Lin Wu Finds One of His Own

Lin Wu's words made Lin Xuan breathe a slight sigh of relief.

Given what had just happened, even if his second brother Lin Wu had suddenly told him he was a transmigrator too, he would not have found it surprising.

But on second thought, he felt even more keenly the pressure ordinary people faced when confronted with geniuses.

Normally, when he watched Lin Wu bicker with Lin Long and constantly call her his stupid little sister, Lin Xuan merely found it amusing.

But when he personally faced this genius second brother, even though the other party was not deliberately showing off, he could still feel that profound sense of disparity.

Of course, he was more mature now than Lin Wu had been at the age of three.

But it was not as if he had never experienced that age in his previous life. At the same age, he could not even count properly.

Yet his genius second brother had already known how to hide his talents. The contrast was honestly a little too stark.

Besides, although he had long known that his second brother Lin Wu was quite accomplished on the technological side, and there were plenty of examples to prove it.

For instance, when their father Lin Hai had injured his arm, Lin Wu had casually used that metal ring to cut through the bandages. Or the little gadget resembling an electronic wristband that he had prepared for their eldest sister Lin Rou before she went out for training, and so on.

But compared to hacking into Crimson Flame's database, those were truly insignificant.

Within Great Xia, Crimson Flame held an even more exalted position than the CIA and Department of Homeland Security of some major power on Blue Star in his previous life combined.

The reason for that, naturally, had much to do with the emergence of the Old Soil.

Within Great Xia, every incident involving the Old Soil was handled by Crimson Flame. As the Old Soil's influence on Earth Origin Star grew greater and greater, Crimson Flame's status naturally rose with it.

Even the Longjiang branch of such an exalted department would undoubtedly be full of capable people.

Yet sixteen-year-old Lin Wu had easily breached Crimson Flame's database and retrieved detailed intelligence regarding that recent case.

If Crimson Flame found out... Well, it seemed like it would not be a big deal. Recalling how countries on Blue Star in his previous life treated technological talents, Lin Xuan realized he might have been worrying too much.

For a genius youth like Lin Wu, even if Crimson Flame really discovered that he had invaded their database, at most they would recruit him.

Could a genius from such a spotless family background really be said to have made a mistake just because of some minor offense?

Of course not!

Lin Wu naturally had no idea that in such a short time, his little brother had already thought so much.

Seeing that Lin Xuan did not deny playing dumb, Lin Wu immediately concluded that his little brother truly was one of his kind. Excited, he said:

"As expected of my brother. There's finally someone in this family who understands the troubles of being a genius. You have no idea how I've lived these past few years. I really don't know how that little idiot Lin Long has even the slightest resemblance to my sister..."

The more Lin Wu spoke, the more excited he became, as though he had found a kindred spirit.

After his initial astonishment, Lin Xuan understood why his second brother was reacting this way.

He was not the kind of person Lin Wu believed him to be, but he had concealed himself even more thoroughly than Lin Wu ever had.

Ever since he had gained awareness, he had spent three years pretending to be a little baby.

Only in front of Duo Duo could he relax a little and occasionally reveal his mature side.

At all other times, he was constantly playing the role of a baby.

Not only could he understand the loneliness his second brother Lin Wu felt, he felt it even more deeply himself.

Now that this second brother had mistaken him for one of his own, Lin Xuan was more than happy to let him believe it, because it meant he had gained someone he could communicate with.

Even if he still could not say whatever he wanted, it was far better than having to pretend to be nothing but a three-year-old baby.

"Quick, tell your brother what exactly happened before. How did you kid set up Eight Machine Devil Machinery and Thousand-Faced Fox?" Lin Wu asked with interest.

"Eight Machine Devil Machinery... Thousand-Faced Fox?" Lin Xuan looked utterly bewildered.

This time, he was not playing dumb. He genuinely had no idea what Lin Wu was talking about.

"They're the masterminds behind the kidnapping of that little girl Duo Duo." Lin Wu explained. "That Director Huang at your kindergarten was probably placed there by Duo Duo's family to protect her. On the day of the kidnapping, Thousand-Faced Fox lured Director Huang away, which gave your Teacher Hu an opening..."

With Lin Wu's explanation and his own experiences, Lin Xuan finally gained a relatively complete understanding of the entire matter.

There were some things he had already vaguely suspected, such as Director Huang definitely having some connection to Duo Duo's family.

But he truly had not known that Director Huang had been lured away that day.

"Your Teacher Hu was pitifully stupid too. Eight Machine Devil Machinery merely used a little trick to make her think her family had fallen into his hands, and she went after that little girl Duo Duo according to his instructions. Tsk..."

Lin Wu clicked his tongue in wonder. "Didn't she stop to think? Even if she really succeeded in kidnapping that little girl Duo Duo, and even if her family truly had fallen into their hands, would they really spare her and her family?"

"Pitiful people must have something hateful about them." After hearing the story behind it all, Lin Xuan did not feel Teacher Hu deserved sympathy.

If she had only thought things through a little more, she would have understood that since Duo Duo was worth such painstaking efforts to kidnap, she definitely was not an ordinary person.

Even if the people behind it truly spared her and her family, would Duo Duo's family spare them?

Although this had indeed been an unforeseen disaster for Teacher Hu, since she had become an accomplice, she had to pay the price for her choice.

Not involving her family was already merciful enough.

Through Lin Wu's introduction, Lin Xuan also learned what the Eight Machine Devil Machinery and Thousand-Faced Fox he had mentioned earlier actually were.

The former was a Mech-Energy User, while the latter was a Mutant.

The two had originally been somewhat famous lone bounty hunters in the Old Soil, but by now they had likely both joined some secret organization and come to carry out a mission.

"So their mission was to kidnap Duo Duo?" Lin Xuan asked.

"For now, it looks that way, but there's still no definite evidence."

Lin Wu nodded. "So far, Crimson Flame has only destroyed two of Eight Machine Devil Machinery's sub-bodies. Thousand-Faced Fox was only injured, but she still managed to escape..."

"Two sub-bodies?" Lin Xuan asked curiously.

"Oh, I forgot to explain. Eight Machine Devil Machinery probably follows the Mechanical Modifier path. It is said that he has eight sub-bodies in total."

Lin Wu patiently explained, "Those eight sub-bodies are not identical. Each has its own characteristics, and his consciousness can shift back and forth between them. He can also multitask and control several sub-bodies at once."

"Consciousness transfer... Then as long as he can keep transferring his consciousness, doesn't that mean he can never be killed?" Lin Xuan asked in surprise.

"How could that be?" Lin Wu laughed. "Perhaps the Old Soil truly has high-level Mech-Energy Users whose life forms are close to intelligent lifeforms, but Eight Machine Devil Machinery? He isn't worthy of that."