Chapter 210
["Well, big sister, we've returned here again..."
"Mei, you wanted to conduct experiments on me, right?"
"But there's no operating table here, and this doesn't look like a laboratory at all."
Mei pointed out that Mobius's so-called [gift] was just a lie, but Mobius also said Mei was lying too - she was just putting herself in danger. "Wait, you want to leave the Elysian Realm!?"
"My, you've finally figured it out."
Mei was completely incredulous: "That's impossible. After all, it's just..."
Mei paused again.
[Ego] - she knew what she wanted to say, but at the same time suddenly understood what clue she had been missing all along.
Those faint traces she had detected were actually the [truth] that Mobius had already handed to her. Mobius had been tempting her... using vague truths as bait, step by step, luring her into her palm.
Now, Mobius had finally succeeded. Her laughter fell upon Mei piece by piece, like shadows of fear... seeping through the skin, slowly permeating the nerves. "The attempts you made on Gray Serpent, that technology you believed could save Klein..."
"It's [consciousness transfer], isn't it?"]
[March 7th]:"Oh no, this time Mei might have really overplayed her hand. Now that Mei is in Mobius's territory, can she really defeat Mobius?"
[Black Swan]:"I actually guessed right. Mobius's approach is precisely for [consciousness transfer], to then leave the Elysian Realm."
[Silver Wolf]:"Mei came alone to confront Mobius for the truth. Although it surprised Mobius, it just happened to fall right into Mobius's trap."
[Kiana]:"Go Mei! Beat up that big green snake!!"
[Bronya Zaychik]:"Go Mei!"
[Since the truth was now revealed and Mobius had stated her purpose, Mei naturally wouldn't give up resisting and let Mobius possess her. Mobius also didn't believe Mei would give up resistance.
So, under Mei's gaze, Mobius vanished into the shadows, then transformed into a colossal creature with a human upper body and serpent lower body! "This is..."
"My, quite startled aren't you... What's wrong? Has it only been a few seconds and you don't recognize me anymore? Big sister~"
Mei looked at the monstrous form and said: "...Now I finally understand why Raven refused your [gift]."
"Hehe... Raven? That little girl, she fled in panic before even witnessing the [beauty] of life."
"Ah, what a pity... She clearly had the chance to experience [ugly] evolution, to transform herself into a more [beautiful] life."]
[March 7th]:"Turning into this form... is it really 'beautiful'?"
[Silver Wolf]:"This body full of power and constantly evolving and transforming..."
[Ruan Mei]:"Not bad, truly [beautiful]."
[Stelle]:"Putting aside everything else, artificial collapse is really cool!"
[Shigure]:"This kind of... complete collapse... anyway it's more handsome than Siegfried during the Second Eruption!"
[Siegfried]:"Hey, I was pretty handsome back then too!"
[Soon, the MANTIS from Fire Moth and the Herrscher of Thunder were locked in combat! Completely different from when Mei fought Elysia, Mobius showed no intention of holding back.
In her collapse form that only three of the Flame-Chasers could subdue, overwhelming numerical advantages made the fight extremely difficult for Mei. But fortunately, Klein outside the Elysian Realm intervened in time, severing Mei's connection to the realm.
Although Klein advised Mei not to enter the Elysian Realm again, the truth Mei sought was right before her eyes. She once again came before Mobius. The second battle officially began! With Klein's help, Mei gained the ability to contend with Mobius. Although in the short term, Mei couldn't deal much damage to Mobius, as Mobius herself said, she was just a researcher, not part of the combat sequence, lacking the powerful strength of other Flame-Chasers.
Being able to trade blows with Mei like this was purely brute force achieving miracles through sheer power. In the hands of the battle-experienced Mei, she was quickly beaten up.]
[Kiana]:"Hooray! Major victory for Mei!"
[Yanqing]:"Mobius's combat style... this is completely just brute force without any technique."
[Stelle]:"That's how it is when your numbers are big enough."
[Rozaliya]:"Liliya, Liliya! We'll definitely become this powerful in the future too! Vodka Girls, combine!"
[Liliya]:"We definitely will!"
[Seele Vollerei]:"Go for it!"
[Mobius was thus defeated by Mei, then reverted to her original form, collapsing to the ground while gasping for breath. At this moment, little Klein came before Mobius: "...It's over, Doctor.."
"No, perhaps I shouldn't call you that anymore."
"Klein... why..."
"You should be able to understand me... You knew I would do this fifty thousand years ago... You never opposed me..."
"Why... now... are you hindering me..."
Mobius was completely incredulous. What saddened her wasn't losing to Mei, but why Klein would help Mei? "Because... the real Dr. Mobius... when she told me about this plan, she had already abandoned it."
"[The real Mobius]? Klein, what do you mean by that?"
"I... am the real Mobius."
Klein shook her head: "Before this, I thought so too."
"There's no difference between you and the Doctor at all... thoughts, actions, personality... completely identical."
"So, just as she once saw me as the continuation of [Klein], all along, I've also seen you as the real Dr. Mobius."
"But now..."
"Enough!"
Mobius emotionally interrupted Klein: "Klein... in your eyes, I'm actually someone who never [changes]?"
Klein denied again: "But what you did today... this is absolutely not a choice [Mobius] would make."]
[Stelle]:"What a case of mutual substitution! Mobius considers Klein the continuation of [Klein], while Klein sees the Ego as the real Mobius..."
[Boothill]:"Baby, the feelings between them are completely not that simple."
[March 7th]:"Exactly! Stelle, you've been reading too many substitution literature!"
[Mobius]:"Heh."
[Elysia]:"Don't worry, Dr. Mobius isn't that kind of person!"
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I'll try to update tomorrow. Saturday is the English CET-4 exam, though I'm 99% sure I won't pass.