I, the leader of the esoteric sect, am doing great things in the infinite world!

At this moment, Alina suddenly suggested temporarily stopping the game, as she needed to regularly provide psychological counseling to the group of troubled children, including the somewhat psychologically disturbed Mephistopheles.

After Princess Yaoyao left, Li Lin quickly made an excuse to go to the toilet and slipped away.

Hadley, who had already stood up and intended to chat with him for a while, suddenly froze in mid-air, unsure whether to sit or stand.

Nian stroked his chin, staring at Li Lin's retreating figure, his merits and fame hidden deep within.

......

Under the cover of night, in a temporarily requisitioned rest room.

Two Reunion Movement members were inside, with two bottles of alcohol and some "painkillers" that were not prescribed by the doctor on the table.

“That crazy woman really made a huge commotion,” said a Reunion member leaning against the wall. “The explosion and fire just now must have attracted all the garrison in Chernobog. There shouldn’t be anyone here in the mine.”

The Reunion member, seated in a chair, picked up a pill and put it in his mouth. Soon after, he slumped back in his chair, murmuring, "Probably..."

This drug can effectively relieve the severe pain caused by Oripathy, but it is essentially just a placebo and does not actually relieve the symptoms of Oripathy. It can also cause drowsiness as a side effect.

It is said that the pharmaceutical company called Rhode Island specializes in providing treatment and services for infected individuals, and this drug is just one of the drugs they export.

The operative leaning against the wall shook his head and walked towards the table: "Who knows if these little devils will betray us..."

Clearly, they had a lot of complaints about the Sarkaz mercenaries.

Amidst the hushed whispers, a pale face, illuminated by the lamplight, slowly emerged from outside the lounge window.

The two, already weak and sore from taking painkillers, could only watch helplessly as Li Lin climbed over the window and entered the lounge.

Li Lin's calm gaze swept across their faces, and a cold voice rang out in the lounge:

"You and your knowledge make me laugh. I do not rely on any single part to piece together the whole picture of the earth."

He walked to the table, put all the pills into his pocket, climbed out the window and left, concealing his merit and fame.

Two members of the Reunification Movement, sitting on the recliner, stared blankly at Li Lin's back, which concealed his merits and fame.

So why did he climb out of the window?

......

After counseling the group of troubled children, Alina rubbed her forehead as she walked out of the house. As soon as she stepped from the warm environment into the chilly north wind of the night, she couldn't help but shiver.

Before she sneezed, someone draped a coat over her shoulders and then handed her a cup of warm black tea.

"Thank you... phew."

Alina took a sip of black tea, turned to look at the newcomer, and said, "Ah, Professor Li Lin—"

Li Lin nodded slightly, his voice gentle:

"How many years can a person live, and how many roads can they travel? We are always more often blinded than we are when we see the truth. Besides, recognizing the truth and making choices are two different things."

This is something he wouldn't normally say.

Alina was slightly taken aback. Just as she was about to say something, Li Lin's gentle and magnetic voice rang out again: "Since you have chosen the path of violence, you will inevitably face things that are more powerful than you, but will and mind can sometimes even overcome time."

This enigmatic and profound riddle style was completely different from Li Lin's usual approach. Alina felt slightly embarrassed, and in order not to show it, she could only take a sip of the spiked black tea in her hand.

The next instant, Alina suddenly felt dizzy, and the cup in her hand silently slipped from her grasp, only to be caught by Li Lin before it hit the ground.

Li Lin revealed a cunning smile. After sending Alina back to her room, he secretly added the remaining ingredients to the two bottles of wine, keeping his good deed hidden.

......

In Li Lin's room, Hedley stared at a spot on the ceiling, while Nian leaned against the table, idly playing with metal mahjong tiles.

"Lord Li Lin has not returned yet." Hedley suddenly straightened up, his eyes fixed on Nian, who was tossing the metal block up and down.

The metal block fell onto the table, and Nian didn't even look at the mahjong tile: "You Sarkaz are always so boring."

The immortal leaned back in his chair, his voice somewhat indifferent: "Looking for me? Ha! You've got the wrong person... Why are there so many boring and worthless people in the world? Unchanged for thousands of years."

Hedley pursed his lips, looking down at his nose and inward.

"Since you're good at mahjong, I'll give you a piece of advice: Don't try to use the rise and fall of a country or a race to restrain us."

The immortal's eyes were like molten gold, and his voice was like molten copper: "What you value is not even worth a worn-out hoe to me."

Hedley took a deep breath. He had only guessed about Nian's identity at first. The Sarkaz were as ancient as this land, and as a once noble family in the Sarkaz, Hedley's lineage contained a lot of knowledge about ancient things.

Although the immortal before me seemed to have integrated into this era, he still carried some views that only those ancient beings would have.

The nominal supreme leader of the Sarkaz mercenary group is Garson, a representative sent by Theresis.

It was no secret that Hadley served Regent Therese, nor was it a secret that the Regent was recruiting the Old Ones.

He knew very well that this was an offense to those ancient beings, and if they were capricious, they might crush him like an insect in an instant.

Fortunately, she harbored no hostility towards him; otherwise, even the entire Chernobog would have been reduced to ashes by her wrath.

The temperature in the room began to fluctuate wildly, symbolizing the changing moods of the year.

The door was pushed open, and Li Lin walked straight in carrying two bottles of wine. When he saw Nian and Hedley, he put the two bottles on the table.

"Hey, hahaha, the red wine's here!" Li Lin unabashedly shoved the bottle in front of Hedley's face. "Drink up! Why not? Drinking red wine is such a wonderful thing in the Reunion Movement!"

Hedley's gaze shifted between Li Lin and Nian with a complex expression. After a brief silence, he sighed, pursed his lips, and gripped the wine bottle.

"Thank you very much for your gift, Mr. Li Lin."

The Sarkaz man left the room somewhat dejectedly, carrying a glass of red wine.

"Damn it, why won't you drink it... then all that medicine I gave you was for nothing?" Li Lin looked at the bottle in his hand in disbelief, then at Nian. "How about we have one?"

"No." Nian glanced at the bottle, grinned mischievously, and leaned back on the bed. "If you want to drink, you can drink it yourself."

Unsuspecting, Li Lin angrily pulled out the cork and blew into the bottle.

After drinking half a bottle, Mr. Li belatedly realized that he hadn't received his annual bonus and that he had drugged both bottles of wine.

Li Lin got up and went to the bedside without saying a word, then collapsed without making a sound.

29 v999, Crazy Thursday soothes a broken heart

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

Even if some carefree people sleep like Koji Tadokoro on a midsummer night, there are always people who have trouble falling asleep.

Hedley and Alina should have been among those who had trouble sleeping, but Li Lin's good stuff lulled them to sleep as well.

W yawned and leaned back in his chair, his eyes still teary. In front of him stood Talulah, her brows furrowed and her face full of confusion. This meeting, attended by only the two of them, had been going on for quite some time.

The current situation is that W's action team came prepared, not only pulling the Doctor out of the white coffin, but also beating him up without any regard for martial ethics, taking advantage of the late night to make the Ursus military police look disheveled.

Tactically, they perfectly achieved their expected goals, but strategically, a minor flaw emerged: the Ursus military will definitely conduct a comprehensive search, greatly increasing the likelihood of the Reunion Movement being exposed.

As for why Talulah kept W instead of Li Lin... it's because W's tactical planning is extremely excellent. This Sarkaz mercenary's instinctive grasp of war is almost divinely gifted.

If Li Lin were to come, he would very likely mess everything up during a seizure; in this respect, Li Lin's ability is directly proportional to his shamelessness.

"Therefore, the operation has to be brought forward."

The light cast indistinct shadows on Talulah's face. She tossed the pencil in her hand onto the map, got up, went to the counter, took out a packet of instant coffee powder, tore it open, and poured it into a cup.

After the hot water was poured in, a strong, bitter aroma rose up and filled the entire room.

Draco picked up his glass, turned around, and gestured to Sarkaz, "Would you like a glass too?"

W smacked his lips, hesitated briefly, and then said, "Add two candies."

Talulah nodded, then took out another cup and skillfully repeated the coffee-making process. She then used tweezers to take two sugar cubes from the sugar bowl and put them into the coffee, watching the milky white residue transform into spiral patterns on the surface of the black liquid.

The Sarkaz mercenary stared at the dragon girl's back with a dazed look, then looked away before Talulah turned around.

Talulah placed the two cups of coffee on the table and rubbed her temples wearily. "So what are your plans?"

W straightened up: "Do you trust the guy we brought back?"

You mean Doctor?

Sarkaz frowned in disgust: "I would rather not hear that name if I could, but... he really has amnesia."

Talulah took a sip of her coffee, signaling her to continue.

"Ha, perhaps you already know the news. This person played a huge role in the Sarkaz civil war. As a responsible employer, I'm just giving you a friendly reminder: he's dangerous."

"Is it that serious? But he seems physically weak."

"Li Lin's health is also very weak."

"So, the doctor's exceptional qualities lie in his thinking and tactical command abilities?"

“He is no longer the evil spirit of Babel he once was.” W sipped the liquid in his cup and scratched his hair in frustration. “I tested him. If it were the old him, he would have chosen even more ruthless tactics, but now he would even make adjustments for the life of an operator.”

w refers to the infected individuals sent out to create noise and attract fire during previous operations.

The infected person's mineral infection was already in its late stage, and the explosives that W gave him were meant for both friendly and enemy use; in other words, he never intended to come back alive.

In the past, that evil spirit would have sent him to his death without hesitation, squandering the infected's near-death experience to maximize his effectiveness; instead of modifying the plan as before, leaving room for a backup and allowing the guy who was carrying out the decoy mission to return to the team.

This was incredibly lenient beyond imagination. If it weren't for his equally precise tactical command, W would almost suspect that this Doctor had been replaced by Kal'tsit.

“Compared to him, Li Lin’s methods are what impressed me the most.” W curled up in the armchair, raised one arm and held up a finger. “Do you know why we caused the explosion?”

"......Why?"