Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

Just as the three were about to leave the bell tower, the tall and thin man's eyes suddenly focused and his expression became a little ugly.

"Wait...something seems wrong."

"what happened?"

"Oh no... he's discovered us." There was a slight tremor in the tall and thin man's voice.

"what?!"

"Retreat! Retreat immediately!" the tall and thin man growled, turned around and ran towards the stairs of the bell tower.

However, it was too late.

"boom!"

A gunshot pierced the sky, and the bullet whizzed and hit the top of the bell tower directly. The platform where the three people were located was instantly reduced to smithereens under the huge impact force.

"Ah!" The flat girl screamed, her body lost balance and fell rapidly from the edge of the bell tower.

"Xiaoling!" the burly man roared and reached out to grab her, but it was too late.

The two could only watch Xiaoling fall from the roof.

The tall and thin man took out a rope from his waist and threw it to the other side of the bell tower, trying to escape with the help of the rope.

Another gunshot was heard, and the bullet hit the middle of the rope accurately like the judgment of the god of death.

The rope broke with a sound, and the tall and thin man's body lost support instantly. He fell rapidly from mid-air and landed heavily on the ground. Most of the blood bar above his head also slid off.

In the distance, Winnie put down the sniper rifle in her hand: "Full marks."

At this moment, a large number of soldiers in military uniforms suddenly appeared around Lin Yi and Winnie.

Ever since the incident in Zul City some time ago, the patrol intensity in the city has been greatly increased. These soldiers are elite soldiers drawn back from the battlefield, and each of them has experienced the baptism of blood and fire.

An officer who looked like a squad leader stepped forward quickly, glanced at the vehicle behind the two men, and instantly recognized the special mark belonging to the sanatorium.

His expression immediately became respectful. He walked up to Lin Yi and raised his hand in a standard military salute: "Sir, do you need support?"

Lin Yi raised his hand slightly, indicating that there was no need to say more: "Seal off the area around the clock tower and don't let anyone escape."

"Yes!" the officer responded, and immediately ordered the soldiers to disperse and block the nearby roads tightly.

"Let's go."

The two men soon arrived at the bottom of the bell tower. The tall and thin man was tied up and thrown aside, like a beast with its claws stripped off.

His blood volume had been drained out and his face was as pale as paper. It was obvious that the heavy blow from falling from a height had almost made him lose the ability to resist.

The girl with the flat face fell on the other side, her body curled up into a ball. Although she was badly beaten, she was still holding on.

Her eyes were dazed and there was a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth. She was obviously seriously injured, but compared to the tall and thin man, she could at least still struggle to stay awake.

As for the sturdy man, he was smart and avoided Winnie's sniper, but now he was surrounded by soldiers and could not move.

"Hmm? You're a doctor?"

Just when Lin Yi appeared in front of the three people, the burly man seemed to recognize Lin Yi and directly called out Lin Yi's code name.

"Ok?"

Lin Yi raised his eyebrows slightly, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure.

He raised his hand and signaled the soldiers around him to move back.

"you know me?"

"Well, I'm from the Feishan Adventure Group, and the leader specifically mentioned you to me." There was a hint of urgency in Zhuang Han's tone, as if he had grasped the last straw, trying to use this relationship to exchange for a glimmer of hope.

"Feishan Adventure Group?"

The Feishan Adventure Group does have a good reputation among the fourth-level contractors, and the group leader Li Feishan is also a man of great courage.

This adventure group is of medium size, but it is considered an elite team among the fourth-level groups, and has purchased a lot of supplies from Lin Yi.

At that time, Li Feishan also specifically stated that if Lin Yi encountered difficulties in the derivative world, he could contact the members of their adventure group through the contact channel. This was a friendship that was not deep but still reliable.

However, since entering the Phantom Continent, Lin Yi has been busy dealing with local forces and engaging in intrigues, and has temporarily had no time to take care of the disputes and cooperation between the contractors.

Therefore, he temporarily put this relationship behind him.

However, knowing him does not mean that Lin Yi will easily let the strong man in front of him go.

The mission world of the Samsara Paradise has never been a kind paradise, and the law of the jungle is the iron rule here.

"The doctor is now in the Empire camp, right? I have a lot of information about the Shadow Council. I wonder if this information can be used to save the lives of the three of us."

He was fully aware of his current situation. Since he had already recognized Lin Yi's identity, he simply came straight to the point and tried to use the information to exchange for a chance of survival for himself and his companions.

In today's world, intelligence is often more valuable than force, especially in life-and-death moments like this.

"Oh? Tell me, do you have any information that's worth me letting you three go?"

The sturdy man took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, quickly organized his thoughts, and said, "When we accepted the mission from the Shadow Council, we were asked to sneak into a secret base of the Imperial Army and obtain information about a batch of important supplies. Although the mission failed, we have obtained some intelligence about the Shadow Council's network inside Zul City, including their several secret bases, contact methods, and a list of their infiltrators in the Imperial Army."

After listening to this, Lin Yi's eyes flashed with interest.

If the intelligence the strong man said is true, then this information is indeed of extremely high value, especially the list of infiltrators of the Shadow Council within the Imperial Military, which will play a key role in Harold's purge operation.

"not enough."

Lin Yi looked at the other party. This level of information was not enough to exchange for the lives of three people.

The sturdy man's face instantly became stiff, and fine cold sweat oozed from his forehead. He said hurriedly: "Wait! I have more information! The Shadow Council has a secret base in the underground black market of Zul City. It is the core hub for them to trade arms and intelligence. I can take you there, and you can directly destroy their important base!"

"Are you talking about the Black Crow Merchant Guild on Wish Street?"

After hearing Lin Yi's words, the sturdy man was stunned.

He himself only knew the approximate location of this secret base, and he didn't expect Lin Yi to be able to directly point out its name.

"Wait! I have one last piece of information! The three of us first appeared in a border city. The people in that city had been instigated by the Shadow Council, and we were sent out from that city."

Lin Yi's eyes moved slightly, and he was obviously interested in this information.

Judging from the recent actions of the Black Crow Chamber of Commerce, they must have occupied a large city as their base, otherwise it would be impossible to accommodate such a large amount of supplies and personnel.

Lin Yi was worried about this, but he didn't expect that these three people actually knew this key information.

"continue."

The sturdy man said quickly, "That border city is called 'Graystone City'. On the surface, it is still under the control of the Empire, but in fact it has been completely infiltrated by the Shadow Council. The guards, officials, and even some military personnel in the city have secretly defected to the Shadow Council. They use the geographical location of Graystone City to secretly transport supplies and intelligence, and even provide shelter for members of the Shadow Council."

Graystone City is an important strategic stronghold on the border of the empire. Its geographical location is extremely critical and it can be said to be an important hub connecting the eastern war zone.

This city is not only the material supply center of the Eastern War Zone, but also an important support point of the Empire's defense line.

Once Greystone City falls under the complete control of the Shadow Council, the Eastern Theater's defenses could be paralyzed at any time, leading to the collapse of the entire empire's border.

"This information is enough to buy the lives of the three of you."

As Lin Yi finished speaking, the sturdy man finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Want to join the sanatorium?"

After Lin Yi said this, the sturdy man breathed a sigh of relief and instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

The sanatorium is the largest violent institution in the Zul Empire, and most of the contractors want to join.

But the problem is that there is no channel for nursing homes to join.

This deters many people, and they have to settle for the next best thing, joining lower-level organizations such as the military or law enforcement agencies.

"What? Don't want to?"

The sturdy man shook his head quickly, with a hint of urgency in his tone: "No! It's not that I don't want to! It's just... doesn't the sanatorium have a channel to join?"

"It's true that there is no public recruitment channel for nursing homes, but if you have enough value, I can introduce you."

As he spoke, Lin Yi raised his hand and opened up some of the sanatorium camp store's permissions to the strong man.

In an instant, a list of rare materials appeared in front of the sturdy man's eyes, each of which was enough to make a fourth-level contractor jealous.

Although these supplies are not of much use to Lin Yi for the time being, they are already very attractive to ordinary fourth-level contractors.

"Let's join." The sturdy man nodded with a firm tone and made the choice for his teammates.

At the same time, the reminder sound of the Reincarnation Paradise rang in the strong man's ears.

[You have joined the Sanatorium camp, the camp store has been unlocked, and some permissions have been opened. ]

His two teammates also received the same prompt, and the identities of the three of them changed drastically at this moment.

However, the three can continue to use their identities as members of the Shadow Council as long as they do not reveal that they have joined the sanatorium.

"I need you to go back to Graystone City. If there is any abnormality there, just send a message through the communication channel." Lin Yi opened the native world communication platform. This thing is the most convenient place for contractors to communicate in the Phantom Continent.

The Native World Communication Platform was bustling with activity at the moment. A bunch of contractors were engaged in a verbal battle, with heated words and a strong smell of gunpowder.

Song San (sanren): "Fuck you, can you idiots just get out of here and stop interfering?"

Warhammer (free player): "Haha, you useless bastard, you can't even complete a mission objective, and you still have the nerve to shout here?"

Black Ghost (Frost Adventure Group): "Warhammer, stop being so high-handed! Who was almost killed by the Shadow Council during the last mission? If I hadn't intervened, you would have been dead!"

Warhammer (sanren): "Bullshit! You stole my mission target that time, and you still have the nerve to say that?"

Black Ghost (Frost Adventure Group): "Rob your target? You have no ability, and you blame others? It's so funny!"

……

Seeing the familiar national quintessence and gunpowder smell in the native world contact platform, Lin Yi nodded. It was still the familiar formula and the familiar taste.

After discussing the secret code, Lin Yi signaled the surrounding soldiers to escort the three strong men into a military vehicle.

Under the current circumstances, he couldn't just send the three people away, as that would be too obvious.

He had to find a suitable opportunity to send them out of Zul City quietly.

Soon, Lin Yi and Winnie stopped a wealthy businessman's car on the side of the road.

When the rich businessman saw Lin Yi approaching, a hint of displeasure suddenly appeared on his face: "Hey, what do you want to do?"

But after Lin Yi took out his certificate from the sanatorium, the wealthy businessman hurriedly got out of the car, not daring to even ask one more question, as if saying one more word would bring him death.

"Come to the nursing home tomorrow to pick up the car."

The rich businessman nodded repeatedly, with cold sweat on his forehead: "Please do as you please, please do as you please..."

Lin Yi sat in the driver's seat, and Winnie jumped lightly onto the passenger seat.

The wealthy businessman stood there, watching Lin Yi and Winnie driving away, feeling a little scared.

The reputation of the sanatorium is well-known and feared by everyone in Zul City. It is not a place that ordinary people can enter and exit casually.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and cursed in a low voice: "What bad luck! I'm afraid I won't be able to get this car back."

There was a hint of helplessness and regret in his voice, but more of it was relief.

If you encounter someone in a nursing home, you are lucky to escape unscathed.

He turned around and walked away quickly, deciding that this car would be a way to ward off bad luck.

As for going to the nursing home to pick up the car tomorrow? He didn't even dare to think about it.

The rest of the journey was very quiet, and Lin Yi and Winnie arrived at the execution ground smoothly.

When the guards of the execution agency saw the two men, they immediately saluted and let them go.

Lin Yi walked into the hall of the execution facility and saw Bonnie and Reinhardt walking towards him with tired faces.

Both of them looked haggard, and it was obvious that they were exhausted from the work during this period.

"You're finally here." There was a hint of relief in Bonnie's voice, but more of exhaustion.

She rubbed her temples, her tone revealing helplessness: "The Black Crow Merchants have arrested too many people, and their backgrounds are so complicated that it's a headache. Some people even work for several forces at the same time, and interrogating them is simply a nightmare."

"What's more troublesome is that there are too many big families and high-ranking officials in Zul City behind these people. During this period, the execution agency was almost filled with letters of pleas for mercy. Every day, countless people came to put pressure on us to release the people."

As she spoke, Bonnie took out a thick stack of letters from her arms and threw them on the table.

The seals of all the letters were stamped with the seals of major families, and some even had the private seals of senior officials.

"Let's talk about other things later. Let's go to your office first." Lin Yi waved his hand, indicating that this was not the place to talk.

After Lin Yi followed Reinhardt into the office, he sat directly on the sofa and took out the key that Harold gave him from his pocket.

The moment Reinhardt saw the key, he was stunned for a moment. He quickly walked to a corner of the office and took out a key that was very similar to the key in Lin Yi's hand from a seemingly ordinary withered root carving.

"This key...did you get it from Harold?"

"Ah."

"It seems that the situation is very critical, otherwise he would not have opened this place."

The basement of the execution agency contains a large number of confidential documents and dangerous items, the importance of which is self-evident.

No one except King Harold himself has the right to open this place.

Although the Parliament Palace was nominally the core of the empire, its safety could not be guaranteed due to the frequent entry of outsiders.

Those confidential documents and dangerous items are tantamount to time bombs. Looking across the entire city of Zul, there is no place more suitable to store them than the headquarters of the execution agency.

"Where is Qiao Xuer now? Ask him to contact Bernard to come over."

About forty minutes later, Bernal's car stopped in front of the gate of the execution center.

As the head of the military, he has not been idle recently.

Ever since Lin Yi reported the reselling of military supplies to Harold, Harold immediately informed Bernard of the matter.

During this period, Bernal has been secretly investigating the matter, trying to find out the mastermind behind it.

However, things were not as simple as he imagined.

The chain of reselling military supplies was intricate and involved many more people and forces than he had expected.

From grassroots quartermasters to high-level generals, even some local nobles and businessmen were involved.

Every clue is like a spider web. If you are not careful, you will fall into a deeper quagmire.

Bernal knew very well that if this matter was not handled properly, it would not only shake the foundation of the military, but might even lead to greater turmoil, and the safety of the border would then be threatened.

Therefore, he took every step extremely cautiously, for fear of alerting the enemy.

When Bernard arrived at the office, Lin Yi and Reinhardt had already been waiting for a long time.

"If you have something to say, please say it quickly. I have a very important meeting in fifteen minutes." Bernal sat in front of the two of them, his tone carrying a hint of impatience, but more of fatigue.

Lin Yi and Reinhardt didn't say much. They put the keys in their hands on the table tacitly.

When Bernard saw the key on the table, his pupils shrank slightly and he instantly understood the purpose of the two men calling him over.

His expression became serious, and he asked in a low voice: "What does your majesty mean?"

"Or do you think I can get the third key?"

"Too."

When Bernal heard this, he took out a pistol from his waist and quickly disassembled the pistol into parts under the gaze of the two men. His technique was skillful, and it was obvious that he was already familiar with this operation.

Then Bernal pulled a key from the handle of the pistol and put it together with the other two keys.

[Hint: The hunter has collected the "Key to the Basement of the Execution Agency Headquarters".]

"By the way, let me tell you something. There has been a rebellion in Graystone City." After Lin Yi picked up the three keys, Lin Yi told Bernard this explosive news.

"Limestone City" Bernal did not doubt where Lin Yi's information came from. As the empire's violent agencies, the sanatorium and the execution agency have their own intelligence networks, and the accuracy of the information is beyond doubt.

The Graystone City rebellion could be considered the worst possible scenario.

Graystone City is the core of the Eastern Theater. Once it is lost, the entire Eastern defense line will completely collapse.

By then, the army of strange beasts will march straight in, and the consequences will be disastrous.

"This matter is of great importance. I must report it to His Majesty immediately and formulate a response strategy. I'll leave first." After he said that, he quickly stood up from the sofa and walked hurriedly towards the door.

Lin Yi and Reinhardt didn't say much. They stood up and sent Bernard to the door.

Some things are too sensitive, and even Lin Yi and Reinhardt cannot intervene directly. They must be handled personally by Bernard, the head of the military.

After seeing Bernard off, Lin Yi returned to Reinhardt's office.

This is not only the core of the execution apparatus, but also the entrance to the basement.

The commander of the execution agency is personally in charge to ensure the absolute safety of this place.

About half an hour later, two familiar figures appeared in Lin Yi's sight.

"Dean."

Rudolf Austin and Carl Morris appeared in front of Lin Yi. As for the other two, they had all stayed in the villa where Senator Bell was.

"I'm giving you a chance to become stronger. The consequence could very well be death. If you're afraid, leave now."

After Lin Yi said this, neither Rudolph nor Carl moved.

Ten minutes later, Reinhardt returned to the office with three confidants.

These three confidants are the elite of the execution agency. Each of them has experienced countless life and death tests. Their loyalty and ability are beyond doubt. (End of this chapter)