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

Lin Wei suddenly realized - because this was not a normal Honkai event at all!

"Gray Snake, so this is your real calculation?"

Lin Wei snorted and sneered. No wonder the Jackal attacked me. No wonder you haven't shown up. No wonder Anti-Entropy hasn't been able to contact me...

In an instant, Lin Wei figured it all out - it turned out that the jackal was just a bait to divert attention!

With just a jackal, he drew all of his and Destiny's attention to her, diverting the attention of all those who might cause damage to the Gray Snake's real plan and firmly locking them to one place and one person;

Thus, Gray Snake successfully activated his other chess piece: Cocolia; and as he expected, the real target was: Haiyuan City;

Once it is reactivated and started, no one will hinder it in the slightest, and it will be completed smoothly!

As for the price...

Haha, snakes are cold-blooded animals, why would they care about these little things?

"Haha, Mr. Gray Snake, your skill really impressed me..."

Lin Wei's previous applause was to cheer for him, and he praised him sincerely.

"You won this round. I admit defeat!"

He knew that Otto's sudden joining might be an unexpected event that even Gray Snake had not expected;

But even if Otto does not take the initiative to join the game, it will not affect the final result - Gray Snake only needs to release some key information about himself or the Jackal to Destiny at the right time and in the right way, just like in the Sky City in the future - how could Destiny not take the bait?

In this way, even without Otto's active initiative, it was inevitable that Tianming would be involved in the previous turmoil!

The result will not change, and the world line will eventually converge.

"Damn it! If I had guessed this in advance, I could have prevented all this!"

Lin Wei thought in annoyance.

He is not a god and does not have the third eye. The information advantage of a time traveler's foresight is ultimately limited. In the absence of key information, how can he guess the truth of the matter?

Otto was able to fail and be successfully plotted against by himself, whether intentionally or not; why can't I allow Gray Snake to plot against and use me in a similar way?

Thinking of this, Lin Wei couldn't help but laugh. In the game of Beast Fighting Chess, where the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, it turns out that the real winner lies here!

I don’t blame myself for losing; but I really don’t want to lose…

"Heh, Gray Snake... I'll remember this. We'll settle it later!"

Lin Wei suppressed all his regrets and resentment, turned around and looked at Rita with a smile, and put forward the suggestion he had just made.

Things have already happened, there is no use regretting; instead of wasting time here in frustration and rage, it is better to seize the time to make amends!

"Oh? Mr. Lin Wei, seeing there's no way to escape, is he ready to surrender?"

Rita sarcastically said,

"In that case, please..."

Before he could finish his words, Lin Wei interrupted him.

"Ms. Rita, let's not waste time and contact the Destiny headquarters... Heh, but I suspect the communication has been interrupted."

Even if the Honkai energy does not spread here on a large scale, the impact it causes will definitely not be limited to the Philippines.

Hearing this, Rita pressed the communicator and tried to call the headquarters; Lin Wei looked at her quietly without interfering in the slightest.

As expected, the result was a failure.

"..."

Lin Wei felt quite complicated, relieved but also quite disappointed at the same time.

The relief is for myself; the disappointment is for the land at the end of the horizon.

For a moment, Lin Wei didn't know what he was trying to achieve;

All he had to do was follow his previous plan, capture Rita, clean up the mess, and disappear from the world;

But when the collapse really happened, he still hesitated.

Because, Rita's existence might be the only hope for the people still alive on that land, and I can't be so selfish as to take it away...

"Okay, Miss Rita, let's make it short. You heard the call just now."

Seeing that Rita's communication failed, Lin Wei didn't waste any time. He turned around again, facing away from Rita, and pointed to the end of the sea.

"Across the sea is the Philippines, where a serious collapse is currently underway. I believe you have witnessed the widespread and devastating impact. With such a formidable enemy at hand, we should temporarily put aside our differences. I want to ask you a question: How many Valkyries did you bring with you to Singapore this time?"

In Lin Wei's opinion, the Undying Blade led by Rita is a reinforcement with considerable combat effectiveness. Its timely arrival at the moment when the Collapse has just broken out and the local garrison team may not have been completely wiped out will definitely play an extremely positive role.

"Oh?"

Rita frowned, quite surprised, and also dissatisfied with Lin Wei's rude attitude.

"Does Mr. Lin Wei really want to be a hero who saves the world?"

"Hero? Haha, not interested."

Lin Wei sneered.

"Similarly, I'm not interested in wasting time with you talking about these boring things."

Rita stared at Lin Wei with her wine-red eyes, trying to weigh whether what he said was true or false. After all, the current anti-entropy..., or as some people with higher emotional intelligence would say: good and evil are hard to distinguish.

"That's a country with a population of over a hundred million, home to more than one city the size of Singapore. Right now, tens of thousands of people are dying every second. Your Valkyrie squad, destined to defend the area, is caught off guard by the sudden catastrophe, fighting on their own, and facing imminent destruction... And as an S-rank Valkyrie, you are the closest reinforcement there. You are also the one most likely to bring confidence to these desperate men and women, and become the backbone that unifies all forces on the battlefield!"

Lin Wei turned and looked at Rita, his eyes were extremely cold, and he slowly pulled out the magic sword in his hand again, making a "crunching" sound of friction.

"If, at this moment, you still cling to these trivial personal grudges between you and me, and ignore your duties as a Valkyrie and the dangers far away, then I am happy to be free and will fight you here! How do you think?"

Lin Wei's heart was now filled with Anna's safety and the safety of the city where he had stayed for so long. He had no time or interest in playing tricks with Rita. He just wanted to make a quick decision, so his tone was extremely strong and he would not tolerate any arguments.

"Now, answer me: How many people did you bring with you?"

He believed that even in such a moral kidnapping, Rita would make the right choice - just like the decision she made a year later in Sky City when she faced Kiana, whom she had been hunting, and faced the same moral kidnapping.

"...Mr. Lin Wei is truly surprising."

As expected, Rita only weighed the pros and cons for a few seconds before making her choice. She held the large sickle in one hand behind her, her feet together again, and her aura transformed from fierce to elegant. The Valkyrie armor she wore for battle not only didn't hide her aura in the slightest, but instead accentuated it.

"But I may disappoint you. Rita is carrying out a secret mission this time, so she came alone and didn't even have an aircraft."

When Rita was in a friendly conversation, as long as the person she was talking to was not a junior, she would always refer to herself as "Rita". At this moment, she looked up at the awful sky, smiled bitterly and shook her head.

"And with the weather like this, even if we wanted to fly there, it would probably be a pipe dream..."

"Really? That's really bad..."

Lin Wei also felt a little regretful, and said with a smile,

"At least you summoned this Valkyrie armor before everything happened, so it's not too bad."

Since a verbal agreement had been reached, he didn't need to act strong and put the knife back into the sheath.

"In that case, I have another plan..."

It seems that I really have no choice but to participate.

"Rita, I'm all ears, but if I may ask..."

Rita looked the young man in front of her up and down with a rather scrutinizing gaze and asked curiously,

"Are you really not Mr. Walter?"

If it were five minutes ago, she would never have thought so; but now, she was a little unsure.

She had read the complete record of the Second Honkai in detail—the unmodified version. Although she had never met him, in her imagination, the First Ruler, Walter, who fought tenaciously and protected humanity almost single-handedly, would probably have the same demeanor as the one just now.

However, Dr. Tesla, who goes against entropy, clearly addressed him as "Lin Wei" instead of "Walter" in the communication; this made her a little unsure.

"I've already said it, I'm not..."

Lin Wei, who didn't know what was going on in Rita's mind at the moment, smiled bitterly and said, then suddenly a light bulb went off in his head and he had some bad thoughts of playing a prank, and changed his words and said,

"But you can call me 'Walter Lin' if you like."

"...Mr. Lin Wei is joking."

Rita smiled, but rolled her eyes in her heart. I believe you are not Walter. So she decided to bring the topic back.

"Time is urgent. I wonder what plans Lord Lin Wei has?"

A moment later, a small aircraft appeared out of nowhere, carrying Lin Wei and Rita, and flew over the sea at an extremely fast speed, rushing towards the darkness in the distance.

Rita stood behind him, looking at Lin Wei again with a rather strange look.

And you said you are not Walter!

Chapter 169: Otto: I didn't lie

at the same time,

Destiny headquarters, floating island.

"Your Excellency, a violent tsunami has suddenly appeared in the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines and is rapidly approaching the Philippine Islands!"

Amber reported to Otto anxiously,

"According to the Destiny Satellite monitoring, it has been confirmed that the tsunami contained a large amount of Honkai energy!"

"what?"

Otto was stunned and very surprised. The Honkai incident happened at this time?

So suddenly?

He couldn't understand why he didn't receive any warning in advance.

But the bad news is far from over. Amber reported very quickly.

"Your Excellency, extremely thick clouds have suddenly appeared over the Philippines. We suspect this is an effect of Honkai energy. Our satellite system has been isolated from ground observation!"

"Tsk..."

"Your Excellency, the Oceania branch has sent a report that they encountered a strong earthquake a minute ago. The source and intensity are currently unknown..."

"Why is it the Oceania branch reporting in? Where are the Valkyrie Squad stationed in Southeast Asia?"

Otto asked with a gloomy face.

"Report to the Bishop..."

Amber hesitated.

"Due to the impact and interference of Houkai energy, communications in Southeast Asia have been largely cut off, with the exception of some islands in Indonesia. Oceania is farther away and less affected, so timely reports can be made."

"Haha, what a huge event! Clouds, tsunamis... Could it be that the Fourth Collapse is coming so soon?"

Otto's face was gloomy.

"What's the news about Rita? Can't contact her either?"

Amber tried to send a message to Rita, but after a moment she shook her head dejectedly.

"Lady Rita is also unreachable, but she is in Singapore and should be safe."

"is it?"

Otto analyzed calmly,

"Didn't she activate the fourth-generation Valkyrie Armor just a few minutes ago? Apparently, being near the center of the collapse, she sensed the danger sooner than we did and responded in a timely and effective manner..."

This coincidence in time led Otto to a wrong but logical conclusion.

"Go on, if you have any other bad news, tell us together."

"Yes."

Amber continued to report,

"The Far East Branch just sent a message saying that the energy response of Honkai Beasts was detected in the coastal waters. The number is unknown, and the degree of threat is unknown..."

"Heh, since we're both in the Pacific Northwest, this news isn't that surprising."

Otto laughed and issued the first order since the disaster broke out.

"Tell Little Theresa to lead her subordinates and students to prepare for defense. I'm afraid headquarters won't be able to mobilize much manpower to support them in the short term."

"……Yes."