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

Anna has seen many, many assassins and has also eliminated many, many assassins.

Whether it was in the simulated training at the headquarters or in the various battles he participated in after joining the Snow Lotus Squad;

No matter whether they are low-level warriors who are like zombies, or high-level warriors with graceful figures;

She has become accustomed to it and even feels at ease with it.

She even witnessed with her own eyes the survivor she had finally dug out from the collapsed house, who had just given her a look of gratitude. Before she could even utter a weak thank you, he turned into another dead soldier before her eyes, and then was silently shot into eternal sleep by her...

It was her duty to save her.

It is also her duty to destroy it;

Anna understood and fully accepted it.

Even if those memories are not good, filled with the sadness of the past, as well as the resentment and unwillingness of being powerless against the cruel reality, she will only offer a sad prayer after fulfilling her duty.

But the assassins he saw today were different——

These assassins were artificial. I personally witnessed the process of those constructs injecting themselves with drugs. They moved in unison, as if they had received orders.

"What on earth are they?"

Anna thought of the dead investigative reporter, the walking dead that she had trapped in the upper cage with ice, and the victims captured by the constructs that roamed like hunters.

She seemed to have a vague answer, and this answer made her feel angry, an anger born out of human conscience, her duty as a Valkyrie, and even out of sympathy for her good friend.

She thought of anti-entropy. The two Titan mechas she met at the door were the best proof of this. This was their unique technology.

Is it the Anti-Entropy that caused the Great Collapse, destroyed an entire city, caused his good friend Yuno to lose her family, and even caused her to completely change into another person?

"What on earth do they want to do?!"

Lin Wei didn't answer, he couldn't answer.

Even if he didn't use Yu Duchen's power to eavesdrop on Anna's thoughts, he could still feel her sadness and anger at this moment.

Everyone in this world has his or her own stance and justice to uphold, but as an outsider, he does not have any.

He was a bystander and outsider of this world, and had only had some interactions with a few individuals in this short year, so he could not answer, and could not answer.

Because this means that he has to choose one of these opposing positions as his own.

Lin Wei asked himself if he could do it. There was no one or thing in this world that was worthy of him completely devoting himself to it.

The only ties he had at the moment—both Suzu and Yae Sakura—were even more indifferent to this world than he, an outsider, was.

And what about Anna? Is she his new bond?

Lin Wei couldn't even get a yes or no answer herself.

After all, compared to Suzu and Yae Sakura, who experienced a real life-and-death test, communicated frankly, and ultimately had their lives connected, Anna was more like a sudden accident, more like a companion who could be trusted but also had reservations in adventures together. No one could say for sure what would become of her after she left here.

Therefore, he became more cautious.

Of course, Anna didn't expect to get an answer from Lin Wei. She just felt that she could confide in him.

Lin Wei has always been a good listener. He just comforted her gently,

"Let's go. We'll find the answer if we move forward."

Anna nodded, thinking it was true. She then cheered herself up and stopped thinking about those distant things.

It was another winding corridor. This time the journey was quite smooth. There were only a few assassins hiding in dark corners and turns waiting for sneak attacks. After sacrificing two constructs exploring the way ahead, they were calmly wiped out by Anna.

Then, the vision suddenly became clear again and came to a new level.

"here it is?"

Unlike the various closed instruments on the upper floor that were placed haphazardly like props, this place was like a complete laboratory, bright as day, with lights flashing on various instruments and radiators humming.

It's just very strange, I can't see any operator.

"Drip drip..."

Anna turned on the beating instrument and became excited after just one look.

"There's life reaction on this level!"

Chapter 56: Liar, big liar!

This answer did not surprise Lin Wei, because he had explored the bottom of this underground base and knew that it was not a very deep nest.

Therefore, Lin Wei believed that the time would not be too far away for him to find the living person hiding here.

Even if the person currently controlling this base wasn't necessarily a living person—after all, someone who could use the biomass neural network as a monitoring and operating system throughout the base couldn't be categorized as a "human" in any way;

But there must be living people here. Lin Wei believed in his judgment because he knew that the World Snake would not do meaningless things.

Just like real snakes: hibernate, hunt, eat, grow;

As a cold-blooded animal, its slow metabolism does not allow it to waste energy meaninglessly.

"Since the purpose of this place is 'screening', those who are eliminated become dead soldiers and are discarded like garbage; then what about those who pass the screening?"

Lin Wei sighed.

Anna also understood this, so she was only excited for a short moment before falling silent.

The fact that signs of life were found in this strange base full of dead soldiers was more of an irony than a surprise.

She couldn't understand why someone would do such a cruel thing to their own kind?

Just like she couldn't understand why Tianming would send the Valkyrie she had personally nurtured to the laboratory as consumables...

They are so similar, this kind of vague yet heart-piercing coldness and malice is so similar.

Anna felt that the world she saw was completely different from the world she had imagined. It was too cruel and indifferent.

She thought the world she saw would be full of kindness and hope; but reality gave her a heavy blow, as if it was filled with malice everywhere...

"Come on, it's over there."

Anna rubbed her cheeks, cheered herself up, and tried her best to dig out the fighting spirit in her heart.

"Follow me, beware of enemies!"

She wants to find an answer!

She wanted to know why they were doing this;

She wanted to know whether her long-cherished wish as a Valkyrie to fight to save humanity still had any meaning.

Lin Wei gave Anna a deep look. He sensed the confusion and hesitation she couldn't hide, like a little girl lost in the sea of ​​people at a crossroads, unable to find her way out, yet stubbornly refusing to bow to adults.

He walked a little closer to Anna and patted her shoulder gently.

Anna looked back at him with some confusion, but saw a gentle smiling face looking at her without saying a word.

Anna hadn't reacted yet and was about to ask Lin Wei what was wrong; but she was suddenly met with a pair of gentle, comforting eyes that made her heart inexplicably warm. She was stunned for a moment, her nose felt sore, and she turned back to walk ahead.

She understood that look - "I'm here, don't be afraid."

"This is a battlefield! If you pull this kind of prank again, I'll be angry..."

Anna said stubbornly, but her mood was much calmer.

"understood."

Lin Wei smiled indifferently.

The layout of this floor is much more complicated, like a cutting-edge laboratory, with two horizontal and two vertical corridors in a "well" shape connecting the large and small rooms here.

Around the "well", every room has transparent glass walls, and various instruments and facilities can be clearly seen inside. The subtle humming sounds of the machines come and go, interweaving into a melody full of technology.

The doors of every room were also wide open, and Anna approached cautiously, checking carefully, and found no operator was present;

The test bench here is as bright as new. The cylindrical containers standing side by side against the wall emit a green luster. From a distance, you can see tiny bubbles passing by, floating to the surface, and disappearing.

Anna grabbed the life detector and took a look, only to discover that the source of the vital signs was not the incubator in front of her, but in the large enclosed room in the middle of the floor.

Lin Wei walked to the row of incubators, stood on tiptoe and tried to look through the small window to see what was inside, but was pulled back by Anna and received a glare from her.

"What if it's a trap?"

You are so bold. Without knowing the situation, how could you just go in there yourself?

Lin Wei smiled, dispelled his little curiosity, and then walked with Anna to the middle room of the "well" layout. The only four remaining constructs faithfully surrounded them.

The corridor was not wide, only wide enough for two people to walk side by side. So Lin Wei used the same trick again, placing the four constructs two in front and two behind to protect himself and Anna.

And it turns out that this was not in vain.

Several petite assassins suddenly jumped out from the ceiling, and pounced on him from the front and back like cheetahs hunting. Their hands, which had transformed into sharp claws, tore the constructs in front of them into pieces in an instant, and continued to pounce on him.

Aren’t you guys so useless?

Lin Wei never felt sorry for the cannon fodder that had been wiped out. He just felt that their combat effectiveness was really worrying.

Anna reacted quickly and pushed Lin Wei into a nearby room. Then she quickly closed the door with a "bang" to protect Lin Wei, and then she let go of her hands and feet to fight with these agile assassins.

Lin Wei was speechless. Before he could say anything, Anna pushed him in. He had no choice but to roll on the ground a few times to avoid the blade that was coming through the wind and pointing directly at his chest and throat.

This silly girl happened to be in the room where the attack took place, how dare she push people in!

Lin Wei stood up while complaining. There were two assassins in this small room. After missing their first attack, they came at him again with their swords.

Listening to the constant gunshots and scolding outside the door, the occasional dull sound of knives entering flesh, and the various messy and noisy footsteps, Lin Wei estimated that Anna would not be able to take care of him for a while.

This is really a trap that was planned long ago.

Lin Wei mentally gave a thumbs up to the "enemy" whom he had never met before. He thought this chain of traps was smart, but if it were someone else, they would have fallen into this trap.

I also have to blame myself for acting so helplessly all along, which led to a fatal misjudgment for him.

"Really? They're all like this. Why do they have to force me to do it?"

Lin Wei sighed with compassion, and the trekking pole in his hand quickly faded from its dull black color, revealing its true form - a slightly curved magic sword with a sheath.

A red light flickered behind him, and Lin Wei took a step forward. The moment he passed by a dead man, he quickly drew his sword from its sheath, and then quickly put it away. The dead man fell down, and the sword in his hand broke with a "click" and fell to the ground with a clang.

When I was chopping wood in the paradise, it was so boring that I practiced this a lot to pass the time.

The red light behind him faded away, and Lin Wei's eyes went dark and he almost fainted. He cursed himself for using Yaezakura's special weapon. This damn sword had too much power!

The matte black light automatically covered the demon sword without Lin Wei's command, turning it into an unremarkable hiking stick again.

Just when Lin Wei was about to change his weapon to deal with the remaining assassin, Anna kicked the door open and rushed in, shouting in panic.

"Lin Wei, are you okay?"

Anna had already successfully dealt with the assassins in the corridor outside. After hearing the strange noise coming from the room, Anna realized belatedly what a stupid thing she had done. She felt a chill down her spine. She didn't dare to think about what terrible thing Lin Wei might encounter inside. She rushed in to support in a hurry, hoping that everything would not be in time.

Fortunately, Lin Wei is still alive. This is such a great joy!

Although he looked shaky and in very bad condition now, this made Anna so happy that she almost cried.

Thank goodness!

Without caring about what happened to the warrior who died miserably on the ground, Anna rushed towards the last remaining warrior with tears in her eyes and murderous look on her face. She wanted to vent all her panic, fear and regret for making such a huge mistake on this hateful warrior.

Therefore, its death was even more horrific...

Lin Wei didn't even dare to act rashly in the back. He felt a chill in his heart as he saw Anna swinging a blade at the fallen warrior, hacking wildly and violently like a yandere.

Who said that the Shanniyat family is gentle?

Is the truth that everyone who witnessed their violent side died?

After the crisis was resolved, Lin Wei's imagination started to wander to strange places again.

At this moment, he especially wanted to ask Siegfried whether Cecilia had abused him in the past.

"Wow, wow, wow...you liar! Big liar!"

After venting her anger, Anna dropped the blade and ran over staggeringly. She pulled Lin Wei up and checked him again, then threw herself into his arms and burst into tears, even louder than before.

At this moment, just as at that moment.

But that time Anna was blaming herself for her mistake; this time she was madly cursing Lin Wei as a liar.

She was neither blind nor stupid. The mutilated body of the dead soldier lying on the ground explained a lot.

But at this moment, she didn't want to dwell on what else she didn't know. She just wanted to immerse herself in the joy of "surviving a disaster."

Eh, that's not right? Shouldn't Lin Wei be the one who survived?