I'm not Yingjie

He felt that he should admire Lin.

This feeling is difficult to explain. If it is said that he sacrificed himself heroically for the Fusion Warrior Program, then Kevin was the same, and the operation was successful. And if it is said that it was Lin's achievement... then there are many different opinions and no one is sure.

It was a very complicated feeling, and the fact that I had never been able to get in touch with Lin made the feeling even more complicated.

"...Hmm." After seeing Lin and Hua finish their conversation, Alvin quickly turned around and chased after the sweets on the plate, fearing that he would be noticed that he was following Lin.

He tracked down Lin halfway through the dance and saw some... well, strange scenes.

But it doesn’t matter. The Lin in my mind and the real Lin are just a little different, but it’s not disillusioning.

How to say it… He was relieved to see that Lin was “okay”.

It wasn't any twisted or fanatical emotion. Just seeing a respectable person still alive and strong made Erwin feel that he had the courage to continue fighting.

But when he was about to leave—

"Hey, wait a minute."

With a smile on her face, Alysia pulled Padua and blocked his way.

……

"I feel like Lin has become a male succubus overnight." Wei Erwei pinched the straw with two fingers and drank in small sips. "Could it be that a sad man exudes a different kind of charm?"

"Normal people will attract normal people, and abnormal people will naturally attract abnormal people." Mei Ying responded and stretched out her hand, saying, "Dr. Weiwei, give it to me."

"Now? Isn't it still at the dance? It won't be too late to wait until tomorrow."

"I'll review it tonight."

“You really work hard.”

Weiwei took out a storage device from her... collar? From a strange angle, and handed it to Mei.

Mei took one look at it and put it in her pocket.

"But Dr. Mobius is actually interested in something other than her experiments and life goals. Logically, there should be a deep-seated hatred between Lin and her, right?" Wei Wei took out an A from the cards in her hand and placed it on the table, then shuffled the cards skillfully. "Could it be that Dr. Mobius is not as obsessed with research as he seems?"

"…People are powerless against 'resonance'."

Mei looked at the bustling crowd indifferently, with her hands on the table.

"It is Mebius's obsession with her goal that makes her 'resonate' with Lin, who has completely different ideas but is so similar to her."

"Hmm? Are Mebius and Lin similar? Why don't I think so?"

Weiwei drew another A blindly. These were just some tricks of flower cutting, but Weiwei didn't seem to use those tricks. She relied purely on her memory to find the cards she wanted.

"Behaving eccentrically, being unpopular, having an alternative personality... And Lin happens to be a person who is willing to recognize others even if they have different ideas. He is willing to recognize people at the other extreme even if they insist on being absolutely different. This should be an irresistible 'smell' for Mobius."

"Interesting statement."

The third A was pulled out by Weiwei in the blink of an eye and placed at position three.

"What about Miss Killer?"

"cherry?"

Mei chuckled quietly, "I'm not a master of emotional puzzles."

"From your tone, it seems like your analysis is very logical."

"Because I have a boyfriend?"

"...Come to think of it, you've only been in love once, haven't you?" Wei Wei looked at Mei in surprise, "Why do you know so much about it?"

“The abilities I need for the position I’m in.”

"Oh...smooth talker?"

"To be precise... it is to understand people's minds and manipulate them to their advantage."

Mei smiled bitterly, "Let's get back to the point. Sakura's words are actually easier to understand than Mebius'. She used to be a killer, and her sense of identity would make her consciously put herself in a lower position than Lin, who was closer to her."

Weiwei listened with great interest while stroking the cards, trying to find the last A by memory.

"Plus she unilaterally believes that there is a conflict between herself and Lin. It is not difficult to imagine that Ying actually feels more guilty towards Lin. Once Lin, as the subject, relieves her guilt, the emotion will turn positive."

"Wow, as expected of Dr. Mei, even manipulating people's hearts is easy for him."

Weiwei drew the last card and placed it on the last position.

"Actually, you are quite sentimental, aren't you, Dr. Mei?"

"That's not a nice word, Dr. Velvet."

"Then...where is Alicia?"

Weiwei turned over the cards, and on top of it was not the last A, but the JOKER at the top.

Chapter 124 Don't Believe It

Not every crisis will brew for a long time, give hints, and then explode.

Just like true despair, it is not a childish script that can be caused by sudden misfortune, but those small "things" that are inadvertently ignored, which gather into a stream and break down the heart again and again, like a river carrying away mud.

When the unnoticed, tiny, “that”, shows up.

Everything is too late.

……

"I still find it strange. What kind of existence is the Herrscher consciousness?" When in contact with Mei, Weiwei would ask quite a lot of questions. This does not mean that Mei must know more than Weiwei, or is more knowledgeable. Simply put, Weiwei first needs to know another way of thinking, which is equivalent to another solution to a problem.

"…The Herrscher's consciousness can be transferred. This alone is enough to widen the gap between them and humans."

Mei's eyes kept moving around the crowd.

She always felt something was "not right".

Mei's way of doing things makes all her actions based on "analysis" and "reality", and she remains indifferent even if things without basis are placed in front of her.

But now, she had an inexplicable intuition that something was "wrong".

It was as if something was about to happen, and something indescribable enveloped her.

If I had to make a metaphor, it would be like a wild beast extending its steaming tongue from its fanged mouth and licking the back of her neck, which was so creepy.

Glancing at Wei Liwei, she didn't seem to notice anything.

Mei suppressed those unreasonable intuitions. These were probably natural reactions of the human body from many aspects. It seemed that she needed to rest.

"In the early days, we believed that the consciousness of the Herrscher could be divided into two states: 'contaminated' and 'replaced', but now I think that it is likely that it is just a manifestation."

Time passes, technology advances, and our understanding of some things is constantly changing.

Mei's non-stop research has given her an incomparable understanding of the Herrscher creature, but there are still a lot of unsolved mysteries.

"You can imagine that the Herrscher core is a 'database'. After being implanted into a human body, the data covers the human consciousness, forming the Herrscher consciousness. Then the Herrscher consciousness is a 'transformed consciousness' with humans as the carrier and body." Mei narrated calmly, "It's just that the transformed consciousness can choose to show more 'human' aspects or more 'Honkai Impact' aspects. In essence, there may be no contamination or substitution. It is human consciousness, just in a different form."

"Oh~ This is really... a bold guess." Weiwei said this, but there was no surprise on her face. "I thought you would also think that the Herrscher consciousness is something that cannot be explained and was born from the collapse."

"I heard you say before that you like to read mystery works, right?"

"Of course, please call me Detective Velvet."

"Then you should know the techniques of paradoxical narrative, such as making two different time points mistaken for the same time point, two different places mistaken for the same place, and there is also a kind of supernatural disguised as science." Mei chuckled, "In fact, the myths in history can also be regarded as using paradoxical narrative techniques. The so-called gods are some natural phenomena, and the effect of creating gods is achieved by changing the wording."

She pushed up her glasses, a cold light flashed across her face: "And in my opinion, the Herrscher's consciousness... no, the Honkai is the same."

The almost miraculous powers used by the Herrscher can actually be explained by science. What they can do, humans can also do through technology. So, things like transforming human consciousness, humans...may also be able to do it.

To restore the Herrscher's consciousness back to human form...

Suddenly, “the one” came.

Mei opened her eyes wide. Something that was infinitely magnified and indescribable came to her.

……

"Anything else?"

To be honest, Lin’s biggest headache was seeing Alicia.

The second headache was that Alicia came back shortly after she left.

"Leave...quickly..."

Lin suddenly raised his head, and his colorless perspective quickly swept past him.

"What's wrong, Lin?"

Alicia, who was about to play a trick on him, asked in confusion when she saw Lin reacting like a cat with its fur standing on end.

"No..." Lin frowned. He didn't notice anything wrong. Everything around him was normal. People were dancing, drinking and chatting happily.

Was it an illusion just now?

It was like someone was standing next to his ear and whispering something.

"Oh... I want you to meet three people." Alicia smiled, "Then, I hope they can become your team members."

"…I am now a member of the Poison Pupa Squad."

That's right, even though Lin has undergone super transformation surgery, he is still a member of the Poison Pupa Team, and this will not change.

Normal soldiers cannot join the Poison Pupa Squad.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. You will definitely leave the Poison Pupa sooner or later anyway~" Alicia smiled confidently, "After you leave, let them become your team members."

"...What are you planning?" Lin realized that something was wrong. Whenever Alicia looked normal, that was when she was most abnormal.

"Um... no." Alicia spread her hands innocently, "It's just that I think you're lonely, so let the three kids join your team."

"..." Lin looked at Alysia with sharp eyes. After thinking for a while, Lin said, "You want to join my team in this way?"

Oops, I’ve been discovered.

Lin looked down at Alysia, who was beginning to sweat coldly, with a cold look on her face: "You mean the 'child' you mentioned? You can't be the only one, right?"

Why are you so sensitive in this regard?

"I reject."

"Wait a minute! Teacher Lin! There are really two children who want to see you!"

Lin raised his eyebrows and was about to say something.

"Soon...no..."

My whole body trembled as if I had received an electric shock.

Since Lin lost his sense of touch, most of his body reactions have also disappeared.

What is this feeling...?

Aren't we still at the dance? Why do I feel like something is approaching?

"Leave……"

"Forest……"

"..."

Intermittent sounds floated into his ears. Under Alicia's strange gaze, Lin kept shaking his head, trying to dispel the sound.

"Don't trust Lin."

A clear, cold and stern voice slammed heavily into Lin's ears.

what?

At this moment, in this noisy dance, a pair of evil, blood-red eyes slowly opened.

He narrowed his eyes as if he was mocking someone.

Chapter 125 Endless September

September 11th.

Not every story will have an exact time, just like not every protagonist will be an orphan.

But just as the orphan identity often advances the plot better, the announcement of the time must also have its significance.