Honkai, why do you only play high-end games?

As he spoke, he tried to squeeze out a smile from the corner of his eyes, but two falling drops of water broke the lie.

"Woo..."

Anna sobbed softly,

In fact, she also understood the truth, but she just couldn't accept it for the time being.

Aren't all the Anti-Entropy mechas controlled by AI? How could there be people inside them?

Anna, who grew up as a Valkyrie since birth, never thought that one day her hands would be stained with the blood of her own kind, nor did she think that in order to save some people, she would have to kill others first.

These absurd facts continued to impact her already shaken heart, making her even more panicked and uneasy. She even began to have the self-deprecating thought that "no matter what I do, it's wrong."

Lin Wei wiped the tears from her face with the back of her hand tenderly, raised her head and looked around, then looked at Anna who was now clenching her fists and keeping silent with her head down. The girl was extremely sensitive at the moment, and Lin Wei was afraid that if she left alone, she would feel abandoned and helpless.

After thinking for a while, Lin Wei pulled Anna up and walked towards the pile of scrap metal not far away. She smiled softly and said,

"Anna, you know what? Sometimes our eyes can deceive us, our ears can deceive us, and even our feelings can deceive us; so what we see, hear, feel, and what we perceive based on these things are not necessarily true."

"What do you mean?"

Anna sniffed, confused.

"What I mean is, you can open it and take a look. It may not be what you think."

Lin Wei pointed upwards, pointing to the handle of the blade above his head, which was almost completely inserted into the mecha.

"I'll take care of the other side. Don't worry, it's no problem."

After saying that, he gave Anna an encouraging smile, reached out and ruffled her hair, and was about to leave in style, but when he saw the blazing car wreckage not far away, he curled his lips and tactfully gave up the idea.

Although Anna was a little confused, she still climbed to the top of the wreckage obediently. After a slight hesitation, she gritted her teeth and poured her strength into it again. She pulled down hard, splitting the steel body open. She took a closer look at what was inside and then cried out in surprise.

"This is?"

It was not the expected corpse, but a brain that was cut in half and frozen into ice.

"You see, it's not a living being, but a biological weapon, a monster like those constructs we saw before."

Lin Wei also came behind her and explained the scene in front of her like a voice-over.

"Remember? I just said that what you hear, see, and think may not be the truth."

"……Um!"

Anna cried with joy as if everything had turned around, and turned around to snuggle in Lin Wei's arms, tears streaming down her face.

"Really, that's great..."

With the recent psychological blows one after another, it is difficult for her to bear any more pressure.

"Alright, alright, that's enough..."

Lin Wei felt that a large area of ​​her clothes had been soaked. She raised her hands awkwardly and said helplessly,

"There's still a bomb over there that hasn't been defused. Seeing how hard you're working, I'll go and defused that one. In exchange, how about you do me a small favor?"

"What's the deal?"

Anna's watery eyes were full of confusion.

Lin Wei smiled slyly and pointed at the wreckage of the car that was still burning not far away.

"Go put out that fire. It's too hot. Oh my God... don't you feel uncomfortable?"

Anna shook her head blankly. As part of the Valkyrie training, adaptation training in high temperature and cold environment and combat training were basic courses. She didn't feel how hot it was now.

Then I realized belatedly that the man in front of me seemed to be just an ordinary person who had been dragged into danger by me. He must be having a hard time here, right?

"I'll go right away!"

A figure with a fragrant breeze rushed out like lightning. In just a moment, the surroundings returned to darkness, but the accumulated high temperature heat wave remained.

“It’s really painful…”

Lin Wei muttered to himself as he walked along the wall to the remains of the mecha that had failed to self-destruct. He reached out and pulled out the cane that was stuck in a gap. The cane had completely destroyed all the electronic components inside the moment it was inserted.

"Heh, we've been delayed for so long, and there's still no support. This place is even more boring than I expected."

Lin Wei sneered in her heart. These words were not suitable for Anna to hear.

"System-controlled mechanical and biological weapons can't detect abnormalities here under the interference of the Corrosion Key, but living people can. There has been no movement for so long. Are these the only two living people in this place?"

"You said there were living people in those two mechas? Then what did you just do..."

Yaezakura felt a little emotional.

"Lin Weijun is really thoughtful."

"Using the obvious truth to deceive people is the smallest of tricks I know. After all, a brain made of flesh and blood and a body made of steel—who says that can't be a living person?"

Lin Wei smiled and glanced sideways at the dead iron lump beside him. He saw a last sharp arc of electricity flash across its body, burning the fragile brain wrapped in it into charcoal.

"But it's enough for Anna. After all, dealing with biological weapons is her job. As for evil deeds like killing people, hehe, it's better for a bad guy like me to do it..."

At this time, Anna, who had put out the fire and completed reconnaissance and vigilance, walked over in the dark. For her, the darkness here did not hinder her vision. She carefully supported Lin Wei, fearing that he would get hurt because he could not see.

"The situation is not good. The passage is blocked. I'm sorry, this place is no longer safe, but I don't think I can take you back to the ground."

She had just checked it. After the Titan Mech's violent smash, and the subsequent burning and fighting damage, the "car elevator" had been severely damaged. Anna felt extremely sorry for this.

"I didn't expect there would be an Anti-Entropy base here. I'm so sorry for getting you involved in this."

The blame is flying across the Pacific Ocean. Friends who are against entropy, please catch it and don’t drop it.

"It doesn't matter. Since we can't retreat, let's just keep moving forward. We can't just stop here and wait for the enemy to show up again and block us here, right?"

Lin Wei didn't intend to defend Nien Entropy. What business did it have for him whether Nien Entropy was blamed or not? This damn place was like an oven, burning him so much that he felt uncomfortable all over. He just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

"Since they chose to hide underground here and continue kidnapping people, I suspect this is more likely a secret research institute. Perhaps the two mechas you destroyed are actually the strongest guards here?"

Lin Wei comforted Anna,

"Don't worry too much, but don't let your guard down either."

"Well, that's all it can do."

Anna nodded gently. Lin Wei was right. Now they had no choice but to keep moving forward. It was narrow and cramped here, and the longer they stayed, the more dangerous it would be. So she helped Lin Wei up, turned on the flashlight with her other hand, and supported him as they walked quickly and carefully into the darkness, deeper into the passage.

Lin Wei: “…”

Forget it, I'm used to it.

The narrow corridor was winding in a serpentine shape. Lin Wei discovered that the World Snake seemed to like this style, just like the buildings on the ground liked the style of the ancient Egyptian pyramids; but it was shorter than expected. After turning two corners, it only took a hundred meters to reach the end.

A heavy iron gate that looks like a vault stands in front, shining with a dull cement color under the light, almost blending in with the surrounding walls;

Looking up, one could see a huge mechanical lock. The torsion bar on the lock was even thicker than a human arm and could not be twisted by human power. Lin Wei seemed to understand what the two mechas were mainly responsible for here.

Anna walked forward and tried, but with her current strength and equipment, she couldn't break it at all, and she suddenly became anxious.

"Back off."

Lin Wei called out, then gently broke free from Anna, took two steps away, and tapped the ground and the walls on both sides with his cane, which made Anna look a little confused.

"Authorization verification successful..."

Suddenly, a clear AI voice sounded, startling Anna because the source of the voice was behind her!

He quickly turned around and shone the light in the direction of the sound, only to see a small door about one person tall quietly opened on the wall at the bend about ten meters behind him.

"How is this going?"

Anna looked at Lin Wei in confusion, hoping for an answer.

"Don't be fooled by what's easy to see, Anna."

"Those constructs come in and out every day, and even occasionally return with 'prey'. Do you think these little soldiers are worth the hassle of having two giant mechas dedicated to opening and closing doors for them?"

Lin Wei sneered.

"Besides, this iron door is too conspicuous. It's really out of place in such a deep underground base. Maybe there's a trap inside? Anyway, just don't take it seriously. Hey, isn't the real door over there?"

Lin Wei nodded behind him and walked over there. Anna followed in confusion.

I didn’t understand, and for the first time I felt like I was a little stupid.

Chapter 47: True love for true love? Stop it!

A little unexpected.

Lin Wei originally thought that there would be some hidden mechanisms and traps in the passage behind the door, such as infrared rays and lasers, which were specially used to give surprises to uninvited guests, but there were none of these. It seemed very ordinary and normal.

Behind the door, the usual digging style of the World Snakes was still maintained - a staircase winding downwards, but unlike the dim corridor outside the door, the passage inside the door was brightly lit, and there was a world of difference between the two.

Come to think of it, the real world is not like a science fiction movie, which will give you a "death tunnel" that looks very cool but is actually extremely cost-effective and flashy.

"What are you looking for?"

Anna noticed that Lin Wei paused at the door for a moment, his eyes scanning the surroundings as if searching for something, and couldn't help but ask. She was a little surprised, thinking that she hadn't realized that this seemingly bold guy was actually so cautious.

"Miss Anna, do me a favor and cause a little damage here, like a lock cylinder or something, so that it can't work properly and can't block the passage."

Anna's subconscious throwing herself into his arms when she was crying made Lin Wei realize that the relationship between him and Anna was in a very dangerous and delicate situation. This caught him off guard and made him quite uneasy, so he subconsciously kept some distance in addressing her.

Lin Wei pointed to the edges of the doors on both sides that were open like intertwined fingers. Worried that Anna might be a little irritable, she gave another special warning.

"Don't cause too much damage. The situation here is unclear, so be careful."

High-end traps often do not require overly complicated mechanisms.

Lin Wei judged himself by his own experience, wondering what he would do if he were the one setting the trap. This was an underground passage anyway, so he could just block the door and then pump poison gas into it. This would be more effective than anything else.

If the poison gas doesn't work, then throw an emperor-level Honkai beast in, like a cat or a dog...

Anyway, as long as the retreat route is blocked, it will be easy to deal with the opponent in any way you want.

So, the first thing is to ensure that your retreat is safe.

Anna felt a little unhappy about the way Lin Wei addressed her. She looked at him with a bit of grievance, but she didn't know what to say. She bit her lip, turned around and left without saying a word, which made Lin Wei a little confused.

A few seconds later, the sound of metal knocking was heard in the distance, echoing repeatedly in this small space. Lin Wei seemed to understand what Anna was going to do, and thought to himself, this child is quite smart.

A moment later, Anna came panting as she laboriously carried a massive metal column, much thicker than her waist. Then, after carefully selecting the right angle, she threw it into the doorway with a clang, completely blocking the narrow passageway, which was only wide enough for two people to walk side by side, leaving the door unable to close.

Lin Wei took a closer look and found that it looked familiar - a square metal body that was as thick as a person and half as tall as a person. Could this be a finger of Titan?

This thing wanted to punch me in the head before...

Anna, relieved of her burden, turned over lightly, lowered her head and slipped in through the half-empty hole.

"To stop the mechanism here from working properly, can't we just block the door ourselves? Look, just like this!"

After saying this, his eyes curved into an extremely bright arc, and he proudly showed off his intelligence to Lin Wei.

"...Thank you for your hard work, Anna."

The Shaniyat family is quite strong...

Lin Wei looked at the girl's sweaty face and the strained chest she was exerting. He glanced at the half-pendant gleaming with a blue luster on her slender neck, smiled helplessly, and walked forward to gently brush away the remaining iron filings and dust on her shoulders.

What else can I say?

People have gone this far because of your "instructions". If you deliberately keep your distance and don't respond, I'm afraid it will really hurt them.

Really, how did things get to this point?

Lin Wei looked at the girl who was blushing and lowering her head in shyness because of his soothing actions, and felt that this matter was becoming more and more complicated. He couldn't help but feel a headache and even a hint of guilt.

After all, Anna has always been dedicated and honest with herself; on the contrary, I have always kept a lot to myself and am still hiding things until now. This is wrong no matter how you think about it.

If it were just a casual relationship between colleagues, it would be fine, a chance encounter, and after the matter was over, they said goodbye and had no involvement with each other. This was indeed the case at the beginning, with only the most basic trust and tacit understanding between the two parties. In this case, hiding one's information is a normal self-protection strategy.

But I don’t know when it started, things began to change subtly. Anna began to trust me wholeheartedly, but what about me?

True love for true love? Stop it!

The more you talk at this time, the more mistakes you will make!

Lin Wei sighed silently. At this point, it seemed that he was in a difficult situation and could only take things one step at a time.

Seriously, how could it become like this?

Lin Wei once again gave God the middle finger in his heart. Are you playing tricks on me?

"Let's go. This way, even if there's any danger, we can retreat in time, and your companions will be less in the way."