Fishing

If he went to rescue Sie, Kevin would definitely come running out to cause trouble too.

That old bastard was just as annoying as Otto, that meddling bastard. If he didn't get beaten up, he wouldn't behave.

"Oh, right."

Before leaving, Wadeline seemed to remember something and said with a smile:

"Are you free in a week? Can you do me a favor?"

"What kind of favor? Forget it if it's too troublesome."

"It's nothing major. I just need you to keep an eye on something down below."

As Wadeline spoke, she tapped the ground with the tip of her foot.

"Something?"

Ren Yu blinked, instantly thinking of why Wadeline had come here. "The Moonlight Throne?"

"Exactly!"

Wadeline nodded with a smile.

So smart!

No wonder he was the one she had taken a liking to.

He had actually guessed it right away.

Fishing

"I have to head out next week, so I'll leave the manufacturing plant below to you."

The moment she finished speaking, Ren Yu stopped rubbing his chin and asked in surprise, "A plant?!"

Wadeline nodded and raised a slender finger to her lips in a shushing gesture.

"Don't shout so loudly. I can't block out sounds that are too loud."

Ren Yu grinned and looked around.

Well, Miss Yang, weren't you bold?!

You said you were here to infiltrate, but you had directly set up an assembly line in their headquarters?

"How long has it been there? No one noticed the little stunt you pulled?"

"Not long."

Wadeline explained, "Thanks to this academy's Principal, I was able to build an underground laboratory on this scale."

"Theresa?"

Ren Yu remembered as well.

It seemed that Anti-Entropy really would infiltrate St. Freya Academy around this time.

And they even had some unmentionable shady deal with Theresa. So this was what it was.

"Yes, and I've already told her about you."

"..."

Ren Yu had been wondering why Theresa had been so calm when she saw him causing destruction.

So they had already exchanged information.

After pondering for a while, he slowly said, "Fine, I'll keep watch for you. But what are you going out for? Without you, can the Moonlight Throne's construction continue?"

Welt had clearly considered that as well and answered succinctly, "It's fine. I'll only be gone for a few days."

"Where are you going?"

"To take part in the King of Gamblers Competition."

"The King of Gamblers Competition?"

Ren Yu immediately thought of the news he had seen that morning and blurted out, "The one in the East Sea?"

"What are you going there for? Has Anti-Entropy fallen so low that it needs to scam ordinary people out of their money?"

"..."

Wadeline shot him a glare and said indignantly:

"I'm going there for serious business."

"Schicksal put a shattered Herrscher Core out as bait. They want to make this big fish that's been lying low for so long move and see what I've been up to lately."

"And according to the information we obtained, the thing there is most likely the Tranquility Gem."

Information about Herrscher Cores also surfaced in Ren Yu's mind.

After the Second Honkai War broke out in 2000, Sirin, that inflated pufferfish Herrscher, was blown to pieces, and the Core within her body shattered into four parts.

They were:

—Conquering Lightning, the Conquering Gem

—Yearning Storm, the Yearning Gem

—Tranquil Death, the Tranquility Gem

—Plague Flame, the Plague Gem

Aside from the Conquering Gem being with Anti-Entropy, the other three had all fallen into Schicksal's hands.

These things were no simple matter. They were all connected to that elusive Honkai God, which was why Ren Yu said Schicksal had gone all out.

Besides Schicksal, Anti-Entropy was also competing for these Gems.

So Otto had precisely calculated that Wadeline would definitely appear, which was why he had launched that so-called "King of Gamblers Competition."

Behind the scenes, he had likely already dug a trap and was simply waiting for Wadeline to jump into it.