Lin Wei's Rapid-Fire Q&A

"Damn it! Crazy!! Bastard!!!"

Amidst a violent tremor, and the accompanying slight dust, Jackal no longer had the leisure to continue admiring the battle on the screen and spewing venom. All she could do was smash things on the ground while cursing furiously.

But in fact, even if she continued to stare at the screen, it would have been meaningless. Because the moment the energy beam hit the stadium, all signals were interrupted, and the screen, instantly filled with snow, showed nothing.

It has to be said that although this was a trap carefully prepared by Jackal, it was also a trap of the seemingly inconspicuous Valkyrie captain.

But fortunately, although Jackal was arrogant, she was unexpectedly cautious about one thing – she never put herself in a dangerous battlefield.

Because of this, even though the stadium had been completely leveled by the all-out strike from the Schicksal battleship, and even though the explosion had swept everyone present – even Lin Wei, who was rushing on the road, was caught in it – Jackal herself was almost unaffected.

The reason why it was said to be "almost" was because Jackal was completely unaffected physically. But psychologically, she was the one who suffered the most damage.

Perhaps Captain Jell, who had dealt the highest damage so far and was also the culprit who caused all this, could compare with her.

But the seriously injured and unconscious Jell had already exited the game and naturally couldn't hear Jackal's hysterical and impotent rage.

"That damn Valkyrie… How dare she? How dare she??"

Jackal was full of hatred, regret, and fear at the moment.

Regret, naturally, was that she was too confident and didn't kill the Valkyrie earlier, leading to the current situation.

Fear was that if she had really been deceived by the miserable state of the two Valkyries and appeared in the stadium early, she would probably have died under that terrifying bombardment.

As for hate…

Was her long-awaited experimental subject destroyed along with the stadium in that dazzling stream of light?

"…"

Jackal's full chest heaved rapidly. The sudden change was too great, and she felt a little short of breath, and could only breathe desperately.

After a while, Jackal, unwilling to fail like this, reluctantly suppressed her surging anger, pushed open the door silently, and quickly walked out.

"I want to see the person alive, and the corpse if dead! Damn Schicksal, you won't succeed so easily!"

Jackal thought fiercely.

"Meow…"

As soon as she walked out of the door, Jackal heard a weak meow.

Looking down, she saw Stan walking towards her weakly from the distance of the corridor. His originally glossy fur looked dry and frizzy, as if it had been scorched by fire. One of his hind legs was stained with some purple-red blood, obviously injured, and he looked a little worse for wear.

Stan was very grateful for Jackal's order to withdraw. Otherwise, if he had delayed a little longer and taken that bombardment head-on, he probably wouldn't be just "a little worse for wear."

Now seeing the master coming out of the door, Stan thought she was coming to pick him up, and his eyes lit up.

"Meow…"

"Oh, you're back?"

Jackal looked down and saw Stan's somewhat sorry state, and couldn't help but frown. But at this moment, she was in a very bad mood and had no time to pay attention to this cat. She just glanced at it, stepped over its head, and said,

"Keep up, there are important things to do."

Not only did she not stop, she didn't even bother to look back.

"Meow…"

So she wasn't coming to pick me up…

Stan's mood became even more depressed, but he could only droop his ears and quickly follow his master.

"Beep beep beep…"

Just then, Jackal's communicator rang. After connecting, Raven's somewhat anxious voice sounded.

"Hello, hello, Jackal, are you still alive?"

"I'm not dead yet!"

Jackal said in a bad mood.

"Thank goodness, that's great…"

The voice on the other end of the communicator suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. The unconcealed concern even made Jackal stunned for a moment – does Raven care about me so much?

But before she could think about anything else, the voice in the communicator changed tone and said somewhat urgently,

"I have some bad news for you!"

"Durandal is flying towards you, and she should be there soon!"

.........

As usual, time rewound slightly.

"Cough cough… Otto and Jackal, these two guys… what big move did they make? They didn't even say hello beforehand…"

Lin Wei carefully poked his head out from under the protection of the Mimic Judah to observe the situation, while shaking his head constantly, trying to wake himself up as soon as possible.

"No, it can't be Jackal… This was her pre-set battlefield, and as the host, she had no reason to flip the table in this way. So it can only be Otto…"

After all, Lin Wei didn't know all the information about Jell, so it was difficult for him to immediately think of her as the cause of the matter, because such a thing was no longer important.

"…"

"Something happened."

After his brain started running rapidly, his originally somewhat muddled and dazed brain quickly cleared and settled down. But he also realized that things had changed beyond expectations, and he couldn't help but become anxious.

"No… calm down, calm down…"

Lin Wei took a deep breath of the air filled with thick smoke and dust, using the strong stimulation of his nose and lungs to force himself to calm down.

"It has already happened, it's useless to be anxious. The more you are in this kind of situation, the more you need to calm down. Only by calming down can you find a way to break the situation… Think… Think!"

Lin Wei stretched out his hand and dispersed the cross standing beside him, while quickly pacing back and forth, constantly muttering to himself.

Gradually, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter, but his steps began to slow down, his anxious emotions dissipated like the wind, and two little people began to appear in his mind, representing his rapidly running brain, starting a self-questioning and self-answering mode:

"The first question, who caused this big explosion? Otto or Jackal?"

"This question has already been answered, it must be Otto. Jackal has no reason to cause herself so much trouble…"

"The second question: In that case, using this extreme method to flip the table, what about Otto himself, is he still alive?"

"His body is made of Soulium, he may be injured, but the possibility of direct death is not high. Therefore, you must not be careless because of this, you still have to make up for this!"

"The third question: As the party whose table was flipped, what about Jackal, will she die?"

"The explosion was so powerful that she might indeed die, but there is a greater possibility that she is injured. Because Otto's purpose is to catch her, if Jackal died like this, it would be Otto's complete failure! And this, for us, would be the best news, we don't have to take any more risks! "

"Of course, you know that this possibility is not high. But don't you have Jackal's contact? Just ask her directly, won't you know?"

Through this method of internal debate and self-questioning, Lin Wei quickly sorted out his thoughts and found his precise position in this situation that had already undergone drastic changes.

"The fourth question: What else can I do in this?"

"This is a very dangerous thing, but it is also an excellent opportunity! Because based on the previous conclusions, no matter Otto or Jackal, all their previous probes ended in this explosion. You don't need to do anything superfluous, they will meet each other very soon! This process is so fast, it will even be measured in seconds! This is what Otto dreams of, but this situation, for you, isn't it also the best result?"

Lin Wei looked back at the direction of the stadium. The originally huge and towering building had been leveled, leaving only a mess. The distant city buildings were almost unobstructed through the heavy smoke.

Lin Wei had already obtained the greatest benefit he could get from this explosion.

"Compared to that closed huge building, or a cramped underground base for close-range adventure, this unobstructed open area is my chosen stage for a safe and smooth 'sniper plan'!"

"Let Otto and Jackal perform in that warm crater! I can be a distant audience from hundreds of meters away, and I don't have to worry about being discovered at all! I just need to gently pull the trigger at the right time…"

"Bang!"

Lin Wei tapped lightly with some pleasure.

"Retreat unscathed!"

Lin Wei's pleasant mood, like his previous anxiety, appeared quickly and dissipated quickly like a breeze, allowing himself to return to calm.

"No, it's not over yet…"

"The last question: What impact will this unexpected explosion have?"

"It will awaken the entire city. The military, police, reporters, etc. will come to the scene in a very short time, and it will soon become very lively. But at that time, Schicksal and World Serpent will also tacitly suppress the impact of this incident to the lowest level, and even few people will know…"

"And?"

The part of his thinking that was the cold questioner relentlessly pressed.

"…"

Lin Wei swallowed, realizing his biggest crisis.

"Among the people in this city who will be awakened by this explosion… will include Durandal!"

"At this moment, she must be on her way here! And the speed and time of her arrival here are also measured in seconds!"

The question-and-answer session was over, and the key points had been extracted. There was no need to think about other things, and there was no time to continue in-depth thinking!

The opportunity was right in front of him, measured in seconds. The danger was also right in front of him, also measured in seconds!

Like the two sides of a hand, they were placed in front of Lin Wei at the same time.

He didn't have much time left!

Whether to retreat or continue to act, he had to make a decision in an instant!

"…"

Lin Wei gritted his teeth. He had already come this far, how could he give up halfway?

He took out a locator from his arms, confirmed the predetermined positioning coordinates, pressed it hard, and shouted.

"Durandal, you won't disappoint me, right!"

.........

"Beep beep beep…"

Meanwhile, Durandal, who was speeding through the sky like a meteor, suddenly noticed that the locator in her arms was ringing. She slowed down slightly, opened the locator, and saw an abruptly appearing location coordinate, flashing for three or five seconds, and then suddenly going out.

Durandal couldn't help but frown.

It was slightly different from the distant place where the smoke was billowing at the moment, but it was not far away. Estimated by the scale of the map, it was only three to five hundred meters, almost adjacent.

Durandal thought for a moment and decided to change direction.

Her thinking was very clear. Such a big explosion had already happened, and it didn't matter much whether she supported Overseer Otto or not.

However, this coordinate, which basically coincided with it but was at a certain distance, was likely to represent another escape route for those guys!

In that case, someone must be preparing to escape from there, and what she should do now is to dispel their delusions. This is where she can truly cooperate with Overseer-sama!

"Mr. He Kun, well done!"

Durandal thought calmly, and then thought of the locator that suddenly lost its signal.

"…I will rescue you!"

Thinking of this, the speed of the meteor streaking across the sky suddenly accelerated!

.........

Meanwhile, Lin Wei, who didn't know Durandal's specific situation, successfully sent the positioning information, and without hesitation, summoned "Projection: Judgment of Shamash," burning the communicator that had successfully sent the positioning signal to ashes.

"There's not much time left, let's go!"

Durandal was about to arrive. The "king meets king" drama between Jackal and Otto was also about to begin. No matter which one, it forced Lin Wei to start acting as quickly as possible.

Lin Wei chose a direction, where there were surviving buildings to hide his whereabouts, and he could also have a good view.

While running, he used Pandora to project a voice changer, skillfully put it on his throat and the communicator, and dialed Jackal's number. He had to confirm whether Jackal was still alive!

"Hello, hello, Jackal, are you still alive?"

In the spirit of "use it to death if it's useful," he naturally used Raven's voice to ask.

"I'm not dead yet!"

On the other end of the communicator, Jackal's unkind voice came.

Hearing this full of energy voice, Lin Wei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness, that's great…"

Since it had been confirmed that Jackal was safe and sound, Lin Wei was too lazy to waste time and said directly.

"Jackal, I have some bad news for you!"

"Durandal is flying towards you, and she should be there soon!"

To hold back Durandal, it was not enough to just divert her attention. It wouldn't take long.

To maximize the completion of this goal, after Durandal was diverted, someone had to stand up, with a fearless spirit of sacrifice, to hold back her footsteps!

"The previous task, I have completed…"

Lin Wei, who had almost perfected the trick of "empty-handed white wolf," thought with a sneer and ill intentions. [Empty-handed white wolf, 空手套白狼 - An idiom meaning to gain something without putting in effort or resources.]

"The latter task, I'll have to trouble you, Jackal-sama!"