To You, Fifty Thousand Years from Now / Lin's Live Meltdown

She swallowed the enoki mushroom whole, eating while making muffled noises.

Lin calmly picked up another mushroom. "Isn't this what you thought? If I do nothing, I'm just a hypocritical scumbag."

"Yeah, so you're a shameless scumbag now." Bianca picked a mushroom off her chopsticks, chewed it, and hummed, "You're supposed to be a warrior who fought against the Honkai 50,000 years ago, yet your private life is so immoral..."

Lin was too lazy to explain any further. He fed the girl bite by bite, just like feeding a baby bird, and Bianca unknowingly finished the whole pot of food.

When she saw Lin carrying the empty pot to wash it, she realized that she had actually eaten so much.

I usually exercise a lot and eat a lot, but today it tasted especially delicious... I have to admit that Lin is a very good cook; even a simple outdoor stew can be made very delicious.

What was also quite surprising was that Lin was very patient when feeding her. He would wait until Bianca finished chewing and swallowing before continuing to feed her, and the amount he fed her each time was just right. He would also occasionally tuck the long hair that was sticking out from behind her ears back. In short, he was very good at taking care of people.

She was much more patient than he had shown before. Even though it took her a full half hour to eat, she didn't say a word and showed no impatience whatsoever.

Lin picked up a tissue and carefully wiped her mouth clean. Bianca stared at him silently until he also stood still and stared at her. Only then did she finally come to her senses and blink.

His gaze shifted downwards, Bianca, realizing something, changed her expression drastically, also quickly shifting her gaze downwards.

The stain on his chest was strikingly obvious.

Bianca looked at the tissue in his hand, then at the softness of her chest.

He just said it was pleasing to the eye, now he's probably going to say it's pleasing to the hands, isn't he?

Then she was wrong.

Lin stuffed a tissue into her mouth.

"Your breasts are so big, you can reach them with your mouth."

After saying that, he went back to his tent, opened the tent flap, and climbed inside.

They completely ignored her.

Chapter Forty-Seven: To You Fifty Thousand Years Later

Is it a distorted spacetime?

I can't believe I've encountered something like this...

Tonight is another sleepless night. Lin leans against the tent door, listening to the sounds outside. He is thinking about something that may or may not be related to Bianca.

After all, it's incredible that such a coincidence could lead to people who are 50,000 years apart being able to meet.

How can this phenomenon be broken? Is he able to travel to the future, 50,000 years from now? Or Bianca able to travel to the world 50,000 years ago?

No matter how you look at it, there are big problems.

Furthermore, the cracks in the sky always gave Lin a very uncomfortable feeling, as if a pair of eyes were watching him from a place he couldn't see.

"Speaking of which, neither of them has come back since yesterday."

Einstein fiddled with the circuit, while she rolled up her sleeves to remove some broken wires from the gaps, sorted them out, and waited to reconnect them later.

While her mechanical skills weren't as advanced as Vill-V's, she was still undoubtedly an excellent mechanic. She believed that the most basic skill for every scientist was practical ability, which enabled her to invent groundbreaking technologies like the Armed Puppet.

To her surprise, Rita also knew quite a bit of related technology, enough to be her assistant.

"Miss Bianca and Mr. Lin should be able to get along; they seem to be kindred spirits." Rita, on the other hand, was looking for usable parts. Many of the structures had been eroded and aged in the Quantum Sea and needed replacements.

She smiled slightly, placed the numerous parts she had collected into a box next to her, and clapped her hands, saying, "Perhaps they're exchanging ideas amicably right now."

"Let me go, Scum Mushroom!"

In just one night, Lin went from being a scumbag and a mushroom to Scum Mushroom.

The blonde girl must have had a good meal yesterday to have any energy today. She struggled with all her might. Lin glanced at her and saw that the lance tied to her feet was half-loose, showing how energetic she was.

Lin stepped forward, pulled out the gun along with the person, slung it over his shoulder, and found a more solid spot to hammer her in like a nail.

"What's Scum Mushroom'? A mobile suit?" Lin asked her casually after finishing all that.

Bianca angrily shook her blonde hair. She had never suffered such humiliation in her life. Did this person have no bottom line at all?

He tied her directly to the rifle and left her alone all night, making her wipe her chest with tissues she held in her mouth... Was he secretly watching her then? That's absolutely despicable!

This reminded Bianca of when she was younger, even more straightforward, and she had never been as angry as she had been in the last two days.

"Let me out, and we'll fight again."

Lin noticed the girl's defiant gaze. He understood that she had the upper hand in strength but had been ambushed and restrained by him. Especially since she was only a teenager, she would still have considerable pride no matter what. Being teased like this made her even more furious.

"... What good would it do me to fight another match?" Lin casually hung an iron cup and water over the fire, preparing to drink a cup of coffee.

Are you scared?

"It's inappropriate for someone who's tied up to speak."

Bianca gritted her teeth at Lin's nonchalant demeanor and had to close her eyes to compose herself.

The other party was far more experienced than she had imagined; they were not easily provoked and rarely showed their emotions.

"I... won't seek revenge, I just want to have another fight, how about that?"

Lin Mo silently put the coffee powder into the water glass.

"I swear in the name of Durandal that I wish to have a fair duel with you."

Bianca is not a knight, but she often follows knightly etiquette, which is a symbol of her status and an invisible source of pride.

"Clatter."

She gazed solemnly at the man, who silently extinguished the flame and picked up his coffee.

Lin looked at the coffee in his hand, and after a while, he finally said, "You win, I admit defeat."

"..."

They gave up so easily.

"You possess power from Previous Civilization within you, don't you?"

"... Yes, the Holy Sword Durandal within me is a technological marvel of Previous Civilization. Su gave me the Sumeru Mustard Seed, which allows me to control its power."

"Tick-tock..."

Lin stirred his coffee with a spoon, his eyes lowered.

"I don't want to fight the power they've inherited; it's pointless."

"I share the same view," Bianca nodded.

"..."

"... Can you untie me?"

"Cannot."

"Why?"

Lin took a leisurely sip of coffee.

"Because admitting defeat doesn't mean you'll be freed from your constraints."

"... Scum Mushroom."

Whether he's a scumbag or Scum Mushroom, Lin's intentions will remain unchanged. After confirming that Bianca couldn't break free, he separated a portion of the chains and extended them towards the crack in the air.

Control, extend, explore.

Lin wanted to know what was inside. Since the human body could not withstand the pressure of the crack, he would use the Divine Key to test it. After extending the chain into the crack in the sky, he continued to extend it inward.

Ten minutes later, Lin seemed to sense something. He frowned and tried to pull the chain back.

"Splash."

The broken chain lay before him.

He squatted down silently and carefully examined the broken surface.

The break is clean and doesn't look like it was twisted off.

All the chains that had reached into the crack broke. He couldn't be sure whether the crack itself had cut the chains or whether some unknown entity inside had severed them.

In World Bubble where spacetime is disordered, it wouldn't be surprising if anything came along.

"Are you planning to go back to your time?" Bianca, seeing all he was doing.

"Um."

What are your plans?

"Change, try, succeed." Lin retrieved the chains from the Oath of Judas; the Soul Steel would automatically regenerate, and he didn't need to find a way to reforge it.

Bianca murmured softly, "That's pretty much what I was thinking..."

Most people might give up on themselves when they hear that their era is doomed, but for Bianca, even if the world ends in the next second, she would never give up on her world.

Can you tell me about your era?

"... There's nothing to say, you already know."

"Many of the records left behind by the Previous Civilization are incomplete, only those related to the Honkai are relatively clear." Bianca shook her head, her long hair blowing in the wind, strands dancing in front of her eyes.

Sue had allowed Bianca to experience his life, and she saw many people in it: his mentors, close friends, comrades-in-arms, as well as battles, struggles, and choices.

This sparked Bianca's curiosity about the Previous Civilization: what kind of civilization and era it was, and what kind of people lived there?

The man before me carries the Oath of Judas. He must have been similar to Su in the Previous Civilization. What would he think?

"You should introduce yourself before asking someone to give their name."

Bianca paused for a moment, then she saw Lin handing her a cup of coffee.

"Bianca Durandal Atagina, you are one of Su's people. I want to know your story."

Chapter Forty-Eight: Lin Goes Mad Online

Lin needs intelligence from the future, whether it's from humanity or the Honkai.

What kind of people will fight against the Honkai in the future, and what types of Honkai will they encounter? We can find out all of this from Bianca's words.

To be honest, he liked this girl a little. She could make calm judgments most of the time, but she also had the vigor of a "human" person in addition to being a soldier.

The Honkai has taken too much from humanity. People are becoming more and more like the Honkai. The increase in power is accompanied by the loss of humanity. If the humans who fight against the Honkai 50,000 years from now are all warriors like her, he would feel much more at ease.

"... You remembered my name, didn't you?" Bianca was taken aback when Lin said her full name, then her expression turned a little strange. "You're not the kind of... tsundere that Rita always talks about, are you?"

"You misheard, you silly goose."

"Scum Mushroom."

"Silly goose."

"Scum Mushroom."

"Rebound."

"..."

Bianca suppressed the urge to laugh and said with a straight face, "Release me first."

Lin took a sip of coffee. "No."

"So you think I'll listen to you without question?" Bianca gave a haughty smile. "I'll make sure you don't hear a single word I say."

"I've already heard more than one word."

Bianca didn't care what Lin said. She believed she had temporarily gained the upper hand, and with her snow-white neck raised, she said triumphantly, "Will you let me go or not?"

A raindrop landed on the tip of his nose. Lin raised his hand to wipe it away and glanced at the dark clouds.

There's been so much rain lately.

"Silly goose, you probably haven't encountered a similar situation before because of your strength, so let me teach you a lesson." Lin looked up and finished his coffee in one gulp, using his thumb to brush the slightly long silver hair on his forehead to his ear. "The condition will only be discussed when both parties are of equal status."

He put down the empty cup, and then Bianca looked at him, pointed to the chains on her body, then pointed to herself, her expression as indifferent as a medieval ascetic.

Lin crossed his arms and spoke softly, as if exhaling, "Do you think you can resist me now?"

The goose's straight-headed brain seemed to have finally realized what was happening, and its smug expression crumbled.

"Next, I'm going to threaten you, and you'll only have two choices." Lin held up two fingers. "First, you agree to my demands under threat. Second, you become a beautiful, clueless goose, and I'll take advantage of you, using all my skills to do whatever I want... Moreover, since you just provoked me, it's very likely that even if you agree, I'll still carry out the second option afterward."