Honkai, why do you only throw me into high-level battles?

The British Museum.

Located in Bloomsbury, London, it is situated north of the University of London, west of the Royal College of Art, south of Trafalgar Square, and east of Russell Square where Charles Dickens's former residence is located. The entire area was filled with schools, theaters, libraries, churches, and garden villas that were home to the upper-class families.

At this time, the people of the Far East were preparing to sleep, while the people of London, seven time zones away, were enjoying their afternoon tea.

It should have been a time for leisure and relaxation, but the director of the London Museum was currently confused by an unknown phone call.

To be precise, she was scared out of her wits, trembling all over, with cold hands and feet.

It's over, I'm done for.

She stiffly held her phone, staring at the masked figure in the communication image on her desk. The figure, who was wearing an elaborate ceremonial robe, was now sneering silently at her. She spoke nervously, incoherently.

"Jackal-sama, this subordinate didn't... No, I don't know..."

She stammered for a long time, becoming more and more vague. Finally, she hardened her heart. She wouldn't be able to explain it anyway.

With gritted teeth, she gave up struggling.

"This subordinate will definitely conduct a thorough self-examination. Please punish me, Jackal-sama..."

Catherine was so wronged she wanted to cry. She clearly hadn't done anything, and after joining World Serpent for so long, she had been completely forgotten. Now, she had finally been remembered and was about to receive her first task from her leader.

Well, what a big surprise that fell from the sky. She had completely embarrassed herself in front of her leader.

Jackal, who was also watching the whole process through the network cable, was also confused. What was going on?

Although she didn't understand the situation, she couldn't lose face. Luckily, she was wearing a mask so the other side couldn't see her expression just now, otherwise, where would her authority be?

She snorted coldly, put on a straight face, and began to reprimand her with a sarcastic tone.

"Hehe, Director, you're really good at hiding things. How long have you been in World Serpent? You've already unknowingly leaked so much information, and someone even came knocking on your door. In a few more days, will they be able to directly attack my home?"

Jackal was also panicking. The amount of information in that phone call was too great and was not something that Catherine's level could have access to. The problem must have been with her.

No, she couldn't take the blame for this, she had to pass it on!

"It seems that World Serpent has been silent for too long, perhaps many have forgotten the serpent's authority. It's time to clean up the interior, so we won't be laughed at by outsiders."

Catherine's heart and lungs had stopped, and she almost cried out loud.

I'm so wronged, my lord!

Jackal was in a bad mood, or rather, she had always been in a bad mood, and it was now even worse.

During this period of time, the Schicksal Bishop had dispatched a newly promoted S-rank Valkyrie named Rita Rossweisse, who was running all over the world to investigate the location of the Second Divine Key. Her greedy face made Jackal feel offended.

What was Schicksal, anyway? How dare they covet the serpent's treasure?

Therefore, she decided to teach that ignorant Bishop Otto a lesson.

She remembered that one of her subordinates happened to be not far from the location of the Second Divine Key and had an impressive identity in the surface world, and had been in an inactive state so she didn't have to worry about her being exposed. She, therefore, prepared to use her to set a trap for Schicksal.

World Serpent was about to make an appearance. Killing an S-rank Valkyrie would be a small lesson for Schicksal.

Put away your claws, and don't extend them carelessly, or they will be chopped off.

Jackal sneered. She had never taken Schicksal seriously.

She came to find Catherine today to give her a task. But before she had even exchanged a few greetings, Catherine's personal phone suddenly rang.

Jackal frowned, feeling displeased. She signaled to Catherine, who had an awkward expression, to turn on the speakerphone. She wanted to see what tricks she was playing.

Then, she heard a statement that made both of their hearts and lungs stop at the same time—

"Hello, World Serpent's Ms. Catherine. Don't be nervous. Please relay the following message to your leader, Ms. Jackal, without missing a single word, otherwise, the consequences will be severe. Please tell Jackal that I have a deal to discuss with Gray Serpent."

"Ask her to tell Gray Serpent that if she doesn't want the Stigmata plan to fail, she should meet with me in person. Track this address. I will wait for her for three days. I won't wait after that time. Oh right, please warn Jackal not to be too clever, she can't bear the consequences."

"Beep beep beep." Then, the call was hung up.

Catherine's heart and lungs stopped. It's over, I've been exposed in front of my leader. I'm done for. But when did I get exposed?

Jackal's heart and lungs stopped. What the heck was going on? Her Stigmata plan was still on paper, so how did it get exposed? And she was even directly threatened by it. How did the other party know so much about the top levels of World Serpent?

Who was targeting her? Schicksal? Anti-Entropy? Or someone else?

Jackal was panicking, and wanted to cry. Would the Lord kill me if he knew?

I'm so wronged, my lord. I don't know anything...

"Jackal-sama..."

Catherine saw that Jackal seemed to be in a daze, so she hesitated for a while before mustering up the courage to call out to her.

"You need to reflect on when you were exposed. Hmph, so careless. World Serpent never raises incompetent trash."

Catherine's heart was filled with bitterness, my lord, I'm really wronged!

Except for the first sentence, I didn't understand a single word of what was in that phone call!

What Gray Serpent? What Stigmata Plan?

What was even going on?

She complained in her heart, but didn't dare to say it out loud. She could only nod and agree.

Then, she cautiously raised her head, and timidly asked, "Then what about the plan targeting Schicksal..."

"...Let's put it on hold." Jackal hesitated for a moment, waved her hand listlessly, and cut off the communication.

She had made such a big blunder, so she had to quickly report it to Gray Serpent. She couldn't care about anything else.

Seeing Jackal leave, Catherine slid off the wide leather seat, collapsing like mud on the floor. She clutched her chest, panting heavily. Her heart was racing and she was covered in cold sweat.

It took her a long time to catch her breath. Then Catherine was in a fit of panic.

"Ahhh, what kind of evil have I committed?"

Sob sob, was it still too late to run away?

...

While the people of London were in chaos,

The moonlight over St. Freya was exceptionally beautiful.

Fu Hua gazed at the brilliant starlight outside the window, unable to sleep, and it was a long time before she fell asleep with the help of the Fenghuang Down.

Bronya, just one wall away, also had trouble falling asleep. She tossed and turned for a long time before issuing the command "Bronya entering shutdown mode," forcing herself to sleep. But who knew if the mechanical girl would dream at night?

The white-haired ball of fluff in the same dormitory but a different room was already asleep. Kiana, who was very arrogant and loud during the day, had an incredibly quiet sleeping posture. Her whole body was curled up in a ball, as if she was extremely insecure. She was as quiet as a cat. Only when she was next to Mei's body, smelling her scent, could she relax her tense expression.

Mei hugged Kiana back, sleeping peacefully, enjoying Kiana's reliance.

In another room, Himeko was sprawled on the bed, with her feet dangling on the floor, sleeping soundly with a wine bottle in her hand and the room lights still on.

In the faraway Headmaster's office, the lights were also still on. The short white-haired loli was curled up in a huge office chair, reading the latest issue of a manga and grinning foolishly. On her right-hand side was a pile of them, and on the left was another. One pile was still unopened, while the other pile was probably all the ones she had finished reading.

The tall secretary, dressed in an office lady suit, pushed open the door and entered, snatched the manga from Theresa's hands with a dark face, and dragged her towards the bedroom, ignoring the "eh eh" pleas for mercy behind her.

This world was so huge, and everyone's joys and sorrows were different. Everyone was disconnected from one another, and were so far away that they couldn't even hear each other's noise.

This world had nothing to do with Lin Wei.

Lin Wei didn't know about the outside world. He had just locked himself in his bedroom, plugged his phone in, and threw it to the side.

Then, he wrote and drew on paper, making sure to account for everything.

In the past, Lin Wei had only deduced all of his plans in his mind, just to prevent the Fenghuang Down from seeing everything. If that happened, he would be completely in danger.

Now that he had come to an understanding with Fu Hua, it didn't matter. The plans were written on paper, clear at a glance. It would be more convenient for Lin Wei to grasp the overall context.

After a long time, Lin Wei burned the paper covered in words and lines, and carefully gathered it up and flushed it down the toilet.

Looking at the water swirling in the toilet, Lin Wei suddenly spoke self-mockingly,

"I'm really crazy, repeatedly jumping across the razor's edge."

Fu Hua was one thing, since she was all alone.

Bronya, and the protagonist trio behind her, and even the faraway Cocolia faction of Anti-Entropy, could access Bronya's audio-visual data at any time through her biochip.

And he had openly provoked World Serpent right from the start.

Even using the Stigmata plan as a weapon to mock them.

But there was no choice. If the chips that he played were not enough, then the cold Gray Serpent wouldn't take the bait.

And only by negotiating with Gray Serpent in person could his plan move to the next step.

Lin Wei's plan was very dangerous, and the further it progressed, the less room for error there would be. Every step had to be stable.

If any link in the chain went wrong, he would be doomed.

And Lin Wei hadn't forgotten, there was a real snake not too far away who was already interested in him, and he was always wary of Otto.

Transmigration was not easy, Lin Wei sighed.

Why didn't other transmigrators have such a difficult situation as him?

"New player, pure newbie, doesn't know what to do, hasn't left the newbie village yet and already has negative reputation with all factions, can this account still be played? This is urgent, waiting online."

Lin Wei tried to find joy in suffering.

The pressure of walking a tightrope like this was too great, and Lin Wei was trying to use all sorts of methods to relieve his mood.

Trying wouldn't hurt.

Lin Wei took a deep breath and turned back to his bedroom.

He had done everything he could, and considered everything that he could consider. He had used up all his cards, and everything depended on tomorrow.

If he failed, he would just die, and everything would just be a farce.

If he succeeded, he would have enough chips to have a foothold in this world.

If everything went well, then by that time, he would have the qualifications to negotiate with Otto as an equal.

"To be honest, the feeling of taking the whole world as a chess piece and manipulating it at will is really addictive."

Lin Wei clicked his tongue, feeling that he was going further and further down the path of a villain.

He shifted his mood and turned his heavy pressure into a full fighting spirit, preparing for tomorrow.

Lin Wei swallowed a melatonin tablet, turned off the light, and fell asleep.

He waited for tomorrow.