I'm not Yingjie

"Yes."

"Hey, wait a minute, Captain... Wouldn't it be too much to let Team Lin clean up half of the area alone..." A weak-sounding voice made Lin pause as she was about to take action. She seemed so nervous that she stuttered. "He and I are both newcomers. Wouldn't it be better if we acted together..."

After hearing this, the mature female voice responded jokingly: "Hey, Xiaohun, you are worried about Lin, don't worry, Lin has fought against Honkai beasts many times before you joined the team."

The softer female voice was trying to explain in a panic: "Huh? No, I mean..."

"Soul team member."

Lin didn't want to listen to them arguing about something insignificant, so he stopped Hun from continuing. After a simple breathing cycle, he exhaled and said, "I have several experiences of carrying out missions alone, but you don't have any mission experience. It's best for you to accompany the captain and learn."

"..." There was silence from the other end, and the captain's muffled laughter could be faintly heard.

Lin shook his head. Ever since he met him, he felt that this colleague who joined the team later than him was weak in character but also extremely noisy. He also paid special attention to trivial matters outside of the mission.

Especially the fact that she cared so much about insignificant things, which was exactly the same as the pink-haired woman who he would always "accidentally" meet no matter what, which made Lin walk around her impatiently.

He put aside those useless thoughts and devoted himself to the mission. After picking up the gun behind him and loading it, he pressed the button on the side of the helmet, and a huge amount of information poured into the visual window.

[Jumping equipment activated]

Lin jumped down from the high platform. The three closest assassins were already locked in his vision window. He pulled the trigger before he landed on the ground, and with the vibration of the gun, he blew their heads apart like watermelons.

"The mission begins."

"Oh!"

After Lin landed, he immediately pulled out the sonar detector from his waist and smashed it against the wall behind him. The world in his eyes had several more pieces of data, and he could see the movements of all the surrounding Honkai beasts and dead men.

"Tattoo..."

He raised the muzzle of the gun that was spewing flames, and the modified firearm tore into pieces the bodies of these ordinary assassins. He chose the killing order in an orderly manner, trying to kill multiple assassins at once, allowing him to save bullets while dealing with targets most efficiently.

In the blink of an eye, the surrounding dead soldiers fell down in large numbers like wheat being cut, and the noise he made was quickly reflected by the monster's nest.

At the moment of changing bullets, a line of data flashed across the screen. Lin glanced at it, then jumped up reflexively. The grappling device on his right hand shot out, and with the jet device behind him, he swung out like flying in an instant.

The next second after he flew out, the wall behind him was shattered by the Honkai beast inside with a loud bang, and its smelly mouth let out a deafening and distorted roar.

At the same time, a tide of small winged Honkai beasts poured out from the breach and rushed towards Lin in mid-air at a very fast speed.

Lin Dang climbed onto another wall. With the help of the jet device, he "ran" on the wall very flexibly, running towards the tank-class Honkai beast that was obviously the leader. In his clenched left hand, the fuse of the grenade had been pulled out.

At this moment, Mr. Lin couldn't help but think of those useless discussions in the Fire Moth.

Most of the dead soldiers and lower-level Honkai beasts were transformed from humans. So, when they killed these "monsters", did they set them free, or did they take their lives on their own?

Lin labeled these discussions boring.

No matter what kind of moral, philosophical and biological discussions, when they are about to take human lives, all arguments about whether they should live or not seem particularly useless.

And Lin never hesitates to pull the trigger on these things.

He lived for this.

"Oh!"

……

The mincing lasted until nearly dusk. After detecting that there were no more dead soldiers and Honkai beasts in the entire blockaded area, Lin returned to the handover location dragging a gun without bullets and a tactical knife covered in blood and grease.

"Level A area cleared, please ask the logistics team to take over, and the fifth team will return."

After Lin got on the transport plane, he closed his eyes a little tiredly and snored for a while.

Whenever the logistics personnel passed by the transport vehicle, they would glance at the faceless man with a mixture of awe and fear.

A superhuman wearing a helmet hunted Honkai beasts and death warriors day and night, and even conquered the higher-level Honkai beasts in the second Honkai alone. These rumors had spread just a few months after Lin joined the Fire Moth.

His entire body was covered with specially made equipment that would likely fall apart if used by an ordinary person, especially the helmet. Ordinary equipment was designed to make it easier for soldiers to fight by simplifying complex information, but his helmet crammed all the detailed, massive amounts of information into it, allowing him to analyze and process it personally.

This greatly improved his combat efficiency, but for others, it would be a problem whether they could act normally, let alone process information.

He is also aloof and never interacts with others except for missions, as if he is just a robot designed to fight against Honkai.

"drop--"

A call connecting to his cell phone rang from inside the helmet. Lin opened his eyes, glanced at the name on the viewing window, and answered the call silently.

"..."

"..."

A silence so long that it was suffocating.

Lin never thought that there would come a day when he would be at a loss as to what to start talking about with his friend on the phone.

Kevin spoke hesitantly, "Lin, are you okay?"

"..."

Are you ok?

Lin glanced at the blood and body tissue on the inside of his arm, which he didn't know whether it was from the Honkai beast or the dead soldiers. Even after cleaning it up after returning, it was still not clean. He felt tired all over, and his overworked brain was buzzing inside.

Retracting his blurred vision, he looked at the name on the screen and said calmly, "Not bad."

It's just that you're wandering between life and death every day.

Kevin breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Lin respond to him: "Really? That's good."

Lin asked: "...What do you want to talk to me about?"

Kevin was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly said: "No, nothing..."

He just wanted to ask about the situation of his good friend whom he hadn't contacted for a long time. He wanted to know how Lin Guo was doing, where he went after dropping out of school, and what he was doing now.

But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them all back. The look in Lin's eyes when he left was still vivid in his mind, which made him realize that even if he asked, he would not get an answer.

Lin was silent for a few seconds, guessing Kevin's thoughts. He recalled his previous voice, adjusted his voice, and asked as softly as possible: "How are you and Mei?"

Kevin was extremely excited when he heard Lin asking about this. He poured out all the information in one go, "Hey, we often go out together now. She always asks me to go with her to lectures and academic seminars, even though I don't understand them..."

"Really? That's great, keep going, Kevin." Lin's brows softened a little, and he gave his sincere blessings.

Then, his tone turned cold and indifferent again: "I still have work to do here, so I'll hang up first."

"Eh? Wait, Lin——" The sudden change, before Kevin could react, he only heard a long registration tone.

"..."

Lin raised his head silently, looking back at the red-haired woman who was looking at him with interest, and the girl with highlighted hair beside her who was at a loss what to do when facing Lin's gaze.

The two of them must have been looking at each other for a while.

The tall red-haired woman was called Himiko, the captain of the fifth squad and Lin's superior. The captains of the Fire Moth squadron were all top fighters, and she was no exception.

In fact, according to Lin's record of defeating emperor-level Honkai beasts in the second Honkai and his performance as a task master, it shouldn't take long for him to be promoted to team captain. But he is just a rookie after all, and for many considerations, he should be allowed to stay in Himiko's team for the time being.

The girl with a highlighted inner layer and a black outer layer with a bluish-purple inner layer is Seele. She joined the team a little later than Lin. She is quite shy and introverted, but also very talented.

"Hmm...'That's great, keep it up, Kevin~'." Himiko pinched her throat and used a thin voice to imitate Lin's encouragement just now, while Hun babbled and looked back and forth between the funny captain and the silent senior, feeling a little at a loss.

Forest:"……"

"Haha, Lin, you can actually say that kind of words. I thought you only used interjections like 'oh', 'ah', and 'um' when talking to people outside of missions." Himiko pointed at Lin and laughed so hard that she almost rolled on the ground. Lin's face inside the helmet was as black as coal.

Captain Hunjian's unbridled ridicule seemed to have caused Lin's dissatisfaction. She explained weakly: "Well, Captain Lin, we were just careless..."

"Who is that Kevin? Is he your good friend? Our Headless Knight also has good friends?" Himiko's laughter was as cheerful as her personality. She hooked her arms around Lin's neck and questioned him with a strange smile.

Lin moved around and got out of the captain's broad embrace. He twisted his helmet coldly and did not answer her question. He said, "Captain, outside of the mission, I can speak one word except for the interjection."

"Oh? What word?"

"It's often used when dealing with a woman. I think it can be used according to the current situation."

Lin stared at the smiling Himiko and said in a cold and deep voice:

"roll."

Chapter 3: Lin, there is nothing I can do about Alicia

The transport plane glided smoothly through the clouds.

Lin is an extremely boring person. His life is filled with missions and training. His original life has nothing to do with Honkai, but he is more active in fighting Honkai than most people in the Fire Moth.

This is what Himiko said to Soul today. She glanced hesitantly at Lin, who was sitting opposite her and meticulously maintaining a pistol.

Hun had seen this pistol before. It was the standard equipment of the Fire Moth. Lin had always carried it with him and maintained it carefully, but had never used it.

"Captain Lin, why do you want to join the Fire Moths?" Hun thought that he should build good relationships with the team members. After all, they might have to fight side by side for a long time in the future.

Himiko, who was irritated by Lin's blunt words, turned around and looked at Lin whose hand had stopped. She was also quite interested in why an ordinary person from an ordinary background would want to join the Fire Moths.

"..."

"..."

Lin's silence has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts, but since he stopped what he was doing, it means that he was not ignoring the words, but was just thinking about how to say it.

After a while, a dull voice came from Lin's helmet: "Why are you doing this?"

"I... my parents are researchers at the Fire Moth. I was found to have a strong adaptability to Honkai energy, and I also want to help them..."

A considerable number of people in the Fire Moths joined because of the impact of Honkai, but there are also many people like Soul. For her, fighting Honkai may just mean killing zombie monsters and helping her parents.

"As for me... everyone must have some goals in life." Himiko smiled at herself, with a gleam of reminiscence in her eyes.

In response to the reasons given by the two of them, Lin simply said "Oh" and ended the conversation. Then he lowered his head and carefully wiped the muzzle of the gun.

"..."

The scene was silent for a few seconds before Himiko came back to her senses from her memories and asked in confusion, "What about you?"

After wiping the gun oil, Lin looked at the black muzzle of the gun, which was pointing right at his forehead. It seemed that a bullet would be fired at any time, piercing through the helmet and his brain.

“I want to find the truth.”

He said this without any reason and then stopped talking.

……

After the Fire Moth's headquarters built on the sea came into view in the sparkling sunrise, Lin heard Hun breathe a sigh of relief, perhaps because he felt like he was home.

When Lin looked at Himiko, she was looking at him with interest.

Lin understood this look, he had seen a similar look from a green-haired researcher who was responsible for examining him. He probably regarded him as a rare research material, but after a round of tests, he became uninterested.

He saw with his own eyes that during the test, the strange light in the eyes of the woman called Dr. Mobius became more and more intense, until it reached the peak where she almost wanted to pounce on him and slice him into pieces. Her face changed drastically in an instant, as if she saw half a fly in a cake when she was halfway through eating it.

At that time, Lin had vaguely guessed the result, and getting the report was just a verification of his guess.

Lin originally thought that this mission was to run in the new Fifth Team, but now it seems that it may just be another "test".

I believe that it won't be long before his latest combat report, along with a cup of coffee, is placed on the desk of a Fire Moth executive who is interested in him.

I hope I don't spit coffee all over the report when I see the column about Honkai adaptability.

"Want to go get a drink after your shower?"

have a drink?

Lin glanced at the rising sun that had just emerged from the sea level, and wondered in which country it was a custom to hold a bottle of wine so early in the morning.

He shook his head, and Himiko shrugged her shoulders and left with Hun.

"It looks like he has an appointment."

Lin had never heard of this before. Could unilaterally blocking someone's way be considered an "appointment"?

Seeing the pink-haired girl standing at the door with a smile, as if she had been waiting for a long time, Lin sighed imperceptibly, shook his head and prepared to walk past her.

"despair."

There was a flicker in front of his eyes, and then a smiling girl stood in front of him.

"..."

Move your feet.

stop.

No move.

stop.