I'm not Yingjie

[Have they abandoned you? ]

Lin pursed his lips: "They gave up their lives to save others."

[Searching the database... According to Lin's age, a large-scale shopping mall fire occurred in Far East Changkong City eighteen years ago, and the number of victims was seventy-nine.]

A fire reduced the huge shopping mall to a blackened skeleton and took the lives of 79 people, including the parents of a half-year-old child.

And that child eventually grew up in an orphanage and followed the path his parents had taken - saving lives.

Rather than talking about the past, Lin would rather talk about the will given to him. It’s not that the story is not important, but what has been passed down into his body is the past that he is always willing to remember.

[So, Lin, you have developed extra feelings for Hun's family. Do they remind you of yourself?]

Prometheus asked another bloody question, and her straightforward way of speaking already had Lin's style.

"No." Lin denied.

"Prometheus, family is the destiny of mankind. I hope you can record this sentence. In the future, you will fight with other soldiers, and perhaps someone will treat you as a family member."

"By then, you must meet Dr. Mei's expectations and become a qualified artificial intelligence, respond to their wishes, and become their destination."

[Yes, recorded]

[Lin, where is your destination? ]

"..."

A long silence.

“I don’t need a home.”

【why? 】

"At this time, don't ask why, you just need to answer: I will be your home. You will encounter more similar words in the future, just do what I say."

[Yes, recorded]

There was another moment of silence.

Lin walked to the end and looked out from the inside of the window. He could still see the blocked Changkong City at the farthest end of the city. No one knew what had happened there.

Prometheus was completely silent. Lin closed his eyes and exhaled.

I hope that his teachings at this time can make Prometheus a warm fire for the soldiers.

The soldiers who were deprived of their home and driven by hatred need an illusory voice far more than they themselves.

Even though, it's just an artificial intelligence.

Suddenly, there was a noise coming from Lin's headphones.

Then, an emotionless girl's voice reached his ears.

"Lin, I will be your home."

This is just a repetition of that sentence without emotion.

But one day...

Testimonials

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Chapter 41: Moon-Slashing Blade

"Honkai disease... the disaster in Changkong City... are there any connections between the two?"

The unlit path was dim and shadowy, and the trees on both sides rustled in the night wind mixed with the smell of city cigarettes and alcohol. Su walked alone on this deserted road towards the border of Changkong City.

He still hasn't recovered from the shock of the Honkai disease patient that Director Fal saw today. The spreading stripes were like the devil's writings, which made Su determined to find a way to cure Honkai disease.

Then he had a suspicion.

Why were the disaster in Changkong City, whose truth was concealed by the government, and the occurrence of Honkai Disease so close in time? Is there any relative relationship between the two?

What is behind that makeshift high wall?

Su An couldn't help but be suspicious. His intuition told him that there was something behind the wall that could help him understand the current situation, so after get off work he immediately found a more secluded road and walked towards the high wall.

Nearly.

As the wall got closer and closer to him, Su looked up at the wall and realized how ridiculously high it was. In order to support a wall of this height, the thickness must be absolutely inconceivable.

Su hid behind the wall and looked out to observe: "How could a building of this size be built in such a short time?"

All residents about five kilometers away from the wall were dispersed. According to the government, radiation would leak out from behind the wall, making the surroundings eerily quiet. Su tiptoed towards the wall.

No one is guarding it? Because of the so-called "radiation"?

Su squatted in front of the wall and carefully explored the surroundings. As far as he could see, there was only an almost desolate emptiness, and there was not even a guard on duty.

He soon found out why no one was on guard.

"No entrance?" The unpainted wall was like a high mountain blocking the way. The wall was made up of fine and densely stacked materials, so that even a mosquito could not stick its mouth into it, let alone an entrance. It was impossible to find a place to climb up.

Sue pinched her chin and thought, "Do they only rely on helicopters to get in and out?"

Shaking his head, Su decided to take a look around to see if there was any hidden entrance.

A few hours passed and Su Zuo's legs were shaking, but he still couldn't find any gaps in the wall. He looked at the wall with dazed eyes, which was exactly the same as a few hours ago, and even wondered in a trance if he was trapped in a ghost wall.

"Ha...ha...ha..." Su sat on the ground, sweating profusely, holding his knees, looking at the high wall standing in front of him in despair.

Is there really no alternative?

Su thought of the patients with Honkai disease lying in the hospital beds, gritted his teeth and stood up again.

"stop."

"Click."

A chill rushed from the coccyx all the way up to the back of the head, causing Su's limbs to stiffen in place. He dared not move or look back.

He could feel the chill of a gun pointed at his head.

It was a cold gaze that was almost tangible. It looked him over from head to toe, like examining a lifeless piece of meat, and then ordered in a tone so cold that it froze him: "Raise your hands and turn around."

Su then remembered that he was so scared that he didn't even raise his hands. If he was regarded as uncooperative and the other party shot him directly...

He swallowed, raised his hands over his shoulders, and slowly turned around.

Only one hand holding a gun was exposed, and the man stood in the shadows at some point.

The sight is sharper.

"Name, occupation, age."

"Sue, doctor, 19 years old."

"...That's right." The gun was still pointed at him, but the muzzle was slightly lowered, and a blue light flashed.

Su's heart tightened. This was not an interrogation of him, but a proofreading of the information to see if he was lying?

Does that mean this person is from the government?

"What are you here for?"

Can't lie.

Su didn't know why he reminded himself this way. If he lied, this person would find out.

"I want to enter Changkong City."

"why."

"I want to find a cure for Honkai disease."

"..."

"You are a government official, you must know about Honkai Disease!" Su bit his lip and shouted to the man, "Please, can you tell me the truth about Changkong City?"

His eyes were sincere and pure, revealing compassion for his patients.

"We won't reveal any information to irrelevant people." The man in the shadow put down his gun and stared at Su quietly, "I'm not a government official either."

"then who are you?"

"The hospital you work for has a partnership with us. If you want to know, go ask your superior."

The figure turned and disappeared into the darkness, his words still floating in the air: "I'll give you thirty seconds to get out of here."

……

Lin stood on the roof, watching Su leave with the red-hot scan provided by the visual window, then he turned and jumped onto another roof.

Su...

Lin remembered this name. Kevin often told him that he had a good friend who was a medical genius, and they often made plans to go out together on holidays.

I didn't expect him to come here to investigate. Is it because of Kevin's loss of contact?

[Lin, do you want to upload the conversation record just now to the database?]

"no."

Since Kevin no longer contacts Su, which is even more ruthless than Lin's, it means that Kevin doesn't want Su to be involved in the collapse, and Lin also tries his best to prevent Su from knowing the truth.

The hospital where Su joins has a cooperative relationship with Fire Moth. Some of the patients with Honkai will be sent to the Fifth Branch for serum research, and the Fifth Branch will provide some technical support. However, the hospital does not know the true identity of Fire Moth, only that it is a pharmaceutical company.

Risking your life for the sake of the patient?

Lin recalled Su's tough yet compassionate eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.

[Jumping device activated]

[Lin, your output is only 30% of the usual, please be careful not to use the burst mode]

"Understood, the mission begins."

[Task begins]

Lin jumped up from the roof like a black meteor, ran upwards against the high wall, and reached the top floor in just a few seconds.

The first thing that caught the eye was Changkong City, which had not changed much compared to more than a month ago. After the sweep of the Fire Moths, all the dead soldiers and Honkai beasts in the city were wiped out, but the concentration of Honkai energy could not be eliminated overnight. Now there is still residual Honkai energy in Changkong City, which is giving rise to the birth of Honkai creatures.

Lin was supposed to be in the fifth branch, but he received a mission saying that it was detected that some special assassins were crossing the high wall in Changkong City, and the combat team of the fifth branch was also sent out on a temporary mission, so he was asked to go and fight the assassins.

A special assassin who can cross the high wall?

There is an automatic machine gun at the bottom of the wall facing Changkong City. If a flying Honkai beast such as an Assault-level Honkai beast approaches, it will automatically fire. But now there are actually assassins who can cross the defense line and climb up a wall of this height?

Lin's red-hot scanner was functioning normally, scanning the target location mentioned in the mission.

Everything is normal in the viewing window, nothing moves.

Has he already left?

The moonlight shining through the clouds was cold, casting Lin's shadow on the ground, stretching it out like a slender ghost.

What Lin, who had activated the red-hot scan, didn't see was that behind his shadow, a taller and slimmer shadow quietly approached him.

A pair of scarlet eyes quietly lit up in the darkness, staring at Lin's back.

then……

"bass--"

A scimitar cut through the moon and slashed towards Lin's back.

Chapter 42: Purgatory

"bass--"

"Lin, hide in the back."

Prometheus's reminder made Lin shudder. The instinctive reaction engraved in his body drove him to roll forward subconsciously. An inky black blade slashed over his head, and then the figure swinging the knife made a reverse joint movement that a normal human could not do, changing the horizontal chop of the long knife into a vertical chop, and went straight for Lin's neck.

This time Lin heard the sound of breaking wind. He supported himself on the ground with one hand and drew his gun quickly to shoot at the ground.

The bullet fired was a real bullet, which ricocheted after hitting the ground at an oblique angle, changing its angle and hitting the blade.

"Oh!"