the outside world. I came here from the outside. There’s no place called Rhodes Island outside.”

"So what do you think the outside world is like?" Lin Ye asked.

Liz thought for a moment and replied, "It's nighttime, there's a moon, trees, and mountains..."

"anything else?"

“Nothing.” Liz shook her head. “There’s nothing left.”

Lin Ye thought to himself, "Liz's memory of 'outside' is far too simplistic. The moon, trees, and mountains are everywhere. Does this child not even remember her own home?"

As he thought this, he heard Liz's breathing become heavier. After all, she was already a thin and hungry child, and in her panic, she had walked this far with Lin Ye. That was already quite an achievement, and she was constantly talking, continuously expending her already limited strength. And in this situation, Lin Ye couldn't help her.

"Don't say anything," Lin Ye said. "Just keep walking forward."

"But……"

"I'll talk to you. Just listen to me, and you won't be scared."

Liz remained silent.

Lin Ye mentally calculated that it would take him about forty minutes to reach the surface alone through the secret passage. However, with Liz by his side, the pace had slowed considerably, and Lin Ye estimated that it would take at least an hour to get out of the passage. It was clear that White Owl hadn't factored in Liz's stamina when formulating the plan, but that wasn't White Owl's fault, since all his previous attempts had been without Liz.