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

But if that were true, and he could really reach his destination by "pretending to be captured" as he said, instead of making the fake become real and being taken to other places by Lin Wei, who planned all this, and even causing the Valkyrie comrades who arrived later to suffer unnecessary losses because of him?

Just thinking about it made Anna shudder. She couldn't help but secretly look at Lin Wei's pale face that looked unhealthy.

Can he really be trusted?

Anna thought with some melancholy.

"follow me."

Lin Wei closed his mind, put away those strange thoughts, took Anna's hand and turned back for the second time.

Anna's face turned red, and she hesitated for a moment, but she didn't break free and obediently let Lin Wei pull her along.

She also wanted to see what strange thing Lin Wei was planning to do.

Lin Wei did not intend to actually carry out the Trojan Horse plan of "pretending to be captured".

If Anna was the only one here, or if I was the only one here, then I would naturally use this method to save time and take a shortcut;

But now that the two of them have met, the weak foundation of trust has caused this option to fail.

Lin Wei, who has a certain God's perspective, can naturally trust Anna and believe that she will not abandon herself because of an accident;

But Lin Wei, who doesn't think he is a good person, doesn't think he can give Anna the same trust.

Therefore, if I propose such a plan, I am afraid that what awaits me is that the currently good relationship between the two of them will quickly break down in embarrassment.

The two monks had no water to drink, so they had to find another way.

Finding a black and red construct that was "patrolling" towards the two of them, Lin Wei let go of Anna's hand and breathed a sigh of relief.

"...Are you really going to do this?"

Anna looked at Lin Wei with complicated eyes, feeling inexplicably disappointed.

She couldn't agree to that plan. If Lin Wei really suggested that she or he pretend to be captured and then blend in, she could only refuse decisively.

To be fair, she didn't hate this man. After all, she had made such a big fool of herself in front of him, and he was still helping her to find ways to cover it up, solve it, and resolve it.

But after all, they met by chance and could only be considered temporary teammates. They were slightly familiar with each other, but there was no trust at all.

If it is really just one person, then you can be willful and it is not impossible to convince yourself to believe him once;

But she couldn't entrust so many unpredictable possible consequences to a stranger with so many uncertainties.

For Anna, this is an insurmountable bottom line.

"Stop talking nonsense and follow me!"

Just as she was distracted, Lin Wei gently pushed her shoulder, signaling her to come back to her senses.

"?"

Anna watched as the construct walked past them "normally". She was speechless and confused as to why Lin Wei had come all the way here.

"I've slightly tampered with its system perception. Now, it has determined that it has prey in hand and needs to execute the 'return to nest' command, so all we need to do is follow it."

Lin Wei propped his cane on the ground, leaned on it and took a few deep breaths to calm his slightly violent heartbeat, and said softly,

"This way it's much safer, rather than being sent straight into the depths of a dangerous place. If we follow it in, if anything unexpected happens, we can quickly retreat along the same route."

"what happened to you?"

Listening to Lin Wei's words, Anna couldn't help but feel a little guilty for her previous distrust. Just as she was about to say something, she saw that Lin Wei's already pale face became even uglier. She quickly stepped forward to support him, complaining,

"I say, your body is too weak, isn't it? You just ran for a while, how can you be so out of breath?"

Then he felt that what he said was a bit too blunt, and asked with concern,

"Are you okay? Do you want me to carry you? Or should you just find a safe place here to rest and wait for my good news?"

"Need not."

Lin Wei quickly waved his hands, feeling a chill in his heart.

If you really carried me on your back, I would really pick up Chen Tianwu's script!

Lin Wei didn't actually trust Anna completely. Or rather, she trusted Anna as an individual girl, but she didn't trust the destiny behind her.

Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, she had not thought of asking Lin Wei's name despite her vague hints.

Therefore, Lin Wei had retracted the power of the stigmata early on, making herself more like an ordinary person in her eyes.

But there were also consequences - from the Thousand Fists Association, to collaborating with Bronya to analyze data, to the final pursuit of clues at the Coral Island Port, the huge consumption brought about by the intensive use of the Divine Key along the way was also not shared by Yae Sakura, making Lin Wei's body panel, which had already improved slightly, seem a little overwhelmed.

Of course, it was unexpected that this somewhat "pitiable" image brought him closer to this innocent girl.

Even in Lin Wei's opinion, it can't be considered "joy", he still wants to keep some distance as much as possible.

"Don't be brave!"

But Anna was also stubborn and would not tolerate Lin Wei's faults at all. She took Lin Wei's arm without saying anything, letting herself share half of his weight. She glared at Lin Wei and whispered,

"If you dare to mess around, I'll tie you up and throw you into any trash can. Then I'll take the photos and your whatever device from you and go save people yourself!"

"It's not impossible..."

Lin Wei laughed awkwardly and said, "It's over. I can't clear myself of this. Brother Chen, listen to my explanation. It really wasn't my initiative!"

(ノへ￣,)

Lin Wei was daydreaming, and when he saw Anna was really about to take action, he looked around for a trash can, so he quickly reached out to stop her, saying that this was not a bad idea.

After a while of fooling around, the two followed the construct step by step through the well-connected traffic hub, walked into an inconspicuous passage, and then walked to the next well-connected intersection, and repeated this three times.

"Oh, I was wrong. This isn't a ground rat. It's an ant hole."

Lin Wei complained in a very brazen manner.

"In such an island city, such a dense transportation network cannot be excavated everywhere. Who are they, and why have they not been discovered?"

Anna recalled the underground tunnel network that she had walked through like a maze, and she couldn't help but exclaimed, then covered her mouth with her hand, for fear of attracting the attention of the construct leading the way not far away.

"I don't know."

Lin Wei said perfunctorily.

Since I guessed that the entire island was most likely controlled by the World Serpent, it was no surprise that any strange things would happen.

After all, there's something weird about this entire organization.

"Okay, I feel better, put me down."

After being supported for such a long distance, Lin Wei felt uncomfortable all over. He quickly found an opportunity to separate and took a look at the dim cave that looked a bit like a garage. The construct had just entered and disappeared.

"That should be it. We've already reached the first platform. Below that is sea level. It can't possibly be digging deeper into the ground, right?"

Even if you go to the moon, they have to dig a hole for you to get out first.

Lin Wei could never understand Sister Li's habit of digging holes like the World Snake.

Anna hesitated to speak.

"Why, we've come this far already. Miss Anna, are you planning to leave me alone?"

Lin Wei guessed what Anna was thinking and said with a smile in a relaxed tone.

"Yes, this place is more complicated than I originally imagined. If you encounter danger in there, I am not sure I can protect you. This is for your safety."

Anna spoke her mind frankly.

"Don't worry, I will rescue that girl for you... Come to think of it, I have a friend who is also a survivor of Changkong City. She is in the collapse... Besides, she is also a student of Qianyu Academy. Maybe she knows the person you are looking for? Just for this reason, I will also try my best to help!"

Anna used a relaxed tone to ease the tension in her heart, trying to convince Lin Wei that she could handle it on her own.

In fact, she had never encountered such a situation, but she only wanted to face the possible danger alone and did not want to implicate innocent people.

Changkong City? Survivors? Students from Qianyu Academy?

Lin Wei's heart moved, and he glanced at Anna.

Valkyrie?

The answer is so obvious.

But now is not the time to talk about this, Lin Wei gathered his thoughts and said,

"Have you forgotten that I'm a hacker? Are you planning to break in without my technical assistance?"

"Uh……"

Chapter 43: The time traveler’s enemy is himself

"Have you forgotten I'm a hacker? Are you planning to fight your way in without my technical assistance?"

"Forehead……"

Anna was embarrassed. She had indeed forgotten about this matter. After a moment's hesitation and consideration, she reached out to snatch the unremarkable black cane from Lin Wei's hand, and politely called out:

"Feel sorry!"

However, Lin Wei, who had anticipated this, gently raised his hand to stop him, and made an excuse seriously.

"Don't mess around. If you accidentally break it, we'll both be in trouble. Spare parts are hard to find!"

Of course not. Each of the God's Keys is unique. If one breaks, you have to look for it in a parallel world. Moreover, even if it is the "Key of Erosion" in a parallel world, it will not be his "Pandora".

Anna, who was successfully predicted, looked at Lin Wei angrily, her beautiful big eyes full of grievance. She wondered why this guy was so ungrateful?

Although I don't understand how Lin Wei has been operating all this time, I think that thing should be a signal transmitter, mainly used to shield and interfere with the signal content within a certain range around it.

The reason why she was so sure was that she had tried several times on the road to send new messages to the captain and the others, but it always showed failure, which made her feel a little uneasy.

The moles hid very deep, very far away from the warehouse where they originally hid themselves.

If I can't get in touch with him, it means that my comrades may have made a wasted trip, and it also means that I may have to take the risk alone.

Thinking of this, Anna couldn't help but glance at Lin Wei again, thinking that she was not only alone, but also had a burden who stayed up too late and was lazy...

"Don't look at me like that."

Lin Wei felt uncomfortable being stared at. He really couldn't let Anna take the risk alone.

On the one hand, even if he and she had only met by chance and had known each other for a short time due to coincidence, it was highly likely that the two of them would never see each other again after leaving this place...

Fuck, the sense of déjà vu is even stronger!

(╯‵ ′)╯︵┻━┻

Lin Wei shook his head, discarding those messy thoughts, and then glanced at Anna dimly.

He really couldn't let Anna take the risk alone.

Regardless of whether his previous groundless guess that "Anna alone and wisely broke into the tiger's den, infiltrated the 'criminal organization', and made great achievements..." was true, this Hollywood action blockbuster story that made people's adrenaline rush;

But the moment he appeared and met Anna, one fact was already determined:

In a world line where his own did not originally exist, such a meeting would be impossible.

Regardless of whether Anna was the protagonist who was supposed to appear here, and he was the "newcomer" who broke in, or whether Anna was drawn into this weird island city from head to toe because of her own butterfly effect.

Pretend to be captured, then be sent directly inside, and then directly start destruction in the most vulnerable and defenseless interior, and break down this unknown "base" with the help of internal and external forces;

The difference in nature and the degree of danger involved in breaking through the heavy guards and going in alone is obvious.

And if it was because the wings of this "butterfly" of mine flapped again, then there would be even more variables represented -

Just imagine, if Anna died here silently, what would become of the Herrscher of Ice, and even the Herrscher of Rock (Star)?

A large part of the future is missing, and countless uncertainties arise. This is only a relatively optimistic possibility;

Another possible outcome is that if Anna really encounters life-threatening danger here, will she really die, or will she be like the original Chen Tianwu, where she will be played a "certain truth" with the beginning and the end cut off by the Honkai consciousness at the moment of death, thus being stimulated to directly become a Herrscher?

So, will Anna, the Herrscher who was born in this way, become the Herrscher of Ice that she was supposed to be, or will she replace Wendy, who is also a Valkyrie, and become the Herrscher of Wind?

It's not impossible! After all, the original Herrscher of Wind was just a defective product used to take up the Herrscher position.

And if this is the case, then the future direction will completely go out of control:

The Herrscher of the Wind is born naturally, and the Gem of Desire stored in Destiny will disappear into thin air;

Without the Desire Gem, would Bronya still have the chance to break up with Cocolia and complete her growth from cocoon to butterfly?

If the Gem of Desire had not been thrown into the Eye of the Abyss, would anyone still venture into the Quantum Sea?

That means that both Walter and Seele have fallen into Kevin's hands. Whether Anti-Entropy will be controlled by him is secondary. The most important thing is that no matter who the new Ruler of Reason who succeeds Walter is, no matter which side he stands on,