I'm not Yingjie

"Let me think... it's been fifty years." The old woman showed her toothless mouth and smiled cheerfully, "You really haven't changed at all."

"My body ages at a different rate than yours, so I could live forever if I wanted to."

"Hahaha... Unlike me, I have become an old woman."

"If you want, I can also help you restore your body to its prime."

"No need. I am old, so I am old. Everyone will die one day. I am just meeting the end that I deserve..." The old woman seemed to have not spoken to anyone for a long time. Now that she had someone to talk to, she was very happy. "Did you meet them?"

"What? Who did you meet?"

"You're talking about... humans who left their home planet to go to space... the people on this Earth have already gone to space."

Lin's eyes widened.

The May Day Special: Drifting in the Universe

"Going to space? You guys?"

Lin was momentarily stunned by what the old woman said.

You should know that it takes at least hundreds of cosmic eras for a civilization to grow from its inception to childhood, and it will take more time to graduate from childhood and go to the universe than from the inception to the childhood stage.

But she said that it only took the human beings on Earth fifty years to fight the Honkai and travel to the universe?

This is no longer a legendary evolution; it is not even a theoretical possibility.

"Haha...it seems that even...aliens would be surprised..." The old woman's high-spirited smile made Lin see the confidence she once had in rejecting him.

"I've said it before. I'm not omnipotent. It's natural for me to be surprised."

After hearing what the old woman said, some of Lin's doubts about coming to Earth suddenly disappeared, but what followed was an interest in how humans on this Earth defeated the Collapse and left their home planet.

"Well... although I really want to hear you tell me in person what happened, it's more interesting to leave it in suspense and let me deduce it myself." Lin touched his chin, and his mind became active. After living for more than half a universe, his experience is different from before. Although his personality has not changed much, he is actually more mature inside.

"At that time, you were only a few tens of thousands of people struggling to survive the collapse. Logically speaking, even if you managed to defeat the collapse, it would be impossible for you to develop to the level of entering the universe in such a short time. So you must have been studying how to leave in the middle of the confrontation."

"This is also your strategy, imitating the second strategy I provided, escaping from Earth, but you chose to leave together."

"With a huge technological explosion in a short period of time, you were able to create a starship or spaceship that could support tens of thousands of people to escape from Earth. You couldn't do it on your own. Someone helped you afterwards, and they were also alien creatures."

"I see. I sent the coordinates to the Interstellar Alliance, and they came and rescued you. That broke the rules."

After listening to Lin's words, the old woman didn't say anything for a long time, but her face was full of kind smiles. It was not until Lin looked at her doubtfully that she said weakly: "What a pity... most of it is right... but only part of it is wrong..."

Part?

Lin was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that this was a time and space after quantum disturbance, but the old woman said that the time that had passed in the past fifty years was the same as the time he was originally in...

Could it be...

Lin asked hesitantly: "Do you... know what year of the Cosmic Era it is now?"

The old woman told me a year.

"..."

"What's wrong?" This time it was the old woman's turn to ask the silent Lin.

"So that's how it is... So that's how it is... No wonder we lost contact with the Interstellar Alliance at that time..." Lin murmured in a low voice, then stared at the old woman with complicated eyes, "Was it also quantum disturbance at that time..."

When Lin came to Earth fifty years ago, he was unable to contact the Interstellar Alliance. At that time, he thought that the galaxy where the Earth was located did not have a signal for ultra-long-distance communication.

But in fact, the ultra-long-distance communication signals at that time could not match those of the Interstellar Alliance.

The reason is that the Interstellar Alliance updates the communication signal every ten cosmic years. At that time, Lin actually entered the quantum disturbance and came to the Earth which did not belong to the time and space at that time, so he was unable to communicate.

Based on the year reported by the old woman and the environment he investigated at the time, he had a bold guess.

This is actually the home planet Earth of his ancestors. He has actually come to the Earth where his ancestors once lived. The old woman in front of him is one of his ancestors.

After humans migrated to the universe, the Earth gradually deviated from its original course due to various events. Over time, its coordinates became far different from their previous coordinates, which is why the Interstellar Alliance did not find anything.

"This is really... the wonder of the universe." Lin sighed from the bottom of his heart, "I think you have created a ship for mankind by studying my spaceship."

"Haha...you guessed it..." The old woman nodded without any concealment.

"After all, humans are the best in the universe in terms of learning ability..." Lin raised his lips, "They are able to cross a long period of time and a terrifying technological gap to find a way to survive. Should we say that they are worthy of being the ancestors of mankind..."

The reason why humans rejected his two plans at that time was because they had secretly studied Lin's spaceship. He had specifically warned humans not to have any bad intentions towards his spaceship, but they took a gamble for the survival of all mankind, even if they were destroyed by Lin, it was their own choice.

So, they made the right bet. Not only did they not trigger the spacecraft's automatic counterattack system, but they also studied some spacecraft technology. Even if it was only a very, very small part, it was enough to make a qualitative leap in their technological level.

"They all left at that time, but I chose to stay." Memories flashed through the old woman's cloudy eyes. "The Honkai faded along with the fading of civilization, and I lived alone on Earth. Because you helped us, I must stay and apologize for stealing your technology..."

"Apologize? Hahahaha..." Lin couldn't help laughing when he heard this word, "No, no, no, I'm not going to help you. This is what you fought for. Why do you need to thank or apologize to me? What's more..."

What's more, that technology should belong to humans.

"You know what? I left my race and drifted alone in the universe in order to see the strange species, events and phenomena in the universe. Although I have witnessed many of them over the past few decades, I have not participated in any of them myself."

Lin stopped laughing and looked at the old woman: "Now, there is a miracle of the universe that I have personally experienced. Perhaps, I have seen the greatest miracle for me."

Is there anything more extraordinary than being able to guide your ancestors onto the right path?

"You are right. What I said was also right. I have indeed seen your descendants, and this history will become a legend in the universe."

"In any case, this is the result of human efforts. I used to think that the collapse of a civilization was just like this, but the fact that humans have escaped from childhood is indeed a case of success achieved through courage and insight."

Perhaps that was fate, humans bypassed the automatic counterattack system they had set up thousands of years ago and gained a chance to survive.

And that vitality created Lin and brought him here.

"I think I should go home too."

Lin smiled and held out his hand to the old woman.

"Do you want to see the magnificence of human beings in the universe?"

One day off per month

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Chapter 103 Indifference

The losses were getting bigger and bigger, the casualties were getting heavier and heavier, the Fire Moth should have been facing another round of depression, but it was instead radiating another round of vitality.

Because humans have waited for their hero, a warrior who can defeat the Herrscher.

There was singing and dancing, as if mankind had won.

It's as if those tragedies never existed.

……

Sakura took short steps, a habit she had developed over a long period of time. As she strolled through the Fire Moth's headquarters, she moved through the crowd like a silent ghost.

She glanced at the people who were discussing something heatedly and the decorations that were being arranged with an atmosphere of joy, and then paid no more attention.

She didn't stop anywhere and arrived at the destination of this trip.

Mebius' laboratory.

Since the success of the Fusion Warrior Program, Mobius' laboratory seems to be more lively. As one of the main participants, Dr. Mobius has to face more projects and constantly improve the plans of the Fusion Warrior Program, so more people are coming in and out.

But today is destined to be an extraordinary day... at least for Mobius's laboratory and its owner.

Mebius's distinctive voice could be heard at the door: "I told you, he needs some time to rest. If anyone else were in his situation, they would have gone crazy."

"But the information he sent back to Prometheus II was that he was almost recovered." Another calm voice sounded like Dr. Mei's.

"Tsk..."

"Dr. Mobius, even if you have a good relationship with Lin, you shouldn't do this. You are only delaying the Fusion Warrior Project and Lin..."

"Who has a good relationship with him? However, if the experimental subject is in a bad condition, it will also affect the results of the experiment. Even when choosing mice, the strongest ones are often chosen."

"Hmm...Okay, let's put aside our research on Lin for now. I hope Dr. Mebius can come up with the plan we agreed on as soon as possible."

"If you hadn't kept asking me to revise it, I would have taken it out a long time ago."

It couldn't be called an argument, but there were tiny sparks between the wording of the two people's conversation. It was only after Mei gave in that they were able to barely stop discussing someone.

Ying thought about it and decided not to go in. She decided to wait for Mei to come out by herself.

Mei walked out of the door and saw Ying, who was dressed in formal clothes. She nodded calmly: "Miss Ying, you are here."

……

Everyone in Mobius's laboratory swallowed at the same time, lowered their heads, and quietly looked at the gloomy Mobius.

No matter how bad-tempered and sarcastic Mebius was in the past, he had never been so frightening. It was as if he was treating those worthless test subjects in the laboratory, with an ominous cold light flashing in his eyes.

After standing for a while, Mobius put away her expression. She seemed unaware of the gazes of Danzhu and the others. She pondered for a moment and walked towards the door of the laboratory.

“Eh? Doctor…” Klein said hesitantly.

Mebius stopped and looked back at her: "What's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing."

Mebius gave her a puzzled look, then ignored her and walked out of the laboratory towards the direction she remembered.

What Klein actually wanted to say was that Mebius would never walk out of the laboratory door alone, and it would be a death sentence for her to go to the cafeteria to eat by herself. Most of the things were done by Klein.

So today, she didn't act shy like a socially desperate otaku and walked out the door without a second thought, which surprised Klein a little.

"Doctor, there seems to be something different today." As soon as Mobius left, Danzhu began her slacking off. After observing for a while and finding that Mobius had really left, she took the cup to the water dispenser to make milk tea and said to Cang Xuan, "This is the first time I see her so excited."

"The doctor was also very excited when he found out that Danzhu's data sheet was filled out incorrectly." Cang Xuan sorted out the paper documents in his hand and complained.

"That's different! The doctor always sneers at me, but he never raises his voice."

Cang Xuan spread his hands and turned to Klein: "Senior Sister Klein, what do you think?"

"...I think so?" Klein usually didn't want to respond to the two people's conversation, but today she did feel that something was wrong with Mobius. "The doctor seems to be particularly...resistant to Mr. Lin's affairs. Do you remember the experimental data we were asked to process yesterday?"

"I can't remember." Danzhu gave the expected answer.

"Hmm... the one about the super-transformation surgery?" Cang Xuan still had some memories. She frowned and said, "Because there is a lot of useless data during the super-transformation surgery, so the part where we were asked to sort it out after processing some of it?"

"Later, when the doctor was looking for the data I had sorted out, I saw her take out some of it and change it a little. I guess that was Mr. Lin's experimental data."

"…But doesn't the doctor always pursue the authenticity of data?"

“I don’t know. Maybe those data are not good things for her, or for Mr. Lin.” Klein shook his head and whispered sadly, “Dr. Mobius is not herself anymore.”

……

No matter what others discussed, Mebius didn't care. She chose a path that few people took and came to Lin's room.

This was her second time here, the first time being not long ago.

Without knocking, she took out an identification card, opened Lin's door, walked in, and locked the door.

The room was quiet and she smelled something musty but didn't know what it was.

Clothes? Food? Or... people?

She turned on the light with her backhand, and her blue pupils immediately saw Lin sitting at the table, holding a pen.

He was not wearing a helmet, nor did he cover his face. Although his fair face was not unshaven, the black hair on the back of his head was longer than before and unkempt, like scattered fluff.

"..."

Lin seemed not to have heard Mebius come in. He was still holding the pen, concentrating on writing something on the paper.

But Mebius knew that he must have heard her arrival, but now, he had returned to his previous indifferent attitude towards everyone.

Just like you don't want to hurt anyone, just like you don't want to hurt yourself.

Mebius walked forward and glanced at the crooked words on the paper. None of them were pleasing to the eye. They looked like something a few-year-old child had scribbled on a piece of paper with a pen.

It is hard to imagine that this would be written by Lin, who once had a beautiful handwriting.

She said nothing, sitting at the table, staring down at Lin's hand holding the pen and writing slowly on the paper.

"..."

"..."

After a long, long time, Lin, who had finished writing on a piece of paper, looked up and looked at Mebius.