Facing the sunset, the three of them moved forward along the coastline, leaving long footprints on the beach.
After being intimidated by Ryan, the hostility between the two of them immediately weakened a lot, because the three of them didn't have much Honkai energy now. It was an exaggeration to say that they were powerless, but in an unknown world, without the support of powerful strength, they would inevitably feel uneasy.
This problem needs time to be solved. Even if the Honkai energy in the air is very weak, it can still be replenished slowly.
At Ryan's request, Mobius reluctantly explained what the Sea of Quanta was to Hua, because Hua's education level was too low and she couldn't understand things like negative entropy, so she had to use metaphors.
"You mean, the things in each universe are like water in a cup, but this water will overflow the cup. The water overflowing from different universes reaches the pits on the table, forming the Sea of Quanta. So the things in the Sea of Quanta are from different universes?"
"Hehe, it seems you're not stupid. According to Mei, the worlds on the Imaginary Tree can exist for a long time, but they have to go through the test of Honkai; everything in the Sea of Quanta will decay over time and eventually disintegrate into a state of chaos."
"I was the first in the whole school at Canghai No. 1 Middle School, how can you say I'm stupid?" Hua couldn't help but protest, and then she saw Mobius spread her hands, shrugged with a sarcastic smile.
She suddenly understood that her high school top student status was nothing more than dust in front of Mobius. This was a big shot with ten doctoral degrees, and even the best teachers in her middle school were not qualified to be her apprentices.
"Hmph, what's there to be proud of, is having a high degree so great?"
"I'm sorry, I am just better than you." Mobius looked at the back in front, and secretly leaned her head over: "And, little girl like you who blushes when holding hands, give up as soon as possible, do you want this doctor to give you a physiology lesson?"
"I've had one before, no, judging by your tone, you're very bold?"
"Hehehe, you guess."
Mobius left Hua speechless. Fortunately, Ryan was very observant and stopped, raising his hand to point to the distance.
"Look, what is that?"
In the distance on the coast there was a cliff, and there was something flashing on the top of the cliff. Although they hadn't replenished their Honkai energy, the eyesight of the few of them was not a problem, and they immediately saw what it was.
A lighthouse, the top railing was already rusty, and the walls were covered with vines, but it was indeed a man-made object that was still in operation.
"It seems this world bubble is not an uninhabited area."
"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Mobius decisively abandoned the dazed girl, her mood was very happy.
"Theoretically it's a bad thing, but no matter, let's climb up and take a look first, we need to figure out the level of this world bubble."
Ryan could actually fly now, but it was best not to waste energy, because he had only replenished a tiny bit of Honkai energy after resting for so long, and flying for a few hundred meters would waste it all.
The three of them had to walk. Moving like ordinary people was fine for Ryan and Hua, as they were martial artists, but for a person like Mobius who was stuck in the lab all day, it was a constant complaint.
When they arrived at the bottom of the cliff, she looked up and decisively turned around: "Ryan, carry me."
"Huh? I haven't had the Super Mutation surgery yet, do you, a Fusion Warrior, have the nerve to ask me to carry you?"
"I don't care, my legs are numb, I can't climb anyway." Mobius was a bit of a rogue, blocking the cliff face.
Ryan hesitated for a moment, he knew she had never walked this far, didn't she always crawl with her Honkai energy transformed into a snake tail?
"Fine, fine, consider it that you owe me a..."
"Senior brother, I'll help with this!"
Before he finished speaking, Hua had already pushed him away, and then looked directly at the pair of snake pupils upwards, as if she could read Mobius's eyes.
'Wooden stake, you better stay out of this..'
'Hehe, do you think I followed for no reason, no, you're the one who shamelessly wanted to follow me.'
Hua was also a little annoyed. If Mobius hadn't forced herself to follow, this would have been an exciting adventure for her and Ryan, and they would definitely have left a lot of beautiful memories.
She immediately felt full of fighting spirit and simply turned around.
"Please, Dr. Mobius, who lacks exercise."
'Can't you control your wooden junior sister?'
Ryan also read Mobius's eyes, and was a little amused, but he knew he absolutely couldn't intervene at this time, otherwise Hua's resentment would all be transferred to him.
He really missed Elysia. With her around, even these two enemies would be happy together. She was the best lubricant.
He sighed and decisively turned his head away, indicating that this was their business and had nothing to do with him.
"You... fine, who said I can't climb up." Mobius's resentment exploded, and she pushed Hua from behind, and climbed onto the cliff herself.
'Hehe, sure enough, you had bad intentions, like a snake wrapped around senior brother, how can I let you get your way.'
Hua wasn't angry, but instead smiled, she also suddenly felt that with Elysia not here, she could fight a battle without any scruples, and it wasn't long before she regretted it.
Mobius climbed at the very front, but her speed was too slow, and there were too many problems. After climbing for a while she got tired, and sat her peach-like butt on senior brother's shoulder to rest, and even turned her head to look at her triumphantly.
'Hmph, you think you can ruin my good things, but you're actually assisting!'
Hua's mouth twitched uncontrollably, she almost couldn't control her Honkai energy and crush the rock, then she didn't care anymore, she did a light jump and lay on Ryan's back.
"Senior brother, I'm too tired to climb too."
Ryan, who was originally watching the tigers fight from the mountain, was speechless. On his head was a full and very elastic peach, a pair of fair and tender jade hands were wrapped around his neck, and long legs were wrapped around his waist.
Ryan regretted it a little, even if he glared at Hua, the girl acted as if she didn't see it, which was completely different from her usual self.
She obviously wanted to be treated fairly, and not always be bullied as an honest person.
"Fortunately, I'm in good shape." The man gritted his teeth, his fingers dug into the rock wall, carrying Hua, and supporting Mobius, he finally climbed up the hundred-meter cliff, and then knelt on one knee, gasping for breath.
He took back his previous words, this was not a benefit, it was torture, it was bad luck to run into this pair of enemies.
Before, there were too many people in the Golden Courtyard, and he hadn't noticed it, and there was always Elysia mediating. When she saw Hua suffer, she would always help her get it back, just like the adventure in Siberia.
Now that the golden wingman was gone, and there was no one else to interfere, these two focused all their firepower on him.
When Hua saw Ryan's appearance, she felt a little guilty, and just as she was about to admit her mistake, she saw Mobius bend down and take a medicine bottle out of her pocket.
"Tired? I have a bottle of potion here, one sip will make you feel energized."
"It's that effective?" Ryan felt a little uneasy looking at the pink potion. Before he could reach out to take it, Hua had already blocked in the middle.
The girl's expression was very firm, her guilt was replaced by fighting spirit, she stared at Mobius, like a hen protecting her chick.
'Tsk, I forgot you, this wooden stake, are next to me.'
Mobius rolled her eyes and decisively put the medicine bottle back into her pocket, and then pointed to the lighthouse as if nothing had happened.
"Let's go, let's go up and take a look."
Ryan had a look of suspicion on his face, feeling that these two were hiding something from him, and then looked at Hua's firm expression.
"You two... can you be quiet for a while?"
"Senior brother, I must protect you."
"Mobius won't do anything to me, and there are only three of us in this world bubble."
"It's precisely because there are only three of us that I must protect you, and you told us not to be nervous, that the Herrschers have also lost their ability to attack, so I can spare my energy."
Hua looked stubborn, which made Ryan give up the idea of easing the relationship between the two. Some things can only be delayed and not solved. When the pressure of survival temporarily disappeared, it was time for them to make a fuss.
This girl has grown up and started to have her own opinions. Anyway, it wouldn't lead to infighting, so let them be.
Ryan sighed, pushed open the door of the lighthouse, and found that it was not dirty inside, and it had obviously been taken care of, which again showed from the side that this world bubble was not an uninhabited area.
Following the iron stairs upwards, Mobius was already holding the railing and tiptoeing to look around. Without her reminding him, Ryan's eyes also widened slightly.
To the north there was a harbor, the sparse lights indicated that people lived there, some ships were unloading at the pier, and some were setting sail, and some chimneys were spewing black smoke into the sky.
"Looks like the technology level isn't very high?"
"Wooden sailing ships, the maximum displacement is less than two thousand tons, a technology level from five hundred years ago, wait a minute, that seems to be a steam engine, so about two hundred years ago." Mobius was a little disappointed, this level was almost the same as primitives in her eyes.
"Hmm, this is a good thing, at least besides the Herrschers, I don't have to worry about the local forces of the world bubble. If the technology were more advanced than Earth, I would have to be careful."
Mobius was stunned and understood Ryan's thoughts. They were in the world bubble for only two things:
First, to kill the Herrschers; second, to return to Earth as soon as possible, there was no time to be a scientific expedition team and slowly study the customs and folkways.
"Should we go and catch two natives to ask?"
"No hurry, let's observe first. The world bubbles are projections of different worlds, and they have existed in the Sea of Quanta for many years, so there may be some strange things."
Ryan's cowardly disease flared up. He did know very little about the Sea of Quanta, but he knew that its scale was very high. Such a large piece of imaginary side things falling in should have made some waves.
"It's fine, the Herrschers shouldn't exist in the sea even more. We just need to find a way to deal with them. Hua, you go find some food and get some clothes back. I don't want to be treated as an alien by the natives, coming to the world bubble to embarrass myself."
Hua hesitated for a moment, then turned around and left. This was obviously the most suitable thing for her to do, she couldn't possibly let that clumsy Mobius go.
The sound of the stairs gradually faded away. Ryan was still looking at the distant town. The lights of civilization made him feel a little better. He raised his hand and rubbed the humid air with his fingertips.
"What are you thinking about?" Mobius rubbed a telescope out of old materials and raised her eyebrows slightly.
"A rare sense of security. The Sea of Quanta is indeed a good place to escape from the world. The tentacles of Honkai can't reach here, and I immediately relaxed." Ryan put down his hand, his expression gradually becoming serious, "It seems that the 'Wandering Humanity' plan is feasible. Transferring a large population in a short time can relieve many burdens."
"That's not short at all. The disintegration process of a world bubble should be calculated in thousands of years, and didn't you say that the Sea of Quanta might also have a reaction?"
"What if this sea is big enough to hold everything?"
"As an existence that is as famous as the Imaginary Tree, a wave is not something a mere Earth person can handle." Mobius leaned against the railing and stretched her waist, her white coat was stretched to the limit, giving a feeling that it was about to burst out.
"That's an interesting statement." Ryan rubbed his chin, and before he could figure out why, he felt his hand being held.
He turned his head in confusion and saw Mobius's thieving expression.
"It's just the two of us alone, is there anything you want to say?"
What to say? Oh, so that's it.
She's anxious, this platypus is finally anxious!
Mobius was indeed a little anxious, she even skipped the foreplay, so she was unusually decisive compared to her usual self.
Since that kiss, due to her mistake, the battle suddenly became a heated war, and now she wished she could slap herself.
But those Herrschers wouldn't let her rest, making Ryan fly around. He was quite at ease in Siberia, but there were too many people, and she really couldn't bring herself to do it, and that wooden stake even wandered around when Ryan went to the bathroom.
And this bastard watched the tigers fight from the mountain, looking like he was going to take advantage, which really made people's teeth itch.
Finally, she caught an opportunity, but that wooden stake also followed. The pressure of survival was temporarily lifted, and while Hua was not around, the accumulated resentment finally had a vent.
Ryan stared at the pair of snake pupils and suddenly smiled: "Oh, you want to talk about the ecological environment of this world bubble, right? I haven't done much research in this area, so I can only give you some suggestions."
"Ryan, don't pretend you don't understand, you clearly know what I want to talk about!"
"How would I know? Are you talking about our relationship? It's just a simple experimental relationship, isn't it?"
Mobius felt her blood pressure 'whoosh' up. She felt like she was lifting a rock to hit her own foot. This bastard clearly knew, and now he's acting with me, right? And I can't expose him, or where would I put my face?
One lie needs countless lies to cover up. Mobius has not yet had the consciousness to tear off all her disguises. Now she wants to talk about Hua, and it's very annoying that Ryan doesn't take the bait.
But that wooden stake dared to start a war with me, if I don't do something, I can't swallow this anger!
Should I give in to Ryan, or give in to the wooden stake?
This question twisted into a knot in Mobius's mind, and her whole person fell into a state of self-isolation for a while, and her smart brain couldn't make a decision.
At this moment, Ryan suddenly grabbed her collar, and pulled her into his arms. Mobius didn't react at first, and then her snake pupils widened sharply, and the experimental process was live-streamed in her head:
First, fill the flask with a greasy liquid, and then insert a soft straw into it and stir it around. Stir it three times clockwise, then three times counterclockwise, and finally a soft straw also grows in the flask.
The two straws are entangled just like the Mobius strip or quantum mechanics, as if they want to tie a knot, and more like they want to suck away the soul.
This is very strange. Why would a real-world experiment act on the soul? Making me almost roll my eyes?
The experiment was terminated, Mobius was still unsatisfied, and this flask was also red due to the high temperature, she quickly pushed Ryan in the chest and instinctively took two steps back.
"You, you, you... what are you doing all of a sudden!"
Her tongue was still knotted, and her speech was a little slurred.
Bah, a faint coffee taste, have you been drinking too much that you've been marinated?
Ryan licked his lips, looking like a gentleman, a sense of satisfaction arose spontaneously.
That's for you for ambushing me last time, for you acting so tough, you're obviously a platypus, but you're actually very soft, like a coffee-flavored jelly, and fresh and juicy.
Hehehe.
Ryan's smile became more and more gentlemanly, he spread his hands: "Didn't you want to do an experiment? I'm fulfilling you. And, Mobius, you looked really. cute. just now."
Mobius's expression changed dramatically. She wished she could drink a bottle of frozen potion on the spot, and her hands hidden behind her back quietly clenched into fists.
'No, if this continues, I'll lose. Won't this man be able to ride on my head casually in the future? And that wooden stake is coming, won't all the arrogant words I usually say become a boomerang?'
You know, a few hours ago, she was still teasing Hua's innocence, looking like a seasoned driver, and she didn't expect to get her comeuppance so quickly.
'Calm down, I must calm down, quickly suppress the body's reaction.'
The invincible brain turned very slowly, which made the smile on Ryan's face get deeper and deeper. He thought that this Mobius was usually sarcastic, but she was surprisingly shy.
'Hurry up and surrender, I promise not to bully you in the future, well, at least not when there are people around.'
Footsteps approached, and the second iron door made a creaking sound. Hua, holding a pile of old clothes, was humming a tune, sounding very happy.
Mobius bravely moved forward, she fought and retreated, she was in a dilemma, she had nowhere to escape.
Squeak—
The door was pushed open, Hua was holding the old clothes, and said happily: "Senior brother, look at what I found..."
Her voice stopped abruptly, because green hair was floating outside the railing, which made her instinctively rush to the railing, leaning her head down to look, and just saw a 'plop' of water splash.
"Hei, Mobius, what are you doing!?"
'I'm not that scary, am I? Why did Mobius jump off the building when I came?'
This situation was also beyond Ryan's expectation, but with his intelligence, he immediately knew who Mobius was hiding from, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart.
She must have pretended to be a seasoned driver in front of Hua, but the boomerang hit her, how could she maintain her usual tough older sister persona?
However, Ryan's emotional intelligence was also very high. He just needed to know this, otherwise where would the fun be in the future? This Mobius's soft and hard duality is very interesting, it's a pity that Vil-V is not here.
"Mobius needs to calm down, so she went into the sea for a bath."
"A bath? Right now? And just jumping down?" Hua was slow-witted, but not stupid, but before she could think about it carefully, Ryan had already changed the subject.
"What are you holding in your hand?"
Hua was famously a single-threaded brain, and her attention quickly focused on answering the question. She held up the clothes in her hand a little proudly.
"I found them from a logging hut next to us. I just observed that our clothes are too conspicuous. This is what Miss Eden said about the mismatched style. It would be bad if the Herrschers find us first."
She has indeed grown, to be able to think of so many details. By the way, the Celestial Master Hua also seemed to have been a spy, does she have a talent in this area?
"What's in your pocket?"
"Some food, looks like smoked meat or something. I've tried it on an animal and confirmed it's not poisonous." Hua was even happier, and opened her pocket, "By the way, Ryan, aren't you hungry?"
He was indeed a little hungry. People like them could usually replenish energy with Honkai energy, but it was obviously not possible in the world bubble. They had to abide by the law of conservation of energy.
"You go start a fire in the room, and I'll roast it later."
"Okay." Hua didn't think too much, and went directly into the lighthouse, using the "Sleeper's Rest" to chop some old tables for firewood.
Soon, a campfire was lit, and a katana was hung in the middle, with slices of meat on the snowy blade. After a gentle flip, a tempting aroma came out.
The Third Divine Key as a grill, the Seventh Divine Key to light the fire, and the wood from the Fifth Divine Key, this roast meat was simply extravagant. Ryan gently flipped the 'grill', but his eyes kept glancing at the side.
Both Hua and Mobius had changed into new clothes, which were ordinary women's clothes, made of pure cotton, and were quite primitive compared to the combat uniforms made of nano-materials, but the style was not bad.
They were a bit like the corseted long dresses from two or three hundred years ago on Earth, but the skirts were a bit short, and two pairs of fair, long legs reflected the firelight, the waist was cinched, and the round low neckline was compressed towards the middle.
This made Mobius feel a little uncomfortable, she gently hooked a little with her finger, Hua didn't have this trouble, she just pulled the skirt that reached her knees, trying to cover as much as possible.
Looking at himself, long linen pants, black leather shoes, a white shirt with bell-shaped sleeves, he looked more like a gentleman, except for being a little dirty.
It's a bit like the clothing of the Victorian era, the people in this world bubble have good taste.
Ryan immediately felt a little good about it, and he happened to meet Mobius's eyes. She paused her hand that was hooking her collar, and just as she was about to tease Ryan, the latter gently licked his lips.
"You!!"
Mobius glared fiercely, and quickly pressed her hands on her cleavage.
Hahahahaha, so interesting.
Ryan felt that he had been infected by the joyful Vil-V. He was happy to see Mobius frustrated. 'I told you to be a platypus, and you keep throwing boomerangs, now you've gotten your comeuppance.'
He knew what Mobius wanted, for example, to ride on him, and then show a victorious smile to Hua. At least in her fantasy, this was the best outcome.
But if that happened, where would I put my face? Wouldn't all these years of being a senior brother be in vain?
There was no way around it, this was a three-person party, oh no, a three-person gathering, there must be some considerations, which tested his level as a master of playing with fire.
"Senior brother, the meat is about to get burnt." Hua had been staring at the roast meat, and didn't notice the change in atmosphere.
"Thanks for the reminder, I almost messed it up." Ryan quickly took down the Path of Purgatory, took the meat slices off and gave them to the two of them, he put a piece in his mouth, and narrowed his eyes comfortably.
The smoked meat already had salt, and after being roasted by the firewood, the meaty aroma was even stronger. There were no life-threatening Herrschers and Honkai here, and there were two beautiful girls by his side, did it seem that being stranded in the Sea of Quanta wasn't so bad after all?
This fantasy only lasted for a moment, and he forcefully suppressed it. No wonder people often say that a gentle place is a hero's tomb, he just arrived and he was already having wild thoughts.
"Eat up and go to bed early, we'll go to the port to scout for information tomorrow."
"Do we need to find a way back?"
"We have to find the Herrschers first. The Ninth Herrscher is fine, but I'm not very comfortable with the authority of the Tenth Herrscher. If they grow up in the world bubble, I won't be able to suppress them."
Ryan was very calm, and the reason was simple. The authority of the Blood Herrscher had the ability to absorb, and the Honkai energy here was thin, but not zero.
Mobius ate the smoked meat in small bites, while roasting her wet long hair, and asked casually: "Can't you just focus the Honkai energy and integrate it into your body?"
If it were before, Ryan would definitely not answer, but now that they had done two experiments, he didn't need to hide it.
"I don't have the authority of Devouring. This unfamiliar environment allows me to gain something, but it would take too long to explore step by step, and Mei and the others won't last that long."
The two of them fell silent. As the saying goes, the monk can run, but the temple can't, they still had to go back in the end, little did they know that Ryan had already made the worst-case scenario plan.
He sank into the Sea of Quanta, but also took the two Herrschers with him. The remaining Fire Moth would not be worse than when they fought against the Herrscher of Binding in the original world line. At worst, they would wander in the sea for tens of thousands of years before going back.
Fate always stubbornly tries to pull the track back, but as long as I don't die, you can't pull it back no matter what. Even if I'm really trapped for fifty thousand years, with me and the Savior Kevin working together, who can stop us?
Just as he was thinking, Ryan suddenly heard the neighing of warhorses, he looked up and exchanged glances with Hua, who was also alert.
Someone has come?