Chapter 209
Mei's Plan
["Even if all civilizations perish, you won't completely die—in Su's view, your life force has reached such an incredibly tenacious level."
"Is it really that surprising? Snakes are creatures that naturally refuse to yield to death."
Mei shook her head: "No, I completely understand his perspective. If I had personally witnessed someone [return from death], I probably would have..."
Suddenly, Mei thought of something and said: "Well, actually I have seen someone who could do something similar..."
"No, make that two..."
The more Mei thought about it, the more people she realized she knew who could 'resurrect': "Uh... possibly three..."
Mobius impatiently interrupted Mei's train of thought: "...Enough. Are you quite finished? Planning to organize an [Immortal] social gathering?"
"No, I'm just trying to find... the [commonality] within your [differences]."
"Replacement, reconstruction, restoration... While I cannot accomplish such feats myself, I can at least understand the principles behind them."]
[March 7th]: "I feel secondhand embarrassment for Mobius getting roasted like this."
[Kiana]: "Do we really have that many people here who can resurrect?"
[Stelle]: "Mr. Yang counts as one, Fu Hua counts as one, who else? Otto?"
[Honkai Star Rail·Void Archives]: "Otto uses replacement, Welt uses reconstruction, and Fu Hua's ability should be restoration—but none of these explain Mobius's [return from death]."
[Elysia]: "Let me tell you a secret~ Before becoming like this, Mobius was actually a great beauty♪"
[Dan Heng]: "Similar to the Vidyadhara's molting rebirth?"
[Bailu]: 'That's not the same at all! The Vidyadhara's molting rebirth doesn't make you gradually smaller while retaining all your memories.'
[After the conversation with Mobius ended uncomfortably, Mei began investigating Mobius's affairs among the other Flame-Chasers, Raven, and Klein. Though from others' information, Mei learned much about the Previous Era's history—such as how [Artificial Honkai Transformation] was first discovered by Mobius, and how Mobius changed from a mature woman to a loli thanks to Kalpas's "help."
Then, following various clues, Klein—as Mobius's most familiar assistant—discovered that the current anomalies in the Elysian Realm might be related to Mobius.
"Doctor, are you planning to...!?"
"Your research on the 8th Herrscher... it succeeded?!"
"Success or failure can only be known after the [experimental results] come out, isn't that right?"
"But... Doctor, I thought you had abandoned this experiment." "Abandoned? You're not wrong, except..."
At that moment, Mei arrived, and Mobius swallowed back what she was about to say: "...Except, Klein, you really shouldn't slack off anymore."
"When we were conducting experiments on Hua, if you had worked one more hour each day, perhaps we would have obtained more satisfactory results."
"Doctor, your way of changing the subject is too..."
"Besides... there aren't twenty-five hours in a day anyway..."]
[Herrscher of Sentience]: "The 8th Herrscher experiment, what experiment was that again..."
[Black Swan]: "An experiment related to consciousness, plus the special inheritance of the [Infinity]
[Yunli]: "Is Mobius trying to [possess]?"
[Black Swan]: "You could say that."
[Stelle]: "Mobius, be human for once!!"
[Qingque]: "...Klein, have you ever considered taking a break? What kind of 007 work ethic is this!"
[Klein]: "It's actually not that bad. I'm a combat android, Dr. Mobius isn't ordinary either, and Hua should have been fine too. Researching projects together wasn't really tiring."
[Hua]: "I was not fine!"
[Stelle]: "Looks like Fu Hua was the test subject in this research project!"
[Shush]: "In this research team, Hua was actually the most core member."
[Sparkle]: "From telling cold jokes to telling hell jokes now~"
[From Klein, Mei learned that the anomalies in the Elysian Realm were Mobius's experiments, so Klein directly terminated the investigation. To get the truth, Mei once again came before Mobius and asked about her intentions.
This time Mobius replied: "Alright, little mouse, let's talk about your so-called [serious business]. You should know that for me, there's only one thing that qualifies as [serious business]—"
"That would be having you lie on my operating table, letting me thoroughly research... what exactly makes a living Herrscher's body different."
"Want to give it a try? How about it?"
Mei curled her lips: "Sure."
"Sigh, alright, I knew you'd refuse like always, so why are you still wasting time..."
Only then did Mobius react: "What did you just say?"]
[Hua]: "Mei, I strongly advise against this!"
[Honkai·Welt]: "While surviving on Mobius's operating table can give you many benefits... I also advise against it."
[Stelle]: "Two Mobius victims have come forward to testify. I almost feel sorry for Mr. Yang from another timeline—our Mr. Yang definitely didn't undergo experiments in the Elysian Realm."
[Honkai Star Rail·Void Archives]: "What a pity. I wanted to show you all my creator's amazing magic tricks."
[Vill-V]: "Passengers of the Astral Express, would you like Void Archives's control program?"
[Honkai Star Rail·Himeko]: "I certainly would! I'll make sure he pays the price!"
[Vill-V]: "This code can force it to reset to its initial form. You won't have to look at this so-called Otto appearance anymore. How about it?"
[Void Archives X2]: "..."
[Otto]: "Excellent. The original form is much more pleasing to look at."
[After the path to Mobius's laboratory opened, Elysia expressed concern for Mei and promised she would definitely protect her! "Herrscher sister, long time no see. Did you miss me?"
"Mobius..."
"Oh my, I didn't expect you to come so late. You've kept me waiting quite anxiously."
"If you're impatient, you can go first. I don't mind."
"How could I? You're my most important friend. How could I bear to leave you alone?"
"Ah, I know... It's because I didn't give you the [Infinity] Sigil this time, so you're giving me attitude, right?"
"It's okay, I understand... The [Infinity] Sigil is as tempting as I am, isn't it? I'll give it to you."
"Come now, my adorable little mouse..."
"Accept my Sigil, my blessing, my power, and come before me..."
"Accept everything I have to offer."]
[Kiana]: "Mei!! Mo! Bi! Us! If anything really happens to Mei, I will never forgive you!"
[Elysia]: "Ahem~ I already said I'll protect Mei. With Mei by my side, Kiana, you can rest assured♪"
[Pardofelis]: "Even with Elysia's help, Snake Sister is definitely not someone easy to deal with."
[Stelle]: "I feel like Mobius has been completely marinated in Elysia's influence—this way of speaking really seems to imitate Elysia."
[Stelle]: "Praise Elysia!"
[Qingque]: "Praise Elysia!"