I'm not Yingjie

She suddenly became nervous: "What, what happened?"

"No... nothing." Lin slowly put down his chopsticks. "It's just that I rarely see people from the Far East say this politely before starting to eat."

The last time they saw each other was when they were having dinner at Ying's house, and the sisters said the same thing.

"Um...is that so?"

Ying actually doesn't quite understand why Lin said this. It's basically a personal habit. Even if other people from the Far East don't say it, there's nothing to be surprised about, right?

"I grew up in the Far East, but no one taught me to do this. Even Kevin, who I'm close to, is a transfer student from Northern Europe."

"You grew up in the Far East..." Ying did not realize that Lin grew up in the Far East. His behavior and his name had a strong Shenzhou style. She once thought he was a pure Shenzhou person. "But you don't have to follow this etiquette. You can do it your own way."

"No... I just wanted to give it a try."

Lin clasped his hands together and closed his eyes solemnly: "I'm starting."

Then he picked up the chopsticks and started eating the noodles. Ying also started eating the noodles in confusion.

"Do you want to take a picture?"

Just when she took the first bite of noodles, Lin's sudden words almost made her spit out the noodles.

"Cough, cough, cough..." The spicy taste rushed into her throat. Lin calmly pushed a glass of water over to her. Only after she drank it did she feel the unpleasant spicy taste subside a little.

Lin explained at this time: "I saw you were looking at my previous team photo."

So that’s how it is. Even such a trivial action was discovered?

"Sorry, I'm just curious..."

"Um, so, do you want to take a picture?"

"..."

Ying still didn't understand Lin, but she gradually felt at ease after hearing his straightforward conversation.

……

After Lin Zaiying left, he took out the photos from the Polaroid camera, put them in a frame, and placed them on the table.

Then he went to the utility room in the corner of his room and turned on the light.

"..."

"..."

"Are you awake?"

The faint light from his viewing window illuminated the "thing" that crawled out of the bag and was squirming on the ground.

Chapter 29: A Gift or...A Disaster?

"So you still have a month of surveillance?"

The man looked at Lin, who was carrying the food, and Mobius, who had a bad look on his face, with a strange expression.

His intuition as a married man, one of the few among the Fire Moths, told him that the atmosphere between Lin and Mebius was very wrong.

"Surveillance? Even if he really has a problem, his heart will be blown up. It's just house arrest for research." Mobius snorted contemptuously.

Here it comes. The stronger intuition brought by Mobius' words made Hen tremble a few times, and his eyes kept wandering between Lin and Mobius.

It wasn't that he objected. Firstly, he himself was a soldier of the Fire Moth who got married early and even had children who could walk and draw. Secondly, he didn't seem to have the right to interfere in other people's private lives. It was just that his wife Blanca was originally Mobius' assistant and was about the same age as Mobius, while Lin was a junior who had been in office for a much shorter time than him...

How should I put it? It feels like a junior student married his girlfriend's teacher...

Of course, it is also possible that it was just his illusion, because Lin and Mobius gave him the same feeling as he had with Blanca, but looking at Mobius's unintentional little movements and disdainful expression, he felt that the relationship seemed to be more complicated than he thought.

However, Hen was still very relieved to see Lin alive and well.

"Are we going on another mission?" Seeing Hen fully armed, Lin knew it was obvious that there was a new mission.

Due to the busy missions and Blanca's frequent absences, Grace was left unattended for a long time. At this time, Mobius, the laboratory house where they might not leave the laboratory for a month, became the "Mobius Kindergarten" where they placed their children.

"Well, this time we're going to Western Europe..."

Hen's expression was not very good. After the sixth collapse, the birth of Honkai beasts reached an unprecedented speed, and higher-level Honkai beasts were born in a blowout manner. The abnormal collapse phenomena reported from all over the world made the headquarters, which was almost unable to operate, even more overwhelmed.

Out of desperation and to change strategy, each branch of the Fire Moth, including the headquarters, has a new group of "newcomers". Most of these people are small armed puppets, and the rest are reluctantly recruited new soldiers.

The quality of these new recruits was far inferior to that of the previous soldiers, but their number was twice the total of the previous ones, forcing the paralyzed Fire Moths to regain life.

The idea is very simple, to fill the gap in quality with quantity. In the past, a soldier could fight against a hundred dead warriors alone, but now two recruits can fight against a hundred, or even three or four people... The world may lack talents, but it definitely does not lack "people".

"I'll leave Grayshue in your care. Blanca and I both want to have time to accompany Grayshue, but it's really..." Hen looked at Grayshue who was sitting on the chair drawing with reluctance.

It has been said many times that Hen is an excellent soldier. Like Lin, he positions himself as a soldier. His ruthless execution of orders may be the most profound impression he leaves on others.

After seeing this man, who always had a blank expression even at his most friendly moments, show his warm side, Lin looked at him thoughtfully for a while.

"If it weren't for Blanca, I wouldn't have the time to help you take care of the children." Mobius turned around impatiently and walked towards his private office. "Tell him if you have anything to say. I have something else to do."

She placed particular emphasis on the word "something". It seemed that she was not very happy about the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Hen frequently asked her to take care of Grayxiu.

It's just that Mobius has never had any bad face towards Grace. She might twitch when she was called "Aunt Mobius", but at other times she was indeed a kind Aunt Mobius.

"Lin, thank you for your help."

"No, nothing... I wanted to ask you something."

"Ok?"

After Lin asked his question in a tone that was neither too loud nor too soft, Hen showed a surprised expression. Then he smiled comfortingly and patted Lin's shoulder like an elder: "You will know about this kind of thing when you get married."

That Lin would actually ask such a question. Hen, who had always felt sorry for Lin for not cherishing himself, finally felt relieved.

"Marriage? I see."

Henlou calculated one thing.

Lin is a man of action. When he said the three words "I understand", it didn't mean that he really understood, but that he was ready to complete what he needed to do immediately.

So, after Hen left, a marriage announcement appeared on the Fire Moth's internal forum, paving the way for the farce that followed.

"I'm a man, looking for a wife, requirements: female, no long pink hair."

……

"Dr. Einstein, the expedition team has found the location. You may need to come and make a personal decision on the situation here."

"Okay, I'll be right over."

Einstein, who was browsing the data transmitted back by the expedition team's armed dolls in the command room, looked so solemn on his usually happy and relaxed face after reading this information.

She sat on the soft chair. The fabric and cotton core were as soft as skin, but she felt it was as hard as beef jerky that had been dried in the wind for dozens of days.

The light from the ceiling dispelled the darkness in the room, but she stared at her own shadow motionlessly.

The invisible pressure filled her entire body with lead water.

It was a long time before she slowly walked out the door.

This discovery is significant and may be an archaeological miracle that rewrites human history. Its appearance means a re-evaluation of the history of human development and even the history of Earth civilization.

And this may also be related to the true history of the earth and collapse.

The deep pit excavated by archaeologists leads all the way down to the pitch-black underground. Einstein stands on the anti-gravity suspended elevator that goes down continuously. She doesn't know whether she will sink into it and never return to the ground.

Soon, in less than two minutes, she arrived at the site of the archaeological discovery.

Prosperity? Desolation?

She couldn't find an accurate word to describe this ruin full of dust and history. She liked to use the God she didn't believe in as a metaphor, but at this moment, there was only one sentence she could think of.

This is simply a joke God played when studying model buildings.

The archaeological team was surrounding that strange center point, not daring to get closer or farther away, until Einstein arrived.

"Huh..." Einstein suppressed his pounding chest, walked past the crowd with trembling legs, and came to the place that looked like a world-famous painting.

A mechanical humanoid that has survived countless years without any decay. It has lost its left hand, legs and head, leaving only its torso and right hand, and is in a clenched posture.

And the "thing" in its hand made Einstein unable to take his eyes off it.

A crystal blue block of gemstone contained in a mechanical container.

The Fire Moths once discussed what to call this type of "object", and finally decided to directly name it after the original owner's code name.

They are called "Herringer Cores".

This flawless gem also exists in the distant Fire Moth headquarters.

This is another one, the core of the Ruler of Reason.

Chapter 30 Two Porcupines

"The properties and structure of Houkai energy are the same as those recorded in the data."

Einstein's cold sweat continued to flow from his forehead into his collar. She asked everyone else to stay away from here. One person's fingers flew across the keyboard, observing and analyzing the core of the Herrscher of Reason placed in the detection container from multiple aspects, and concluded that this core was exactly the same as the core of the First Herrscher.

Has a large-scale collapse also occurred in a place unknown to them, which was also caused by the Ruler of Reason?

wrong.

Because along with the Herrscher Core, the metal humanoid and the metal container that contained the Herrscher Core were also discovered.

The Herrscher Core cannot be directly exposed in normal space and requires special containers to maintain its shape and gather the endless Honkai energy. The seemingly inconspicuous container structure is so ingenious that even Einstein was amazed. The technology contained in the metal can, which is only 15 centimeters long, wide and high, is more powerful than the storage technology of the Fire Moth.

The metal material used for the container and the metal humanoid is of the same type. From a structural analysis, the similarity with the soul steel that Mei is currently testing is as high as 99%, which is equivalent to a large piece of stable, pure soul steel that can be reprocessed.

Einstein had a conjecture about the technology of humanoids and containers.

Long before the birth of human civilization, there was another civilization on Earth. They were more prosperous than humans today and went further, but they also suffered collapse.

The two civilizations may have a high degree of consistency in their historical processes. After discovering the Honkai, they began to deal with it. Soul steel and containment technology are both products of the fight against the Honkai. However, even with the development of technology to this point, it was unable to prevent the destruction of civilization.

"Wait a minute, the structure of these two..."

Just as Einstein was about to conduct further investigation, she discovered that there seemed to be a connection between the robot figure and the Herrscher core...

Soul steel is a metal that can perfectly adapt to Honkai energy, so it was chosen as the manufacturing material for the Key of God. After countless creatures were born and destroyed, and the environment changed for tens of millions of years, there was a tendency for the Herrscher core to merge with the human figure that was completely empty inside.

But this is also abnormal. Soul steel should remain in its original state without being corroded unless... someone intentionally fuses the two.

"The core of the Ruler of Reason still has consciousness." She swallowed. Even the calmest people would be shocked by this result at this moment. "It wants to revive itself through the fusion with Soul Steel..."

The power of the Herrscher of Reason is to reproduce a thing after thoroughly "understanding" and "interpreting" it. Her ability, like that of the Herrscher of Death, is more inclined towards abstract concepts. Theoretically, she can reproduce all human technology and double the number to ten or a thousand times to fight back against humans.

Fortunately, she was the first Herrscher to be born. Due to the two negative effects of the Honkai being unable to thoroughly analyze the civilization of this generation and the Herrscher herself not having much knowledge reserves, humans did not pay a particularly high price to kill her.

However, the consciousness within the core of the Ruler of Reason is completely different. Its autonomy far exceeds that of the well-behaved core of the First Ruler of Reason. Einstein even suspected that if it had not been restrained by a container, it would have used its power to reconstruct its body.

Even though it was restrained by soul steel, it still did not give up and used its weak power and consciousness to erode the human form over thousands and tens of millions of years, to the point that there is now a connection between them that is similar to that between body and consciousness.

No wonder the shape of this core is exactly the same as the core of the First Ruler, but the color is a little different...

However, the goddess of luck was still on the side of humans. They discovered it before the previous civilization's Ruler of Reason used Soul Steel to revive. Not only could they harvest an extra core of the Ruler of Reason, but they could also take over the legacy of the previous civilization. These Soul Steels could also be used to make the Key of God.

"Huh..." Einstein wiped his sweat. His curly blue hair was all messed up by her and connected to the outside communication. "You can come in now."

"Send these to the headquarters for safekeeping. They must be transported separately. Do not open the container of the Herrscher of Reason's core, and do not allow this soul steel body to get too close to the core."

……

"Give me the A4 drill bit."

Mebius put down the pliers in her hand and waved to Lin who was standing beside her. Lin picked up the A4 drill bit and placed it in her palm.

She was dissecting a small Honkai beast with a fibrous shell. Most of the armor of the Fire Moth was inspired by the shell of the Honkai. These armors existed only for pure defense, but in many ways they were more practical than one could imagine.

After handing over the tools, Lin casually asked, "What do you think about getting married?"

"Wait a moment." Mebius retorted impatiently. What she hated most was being disturbed when she was doing research seriously.

Although the things added after "most hated" can change at any time, at least right now, what she hates most is...

Um? Wait a moment.

Mobius was stunned for a few seconds, as if she had overlooked something extraordinary. She suspiciously put down the tools in her hand and asked Lin, who was standing there quietly, "What did you just say?"

"It's nothing, just do your thing first." Lin also felt that it was not appropriate to talk about unimportant things in a serious occasion.

At this moment, Mebius felt that he might have heard wrongly. After thinking for a while, he finished the rest of the work.