I'm not Yingjie

Chapter 59: Breakthrough

"The world is going to end." Anna put food into her mouth with empty eyes.

"..."

"The world is going to end."

"..."

"The world is going to end, ahhhh!" Anna rolled on the ground holding her head, "What should I do! What should I do!"

Lin stared at her in silence.

She stood up, slammed her hands on the table, stared at Lin with wide eyes and said, "Uncle! You really don't have a girlfriend?"

...Is there any connection between the context?

Seeing that Lin didn't say anything, the chestnut-haired girl clenched her fists and made a stern expression: "Okay! Uncle, will you marry me!"

"..." This sentence contained too many elements, and for a moment Lin didn't know how to respond.

"Damn it! I'm an 18-year-old girl and I've never been in love, but the world is about to end. How can I do this?"

So those few words of “what to do” were referring to this matter?

Anna's different train of thought always surprises Lin in some aspects. After listening to Lin's general situation about Honkai, the first thing she thought of was that she had never been in a relationship.

But this is similar to what she said about ordinary people who can remain calm when facing the end of the world.

"First, Honkai is not the end of the world. Honkai is defined as a natural disaster with no rules, but it is not that simple in all aspects." Lin corrected her mistake, "Second, Honkai is not invincible. I always believe that humans can achieve the final victory."

"Third, I refuse. If you want to have a relationship, wait until this collapse is over and find someone of the opposite sex who has the same intentions as you."

After a while, when it was completely dark, Anna calmed down and sat at the dinner table thinking for half an hour. Then she picked up the bowl and ate all the cold food on the table. She stuffed everything into her mouth and swallowed it like a starving ghost.

After a moment, she sat in front of Lin with rice grains still on her pretty face.

"Uncle, what do you need me to do?"

"You don't have to do anything, just be yourself."

"No, I can't accept it."

"...Didn't you say that you would live peacefully even if the world ended?"

"But that's when there's nothing I can do!"

"why?"

Anna said very politely: "Because I love this world. Is this reason enough?"

"..."

Lin suddenly realized that he saw something extremely familiar yet unfamiliar on her face.

"I just love this ugly and hurtful world. Even if it leaves me alone, what's the problem?" Anna said with tears in her eyes.

"……No."

……

After a long time of adjusting her mood, Anna sat on the bed with her hands on her knees. Wearing only white pantyhose and a shirt, she had obviously forgotten about the electricity bill, or in fact, she no longer cared.

And what happened afterwards showed that Lin underestimated her ability to endure and her different way of thinking.

"Uncle, can you think about what I just said?"

"……what?"

"It's about marrying me."

What is she thinking about?

Even Prometheus couldn't help but ask. She thought that Vivi's thoughts were weird enough, but compared with Anna, she was nothing.

"Do you think I'm kidding? Or are you just looking for someone to fulfill your wish?" Anna sat on the bed meticulously, glancing at Lin from the corner of her eyes. "I'm not a casual girl."

Lin felt that she was indeed not careless, but her brain might have been damaged by the high fever.

"Uncle, I felt it was fate from the first moment I saw you. We happened to encounter hail, happened to meet under the same roof, and happened to collide with each other."

"And you're very handsome. Every move you make is handsome. Your posture when you save people, your cool attitude when you don't say anything, your occasional tsundereness, and even your ability to cook delicious dishes all make me think you're really great!"

Judging from the golden expression in Anna's eyes, she didn't seem to be lying, but this made Lin even more certain that her brain structure was different from others.

Because in Fire Moth, Lin's various behaviors were called "freaks".

"Look, I'm smart and lovable. Am I not the embodiment of wisdom and beauty? I'm a perfect match for you, uncle!"

"…If you had met my friend, you wouldn't say that."

Kevin is superior to Lin in every aspect. Among the men Lin knows, Kevin is a pretty perfect person. Unfortunately, Kevin has put all his attention on Mei.

And Lin didn't have any thoughts in this regard, or it could be said that his thoughts had not changed from the beginning.

"Uncle, you are really stubborn~" Anna spread her hands helplessly, "But this is also one of your charms~ Uncle, are there no other girls in your organization who like you?"

"No."

"You must be lying... that would make me look different!"

The only thing we can congratulate her on is that she finally discovered this fact.

……

"team leader."

Seeing Lin coming out of the door, Yimer respectfully handed him a towel and asked him to wipe the rain off his body.

Although he said it was on his body, in fact, only the rain water on his helmet could be wiped dry. But Imer probably thought that the helmet could represent Lin's condition.

After knowing the true physical condition of Lin, after the initial shock, Imer and Hua did not show any more emotions. Compared with the past when the three of them did their own things, they would occasionally have some simple exchanges.

"Did you gain anything today?" asked Imer.

"No."

"Today, I detected some anomalies through the Honkai energy detection of the entire city."

Imer's report made Lin pause for a second as he wiped his helmet. He then said, "What's unusual?"

"plz follow me."

Lin followed Yimer into the conference room. Hua was waiting for him inside. After seeing Lin, she nodded to him.

"Captain, the reason why you conducted precise detection throughout the city without any results is that there is something wrong with the frequency of Honkai energy." Imer projected today's overall monitoring map of Tran's Honkai energy onto the screen. "At 4:15 in the afternoon, Tran's overall Honkai energy increased abnormally for 30 seconds, but the time it appeared was too short to find the exact abnormal location."

"After 30 seconds, the Honkai energy dropped drastically again and returned to normal levels. Apart from that, there were no abnormalities throughout the entire day."

"..." Lin Moran looked at the suddenly protruding shape.

Hua also frowned and thought: "A momentary rise...could it be a detection error?"

"It's possible, but then there's another problem."

"After those thirty seconds..."

Imer moved his hand and another picture appeared.

"Tran's temperature has risen."

Chapter 60: Photo of the Boy

After the notification, several teams gathered together for discussion.

The temperature has risen, what is going on?

"Can more precise monitoring be carried out?" Hen asked Yimer.

"This is the picture from the Third Branch's most sophisticated monitor."

"..."

Alicia had some unique insights: "Instead of assuming that the Honkai energy in a certain place rose sharply and then fell too quickly to be monitored, it is better to assume that the overall Honkai energy in Tran rose so that the specific location could not be monitored."

If the level of Honkai energy in a city rises, it can indeed explain the problem with the picture this time.

"But why did the temperature rise?"

According to the initial speculation, the continuous drop in temperature is a precursor to the birth of the Herrscher, so the increase in Honkai energy should also cause the overall temperature to drop again.

However, the opposite of what was expected occurred.

"Hmm... could it be that we made a mistake?" someone said.

"Could it be that the continued drop in temperature is just a coincidence, and not a sign of the so-called major collapse? Think about it, before the lowest temperatures appeared in the past, no one thought it would be that cold."

There is some truth to this.

"So... it's a mistake?"

"Yes..."

Hen frowned at the tiny noises and raised his voice, "This is just one day's data! It doesn't mean anything. All teams should stay alert! Have the surveyors conduct regular inspections!"

……

Soon, the conference room turned into a meeting of several team leaders.

"Lin, can you guarantee that your speculation is correct?" Hen looked at Lin who was sitting in the corner and turned off the viewing window, then he shook his head and denied it, "No, no one can guarantee it..."

"All we can do is wait." Alicia leaned against the wall and smiled helplessly.

The sudden rise and fall of Honkai energy has occurred before, so it cannot be used as factual evidence. Instead, the abnormal rise in temperature will become a factor in refuting the judgment that the fifth Honkai will occur in Tran.

"Forget it, let's think about it in a positive way. Maybe it's really a coincidence? The fifth collapse wouldn't have happened here." Alicia patted Lin's shoulder and smiled sweetly.

Is it a coincidence?

Lin actually hoped that the fifth collapse would not occur in densely populated areas. The place with the highest number of casualties in the previous large-scale collapses was the moment when the collapse broke out. The first wave of impact could not be coped with, resulting in heavy casualties.

If the fifth Collapse really befalls Teran where the residents have not evacuated, at least two-thirds of the tens of millions of lives will die in the Collapse outbreak, and nine-tenths of the remaining one-third will die in the dead soldiers and Collapse beasts.

Hopefully, his guess was wrong.

"Lin, don't put too much pressure on yourself."

As Hen walked out of the meeting room, he turned back and reminded Lin.

Personally, he admired Lin, whose obedience, discipline and ability were among the best among the soldiers, and his wife Blanca would occasionally mention this young man who impressed her before she left Mobius Laboratory.

Regardless of whether the speculation is correct or not, Lin has taken action, and this alone is enough. Putting other pressure on Lin would be too overbearing and cruel.

"I know." Lin, who was sitting in the shadows, responded in a low voice.

……

"It's getting colder..."

The cat-like girl squatted by the wall, holding her shoulders and shivering.

Because of the geographical environment, the humidity and temperature of Huanghun Street do not fluctuate much throughout the year, so it doesn't matter if she finds a random place to sleep. After all, she tosses and turns in various corners all year round. It doesn't matter where she sleeps as long as the temperature is suitable.

But this year's winter seems to freeze people into popsicles. The biting cold wind blows non-stop, passing through the streets and alleys, and climbing up the back along the trouser legs.

Even the cats that usually come out to look for food at this time of year are hiding because they are afraid of the cold. Based on the girl's understanding of them, they might have hidden in a house with a fireplace and air conditioning.

And she needs to find a way to get through these difficult days. She doesn't want to be frozen into a piece of dried meat and be dug out from the garbage dump by beggars.

I have to find a place to hide.

But this was difficult for her. Although she often dealt with some people and traded things with them, that kind of transaction was inherently dishonorable, and they could not be considered to have a friendly relationship. It was impossible for them to be merciful enough to give her a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

"...Sure enough, is that the only place?" The girl's gaze drifted in a certain direction without leaving a trace.

No one came to look for her last time when there was such a big commotion. It seems that she has not been exposed yet, and it doesn’t seem like anyone lives there.

But what if it really gets exposed this time?

The girl thought that if she didn't go, she would freeze to death. If she went, at most she would be caught. If she was caught, the worst that could happen was that she would go to prison to eat and drink, which was better than being outside.

So after making sure of her "free food and free drink" plan, the girl headed towards the house.

Soon they arrived at the house that was out of place in Dusk Street. The girl used her superb skills to bypass the security system and fence, then pried open the lock and sneaked into the house.

"Mmmmm... so warm."