Do You Believe in Love at First Sight?

"Oh... you're here to show off to me?" she said slowly and in a deep voice.

"No, I just want to introduce you to her," Lin Rushi replied. "We're currently treating each other as husband and wife."

"You met through a dating ad?"

"Yes."

"Heh... This isn't a place for you to flaunt your unrestrained hormones," Mobius sneered. "You've met enough, can you leave now?"

"No, you haven't met her yet..."

"We know each other now."

Mobius extended his hand to the girl and smiled brightly, saying, "I am Mobius."

Her smile was so bright that it sent chills down your spine.

"I am MSA-970..." The girl also reached out her hand to shake hands with Mobius.

The instant their palms touched, the skin-to-skin contact felt like an electric shock. Mobius withdrew her hand, her expression turning cold. "Now, can you leave? I don't want to interfere in your private life, but you'd better not bring trivial matters here."

Lin and the girl were kicked out of the private office before they could exchange more than a few words with Mobius. Under the watchful eyes of Danzhu, Cangxuan, and Klein, the girl turned to Lin and said, "I don't understand. She doesn't seem to have any urgent matters to deal with. Why would she expel us?"

"... Because that's an expression of emotion. We disturbed her peace, so she showed her anger." Lin Shen took a breath and sighed, "Doctor Mobius is very busy, so we really shouldn't disturb her now."

"Learn."

Klein walked up to them with a strange expression. She first sized up the girl, then looked at Lin, who seemed no different from usual. After a moment's thought, she said, "Mr. Lin, this is..."

"My wife, for now."

"... Wife? Temporarily?"

Klein couldn't quite understand either word.

Klein had also heard about Lin's marriage proposal. After all, there were two gossipy girls in the lab who were the most well-informed in headquarters, so it was hard not to know. However, she did not think that Lin could get married through a marriage proposal.

To be a little selfish... she finds it hard to imagine Lin being overly intimate with women other than the Doctor; even Elysia maintains a certain distance.

"Yes, we have the same needs, so we'll maintain our marital relationship for now."

"Hmm... is it something like a hypothetical relationship?" Klein instantly understood Lin's words. "You're just pretending to be husband and wife, and then extracting what you need from this relationship?"

"Yes."

"I see." After understanding, Klein shook his head with a wry smile. Lin's ideas were as peculiar as ever, but also exceptionally easy to guess.

"Although I think it's impossible, I'll still ask, Mr. Lin, the shared needs between you and this young lady shouldn't involve any physical relationship, right?"

"Reproduction? It's unnecessary; we're not a legally married couple."

Klein the door to the doctor's private office was slightly ajar. Whether it was by Mobius or for some other reason was unknown... However, Klein chuckled softly and said to Lin, "Is that so? Then I hope Mr. Lin and this young lady can find what they are looking for soon."

"Lin, is reproduction also part of a marital relationship?" At this moment, the girl suddenly raised her head, and the azure blue viewing window shone on Lin's helmet.

"Reproduction is a reasonable behavior in a marital relationship, not a necessity, but more than 99% of marital relationships should involve reproduction," Lin Jie said.

"Oh, then, shall we... reproduce?"

"..."

Lin closed his eyes coldly and exhaled.

"Need not."

Then, under the strange gazes of the group, he led the girl out of the laboratory.

"..."

A cold touch.

Her consciousness remained in the memory of being attacked by multiple Herrscher and finally being engulfed by towering flames.

Having lost control of the space, Lin, lying on the ground, could no longer feel the power to control the anchor point.

In other words, this place is likely not inside the Imaginary Tree, or it may be in a space far away from the teleportation anchor point.

Lin opened his eyes, and what came into view was countless darkness.

"Something happened to Lin?"

Mei thought that even if the sky fell down, this man's expression wouldn't change at all.

But as it turns out, this warrior, who bore the name of savior, still retained his emotions deep down.

After listening to Mei's description, Kevin frowned and looked at Sue beside him with a serious expression. Sue, with her eyes closed, remained silent, as if she was thinking about something.

However, the man quickly calmed down, or rather, he hadn't panicked at all—"Have you informed Elysia about this?"

"Not yet. Before Lin saw me off, he specifically asked me to tell Elysia and someone named Aponia, do you know how I need to find them?"

"... Pardo should know where Elysia is, and Aponia ... let Elysia tell you."

Is it Pardo again? Klein could go find Pardo too...

Kevin seemed to hesitate for a moment, then got up and walked towards the Imaginary Tree: "I also want to investigate the Imaginary Tree."

"Wait a minute, you're all alone..."

"If there is something that even I cannot stop, then no matter how many people there are, it is all in vain." Kevin glanced coldly to the side and had already entered the Imaginary Tree.

"Alright... it seems I have no choice but to go find Pardo."

"Wait a minute, visitor." Su stopped Mei, who was about to take action, his expression so serious it was almost dripping with water. "If you come into contact with 'that thing,' please try to avoid fighting."

"Do you know what that is?" Mei asked.

"No... I only know that Lin may be weaker than Kevin in terms of strength now, but even Kevin cannot easily defeat him with his abilities. So if 'that thing' appears, it is possible that Lin has already lost. You must try your best to avoid fighting it."

"Possessing abilities? He doesn't..."

"..."

Su shook her head, signaling Mei not to ask any more questions.

That's a wound.

Lin's wound.

Chapter 43 Do you believe in love at first sight?

The sun was still shining, and he didn't want to wake up at all. Lying on the grass by the river and enjoying the morning breeze was a wonderful thing.

Lying down on the ground, closing your eyes, a warm breeze blowing, gentle sunshine and white clouds—it seems as if a person's life has passed just like that.

"Ha ha..."

A soft, bell-like laugh caught his attention. He opened one eye halfway and glanced at the laughing figure beside him out of the corner of his eye.

She stood in the wind, backlit, her long hair flowing.

Pink hair? Someone I don't know.

He closed his eyes again, not wanting to pay attention to her. There are countless people passing through this world, and he could not possibly meet even one percent of everyone in his entire life, so why should he care about just one person?

"Ha ha..."

"..."

To his surprise, most of the people he usually ignored wouldn't bother him and would leave when he ignored them, but this girl just stood there, smiling at him.

This piqued his interest.

"Why are you laughing?" he asked in a muffled voice, his eyes still closed.

"Judging from your school uniform, you're from the Chienyu Academy, right? Class is about to start and you're still lying here getting chilled, and your clothes are all messed up. Your hair looks like a Saiyan's." The pink-haired girl's voice was clear and pure, like the nearby stream.

He raised an eyebrow and opened one eye. "But aren't you wearing the Chienyu Academy uniform too? Why aren't you in class and instead you're here watching others catch a gust of wind? You're pretty weird too."

"But I think this has nothing to do with you, right? Just like how you being here in the wind has nothing to do with anyone else."

"...Hmm, that makes sense." He opened his eyes wide, rolled over, and with his messy hair, took out his glasses from his pocket and put them on. "You're quite interesting."

After putting on his glasses, his vision became clearer, and he was able to see the girl's gentle smile and her beautiful face.

"But I suddenly decided not to go to class, so you'd better hurry up and go to school." He stretched, waved, and prepared to leave.

"What a coincidence? Actually, I don't want to go to class either. Have you had breakfast yet? Why don't we eat here together?"

"..."

Most people consider him an eccentric rather than a genius, mainly because his behavior is very abnormal. Most of his actions stem from sudden whims and are not bound by worldly morality. In the eyes of others, the only difference between him and a madman is that he can explain the meaning of his crazy talk.

But in his opinion, this girl seemed even stranger than he was.

She actually sat down on the ground, took out a lunchbox from her backpack, and opened the lid to find exquisite handmade sushi. The rice grains were distinct and translucent, clearly showing that the chef's skills were excellent.

He didn't say anything, and sat opposite her on the lawn, enjoying the breeze, listening to the sound of water, and watching the sun shift.

I finished the sushi in silence.

He licked the rice grains off his fingers, looked at the girl, and smiled at this girl whose name he didn't even know at their first meeting, saying, "I've made up my mind, I'm going to marry you."

"What's wrong?"

Lin looked at the girl who was standing still.

"... Nothing, I just remembered something." The girl shook her head, her expression hidden behind her helmet.

Seeing that she didn't want to talk, Lin didn't press her for details, but simply took her on a tour of the headquarters.

They didn't speak the whole way; Lin couldn't find a topic to talk about, and the girl didn't say a word either.

Only when they reached the destination Lin had designated did the girl finally speak again, "Lin, do you think there are people who propose to someone they just met?"

"... Aren't we one?"

"..."

Yeah, isn't that how they are?

"No, I mean, I really mean getting married."

"With a world population of 6 billion, it's not surprising that all kinds of people appear," Lin replied calmly. "There are also quite a few examples of people getting married after just meeting, which is generally called a 'flash marriage'."

"That's really strange..."

Lin didn't understand what the girl meant by "strange." If it was strange, wasn't she also choosing to marry someone she had just met for her own purposes? Although it was just a casual relationship, they were indeed calling each other husband and wife.

The young woman asked, puzzled, "What are the thoughts behind those people who get married in a flash? What kind of feelings lead them to marry?"

If Lin had known, he probably wouldn't have conducted the hypothetical marriage experiment with the girl.

However, this is indeed a topic worth discussing, at least for the two of them, it's something they can say a few words about.

"If they marry because of love, do they have enough love between meeting and getting married to make them choose to spend their lives together?" The girl shook her head blankly. "If they marry for other reasons, can marriage still be considered proof of their love?"

"..."

Lin stood in front of a large door and carefully examined the marks on it.

This door is nothing special; both its location and the room behind it are places where moths drawn to the flame can be seen everywhere.

However, this door originally belonged to a person named Hun, and now her body lies on an operating table in some unknown laboratory.

"In fact, there are many people who have feelings for each other but are not married, and love is not the only feeling between people. In fact, it can be said that most people's feelings for each other are not just a single kind of feeling."

Lin turned around and slowly shared his insights.

There was a time when he shared his understanding with others in the same way. Back then, his emotions were still simple, and their thoughts were pure.

A moment is not eternal; he had long understood this, but time had pushed him forward too quickly.

This girl was innocent and naive, like a blank sheet of paper, and so pure.

"So what exactly is emotion?"

It's still the same problem.

The question Lin could not answer.