I'm Not a Flame-Chaser

A scene from a horror movie appeared.

"Smack!"

But just as the door was about to close, a slender hand braced against the crack and pulled the door open with incredible force.

"Brother Lin ~ Why didn't you say anything when I knocked on the door for so long?" "Seele" revealed a sly smile from behind the door. She opened the door, slipped into the room, closed it behind her, and grinned at Lin as he retreated. "Do you hate Seele?"

"..."

Lin kept his mouth tightly shut; if he could, he wished he could sew it shut.

This is a question that cannot be answered. Whether you answer YES or NO, the final result will only be DIE.

"Hmm? Why aren't you saying anything, Brother Lin?"

Seele's tone changed slightly, and Lin was taken aback, noticing that her pupils had turned a gentle azure blue at some point.

He breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Seele, not "Seele," was in control now. Unlike the cruel and vicious alternate personality, the real Seele wouldn't do such a thing.

"I'm sorry." Lin hadn't seen Seele normally for a long time. Perhaps his words last time disappointed her, and "Seele" was too domineering, always jumping out every time they met. So it was only today that he was able to speak to Seele again.

The Seele he took was actually from Seele's body, which was undoubtedly a very wrong thing for a girl, so he apologized for it.

"Ah... well, it's okay, that wasn't Brother Lin's intention." Seele also realized this, and she had to shake her head with a blush. "I... I will try my best to stop her."

"That's great."

Even Lin felt a sense of relief at this moment.

Sure enough, compared to "Seele", Seele gentle, kind, and understanding. Lin couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of his past thoughts of distancing himself from Seele.

"What do you need me for?" Lin turned around and walked to the corner of the room to make two cups of tea.

"It's nothing, it's just that I wanted to talk to Brother Lin about Kiana."

Kiana?

Lin Duancha paused for a moment.

"Actually, today Kiana and I went out to buy things to prepare for Anti-Entropy's anniversary celebration. Because of her identity, she is feared by others. I was thinking, could Brother Lin get closer to her and keep her company?"

Kiana's unease stemmed from a variety of factors, one of which was Lin. His ambiguous distance, their neither-too-close-nor-too relationship, and his unclear words failed to give Kiana a sense of security.

Kiana also has her own issues. She feels confused about the relationship between the two. They have only known each other for a few months and had no interaction before. She can't even clearly know whether she has developed romantic feelings for Lin or is just relying on an elder.

After all, the only male elder she had ever met before was her father, who had disappeared a few years ago.

But the biggest problem lies with Lin. His actions to reassure Kiana, and even the things that happened between them, became stumbling blocks to taking their ambiguous relationship to the next level.

"...I will." Lin Mo nodded after a short pause, Seele smiled upon seeing this.

After chatting for a while, Seele took her leave. It was fortunate that nothing unexpected happened along the way. Lin watched Seele's figure disappear into the distance, took a deep breath, turned around and walked in another direction, intending to ask Fu Hua to borrow the Feather of Dust to communicate with Qianqi.

At that moment, neither he nor anyone else in Anti-Entropy realized that something was about to happen.

The next day, Seele disappeared.

"Alright everyone, this is our first operational meeting."

In the empty square, a man stood with his arms crossed, speaking solemnly to the others standing there.

"This meeting was supposed to be held before we determined our first target, but the Herrscher of Binding's sudden attack forced us to rush into action. Now that he has deployed a barrier and is hiding there, it means that we have won our first battle. As long as we keep wearing him down, it is only a matter of time before we defeat the Herrscher of Binding."

"Our 'Thousand-Man Hero Group' must strike and punish any existence that threatens humanity; this is the responsibility we have taken on after gaining power."

"We are the judges; this is the power that fate has given us."

"Kill all the monsters, leave no one alive."

Coral's "Reversal": Chapter Eleven - Game Begins

"Haven't you found it yet?"

The anxious red-haired doctor paced back and forth, his brows furrowed in a deep frown.

"There's no trace of her within at least fifty kilometers." Einstein rested one hand on his elbow and placed his fingers on the bridge of his nose. "According to surveillance footage and eyewitness reports, Seele did not leave the base last night."

"I know all that! But she can't just vanish into thin air!"

"..."

Yesterday we were just feeling relieved that nothing had happened, and today a disappearance has occurred. No matter what, this is not something to be happy about.

Bronya discovered Seele's disappearance in the morning. Bronya went to find Seele for breakfast early in the morning, but Seele was not in her room. After that, she could not be found anywhere.

Seele wasn't found at the Anti-Entropy base, nor in Salt Lake Town; no one had seen her except last night.

"The last person to see her was Lin. It's been over ten hours since he parted ways with Seele until this morning—enough time to do anything," Einstein calmly analyzed. "But it's absolutely impossible for him to have strayed too far. The area is under our surveillance, and all the vehicles are..."

"There's another possibility," Tesla interrupted Einstein, scratching her head in frustration. "The Herrscher of the Void."

"..."

Indeed, only the Herrscher of the Void has the ability to instantly transport a living person to the other side of the earth right under everyone's noses.

Can...

"I don't think it's Kiana," Einstein shook his head.

"Of course it couldn't be her!" Tesla bit his lip. "I mean, she might be able to sense something."

"Spatial teleportation?" Einstein nodded, rubbing his chin with one hand. "That makes sense. It couldn't have been Kiana who did it, but it's not impossible that someone used the power of the Herrscher of the Void to do it."

The most likely candidate is the Archbishop of Schicksal. It is highly probable that his long-term research on the Herrscher of the Void has enabled him to master certain methods of utilizing spatial powers.

"Bronya ..."

"It's alright, Kiana, I'm calm."

Bronya's face remained expressionless as always, but her fingers were clenched so tightly they turned white, indicating that her calmness was merely a facade for Kiana's benefit.

Seele had just returned from the Quantum Sea, and the time they had been apart was enough for memories to fade, but unexpectedly, Seele disappeared again.

"I will definitely find Seele," Kiana comforted her. "There are indeed some spatial anomalies in the base. Let me look for her first."

"Okay, sure."

Lin remained silent, lost in thought.

He was the last person to see Seele, which means that after they parted ways, Seele encountered something.

"Lin?" Kiana noticed that Lin seemed preoccupied, and she assumed that Lin was also worried about Seele's disappearance, just like Bronya.

... Being anxious is one thing, but Lin is different from Bronya's outward calmness. No matter what he encounters, he remains calm. Disordered emotions not only cannot salvage the situation but will also lead it to a worse state.

"Separating will be more efficient." Lin turned and walked in another direction. "I'll meet up with you in a bit."

"Ah... okay."

Lin quickly went to a deserted corner, took out his phone, opened a blank text editor, and typed on the screen.

Are you there?

Half a second after Lin finished typing, a line of text appeared: [She went there.]

[Where?]

What I gave you.

That game?

Are the scenes in that game real?

[It's not just about the setting.]

Does "not just the scene" mean... that players also exist?

What's the best way to get there?

They will either pull you in or use the Herrscher of the Void's abilities to find the corresponding entrance.

After this sentence appeared, a flat map of your Anti-Entropy base appeared on Lin's phone, with ten red dots on it.

[Based on surveillance analysis, Seele Vollerei was not seen on camera after 10:13 PM last night. Using the Anti-Entropy surveillance area plan, the most likely locations where she went missing are the following ten areas.]

Having a general idea of where to look, Lin immediately stepped forward and began searching based on the red dots on the map.

As Lin searched, he became somewhat concerned about the mysterious person's identity, as his manner of speaking felt vaguely familiar to Lin.

When Lin found the sixth red dot, he noticed something unusual in the marked area.

This is the corner between the equipment room and the laboratory. The entire blind spot of the surveillance system is so narrow that not even half a person could fit inside. Logically speaking, even if someone disappeared here, it would be absolutely impossible for them not to be found.

Lin crouched in front of this blind spot and found a small piece of torn stocking fabric in the most inconspicuous corner.

Right here.

He immediately contacted Kiana and asked her to bring Bronya here.

"Here it is..."

Kiana sensed something was amiss as soon as she arrived. She tentatively reached out and pulled at the empty air, and a crack appeared before them.

"Seele, is this where you went?" Bronya asked, her eyes filled with determination, as she was about to step inside when Lin stopped her.

The dark-haired man glanced at her, his cold gaze making her realize she had been too hasty.

He contacted Einstein via communicator, and after briefly explaining the situation, Einstein's keen senses detected the problem.

"There's a traitor within Anti-Entropy," Einstein said coldly to Tesla, turning to him. "The surveillance has been altered."

"Tsk, I should have thought of that earlier... Let Welt and Theresa come back to defend, and let Lin, Kiana and Bronya go in to rescue Seele first."

The two of them made clear plans for their next move, and after receiving permission, Bronya took the lead and stepped into the crevice, followed by Lin and Kiana.

Seele has been missing for too long; now we must race against time and not waste a single moment.

"Smack!"

Jiu looked down expressionlessly at the people lying on the ground. They fell in droves like wheat ears in the wind, then immediately came back to life in the square, rushed towards him, and then fell down again, repeating this cycle.

The Herrscher of Binding caused unprecedented damage and killed Flame-Chaser in the Previous Civilization. He had a barrier with a radius of 100 kilometers centered on him, which prevented the conversion of all energy except his own, including Honkai Energy, electrical energy, and biological internal energy. This not only prevented Flame-Chaser from using Honkai Energy, but also caused their DNA to collapse and die.

Absolute suppression of anything related to Honkai is the power that Honkai grants to the Herrscher of Binding of Restraint to execute Honkai traitors.

However, this ability is not absolutely invincible. For example, even now, even if the entire area within a radius of 100 kilometers in this space Honkai Energy, these Herrscher of Domination are still constantly resurrecting. Does this mean that their ability to resurrect is unrelated to Honkai?

The barrier can last for a considerable time; as long as there is no interference, it can even last forever. But now these guys are relentlessly wearing it down. Even dripping water can wear away stone, and if the consumption and replenishment are not balanced, there will be an end to it.

However, during this time, he had already discovered some information about the abilities of the Herrscher of Domination.

Coral's "Reversal": Chapter Twelve - Loading... Currently stealing a Yae Rice Ball...

The Herrscher of Domination are special Herrscher that exist in multiples. Unlike other Herrscher, the defeat of a single Herald does not affect the whole Herald. This is the most basic ability of the Herrscher of Domination, and it is true in both the Previous Civilization and the current civilization.

In addition, the Herrscher of Domination in the Previous Civilization and the current civilization are completely different concepts. The Herrscher of Domination in the current civilization do not die. They have the ability to resurrect infinitely and can use weapons that surpass the strength and speed of ordinary humans. They also have a space that can connect to all parts of the world.

After observing this group of Herrscher of Domination relentlessly attacked him during this period, Jiu discovered some noteworthy aspects of them.

Although they don't die, they are only resurrected in the plaza of this space, and they don't have a quantum entanglement-based means of communication; their dialogue is the same as that of humans.

Finally, and crucially, this group of Herrscher of Domination will "disappear."

To be precise, they would take turns consuming Jiu, leaving him no time to breathe. Some of them would die after a period of time and would not be resurrected. Instead, another group of Herrscher of Domination would appear out of nowhere in the square and take over after another period of time.

Because they need rest? After all, the individual Herrscher of Domination are the weakest of all Herrscher, so it's normal for them to retain human characteristics. But why can they come and go as they please, and even resurrect in the plaza...?

Jiu vaguely sensed a bit of the truth about the Herrscher of Domination, but a blurry membrane was blocking him, preventing him from deciphering the essence of the Herrscher of Domination.

He'll eventually be worn down and killed if this continues, and he can't enter or leave this space, so even if he wanted to escape, he couldn't.

Is there any way... um?

Suddenly, Jiu sensed a slight tremor in the vast space, as if an invisible thread was connecting him.

That guy... came here too!

"Here it is..."

Upon arriving in the new environment, Bronya immediately became alert to her surroundings, but unexpectedly, there were no enemies lying in ambush. However, the scene inside surprised her and made her eyes widen in astonishment.