Chapter 250

257. Chapter 257: Dilemma

Real men never look back at explosions.

Lin Ke ignored the movement of the portal collapsing behind him.

Thinking about it, the academy's plan should have already succeeded.

That level-5 Shadow Demon probably wouldn't understand how it died until it died.

Just like Lin Ke still couldn't understand how his cognition was tampered with by Lisandra at that time.

The means of a high-level True Spirit Wizard are too terrifying and too eerie.

It's simply impossible to guard against.

It can be called outrageous!

Lin Ke secretly decided that he must continue to minor in the True Spirit Wizard system.

Playing with people in the palm of one's hand, killing people invisibly; this feeling, just thinking about it is very cool.

In the future, he also wants to be a big villain who makes people impossible to guard against.

The kind that sneers "Jie Jie Jie". (╯□╰)

Stopping the off-beat fantasy, Lin Ke took out a 1-Ring Wizard Artifact level spare transportation vehicle from the "Small World" and drove toward the Pharmacy Department of the Rear Camp.

Mofei said that once the great battle on the front line starts, the portal connecting the Rear Camp to the Wizard World mainland will change from the usual two-way free passage to one-way controlled passage.

Only by holding a transfer order with the dual approval of the academy and the legion can one pass through the Rear Camp portal to return to the Wizard World mainland.

Otherwise, one can only enter from the Wizard World mainland and cannot leave from the Barren World Rear Camp.

Therefore, Lin Ke must stay in the Rear Camp for a period of time.

Only after the battle between Sage Paro's legion and the Abyss Demon army ends and the portal returns to two-way free passage can he return to the Wizard World mainland.

Just driving out of the portal square and coming to the warehouse area.

From far away, Lin Ke saw the Lucia family crest hanging high, as well as the fluttering flags of the two major legions.

Lin Ke decisively set the glass windows of the transportation vehicle to matte mode.

So that people outside and monitoring could not see Lin Ke's appearance clearly through the glass windows.

Sage Paro didn't even tell Lin Ke that the legion arranged by the academy that could support the Fairy World at any time was actually composed of the elites of the two major legions of the Lucia family!

Maybe he didn't know, maybe he knew but forgot; in short, Lin Ke didn't know.

On the way to the Pharmacy Department station, Lin Ke was speechless and complained.

Damn it!

What kind of thing is this?

Is it like Pleasant Goat visiting Gray Wolf's house, washing himself clean and delivering himself to the door?

Damn it, what the hell!

Lin Ke, while complaining about the academy's arrangement and Sage Paro's unreliability, drove straight into the Pharmacy Department station.

After getting off the car, he tried his best to avoid everyone's sight and monitoring, and quietly entered the dormitory he lived in before.

Disguise is impossible to disguise; even if the disguise technique is superb, it won't be easily seen through.

But doing so easily attracts the attention of monitoring.

Sneaky, say, what are you doing?

Closing the door, Lin Ke immediately activated the dormitory's defense mode.

I don't know what Mofei was thinking, but he didn't arrange for anyone to live in this dormitory after Lin Ke left.

During this period of staying in the Barren World Rear Camp and waiting for the battle on the front line to end, Lin Ke can stay here.

"Lin Ke Grande?"

However, although Lin Ke was low-key and fast enough.

His process of getting off the car and entering the dormitory was still captured by the ubiquitous monitoring under wartime status.

In the monitoring department of the mixed legion station, an old acquaintance of Lin Ke, Su Fei Lucia, recognized Lin Ke.

Hearing Su Fei's voice, Trish Lucia, who was also responsible for the Rear Camp monitoring, turned her head and warned sternly: "At a critical moment, don't mess around!"

"Hmm."

Su Fei Lucia nodded, but her eyes stared tightly at the area on the monitoring screen where there was no one.

Her eyes flickered, her thoughts were subtle, not knowing what she was plotting.

After entering the dormitory, Lin Ke's eyelids jumped wildly.

Intuition and premonition were triggered, and he always felt that a great disaster was about to befall him.

"Could it be that Solon Lucia is also here?"

When Lin Ke was ambushed, he didn't discover that the person who attacked him was Solon Lucia, and now he didn't know about the collective defection of the Lucia family's core layer, so this guess arose in his heart.

In the entire Lucia family, the one Lin Ke feared most was Solon.

This person can bend and stretch, is a character, and is very tricky.

"It seems I have to find a way to leave here early."

With thoughts turning, Lin Ke decisively made this decision.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall; it is better to arrive at a safe zone early.

"Come out, Flandre."

Lin Ke summoned Flandre and instructed, "Carefully scout the surroundings, return to the 'Small World' at the first sign of special circumstances, don't take risks, understand?"

"Understood, Master."

Flandre responded sweetly, transformed into a spirit in the wind, and fluttered away.

Leaning on the head of the bed, Lin Ke shared Flandre's vision.

Quietly observing the layout of the Rear Camp that had changed slightly, as well as the defense deployment of the Lucia family mixed legion.

Even with a premonition of crisis, the situation was unclear, and Lin Ke didn't dare to act rashly.

What if the avoidance measures he took in a hurry were exactly what forced him into a dangerous situation, just fulfilling the premonition of crisis? That would be embarrassing.

It's better to investigate first, then discuss other things.

Flandre kept Lin Ke's reminder in mind and only went to places where intuition said there was no danger, or slight danger that could be dealt with, to investigate.

After a turn, Flandre didn't find anything special.

"Master, Master."

Flandre called in Lin Ke's heart and asked, "Do you want Flandre to go to those few places and take a turn?"

The few places she mentioned were exactly the few huge tents located in the core area of the mixed legion station.

According to the layout of Sage Paro's legion Forward Base, they were probably the office venues for functional departments such as the Command Department, Attendant Office, Staff Office, Monitoring Department, Guard Office, and Elite Guard Regiment Headquarters.

Not to mention the tight defense, those stationed in them were mostly level-3 wizards or senior level-2 wizards.

Those with relatively low requirements for wizard level were only the Monitoring Department and Staff Office.

The former requires eyesight, carefulness, and patience; the latter requires wisdom, tactical literacy, and command ability.

Even for these two functional departments, there were senior level-2 wizards or level-3 wizards sitting in them.

If Flandre rashly went in to investigate, she would be caught on the spot eight or nine times out of ten.

Don't underestimate the ability of wizards!

"Forget it, Flandre, don't take risks."

For the sake of safety, Lin Ke not only rejected Flandre's proposal but also directly recalled Flandre.

The external environment is unstable; it is better to be in the "Small World" to better guarantee Flandre's safety.

"Hmph! Master underestimates Flandre."

Small age, big temper.

Since "hanging out" with Molly, Flandre actually learned to be angry and give the cold shoulder.

With a cold snort, Flandre hid in the corner and drew circles, not paying attention to Lin Ke anymore.

"Hehe."

Smiling, Lin Ke didn't take this little episode to heart.

He began to think about the origin of his sense of crisis.

The more he thought, the more uneasy he became.

So he fully operated the "Brain Seal Technique," turned on the "Multi-threaded Thinking" state, mobilized the "Small World" source power for blessing, and cooperated with the True Spirit Wizard's mind state self-examination means to check his sea of consciousness and cognition over and over again.

Once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope.

Being messed with by Lisandra Diomand once, almost lying down and unable to get up, Lin Ke had a shadow in his heart.

Therefore, he took out the strongest combination and the most peak state to examine his mind.

Until he determined that, with his current level and ability, he didn't find any traces of cognition being tampered with, the stone hanging in his heart actually hung a little higher.

From ten thousand meters high, it became ten thousand and one meters high.

Cognition was not tampered with, proving that this premonition of crisis was real and not false.

He was really about to encounter a fatal crisis!

Damn!

"I examined a loneliness."

Exiting from the peak state, Lin Ke spread his hands, looked left and right, and sighed. Soon, Lin Ke collected his scattered thoughts and seriously thought about the current situation and the strategy to break the game.

First, he has to find a way to determine where the fatal crisis comes from.

Second, he has to weigh his strength to see if he can eliminate the fatal crisis in its infancy.

Finally, he has to consider clearly whether he should leave the Barren World Rear Camp now, drive the "Sky Shuttle," enter the vast starry sea, and start an interstellar trek.

However, after Lin Ke thought about these three aspects one by one, none of them could yield a result.

Lin Ke suddenly discovered that he seemed to be trapped in an information cocoon.

Everything he did felt wrong, but he couldn't find useful information.

Like a headless fly, spinning around in chaos.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Ke chose to draw cards!

After a period of accumulation, the operation of Grande Potion Shop, the patent transfer of "Sublimation" potion, and the patent authorization of "Empowerment" potion, Lin Ke finally saved up 10,000 standard level-2 magic stones.

Finally, he could perform the eighth draw; it wasn't easy.

"Die, European God!"

This time, Lin Ke had the awareness of a wizard, no longer hoping for the protection of the gods who were the enemies of wizards, but issuing a curse!

"System, draw!"

Muttering in his heart, Lin Ke summoned the simple and unadorned panel.

【Lin Ke Grande

Wizard Aptitude: Unknown, Full-Element Affinity (Acquired Completion)

Wizard Level: Level 1 Official Wizard, Mental Power: 399 (Liquefying)

0-Ring Witchcraft: (Omitted)

Natal Witchcraft: Battle Armor (Expandable)

1-Ring Witchcraft: (Omitted)

Card Pack: "Multi-threaded Thinking" State Card, Designated Talent Upgrade Card

Used: "Brain Seal Technique" Learning Card, "Severus Snape's Potionology Talent" Talent Card, "Witchcraft Mastery" Talent Card, "Material Mastery" Talent Card

Draw Count: 0 (1 standard level-3 magic stone)】

"Damn!"

Lin Ke felt that he drew a loneliness.

He wanted to draw something that could change the current dilemma, not a designated talent upgrade card that had appeared twice already.

Now only the "Severus Snape's Potionology Talent" talent card can be upgraded.

Using the upgrade card and upgrading the "Potionology Talent" would indeed be helpful to Lin Ke.

The problem is that this help is not that help.

Distant water cannot quench near thirst!

With indignant feelings, Lin Ke used the designated talent upgrade card drawn with 10,000 standard level-2 magic stones to upgrade the "Severus Snape's Potionology Talent" talent card to the "Alchemy Mastery" talent card.

Pfft, "Alchemy Mastery," I thought something big would appear.

Wait...

Alchemy Mastery?

Is the span of improvement so large?

Hmm...

The pharmacy of this wizard world does indeed cross-derive a sub-discipline with alchemy pharmacy, Alchemy Pharmacy.

Upgrading from the "Potionology Talent" corresponding to pharmacy to "Alchemy Mastery" is not outrageous.

Thinking about it this way, the logic is closed.

Lin Ke quickly accepted this point.

He felt that these 10,000 standard level-2 magic stones were not spent in vain.

Closing the panel, he didn't rush to experience the changes brought to him by the "Alchemy Mastery" talent.

Lin Ke discovered that the eighth draw not only didn't bring him help to break the game but also added a new trouble.

The ninth draw requires 1 standard level-3 magic stone, which seems small in quantity, but is very difficult to obtain.

Standard level-3 magic stone, also known as Magic Stone Mother Ore!

The so-called mother ore is a strategic resource that can derive an entire magic stone vein, absorb free magic power, and continuously produce standard level-1 magic stones or standard level-2 magic stones.

Every wizard organization will not easily give out even 1 magic stone mother ore.

Where is Lin Ke supposed to get it?

Shaking his head, Lin Ke threw the new trouble to the back of his mind and continued to think about the strategy to break the game.

"Master, Master."

Flandre suddenly called in Lin Ke's heart at this time, "Flandre thought of a way."

When sharing vision before, the two were of one mind, and Flandre was very clear about Lin Ke's dilemma.

After returning to the "Small World," on the surface she was angry, but in reality, she was using her little brain to think of ways for Lin Ke.

"Oh? What way?"

Lin Ke asked curiously.

"If it really doesn't work, we'll just go back to the Fairy World."

Flandre tilted her head, her big eyes blinking, innocent and cute.

"Hahaha..."

Lin Ke gave an awkward smile, then gave praise, "Flandre is really clever."

This method is so simple, Lin Ke naturally thought of it too!

The problem is, this is the worst strategy that will only be taken when there is really no other way.

Retreating before the war, that's fine.

After all, you are not a member of Sage Paro's legion.

Coming again after the war, what's that about?

Do you think the Fairy World is your backyard?

Come when you want, leave when you want?

According to the rules of the Wizard World and the regulations of the academy, the Fairy World has long officially become the station and legion asset of Sage Paro's legion!

Strictly speaking, Lin Ke's behavior is smuggling, it is "breaking and entering."

If the rules of the Wizard World and the regulations of the academy are strictly enforced, Sage Paro's legion can completely impose punishment on Lin Ke!

Even if Sage Paro wouldn't punish Lin Ke, and wouldn't even give him a stinky face.

However, Lin Ke's face can't hold it.

Flandre is still too young and doesn't understand the ways of the world.

But Lin Ke didn't dampen Flandre's enthusiasm and explained seriously: "Flandre, hiding back to the Fairy World is certainly fine, it's a very good way to break the game. But in this way, when will we be able to return to the Wizard World mainland?"

"Oh, right."

Flandre scratched her head and said dejectedly, "In that case, Flandre won't see Master and Mistress for a long time. Master and Mistress promised Flandre to take Flandre out shopping and buy pretty little dresses."

Thinking of Master and Mistress, Flandre immediately remembered one thing and shouted: "Master, Master, Mistress asked Flandre to remind Master to remember to contact her in time and report that you are safe."

"Hmm, I know."

Lin Ke indicated he understood, but didn't take action.

Not to mention whether Molly had left the Cultivation Secret Realm.

Just saying that the portable smart brain was destroyed, and he didn't have a spare machine stored, so he couldn't contact her even if he wanted to.

A wizard's portable smart brain cannot be configured casually.

It requires a series of identity verification and binding.

Like Lin Ke's situation, he has to report to the Tower Spirit of the Academy General Tower before he can let the newly bought portable smart brain inherit all the permissions and data of the original smart brain.

Flandre, seeing this, also thought of this point and suddenly muttered: "It's all the fault of that Lucia named Solon, who doesn't talk about wizardly virtue and ambushed Master."

"Hmm? Solon Lucia? Ambushed me?"

Lin Ke was slightly shocked and asked hurriedly, "Flandre, are you sure?"

Flandre blinked her eyes and asked back: "Didn't Master discover it?"

"No."

Lin Ke answered frankly.

"Oh."

Flandre raised her chin slightly and hummed, "At that time, there was only the aura of that Solon nearby. Flandre thought Master knew, so she didn't mention it to Master. So Master didn't know."

Lin Ke gave an awkward smile: "Yeah, I didn't know."

Was this being looked down upon?

Damn!

Sorry, everyone!

I got the chapter release time wrong.