Who Am I? / The Flaw ...

"..."

"Splash."

What stained his hands—rain or blood?

Is it his blood or her blood?

What was left in front of him...?

Lin knelt in the pool, looking at the outstretched hand that grasped nothing.

I can't even feel the temperature.

He wanted to cover his ears.

Those sounds seeped into his brain, making him restless, restless, restless, restless, restless...

However, Lin was not qualified to do so, nor did he have the time to do so.

High in the sky, the arm continued to shift its angle without pause, this time locking firmly onto Lin. Some dark, spherical energy bodies appeared around them, and after they appeared, the surrounding space became slightly distorted, as if those spheres themselves possessed the ability to distort space.

"Whoosh!"

With a wave of his hand, a spherical energy object shot out, heading straight for Lin, who was kneeling motionless.

"Bang!"

Hen shielded himself from the shattered debris with his hand, gritted his teeth, and stared at the epicenter of the explosion. Then he saw a figure carrying a deep pink greatsword escape from the aftershocks of the explosion, landing steadily beside him with a side somersault.

Lin held the Black Abyss White Flower in one hand and Delta's deep pink greatsword in the other. The wounds on his face from the shrapnel from the explosion healed rapidly. He slowly straightened up, looked up, and opened his eyes.

This is perhaps not the look a human being would have.

Traces often see eyes like this, usually on... corpses.

Numb and lifeless.

"Forest..."

"The Ninth Herrscher's ability is to control gravity." The man interrupted Hen, staring indifferently at the newly healed sphere in a flat tone, and said, "The damaged buildings and corpses were attacked by 'twisting' and 'crushing' methods. The energy ball just now had obvious attraction, and there were traces of the Herrscher 'increasing gravity' when attacking."

"...I see."

"It takes her about 0.3 seconds from locking onto a target to applying gravity, which is probably the time it takes for her pupils to focus on a person and use her powers. She also has the ability to change the gravity of objects over a wide range and to launch gravity balls and gravity waves, so we have to be careful."

A chill ran down Hen's spine.

Lin was able to deduce the Herrscher's powers and response time from the surrounding environment and the Herrscher's simple actions in such a short time. He was extremely calm. Hen even felt that his indifferent tone was not like... Lin.

It was clearly the same person, with the same flat tone and the same look in their eyes, yet this person seemed like a stranger who resembled Lin.

Lin swung his greatsword, slashing away all the rain in front of him, creating a blank space. The Prismatic Eyes in his eyes was the reflection of the fused Honkai Beast struggling to get up from the ground. "The Ninth Herrscher has not yet fully ascended, but my time is running out."

It's not "we," but "I" who doesn't have much time left.

"Okay, then let's... go for it."

Hen ultimately couldn't utter a word. He also drew his weapon, his gaze shifting from Lin's back to the Honkai Beast.

"The Ninth Herrscher could attack at any moment... Be careful, Hen."

Lin uttered his last words, and then he rushed headlong into the torrential rain that felt like a cold blast of lightning.

No, turn around.

"Is it not ready yet?"

Sigma ripped the Honkai Beast that was biting his arm off along with his own skin and flesh. Seeing the fangs deeply embedded in his muscles, he grabbed the Honkai Beast's tail and slammed it to the ground, spreading his arms and almost using his body to block the Honkai Beast's frenzied attack.

As time went on, the rift grew larger and larger, and more bizarre and terrifying Honkai Beast emerged from it. Elysia, Sigma, and the other ordinary combatants were already struggling to hold on.

Moreover, he had a premonition that when the crack grew to a certain size, the surging "monster" at the deepest part would enter their world through the crack.

Just like the rift that opened at the headquarters of the Firemoth to fight Kevin.

"5% remaining..."

The researchers were so anxious they were practically jumping up and down. The time it took them to open and close the Stargate was not nearly as long as it was now. Rather than saying it was difficult to close, it was more accurate to say that the massive Honkai Energy impact, coupled with the continuous Honkai Beast emerging from the crack, had caused the Stargate to be nearly damaged. What they were actually doing was repairing the Stargate.

However, the repair work became increasingly difficult as it progressed. In the final 10%, the researchers racked their brains to operate, but the progress was like dragging a stone lion that could sink into the river. No matter how anxious they were, they could not speed up the process.

In the final 5%, he even despaired to find that the repair progress could no longer be advanced.

Was this... their fault? Because they cooperated with that person, such a terrible crisis occurred, causing them... and even all of humanity to perish.

"Don't stop!"

A sharp, urgent shout brought the researchers back to their senses, but it was too late.

Sigma ultimately missed a smaller Honkai Beast, which sprinted from his feet toward the researchers before even Elysia could react. The researchers, who had been jolted awake by his shout, looked up in bewilderment...

"Click".

The headless corpse collapsed onto the control panel, turning the stagnant repair progress a deep crimson.

With a crisp chewing sound, the Honkai Beast spat out a mixture of bones, brain, blood, eyeballs, and brain matter, and then pounced on the others who were still fighting against Honkai Beast.

The others had to turn their guns on the Honkai Beast behind them, but this would cause their front line to fall. Elysia gritted her teeth and deflected her arrows, ignoring the Honkai Beast that were about to pounce on her, and aimed them at the monsters that wanted to tear the others apart...

"Bang!"

The escaped beasts were hit by attacks from outside the management room, followed by a barrage of gunfire and synchronized footsteps. One after another, tiny figures emerged from outside the management room and used their weapons to defeat the fleeing Honkai Beast. They then quickly filled in for the others, holding off the Honkai Beast's attacks.

The pressure eased instantly, and the remaining people realized how dangerous their actions had been. They immediately threw themselves back into the fight to maintain the defensive line, still feeling a sense of lingering fear.

"Number Three, command is now in your hands."

"Yes, Doctor."

Einstein limped into the control room, his face half covered in dried blood clots, forcing open one injured eye. He glanced at Elysia and Sigma, then walked to the control panel and moved the headless corpse aside.

"Doctor Einstein!"

"Elysia, I will repair the Stargate. Until then, please do your best to maintain the defenses."

A smile returned to Elysia's face as she randomly and carefully killed each Honkai Beast and threw them back to where they belonged.

"No problem!"

Chapter 239 Vulnerability

The synthetic Honkai Beast's chest was filled with a large amount of destructive Honkai Energy. Its arms pierced the ground, and a shockwave swept out from under its hooves like a storm. Lin and Hen dodged in different directions. The gravity impact overturned the entire ground, and the buried power lines and water pipes all burst. The flashing electric light darted around like snakes.

After pausing, the Honkai Beast set its sights on the more threatening Scar. Its dark gravity rays flared erratically, as if absorbing light, turning the surrounding area into darkness.

"Bass!"

At that moment, a lance, transformed into a white meteor in the rainy night, pierced the chest of the Honkai Beast before it could even react. The gathered energy instantly became chaotic, and a large amount of Honkai Energy poured out erratically.

A ghostly figure rose against the wind, turning the blade at the end of the chain in his hand. The disintegrating gravity ball was blocked by the soul steel before it could even get close to him.

Because gravity damage is different from ordinary abilities, only Soul Steel can block the attack relatively easily. Moreover, once these gravity balls explode at a certain distance, even if you block them with a weapon, you will still be impacted.

However, the ghost blocked all the rain-like gravity balls, as if using a weapon to cut a clear path through the torrential rain.

Before he could get close enough to the Honkai Beast, another gravity wave struck, forcing him to stop.

Hen seized the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the Honkai Beast from the flank. He swung his double-edged sword and cleaved the incoming black ball in two. A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he fixed his gaze on the Black Abyss White Flower embedded in the Honkai Beast's chest. Then, he threw his own weapon like a javelin!

Just then, the attack from the sky came again. Lin didn't look up, but it was as if he had eyes in the back of his head. Without hesitation, he kicked off the broken wall next to him and shot dozens of meters away. The huge gravity ball hit his path and followed him all the way. The ground that was hit showed a strange bulge that moved towards the center, as if it was attracted by something.

The Herrscher is becoming more and more adept at controlling her abilities. At first, she could only consume a large amount of Honkai Energy to crush gravity, but now she can use gravity as bullets. Moreover, the density of this force is such that the total amount of Honkai Energy in the Ninth Herrscher's core is probably more than that of ordinary Herrscher, but it has not yet reached the level of the Seventh Herrscher.

Lin was analyzing in his heart. He was unusually calm. Even during the period from the Third Honkai War to the Fifth Honkai War, he rarely had such a calm moment. He felt no tension or extra emotions. He was just carrying out the orders he had given.

Attack, defense, and dodge—all actions are performed seamlessly.

He's more like a program than a human being now.

Just a fraction of a second after Hen threw the double-edged sword, Lin also threw the deep pink greatsword. Hen's weapon struck the hilt of the Black Abyss White Flower, and the spear once again penetrated halfway into the core of the Honkai Beast. The deep pink greatsword followed closely and struck the hilt of the double-edged sword.

"Bass!"

The Black Abyss White Flower completely disappeared into the ugly, deformed, half-mechanical, half-flesh body of the Honkai Beast, and at the same time, it also completely pierced through its core.

"Howl..."

Without even a dying scream, the already weakened Honkai Beast collapsed. Lin, who was dodging the gravity ball, didn't stop and pulled the Black Abyss White Flower from its corpse, picked up the deep pink greatsword, and then dodged the attack that was trying to predict his path with a sidestep.

The gravity ball struck the Honkai Beast's corpse, and its massive body was instantly cut in half, as if it had evaporated into water vapor.

After Lin dodged unharmed, the brown light in the Ninth Herrscher's eyes intensified. Lin turned around in mid-air and fired a shot at the Ninth Herrscher in the gap of the sphere, but the bullet was easily caught by gravity and fell down helplessly.

Lin Mo. Then, an even more frenzied wave of gravity rays washed over the ground, falling densely like raindrops, completely covering Lin and Hen's surroundings, leaving them with no way to escape.

At this moment, Hen stretched out his hand, and a bright energy wave shot from his hand toward the Ninth Herrscher.

The bombardment of gravity rays lasted only half a second before stopping. The Ninth Herrscher used Honkai Energy to block this attack, which could not be made to fall automatically by gravity.

This action caused Lin and Hen to exchange a glance from a distance.

Perhaps due to her inability to complete her ascension, or perhaps due to the inherent characteristics of the Ninth Herrscher, she seems unable to apply gravity to the things around her when using her powers to attack.

Whether it was Lin's bullets, Hen's attacks, or... Delta's final blow, she stopped her ongoing attacks to defend.

Without needing to communicate at all, Lin and Hen had already decided on the battle plan in an instant.

Lin leaped into the air and ran across the ruins of collapsed high-rise buildings. His illogical way of moving, ignoring the plane, was completely illogical. It took 0.3 seconds for the pupil to focus and capture Lin's control of gravity, but Lin's constant dodging and turning did not leave such a long period of time on her retina. This forced the Ninth Herrscher to directly attack him with large-scale gravity control.

This time, something with a radius of a kilometer, something that makes one feel oppressed and heavy, is about to fall overhead, destroying everything in the vicinity.

But at this moment, Lin handed over the task to Hen, who stepped on his shoulder and leaped up.

The Ninth Herrscher hesitated.

Through observation, Lin Hehen discovered that her gravity control and attacks could be roughly divided into two types.

One type is planar pressure, which is the type of attack that destroyed the Branch 10 and Atlantis, as well as killed Delta. It uses gravity to crush living beings and matter.

Another method utilizes the properties of gravity to form a singularity, which then contracts and collapses, generating terrifying gravity that attracts nearby matter. This is very similar to the formation of a black hole, except that the gravitational spheres and gravitational rays directly created by this power do not reach the level of an endless collapse caused by the immense mass of a black hole.

The first type of attack has one characteristic: it is fixed within a certain space.

It has height, area, and volume, similar to how the Ninth Herrscher created a transparent object with a mass greater than anything else out of thin air, using it to crush everything she wanted to crush.

So when Hen jumped higher than the height she had set for that attack, she hesitated.

In particular, Hen raised her weapon and launched an attack without hesitation, forcing her to abandon her attack on Lin and instead create a large gravity ball. Hen was caught off guard and attracted to it, and the Ninth Herrscher turned her attack target to him.

"Whoosh!"

Therefore, Lin Cong the side like a dazzling star, his Prismatic Eyes tearing through the rain curtain, holding a black spear, and thrusting it into the giant sphere.

Chapter 240 "Humanity"

Yan Luo stood in front of the train door, her eyes closed as she leaned against it, enjoying this brief respite. Most of the time, she would try to fall asleep by attempting suicide. Only occasionally would she think about the past, which would calm her restless mind and allow her to drift off to sleep peacefully.

But even this moment of tranquility will be broken by someone.

No, that guy can't be considered human anymore.

Human, Herrscher, monster, god, ghost... all seem to describe him, yet none seem to fully encompass him. He is a "collection," a "thing" controlled by an obsession that has persisted for tens of thousands of years.

At least that's what he himself thinks.

Yan Luo opened his eyes and saw "him." His appearance, which he usually communicated with only through sound, could only be glimpsed in its entirety in the Quantum Sea.

After seeing "his" appearance, Yan Luo fell silent.

"What's wrong? Isn't this the person you most want to see right now?" He touched his chin, revealing an exaggeratedly disfigured expression. "Or is it that you want to see... um... but I don't like pink hair?"

"Let's stop joking around," Yan Luo replied coldly.

"Oh, right, you've been waiting for today for two years already... Of course, time isn't that important in the Quantum Sea, after all, I've lost count of how many two-year periods I've waited for, ahahaha..." "He" laughed, holding the back of his head. "I thought you would have pulled him over earlier, but I didn't expect you to have waited patiently until the Ninth Honkai War."

"..."

After all, even though Yan Luo and Lin are the same person from different worlds, they have subtle differences in personality.

"But in the end, it still affected the subsequent Honkai of that world. Even if I used such a secretive method to transmit information, it wouldn't work," he said with distress.

Yan Luo simply stared coldly at the man who could talk and laugh. She knew perfectly well that he was acting. During his almost frozen time, he must have tried to send messages and intervene in other worlds, just as she had done before.

How could I have "not expected"...