Strange Code

As soon as Lin Yu said this, even Zhu Rong, who was sitting on the side listening, couldn't help but look up.

"What?"

The woman on the Communicator, who referred to herself as "Your Excellency," remained relatively calm, but was clearly surprised by Lin Yu's words.

"You want to... kill Royal Nobles?"

"Why? Are you seeking revenge?"

The other party asked.

Lin Yu's answer was even more concise, "No, I have no grudge against royalty or Royal Nobles... If I had to put it another way, it's like going hunting in the mountains."

"It's for survival—although we might survive on gathered fruit without hunting, having meat to eat makes life better and increases our chances of surviving various challenges."

The woman on the Communicator was silent for a moment before speaking again.

"To compare Royal Nobles to meat is a truly arrogant statement."

"Your arrogance lies in your belief that Royal Nobles cannot be compared to meat," Lin Yu said bluntly. "Although you say you don't consider yourself Royal Nobles... deep down you still feel you 'should' be..."

"You just hate that you're not one of the Direct Lineage or heirs."

Lin Yu said it bluntly.

The other party didn't deny it. "Of course. Anyone in our position would naturally feel resentment, jealousy, and dissatisfaction. If I were born Commoner, perhaps my resentment and injustice wouldn't be so severe... But the closer you get to the center of power, the clearer that Supreme power becomes to you, almost as if it's within your grasp... Only when you know you're destined to never touch it will you feel an even greater sense of loss."

Call me greedy or overconfident—I am truly unwilling to accept this.

At this point, the other person paused. "So, you want to kill Royal Nobles, which does sound terrifying, but... you've come to the right person."

"Tell me, who do you want to kill? After all, there are many Royal Nobles among them."

Lin Yu did not directly answer what the other party said.

"You just mentioned 'we'... In other words, you actually represent some kind of invisible alliance or organization, which contains many marginalized members of the younger generation from Royal Nobles families like yours, is that right?"

"It also includes some powerful Duke and collateral branches of influential Marquis families, those abandoned ones, but most of them are Royal Nobles," the other person said in a low voice. "Why are you asking this?"

I'd like to know your names.

Lin Yu said frankly.

"I'm sorry, although I personally decided to trust you, and am willing to take the risk of speaking with you and revealing our existence, to give you my name directly," she paused, "We don't have that level of trust yet, Mr. Sherlock."

"After all, you are still working for Nightless Sky Huo Le," the woman on the Communicator said cautiously. "Revealing this to you is already an extremely risky move. Isn't that enough to show my sincerity?"

"I just told you, I'm going to kill Royal Nobles."

Lin Yu reiterated this point.

The woman on the Communicator spoke, puzzled, "Yes, I heard you... Are you trying to show your sincerity by revealing this plan?"

"I did sense it, but that casual remark isn't enough for me to reveal our entire list..."

Lin Yu interrupted her rudely.

"You didn't understand what I meant... I said I wanted to kill Royal Nobles, so I can't be sure if any of your Partner are among those I'm going to kill. If you give me their names, I can help you avoid them."

"I'm doing this for the sake of your little organization!"

Lin Yu's words once again shocked the woman on the Communicator.

"You mean... you're going to kill more than one Royal Nobles?"

"Obviously."

Lin Yu spoke arrogantly.

The woman was shocked and asked the same question again, "Why is that?"

She was incredibly curious about Lin Yu's motives.

"What good would it do you to kill Royal Nobles?"

"And from what you're saying... you don't need to kill certain specific Royal Nobles; you can choose whether to kill them or not—as long as they're Royal Nobles, it's fine?"

"You don't need to concern yourself with our 'Otherworlder' affairs. You wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you," Lin Yu waved his hand and said. "In short, since I want to cooperate with you, I naturally don't want to kill your companions—and it would be even worse if I ended up killing you yourself."

The woman on the Communicator fell silent.

Even Zhu Rong looked at Lin Yu with a deep sense of respect.

In particular, he had personally fought Lin Yu and had a deep understanding of the man's strength.

He knew that given Lin Yu's demonstrated abilities and his status and influence within the Nightless Sky Family... this might not be just empty talk.

"Compared to ordinary Royal Nobles, I might be harder to kill—besides, I heard from Zhu Rong that you seem to know roughly what I look like, so just show mercy when you see me."

Lin Yu was somewhat surprised. "You didn't disguise yourself when you were operating in the Outer City?"

"Yes...among our group of 'abandoned by our families,' my situation is particularly dire, to the point that almost no one in the City That Never Sleeps knows what I look like now," the other person chuckled softly. "Thanks to this, I can actually move around freely with my original appearance."

"That wouldn't be like Saint Orchid Kui... Saint Orchid Kui at least had to properly disguise herself when she went to the Outer City to take on jobs and seek thrills."

As Lin Yu spoke, the other person was surprised again. "You even know this?"

"Aren't my connections in the Outer City stronger than those of you Royal Nobles?"

Lin Yu retorted with a cold laugh.

The other person sighed, "That's true."

"Since you want me to show mercy only after I see you, how about this: we agree on a code," Lin Yu said. "If your men are assassinated, they can try exchanging the code with the assassins—if the code matches, their lives will be spared."

"Of course, if you die before you can give the code... well, that's just bad luck."

The woman on the Communicator was surprised. "So you weren't alone after all... Well, it's true, what you're planning is quite ambitious; it's indeed difficult to accomplish alone."

Lin Yu was, of course, alone.

But sometimes, he alone can be equivalent to many people.

Therefore, Lin Yu did not deny it.

"Anyway, you come up with the code."

After thinking for a moment, the other party said, "Let's use the half-poem from your world. It's about the sea, told to me by Zhu Rong, and I personally like it very much."

"The bright moon rises over the sea..."

Lin Yu was about to say "We share this moment though we are far apart" when he heard the other person say it again.

"... Stars illuminate the blue sky."

Lin Yu was stunned.

"Okay, this is it."

He agreed.

At least as a code, this is certainly highly secure.

"Okay, if you need any help in the future, you can contact me through Zhu Rong."

The other party finished speaking and then hung up.

Lin Yu handed the Communicator to Zhu Rong, unable to resist making a comment.

"What kind of rubbish are you teaching?"

Zhu Rong sighed, "I'm just a farmer, how would I know anything about poetry?"