I'm Not a Flame-Chaser

It has to be said that after 50,000 years of accumulation, Fu Hua, just standing here, seems like a celestial being descended to earth. Moreover, after undergoing the Hypervariable Surgery, she completely froze her age, maintaining an appearance of around eighteen years old. Her delicate and fair skin, taut and straight thighs, and round and steep buttocks are full of feminine charm.

Unfortunately, her age stopped increasing, and a certain part of her body also stopped at a regrettable moment.

"So, it's a draw?" The Herrscher of Reason's gaze darted back and forth between the two.

"Right."

Lin wanted to end the topic quickly, but just as he was planning to devise the next project that would prevent the Herrscher of Reason from winning, she snapped her fingers again.

"Smack."

"Whoosh."

A slight rustling and tearing sound was heard from the fabric.

Both the black-haired man and the gray-haired, blue-eyed woman remained silent for a second before looking at the chest of the Herrscher of Reason.

On the plain that was once flat enough to run a horse, small hills rose up... no, in terms of size, they were larger than Mount Everest in Aponia.

"Hmph, how about that?" The Herrscher of Reason weighed the excessively large softness in his hands, feeling smug.

"Are we watching a comedy sketch in the evening?" Bronya asked.

"If only it were a skit," Qianqi replied helplessly.

"... That proves nothing." Lin's mind raced, and he immediately added, "There are plenty of people with great figures in this world, and all types have their own kind of beauty. Just having a couple more lumps of fat doesn't mean anything."

"Then, let's do it..."

"That was just me in charge, so it doesn't prove anything." Lin cut off the Herrscher of Reason's words in time, and said coldly under the other party's suspicious gaze, "There is a more convenient method."

"Oh my, this is quite a show."

Above the Mediterranean Sea, a cluster of floating islands; the Schicksal Headquarters.

Zero looked at the chaotic Schicksal Headquarters and couldn't help but laugh gleefully, "What do you call this? Making a scene at Schicksal?"

"Why did you let her go?" Yan Luo coldly watched the smashed mech and the half-destroyed administration building. "Didn't you have a deal with Otto? Helping to stop it should have been considered..."

"You're very smart, but you don't understand Otto. I've dealt with him a few times, though it's a variant of him from World Bubble, but I still understand his personality." Zero adjusted his mask and smiled. "Impression points are of no help to our deal. If he didn't intend to trade from the beginning, no matter how much I help him, he will find a way to kill me. And the Herrscher of Reason's ability to leave Schicksal without any hindrance must have been at his behest, so we don't need to worry about it."

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Before they could finish speaking, another brisk voice came from beside them. Bianca, carrying a knight's lance, walked up behind them, while Zero shook his head with a smile, "Not too long to wait. I've seen quite a show. As expected of Schicksal's strongest Valkyrie. Shouldn't we go find that esteemed Archbishop of Schicksal next?"

"Respect? But I think I just heard someone say that I'd find a way to stab someone to death."

Behind Bianca, a blond man walked slowly with his hands behind his back, exchanging a smile with Zero.

The "Rebirth" of Changkong: Leave of Absence Request

Ugh, I've been so lazy these past two months...

There are things going on in real life, but that's not the main thing. I've spent most of the last two months adjusting my mood and state of mind. Playing Black Myth today was a way of putting an end to the last bit of obsession I had over the past two months. After sending my cousin off tomorrow, I should be able to focus on writing again.

I apologize for the previous promise to resume two updates a day but it's still only one! (kneeling) I'll resume normal updates starting tomorrow afternoon, the plot is going to speed up.

The "Rebirth" of Chang Kong: Chapter Fifty-One: Sympathy and Envy

All events in this world can be simply and crudely divided into "comedy," "tragedy," and "farce."

Comedy makes people laugh, tragedy makes people cry, and sometimes the two can be reversed, but farce will always only make people laugh and cry at the same time.

Now, Lin finds himself in the farce he himself has caused.

"Here, ah~" The gray-silver-haired girl handed over a spoon full of rice grains with an expression as if she were coaxing a child.

Lin opened his mouth and ate his meal with the expression of someone who had just lost a comrade.

"Is it delicious?" the Herrscher of Reason asked with a smile that she thought was charming but which seemed somewhat terrifying to others.

You didn't make this, so what's the point of asking if it's good or not...?

In the short time since he came into contact with the Herrscher of Reason, Lin's mental activity level had increased significantly. He silently swallowed his rice and mentally gave the Herrscher of Reason a score.

At this moment, another spoon was gently placed to his lips. When Lin turned his head, he saw Fu Hua's calm and serene face. Seeing that Lin did not open his mouth, she put the spoon to her own lips, blew on the steam rising from it, and then handed it back to him.

... Full marks.

Why did it turn out like this?

After he prevented something that absolutely could not have happened, the project became a test of their "brotherly bond." Their goal was to win over Lin, while Lin's goal was to win over the Herrscher.

Since when did the term "conquering Herrscher" start to have a different connotation?

Even the three people who were originally tense on the "public channel" are now discussing meaningless things. It seems that Lin is the only one who is seriously thinking about countermeasures.

"Boring, is that all?" The Herrscher of Reason seemed to have noticed the difference in Lin's evaluation of their scores. She snorted coldly. She could change everything in the consciousness space, but she could not change Lin's subjective thoughts. After all, this was "fairness".

"You, fifty points." Lin raised her score by forty-nine points, but it was still a failing grade. Then he turned to Fu Hua, whose face was as calm as still water, "She, full marks."

"Why should I!"

On what grounds?

Lin wasn't an expert in this area, but the casual attitude, feigned closeness, and expression of pure scoring that Herrscher of Reason used when feeding Fu Hua couldn't compare to Fu Hua's unintentional little gestures.

It's roughly the difference between the rebellious girl in class who smears her face with cheap rouge and powder and the literary girl with skin as white as if she were transparent, holding a book and leaning against the afternoon sun.

The gap is so large it's despair-inducing.

But he couldn't tell the truth: Herrscher of Reason was just pretending to feed the child, while Lin was genuinely trying to coax the child.

"Because of Hua..."

"But I am already a better Fu Hua! I don't need to be the same as the old Fu Hua!"

Before Lin could finish speaking, the Herrscher of Reason retorted with displeasure.

The man shook his head. This was the tricky part about this Herrscher. She insisted that she was Fu Hua, yet she denied being Fu Hua. What was this all about? Fu Hua a broad category, meaning that anyone who claimed to be Fu Hua was Fu Hua?

"So, in your opinion, what kind of person should Fu Hua be?"

Lin then posed this question to those Herrscher of Reason.

"..."

The restless Herrscher of Reason was suddenly stunned.

What should Fu Hua be like?

This was a question she had always asked others, a question she hoped others would know her answer to, but she herself... when she recalled it now, felt completely lost in the vast expanse of 50,000 years of memories.

A voice in her mind kept preventing her from thinking about what Fu Hua should be like. She herself felt that since she was Fu Hua should be what she was.

Is that really the case?

Kiana and Bronya questioned her, saying that she could categorize them as children who had only lived for a little over ten years and were completely ignorant, but what about Lin?

Kevin didn't question her, but Kevin stance was different from hers, and also different from Lin's...

No, she couldn't possibly be wrong. Even if there were a problem, it should be...

"It must be someone else's fault."

The Herrscher of Reason looked up in surprise. She was usually the one who could see into other people's thoughts, but this man with a cold expression had seen through her thoughts.

"Hua wouldn't think that way. She would only take all the blame on herself, even if it wasn't her fault at all."

Lin Rui's sharp, knife-like gaze sent a shiver down the spine of the Herrscher of Reason. She had seen that gaze countless times in her memory; it sent chills down her spine. But when she actually met his gaze, the pressure on her was even greater.

Whenever Lin looked at someone with such a gaze, he could only be looking at... an enemy.

The Herrscher of Reason felt she should refute him, just like every time she argued unreasonably, she would refute him in her own way. But this time she couldn't utter a single word, and her words, devoid of any emotion, didn't even contain a hint of affirmation.

That was merely announcing the facts, and the part of the Herrscher of Reason that belonged to Fu Hua in the depths of her heart also agreed with what he said.

It's ridiculous that Fu Hua herself acknowledges Lin but doesn't recognize her as Fu Hua.

No one expected Lin to pull such a move, and even the discussions around them stopped as they stared at the stunned Herrscher of Reason.

Fu Hua was also taken aback for a moment, then frowned slightly and shook her head at Lin.

His words were too blunt, and it's completely different for him to expose the Herrscher of Reason and for Kiana to expose it. The Herrscher of Reason is obviously more concerned about the former, and she might go berserk.

Before the next downpour could erupt from the silence, Lin continued calmly, "You deny the Fu Hua in your memory that seems wrong in every way—her retreat, her forbearance, her helplessness, her stubbornness... Yet you still want to become Fu Hua. Why?"

"It's not that I want to be, it's that I am..."

"Because you sympathize with the person in your memory who, in your eyes, lost everything, gained nothing, and suffered all the hardships of the world for a single mission, right?"

Lin spent 50,000 years in the Quantum Sea, accompanied by many people. He experienced separation and reunion.

He was once a beloved minister of the king of an ancient kingdom, and also a hero who saved the world from a catastrophe by alien creatures.

Lin eventually found someone new to accompany him, but what about Fu Hua?

In the few words revealed by the Herrscher of Reason, she expressed regret for her past powerlessness, panic over constant loss, and even confusion about her own identity.

"What... are you saying?" The Herrscher of Reason gritted her teeth. She was very good at being unreasonable, but in front of Lin, who had no expression at all, she couldn't even utter a word.

"You are not Fu Hua, and you can never become Fu Hua."

Lin's resolute tone was chilling, sending shivers down one's spine. He stated the facts without leaving any room for negotiation, like a sharp knife mercilessly piercing the heart of the Herrscher of Reason.

The "Rebirth" of the Sky: Chapter Fifty-Two: Children Need Adult Discipline

Lin's words were like tearing off a piece of duct tape that was stuck tightly to the skin; everyone knew it would hurt, but it still arrived with the expected pain.

However, the expected outburst did not occur. For a moment, the Herrscher of Reason's expression was extremely terrifying, like a ferocious beast. But the summer storm came and went quickly, and before Lin could see clearly, she returned to calm.

It was even calmer than before.

"So, what are you trying to say, you idiot? I'm not Fu Hua? I'm just... a Herrscher?"

"An answer that is exactly the opposite of Fu Hua's?"

"You've all conspired to trick me. No matter what I say or do, in your eyes I'm just a lawless Herrscher deserves to die?"

Fu Hua frowned and said, "No..."

"That's what you all think, isn't it! You bunch of idiots! Bastards!" The Herrscher of Reason interrupted Fu Hua without saying a word, staring intently at Lin. "And those two! They're watching too, aren't they! You're laughing at me in your hearts while toying with me!"

Lin's analogy of the various children to the Herrscher of Reason is not wrong. She has 50,000 years of Fu Hua's memories, but just like the Herrscher of Binding born from Lin's body, even if they have the same memories, they will still be different people.

Fu Hua's maturity was not reflected in the Herrscher of Reason at all.

But she is a child with Herrscher -level destructive power, and she is neither stupid nor naive. She is just full of newborn innocence. Such a being is undoubtedly the most dangerous type because her situation is very unstable.

If a child were holding a nuclear detonation button, anyone would tremble.

Things spiraled out of control. Having already been disappointed by Kiana once, the Herrscher of Reason suffered an even more severe betrayal this time. She glared angrily at the expressionless Lin, her eyes red and swollen as if she were about to cry.

It seems to be saying—

Why won't even you help me?

Why did you, who was almost omnipotent and always reliable in my memory, betray me?

"Get out! Get out!"

The Herrscher of Reason roared with all his might, shattering the space of consciousness. Lin stood once again on the deck of the Hyperion, holding the Jizo Mitama in his hand.

They're back! The Herrscher threw them all back!

Without hesitation, Lin jumped off the Hyperion and stepped onto the ground of Mount Taixu. Then he headed towards the coordinates of Kiana and Bronya.

He soon arrived at the mountainside and saw Kiana, Bronya, and "Hua" dressed in strange clothes confronting each other.

The Herrscher of Reason attire was far more flamboyant than that of the Consciousness Space, glared fiercely at Lin, who had rushed over. Her eyes seemed to want to skin him alive and devour him. She squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth. "Take her and get out!"

"Class President!"

A feather was thrown from her hand, and Kiana quickly caught it. Inside the feather was sealed Fu Hua's last consciousness, which was the only guarantee that she could survive.

However, as soon as Kiana got her hands on Fu Hua, she sensed Fu Hua's weakness.

Fu Hua was only relying on the few remaining Feather of Dust. Kevin had been prolonging her life, but after the Herrscher of Reason took back the Feather of Dust from Kevin, the Herrscher of Reason began to supply her with power. Now that she is separated from the Herrscher of Reason, Fu Hua immediately began to weaken.

There was only one way. Kiana and Bronya simultaneously entered Herrscher mode, took out their weapons, and glared at the Herrscher of Reason was standing with her arms crossed and a cold smile.

"Heh... What? Taking the feathers isn't enough? You want to steal my body?"

"That was originally the Class President's body," Kiana said calmly.

"Oh?" The Herrscher of Reason, her anger turning into a mocking laugh, clenched her fists. "Then let's see if you have the guts..."