227: Chapter 227 The Divine Light Was Eaten, Lin Motong Started Calling Him Dad

The main door of Tiangong No. 1 had just closed.

Behind Lin Yuan, Wang Ya held Lin Motong's hand, while Qin Yumo and Captain Han Xue followed on both sides.

The pale gold water ripple on the edge of Wang Ya's pupil ring had not yet dissipated.

As she walked down the corridor, fine beads of water condensed on the walls.

Tang Qiqi stood at the very back and muttered.

"Tiangong No. 1 has automatically entered the rainy season."

Lin Yuan glanced at the B3 Sealed Chamber surveillance.

"Let's go take a look."

The B3 Sealed Chamber opened.

Chiba Sakura was secured to an electric chair.

Her wrists, ankles, and neck were all locked into titanium alloy restraint rings.

Every day, Liu Qing would feed her nutrient paste via a robotic arm.

When she saw Lin Yuan enter, her gaze shifted from dazed to venomous.

"Do you think that by swallowing the Divine Light, you have defeated the gods?"

Qin Yumo stood behind Lin Yuan and let out a cold sneer.

That so-called amaterasu divine light thing said the exact same thing when it floated in front of Master.

In the end, its dog head was crushed in less than two minutes.

Chiba Sakura did not look at her.

She stared at Wang Ya.

"You are just a vessel."

"The amaterasu divine light will not die; the elders have only failed temporarily."

Su Muxue walked to the monitoring screen and inserted a probe.

"Continue."

Chiba Sakura laughed.

"Are you people of the Dragon Kingdom capable of fear?"

She began to chant in Japanese in a low voice.

The speed of her speech became faster and faster.

Inside the B3 Sealed Chamber, the detector suddenly displayed a burst of golden-red fluctuations.

Su Muxue frowned.

The pale gold water ripple within Wang Ya's body spun along with it.

Chiba Sakura seized upon this anomaly, her laughter growing hoarser.

"Do you see?"

"It is not she who consumed the Divine Light."

"It is the Divine Light that chose her."

"Lin Yuan, your so-called victory is just the gods finding another way to enter this place."

"Our Great Empire of the Rising Sun will eventually rule the world!"

Lin Yuan did not speak.

A system prompt popped up before his eyes.

[Target Chiba Sakura, Favorability -6%.]

[Current Favorability: -100%.]

Extreme value.

No punishment.

No berserk state.

No so-called backlash of rules.

Lin Yuan's gaze, on the contrary, became even calmer.

The experiment was complete.

Chiba Sakura thought she had struck a nerve.

"You don't dare let her come near me."

"Because you are also afraid."

"You are afraid that the Divine Light will revive, afraid that she will open her eyes by your bedside!"

Lin Yuan looked up.

"Wang Ya."

Wang Ya lowered her head slightly.

"Mr. Lin."

"Show her a glimpse of her faith."

Wang Ya did not act immediately.

She first stroked Lin Motong's head.

Lin Motong held her tattered teddy bear, her voice very soft.

"Mom, don't be afraid."

Wang Ya smiled.

"Hmm."

She looked up.

On the edge of her gray-white pupil ring, the pale gold water ripple slowly rotated.

The humidity inside the B3 Sealed Chamber changed instantly.

The cold sweat on Chiba Sakura's skin was stripped away, drop by drop, and suspended in mid-air.

Her pupils constricted.

"You..."

Wang Ya took half a step forward.

She released only a trace of her aura.

It was not water pressure.

Nor was it a simple Superpower fluctuation.

Within it contained the authority of an SS-rank [Water Calamity], as well as the residual status of the pseudo-god core after it had been devoured.

On the monitoring screen.

The golden-red wave, having just emerged, was swallowed layer by layer by the blue-gray water ripple.

The curve plummeted.

As if it had encountered its natural predator.

Chiba Sakura's lips began to tremble.

"Impossible..."

Su Muxue stared at the screen.

Her tone was very professional.

"Wang Ya's physical data is normal."

"The activity of the contamination source is below the safety threshold."

"Conclusion: Digested."

The B3 Sealed Chamber was silent.

Digested.

The Divine Light was not lurking.

It was not a backlash.

It had been eaten.

Wang Ya raised her hand.

The water droplets suspended in mid-air pressed down simultaneously.

Chiba Sakura's body was forced away from the back of the chair.

Yet her entire body was pressed into a kneeling position by the water pressure.

Her knees slammed into the ground.

She gritted her teeth and tried to lift her head, but she couldn't even raise her neck.

Lin Yuan stood before her.

"What do you have to be dissatisfied about?"

"It's not me you're kneeling to."

"It is your own god."

Chiba Sakura squeezed out a breathy sound from her throat.

In her life, she had been trained by the Ninja Guild, oppressed by the elders, and brainwashed by the amaterasu divine light.

They said suffering had meaning.

Sacrifice had glory.

She had believed it.

Or rather, she had to believe it.

But now.

She had seen with her own eyes the Divine Light shrinking back in front of Wang Ya.

No divine punishment.

No glory.

Not even resistance.

The last trace of hardness in Chiba Sakura's eyes dissipated.

"The god..."

"Is gone."

Lin Motong suddenly stepped forward.

Qin Yumo wanted to stop her.

Lin Yuan raised his hand.

Qin Yumo stopped.

Lin Motong stood in front of Chiba Sakura.

She did not attack.

She simply extended a finger and tapped the center of Chiba Sakura's brow.

An SSS-rank mental suppression descended.

Chiba Sakura's vision went black.

When she opened her eyes again, Chiba Rin was standing in front of her.

It was still under the cherry blossom tree from last time.

She was wearing a kimono, and her face looked exhausted.

"Sister."

Chiba Sakura lunged forward.

"Rin!"

Her hands passed through the fragmented light.

Chiba Rin looked at her.

"How much longer are you going to kneel for them?"

Chiba Sakura froze.

"Sister."

"Don't kneel anymore."

The scene shattered.

Chiba Sakura snapped back to the B3 Sealed Chamber.

Lin Motong withdrew her hand.

She hugged her teddy bear tightly.

"She doesn't want you to be a blade anymore."

Chiba Sakura looked at her.

She didn't say anything for a long while.

Then, she smiled.

It wasn't mockery.

It was just empty.

"Lin Yuan."

"Kill me."

Qin Yumo watched her with cold eyes.

Su Muxue stopped recording.

Lin Yuan did not try to persuade her to surrender.

Nor did he continue to torture her.

"Liu Qing."

"Disable the hand restraints."

Liu Qing's voice sounded from the broadcast.

"Yes, Master."

Click.

The restraint on Chiba Sakura's right hand loosened by one notch.

She looked at Lin Yuan.

"You won."

"But I will not pledge my loyalty to you."

Lin Yuan said indifferently, "You are not worthy."

Chiba Sakura's face twitched.

This sentence was heavier than any insult.

She laughed miserably.

She raised her right hand.

She didn't call out to Amaterasu again.

She didn't call out to the guild again.

Only at the very last moment, she whispered a name.

"Rin."

Her fingers slashed across her throat.

The B3 Sealed Chamber returned to silence.

Lin Yuan turned around.

"Give the body to Su Muxue."

Su Muxue nodded.

"I need to perform a section analysis on the residual Divine Light in the brain."

Tang Qiqi muttered in the channel.

"Dr. Su, your occupational habit is truly incurable."

First-floor lobby.

All core members were present.

Su Xiaonuan stood to Lin Yuan's right.

Wang Ya held Lin Motong's hand and stood on the other side.

Jiang Xiaowan sat on the sofa, supporting her waist, and glanced at Wang Ya.

"Oh, the Water Goddess has returned to the palace."

Wang Ya ignored her.

She looked down at Lin Motong.

Lin Motong held her tattered teddy bear and stood up very straight.

Lin Yuan spoke.

"From today on, Wang Ya's status in the family is second only to Su Xiaonuan."

Su Xiaonuan was stunned.

She looked at Wang Ya.

Wang Ya also looked at her.

Both of them understood.

This was not a declaration of affection.

It was an ordering of power.

Lin Yuan continued, "Lin Motong."

"Status."

"Miss Lin."

The lobby became even quieter.

Tang Qiqi opened her mouth, then closed it again.

Lin Motong looked up at Lin Yuan.

She looked for a long time.

The tattered teddy bear in the little girl's hands was held very tightly.

There was moisture in Wang Ya's eyes.

Lin Motong finally spoke.

Her voice was small.

But clear.

"Dad."

Lin Yuan looked at her.

He did not correct her.

Nor did he ask her to say it again.

He simply raised his hand and let it rest on her head.

[Ding! Target Lin Motong, Favorability +4%.]

[Current Favorability: 34%.]

Lin Motong lowered her head.

The teddy bear covered half of her face.

Wang Ya squatted down and wiped away the moisture from the corner of her eye.

Jiang Xiaowan clicked her tongue lightly.

"That bastard really knows how to buy over a child."

Su Xiaonuan glanced at her.

"Miss Jiang, your dinner will have less salt today."

Jiang Xiaowan: "..."

This little secretary really knows how to handle a pregnant woman now.

Evening.

Master bedroom.

Su Xiaonuan walked in holding the takeover documents for Shanghai.

Su Muxue followed behind with Wang Ya's medical report in hand.

Su Xiaonuan placed the documents on the table.

"General Manager Lin, thirty percent of the survivor registration in Shanghai has been completed."

"The Hongqiao Command Center defense line is temporarily being maintained by Zhao Dingshan."

"Yu Qingyi has handled her own affairs, and Zhao Dingshan will send a helicopter to bring her over tomorrow morning."

Su Muxue continued.

"Wang Ya's body has undergone a comprehensive examination."

"The pseudo-god core is not contaminated."

"It is more like it has been annexed by her water element and turned into a new organ."

Lin Yuan finished flipping through the two documents.

"You both did well."

"We'll talk about the rest tomorrow."

"You two should fulfill your agreement."

Lin Yuan pulled Su Xiaonuan into his arms with one hand, making her sit on his lap.

"General Manager Lin, I'm reporting that Auntie secretly smoked a cigarette."

Su Muxue was uncharacteristically shy.

"I was just a bit stressed..."

Lin Yuan slowly removed Su Muxue's glasses with his other hand.

"I have cigars here, do you want to try one too?"

The door slowly closed.