Chapter 187 Lin En: I Surrender (6k)
The moment the Endless Thread heard unusual movements, Lin En realized someone was coming.
As early as when he just returned to the imperial capital, he sent his subordinates to conduct an investigation and specifically listed some places that "could be used as exile bases without being discovered when necessary."
The abandoned old factory is one of them.
According to the feedback from the Endless Silk, there were a total of eighteen people within a radius of 500 meters.
Judging from their directions and positions, they probably belonged to three different forces. They had already discovered each other and were now on guard against each other.
According to his guess, these people were probably official supernatural beings, not the murderers behind the scenes that Lin En had been waiting for.
He suddenly felt a little regretful and surprised.
I thought the person who would be the first to find him was the limb-replacer Burhuman.
Unexpectedly, the extraordinary people belonging to various major forces only took half a day to find this place, which was much faster than expected.
Logically speaking, given the efficiency of the empire's administrative system and the inaction of those idiots who are just sitting there doing nothing, it shouldn't be this efficient.
It seems that after the incident, Saint Laurent VI's rage swept across the entire imperial high-level officials. In addition, he should have promised some rewards that would make them crazy.
Speaking of which, my father-in-law's acting skills are really top-notch.
Although he was obviously filled with hatred for these old foxes in the Imperial Parliament, he had to show his concern for Senator Black on the surface.
Obviously, the entire empire should be the territory of his Alexini family.
But over the years, no taxes have been received from the border.
That is to say, he sent Duke Tyreus to collect taxes, and by accident he met Lin En, which was how he found a way to break the deadlock.
Before that, not only did he not get a penny of his money, he also had to reward the old ministers of parliament who had "devoted themselves to the cause".
As an emperor, this is something that he cannot tolerate in any way.
Therefore, Lin En was very sure that Saint Laurent VI only looked furious at the moment.
In fact, I might have been very happy in my heart.
In addition, he was very sure that although the parliament had issued a killing order against him on the surface, the information they had received secretly was that they would definitely capture him alive.
Thinking of this, Lin En said loudly: "Since you are here, don't hide and show yourself."
Hearing this, the desperate Fourth Prince, who was tied to a chair, subconsciously raised his head and looked around in confusion.
The next second, eighteen silent shadowy figures instantly appeared in all directions of the old factory, trapping Lin En in the center and blocking all his possible escape routes.
Judging from the fluctuations of aura and divine factors, these three search teams belonging to different forces do not seem to be elite.
Except for the extraordinary person at the head of each team who has a faint sense of oppression approaching the fourth level, the rest are either at the third level or the second level.
But this was Lynn's misunderstanding.
In fact, no matter which force it is, the fourth level is an absolutely important backbone combat force.
Even those imperial officials, unless their rank is too high, find it difficult to hire a fourth-order transcendent as a bodyguard.
After all, above the fourth level is the fifth level legend.
Such people are often high-ranking military officials or the core forces of major families hidden behind the scenes.
As for the sixth-level demigods, they are extremely rare in the entire Glostin, and cannot be driven by money and power at all.
Therefore, the three extraordinary teams from the military, the Tenli Church, and the Mandated Punishers are definitely elite.
It was because Lin En's strength had increased too rapidly along the way. He was only at the second level, but he could slaughter the third level ones like pigs and dogs.
However, it is a bit difficult to face the fourth level.
At least Lynn never tried.
In addition, different extraordinary people may rely on different seals, so he will not be like a fool and underestimate the enemy, thinking that the battle between extraordinary people is purely a competition of numbers.
After all, he had used a strategy to defeat Morris when he had just come here.
Strength is something that is very uncertain and no one can tell for sure.
Therefore, feeling the solemn atmosphere coming from the surroundings, although Lin En's eyes were very calm, he did not have the slightest contempt in his heart.
On the other hand, seeing that the official extraordinary person he had been thinking about finally arrived at the old factory, the fourth prince Joshua rekindled some hope in his heart: "Quick, come and save me! He wants to kill this prince!!!"
The captain of the Punisher Squad is a tall and muscular young man.
After hearing the Fourth Prince Joshua's call for help, a hint of respect suddenly appeared in his eyes: "Your Highness, please wait for a moment. I will capture the limb-replacer on the spot and avenge you."
Then he turned his gaze to the black-haired boy in the center of the crowd and raised his voice: "Lynn Bartleron, although I am curious about how you committed this series of murders when you were still at the border more than a year ago, no matter what, your crimes of assassinating an imperial senator and kidnapping His Royal Highness in public are irrefutable facts."
"Right now, my colleagues from the military and the Tenli Church are gathered here with me. As a second-level person, you may have some strange methods, but in the end, it is just a futile resistance."
"If it were me, I would have chosen to surrender right now."
As he spoke, the captain of the Substitute Punisher team took out a palm-sized scale from his pocket, held it in his palm, and said to Lin En indifferently.
He didn't have any intention of countering the opponent's moves and just played his trump card right from the start.
Not only the Substitute Punisher team, but even the members of the military and the Tenli Church took out their respective seals and looked at the black-haired boy with vigilance.
In order to capture him, all forces paid a heavy price.
At least the captain of the Punisher team who is about to be promoted to the fourth level, is holding an extremely powerful level 1 sealed object, the scale in his hand.
It is called "The Judge's Scale".
In terms of status, it is at the same level as the Endless Silk in Lin En's hands that has not yet been fully developed.
Even a fourth-order transcendent would find it difficult to mount any effective resistance when faced with the interference of a level-1 seal.
Because seals of this level often involve rules and authority, unless one is a demigod, one can only be at the mercy of others.
If the fourth level is like this, what about him who is at the second level?
But even so, the extraordinary people from the three forces did not have any thoughts of underestimating the enemy at this moment.
It was because within just one week since the man in front of him returned to the imperial capital, he had done several things that shocked the imperial capital.
A guy who had escaped safely from those major events, even without considering his combat power, would just stay here and wait to die?
Impossible.
Therefore, persuading them to surrender was just verbal talk, and everyone was mentally prepared to fight at any time.
Even without considering the way this guy acted, the fact that the Fourth Prince was being held hostage was enough to make them go all out.
Moreover, there is the branch of the Holy Spirit promised by Saint Laurent VI.
This is something that drives everyone crazy.
The teams from the three major forces all received orders from above, requiring them to be the first to capture Lin En alive and go to the Emperor to exchange for rewards.
As the captain of the Mandated Punisher team finished speaking, Lin En did not respond immediately.
The atmosphere suddenly fell into a brief silence.
Just when the captain of the Punisher who was holding the Scales of Judgement was getting a little impatient, Lin En finally spoke.
"good."
His answer was brief.
"In that case, don't blame us, okay?"
The captain of the Mandated Punishers, who was about to activate the effect of the Sealed Artifact, suddenly realized something.
After hearing Lynn's answer, he was stunned for a few seconds, then looked around as if he had seen a ghost.
After reading similar thoughts on the faces of his subordinates and colleagues around him, he took a deep breath.
"What did you say?"
As if afraid that he had heard wrongly, the captain of the Substitute Punishers cautiously probed.
"I said, I surrender." Lin En suddenly raised his hand to remove the endless thread in the dark, and then slowly raised his hands, "You can arrest me and claim the reward."
This action caused an instant silence in the audience.
Are you kidding me?
At this moment, this thought emerged in everyone's mind, including the fourth prince Joshua.
So you went through so much trouble, assassinating congressmen and kidnapping princes, just to create some show effect?
Who would believe this? Thinking of this, everyone's eyes became even more alert.
Seeing this, Lynn sighed softly.
In fact, when the first person to appear in the old factory was not the limb-replacer Burlhuman, he knew very well that his plan had probably failed.
Now facing the siege of more than a dozen extraordinary people, even if he tried his best, it seemed that the situation was unlikely to be safe.
Especially with three high-sequence sealed objects in front of him, he probably didn't have much room for resistance.
Of course, Lynn actually has a hidden card.
But that trump card was, after all, left behind to deal with the limb-replacer.
After all, the opponent is a fourth-level transcendent, and he is only one step away from being promoted to the fifth level. If you want to defeat him, you must pay some price.
It’s a pity that the enemy he needs to face at this moment is not the limb-replacer, but the official extraordinary person of the empire.
Lin En still felt a little distressed when he really had to use that trump card on these guys.
So the only option now is to activate the alternative plan.
in other words.
He really wanted to surrender.
"If you don't believe me, you can throw the shackles over to me and I'll put them on myself."
Lynn sighed, trying to show her sincerity.
Unexpectedly, the other party did not agree to this proposal.
Who knows if this guy in front of me is telling a lie in order to escape from here!
"No need." Upon hearing this, the captain of the Substitute Punisher and the captains of the military and the Tenli Church looked at each other, and then said lightly, "You just need to stand where you are."
说着，他从口袋中取出一枚金币，轻轻投入了天秤的左边。
“铛！”
清脆的声响宛如声波般扩散到整个旧工厂的范围之内。
刹那间，无形的规则之力降临于此。
“本人申请裁决：以一枚金币为代价，暂时剥夺‘林恩·巴特莱昂’的全部欲望。”
全部欲望，当然也包括求生欲和杀意。
换句话说，倘若此次裁决真的奏效，那么接下来的数分钟内，林恩都会处于一种无法反抗的无欲无求状态。
这是经过无数穷凶极恶的囚犯们尝试过后，得来的最佳用法。
而代价仅仅只是一枚金币。
“嗡！”
伴随着代罚者队长的话语落下，裁决者之秤仿佛接收到他的神情，瞬间绽放出了夺目而又耀眼的光芒！
刹那间，林恩的头上浮现出了一道天秤模样的印记。
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伴随着某些无形无质的情绪和欲望被迅速抽离出身体，他忽然感觉意志前所未有的消沉了下来，耷拉着肩膀缓缓坐在了地上。
“这下.你们总该相信了吧？”
林恩甚至就连说话的欲望都消失了，有气无力道。
他忽然感觉，仿佛就这样一直摆烂下去，也是种不错的选择。
见状，代罚者队长仍旧有些谨慎。
“给他戴上抑制镣铐。”
话虽如此，对于一个二阶超凡者来说，这样的阵仗无疑是有些过头了。
即便如此，在成功即将到来之际，众人也没有丝毫松懈的念头。
只需再过一会儿，就能受到伟大的卡尔德隆陛下的嘉奖，并且获得圣灵之树的枝桠作为奖励。
奖励之所以令人感到癫狂，只因这枚枝桠能够将使用者带到矗立在帝都中央的圣灵之树面前，并为之实现一个愿望。
之前也说过，圣灵之树具有特殊性，不符合人们传统意义上的透视原理。
只有被其选中的人，才能靠近这棵树。
否则不论经过怎样的努力，哪怕穿越整个帝都，都永远无法接近它，只会看见它始终不远不近地矗立在帝都的中央。
而只要有了圣灵之树的枝桠，一切问题都将迎刃而解。
不得不说，条件很诱人，令人无法拒绝。
因此，众人才会前所未有的谨慎。
“咔哒！”
在将三重镣铐紧紧锁在林恩的关节各处，确认他没办法暴起伤人后，众人终于松了一口气。
“辛苦诸位了。”
代罚者队长和来自军部以及天理教会的超凡者们鞠了一躬。
然而预想中的客套话却并未传来。
他下意识抬头望去，却发现两方势力的队长正用隐含着戒备和一丝警惕的神情，注视着彼此。
“你们还在磨蹭什么？！快把本皇子放开！！！”
四皇子约书亚并未察觉到气氛的异样，沉浸在死而复生的喜悦之中，大声嚷嚷道。
此番逃生之后，他愈发珍惜自己的生命，发誓要一辈子呆在自己的研究所里再也不出来。
不仅如此，为了缓解焦虑，他决定今晚回去之后好好解剖二十个处女，以此抚慰心中的惊惧。
不打麻药的那种。
“殿下，稍安勿躁，属下这就为您.”
“等一等。”
正当代罚者小队神色谦卑地接近约书亚之时，正接受着几人监视的林恩再度开口说话了。
闻言，代罚者小队皱了皱眉：“把他的嘴给我堵上。”
“是。”
一旁的代罚者成员便准备掏出一块布，狠狠塞进林恩的嘴里。
“你当然可以堵上我的嘴，甚至可以把它缝上，这是属于胜者的权力。”林恩用有气无力的声音说道，“然而你堵得上我的嘴，却堵不上别人心中的猜忌。”
“如果我是你，就不会做这么傻的事情。”
在所有人都没有察觉到的情况下，吞谎者的无形波动缓缓席卷全场。
不知为何，在听到这家伙说出的话后，代罚者队长的心中隐隐传来了一丝赞同的念头。
不对，我在想什么？他刚准备开口打断这个油嘴滑舌的家伙，未曾想脱口而出的却是另一句：“你还有什么话要说？”
“你们，分赃不均了吧？”
林恩叹了一口气，萎靡不振道。
分赃不均？
笑话！
身为忠诚于帝国的超凡者，他们拿的是帝国的俸禄，接受着民众们的供养，何曾和你这种杀人狂魔之流一样，有分赃一说？然而还未等他有所回应，林恩继续用那种丧到极点的语气，自顾自地分析了起来。
“虽然不知道圣罗兰六世究竟许诺给你们上级什么事物，但想来一定极其珍贵，只有第一个活捉我的势力才能得到这种赏赐。”
被说中了？！代罚者队长心中陡然一惊。
“然而说到底，第一波抵达旧工厂的一共有三方势力，除了你们代罚者之外，还有军部和天理教会。”
“虽然你口口声声称对方为同僚，可事关利益，尤其还是如此令人眼红的赏赐，仅仅只是同僚的关系。并不足以让他们将其拱手让人。”
“甚至据我所知，军部和你们代罚者之间，似乎还有历史遗留的冲突和分歧尚未解决，甚至和天理教会之间，也存在某些龃龉。”
“说到底，奖赏只有一个，而我也只有一个。”林恩有气无力地低声道，“不论哪一方，在将我押送回去之后，倘若没有获得陛下的赏赐，都会遭到上级的责罚。”
“身为第一现场的亲身经历者，不仅毫无作为，甚至还将这份功劳拱手相让，这是极为严重的渎职行为。”
“你到底想说什么？！”
此时此刻，代罚者队长终于意识到了问题的严重性。
林恩试着咧嘴，然而失去一切欲望的他，发现自己连笑都做不到了。
于是他只得无奈地叹了一口气：“我想说你们打一架吧。”
听到这话，代罚者队长再也忍不住了：“开什么玩笑？！你以为这种小伎俩能”
然而这一次，还未等他说出任何冠冕堂皇的大道理，隶属于天理教会的超凡者队长开口打断了他，语气十分平淡。
“不，这家伙说得有道理。”
十分钟后。
当失而复得的欲望重新回归体内，伴随着一声微不可察的“嘎巴”声响，林恩的双手从镣铐中缓缓挣脱了出来。
时隔许久，拇指脱臼法还是一如既往地好用。
林恩缓缓站起身，注视着一片狼藉的旧工厂，以及躺倒在地昏迷不醒的十几道身影，不由得微微一笑。
自古以来，阳谋总是难解的。
至少对于三方势力的超凡者而言，身负上级的命令，以及皇帝亲自封赏的诱惑，致使他们谁都没办法任由对方将这份功劳夺走。
纵使所有人都知道这是林恩的计谋，可却依然没办法阻止自己入局。
再加上吞谎者的影响，导致了这场乱战的发生。
“你你这个恶魔.”
此时此刻，四皇子约书亚都快被吓尿了。
在他的视角里，心中刚刚浮现出翻盘的喜悦，结果还未来得及脱困，就眼睁睁看着这家伙用三言两语逆转大局，再次成为胜利者。
印象中，也唯有邪恶堕落的恶魔拥有这等手段。
实在是太可怕了！
救、救命！然而此时此刻，林恩就连搭理他的心情都欠奉。
四皇子约书亚是一定要死的。
不仅仅是看他不顺眼，因为在后续的剧情中，他所领导的废墟计划严重影响了世界的未来走向。
因此，林恩想试着将其扼杀在摇篮之中，看看究竟能对剧情偏离度造成怎样的影响。
正当这个念头刚刚浮现在脑海的瞬间，一声响动忽然从身后传来。
林恩瞬间转过身，强烈的警兆浮现在脑海。
借着月光，他看见一名身穿天理教会黑袍、本该趴在地上生死不明的二阶超凡者，此刻正颤抖着身体，从地面上缓缓爬起。
他的眼眸猩红，藏着无法克制的仇恨与杀意。
彻骨的恶意和怨毒席卷而来。
这种毛骨悚然的感觉，足以令某些意志不坚的存在瞬间吓晕过去。
虽然没有任何理由，但和那双眸子对上的瞬间，林恩的心中立刻浮现出了一个猜想。
眼前之人就是接肢者·伯尔休曼。
那名“恶虐”信仰的四阶超凡者。
自从林恩和库修斯坦恩结仇的那天起，就注定了会有眼前这样的情况发生。
此时此刻，真正在行使正义的黑发少年遭到万人唾弃，被当作接肢者钉上了耻辱柱。
而那个犯下了滔天恶行的存在，却不知何时混入了叫嚷着正义的队伍，人模狗样地穿着天理教会的黑袍。
这是极为讽刺的一幕。
“终于.找到你了。”
（ps：只要不断前进，道路就会一直延伸下去。）(本章完)