Chapter 374

Suddenly, an energy that she hadn't been able to detect before erupted from Sirin's body.

With the burst of energy, Sirin's body was instantly blasted and covered in wounds by this hidden energy.

Although she immediately used the Tranquility of Death to heal her injuries, after she successfully repaired them...

"I found you."

As those terrifying words reached Sirin's ears, the crimson barrier that chilled her to the bone enveloped the area where she and Belenas were.

At this moment, Lin Yu, who had been teleported to this area, raised his hand and directly destroyed the locomotive of the Thousand Worlds Annihilation Vehicle with an energy cannon, and then used the Phantasm Lantern Barrier to cover the Thousand Worlds Annihilation.

Meanwhile, Sirin, whose body was covered by the Constraint Barrier and whose Divine Key was covered by the Phantasm Lantern Barrier, was even more horrified to discover that her connection with the Divine Key had been forcibly severed.

The reason Sirin was able to escape was because the Void Key had the ability to teleport remotely while remaining in a location where its operation would not be disturbed.

Now, with her power seized by the Constraint Barrier and her Divine Key disrupted, Sirin watched the boy approach her step by step, and with ruthless ferocity, she drew Fafnir's Flame from her waist.

"Don't come any closer!"

"If you come any closer, I'll blow this brat's head off!"

"Oh, is it really that serious?"

Seeing Sirin's extremely flustered attitude, Lin Yu smiled helplessly and took a step forward with a grin.

"You are still my daughter's mother, I won't do anything to you."

"Trust me, mom of the baby."

"Do you think I'd believe your nonsense?!"

Looking at the girl who still had the Throne of Stigmata Weapon pressed against her temple, Lin Yu could only feel...

This doesn't seem like a big problem.

After speaking with Su today, Lin Yu suppressed the 'mental defense' ability of the Voidpower Gem Shard and asked Su to help him forget about the plan.

After that, in order to avoid recalling these plans due to his speculations and causing the Honkai God to also know about them, Lin Yu directly cast a Phantasm Lantern Barrier on his head, causing his brain to fall into a brief state of confusion once again.

After that, Lin Yu, who had sorted out some other intelligence and given Durandal some instructions, did not start slacking off.

He was unaware of the plan he was about to launch, but Sue knew.

After preparing the Quantum Teleportation System access for Lin Yu, Su immediately granted Lin Yu that access.

Only after gaining the ability to teleport did Lin Yu have the right to hunt down the Herrscher of the Void.

After Sirin was forced to go to Changkong City by Yang Mou, Su immediately contacted Lin Yu through mental suggestion, allowing Lin Yu to retrieve the memories he had forcibly forgotten.

After retrieving these memories, Lin Yu rushed to the scene immediately, attempting to suppress Sirin with Constraint Barrier in order to resolve this enemy who he found extremely troublesome.

However, considering that Prometheus XVII had been very optimistic about Sirin fourteen years ago, Lin Yu kept a watchful eye on things.

Fourteen years ago, Sirin was targeted by Android 17 because of her special talent that she would not collapse even after being implanted with other Herrscher Core. Android 17 not only gave her four cores, but also took the initiative to protect her and shield her from the Tai Xu Sword God who was trying to kill her.

And fourteen years later—who knows if Number Seventeen will still be the first to die to protect Sirin?

To avoid making a mistake, Lin Yu not only covered the surrounding area with Constraint Barrier, but also secretly adjusted the range of the Constraint Barrier, allowing a stream of magic power and a Dimensional Force to quietly attach to Sirin's body.

The reason why Sirin experienced a strange energy explosion was naturally due to the energy that Lin Yu had secretly attached to her.

As for why Lin Yu was able to pinpoint Sirin's location so precisely in an instant...

A secondary reason is that the two special energies in Sirin's body are unique to Lin Yu.

The unique energy erupted in other places, and Lin Yu could naturally sense the approximate location.

The main reason he was able to find this place so quickly was because of the special ability his jewel, the "Swaying Scales," possessed after he brought it to its second stage.

At this stage, in addition to the common basic abilities shared by the twelve jewels, the Swaying Scales gains the ability to spread its powerful willpower to see through the essence of things to others and guide them onto the right path.

This ability can be used on other people, and of course, it can also be used on the Jewel Wielder himself.

In the original game, this ability slightly increases hit rate and evasion.

However, in reality, this ability can guide Lin Yu onto the 'right path'.

After learning the approximate location through the energy burst, Lin Yu, guided by the pearl, found Sirin's location in the shortest possible time.

However, in Sirin's eyes, who was completely unaware of these intricacies, the situation wasn't 'Lin Yu painstakingly captured her after a long and arduous plan,' but rather...

—This man, from the very beginning, even if she were dead, he would still be there. From start to finish, he easily overwhelmed Sirin in both intelligence and strength.

Faced with such an enemy, the incredibly proud Honkai Queen could only resort to this method of 'threatening the enemy with her own body,' a tactic she would normally look down upon, in an attempt to force the enemy to retreat.

However, Lin Yu, who was facing Sirin directly at this moment, had no intention of backing down.

Seeing Lin Yu approaching, Sirin, who was now holding Fafnir's Flame, roared even more frantically.

"Don't come any closer! Do you really think I won't die with her?!"

"Ah, no, that's not true. I believe you absolutely have that level of determination, but..."

Lin Yu, who had just approached Sirin, still maintained his playful attitude and asked Sirin a question in return.

"Have you forgotten something?"

"The Fafnir's Flame in your hand is Stigmata Weapon that generates powerful explosive particles through the Honkai Energy. In other words, within the Constraint Barrier where Honkai Energy cannot be used, this piece of scrap metal that cannot be fired is not as useful as a small pistol."

"If you really want to commit suicide..."

After pretending to rummage around behind his waist, Lin Yu took out the Glock G19 that he hadn't taken out for a long time and threw it at Sirin's feet.

"Use this one, it probably can actually fire a gun."

"You—are you insulting me?!"

Seeing the guns the enemy had thrown at her feet, a furious and embarrassed Sirin charged at the enemy without saying a word.

Since no one can use Honkai Energy within the Constraint Barrier, I should have the advantage in terms of physical strength!

I haven't lost yet, I haven't lost yet—

Before Sirin could make any further moves, Lin Yu grabbed her head precisely and shoved it into the ground.

"Also, I think you need to understand one thing: I believe in my lovely junior sister, and I'd be happy to risk my life to eliminate you, this enemy of humanity."

"Obey me and go back into Kiana's body, and I might spare your life for her sake. Otherwise..."

"Don't think I'll go easy on you just because of Kiana, Herrscher."

"You bastard!"

Seeing Lin Yu so cruelly tormenting his superior, Belenas dragged his aching body, which was still hurting from the Constraint Barrier, and tried to rush towards Lin Yu.

Unfortunately, even Judgment-class Honkai Beast are almost unable to exert any power within this barrier.

Facing the demonic dragon that was almost completely losing consciousness, Lin Yu felt a surge of energy emanating from his fingertips.

At this moment, Sirin had no time to think about why Lin Yu was able to use energy to fight while inside the Constraint Barrier.

"Bella! Run!"

She only hoped that her only friend could escape from the clutches of this devil.

Unfortunately, Lin Yu was unlikely to fail against such an enemy.

As Lin Yu unleashed his Light Kill Cannon, Belenas' heart was easily pierced by Lin Yu.

"A touching bond between master and servant, it's just a pity..."

Seeing Sirin struggling even more fiercely, Lin Yu put away his smile and said to Sirin indifferently.

"My mercy is not spared for the destructive man who is preparing to destroy the world."

"Sirin, the Herrscher of the Void, I'm giving you one last chance."

"Will you roll back into Kiana's body, or let me end your life right now?"

"I won't give you much time. Get out or not... if you don't..."

At this moment, Lin Yu lifted Sirin off the ground, grabbed Sirin by the neck, and said to Sirin indifferently.

"—I'll snap your neck right now."

"Ha, ha, ha ha ha ha..."

After watching Belenas transform back into the almost emotionless dragon, and gazing at his dying familiar, Lin Yu, whose neck was being gripped by Lin Yu, showed absolutely no sign of weakness.

"I finally... understand."

"You knew from the beginning that I was lurking inside this little girl, didn't you?"

"I remember now, I remember everything."

"When I went to find the Herrscher of Thunder, you were very resistant to my going there. And according to the information I obtained later through this little girl's memories, that damned Siegfried is there, right?"

"From the beginning, you knew she was Herrscher Candidate, and that there was a Herrscher Persona within her that hated humanity. That's why you helped Siegfried so that he couldn't meet this little girl."

"But now it seems that the senior she admired was a big liar from the very beginning."

At this moment, knowing that she could no longer reverse the situation, Sirin suddenly gave Lin Yu a mocking smile.

"Ha, that does fit my impression of Schicksal —you hypocrites should just keep deceiving others."

"Are you done talking?"

Faced with Sirin's sarcasm, Lin Yu asked indifferently.

"Any other last words?"

"... This time, I'll just admit defeat."

After saying something that surprised Lin Yu, Sirin gave him a malicious smile.

"But you'd better remember one thing—once this little girl realizes that everything around her is a scam and falls into despair, I will take back control of her body sooner or later."

"If you don't intend to kill me, then—sooner or later, I will find a chance to avenge Bella!"

"Oh, then I'll look forward to that day."

After making those harsh words, Sirin actually relinquished control of her body and fell into a deep sleep.

At the same time, Kiana, who had always known everything on the outside world and was becoming more desperate, had to take over her body to face a situation she did not want to face.

Kiana, seeing the boy who had let go of her and reunited with the person she loved, revealed a bitter smile.

"Senior..."

"What that Herrscher said, was it all true?"

"From the very beginning, you knew I was Herrscher."

"Because I am Herrscher, you went to the Commercial Street to find me as soon as you found out I skipped class, because you were worried that I was doing something wrong."

"Because I am Herrscher, you don't want Dad to provoke me and force me to leave the origin of the Third Honkai Outbreak at that time."

"Because I am Herrscher, you have always protected me, not wanting to stimulate the Herrscher Persona within me and give birth to a Herrscher full of malice towards humanity."

"You've put in so much effort, so..."

At that moment, Kiana stood up, approached Lin Yu, and said to him through tears.

"Why not just kill me, the demon who killed tens of millions of people in the past?"

"I am a demon who has slaughtered tens of millions of people, the greatest enemy of mankind, and so on..."

"—I never deserved to live."

"Ah, perhaps that's true."

Looking at the girl's sorrowful face, Lin Yu spoke calmly.

"I did know from the beginning that you were Herrscher, and the reasons for some of my actions were pretty much what you guessed."

"In my opinion, even if Sirin's past is pitiful and she did die once fourteen years ago, she is still an unforgivable person full of sins."

"After her resurrection, the sins on her body will not disappear because of the separation of good and evil. From this perspective, you are indeed a person burdened with great sins."

"... Yes, senior, you're absolutely right."

At this moment, Kiana stopped crying and said to Lin Yu.

"I'm a damn demon, so... I'm ready."

"Well, that's good. Now, you should be prepared."