I'm not Yingjie

Kevin was stunned for a moment, then stared at Mei, whose face he couldn't see clearly.

"…Mei, are you the same now?"

"..."

The moment Kevin saw Mei raise her head, his confused look disappeared and he made a decision: "I understand, Mei. I believe you."

"Thank you, Kevin..."

Mei turned around and rearranged the data one by one. The cold light from the screen shone on her face.

As she and Lin looked at each other in silence, they both had complete faith in each other as friends.

Lin believes that Mei is the most useful person to the Fire Moth, and believes that Kevin can protect Mei, and Mei also believes that Lin can restrain the emperor-level Honkai beast.

Now, Kevin also believes her.

Sooner or later, Mei will put aside these emotions that interfere with her decision, but now, she needs these feelings to open this door of no return for her.

……

"Boom!"

The place where Lin was standing was struck into pieces by the thunder, and he reappeared in the blind spot of the third Herrscher's vision two seconds later.

He was panting as he held onto the wall with one hand behind the bunker. His burned pores prevented him from expelling sweat and heat, and a heat gathered in his body, increasing the burden on his internal organs.

"Two seconds..." he muttered under his breath.

This was the time when Lin used phase shift, which was a full second shorter than the first time, which meant that the distance he moved in that space was less than the first time.

Every time he entered that place where there was nothing, Lin's mind would be eroded, preventing him from using phase transfer for a long time, and the residual erosion would accumulate. If he did not control the time well, Lin would either suffer the same situation as last time when his body parts were cut off, or go crazy.

This is a war of attrition. Lin wants to drag it out until the Third Herrscher has to attack him in a way that consumes a lot of energy. At that time, the Third Herrscher's power consumption will increase, and the surrounding barriers will weaken. He can seize the opportunity at that moment to kill her.

Just like defeating the snake shadow.

"Boom..."

Suddenly, the ground beneath his feet began to shake. Lin was stunned for a second, and then he saw some tiny black particles that were difficult to distinguish with the naked eye flying into the sky from the surroundings.

Is that... iron sand?

Lin's heart skipped a beat when he saw the true face of the thing and he activated the phase transfer device.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

A large pile of iron objects and reinforced concrete, along with two bolts of lightning, hit Lin's position. If he had been a little slower, he would have been turned into a hot pot.

Manipulating electromagnetic fields...it's really a wide-ranging ability.

The iron sand gathered into a stream and gathered around the third Herrscher. She controlled the falling lightning with one hand and controlled the iron sand to turn into spears with the other hand, while her eyes searched for the place where Lin might appear.

"Cough cough..."

Lin fell to the ground, his body twitching and sending out danger signals. This time he was in there for less than a second and a half, but the next time, or the next time after that, he might die in there.

not enough……

Lin shouted in his heart.

"Whoosh!"

A flare suddenly rose in the distance.

Flares are a method of signal transmission that has been eliminated since the development of communications. Fire Moth has considered the possibility of communication being blocked, but the information that flares can transmit is too little, and most of them only have a few simple meanings.

Red is the signal to attack.

Lin stared at the rising red, he trembled, and forced himself to stand up for the last time.

……

Lin, do you believe me?

Mei looked up at the red signal, her glasses covered with rain, so she couldn't see the eyes behind them.

I'm taking a day off today, and I'll start three more chapters tomorrow

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Chapter 14: The Small and Evanescent Compassion

Lin dragged a bloody path and stumbled to the wall. Just standing there took all his strength.

The attack signal was for him alone, because he was the only one near the Herrscher.

"Cough cough..." He spat blood on the wall, looked at the dirty bloodstains with empty eyes, pulled off his helmet, and threw it on the ground, splashing water.

"Boom."

His feet staggered and his head hit the wall.

It was difficult for Lin to remember when he met Mei. He only remembered that they became friends unknowingly when they were discussing some bizarre technologies. He was responsible for the bizarre ideas, while Mei was responsible for exploring the feasibility alone.

Once, Lin Wuxin mentioned something from a science fiction work called Titan, and Mei actually gave a design drawing of Titan a few months later. Although it was just a fantasy within the framework and most of the materials and drives were beyond the reach of current technology, that design eventually became the first draft of the real Titan.

They had been friends long before Kevin transferred to Qianyu Academy. Lin could even say that he understood Mei better than Kevin did.

Therefore, Lin knew very well what the offensive signal meant.

Mei trusted Lin, he could definitely direct the bombardment to the right target, using his... body. "

So how do we send out the signal to get the timing of the bombardment just right, and after breaking the Herrscher's barrier, how do we end her life?

Lin didn't know that at that time he might have turned into ashes under the Honkai energy conversion cannon, but Lin firmly believed that Mei must have her considerations and plans, which were meticulous but bold. This was Lin's perception of this talented girl.

What I should consider is how to approach the Third Herrscher.

The phase transfer device can be used up to twice, each time for no more than one second, with a limited distance, and Lin doesn't know whether he can actually use it the last time.

Prepared for the worst-case scenario where the phase transfer device could only be used once, the final problem Lin faced was... where to use it this time.

By targeting Lin and shooting, he can use phase shift to move away before the attack arrives, thus achieving his goal and staying alive.

But he had no means of approaching the Third Herrscher except for phase shift.

This is not a difficult decision.

……

"How many teams can we contact at the moment?"

"So far...no."

The head of the command wanted to say something, but he seemed unable to get a word in when facing Mei's command. Moreover, after reporting to the headquarters, the headquarters allowed Mei to conduct on-site command. Although his temporary rank was not as high as his, his authority was equal to his.

The most important thing is that he is already considered an elite in human command ability, but he has no idea how he calculated what came out of the mouth of this girl who is a whole generation younger than him.

For example, when Mei commands people to do something, she will describe all the details of the thing in detail, including the timing of sending the signal to the microsecond, and tell them from a mathematical and physical perspective where to launch the flare so that the most teams can see it. And when those numbers are reported without hesitation, people will wonder when she calculated them.

The amazing thing is that Mei's command did not interfere with the normal functions of the operations department. After completing the preparatory work, except for frequently asking the monitors about the team's movements, the entire operations department operated in an orderly manner.

"Three minutes left."

Mei's fingers slid down her smooth nose bridge, the numbers jumping on the screen were reflected in her lenses, and she murmured softly.

The Third Herrscher's Honkai energy reaction was rising layer by layer, indicating that she was constantly using her power, and was becoming more and more impatient as she began to increase her energy input. It was estimated that the threshold for the third Honkai would be reached in three minutes.

There is only one chance. If we miss it, the rest of the team will be in the dark again.

Kevin stood in the corner with his gun leaning against the wall. He looked at the people whose faces were filled with anxiety, and his heart was filled with confusion.

Lin is fighting, and Mei is fighting too.

Only he can't do anything.

Mei will join this organization called the Fire Moths, so will he be separated from her from then on? She and Lin fight for humanity in an unknown place, and he is the "human" they protect?

"I envy you, but I can't be like you."

Lin's shadow stood in front of him, looking at him with his indifferent eyes.

Kevin's fingers clenched and turned white, and light gradually appeared in his eyes.

That’s right, since Lin’s answer was the same as that day, then his own response would also be the same as then.

"If it's for the people around me, for Mei's fight..."

……

Lin ran headfirst into the door, lightning exploding behind him and debris flying over his head.

He moved his legs and ran up the stairs towards the top floor, but was soon interrupted by the shaking of the whole building.

Lin gave up this path without thinking too much, turned around and jumped out of the window.

"boom!"

It only takes one second to destroy the entire building. The attack power condensed from the high-purity Honkai energy far exceeds the current human society's tolerance. A single strike can reach the maximum output of the Fire Moth's Honkai energy conversion device.

Lin quickly grabbed the shaky street lamp outside the window, and with the help of his weight, he easily broke the lamp, which was about to break, and let it swing smoothly to the ground.

The purple-black eyes that judged sin stared at Lin coldly. Her long sleeves fluttered in the wind, and purple wings of light grew out from her back. Her eyes suddenly lit up the night sky. The iron objects around Lin shook for a moment, and then she pinched them with one hand and shot at Lin like bullets.

There is no way to hide, my body can't keep up.

Facing the deadlock, Lin calmly stared with his dim black eyes at the "bullets" that seemed not that fast in his eyes. The lightning brewing above his head was about to fall. He quickly memorized the layout of all the projectiles, and then rushed forward without hesitation, with the premise of avoiding the lightning.

"bass--"

A steel bar pierced his shoulder and iron sand took away a piece of flesh from his left leg, but the remaining lightning and projectiles did him no harm.

If you only choose to avoid fatal injuries, there are many evasive actions you can take.

He rolled on the ground for a few times, then turned over and stood up in a half-squat position. His pupils were dilated and the beating of his heart almost completely dominated the sounds in his ears.

Lin's symptoms of extensive burns and excessive blood loss continued to worsen. Some of his wounds had even dried up, and his blood loss was almost 50% of the human body. Normally, no matter how determined Lin's will was, he should have symptoms of shock.

But Mebius's poison maintained his spirit, and now his body was completely dragged by consciousness. If there was only one straw that broke the camel's back, he would die.

"Boom!"

But fortunately, or rather... unfortunately, what Lin wanted came.

The purple-black pupils were completely filled with pure purple, and the surging thunderclouds expanded to a distance that Lin could not avoid. In front of the third Herrscher, a purple spherical energy with a diameter of ten meters and mixed with lightning was also ready to go.

The breath of death floated out from there.

The lightning strikes will cover all nearby areas, and the destructive beam will vaporize any blocking cover and kill Lin completely.

If the Honkai energy of this attack was not compressed but released to bombard Changkong City, half of Changkong City would disappear from the map in an instant, and the Third Herrscher would also enter a period of weakness.

Such an attack was just to kill a human being.

Lin did not hesitate at this time and pressed the phase shift button before the carpet attack arrived.

"boom--"

The building collapsed, and in the white light, everything disappeared with the thunder.

The Third Herrscher looked at the razed land beneath his feet without any joy or sadness. There was no way that human could survive such an attack. Even if he used that strange device, he could not escape the attack range.

She turned and prepared to leave.

"------"

Suddenly, an indescribable feeling came over her, which was impossible for a Herrscher like her who was almost a higher life form.

A pair of black pupils quietly stared into the purple-black pupils.

She couldn't see any fear of herself in those eyes, but there was some different emotion in them, not towards her, but towards the original owner of this body.

That is a kind of compassion.

She suddenly wanted to raise her hands to grab him.

Just like the remaining nerve reaction of a living thing after death, for some reason, she reached out her hand to the man falling from the sky.

But her hand stopped halfway because she saw a light flashing in the man's black pupils, which were as clear as mirrors.

"boom!"

A bright white particle bombardment mercilessly hit the back of the Third Herrscher, and then covered Lin who had used up the phase shift.