I'm not Yingjie

For some reason, the figure wearing the turban appeared in front of her.

And when he took off his helmet, all she saw was a blank face.

"No... I don't know what Lin looks like..."

"But you can revive them too, so what if I don't know what they look like?"

"No! I can't let him use this method..."

This way?

What kind of method is this? Is there something wrong with it?

She looked at everyone again, and they all had the same smile on their faces.

The voice was stuck in her throat. She was really scared at this moment and had a deep fear of "resurrecting" Lin.

She couldn't tell whether this was because she was afraid that Lin Zhen was already dead, or because she wanted him to be "resurrected".

"Are you resisting me? Are you afraid of me? I am you. I have the same feelings and memories as you. I love life as much as you do and want to protect everyone." Her smile became more and more exaggerated, and the smiles on the faces of the people standing behind her also changed with hers. "This is 'our' power. The fact that you can use it means that we are connected."

“…But…”

"Do you still want Captain Lin to see your cowardly side? Do you still remember the agreement between you two? You have to fight for your life."

"Of course I remember! That's why I—"

I just...what?

Blood and masks flashed through her mind, but she didn't know what they meant. Several faces with their eyes open were vaguely visible in the darkness.

Did she do anything to fulfill this promise?

And...what exactly is the agreement...

"Yes, you did nothing wrong, so put away your cowardice. After we bring Captain Lin back to this world, we must let him see that you are completely different from the fragile little girl you used to be. Got it?"

"I see."

"Don't worry about anything. With the power to control life and death, you can completely end the disaster of Honkai. By then, whether it's them..." He pointed at the resurrected people, then spread his hands and stretched out to a blank space, "or Team Member Lin, they won't need to fight, and no one will die."

"Yes……"

"Finally, I still want to emphasize again, I am the same as you, I love life, and I also love Lin. So don't be afraid of me, let 'us'... 'I' revive Team Member Lin."

The azure blue in her left eye seemed to be polluted by the deep red in her right eye, and was gradually replaced by it. Finally, a flamboyant smile appeared completely on her face.

At the same time, a pair of giant bloody eyes opened in the mountain behind the amusement park.

Happy New Month

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Chapter 80: Ordinary People

"..."

The command room fell into an eerie silence. Everyone was sweating and didn't dare to look up at each other, not even at the back of Spasi who was sitting in the commander-in-chief position.

A terrifying pressure from death lingered above their heads, making their mouths dry and suppressing the hoarseness in their throats.

And Spasi also lowered his head, his fingers tapping restlessly on the documents on the desk. If the expressions of the others were merely ugly, then his expression was completely dark.

"Unbelievable..." Einstein's murmur echoed in the silent command room. Her dilated pupils reflected the image of the Far East across an ocean. Her fingers had unconsciously clenched, "Could it be that the Sixth Herrscher can isolate the Honkai energy reaction?"

Just now, two minutes ago, all the combat personnel who entered the amusement park lost their signals and communications.

Without even any screams or emergency responses, those people disappeared in the crowded amusement park that had not yet been completely evacuated, leaving no trace, with only their location coordinates before they disappeared.

However, during this period, no Honkai energy reaction was detected.

The good news is that the Sixth Herrscher is indeed in the amusement park, but the bad news is that even after losing the combat power of the Fifth Branch, they still haven't figured out the exact location of the Herrscher.

"Could it be the black fog that blocks the detector?" Einstein proposed a new hypothesis.

The Sixth Herrscher is obviously different from the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Herrschers who are similar to controlling natural disasters. Her power is as special as the First and Second Herrschers. The Black Mist is not an ability that can be explained by existing scientific theories.

The first Herrscher is named the Herrscher of Principle, and the second Herrscher is named the Herrscher of Void. Their names are also more abstract.

"Given the Sixth Herrscher's ability to cause biological cells to wither, I will now temporarily name her the Herrscher of Death. Unless necessary, do not get too close to the Herrscher of Death. Her power is a weapon of destruction that cannot be matched by the most toxic poison."

Have they even started targeting living things directly?

Einstein was well aware of the fact that Honkai had always been changing with human beings, and this time, the Herrscher of Death was simply the most direct and simple killing weapon created for living things.

"Do you want to go deeper?"

There was a deep sense of fatigue between Sipasi's brows. He sighed helplessly: "Are there any more troops that can be mobilized?"

The branch had fewer armed forces, and the few teams that disappeared in the amusement park were all its combat members.

"Lin's signal is closer." Einstein did not give up because of the setback. She stared at a slow signal, "But it is difficult for him to search alone. Dr. Mei entrusted me with the command of a special force. I will contact 'her'."

……

"Senior~ where are we going next? Watch a movie?"

"Haha, don't call me that, it's corny."

A couple who had just come out of the amusement park passed by. Lin leaned slightly to the side and moved his crutches inside. As they passed by, they glanced at the limping Lin with curiosity, and there was not only pity but also sympathy in their eyes.

Lin also looked at them from under his hood. They were the type of couple that could be seen everywhere on the street. They should be two students. The boy had an average appearance but a cheerful smile, and the girl was petite and cute, holding her boyfriend's hand and acting coquettishly.

It's very popular. When you go to the forest and look further ahead, you can see several similar couples.

"..."

ordinary……

This word popped up in Lin's mind, as if someone had said it to him before.

They are completely unaware of the truth about the world. To them, everything they have is the whole world. It is these ordinary people who make up human society and also constitute the "world" in Lin's eyes.

Living without worries without knowing the truth, Lin thought of Anna, the girl who always called him uncle at the top of her voice. Until now, he still wonders if she had concealed the secret of Honkai from her, would her ending have been different?

Is there anything wrong with living an ordinary life?

At this moment, Lin caught a glimpse of a figure walking hurriedly towards him. He wanted to move away, but the man also saw him and wanted to retreat. As a result, the two of them happened to face each other and blocked each other's way.

"Forehead……"

The man in his thirties or forties smiled awkwardly at Lin. This time Lin did not move and let him pass. However, perhaps because the man was walking too hurriedly, he accidentally kicked Lin's crutch away.

Lin fell to the ground as expected.

"Oh, sorry." The man quickly helped Lin up.

Lin broke free from his supporting hand, not angry, and replied calmly: "Nothing, is there anything urgent?"

"I'm going to buy medicine for my wife. My son is waiting for me so I walked a little faster. I'm really sorry. Do you need me to help you walk?" The man was indeed a little embarrassed. He heard that Lin's voice was young but his tone was mature and calm. He felt that this disabled child must have experienced a lot of similar things, and he felt pity for him for a moment.

"No, is your son in here?" Lin asked the man, looking towards the amusement park.

"Yes, we are doing business here. We are going to finish work and go home today, so I plan to finish the things on hand first... My wife's disease is a very difficult and stubborn disease. Fortunately, our family is not short of money, so we can live well. We just need to buy medicine frequently."

Perhaps because he noticed that Lin was very interested in his family affairs, the man chattered on and on about some things, mostly trivial matters in ordinary life.

There is no day-to-day training to fight against the collapse, nor is there a thrilling fight for life and death on the battlefield.

It's just the daily necessities of life, such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, a simple life that is very common but seems distant to Lin.

"Oh yeah, what are you doing here young man?"

Noticing that Lin was heading towards the amusement park, the man subconsciously asked. After all, most of the facilities in the amusement park were not accessible to the disabled, so Lin probably wasn't here to play.

"I'm here to find someone."

"Girls?"

"……Um."

"That's great." The man gave Lin a heartfelt blessing smile. A sincere smile appeared on his honest and simple round face. "I wish you have fun. Cherish the girls who like you. They are the treasures of the world. I..."

The man told some stories about the past. It was unclear whether they were true or not, but his smile never changed.

Real and ordinary.

After listening to this, Lin nodded and said, "When the alarm sounds, go take shelter. The police will take your son back."

"Eh?"

For a moment, he did not understand the meaning of Lin's words, but Lin had already turned around and walked away slowly. He looked at Lin's back in confusion, but Lin did not seem to want to talk to him anymore, so he could only shrug and walk out.

Two people passed each other, one going inwards and the other going outwards.

Many people have told Lin that he could live an ordinary life.

Just like this man, with a happy family, healthy limbs, a future without hesitation and a sincere smile.

But someone has to do it.

If he doesn't move forward, doesn't move forward on this dark and unknown road, then those lovers, that man, and so many "unknown" people will lose their world.

Most people living in the world are ordinary, so ordinary that they will become complicated, greedy, angry, fearful, and hateful for some money, a concert ticket, or an unexpected event...

But Lin wanted to protect this complexity. He didn't want them to become as simple and extraordinary as him.

Even if they do evil, he believes that human beings will realize their mistakes and their evil, and move towards the light, while retaining that complexity and becoming better "human beings."

Soul must have thought so too, even if she took a different path, her beliefs would not change.

The original intention of protection was buried in the long river of time, but it still emits a faint light.

So Lin had to stop her, here, and kill her.

This is to protect humanity.

Protect the faith of the forest.

The belief of protecting...the soul.

Chapter 81 Sakura's Search

"Here you can see flocks of birds taking off from the hillside and landing on the open space in the amusement park where they are fed. This landscape is called 'Wild Goose Landing', but those birds are not wild geese, and the person who gave this name does not know what species they are. He just thought it would be more pleasant and convenient to call it this way."

"Just like the numbers of the Fire Moth soldiers, they have their own names, but the numbers allow the commander to order them more conveniently, just like the rancher who puts numbers on the pigs in the ranch. Just like dragging the pigs out for slaughter, you only need to say the number."

Her short hair had grown to her waist at some point, and her slender figure and fair body were half-covered by the black and white clothes that looked like a combat uniform or a dress. Two deep red eyeballs were embedded in her pale face. She sat with her hands on the railing of the back mountain, gazing at the city where the sun was about to set.

She placed a plush rabbit head beside her. She liked this toy very much. It made her feel much better in this city full of dead soldiers.

Some high-level warriors discovered her whereabouts just now, but she dealt with them instantly. In the Fire Moth, she learned that there is a special way of communication between the warriors and the Honkai beasts, so once she is discovered by one of them, she may be discovered by all the Honkai creatures in the area immediately.

So she solved the problem quickly and efficiently. She separated their heads and bodies on the spot before they had a chance to use their communication methods to notify the other assassins, and used the black mist to destroy their bodies completely without leaving any residue.

In order to save some Honkai energy, she did not disassemble their clothes together. The remaining clothes were still in the plush toy museum. In order to investigate the situation in the area before the support arrived, she walked out and went to the back mountain.

Seeing the assassins rampaging in the city, the gloom in her heart deepened a little, but soon disappeared.

She has the power to resurrect them all as humans.

Glancing at the bird feeding place she had visited before, she sighed with emotion, but she didn't know why she said this. Wasn't it like questioning the fire moth?

"Team Leader Lin, what do you think?"

"..."

A man wearing a helmet stood behind her. The high-tech helmet seemed a bit out of place in this doomsday scene. The azure visible window was not lit, reflecting a clear yellow light in the afterglow of the setting sun.

"Captain Lin? Are you asleep?" She smiled and waved in front of him.

“No, I was just thinking back to what happened before you resurrected me.” Lin’s tone sounded exactly the same as in his memory, indifferent, calm, and slightly distant. “You mean you suddenly gained the power to resurrect people, and then…”

He glanced at the others and asked, "You just resurrected us?"

"Yes." She smiled cutely.

"…Have you ever thought about where this power comes from?"

"Hmm..." She was stunned by the sudden question from "Lin", then shook her head blankly, "No."

"I suspect it is..." "Lin" slowly opened his mouth and prepared to express his guess.