Hurry up and invite the Enlightened Buddha!

"... I'm sorry, I made the teacher worry."

"Oh, sorry."

Looking at Lin Yu, whose eyes showed a hint of apology but whose expression remained unchanged, the ghost suddenly moved close to Lin Yu's body, grabbed his face, and yanked it hard.

"If you really want to apologize, then at least change your expression."

Sigh, how can I change?

I was originally a fake agent, so my ability to manage facial expressions was just so-so.

He can usually fool Kiana, Mei, and Bronya with his knowledge of the characters, but Ghost only has such a small role in the original work...

Without a guide, I have to start exploring, and the opponent is a boss-level character in terms of details. How can I not be careful?

Without the Cold-Faced Hunk, my expression would completely lose control, and that would make many things more complicated.

At this moment, the ghost holding Lin Yu, seeing that Lin Yu's expression had not changed, helplessly gave up its actions.

"Gentlemen, the drinks are here."

After placing two cocktails in front of Lin Yu and Ghost, the bartender smiled at them and said...

"I won't say anything since you've already tried Ghost, but you can give it a try, young man—it's my masterpiece."

With the thought that 'this guy has no grudge against me and shouldn't harm me,' Lin Yu picked up his wine glass and took a small sip.

Then, under the bartender's and Ghost's astonished gazes, Lin Yu calmly put down his glass and said nothing.

I was so naive.

Seeing that Lin Yu calmly put down his glass, the bartender whistled and gave Lin Yu a thumbs up.

"Oh ho, that's impressive. Even the ghost at the time chased after me and cursed me for three days after taking a sip."

What?

They only cursed for three days?

Ghost teacher, you have such a good temper.

Damn it, if I could speak right now, I would curse you for at least three months!

The taste, the texture...

The Herrscher didn't kill me.

But this drink almost killed me.

After gently pushing the glass a certain distance away, Lin Yu, having caught his breath, looked at the bartender with an unfriendly expression.

"Please give me iced milk."

"Okay."

Then, seeing Ghost still enjoying himself after taking a sip of wine, Lin Yu finally asked the question he wanted to ask.

"Ghost Teacher, you brought me here today... is there something you need?"

"Ha, you're really slow-witted, Mr. Next Chief of the Apocalypse clan."

Looking at the disciple before him, Ghost swirled the wine in his hand, then suddenly turned to look at the crowd behind him who had already begun to revel.

"To be honest, although you are my disciple, I have always felt that everyone has chosen their own path, and continuing to move forward on that path is not a bad thing."

"Since you embarked on the path of fighting the Honkai in order to seek revenge, you should do what you are supposed to do in order to fight the Honkai."

"What needs to be done?"

Seeing Lin Yu's bewildered expression, Ghost suddenly spoke with great relaxation.

"You still don't realize it, Kobayashi."

"In fifty days, you stopped the Third Honkai Outbreak, killed Chiyou, and single-handedly stopped the Fourth Honkai Outbreak —don't look at me, these are all achievements that Bishop Otto announced to the public."

"Now, many of my colleagues in Schicksal who know about these things already think that 'Lin Yu is stronger than Durandal.'"

"After Durandal's rank as a warrior is higher than yours, her actual combat record is not as outrageous as yours."

"So right now, within the organization, your reputation is temporarily second only to Bishop Otto —but you probably haven't realized this yet."

I really didn't realize... No, Durandal is the holder of the Divine Key, why are you praising me instead of her?

She definitely doesn't care.

But you guys are putting a lot of pressure on me.

Facing the silent Lin Yu, Ghost seemed to have gotten used to Lin Yu's attitude. After taking another sip of her cocktail, she spoke softly to Lin Yu.

"Fighting the Honkai is not just about blindly rushing to the front."

"Besides us intelligence personnel and those in the logistics department also contributing, a certain degree of morale boost can also ignite everyone's fighting spirit and courage."

"Look, there's Annie over there. Like you, her parents died in the Honkai, and she was the only one who survived."

"As a result, every time she goes back to headquarters, she drinks heavily several times—but after seeing you today, she actually became a little more normal."

"And there's Mike, who gave you two gifts—don't let his cheerful appearance fool you, back when he was studying abroad and escaped the Honkai, he cried for three whole days after returning to his hometown and seeing how it was Honkai."

"He originally wanted to join the combat unit just like you, but he was really unqualified and was forced to fly planes instead."

"As for the bartender who just tricked you—he originally had a happy family, but after the Honkai, his wife turned into Meele and killed his daughter. He lost part of his memory because of the excessive stimulation when he saw this scene."

"Among those who serve in Schicksal, some are indeed ordinary people who are there for the high salaries, but there are also quite a few like you who have had something important taken away from them by the Honkai."

After downing the wine in his glass, the ghost's expression suddenly turned sad.

"You have created one miracle after another, giving everyone greater hope."

"In this situation, you shouldn't keep a straight face—smiling more is what you should be doing right now."

"Since you've chosen the path of fighting against the Honkai, it's your responsibility to restore hope to everyone, especially considering your current state..."

"—He's already a beacon of light in everyone's eyes."

"Even if people have never met you or seen your picture, the name 'Lin Yu' alone is enough to motivate them."

"Because you truly showed everyone the glimmer of victory, therefore..."

At that moment, the ghost suddenly embraced Lin Yu whispered in his ear.

"I know this request is selfish, but Lin Yu, even for the sake of everyone in Schicksal, please put on this mask properly."

"Right now, you're like a hero who suddenly appears out of nowhere in a comic book. As for what you actually think, that's no longer important."

"You will spend your whole life deceiving everyone, but one day, under your guidance, everyone will successfully defeat the Honkai."

"Don't try to live an insignificant life, after all, you are now..."

"—He is destined to go down in history."

Since most people are unaware that I've been keeping unlimited bounties active, I'll reiterate it here.

Only recommendation votes are offered as a reward, with a 1:1 ratio of recommendation votes to word count. One recommendation vote is worth one word. Two thousand recommendation votes will be rewarded with two thousand words, with no upper limit.

Why not open the razor blades? - After a month of opening them, everyone only invested over a hundred dollars. What's the point of opening them?

Why not offer monthly passes? — At least 3,000 passes are needed to enter the top ten by the end of the month. What's the point of offering them if you can't even get into the top ten?

So I'll only offer recommendation votes. Since this is free, people will be more willing to give them.

Try to complete the first update before the afternoon.

Chapter 161. Quickly go and invite the Awakened Buddha!

World Serpent Branch Base

Inside the World Serpent's branch base, Gray Serpent looked at the intelligence reports appearing on the intelligence screen and felt that he hadn't been in a good mood lately.

In essence, the "Gray Serpent"Gray Serpent is a collective consciousness, composed of numerous individuals with subtle differences.

Therefore, under these circumstances, all "Gray Serpent" share the same memories, but each "Gray Serpent" has its own experiences and personality, and even different hobbies.

However, such fully formed Gray Serpent are ultimately few and far between.

Not all Gray Serpent in the entire Gray Serpent network can develop a complete and solid personality when they awaken their consciousness.

Due to the randomness of the generation algorithm, about 30% of the Gray Serpent only have incomplete minds, and they continuously absorb memories through the "Gray Serpent network" to improve, or rather repair, their incomplete personalities.

Now, the Gray Serpent are active in different parts of the world.

Meanwhile, the administrator Gray Serpent, standing in the base, looked at the intelligence transmitted by the other Gray Serpent and felt his blood pressure, which he didn't even have, gradually rising.

From the Fourth Honkai Outbreak yesterday to its end, in less than 24 hours, World Serpent's already bad situation instantly became even worse.

First, there's Singapore, who jumped the highest this time. With the appearance of the Fourth Honkai Outbreak and the withdrawal of the World Serpent Force, they are now completely on the chopping block by the Gray Serpent's actions.

In an attempt to save itself, the country executed several high-ranking officials who had collaborated with the Gray Serpent on the spot and immediately swore allegiance to Bishop of Schicksal Otto of Destiny.

In response to Singapore's actions, Otto, of course, showed leniency and did not pursue the matter further regarding their past mistakes.

But within those short 24 hours, Otto's Schicksal combat force went completely off the rails like mad dogs.

Apart from the Schicksal Headquarters having combat troops as a garrison, and the Oceania Branch, which had just been beaten up and was still unable to fight, the combat troops of the Far East Branch, the Far East branch, the African branch, the Atlantic branch, and the West Asia branch were all mobilized and plowed up the World Serpent base within their spheres of influence.

Not only that, even martial arts figures from the Shenzhou led their mechanical guards out and suppressed all of the World Serpent's subordinate organizations within the Shenzhou.

To be honest, it was only a matter of time before the bases and subordinate organizations known to these Raven were exposed, and the Gray Serpent was already prepared for that.

But he really didn't expect that after the Oceania Branch was wiped out, Otto didn't fear their Quantum Teleportation System. Instead, he started a blood transfusion mode as if he was going to fight to the death.

If the Gray Serpent hadn't kept a lot of information about the Raven, this sudden attack by Schicksal would have been enough to destroy more than half of the World Serpent's empire.

Even so, looking at this intelligence, Gray Serpent still felt...

—Damn it, I'm so angry!

"... Damn Otto, he really did it."

After uttering these murderous words, Gray Serpent looked at the extremely nervous Jackal beside him and asked the Jackal in a cold voice.

"What are the results of the Desire Gem analysis? When can we remove the gem from this little girl's body?"

"There's no way to do it in the short term..."

Although Gray Serpent had already guessed this outcome, now— Gray Serpent, who was originally quite patient, really felt that he couldn't sit still any longer.

However, he suppressed his anger and did not begin to curse the Jackal.

Ultimately, while Jackal's scientific research abilities are undoubtedly outstanding, extracting the unstable gem...

Asking her to finish in one day is already asking too much of her. At a time like this, her foul language—one of the few remaining high-ranking officials of World Serpent —only serves to vent her emotions and will only have a negative effect.

"I know you're anxious, but Gray Serpent, getting the Desire Gem out now is practically a dead end."

As if he had completely given up, the Jackal took off his mask, revealing dark circles under his eyes and a weary face. He then spoke to the Gray Serpent with great helplessness.

"Although the Desire Gem has stabilized within this little girl's body, stability does not mean that it has taken shape."

"But if we need the Desire Gem to be fully formed, we need... her to awaken as Herrscher."

"However, if she awakens as Herrscher, it will first trigger the Fifth Honkai Outbreak. Otto will definitely be able to detect our location and directly airdrop Lin Yu and Durandal here."

"Secondly, our combat power is insufficient to suppress a genuine Herrscher, so by the time her gem is formed, we will have no chance to extract the Desire Gem."

Listening to the Jackal's analysis, the Gray Serpent realized that what the Jackal said was absolutely correct.

For the gem within Wendy to take shape, she must be forced to become Herrscher.

However, after Wendy became Herrscher, the enemy was able to discover the World Serpent's whereabouts, and the World Serpent did not have the power to defeat the Herrscher.

Just as the Jackal said, it's a vicious cycle now.

Gemstone formation → Herrscher awakening → World Serpent can't defeat Wendy → The gemstone that was in her hands flew away → Venerable Lord Kevin still has to be the prison chief in the prison, trapped in the Quantum Sea and unable to get out.

The gem is not fully formed → the World Serpent's combat power is insufficient → the World Serpent will eventually be dug out and annihilated by Schicksal → Venerable Lord Kevin will still be the prison chief within the prison, trapped in the Quantum Sea and unable to get out.

A dead end, a complete dead end.