I'm Not a Flame-Chaser

Before Otto ended the call, Lin asked.

"Someone wanted me not to interfere with any of your actions, so on Coral Island I didn't let anyone bother you."

"... Who is it?"

"Hmm... that person said he wanted to give you a surprise, but I don't know his real identity either, so his worries are unnecessary."

The images of Zero and Yan Luo flashed through Lin's mind.

What is their purpose? Why did they come into his world?

"That's enough for our chat. I have some business to attend to, so I'll take my leave now."

The communication ended, but Lin felt extremely heavy-hearted.

Solving the Honkai... this goal is getting closer and closer, but can we really rest easy once the Honkai is solved?

In the Quantum Sea, Lin spent 50,000 years collecting Aether Anchor; finally, he successfully collected enough Aether Anchor to make a World Bubble last forever, where the consciousness of millions of people lived.

Even if the Honkai cannot be resolved, those people can continue to exist in that World Bubble.

If he can successfully resolve the Honkai issue, he can bring these people back to the Intrinsic World. However, it seems that the Honkai is not the most important problem at present.

Kevin, Otto, and Zero.

In particular, Zero taught Lin how to use the Great Void Sword Qi, which means that Zero had encountered someone who could use the Great Void Sword Qi in the Quantum Sea, and it is very likely that it was Fu Hua.

A mysterious figure from the Quantum Sea, whose purpose, identity, and abilities are all shrouded in mystery, is also a companion of Yan Luo.

The thought of Yan Luo's vague warning to him in the letter added a layer of gloom to Lin's heart.

"Ah, Brother Lin, you're here."

The gentle voice brought Lin back to reality. He turned around and saw Seele standing at the door, smiling and waving at him. Then, as if remembering something, he turned back around.

"Then let's visit another place."

The chestnut-haired girl trembled as she hid behind the door, only half her face showing as she looked at him; the terror in her eyes was quite evident.

Because Lin and the Herrscher of Binding share the same origin, Anna must have felt that Lin was the Herrscher of Binding, which is why she was so afraid.

Lin Mo stared at Anna silently. She swallowed hard, not daring to meet his gaze. Only after Seele came over and took her hand did she muster the courage to look up. "Um... did you give me the necklace?"

She raised her hand, and in her palm lay two crescent-shaped necklace pendants.

"... It's me," Lin replied coldly.

"Then, do you know what these are? I feel like they're very important to me—"

"Only you can remember it yourself," Lin interrupted Anna, coldly pointing to the necklace. "No one else can tell you what it means."

Lin couldn't quite say whether he felt regret about Chen Tianwu, but at least he felt he shouldn't interfere too much in the matter. He wasn't qualified to explain things to Anna, who had lost her memory, because that involved his own subjectivity. Only Anna could make her own judgment after regaining her memory.

Perhaps it was because Lin's attitude was too forceful, and Anna was already afraid of him, that this startled her so much that she almost burst into tears.

Is this really the Valkyrie of Schicksal? Has her personality become weak because of amnesia?

Lin said nothing more. Seele looked at the frightened Anna, smiled, and led her away.

Lin's thoughts were a bit jumbled. After thinking for a moment, he left the training room and headed towards Bronya's room.

"Knock knock knock".

"The door wasn't closed."

Lin pushed open the door and entered, finding Bronya sitting in a chair disassembling a gun that looked very familiar—it was the standard-issue rifle of the Firemoth.

"Lin? What do you need Bronya for?" Bronya waved her hand, and the parts on the table disappeared. Noticing Lin's gaze, she explained expressionlessly, "Bronya is trying to see if the Herrscher of Reason's abilities can be further developed. By repeatedly constructing and disassembling an item, and thoroughly understanding its composition, can she directly create other items based on its structure?"

Is it not about replicating, but about creating something new by drawing inferences from one instance?

Since it's a weapon from the Firemoth, it means Prometheus has opened the Firemoth database to Bronya. He asked, "Vill-V mentioned before that she left some things in Prometheus's system. Can I take a look now?"

What will it be that Mobius objects, but Vill-V still chooses to stay?

"Understood. Switch to Prometheus mode."

His crimson pupils filled with the original pale gray, Prometheus opened his palms, revealing Vill-V's projection before him.

"Hey, Lin, we meet again. I bet you're curious about what I left behind, and why Mobius objected... But it's actually quite easy to guess, isn't it? Mobius did object..."

Mobius opposed Lin's Hypervariable Surgery.

In other words, this is something related to Flame-Chaser.

Wait a minute, could this be...?

"I'm sure you've guessed it already, that's right, it's a 'Artificial Collapse'."

Elysian Realm of "Flying Flowers": Successful power outage, will be restored tomorrow.

There are many advantages to living in the countryside, but also countless disadvantages... The power outage tonight was quite strange. Anyway, I was halfway through writing when the power suddenly went out, so I had to use my phone to send out the announcement. I will make up for today's two updates tomorrow.

And there's a discount event going on recently, so I'll be updating extra during the event, just like last time. It's truly the hard work of an old man.

Elysian Realm of "Flying Flowers": Chapter Thirteen - A Flash of Inspiration from the Pufferfish

"Although everyone initially thought your Hypervariable Surgery had failed, subsequent signs revealed that your surgery was actually successful; it's just that the changes in physical strength seen in other successful individuals did not appear in you."

"If Mobius and I are not mistaken, then you should also be able to Artificial Collapse, but your consciousness and body are weakly connected, and your body itself cannot support you to Artificial Collapse. Forcing it would be extremely dangerous."

Lin did indeed use Artificial Collapse once. During his duel with Kevin in the Quantum Sea, in order to keep up with the Flame-Chaser's physical abilities, he had to try Artificial Collapse, which he had never tried before. Even with this last trump card and the Tai Xu Divine Essence, he still couldn't defeat Kevin, and he couldn't even seriously injure Kevin. He himself almost collapsed in the Quantum Sea.

Fortunately, he was able to escape to the Intrinsic World at that time. Lin used a device containing the consciousness of millions of people to repair his own consciousness, and came into contact with the Herrscher of Reason Core, which allowed him to barely repair his body and survive.

After that, Lin could no longer use Artificial Collapse. He had a premonition that he would die the moment he Artificial Collapse.

"However, I have studied Wasak's genes, which may allow you to undergo Artificial Collapse like us, and the side effects will be reduced. But this is, after all, an unproven technology. It may be a good medicine to help you, or it may be a poison to kill you. So Mobius is against me telling you about this technology. But... haha, anyway, I'm keeping it from her."

Vill-V clapped her hands and laughed, "In any case, I think the decision should be left to you, after all, you're the one in charge!"

After she finished speaking, Vill-V's figure gradually became transparent and eventually disappeared, but her eyes were exceptionally gentle as she gazed at the empty space ahead.

From her perspective, there was nothing in front of her.

But what she is looking at is not the "present," but the "future." After receiving her message, there will surely be the most important person standing in the distant future, gazing at her.

"Playback complete. The information provided by Dr. Vill-V has been transmitted to Lin's communicator."

Lin took out his communicator to confirm and nodded to Prometheus.

The more you prepare, the better, after all, Kevin...

"Whoosh."

Prometheus suddenly embraced Lin.

"Mission complete, reward required."

"... What reward?"

Under Lin's cold, sweat-drenched gaze, Bronya raised her hand, and a figure resembling her appeared beside her—the most familiar face in Lin's memory.

The body of Prometheus.

After the body of Prometheus was printed out, the crimson in Bronya's eyes disappeared, and Prometheus, who was almost identical to her except for the difference in hair color, opened his eyes and looked down at his own body.

Compared to the original Prometheus bionic body, many of the doll joints have been replaced with ordinary human joints, making them look like Bronya's twin sisters with dyed hair.

After examining his own body, Prometheus looked up and met Bronya's gaze.

"Bronya, I want to talk to you about... Waaah!"

Kiana pushed open the door that had been left open and was startled by the scene inside.

The three of them turned to look at her at the same time. Bronya had her head on Lin's shoulder and was hugging him from behind, while another girl who looked exactly like Bronya was lying on Lin's lap, and Lin himself was picking at the girl's ears with an ear pick.

"What's wrong, Kiana?" Bronya tilted her head and looked at the surprised Kiana.

Kiana gazed at the girl lying on Lin's lap, who looked even more like a doll Bronya, and asked hesitantly, "This is...?"

"Prometheus," Lin answered Kiana's question, putting down his ear pick. "Is there something you want to say?"

"Oh..." It was Prometheus. Kiana breathed a sigh of relief. Welt had done things like printing bodies before, so Kiana wasn't too surprised when she found out. She said to Lin and Bronya, "I wanted to talk to you about Mei. Since Lin is here, we can talk about it together."

"Okay, sure."

"..."

"..."

"..."

Kiana pointed at the three who were still together. "Are you going to talk like this?"

"Is there a problem?" Prometheus replied.

"Something feels off. I had already thought of what to say, but now I can't say it." Kiana shook her head with a wry smile. "Never mind, I'll talk about it later. It's not a big deal."

But would Lin still do something like cleaning ears?

Kiana's gaze drifted to Lin, then Bronya spoke up, "Kiana, would you like to come along later?"

The silver-haired girl instinctively asked, "What?"

"..."

"..."

After exchanging glances with Bronya for a few seconds, Kiana understood what Bronya meant and blushed instantly. She stammered and looked at the expressionless trio.

Then he turned around and closed the door.

Here again.

When Lin opened his eyes and saw the long spiral staircase in front of him, he knew that the Herrscher of the Void had pulled him here again. It seemed that Kiana and he were both too tired, which allowed the Herrscher of the Void to move around with difficulty.

"Hmph, it seems you two fought a tough battle outside. Both of you are quite weakened."

The queen, her hair flowing freely, floated in mid-air, looking down at the man who approached her, and sneered with a curl of her lips.

But why is it that Kiana's faint feedback when her consciousness is weak is one of pleasure?

"... What is it?"

"Please me."

"I refuse."

"..."

The Herrscher of the Void seemed to have anticipated Lin's words, and she coldly snorted, "Since that's the case, let's make a deal. I can tell you some information about the Honkai, and you have to come often to relieve my boredom. I am the Herrscher who has had the most contact with the Will of Honkai. You, as an ant, should be grateful that you can make a deal with me."

"No."

"Since you've agreed, then... wait, what did you say? No?!"

The Herrscher of the Void stared incredulously at the expressionless Lin.

"You, you, do you know what you're saying? You dare refuse me? You can refuse me? This is a golden opportunity to gather information about the Honkai. If humanity perishes, you know you'll bear half the responsibility... Waaah!"

Before she could finish speaking, the Herrscher of the Void suddenly collapsed to the ground in mid-air, falling headfirst and revealing what was under her skirt.

... It must have used its last bit of strength to force itself to fly, but it didn't last long before it fell back down.

"Ugh... You despicable human, how dare you humiliate me..." The Herrscher of the Void the Void, clutching her bright red nose and with tears welling in her eyes, scrambled to her feet, glaring fiercely at Lin. "I'm going to kill you..."

Halfway through her sentence, the Herrscher of the Void suddenly stopped, then narrowed her eyes and looked at Lin.

He curled the corners of his mouth into a smile.

She came up with a brilliant way to get revenge on Kiana and Lin.

Elysian Realm of "Flying Flowers": Chapter Fourteen Possessiveness

The Herrscher of the Void had nothing to hold against Lin, and he had already investigated the Honkai's information quite thoroughly. So, whatever the Herrscher of the Void said was useless to Lin, and he had no intention of listening to her.

Not knowing how much longer she would have to sleep, Lin felt that her time here had been significantly extended. The only thing the Herrscher of the Void could do was to keep Lin company in this empty place while she slept.

But compared to the Herrscher of the Void, who was already nearly driven mad with boredom, the short period of time when he couldn't talk to anyone or do anything was nothing. He could sit motionless in one place for a month, his whole being as smelly and hard as a rock in a latrine.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin felt that he was about to wake up, so he got up and walked towards the spiral staircase.

"Hey, human, come back another time. After all, you're the only one who can come here."