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

Lin Wei struck while the iron was hot and brought the topic back to reality.

"Given Youlan Dale's personality, if I agree to meet up with her at this juncture, I'm afraid I won't be able to get rid of her completely. So I absolutely cannot meet her now..."

Lin Wei said helplessly,

"That girl, with her unreasonable strength, could really overturn all my plans with just her fists...so this situation is just right."

"...So what should we do next?"

Yaezakura put away her little thoughts,

"We only know how Otto will catch the Jackal. But the Jackal is planning to attack both you and Otto at the same time! However, we don't know how she will do it."

Yaezakura thought for a moment and asked seriously,

"Do you want me to disguise myself as Miss Raven again and go to her to gather intelligence?"

Anyway, this wasn't the first time she had done this, and Yaezakura had already prepared for Lin Wei to agree without hesitation. However, she didn't expect that after hearing this, Lin Wei would refuse without hesitation:

"No need, Sakura. You and I, from now on, don't take any more proactive actions..."

This surprised Yaezakura.

"why?"

"You can't do it again. You've already met the jackal twice. If you go again, she might find out something."

Lin Wei laughed and pointed to the direction of the Jackal's "new base" that he had read from Stan's memory, and said jokingly,

"That girl with such obviously inflated self-esteem just suffered such a huge loss, she's probably on edge right now—even her favorite Stan got kicked out by her... Haha, it's best if we don't get into trouble. Otherwise, if we end up adding fuel to the fire, it'll be terrible."

"As for what you said, what kind of trump card and method did the Jackal have that made him so sure of taking down both me and Otto—no, Yuno—"

Lin Wei suddenly paused, frowned tightly, and began to think rapidly.

"It's not hard to guess what the Jackal will use to deal with Otto. She doesn't know anything about Otto, so she'll most likely use devices or potions specifically targeting fusion warriors. Whether it's the Fire Moths of the previous civilization or the World Serpents of today, there's no shortage of such devices that can directly deprive fusion warriors of their ability to resist..."

Taking this as a premise, Lin Wei continued to deduce the direction of events and organize his thoughts in the form of language.

"But Otto's body is a mimic of soul steel, not a true fusion warrior, so the Jackal's plan is bound to fail. But Otto will use this tactic to successfully approach the Jackal..."

"And this is the killing opportunity I've been waiting for!"

Lin Wei suddenly raised his head and said firmly.

"As for me……"

Lin Wei pondered for a long time, shook his head and said,

"To be honest, I can't figure it out..."

Lin Wei summoned Pandora, and while quietly gazing at the magnificent Key of God in his hand, he wondered in confusion,

"No matter how hard I think about it, I just can't figure it out. How can she be so confident that she can contain the Key of Corrosion? And this is the only way to deal with me. There's no way around it!"

Hearing Lin Wei say this, Pandora flew up from Lin Wei's elbow in a somewhat dizzy manner, and circled around his palm in a rather arrogant manner.

Lin Wei couldn't help but smile when he saw it like this.

"If you can't figure it out, then forget it. Anyway, when the time comes, the answer will be revealed!"

Hearing Lin Wei say this, Yaezakura couldn't help but get anxious.

"Are you going to take another risk?"

This is too dangerous, and in her opinion it is tantamount to being tied up!

"Haha, don't worry. Gray Snake wouldn't want anything to really happen to me, especially on World Snake's own territory! Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to provoke me into a confrontation with Destiny!"

Lin Wei smiled coldly.

"Heh... In that case, I really want to see if those guys can give me some surprises!"

"Anyway, I've already prepared the 'opportunity' for Dr. Jackal. I hope they won't let me down when the time comes!"

Yaezakura was stunned.

"Opportunity? When did it happen?"

Lin Wei laughed but didn't answer, pretending to be mysterious, which made Yaezakura angry again.

………………

On the other side, the World Snake stronghold.

As expected of an invisible organization that has existed for thousands of years, it has developed a complete set of operating logic over the years. As a result, the Jackal, who had just abandoned the university base, immediately made everything here run at high speed without any stagnation after arriving here.

"Humph, snakes are immortal!"

In response to this, the Jackal, who felt that he had regained control of everything, said this with considerable pride.

"Master, the Valkyrie of Destiny is now trying her best to track us down."

The humanoid machine said expressionlessly,

"Judging from their far superior efficiency, the Mandate of Heaven has shifted a significant portion of its intelligence resources to the Manila area. As part of this evidence, the frequency with which Mandate of Heaven's satellites pass overhead has increased nearly fourfold."

"Hmph, just let them come!"

Regarding the humanoid robot's somewhat sabotaging words, the Jackal waved his hand nonchalantly and said confidently,

"The trap has already been set, and we're just waiting for these reckless Valkyries to fall into it!"

On the way of evacuating from the university, the Jackal deliberately left some clues, just to let Tianming follow those clues and "find himself"!

"Haha, to think that a precious experimental product would be delivered to my door, and I'm even so eager to see it... This is truly, quite touching!"

The Jackal chuckled in a sinister way, then changed his tone and gave a cold order to the humanoid machine.

"Keep a close eye on their movements!"

"Yes Master."

The humanoid machine had zero life, and blue light was flowing in the metal eyepiece, obviously it had once again put its computing power into the torrent of information.

"By the way, that Lin Wei, have you found his whereabouts?"

The Jackal suddenly asked,

"That guy showed up at the university with such brazenness and left just as brazenly. He's a guy who only knows how to bully others and gain a moment's pleasure. His whereabouts shouldn't be difficult to track down, right?"

The jackal's voice was cold and contained a hint of hatred.

"I'm sorry, Master. Target One holds the Key to Corrosion, and I'm unable to track him down. Unfortunately, Target One has now vanished again."

The humanoid machine did not feel guilty or nervous, but simply reported the matter as it happened and offered its own reasonable suggestions.

"Cadre Gray Snake has access to a larger and more sophisticated intelligence system. Perhaps the master could seek his assistance."

"Huh! Gray snake?"

The jackal sneered fiercely and said sarcastically,

"He's terrified of Lin Wei! He's so scared he doesn't even dare show his face. How could he dare take 'this kind of risk'?"

He taunted a few times, venting his frustration at fighting alone, then paused, waved his hand, and said a few fair words somewhat listlessly.

"Forget it! The Corrosion Key originally restrained the Gray Snake. It's understandable that I chose to lie dormant for the time being before welcoming back the Lord... Hehe, after all, Gray Snake at least knew to call Raven back to provide me with some safety protection."

The humanoid robot listened to the Jackal finish her words and did not comment on them. Instead, it gave its own analysis and suggestions objectively.

"In that case, considering the time, risk, and probability of success, I believe the master should abandon target number one and devote all limited resources to capturing target number two."

"Give up? Why?"

The jackal suddenly became furious and shouted loudly,

"That damn Lin Wei, that cunning Lin Wei... I will never let him go!"

Although he was shouting like this, Jackal probably knew in his heart that if Lin Wei was determined to hide his existence, it would be impossible for him to find him in a short time.

That's why she suddenly felt so helpless and furious.

"Do we really have to give up like this?"

The jackal thought unwillingly, and then thought of the humiliation that Lin Wei had just inflicted on her, which made her even more furious and resentful!

Wait...wait...there must be a way. Think! Think!

The jackal paced back and forth more and more anxiously, and the hard heels of his boots kept clicking on the ground; his steps became faster and faster, and the sound became more and more frequent.

Jackal paused abruptly, and suddenly remembered that during their previous meeting, Lin Wei had said:

"I didn't want to get involved in the feud between your World Serpent and Destiny. However, you hurt my friend, and I must seek justice for her..."

At that time, I had scoffed at his high-sounding words, but now...

"Haha...you asked for it!"

The Jackal sneered a few times, turned around suddenly, and calmly gave orders to the humanoid machine.

"Send out a few people to keep a close eye on the hospitals that the Valkyries frequent!"

"Send all of Lin Wei's facial information to them. Make sure they memorize it!"

"Tell them to capture that guy as soon as he shows up!"

Chapter 133: Bad News (5,000 words)

On the other hand, in just less than half a day, the investigation mission led by the headquarters intelligence department and carried out by all the Valkyries of the Snow Lotus Team on the front line was basically completed, and the blockade and martial law on the Central University of the Philippines were also lifted.

However, it was already late at night, and in order not to disturb people's rest, no third notice was issued. After a brief notification to the school's leaders, the military and police personnel who were on high alert outside the school began to gradually withdraw.

But the Valkyries, who are the commanders, will stay here for the time being.

I have to say that compared to the outrageous efficiency of Tianming in tracking down the missing K423 in the future, this time, Tianming's work efficiency was unexpectedly high.

It might be because the person supervising and coordinating the various departments at the headquarters this time was not Bishop Otto, who was always harboring evil intentions, but Amber, the number one assistant who had no ideas of her own and only knew how to complete the work ordered by the Bishop 100%.

As a result, after removing the biggest "interference factor", the various functions of Destiny, under the coordination of Amber, began to operate at a high speed with an efficiency that was even not inferior to that of the World Serpent - wholeheartedly serving the Bishop who was still in Manila.

"Captain, the cleaning work is complete."

Amid the intermittent chirping of insects in the middle of the night, a Valkyrie yawned and came to Jier's side, reporting to her on all the cleaning work done on the biological laboratory that had just been used as a battlefield.

Too many assassins fell here in a short period of time, and most of them were elite assassins who looked like human girls, holding various weapons and were agile in movement.

Unlike the walking dead who still roughly retain their outlines and move slowly when alive, this kind of dead soldier is already a complete "Honkai energy aggregate", and its essence is basically the same as that of the Honkai beast.

Therefore, as their corpses degrade in the air, a large amount of collapse energy will be released; not only will it be released into the air, but it will also pollute nearby land and water sources, causing extremely serious health risks to ordinary people who approach rashly.

When the battlefield is in a busy university, this "disinfection" work becomes more urgent and important.

"Well, hard work."

Jier nodded and asked again,

"Has the safety of the underground section been assessed? What is the situation?"

"An hour ago, I crawled underground along the edge of the elevator shaft and carefully scanned the mechanical structure and energy distribution of the underground area. I sent them to the technical department at headquarters for analysis..."

Upon hearing this, the Valkyrie team took out their tablets and reported while tapping on them.

"The results are strange. Regarding the energy distribution, there's no excessive concentration of Houkai energy as we previously thought. Headquarters believes that those guys may have made a desperate attempt during the evacuation, channeling all their Houkai energy into the weapon system, which was then released as heat."

The Valkyrie shrugged and said with some relief,

"Although the result seems horrific, it's actually a good thing—we no longer have to risk going to that hellish place that might collapse at any moment to collect and seal Houkai energy."

"So, now all we need to do is put up a cordon around here to prevent those curious students from taking 'adventures' here, and then we can go back to sleep. The rest is to notify the infrastructure department here and have them pour hundreds or even thousands of tons of concrete through that 'hole' before it collapses, filling up that unsafe area. That's it—oh, I hope my skin won't be too badly damaged by staying up late..."

At the end, the Valkyrie complained a little frustratedly.

"...It's indeed good news, but it's better not to be too happy too soon."

Jie Er smiled and shook his head slightly.

"Notify everyone to pack up."

How can we relax when the most dangerous enemy has not been dug out?

"Ah? Oh, I see..."

When she heard that the work was not yet finished, the Valkyrie almost dropped the tablet in her hand and left even more dejected.

"This guy……"