An "Interlude" at the Beginning / Once Again ...

Lin turned around and exchanged a glance with Kevin.

Then, he pushed open the door and displayed Einstein's body to Kevin.

"Then I'll just be a bad guy."

"What exactly is your helmet for?"

"You wear it not only for combat, but also in your daily life, and you haven't made any lightweight modifications to it. So you're doing this for its function of covering your face?"

"Hmm, very good, Lin."

"Especially facial expressions."

A girl's voice echoed in his ears, and Lin's stiff gaze once again fell on the face of the already cold corpse not far away.

"And you need a 'bad guy' to keep you company, so I can also pretend to be a bad guy. That way it won't hurt anyone, right?"

"Hahahaha... hahaha..."

The complex look in her eyes that she always inadvertently revealed.

She already knew?

Even so, she stayed with him? Pretending to be a villain, just to keep him company?

So he was the traitor? The murderer? The one whose consciousness was corrupted?

"Don't believe it, Lin."

The voice appeared again, and this time, Lin understood its meaning.

It was already explained when it first appeared.

It wasn't a reminder to "not believe," but rather "not to believe Lin."

So that's how it all happened?

His consciousness had actually been diseased for a long time, but he himself did not realize it.

From the moment he entered the Herrscher Core, did his consciousness begin to transform into that of the Herrscher?

The mockery grew louder and louder.

Lin, however, had already clearly heard where it came from.

It was him.

He was smiling.

Beneath the shattered helmet, the man was sneering.

In the face of endless malice, tragedy, and pressure, it is perfectly normal for an eroded consciousness to undergo irreversible changes.

A sophisticated machine called "Human" malfunctions.

Who is he?

A "worm" born in this sophisticated machine, humanity's millennium bug.

An "Interlude" at the Beginning of Chapter 156

"..."

Inhale.

Exhale.

With each breath, the entire soul expands, compresses, is destroyed, and is reborn.

The sound of hurried footsteps approached methodically; the traitor was about to pay the price—life or freedom, he had no choice.

Lin stared blankly at Qianqi's corpse. Her blood-stained face was right in front of him, with two streaks of blood running down her face from the corner of her eye and the bridge of her nose.

How could someone so skilled at deception and acting end up like this? For the sake of a traitor, someone almost unrelated to her was killed so easily.

"But unlike you rational guys, I'm more emotional."

"If someone could set aside their rationality for me, I would definitely be moved to tears."

Because that's what she does herself?

Unbeknownst to him, he was already surrounded.

Countless weapons were pointed at him. Lin looked up and saw Ying, Hua, Erwin, and Immer ...

The disbelief they saw in his eyes would likely remain etched in his mind until his death.

Perhaps he will die soon?

... That's correct.

The images of Vill-V and Einstein's gruesome deaths flashed through his mind, relentlessly reminding him that he was the one who killed them.

So, was it he who caused the deaths of Erwin and Pardo, as well as the last time when everyone died?

He was no longer human.

"Arrest them, then imprison them in the Deepest Place."

Lin heard about the punishment he was given, which made him struggle to lift his shattered arm with his shoulder.

"Clang."

The medicine bottle fell out of his pocket.

His hazy, confused eyes instantly sharpened, and the lost clarity and wisdom returned to his body in a flash.

Lin Jiong stared intently as the bottle of Ritalin fell to the ground, rolled to the side, and bumped into Qianqi's body.

The medicine bottle didn't fall out during the fight with Kevin, but it fell out so naturally now.

"Is there anything else you want to say?"

What do you want to say?

Of course.

A cruel gaze shot out from his clear, bright pupils, causing everyone present to take a step back in fear.

Lin thought of the massacre he had personally committed.

Bloodshed covered everything.

"I am going to kill all of you now."

Unexpectedly, chilling words came out of his mouth.

"Starting with you, I will stab you in the heart with a knife, and then cut the person next to you in two." Lin looked at the trembling soldier standing at the very edge, whose hand holding the gun was shaking slightly; it was obvious at a glance that he was a newcomer.

He took a deep breath, then grinned, staring at the man with a ferocious expression, like a wild beast.

His actions naturally alerted others, who took a step back but pushed their weapons forward even further.

"Then I will kill you all without leaving a single one alive, pile your corpses into the shapes I want, chop your bodies into minced meat, and use your heads as a ball to kick around."

His tone was not urgent at all, nor did it contain any murderous intent, yet it sent chills down the spines of everyone present.

Like an elegant gentleman planning his lunch, he describes his murder plan as if flipping through a menu with his fingers.

"As long as you don't kill me, I will hide in the shadows, in the darkness, watching you, waiting for the moment you lose focus..." He tilted his head, unleashing his malice without restraint, "And plunge the knife into your necks."

"Ah--"

The recruit raised his gun in terror, about to fire, but Prometheus stopped him. "He's incapacitated. You can leave him to Doctor Mei."

"Incapacitated? What are you talking about?"

Prometheus was stunned, but then he saw that Lin, covered in blood, had already stood up from the ground, his twisted and deformed hands hanging limply at his sides, and he rushed into the crowd like a madman.

"Wait--"

Prometheus realized what was happening, but by the time she uttered her first word, a gunshot had already rang out.

"Bang!"

Lin fell backward, blood gushing out and filling the sky before him.

He heard a scream.

And then there's their own... death.

Let's organize the existing information.

Lin, the instigator, the mastermind behind the massacre, a traitor, and a person whose consciousness has been corrupted, is controlled by a corrupted consciousness to kill humans without his own awareness, causing the database theft, a series of murders, and the tragedy of the headquarters massacre.

Qianqi, the accomplice, secretly assisted Lin after learning that he was the mastermind, interfering with the headquarters' monitoring center. She was good at disguising her personality and was killed by Prometheus while trying to save Lin.

Vill-V, the first and second victim, the first person to know Lin's true identity, and also the first victim, was killed after her weapon was taken away, leaving behind the message of consciousness erosion.

Erwin, the first victim, was lured to the deck at 5 p. m. on September 12th by Lin, and was subsequently killed by Lin.

Einstein, the second victim, was murdered by Lin.

Pardofelis, the first victim, was suspected of being murdered by Lin.

Kevin was the first to realize that Lin was having problems. He was killed by Lin in the first massacre, and then defeated Lin and seriously injured him in the second.

May, Kevin's accomplice, was first killed by Lin during the massacre.

The outline is already very clear: in the "first time," Lin's consciousness was already corrupted after the ball, and he subsequently stole data from the database and killed many people. He died after massacring the headquarters, and the cause of death is unknown.

Lin's normal consciousness was also affected the second time. While fully conscious, he stole the data and then killed Vill-V and Einstein. He was seriously injured by Kevin and finally killed.

That damned traitor, the enemy of humanity, the outcast about to be transformed into Honkai creature, perhaps deserves to die like this.

After all, everything is now clear and obvious...

Is it right?

September 11, 11:30 PM.

"Smack—"

The greasy plate shattered on the floor covered with high heels and leather shoes.

"I'm sorry."

"Fine..."

Lin shifted his gaze from that insignificant interlude to Elysia's face, which was filled with confusion.

"What's wrong?" Elysia blinked and asked.

Lin shook his head. "It's nothing. I'll come find you later to see those two people."

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the noisy area.

The cold-faced mechanical android girl faithfully carried out her program, bowing and apologizing to the person she bumped into, who simply waved her hand and said nothing more.

Prometheus looked up and watched the other person leave. Before the waiter came to clean up, he squatted down and picked up all the fragments with his fair, jade-like hands.

After doing all this, she turned her neck and looked at Lin, who remained silent.

Chapter 157 Once Again

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Chapter 158 Collecting Interest

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Chapter 159 Choking on Breakfast

Going back in time is absolutely impossible.

Lin believed in the judgments of Mobius and Vill-V, and most importantly, he believed in science.

If that's the case, then what I experienced must not have been a time reversal, but rather something else that looked like a time reversal.