Chapter 499

Finally at ease, the girl secretly slipped away to another location and immediately activated the Quantum Teleportation System, returning to the Schicksal Headquarters.

In her view, her parents had always suppressed their feelings for each other.

After their emotions erupted today...

Hmm, this is no longer something for children to think about.

Lin Yi, whose mother's inner conflict had been resolved and whose father was now completely at ease, successfully choked up a few minutes later.

After returning to the Schicksal Headquarters, Lin Yi wandered around for a few minutes, completely unexpectedly...

—Her Mom Yuno, also returned to the Schicksal Headquarters at this time.

"Yuno's Mom, you..."

Lin Yi, who originally wanted to ask why she wasn't with her stinky dad, immediately stopped herself from speaking in order to avoid revealing that she had been secretly following her mother.

"Hmm, senior said you were nearby, it seems that it's true."

Looking at her daughter, Yuno inner turmoil was still not completely resolved, truly felt that she was not qualified to be this child's mother.

She was so sensible that just standing in front of her made me feel ashamed.

Compared to her mother, who chose to shirk responsibility for her own happiness, Lin Yi is a much, much better daughter.

"Oh, please don't do that."

Although she didn't see Yuno's face, Lin Yi could easily imagine Yuno's guilty expression.

"Compared to these little things—what about that stinky old man?"

"He should have suppressed the Cocoon of Finality by now, right? Why hasn't he returned to Schicksal Headquarters after doing this?!"

"About this..."

In fact, judging from the situation after the emotional outburst, Yuno had already made preparations both psychologically and physiologically.

She certainly didn't plan to do anything big in the cemetery, but the problem was, the atmosphere was right, and it wouldn't be right not to applaud.

Then it turned out that she was overthinking it.

After Lin Yu comforted her, Lin Yu decisively said that the matter was not yet finished and told her to go back to the Schicksal Headquarters first.

Well, although she did feel a little disappointed, in Yuno's eyes, this was indeed what Lin Yu should do.

Even after Lin Yu made this move, Yuno breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past few years, people haven't just been looking at the moon and doing nothing.

Some speculations were made during a seminar of several highly intelligent and brilliant researchers.

Cocoon of Finality is the root of Honkai, and once Honkai Corruption living beings, it has become commonplace to incite and inject negative emotions such as destructive desires.

Although Lin Yu sealed the Cocoon of Finality, no one could guarantee that he could resist the spiritual erosion from the Finality during the process of True Fusion.

So in the past few years, the people who have almost been unable to use Honkai Energy have been working hard to advance technology.

Everyone knows that what they did to Lin Yu was unethical, but the problem is that it concerns the survival of humanity, and they certainly won't refrain from doing it just because it's unethical.

Of course, if Lin Yu hadn't gone mad, many of the backup plans wouldn't have needed to be initiated. In that case, everyone would be happy, which would be the best outcome for everyone on Earth.

For example, right now, Lin Yu immediately started reading after returning...

Well, seeing that Lin Yu is still the same 'Lin Yu', Yuno is truly at ease.

Meanwhile, at the Schicksal Headquarters, in the conference room...

Inside the Schicksal's meeting room, Kevin, Sue, Welt looked at each other, waiting for the other to speak and share their thoughts.

In the end, Welt, the youngest and with the most normal personality, chose to speak first.

"Gentlemen, the images and reports sent by Tianwu earlier have proven that Lin Yu did not attack our Moonlight Throne forces at least."

"With his current power, wiping out the Moonlight Throne forces, or even launching a direct attack on Earth, would be a piece of cake for him, so..."

"You are absolutely right."

After nodding slightly, Kevin looked at Sue beside him.

"The new Observer Project is no longer needed. Let's have a good talk with Lin Yu when he comes back."

"Really."

Although the worries in my heart had not completely dissipated, the message sent by Chen Tianwu was indeed good news.

And to put it bluntly, their backup plan was to prevent any unforeseen circumstances.

While the three didn't support Lin Yu's approach of solving problems on his own, they greatly admired him.

The three people who had only a good, very good, and extremely good impression of Lin Yu certainly did not want these plans to ever come in handy.

However, after they had relaxed a little, they all tacitly refrained from mentioning what Lin Yu had gone to do.

Ultimately, in the eyes of the three, Lin Yu was still just a kid in his early twenties.

What would a young man in his early twenties, full of vigor and vitality, do after returning from a long business trip...?

—This is obvious, isn't it?

From the day the Cocoon of Finality occurred until now, a being named Vita has been observing this planet for a very long time.

Honestly, although the planet 'Cocoon of Finality was sealed due to a man's actions, preventing the planet's humans from using Abyss Energy as they used to, it doesn't mean that the planet's peak combat power is easy to deal with.

Vita, who had once observed Kevin from afar, was quite certain that the man's strength far exceeded her expectations.

Based on her understanding of Suo, if she chose Kevin as the target of her plan, then...

Putting aside whether she could escape safely, she felt that if she knew that a master of Kevin's caliber was coming to settle scores with her, she would definitely choose to be a coward.

Yes, although So's power is already close to one-tenth of the Cocoon of Finality, Vita is certain that this increasingly mechanical guy may have already written "from the heart" into his underlying logic.

It was precisely because of this that Vita, feeling that she shouldn't be so extreme, chose to observe the Cocoon of Finality while searching for a suitable reason to cause the two sides to fight.

Today, Vita, feeling increasingly uneasy about the increasingly bizarre protective barrier of the Cocoon of Finality, realized she couldn't continue being so cautious.

But just as she was about to launch an attack...

—The shield of the Cocoon of Finality was suddenly shattered by someone.

In the minute after the shield was broken, Vita went through a series of mental processes: [Wow, someone actually managed to break through the defenses of the Cocoon of Finality] → [Wait, where did the cocoon go??] → [These two are fighting, is this an opportunity?!] → [Okay, what a terrifying aftershock, we absolutely can't mess with them], and then she decisively decided that she should find a time to run away.

Why didn't she run away then? — She had already sensed that the man who had made the cocoon look unlike a cocoon had become aware of her presence.

If the man hadn't been in such a hurry, she felt she would have been easily exposed.

At a time like this, showing your face means certain death; who would dare to stand out?!

Of course, what happened later proved one thing: what's meant to happen will happen.

The above is the flashback that popped into Vita's mind after she was beaten half to death by Lin Yu.

"Mmm, it feels so good to de-stress."

Looking at the woman lying on the ground with a bruised and swollen face, Lin Yu felt much more relaxed than before.

Meanwhile, Seele, who was being followed by Vita, was completely unaware that Lin Yu had secretly helped her out once...

Okay, now that Vita doesn't dare to take action, Seele doesn't actually need to face the things she encountered in the original story anymore.

"Sir, I have no grudge against you, you—"

"What do you mean, 'you'?"

After pulling the woman up from the ground, Lin Yu looked at Vita, who immediately shut up, and smiled at Vita.

"You don't think I'm the kind of nice guy who values procedural justice, do you?"

"I lied to my sister, elders, classmates, and daughter. I beat up my ancestors, my junior apprentices, my superiors, and my wife. My main characteristic is that I'm a wicked person who does all sorts of evil."

"Please think about it, wise Miss Vita —what exactly do I intend to do now?"

"Sir! Please wait a moment!"

Facing Lin Yu, who was radiating murderous intent, Vita dared not show any dissatisfaction as she spoke to Lin Yu.

"I'm very useful!"

"I know, otherwise you would have died long ago."

That's wonderful!

Vita's mental strength can be said to be unparalleled on Earth. Even the Herrscher of Reason at her peak might not have been able to suppress her in this respect.

But now, both Lin Yu's performance and her mental energy fluctuations are constantly telling Vita one thing—give up those pointless schemes.

Otherwise, she really would die.

At this moment, the idea of instigating the conflict between Sa and Earth so that she could profit from it was completely erased from her mind.

No extraneous thoughts allowed!

Forget it, I must completely forget all of this!!!

"Yes, good boy."

Seeing Vita's current state, Lin Yu healed her injuries and then took Vita to the conference room of Schicksal.

Inside the meeting room, the three men, who had just been pondering who Lin Yu would talk to first, were utterly astonished when they saw Lin Yu appear before them with a woman who had a bruised and swollen face.

—We still underestimated him.

Over the years, the three of them had noticed something unusual, or rather, it was precisely because the human side was so difficult to deal with that Vita waited so long before finally deciding to act hastily after she could no longer wait.

But now, Lin Yu has returned with a trembling, unlucky fellow. After a little speculation, the three of them understood that the problems that have occurred on Earth recently must have been caused by this woman.

After returning, Lin Yu did not do anything else as they expected, but chose to finish his work first.

Well...

—Will the heart of a rolled dog truly not be easily eroded by the Finality?

"If possible, I still hope you will abandon your misconceptions about me."

Knowing how the three people evaluated him, Lin Yu stared at them with unfriendly eyes.

"Am I that kind of person? I've finished my work, and I really want to slack off!"

"No, I can start slacking off now—I'll leave the interrogation of this woman to you guys, I'm going to keep playing music and dancing!"

After watching Lin Yu leave Vita behind and disappear from the three of them, Welt finally couldn't help but speak his innermost thoughts into the air.

"But there was no music or dance here before."

"Alright, these things aren't the point."

Looking at the woman in front of him, Su recognized her immediately. This woman was the female version of himself who had fought against him before and had suppressed him.

Seeing Su's gaze, Vita, who shared a similar way of thinking with Su in some respects, immediately chose to use the skill [Tiger's Maw Landing].

"I'm truly sorry for what happened in the past! But please believe me, I was forced into this situation!"

"I am well aware of your deeds, so in order to make amends for my mistakes, I have something to tell you—please wait until I finish speaking before making a decision!"

"Explain."

Seeing Kevin utter a cold syllable, Vita didn't dare to be negligent and immediately spoke to Kevin.

"Mr. Kevin, Mr. Sue, I know where Miss Griseo is right now!"

"I am willing to atone for my sins by taking the gentlemen to Miss Griseo's location and rescuing her directly!"

Part 5 of the post-mortem: I will be very gentle.

Sue and Kevin, who were initially just a little anxious, now had a sharp glint in their eyes at Vita's words.

Both of them are generally good people, but that doesn't mean they'll be nice guys when facing enemies.

These two individuals are quite different. One was willing to use a potion to kill King Arthur's fellow villagers in order to test the Stigmata Plan, while the other was willing to take action against his best friend to stop his friend's atrocities.