I'm not Yingjie

This is the world where ordinary people live. They experience their own love, hate, and emotions here. They have their own families and friends, their own interests and hobbies. They don't have to die for an order or fight in a city infested by monsters, covered in mud.

But now, all that can be seen in this city, apart from wandering ghosts, are the monsters spawned by the collapse.

For those who have not evacuated yet, even if Lin holds back the Herrscher and the Emperor-level Honkai beasts, some of them will die in this disaster.

They didn't even know what was going on.

"Oh... I see. Do you think that my way of killing humans is not what she should do?" The Sixth Herrscher smiled strangely and mockingly. She crossed her arms and said slowly, "That's a pity. This is what she thinks. Humans are a group of hopeless pests. The only value of their existence is to be crushed into meat paste by me."

"During the years you spent fighting for humanity in the Fire Moth, you lost your past, your friends, your feelings, and even your life. But in return, you were betrayed by humans. You got nothing in return. The Fire Moth is still the seemingly glamorous but in fact cruel 'salvation organization', and humans are all betrayers who are willing to sacrifice others for their own sake."

"So, what's so good about humans? Does she really want a happy world where her friends are alive? No, what she wants is just the world in her dreams, the world she defines. There can't be stupid humans in that world."

"Do you understand? In her opinion, these assassins are her friends, and humans are the disgusting assassins."

Was Lin shaken by these words?

No, he was staring at the Sixth Herrscher with an unusual calmness, calculating in his mind the time he had stalled for.

The Sixth Herrscher was not in a hurry to kill him, which was not a bad thing. The longer he could delay, the more time there would be for reinforcements to arrive.

He adjusted his fast breathing and slowed down his heart rate: "What do you want to say?"

"Don't you understand? Or are you trying to escape? Don't you think humans are disgusting? Everything you've worked so hard for is now destroyed."

"That has nothing to do with me." Lin replied coldly, "I just did what I wanted to do."

"Hmm... As expected, words of this level still can't impress you. Then I will make a deal with you."

The Sixth Herrscher suddenly raised a mysterious expression. She looked at Lin with interest, observing his reaction: "I can return her to you, heal your body, and make the Death Soldiers and Honkai Beasts stop attacking humans..."

"As long as you admit that she and I are the same person."

"..."

Admit it's the same person?

This is actually not a difficult task for Lin. If she can really do what she said and prevent the Death Soldiers and Honkai Beasts from attacking humans, then there will be no problem in getting Lin to admit it.

However, this is impossible.

"What is your purpose?"

"Purpose? It's simple. Isn't it normal to want to be recognized by the person you like?"

She seemed to be really that girl, lowering her head shyly and laughing softly.

Chapter 93: The So-called Truth

“Sometimes I wonder, how do humans confirm their own existence?”

“When they stumble upon their own reflection in the water, do they become curious about this stranger?”

“When they touch their faces, will they be surprised by this invisible reality?”

"Later I realized that the way humans confirm their existence does not come from themselves, but from others."

“Only with the affirmation of others can one live vividly.”

……

"Don't be so stubborn. Think about it. With just one word from you, the city is saved, you don't have to die, and a descendant who loves you has returned. Isn't this worth it?"

"And she and I have the same memories. Although we are the same person, there are some minor differences in our personalities. This kind of experience is rare. Don't you feel moved? I am moved too."

The Sixth Herrscher was still instigating him. She didn't seem to intend to force Lin, but was just stating her own price.

Her eyes never left Lin's face from beginning to end. The black fog did not appear beside her. Even the emperor-level Honkai beast lay obediently beside her, staring at her and Lin with its animal eyes.

After a snap of her fingers, a charging-level Honkai beast appeared from her side. The structure of this Honkai beast was different from that of the regular charging-level Honkai beast. It did not have sharp elytra, and its entire appearance was much smoother. There was also a luminous structure similar to a firefly on its abdomen. It flew over their heads and acted as a street lamp.

Under this slightly warmer light, the Sixth Herrscher's inhuman temperament was alleviated a lot.

"..."

"Oh, I see. If I say these things to you, then it won't be convincing enough. Hehe, then I'll let her come out and talk to you." The Sixth Herrscher still looked unhurried. She seemed determined to make Lin admit it. She finally threw out the last price, "Don't worry, I won't let her see false pictures again. This is what is called fairness, isn't it?"

"..."

Lin still didn't speak, but his gaze made the Sixth Herrscher nod with satisfaction, and then she smiled and closed her scarlet eyes.

The smile disappeared from that face. Under Lin's gaze, when she opened her eyes again, the color of her pupils had turned back to its original blue, and her expression turned into confusion and cluelessness.

After her pupils gradually showed some spirit, her expression turned into complete surprise.

"Lin...Team Member? Is what she said true?"

Lin could not see anything unusual in her expression, from the confusion of just waking up to the surprise of seeing himself, every muscle and every inch of skin naturally matched her mood, and it was impossible to achieve this effect through disguise.

In other words, this is indeed... the consciousness of the soul.

"Team Leader Lin, you..."

"Hun, tell me, do you really think that?"

"……What?"

"Do you really hate humans to this extent? And the reason for all this is me?"

Hun's expression of surprise immediately froze. She lowered her head and whispered like a child who had done something wrong: "I'm sorry... Captain Lin... I seem to have done a lot of wrong things... I killed a lot of people..."

"But I did it for you..."

"Captain Lin, I know I have done many bad things, but I want to use my current strength to help more people. Look, I can completely heal your body, and you won't be troubled by the Honkai Disease."

"She never hurt me. She did all that to protect me. I was the one who killed those people. Even if she is guilty, it is my fault."

With tears in his eyes, Hun timidly raised his eyelids to Lin: "Captain Lin, it doesn't matter if you don't forgive me, but please... I just want to save you..."

Lin closed his eyes and sighed when he heard this.

"I see."

Lin immediately raised his gun and pulled the trigger without hesitation. The bullets were fired at a moment when the emperor-level Honkai beast had no time to react.

"Ta! Tat! Tat!"

The cold bullet mercilessly tore apart Hun's body. Her guilty expression froze on her face. She stared at her chest that was shattered by the bullet with terrifying dynamic energy. She looked up in disbelief at Lin, who was holding the gun with an expressionless face, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Why?"

She didn't understand why Lin would shoot at this time?

Was it simply because she was a traitor? Or did he already know that the chances of a sneak attack being successful would be higher during this moment when the Herrscher personality was relaxed?

"Because she and I have an agreement." Lin continued to press the trigger, and the remaining bullets all shot into Hun's body at once. After he had completely used up all the bullets, he said coldly, "She is not a little girl who knows nothing. She will fight for her beliefs. She misses the dead, but she will not fail to recognize what is reality and what is illusion."

"The 'she' you mentioned is actually another self you created."

From the beginning to the end, there is only the Sixth Lawgiver.

If Hun stood in front of her, she would also face herself with a resolute expression.

Because they have experienced countless separations, they will not regret it even if they take a different path from their former selves.

He believed in the soul, just as the soul believed in him.

"…That's why I said you're boring. Even if it's fictional, what's wrong with that?"

After listening to Lin's words, the "soul" that was kneeling on the ground covering her wound suddenly stopped trembling. She sighed in disgust, then stood up from the ground, stood straight, and finally... her feet left the ground and flew up.

The wounds on her body healed rapidly, and those hideous gunshot wounds disappeared in the blink of an eye. She looked down at Lin on the ground, and the emperor-level Honkai beast behind her shook its body and stood up its mountain-like body.

"If you agree to me, you can get everything you want. Even if there are lies involved, isn't that what you want?"

"..."

"Forget it. It seems that I don't need to say too much to a human like you. Anyway..." Her regretful expression immediately changed and she smiled grimly, "I never intended to do that from the beginning."

The Sixth Herrscher looked towards the direction of the Fifth Branch and said with a grin, "Look, the support you were waiting for has arrived. The delaying tactic was a great success."

When Lin heard this, he almost instinctively pressed the phase transfer device in his hand, but at this moment, the physical strength that had been restored in his body was instantly drained, which also caused his movements to stagnate.

Then, a huge sickle fell from the sky and pierced his abdomen with great precision. The incredible force instantly nailed him to the ground.

"Do you think you're the only one stalling for time?"

"It's a pity that I didn't see the expression I wanted to see, but I think I will see it soon."

The Sixth Herrscher raised her arms, and this time no black mist flowed out of her body.

Lin felt the ground beneath his body shaking, as if something... was about to break out of the ground.

"boom!"

A towering tree with green shade tore through the ground, and its spreading roots and branches swept away everything around it.

As everyone in the Fifth Branch looked on in disbelief, a giant tree that reached into the sky sprouted from a corner of the city and swallowed up half of the city.

Those seemingly vibrant tree roots squirmed with vitality, reaching out towards... the shelter outside the city like arms, full of bloodthirstiness.

Tomorrow 4th update, I have something to go out today

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Chapter 94: Three Divisions

"What it is?"

The towering tree that soared into the sky captured everyone's attention. The monitor who was monitoring the concentration of Honkai energy in the city almost screamed and jumped out of his seat when he saw the bright red color displayed on the screen.

"Dr. Tsukasa, Tsukasa, Dr. Spashi! A massive Houkai energy reaction of 3500 HW has occurred in the city! And it is still rising, and is about to break the historical high!"

The pistol fell to the floor with a crisp sound. Compared with the silence that revealed the depth of the situation, this intuitive bar graph brought out the deepest fear in their hearts.

3500HW, this has exceeded the Honkai energy concentration of ordinary Rulers and upper-level Honkai beasts. In the observation data of the Fire Moth, only the First Ruler tried to create something before her death, which made the Honkai energy reach an astonishing 4500HW, and she died before completing the creation, so this data was fixed at 4500HW.

But at this time, the Honkai energy contained in the giant tree on the monitoring map was like a moon rocket, breaking through 4000HW at an unimaginable speed, and there was no sign of stopping.

Even the usually calm Spasi was stunned at this moment, staring at the despairing scene with his blue eyes.

"The Sixth Herrscher's Honkai reaction reappears, and she is located... above the giant Honkai reaction! The Emperor-class Honkai Beast is also in the same position!" The monitor suppressed his fear and reported the progress of the monitoring. This was the first time that a monitor in a branch had seen such a scene, and even the calmest voice would tremble.

"Appearing again..."

Although Spashi was shocked, his mind was still working. The giant tree's Honkai energy and the Herrscher's Honkai energy reactions appeared at the same time, and the Herrscher was right above the giant tree, which meant that the two were related. The giant tree was so huge that the record-breaking Honkai energy reaction could not have been produced naturally.

That tree is the creation of the Herrscher. Is the reason why she has not reacted to Honkai energy and has stayed in the same place because she wants to create that thing?

"Not only does it cause cells to die, it can also accelerate and mutate them..." Spasi speculated about the power that the Sixth Herrscher had not yet fully demonstrated, but this speculation seemed a bit too... simple to him.

The power of the Herrscher is not some concrete phenomenon or concept, but something more abstract that cannot be fully explained in words. For example, the power of the third Herrscher is considered to be the manipulation of electromagnetic fields, but what she actually demonstrates is not just the manipulation of electromagnetic fields. Such a meticulous operation method requires the user to have a large knowledge reserve to trigger various natural phenomena, but it seems that all kinds of electromagnetic field-related abilities can be created just by imagination.

If you have to say it, it is a rule, a "rule" of the world.

Therefore, Spasi could not use words to summarize the feeling that the Sixth Herrscher gave him. This giant tree obviously violated biological common sense, and the statements such as cell acceleration and mutation were not enough to support the basis of its birth.

"Dr. Spasey..."

At this moment, the monitor swallowed his saliva. He tried to hold back his teeth from chattering. This information needed to be reported quickly. However, even if he squeezed his leg muscles until they turned blue, he could not stop the fear of the soul within his body.

"What's wrong?" the anxious Spasi asked a little loudly.

"Oh!"

"The Houkai energy reaction of the Emperor-level Houkai Beast is moving..." The monitor slammed his hands on the table, his knuckles turned white, and the vibration attracted everyone's attention. He couldn't control his tongue and yelled, "The direction is the fifth branch! It's here! And the Houkai energy reaction of that tree is also changing! Even the position of the Herrscher has begun to shift!"

"Damn it! They're splitting into three directions! The roots of that tree are almost reaching the nearest shelter! The Herrschers are moving towards Changkong City! The people there haven't evacuated!"

They knew that their current combat forces were insufficient, so they prepared to split their forces in this way and then easily defeat the supporting teams.

Spasi's heart tightened involuntarily at this sudden thought.

……

"After the Great Purge, there are probably only two or three teams of combat personnel who can come to support us, and they are only assembled temporarily."

With long black and red hair obediently draped behind him in the windless place, the Sixth Herrscher stood on one of the branches on the top of the lush tree, looking down with a smile at the Fifth Branch running wildly towards the Fifth Branch in the city, and glanced at the roots of the giant tree squeezing through the asphalt, and the dirty soil and violent trees swept everything in wherever they went.

The dark color extended outward along the roots. The plants that were touched withered at a strange speed, while the giant tree grew more and more lush.

Finally, she stepped on the sickle on the "corpse" next to her and stabbed it a little deeper.