True Self, Who Are You?

Before leaving, Ling looked at Lin Yu, who was about to continue his reckless behavior, and said to Lin Yu.

"In this matter..."

"—You're always thinking about yourself."

Chapter 326. The True Self, Who Is It?

At least half of the people present immediately understood Lin Yu's intentions when he took the initiative to let his companions leave.

After lingering among these strangers, he dismissed his loved ones—this clearly indicated that he was about to cause trouble and didn't want his close friends to witness his subsequent actions.

As for why so many of the Flame-Chasers present were so knowledgeable, the reason is simple—they had seen it all.

The high-ranking humans of the Previous Era did not conceal the phenomenon of Honkai. Therefore, the Flame-Chasers who survived to the late stages of humanity in the Previous Era witnessed far too many comrades who sacrificed their lives for the future of humanity.

Among this group of people, there are countless individuals like Lin Yu.

"Ms. Apponia."

Looking at Apponia, whose complexion had improved significantly, Lin Yu spoke softly to Apponia.

"Now you should be able to use the precepts, right?"

"Yes, but..."

At this moment, Apponia stared at the man in front of her, a strange look flashing in her eyes.

"Mr. Lin Yu, since you and Miss Ling are acquainted and you can bring up the 'precepts' on your own initiative, it means you should be very clear about the dangers of the precepts."

"I don't know what you're trying to do, but..."

After a vision of the future flashed through her mind, Apponia spoke softly to Lin Yu.

"If you intend to use the precepts to do something, then please think twice."

"No need. I've thought it through clearly enough since I entered Elysian Realm."

After uttering these harsh words directly, Lin Yu glanced around at the various Flame-Chasers with different expressions, then fixed his gaze on Kevin and Elysia.

"You two are the strongest among the Flame-Chasers. I hope that if anything unusual happens to me later, you will do your best to suppress my power."

"Haha, about this..."

Hearing Lin Yu's request, Elysia's eyes darted around as she fiddled with the ends of her hair, completely unable to give a definite answer.

"Although I'm very happy to be valued like this, Elysia, but..."

"This is a matter of great importance; if it can't be done, it simply can't be done."

"Really."

Recalling the scene of himself being hung on the cross, Kevin nodded very seriously, agreeing with Elysia's opinion.

"Your Excellency, although I do not know what you intend to do, the power you have displayed is beyond what we can suppress even with our increased efforts."

"If you intend to do anything too radical, please think twice."

"Ah, I don't think we need to worry too much about that."

After releasing the chains created by his Constraint Authority, Lin Yu once again created Golden Cross in front of everyone, one that made them feel that there were no fond memories whatsoever.

This time, however, he did not hang the others on the cross.

This time, the person hung on the cross...

—It was Lin Yu himself.

"Ah, this is the first time I've used this power to suppress myself with all my might. It feels terrible."

Under the astonished gazes of everyone, Lin Yu smiled and looked at the Flame-Chasers.

"In that case, there shouldn't be any problem."

Faced with Lin Yu's actions, Chikage suddenly uttered two words.

"Madman."

After hearing Chikage, unusually calm, utter an assessment that everyone agreed with, Mobius subtly took a step back.

In fact, when she met Ling and Lin Yu just now, even though she knew that the two of them were there to help her cleanse the Corrosion Herrscher from her body, her curiosity still made Mobius have some wicked thoughts about the two Herrscher.

But now, with Lin Yu's actions, the last trace of evil thoughts in Mobius's mind completely vanished.

Madmen are not scary; the Fire Moth organization has no shortage of madmen.

But if he's gone this crazy... then it's best not to mess with him.

Anyway, on the way to meet up with his companions, Mobius had already heard all that information.

In the outside world, from the beginning of reason to the end of constraint, apart from the Twelfth Herrscher [Corrosion Herrscher], the remaining eleven Herrscher all stand on the side of humanity.

Lin Yu was genuinely inviting these Elysian Realm Memories to leave Elysian Realm and help humanity. Once they were in the outside world, they would have countless opportunities to come into contact with other Herrscher.

Hearing Chikage's words, Lin Yu, whose expression gradually returned to calm, spoke weakly to Chikage.

"Oh, thank you for the compliment."

Then, he looked at Apponia and said to Apponia.

"Ms. Apponia, I am ready."

"Under my control, the binding force will not interfere with your use of the discipline while suppressing my power."

"Now, use your power on me and place a commandment on me: 'No matter what, fight against the Honkai at all costs without harming innocent people.'"

"... I see."

Seeing the determination in the boy's eyes, Apponia said nothing more, but gently gathered her power together and then unleashed it on Lin Yu.

She didn't know what Lin Yu had been through, but now, facing a warrior determined to fight against the Honkai, all Apponia could do was to do her best to help him.

"Mr. Lin Yu, please, no matter what, fight against the Honkai without harming innocent people."

As the power spread through Lin Yu's body, Lin Yu could feel some obvious changes occurring in both his body and consciousness.

The Mind Essence within the Tai Xu Five Essences that Lin Yu cultivates is originally Divine Sound derived from the precepts. Now, as the precepts begin to spread within Lin Yu's body, he can feel that the power he suppressed with the force of restraint is actually beginning to amplify.

This level of increase isn't particularly outstanding for Lin Yu, but if you take into account that Lin Yu is currently suppressing his power, then the value of this increase becomes quite terrifying.

However, this was not what Lin Yu desired.

The increase in strength was merely a byproduct of this discipline; what Lin Yu truly desired was to accomplish something through this discipline.

After deliberately casting a weakened version of the Phantasm Lantern Barrier on himself, Lin Yu successfully made himself faint in front of everyone.

Seeing Lin Yu's completely unguarded actions, Kevin, who had previously harbored some doubts, now completely let go of his suspicions about Lin Yu.

In fact, considering all the events that happened before and after, although Lin Yu did not hold back when beating them up, it was purely a helpless act to deal with the Corrosion Herrscher.

Now, facing the Flame-Chasers he had just beaten, Lin Yu did not hesitate to trust them and entrust his safety to Kevin and the others, who were in a sense his enemies.

From this perspective, he trusts Kevin and the others' character, and has even regarded Kevin as 'trustworthy companions'.

So, while the other party helped me solve my problem, they also treated me this way...

—So no matter what, Kevin could no longer doubt this kind of person.

"Hey, are you really asleep?"

Seeing Lin Yu's tired face, Elysia carefully walked to Lin Yu side, poked Lin Yu cheek with her finger, and then showed a helpless expression.

"Oh dear, he doesn't look like he's had a proper rest at all."

"Yes."

As a mental Fusion Warrior, Su could sense things that no one else, except Apponia, could perceive.

"Even now, after Mr. Lin Yu fell into a coma, he has not started to 'rest'."

"Apponia should also have sensed that Mr. Lin Yu's spirit is currently in a state of unease."

"I think I can understand why he's so wary of me now..."

After getting the answer, Su took a step back with extreme caution, even preparing for battle.

"Everyone, let's prepare for the worst."

"Mr. Lin Yu, you've gone to meet his Herrscher Persona. If anything goes wrong..."

"This time, we may see just how terrifying Mr. Lin Yu is when he goes all out."

Hearing Su's speech, the other Flame-Chasers dared not make any careless moves.

Along the way, Lin Yu was only slightly polite to Griseo, who was a child in a certain sense, Sakura, Rin's older sister, and Hua, his master's memory entity. Everyone else was directly beaten up by Lin Yu and Rin.

Almost everyone had witnessed Lin Yu's power, and now they were even more aware that Lin Yu hadn't been serious before.

Furthermore, Lin Yu's behavior when requesting Apponia to cast the Discipline on him...

For those Flame-Chasers are not combat-oriented, they might not immediately understand what this means.

However, for super experts like Kevin and Elysia, Lin Yu's previous performance had already frightened them a bit.

The Herrscher of Constraint from the Previous Era could only release a barrier with a radius of one hundred kilometers, yet it was already enough to cause heavy casualties to the Fire Moth's combat forces.

Lin Yu, the Herrscher of Constraint in this new era, had already managed to manipulate the Constraint Barrier, which was originally only meant to be released over a large area, to the point that it was as easy to play with as putty.

Not only can it emerge from the ground, but it can also transform into various shapes, and it can even weaken itself while allowing other forces to flow normally into the body of the weakened one...

If they hadn't witnessed Lin Yu manipulating the power of restraint in such a variety of ways, they certainly wouldn't have believed that the power of restraint could be used in so many different ways.

A Herrscher of Constraint is already terrifying, but a Herrscher of Constraint with both ability and intellect...

If all thirteen of us go together, do we really have a chance to take them down?

Meanwhile, in Lin Yu's consciousness space...

Lin Yu slowly woke up within his own consciousness space.

Unlike when he entered the dream space, in this consciousness space, he didn't present Lin Yu with an ever-evolving dump truck as a greeting gift, as he had done before.

In this space, Lin Yu saw things he hadn't seen for a long time, and in a sense, things he didn't want to see.

"... I really didn't expect that my consciousness space would be such a place."

Looking at the door he hadn't seen in a long time, Lin Yu groped in his shirt pocket and, unsurprisingly, pulled out a key.

Lin Yu opened the door with the key and saw everything he hadn't seen in a long time.

This is the home he lived in for more than ten years after he was reincarnated into this world.

He rarely returned to this place after his parents died in the Honkai.

On the one hand, Lin Yu, who had worked hard to join Schicksal, needed to spend a lot of time training himself.

On the other hand, he really didn't want to see things that brought back fond memories.

Lin Yu felt as if his heart was being torn apart by grief just by looking at the sofa in the living room, the color TV his parents had bought before their trip, the small refrigerator the three of them had discussed replacing, and the range hood in the kitchen that had been washed countless times.

Just standing here, he felt like he was about to be overwhelmed by the beautiful memories of the past.

Suppressing the pain in his heart, Lin Yu went to his room and opened the door.

Then, as expected, he saw a white-haired man on the ground.

After returning to this world, Lin Yu learned from Kevin that when he fought Kevin, his hair had changed to a snow-white color similar to that of the Kaslana clan.

After that, Lin Yu thought about it for a moment and realized that this was a change that occurred after he used the three [Lord's Imprint].

After sensing the movement outside, the white-haired man finally slowly opened his eyes.

The moment the other person opened their eyes, Lin Yu, staring into their scarlet pupils, could feel himself being suppressed in terms of aura.

The other person's expression was extremely calm, but Lin Yu could sense that their eyes were radiating an incredibly terrifying killing intent and other negative emotions.

"Should I say it's our first meeting...?"

"However, it doesn't matter. We don't need any formalities between us."