I'm not Yingjie

"I was supposed to take good care of her, but I didn't do anything."

Alicia felt Lin's gaze fall on her shoulder, and then quickly retracted. He was brewing something to say, but he was determined not to move.

"The day after I met her, I already knew she was a Herrscher." Lin wanted to say a lot, but what he said became something else. "Perhaps I should have told Mei about her existence at that time, even if she would have to face endless research and experiments."

Take good care of her? Lin knew it wasn't Alicia's fault at all.

Maybe he was wrong. He should have strictly followed the orders, but he violated the regulations, which led to a series of events later.

"I didn't have any luck with the Herrscher before. The way the Herrscher was born determined that they would only have malice towards humans. But after her, I was thinking about one thing."

"Does a Herrscher with human nature really exist?"

Alicia's fingers trembled slightly, but Lin, who had no sense of touch, did not feel her momentary struggle.

"I think there are. Maybe there is already a Herrscher who likes to wear beautiful clothes, eat delicious sweets, and be happy every day like an ordinary girl..." Her eyes flickered like sparkling amber, "and has people she likes."

"Yeah……"

"Boom."

Lin, who was about to continue speaking, stopped speaking abruptly. The lights in the ballroom went out again, which made others complain in dissatisfaction.

"What the hell! Do you still want to continue the dance?"

"Why are you dancing in the dark? Turn on the lights!"

"Where is the backstage? Where is the backstage..."

At this time, Lin discovered something.

People, seem very irritable.

This was not an illusion, but ever since he heard about the plan to hold a ball, the entire headquarters has been filled with a sense of irritability hidden beneath the celebration.

It was as if they were expecting a full-blown "party" rather than a dance.

Enjoying wine, food and hormones, he can't wait to forget the sadness of the seventh collapse and wants to ignore the sword of Damocles hanging over his head.

But...what can he do?

This is their common pursuit and also the fastest way for them to escape from the haze.

No matter who you are, you must allow this to happen.

"Snapped."

Suddenly, a light was lit in the dark dance hall, shining above the stage.

Everyone looked closely, and when they saw the figure walking slowly in the light, they all held their breath.

Like a woman walking out of a famous painting in an exhibition hall in an art capital, the crisp sound of her high heels echoed in the already silent dance hall, and her sad and charming eyes stared at the front where no one was.

It was as if he was looking at some people who were unable to come here.

It was as if he was looking at some people who could no longer come here.

In the prolonged silence, the woman raised the microphone in her hand, gently opened her mouth, and sang in a leisurely melody.

There is no vocal technique, nor any deliberately constructed compassion.

She was just singing with the most authentic voice, telling the story in a melodious voice.

Gradually, those impatient voices disappeared.

Lin heard the sobbing beneath the singing.

He raised his head and met the singer's eyes. She had an approachable smile on her face and Lin couldn't tell that she was crying.

The sobbing gradually became louder.

Those things that should have been forgotten returned to where they belonged.

And the sound of crying gradually drowned out the singing in the silent dance hall.

……

"Eden."

Lin called out to Eden who was about to leave the backstage. She had already removed her makeup and was carrying her things, ready to leave.

"What's wrong, Lin?" Eden's smile did not change. She stood there, looking at him like a painting. "By the way... I'm glad you came, my friend. Have you reconciled with Ai Li?"

"What are you going to do next?"

Lin once asked Eden this question.

At that time, Eden chose not to join the Fire Moths.

"Are you asking me if I'm going to leave the Fire Moth next?"

"Ah."

"..."

Eden smiled elegantly and asked without hesitation, "What does Lin think?"

Lin was stunned for a moment, and after seeing Eden's indifferent eyes, he said: "Your art can indeed do things that only you can do."

"so……"

"So I hope you can stay."

Eden smiled faintly and nodded.

People need to forget, that is their privilege.

But they also need to remember...

Chapter 000 CM-

Lin stood in the backstage, and he was the only one left in the empty space.

He seemed to have seen many things at this dance.

Some were from headquarters, some were from the past, and some were around him.

It seems like everything has changed, but some things remain the same.

"Are you relieved?"

Lin nodded subconsciously.

But the next second, he opened his eyes wide.

These words did not come to his mind, but to his ears.

"Boom."

Something like the sea overwhelmed him.

……

"The concentration of Honkai energy has increased by 5%. It is still 16% away from the critical point. Continue to inject."

Lin stood expressionlessly in the familiar place, which was not much different from the last time he came here.

As narrow and dark as ever.

But this time, he heard a voice that did not belong to him more quickly than last time. According to Mebius, it was a voice from a parallel world.

But this was not some completely unfamiliar instruction; it was an instruction that he had heard given during an operation.

Super transformation surgery.

"Zi-"

The screen changed, and a scene of an operating room where a surgery was being performed appeared. Lin found that he was no longer just "outside the screen", but could actually stand on the floor within the screen.

What is going on…

While Lin was still thinking, a strange alarm sounded during the ongoing operation.

"Wait! Stop your hand—"

"Oh!"

A huge explosion engulfed him.

……

"..."

When Lin woke up from his coma, his mind was working faster than ever before.

Did he pass out during the observation after losing consciousness?

A conscious being can actually lose... "consciousness"?

He got up from the ground, and was on high alert. The explosion and abnormalities that had just occurred made his nerves tense.

After he stood up, all he saw was ruins. Lin frowned and looked around, and soon he knew where he was.

As expected, this place is an operating room.

Lin could never forget the place where the super-transformation operation was performed.

However, no explosion occurred during Lin and Kevin’s operations. Could this be an accident caused by a super-transformation operation in the future?

A drop of blood dripped from his forehead, and Lin Xufu's eyes became fixed.

Blood……?

The blood-red color was undoubtedly the blood rushing in his veins.

The senses of touch, smell, taste and color all returned to his body, but this body, which was supposed to be a conscious body, was actually... injured.

"Are you OK?"

A cold voice came with the support of a strong hand. Lin stretched out his hand and wiped the aching corner of his forehead. The bright red on his hand was extremely dazzling.

"Are you conscious? Do you know your name?"

Only then did Lin focus his attention on the person approaching him.

There is no doubt that Fire Moth's uniform is a soldier's style.

Long black hair, I seem to have seen it somewhere.

"I'm fine..." Lin stood up, brushed her hand away, and nodded indifferently.

He was still on guard at this moment. The last time that terrifying hand almost caught him was still fresh in his memory. Now, there was a high possibility that he would be found by that unknown "person".

"I'm glad you're okay. Do you know what happened?" The black-haired woman also looked around vigilantly, which caught Lin's attention.

"No...what about you?"

"I..." The woman covered her head in pain. She shook her head with a slightly ferocious expression and said, "I can't remember."

"Can't remember?"

Lin once again scanned the surroundings. Why was it so quiet after the explosion? No other soldiers came to check on the situation?

And what about this woman? She was near the operating room and was unharmed after the explosion, but she lost her memory?

"Do you remember your name?"

Lin asked, taking the initiative.

"My name is..." The woman shook her head vigorously, as if to get rid of something from her mind. After a while, she murmured to Lin with a blank face, "I don't know..."

"But I have a badge with a number on it."

Lin watched her pull out a familiar Fire Moth badge from her pocket, but the number on it was completely different...

CM-000.

……

Lin woke up from his trance with a start. His consciousness seemed to have returned to his body from a faraway place. A strange sense of alienation came from all over his body, making him return to the unbalanced state he had just been in when he lost his senses.

But after the first time, he quickly adapted to the control of his original body the second time.

"..."

He tried to shake hands, and his body without sense of touch moved according to his thoughts under the control of his consciousness.