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 Judgment 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."
As he spoke, he took out a gold coin from his pocket and gently put it into the left side of the scale.
"clang!"
The crisp sound spread like a sound wave throughout the entire old factory.
In an instant, the invisible force of rules descended here.
"I request a ruling: In exchange for one gold coin, Linn Bartleron will be temporarily deprived of all his desires."
All desires, of course, include the desire to survive and the desire to kill.
In other words, if this ruling really works, then in the next few minutes, Lynn will be in an irresistible state of desire and lack of desire.
This is the best method found after countless vicious prisoners tried it.
And the price is just one gold coin.
“Buzz!”
As the captain of the Punishers finished speaking, the Scales of the Judge seemed to have received his expression and instantly burst into a dazzling and eye-catching light!
In an instant, a mark shaped like a scale appeared above Lynn's head.
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As certain invisible and intangible emotions and desires were quickly pulled out of his body, he suddenly felt his will become more depressed than ever before, and he slowly sat down on the ground with drooping shoulders.
"Now, you should believe it, right?"
Lin En even lost the desire to speak, and spoke weakly.
He suddenly felt that it might be a good choice to just keep doing it this way.
Seeing this, the captain of the Punishers was still a little cautious.
"Put the restraining cuffs on him."
Having said that, for a second-level transcendent, such a scene is undoubtedly a bit too much.
Even so, when success was about to come, no one had the slightest intention of relaxing.
In just a few moments, you will be honored by the great Calderon and receive a branch of the Tree of the Holy Spirit as a reward.
The reward is so crazy because this branch can take the user to the Holy Spirit Tree standing in the center of the imperial capital and fulfill a wish for it.
As mentioned before, the Tree of the Holy Spirit is special and does not conform to the traditional perspective principles.
Only those chosen by it can approach this tree.
Otherwise, no matter how hard you try, even if you travel across the entire imperial capital, you will never be able to get close to it. You will only see it standing not too far away in the center of the imperial capital.
As long as we have the branches of the Holy Spirit Tree, all problems will be solved.
I have to say, the conditions are very tempting and cannot be refused.
Therefore, everyone is more cautious than ever before.
“Click!”
After locking the triple shackles tightly on Lynn's joints and making sure he couldn't suddenly attack and hurt anyone, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you for your hard work."
The captain of the Substitute Punishers and the extraordinary people from the military and the Tenli Church bowed.
However, the expected polite words did not come.
He looked up subconsciously, only to find that the captains of the two forces were looking at each other with expressions that implied vigilance and a hint of caution.
"What are you still hesitating about?! Let this prince go!!!"
The fourth prince Joshua did not notice the strange atmosphere. He was immersed in the joy of coming back to life and shouted loudly.
After this escape, he cherished his life even more and vowed to stay in his research institute for the rest of his life and never come out again.
Not only that, in order to relieve his anxiety, he decided to dissect twenty virgins when he returned home tonight to soothe the fear in his heart.
The kind without anesthesia.
"Your Highness, please be patient, I will do it for you."
"Wait a moment."
Just as the Punisher Squad was approaching Joshua humbly, Lynn, who was being monitored by several people, spoke again.
Hearing this, the Substitute Punisher team frowned and said, "Shut his mouth."
"yes."
The member of the Mandated Punisher standing by was ready to take out a piece of cloth and stuff it into Lynn's mouth.
"Of course you can block my mouth, or even sew it shut. This is the right of the winner." Lin En said in a weak voice, "However, you can block my mouth, but you can't stop the suspicion in other people's hearts."
"If I were you, I wouldn't do such a stupid thing."
Without anyone noticing, the Liar's invisible waves slowly swept across the entire place.
For some reason, after hearing what this guy said, the captain of the Substitute Punishers felt a hint of agreement in his heart.
No, what am I thinking? He was about to interrupt this smooth-talking guy, but he didn't expect to blurt out another sentence: "What else do you want to say?"
"You two, didn't you divide the spoils equally?"
Lynn sighed and said dejectedly.
Unequal distribution of spoils?
joke!
As extraordinary people who are loyal to the empire, they receive salaries from the empire and are supported by the people. How can they share the spoils with a murderer like you? However, before he could respond, Lin En continued to analyze the situation in an extremely depressed tone.
"Although I don't know what Saint Laurent VI promised to your superiors, I think it must be extremely precious. Only the first force to capture me alive can get this reward."
What happened?! The captain of the Punisher was suddenly shocked.
"But in the final analysis, there were three forces that arrived at the old factory in the first wave. In addition to you, the Punishers, there were also the military and the Tenli Church."
"Although you keep claiming that the other party is a colleague, it is a matter of interest, especially for such an enviable reward. The mere relationship of colleagues is not enough for them to give it to someone else."
"As far as I know, there seem to be some historical conflicts and disagreements between the military and you, the Punishers, that have not yet been resolved. There are even some frictions between you and the Tenli Church."
"After all, there is only one reward, and I am only one." Lin En whispered weakly, "No matter which side, if they do not receive the reward from His Majesty after escorting me back, they will be punished by their superiors."
"As a first-hand witness at the scene, he not only did nothing, but also gave away the credit. This is a serious dereliction of duty."
"What on earth do you want to say?!"
At this moment, the captain of the Punisher finally realized the seriousness of the problem.
Lynn tried to grin, but having lost all desire, he found himself unable to even smile.
So he could only sigh helplessly: "I want you to have a fight."
Hearing this, the captain of the Mandated Punishers could no longer hold back: "Are you kidding me?! Do you think this little trick can..."
However, this time, before he could say anything high-sounding, the captain of the extraordinary people affiliated with the Tianli Church interrupted him in a very calm tone.
"No, this guy has a point."
Ten minutes later.
When the lost desire returned to his body, accompanied by a barely perceptible "click" sound, Lin En's hands slowly broke free from the shackles.
After all this time, the thumb dislocation method is still as useful as ever.
Lin En stood up slowly, looking at the messy old factory and the dozen or so figures lying unconscious on the ground, and couldn't help but smile.
Since ancient times, open conspiracies have always been difficult to resolve.
At least for the extraordinary people from the three forces, the orders from their superiors and the temptation of rewards from the emperor himself made it impossible for any of them to allow the other party to take away the credit.
Even though everyone knew that this was Lin En's plan, they still couldn't stop themselves from getting involved.
This, coupled with the influence of the Liar Eater, led to this chaotic battle.
"You you devil."
At this moment, the fourth prince Joshua was almost scared to death.
From his perspective, the joy of a comeback just emerged in his heart, but before he could escape, he had to watch this guy reverse the situation with just a few words and become the winner again.
In my impression, only evil and corrupt demons have such means.
It’s so scary!
Help, help! However, at this moment, Lin En was in no mood to even pay attention to him.
The fourth prince Joshua must die.
It's not just that people dislike him, because in the subsequent plot, the ruins project he led seriously affected the future direction of the world.
Therefore, Lin En wanted to try to nip it in the bud and see what impact it would have on the deviation of the plot.
Just as this thought came to my mind, a noise suddenly came from behind me.
Lynn turned around instantly, a strong warning sign coming to his mind.
With the help of moonlight, he saw a second-level extraordinary person wearing a black robe of the Tenli Church, who should have been lying on the ground with his life or death unknown, but was now trembling and slowly crawling up from the ground.
His eyes were bloodshot, hiding uncontrollable hatred and murderous intent.
Deep-seated malice and hatred swept over.
This creepy feeling is enough to make some weak-willed beings faint instantly.
Although there was no reason, a guess immediately emerged in Lin En's mind the moment his eyes met.
The person in front of me is the limb-replacer, Burrhuman.
The fourth-level transcendent who believed in "evil and cruelty".
Ever since the day Lynn and Kushustein became enemies, it was destined that a situation like this would happen.
At this moment, the black-haired boy who was truly exercising justice was despised by everyone and was nailed to the pillar of shame as a limb grafter.
However, the being who committed such heinous crimes somehow mixed into the group shouting for justice, dressed in the black robe of the Tenli Church while looking like a human.
This is an extremely ironic scene.
"finally found you."
(ps: As long as you keep moving forward, the road will continue to extend.) (End of this chapter)
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