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

"Besides, the purpose of our trip is to see what this Yuno is up to, to see if she'll reveal her true intentions. Therefore, it's enough to keep them within our sight. The specific nature of that 'sight' isn't important."

The elevator door opened, and Lin Wei walked out. After the elevator door closed again, she put away the feather in her hand. She took a breath and continued,

"If it is confirmed that Yuno is fine in the end and that I was overthinking it all along, then it won't be too late to go out and meet her then."

Lin Wei even thought that by then he could discuss with Anna the issue of deploying defenses in advance, so as to minimize the inevitable losses.

If I participate personally, the result will always be better than letting that naive and reckless girl handle it all by herself, right?

Lin Wei thought to himself as he opened the door and threw himself on the sofa, not wanting to move at all.

Using the Key of God without letting the Stigmata help share the consumption, even if it is only a small amount of power each time, the cumulative consumption is not light.

It was raining heavily outside the window. Even though it wasn't night yet, the sky was already dark. Lin Wei, exhausted, looked at the dim sky and couldn't help but feel sleepy, so he fell into a deep sleep.

……

Lin Wei felt like he had a very strange dream. In the dream, he turned into a fish that came from nowhere and fell into a tranquil lake.

This lake is vast, deep, and teeming with life. The fish and shrimp within it have built a thriving city amidst the rocks, illuminated by fluorite at night. A network of roads carved from aquatic plants connects every corner of the city. All residents live in this magical city in perfect order. All the fish live a blissful and beautiful life, akin to a paradise.

But the fish named "Lin Wei" could see clearly that at the bottom of this unfathomable lake, more and more bubbles were gradually rising. Deeper still were deep pipes, and within these pipes, countless scorching magma was gathering momentum...

When Lin Wei saw all this, he understood it in an instant - this was a volcanic lake.

This poor city, this poor civilization, is about to be completely destroyed in an instant by the raging hot magma; and those poor fish have no way to escape.

And I am just another weak fish. I can only watch all this happen but I can't do anything.

Even if he told this news to his fellow fish who had just accepted him, it would only make them fall into despair sooner - because this is a volcano and there are no rivers for them to escape to the sea.

……

"Lin Weijun?"

Lin Wei opened her eyes and saw Yaezakura lying in front of her, gently shaking herself.

"It's getting late, why don't you get up and eat something?"

“…Oh, okay.”

Lin Wei, who was awakened directly from the dream, was still a little dazed. He had not completely withdrawn from the role of the fish. He blinked his eyes and looked at the ceiling, falling into a sense of detachment similar to Zhuangzi's dream of a butterfly.

"What's wrong? Did you just have a nightmare?"

Yaezakura noticed that Lin Wei was in a strange state, so she came over and touched his forehead.

"Fortunately, I'm not sick."

The slightly cool touch of the little hand made Lin Wei sober up a lot. After coming back to his senses, he held her hand that was still on his forehead and said softly,

"I didn't have a nightmare, but I did have a very strange dream..."

As he spoke, Lin Wei took advantage of the fact that the dream had just ended and his memory had not completely faded, and recounted the dream he had just had in general, as if he was telling a not-so-beautiful fairy tale.

"Ying, tell me, what am I trying to achieve?"

After finishing her "story," Lin Wei let out a helpless smile. She didn't need any comfort; the imagery of this dream was too obvious.

"...Lin Weijun, you're putting too much pressure on yourself. Saving the world is not your responsibility."

Yaezakura looked at the tired man in front of her with some distress.

"You are just an outsider. Whether the fish in this lake live or die has nothing to do with you."

"Saving the world? Such a grand topic has nothing to do with me. But since I fell into this lake, this place has something to do with me."

Lin Wei smiled helplessly and pointed out the window.

"If they can't escape, how can I escape?"

"of course can!"

Yaezakura stared at Lin Wei with her stubborn blue eyes.

"You know where the sea is. You can escape!"

"...A mere freshwater fish, ignorant of the immensity of the world, will only die faster if it falls into the sea."

Lin Wei sneered and waved his hand to change the subject. He never liked to risk his life unless it was necessary.

"Okay, those things are still far away, let's not think about them anymore. Let's eat, eat, and then go to sleep!"

He turned over and sat up from the sofa, only to feel his body go limp and helpless. After Yaesakura left his body, his body, which was mostly hollowed out by the Key of God, was suddenly exposed to how weak it was.

Yaezakura stood up and left as if she didn't notice, but Lin Wei saw the corners of her mouth slightly raised from her profile.

"…Did you do that on purpose?"

Lin Wei felt helpless, but he knew in his heart that this was Yaezakura's subtle way of "warning" him not to be stubborn.

While thinking, he looked at the clock, then took the remote control from the coffee table and turned on the TV. The news had already started for a while at this time, so there was still time to get some information.

In recent times, we can see such reports in the news almost every day - "Police in a certain place cracked down on a certain human smuggling criminal group." Similar reports can be seen every few days, all over the world, especially in Southeast Asia where they appear most frequently.

Lin Wei looked at the news again, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

………………

In another corner of the city, in a coffee shop.

"Why won't the rain stop? How are we going to get back if it keeps going like this?"

Anna bit her straw and looked at the heavy rain outside the window with a worried look on her face.

"Alas, Southeast Asia is like this. It rains all the time, and it's hot and humid... Yuno, if you feel uncomfortable, just tell me."

"I'm fine. I can adapt."

Yuno was as quiet as ever.

"You..."

Anna was quite helpless about her good friend's silent personality and felt that she had to find a way to make her lively and cheerful.

But what to do?

After thinking hard for a while, I remembered the "Guidebook" given to me by the captain, and suddenly I had an idea.

"Yuno, how about we go rafting in the wild tomorrow?"

Yuno tilted her head and gently typed a question mark.

Chapter 85: Disguise

"Oh? They're out again?"

Early the next morning, Lin Wei frowned as he watched the TV screen projected on the broadband TV.

One of them is a surveillance picture from the city surveillance system: two girls are driving, the one who is driving is talking and laughing enthusiastically, while the other one is a little silent, but she will not remain silent and embarrass her companion.

The other half of the screen displayed a 2D map of the city, with all the city's surveillance systems marked on it, and the surveillance points that Anna and the others passed by were specially marked with red dots.

As time went by, a clear trajectory of movement was formed, allowing Lin Wei to know the whereabouts of the two of them clearly.

"Tsk, it looks like they're planning to leave the city again."

On the map, Anna and her friends' movements were gradually moving away from the city.

Once you leave the city's well-developed surveillance network, you must personally go out and conduct close-range "tracking" to avoid accidents that you cannot predict during the time you are out of sight.

Seeing the red line on the map still moving slowly forward, Lin Wei felt a headache. He really didn't want to do this kind of thing; it was troublesome and unsafe. The last time he was observing on the beach, he was almost discovered by Anna.

"They always travel in pairs, leaving the Valkyrie Squad's base; they always love going to remote places..."

Lin Wei thought about the news about "sweeping away gangs and eliminating evil" that he had seen frequently in the past two days, and pondered for a moment.

"No matter how you look at it, it seems like they're deliberately creating opportunities for certain people!"

If this is true, there is an even greater need to strengthen surveillance.

If this is a "fishing" game, Anna is also one of the baits!

"Ying, help me dress up, we'll leave later!"

After Lin Wei made up his mind, he called Yaezakura to help.

This kind of delicate work should be done by girls so that the details can look more coordinated.

As they were talking, Yaezakura came over. She asked Lin Wei to open his mouth, then opened a drawer and took out a pre-made mandibular prosthesis and placed it on his jaw. She carefully adjusted the position, then released her grip, examined it carefully for a moment, and handed a small mirror to Lin Wei.

Lin Wei took the mirror and looked at herself carefully. Because the implant had changed her "bone shape", her chin looked much shorter and thicker in the mirror.

Lin Wei smiled, very satisfied, then closed her eyes and motioned Yaezakura to continue.

Yaezakura then took two prosthetic implants and filled them into the cheeks inside the mouth, making the cheekbones more prominent and changing the face shape. She then lifted Lin Wei's lower eyelid and filled a small pad on each side to make the eye bags more prominent. She also placed a thicker pad on the upper jaw of the mouth.

Then, Yaezakura gently asked,

"How is it, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"It's okay. Just a little sore in my eyes, but it will be fine after a little adjustment..."

Lin Wei said, then laughed out loud.

"The voice has changed, too."

"Well, it changes the structure of your mouth, compresses the muscles, and slightly changes the frequency of your voice—that's kind of how it works."

Yaezakura blushed slightly. She was just reading from the textbook, and she didn't really understand the specific meanings of those terms.

Lin Wei smiled and motioned Yaezakura to continue.

Yaezakura picked up a bottle of gel and changed Lin Wei's hairstyle; then she picked up an eyebrow trimmer and carefully changed the shape of his eyebrows.

After that, Yaezakura briefly checked and confirmed that no further adjustments were needed before she picked up a pair of glasses she had prepared long ago and gently placed them on Lin Wei's nose. The cool touch between her fingers made Lin Wei feel an itch on her face.

After doing all this, Yaezakura's figure quickly faded and disappeared in the air. At the same time, the holy mark on Lin Wei's back lit up slightly, making the itchy feeling on Lin Wei's face more obvious.

When I reached out and touched it, I felt a layer of obvious stubble, which was growing rapidly with an itchy feeling.

"Okay~"

Lin Wei smiled helplessly and had to continue to endure.

After the itching on his face subsided, Lin Wei slowly opened his eyes, picked up the mirror and looked at his "new self" - what came into view was a businessman who looked to be in his early thirties, with an unshaven beard and a slightly decadent look.

Lin Wei couldn't help but laugh out loud, and admired it carefully, feeling quite satisfied.

The "dressing up" you need is not just putting on makeup on your face.

Doing so is meaningless except for making yourself more eye-catching in the crowd, which runs counter to the purpose of "hiding your identity".

But he had to do some covering up, because after all, neither Anna nor Otto was unfamiliar with his face.

Therefore, disguise and cross-dressing become the best options at the moment.

I won't talk about Anna, she's too familiar with me and her intuition is too sharp, I'm afraid it would be difficult to deceive her;

Otto had also read his own information and at least had some impression of his image in the photo - of course, he might have forgotten such a small thing, but he absolutely could not use this as a basis for judging his own actions.

Lin Wei's cowardly personality makes him never willing to take even the slightest risk.

After thinking about it, Otto realized that he had an impression of his face, but that was all. Apart from that, he knew nothing about himself, so it was easy to fool him - just change his appearance.

Of course, doing so much is just in case. If possible, Lin Wei does not want any "what if" to happen.

It was getting late. Lin Wei took a look at the surveillance footage and the map. Anna and the others had already advanced a long distance.

"Let's go, let's go."

Lin Wei muttered to himself, preparing to embark on his "journey".

"Remember to change your clothes. You don't look good like this."

Yaezakura reminded,

"Also, don't forget to bandage your knee. Changing your gait might help you fool Miss Anna."

"..."

Lin Wei felt helpless. He had found these disguise techniques on the Internet and passed them to Yaesakura, but now she was using them to bully him.

He smiled helplessly and went out to find a clothing store - his existing clothes were not suitable for his "new identity" and he had to buy new ones.

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