Just as Lin Mo imagined himself becoming a slave to Rhine's twisted affection, she approached, a sharp scalpel already in her hand.
The faint red streaks in her eyes told Lin Mo one thing…
This woman had probably gone mad!
How could he just sit and wait for his fate?
" Wait! Rhine!
Didn't we agree to have a proper talk?! " Lin Mo spoke while simultaneously unleashing the full extent of his power.
*CRACK!*
*BOOM!*
The Ruin creatures that had been coiled around him were instantly shattered by his immense strength, freeing him from their bindings.
The moment he broke free, Lin Mo quickly grasped Rhine's shoulders, speaking earnestly, " Rhine! Get a hold of yourself!
You weren't like this before! "
A momentary daze.
At that moment, Rhine, whose shoulders were being shaken by Lin Mo, looked into his focused gaze and for a moment, actually felt…
Just as Lin Mo had previously guessed, the Ruin creatures that had bound him, even with their bodies shattered, could rapidly reassemble and restore themselves.
In the next instant, their sturdy forms once again coiled towards Lin Mo and Rhine.
" Watch out! "
Lin Mo was instantly alarmed. In his view, even though Rhine had undergone the super-heart modification surgery, her physical constitution was likely still only slightly stronger than an ordinary person's. If entangled by these powerful Ruin creatures, her chances of survival would be slim!
Lin Mo couldn't worry about anything else; he could only quickly pull Rhine tightly into his embrace.
" Ah…"
Rhine couldn't help but let out a soft gasp.
Even shielded within Lin Mo's arms, the immense pressure from the Ruin creatures' constricting force made it hard for her to breathe.
Now, the two were firmly bound by eight Ruin creatures, locked in a tight embrace.
Just as Lin Mo was about to struggle free with all his might, who would have thought Rhine would suddenly tighten her arms around his chest.
" Don't… don't hurt them…"
Her whispered words made Lin Mo pause in surprise.
He saw Rhine pressing herself tightly against his chest, seeming… to quite enjoy being held by him.
Lin Mo could only sigh helplessly, "Then quickly make them release me."
"No…"
As she spoke, Rhine even bit down hard on Lin Mo's chest with her teeth.
A protest.
A coquettish act.
Did it hurt Lin Mo?
As a god, of course not.
It was just somewhat exasperating…
This strange, obsessive affection…
Whether on Blue Star or through his hundred cycles of reincarnation, Lin Mo had no experience dealing with it!
So, he could only let her vent her frustrations in his embrace.
The wind…
Gently brushed through Lin Mo's hair.
Entwined by the Ruin creatures, the two remained silently locked in their tight embrace.
After who knows how long, Rhine's tightly clenched teeth gradually loosened.
" Feeling better now? "
Lin Mo asked gently.
" Let me operate, to perform the super-brain modification surgery on you," Rhine said softly.
" Ahem, no need, no need…" Lin Mo hurriedly refused, "
You can teach me. I should be able to perform the surgery on myself. "
"Learn the knowledge, and then abandon me again, is that it?"
"I… I wouldn't…" Lin Mo couldn't help but say with distress, "I have my own difficulties too… And back then, I didn't know how you felt~"
"And now?" Rhine asked coldly.
" Now… of course I know…" Lin Mo gave the obvious answer but couldn't help adding, "
But… you keep saying you like me, so why do things that hurt me? "
" What things that hurt you? "
Rhine asked, feigning ignorance.
Lin Mo instinctively replied, " Sending the Ruin Guard army to attack me, and now having these Ruin creatures bind me. "
" Heh, you are the esteemed new Geo Archon. Could these mere foot soldiers really harm you?
" Rhine said disdainfully, her sharp nails unconsciously digging into Lin Mo's arm again.
" Huh!? How do you know that?
" Lin Mo was somewhat puzzled.
Not many people knew about him inheriting the power of an Archon. Those who had truly witnessed him wield that power were limited to people like Yae Miko and the others who had gone to clear out the Deep Sea Dragonheirs on Watatsumi Island.
" Of course I know…" Rhine's voice was thick with jealousy… no, it even carried a trace of resentment.
" I not only know you inherited Morax's power. "
"I also know why you disappeared for a full five hundred years."
"I also know… you have quite a few close female companions… Heh… quite the playboy, aren't you?"
"Uh… Huh!?" Lin Mo was stunned.
This was his first meeting with Rhine in five hundred years, right?
So how did she know?
Did Dvalin tell her?
But Dvalin only knew bits and pieces…
" Strange how I know? "
Rhine sneered.
As soon as her words fell, a Ruin Grader extended its head.
In the next moment, an image suddenly projected in front of its head.
The image showed Lin Mo, just a day ago, summoning a meteor shower of " Falling Stars" to bombard Watatsumi Island, clearing out the Deep Sea Dragonheirs.
" This is…"
For a moment, Lin Mo was bewildered.
Since when did Ruin creatures have a recording function?
" For these five hundred years, in my search for you…"
"I have modified Ruin creatures all over the world, whether operational or wreckage."
"When Dvalin was reborn, I knew… you had returned."
"So, I retrieved every scene from the moment you entered Dragonspine to the moment you left."
" I saw you resurrect our child on Dragonspine through the Ruin Guards there. "
" I saw you turn the tide at Liyue Harbor through the Ruin Guards at Guyun Stone Forest. "
"I saw you inherit the divine power and be entrusted with a great responsibility by the Heavenly Principles through the wreckage of a Ruin Hunter atop Mt. Tianheng."
"I saw you on Tsurumi Island, using the power of an Archon to…"
"I saw you on Watatsumi Island…"
The more Lin Mo listened, the wider his eyes grew.
From what Rhine was saying…
Could it be… that the Ruin creatures scattered across the entire continent of Teyvat… had all become Rhine's eyes and ears?
This authority to monitor the world…
I'm afraid it has already surpassed even the Heavenly Principles, hasn't it?
This… is this the terrifying aspect of obsessive love!?
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