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

The curtain opened, revealing the mysterious truth behind it - a stage completely obscured by noise and steam.

Suddenly, a melodious violin sound rang out. The melody was light and cheerful, adding a touch of vitality to the mysterious stage covered by steam.

Looking in the direction where the music came from, an "armed puppet" that was obviously made based on Eden was playing the violin with great enthusiasm, and the music was melodious.

Lin Wei was confused and asked, "Did Eden grant you permission to use my image?"

So... the audience?

Lin Wei remembered that Wei Erwei had used the word "audience" in her previous passionate speech, and it was a plural word.

So Lin Wei raised his gaze from "Eden" to the height of about two floors, and then scanned the area.

Well, hundreds of "armed puppets" were crowded in the audience seats, applauding enthusiastically. Many of them had familiar prototypes that could be identified at a glance. The white, pink, and gray hair were quite iconic.

There are quite a lot of audiences here. Lin Wei's mouth twitched. Wei Erwei is really good at putting on a show.

At least half of the "audience" present had green hair.

I don’t know if it’s based on Mebius or a direct copy of Klein?

——No matter who the prototype is, it can make Mobius angry to death, right?

A strong wind swept past, clearing away the steam in the sky, revealing the stage with a metallic and mechanical beauty behind the curtain; it also swept away the thick layer of colorful "snow" on the ground like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.

As the colorful ribbons covered the sky again and then faded away with the strong wind, the inside and outside of the curtain were no longer two different worlds -

In just a moment, Lin Wei found himself on the stage again, with only the half-meter area where he stood still remaining the original wilderness.

"Permission dog..."

While Lin Wei was complaining inwardly, he pulled up the cane from the ground nonchalantly and watched as the last bit of land under his feet turned into the same shape as the wooden boards on the stage.

Since Wei Erwei wants to show Lin Wei her "control" over Paradise in this way, Lin Wei will just go along with her wishes. What else can he do?

"We agreed to be in the audience, but they forced us to come on stage to help with the performance. Are all the magicians from the old civilization so weird?"

Lin Wei didn't look around anymore. He knew that he just needed to wait for the real boss to show up, so he just smiled and said,

"If you tease your audience like this, they will refund their tickets and complain!"

"Don't mind, I just wanted to give you a little surprise."

The voice came from the center of the stage, and a figure slowly rose from the ground. A girl dressed in brass and gears - a girl, right? Anyway, she looked quite young - slowly emerged from the ground.

Maybe it was the lighting? Or maybe it was the specially designed hairstyle that was meant to achieve this effect. Under the lighting, at least half of her dark green hair appeared to be a different color, giving it a dark feel.

Is this Velvet? Great magician, great mechanic, great inventor...

Lin Wei glanced at him.

Really big.

And Weiwei also looked at herself with interest.

"Oh, that's really strange. Every audience member who saw me for the first time always seemed a little nervous, but you don't seem nervous at all."

"After all, every magician has his or her own specialty, and I happen to be good at extreme escapes. The current situation is just a small scene for me."

Lin Wei told the truth.

Wei Liwei looked at him strangely - was this guy doing this on purpose?

"That's right. After all, people who can keep company with the Herrscher are naturally different from others."

She did not ask Lin Wei in return. She never sought answers from other people's words. She always had her own way of solving problems.

"Tell me, what did you take so much trouble to talk to me about? No need to introduce yourself, I heard everything you said just now, Wei Wei."

Lin Wei went straight to the point and did not intend to follow Wei Erwei's script.

"Oh, it seems that my preparations are not thorough enough. I can't shock people, nor can I draw the most piercing screams from the most oppressive silence. It's really a failure~"

Weiwei shook her head and sighed, her face full of disappointment.

It's completely different talk, the conversation is not on the same channel.

Then I leave? Lin Wei turned around and walked away expressionlessly.

If you don’t want to say it, don’t say it.

"Wait, audience member, the show isn't over yet, how can you leave midway?"

Wei Erwei stepped forward and stopped Lin Wei, with a smile on her face but a ruthless tone in her words.

"You have so many audiences here, you don't need one more, just continue your performance."

Lin Wei pointed at the group of armed puppets in the "full house".

Isn't it just provoking each other? Who is afraid of who?

"How could that be? You are my most important audience! Moreover, you are also my colleague, which makes it even more interesting, isn't it? Can I invite the 'greatest magician of the post-era' to perform a song with me?"

Wei Erwei was very interested and pronounced the name Lin Wei called herself very heavily.

"I refuse. This is your stage. And my appearance fee is not low~"

Lin Wei had no expression on his face.

"Oh, don't be so quick to refuse! I'm sure you'll be satisfied with the final result. Just think of it as... a competition between magicians?"

"Wei Weiwei, controlling the stage is a basic professional quality that every magician should have. I don't mind if you want to control the rhythm of the stage. I also don't mind if you want to watch my performance, as long as you can afford the appearance fee. After all, performing an escape magic trick is not cheap."

Lin Wei looked at Wei Erwei in front of him and decided not to continue playing games with her, so he overturned the table.

“The three most important things for a magician are props, skills and assistants.”

He raised his cane and said to Wei Wei with a smile,

"Now, I have two props that I can use. One is the paradise of the afterlife that constitutes this grand stage, and the other is this ordinary walking stick in my hand."

"And my assistant has two choices. One is that Your Excellency, Ms. Vervi, take the initiative to help me complete the performance - to open a path for me;"

"The other is when I activate the Zeroth Rated Power of the God Key to awaken my other assistant, who can also help me escape from this stage."

"You see, as long as the props and assistants are ready, all that's left is a few insignificant skills, and then a grand escape magic can be carried out smoothly."

Lin Wei said the most threatening words in the softest voice while smiling, and finally added,

"By the way, to prevent Ms. Weiwei from misunderstanding, I have to add one sentence in advance. Pandora's zero rated power has two ways to start. One is that I actively start it to wake up a sleepy girl; the other is passive triggering, as long as I encounter fatal danger..."

Lin Wei kept silent when she said this, and just smiled at Wei Erwei in front of her, the meaning was self-evident——

How about it, does this surprise satisfy you?

The strongest and most terrifying force erupts at the moment of death. This is consistent with the setting of the Ruler of Erosion of the previous civilization, isn't it?

(°-°〃)

I always feel like something is wrong...

Lin Wei knew very well that this was definitely not what Dr. Mei intended when he made the black box.

But it is unclear whether she acted too hastily, Ling's intention was too strong, or she really wanted to fulfill the final promise with herself. In any case, the gift Lin Wei received in the end was this gentle "curse".

It turned out to be a walking nuclear bomb...

What a shameless guy! Lin Wei felt helpless and grateful.

"Pah, pah, pah, pah..."

Steady and loud applause gradually sounded, and Weiwei praised loudly without hiding her feelings.

"Wonderful, what a wonderful magic idea! The unique creativity and bold courage in it really opened my eyes! Wonderful, so wonderful!"

The applause quickly spread from one person, and hundreds or even thousands of "armed puppets" in the audience also clapped and cheered along with Vilvi's rhythm.

Lin Wei's imposing aura was easily dispelled by this guy's applause, as if he was really discussing magic performance techniques.

I couldn't help but feel a little headache. It turned out that the trump card shouldn't be revealed so early.

The main reason was that he had no hostility towards Wei Erwei, and he was also sure that she had no hostility towards him either. So although his trump card was revealed, he couldn't really use it, which was the awkward part.

After all, I really don't want to tear down the paradise of the past.

If the person standing opposite you is Gray Snake or Otto, would you try it?

Still clapping? I'll give you a thumbs up right here!

Lin Wei put down the cane he had raised high, as if nothing had happened, his expression calmed down, and he returned to the topic.

"Well, tell me your purpose. I guess what interests you is the Twelfth God Key in my hand, right? Now that you see it, are you satisfied?"

Dr. Mei's "last work", the Key of God, which had not been interfered with by Wei Wei, Lin Wei guessed that this was the reason that aroused her interest.

"No, no, no, you misunderstood. The Key of God? That's the expert's area of ​​expertise. Let her worry about it herself. I'm not interested in interfering."

Weiwei waved her hands. It was only natural that she, who appeared here, was the "great magician".

"So you're interested in me?"

Lin Wei was speechless. Is he sick?

First, I am not a Herrscher, and second, I have not defeated two heroes. Why should I arouse your interest?

"What else? With your weak power, you can actually make a Herrscher devote himself to you, and he is the Herrscher who dealt a fatal blow to our era. This is enough to make me interested in you."

"What's more, you can actually have such a pleasant conversation with Qianjie? Oh my god, it's incredible. Can you tell me how you did it?"

Wei Erwei was laughing with excitement on her face. She came close to Lin Wei, stood on tiptoe, and whispered devilishly in his ear:

"I'm telling you in secret, I'm not the only one interested in you~"

Chapter 11: Magician? Trickster

"Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!"

"Squeak... buzz! Beep, beep, beep, beep..."

“Bang, bang!”

"Pap, tap, tap..."

……

"It's so noisy! Are you annoying? Can't I sleep?"

Lin Wei was upset by the various strange noises coming from upstairs. She quickly put on her clothes and stormed out the door.

The sounds of hammering, electric saws, heavy objects falling to the ground, friction, and footsteps of hard-soled shoes walking back and forth.

No, isn’t the sound insulation of the Paradise of the Past so poor?

You are disturbing the public!

Lin Wei first walked around the hall and looked around, but there was no one there.

Look, even Alicia isn't staying here!

In the past, at this time, she would harass me in various ways.

Huh? From this perspective, this seems to be a good thing?

"crunch crunch..."

There was the sound of sawing wood again from upstairs...

(╯‵ ′)╯︵┻━┻

Lin Wei was furious, what a bullshit!

Ever since meeting Wei Erwei deep in Paradise that day, Lin Wei only occasionally ran into this guy in the lobby. Most of the time, he was mysterious and not often seen.

Such a loud noise is rarely heard!

It's really noisy, okay?!

Lin Wei walked up to the second floor in a menacing manner. He had rarely been there before.

I pushed open the door that had been closed for years and walked to the deepest part. Every step I took made the sound in my ears louder.

"What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you that you are not allowed to enter during working hours?"

The green-haired girl who was busy hammering away at a pile of instruments felt someone approaching from behind. She stopped what she was doing but was unwilling to get up and look up. She just complained in her mouth, her tone sounding quite tired and helpless.

"I should be asking you, what are you doing here so early in the morning?"