Investigation / Let's Revive Lin

"You should set off with Titan Number One. Lin is there now."

Has Lin returned?

"Didn't you always believe he would come back?"

"Hmm..." Kevin lowered his head, looking at his trembling hands, which gradually clenched into fists. He muttered almost imperceptibly, "But... is it really okay for him to see all this?"

"Oh, right, Immer has also woken up, and he wants to join this mission."

"Hua, how long have I been asleep?" Immer asked Hua, who looked worried, as he weakly dressed.

"Not long ago... but now the world has been completely turned upside down."

"I think so too."

Immer's insight was quite excellent. He was the one who compiled intelligence reports for the Squad Seven to Lin. So after waking up, when he saw Hua rushing outside the ward door and only Hua by his side, he had already deduced some things.

"After you fell into a coma, some more High Council officers were killed. We had no choice but to transfer High Council to other branches for protection. However, during the transfer, the rebels dropped their disguises and tried to blow up all the transport planes. They launched a rebellion, but were stopped by Doctor Mei and Einstein."

Hua's mouth was full of bitterness. "Even if the purge plan was stopped, the Fire Moth was severely weakened, and at this critical moment, the Sixth Herrscher was born."

"What did you say... The Sixth Herrscher!"

Immer never imagined that another Herrscher would be born while he was unconscious. Now, wouldn't that mean...?

"Was she attacked?"

"No, a search is underway right now. I'm heading to the front lines. The captain's back; he's there."

Upon hearing Lin's news, Immer's eyes sharpened, and he immediately quickened his dressing process, putting aside his physical weakness as he stood up.

"I want to go too... cough..."

He clutched his abdomen, where the wound had not fully healed. An ordinary person would have died long ago, but thanks to the advanced technology of the Fire-Chasing Moth, even a fatal wound like this could be healed.

However, Immer needs some time to recover from his coma, and his body hasn't fully adapted yet.

"No, Immer."

"Don't say anything, Hua, I have to go. The captain is waiting for us..."

"..."

"Magnificent?"

"Immer, this time the Sixth Herrscher is someone we know."

Chapter Seventy-Eight: Search

"Squad A has reached the designated location. Should we evacuate the crowd immediately?"

Spasi pondered for a moment. Given the special nature of the Sixth Herrscher, his thoughts coincided with those of the team leader who had inquired: was it possible to ascertain the Herrscher's condition without alerting the Sixth Herrscher?

It seems that the Speaker and the Sixth Herrscher were on the same transport plane and were able to survive until the Fifth Branch. Furthermore, there were no large-scale casualties after the Sixth Herrscher landed in the city. Perhaps, as Lin said, the Sixth Herrscher's personality erosion rate is not high, and she has retained a certain degree of her original personality.

In addition, the Sixth Herrscher's ability is Decay, which causes annihilation damage to living beings, so we have to be extra careful, otherwise, in the blink of an eye, humans will be blown away like ashes in an incense burner.

However, Spasi would not expect that Herrscher might still retain their original consciousness. Even if there were special Herrscher in this world who could retain human consciousness, the probability would be as small as the cosmic explosion.

However, there is still one thing to consider: whether Lin's guess is accurate or wrong.

Will the Sixth Herrscher really be here? What are the chances that she is Herrscher of Personality Contamination? How much of her original personality has she retained?

All of this is unknown.

In the blink of an eye, amidst a deluge of information, Spasi had already made his judgment.

"Evacuate, but try not to cause widespread panic."

Perhaps this is the quietest large-scale Honkai... No, so far even the Honkai Energy reaction in the city is very calm. Apart from the birth of the Sixth Herrscher, this does not seem like a large-scale Honkai at all.

Currently, there is no trace of the Sixth Herrscher's Honkai Energy reaction. If it weren't for the previous detection of a Honkai Energy reaction far exceeding that of Upper-class Honkai Beast, and the Speaker's close contact with the Herrscher, people would probably start to doubt whether the Sixth Herrscher has truly been born.

Spasi suddenly thought of a sentence.

Death is inherently silent.

After receiving orders from Spasi, Fifth Branch team began the evacuation mission. They began to disperse the amusement park visitors under the pretext of safety issues caused by aging facilities. They did not force the visitors to leave, but simply shut down most of the facilities and let them leave voluntarily.

After confirming that the tourists were leaving in an orderly manner without causing any disturbance in the amusement park, they began searching the entire park in groups of three, focusing on the densely wooded back hill area, which was the most likely hiding place.

"Squad A has not located the target."

"Squad B has not located the target."

"Squad C..."

One report after another came to Spasi, who frowned slightly, his expression of alarm and worry deepening.

The fact that no Herrscher was found is hardly good news.

The combat squad of the Fifth Branch is not as capable as the elites of the headquarters, but there is no difference in equipment. They searched the entire amusement park with detectors but could not find the Herrscher. This means that the Honkai Energy reaction of the Sixth Herrscher cannot be detected by conventional methods, and it is very likely that the Sixth Herrscher will need to be found by visual inspection.

"Is there any place that hasn't been searched?" He paced back and forth in the command room. As the commander-in-chief, he had the highest authority, so everyone around him was waiting for his next order before splitting up to carry it out.

"That's all. All facilities have been shut down. There are still a small number of people outside the facilities, but nothing unusual has been found."

"..."

The report silenced everyone in the command center.

This means Lin's speculation was wrong, and they need to reassess the Sixth Herrscher's condition and start searching for her location from scratch.

But just then, a voice familiar to Spasi rang out in the communication. "Search the interior of the facility, especially the interior facilities with set-up scenes."

"Doctor Einstein?" Spasi asked in surprise. This was the voice of Einstein, who had left a deep impression on him at the academic conference on the Mu Continent. After the conference, he had taken Karen to visit Einstein and discuss related research on quantum mechanics with her.

She later joined the Firemoth, but since Spasi was in the Far East and Einstein was on the Mu Continent, the two never met again.

"Doctor Spacy, it's been a long time. But now doesn't seem to be the time for chatting. I've received orders to assist the Fifth Branch. From now on, I will be communicating with you remotely to prepare for the Sixth Honkai War."

Einstein's voice didn't sound relaxed. She had just experienced the assassination attempt and Cleansing Incident at headquarters, and had been secretly working on developing Armed Puppet. She was in a state of deep exhaustion, and anyone could hear the strain in her voice as she tried to keep up.

However, Spasi didn't care about any of that. He switched his communication with Einstein to a private channel, and after glancing around to make sure no one was paying attention to him, he said softly, "Doctor Einstein, who gave you the order?"

Spasi was very perceptive. After such a major upheaval, the remaining High Council would not be able to recover in a short time. He knew those guys very well. Spasi, who disagreed with them on numerous occasions, had clashed with them at headquarters meetings. Even though they were all elites among humans, they had more management skills, meaning they could gain more power and benefits for the Firemoth.

Mobius, who had co-founded the Firemoth with them, had no interest in these so-called power distributions and was collectively guarded against by them, so he was stripped of his real power and only had the title of "founder".

This drastically different way of thinking indirectly led to their disregard for human life; their limited perspective made them focus on humanity as a whole while ignoring the distinct individual.

The Spasi judged that the order was not issued by the remaining High Council was because he was too familiar with the thinking patterns of these politicians. When faced with both internal and external crises, they would prioritize resolving the internal crisis first. Therefore, the command of the large-scale Honkai was likely handed over to someone else.

"Doctor Mei."

"..."

Spasi shook his head and said nothing more. Right now, he should focus on the real human crisis. Even if something else happened at headquarters, it was not within his jurisdiction as the head of the Fifth Branch.

Besides... Doctor Mei might be more suitable.

Thinking of that long-haired girl who would show that extremely rational expression a few years ago, Spasi's eyes unconsciously became a little more gloomy, but he quickly hid it away.

After ending his private communications, he connected Einstein's communications to the command center, "Why search the interior facilities?"

"After Herrscher Herrscherification, their original clothing disappears, and clothes made of special Honkai Energy appear. These are mostly skirts, and the clothing is eye-catching and brightly colored, so they can be spotted immediately in a crowd."

"But there are some people in the amusement park who are dressed in strange costumes, so her attire was not so conspicuous. In addition, there are scene decorations in the indoor facilities, so she may have been mistaken for a staff member and thus did not cause a disturbance."

Furthermore, the Herrscher would not care at all about the excuse of "outdated facilities" used by humans.

Chapter Seventy-Nine Let's Revive Lin

Beautiful clothes.

A beautiful scene.

Laughing friends.

She couldn't help but hum a melodious song as she sat on the purplish-black platform, shaking her smooth, delicate legs and stroking the head of the cute, fluffy rabbit beside her.

After finding the sunlight unbearably intense, she began seeking shelter indoors, planning to wait until the sunlight weakened slightly before going out again.

She was slightly surprised that she didn't encounter any more Honkai zombie along the way.

After casually glancing around at the surrounding buildings, she spotted this adorable-looking building. The display boards were filled with cute animal plush toys, suggesting it was a plush toy playground specifically for children.

After she led them in, she found that the place was indeed as shown outside, with many plush toys, some of which were particularly Xiao Ke, which made her quite happy.

The strange thing is that some plush toys would suddenly appear from... weird angles. At first, she thought they were probably surprises, but they appeared so fast that they might scare children.

"Soul, there are Honkai zombie outside."

At this moment, the former captain of the Squad Seven suddenly spoke to her as she hummed a song.

She hesitated before putting down the rabbit head. "Huh? Really? How did you know?"

"..."

"Oh, it's a detector, isn't it?"

"Yes."

"... This might be a dangerous area under attack by the Honkai." Relying on her memory and experience, she quickly assessed the situation. "Call for backup."

There are too many people, and it would be difficult for her to handle it alone. Even if she revived the original combat members who had died, none of them had any equipment, so injuries were inevitable.

But then I thought again, even if she was injured, she could be healed, right? Even if she died, she could be resurrected.

No, no, we can't let them die anymore.

She took out the communicator and saw the cracks on it. She couldn't remember when it had broken, but it should still work. So, the first person she contacted was Lin.

"Drop--"

Contact failed.

She was stunned for a moment.

This isn't because no one is answering; it's because the other party's communicator is broken.

The specially designed communicator used by the Fire Moth can keep the communicator running for up to fifty years, and the communicator cannot be turned off. Unless the communicator's communication function is completely damaged, there will be no situation where a call cannot be made.

"W-How could it be damaged?"

"Lin's communicator was destroyed when he was taken away by the Speaker," Delta answered her question.

"Oh right." She remembered that when she asked the Speaker to move Lin to a safe place, she watched as Lin's communicator was destroyed. She breathed a sigh of relief, but then another question came to her mind. "How did you know about this?"

Delta was already dead at that time, wasn't she? This matter should only be known to her and the Speaker.

For some reason, she felt that her consciousness was both clear and hazy, as if something was disappearing, but she didn't even realize it.

"You're the one who told me this."

"What I told you...?"

She abruptly covered her eyes and murmured.

Then she gave a wicked smile and muttered to herself, "Yes, that's what you told me."

Her expression turned blank again. "Did I tell you any of that?"

"Of course, there are many other things you've told me, like... your favorite Team Member Lin."

"We are close friends who know each other inside and out. Look, so many people have survived. Isn't that the result of our joint efforts?"

She looked up, and a deep red color filled her originally azure blue right eye.

The blank expression that had appeared earlier was gradually replaced by a smile.

"Yes, this is my power..."

"Think about it, Lin was already seriously ill. When that scumbag took him away, the Honkai Energy had already begun to erode his internal organs. Now, considering the timeline, he may very well be..."

"Death? No, that's impossible. I will heal Lin, using my abilities."

"Do you really think that way? Why don't you try using this ability to revive the dead to bring your Team Member Lin back to life?"

She clutched her heart, gasping for breath, an indescribable feeling churning within her.