Private Grudge

Hearing Nightless Sky Yong Lian's explanation, Lin Yu calmed down a bit.

Although the Family Head's explanation was almost exactly what Lin Yu expected, it didn't mean that all of Lin Yu's doubts were resolved.

On the contrary, this only confused Lin Yu more.

How did Lin Zhao know the recipe for his [Exclusive item], and why it required [Abyss Gaze]?

Although Lin Yu always had complete faith in Lin Zhao and knew that his older sister was sometimes so clever it was almost like she could foresee the future...

But could she really have predicted something like this?

Even Lin Zhao and Lin Yu would have some doubts.

After all, while her sister is powerful, she is not an "omniscient and omnipotent" God.

"Perhaps... my sister left me with [Abyss Gaze] not because she foresaw that [Empty Shell] would need this, but for some other purpose?"

"If that's the case... I might have to use this [Abyss Gaze] sparingly... Hmm, perhaps after creating and consuming the [Empty Shell], I'd better replenish it myself."

Lin Yu pondered, suppressing these thoughts and hiding them deep within his heart.

He looked at Nightless Sky Yong Lian again.

"Anyway... thank you, Family Head."

Nightless Sky Yong Lian shook her head. "From now on, the 'Family Head' will be 'Huo Le'... Just call me Yong Lian directly, and skip the honorifics."

"In short, it was a pleasure working with you, Arthur. Although I am now the 'God of Wisdom,' given your current state, it seems I will be seeing you quite often in the future."

Lin Yu smiled and said, "I'm afraid it won't be that frequent. After all, the Divine Realm has a 'Firewall' now... Besides, Yong Lian, the reason we can invite you now is because you are not fully regarded as the 'God of Wisdom'... So, we only need to offer you the promise to take care of the Nightless Sky Family as payment to summon you."

"If I call you out again later... it won't be at this price anymore—in terms of cost-effectiveness, the 'Chosen of Wisdom' from Fire Apricot might still be a bit better."

"Especially for her, going to other worlds to play is a reward in itself."

Lin Yu spoke, Nightless Sky Yong Lian cursed.

"You heartless bastard!"

However, despite this, Nightless Sky Yong Lian Fuyaten still had a smile on her face.

"Alright... Arthur, I'm leaving now—but I'll say one last thing before I go."

"The 'good things' I left you aren't just these two materials... Although they seem to be much more important to you than I imagined, you probably won't receive my most precious gift for a while."

Lin Yu was somewhat surprised. "What is it?"

"Secret."

As she spoke, Nightless Sky Yong Lian gently rose, lifted the hem of her robe, and gave Lin Yu a slight bow in farewell—although it may have been decades since she had performed such a Noble Miss's farewell ceremony, Nightless Sky Yong Lian still performed it perfectly while standing on the snow-covered rocks.

Then...

The figure that the newly appointed "God of Wisdom" was summoned to descend upon this place by a [Guest Appearance Invitation] has disappeared and left this world.

Lin Yu looked at the empty rock and sighed.

In a sense... this is a good thing.

Among the Deity, he had undoubtedly gained another relatively reliable "ally".

Only...

Lin Yu could vaguely foresee that the level of annoyance a "Deity" would have, perhaps, rival that of a certain Crow, the "God of Wisdom" Nightless Sky Yong Lian.

"Forget about that for now... let's focus on finishing up the remaining work."

As Lin Yu spoke, he turned and walked down the mountain.

Halfway up the mountain, on another flat rock, Lin Yu looked at Old Zheng, who was playing the role of "Schreiber," and "Ren Gu," who was lying next to Old Zheng with a pale face.

"Wake him up."

As Lin Yu spoke, Old Zheng nodded.

"No problem..." Director.

Then, as Old Zheng finished speaking, Ren Gu, who had been pale and showed almost no vital signs, suddenly started coughing violently.

Cough, cough!

His face flushed, and he scrambled to his feet, shouting, "This area is off-limits..."

Seeing the greenish-blue light gathering around Ren Gu, Lin Yu and Old Zheng quickly stopped him.

"Don't!"

"No need to shout!"

Ren Gu regained his senses, looked at Lin Yu and Old Zheng in front of him, and recovered.

"Oh, oh... God, it's Comrade 'Director,' and 'Schreiber,'" he said gravely, grabbing Lin Yu. "Listen to me, listen to me... Comrade 'Loquat Candy' is a traitor! He's the real murderer of 'Sherlock'!"

"Go find 'Xiao Nian' and 'Dionysus' for Reinforcements right away!"

Seeing the excited Ren Gu, Lin Yu patted him on the shoulder.

"It's alright, Comrade Ren Gu... Don't get agitated, everything's fine now."

"We've taken care of 'Loquat Candy' — Schreiber and his friends in the Barren Realm have teamed up and sent that guy to the 'Eternal Prison'."

"We don't even need to rush to write the report, after all, the 'God of Fairness and Judgment' will probably contact the 'General' directly, and then the 'General' will issue some top-down announcement or something."

As Lin Yu spoke, Ren Gu slowly recovered.

"Oh... oh... is that so? Is that so?"

He then began to pay attention to his own condition and recalled that he seemed to have been almost killed by "Loquat Candy".

Ren Gu touched his body up and down, then said, "Huh? I... I'm actually alright?"

Lin Yu nodded. "Don't worry, you're fine... Don't forget, it's not just 'Loquat Candy' who can use 'Doctor' abilities."

"And I do indeed have a way to cure you."

Lin Yu added in a low voice, "After all, I wasn't late this time... I won't let this happen a second time."

He just said he wasn't there at the time, of course he was just trying to scam the Loquat Candy.

Lin Yu and Old Zheng remained hidden in the shadows.

As for why "Ren Gu" looks so lively and energetic now, and not even seriously injured...

That was certainly not because Lin Yu cured him.

Rather, "Ren Gu" never suffered any fatal damage from the very beginning.

The instant "Loquat Candy" activated its ability, Lin Yu had already used the [Reversal Pocket Watch] to lock onto "Ren Gu's" state, ensuring that he would not die under any circumstances.

At the same time, he used [Narrative Trick] to induce Cognitive Interference, and combined it with the Mental Seed he had implanted in the soul of "Loquat Candy", making Loquat Candy have the illusion that his attack was very effective and that Ren Gu was dead.

In reality, his abilities were never fully activated...

The Ren Gu lying on the ground at that time was still far from "death".

Then, while Loquat Candy was distracted by Fu Luo, Lin Yu moved the Ren Gu beneath his feet away.

Next...

During the time that Loquat Candy and Nightless Sky Yong Lian were fighting, Lin Yu completely healed Ren Gu's minor injuries and had Old Zheng settle him here.

Although Ren Gu was out of danger at the time, Lin Yu did not wake Ren Gu.

After all, Lin Yu still didn't intend for anyone else to hear his conversation with Loquat Candy or his negotiations with Nightless Sky Yong Lian.

Now that everything is settled, there's no need for Ren Gu to remain asleep any longer.

After waking up, Ren Gu, upon confirming that everything was alright and that he was not in any danger, sat down on a rock with a sense of melancholy.

"Sigh... but 'Loquat Candy' comrade... how could it be him?"

However, Ren Gu remained silent for only a few seconds before shaking his head.

"Forget it, now's not the time to talk about this..."

"Although Comrade 'Loquat Candy's' matter has been resolved, he was just an unexpected 'complication'... Director, let's get back to business—we still need to continue searching for the Authority Technology left behind by the 'Creator'."

Lin Yu looked at Ren Gu and said calmly again, "Ah, that's not necessary... Schreiber and I have already obtained it."

As he spoke, Lin Yu shook the Storage Device in his hand.

Although there's no "Authority" technology involved yet... it will be soon.

Lin Yu will store the techniques he has memorized into it.

Ren Gu was even more shocked upon hearing this.

"You've got this sorted out... So what do we need to do next?"

Lin Yu thought for a moment, "Theoretically speaking, we should find the others to regroup and then retreat..."

"However, Ren Gu, now that I've acquired this part of the technology, shouldn't I have saved the organization a lot of time?"

Ren Gu nodded. "Of course, this is much faster than we expected."

Lin Yu said, "Therefore, I still want to stay in the Barren Realm for one more day—because according to Schreiber's intelligence, there should be major changes in the City That Never City That Never Sleeps."

"We can stay and gather some intelligence, and then report it to the organization when we get back."

Ren Gu was somewhat surprised and looked at Old Zheng: "What variable?"

Old Zheng heard Ren Gu's question, he answered according to what Lin Yu had instructed him to do long ago.

"The Nightless Sky Family... is about to have a new master."

Ren Gu was stunned for a moment, then his expression turned serious.

"Well... it seems worth staying a few more days."

He looked at Lin Yu: "In that case, let's meet up with Xiao Nian and the others, and then discuss whether we should stay here. If we do stay, let's stay a few more days."

"Although I think they probably wouldn't want to miss this opportunity... we still need to ask for their opinion."

Upon hearing Ren Gu's words, Lin Yu nodded and said, "Of course."

Afterwards, Lin Yu walked down the mountain again, taking out his Communicator to contact the other members of "Order".

At the same time, Lin Yu spoke again casually.

"Oh, right... Comrade Ren Gu."

"I didn't tell Comrade Loquat Candy that you weren't dead—he'd probably be convinced he really did kill you."

"So, although the probability is very small... if you go to the Eternal Prison in the future, remember not to let him have a chance to know that you are still alive."

Ren Gu was taken aback, then asked curiously, "Why?"

Lin Yu said calmly, "Personal grudges... I think if he's convinced he killed you, he might experience extreme pain once he comes to his senses."

"After all, you seem to be the person he's closest to within the 'Order,' and perhaps even within the 'Player' group."