Lilith's Perspective:
Alex must have no idea how excited I was sitting next to him. But it's coming soon. Since everything is going as I expected, the rest will also proceed according to my plan.
Alex dislikes romance plays, so he will definitely find an excuse to leave. As for Adams, it's easy to make him focus entirely on enjoying the performance.
Lilith, you just need to bear with it a little longer, just a little longer.
As the performance was about to begin, I saw Elysia return. She's not good at hiding her emotions, at least in my eyes. She didn't look at me first, but at Alex.
So, the daughter of a god can indeed fall in love with a mortal?
Finally, Alex left, and that old man called me as I expected.
Alex likes to stay in quiet places, and he won't be too far from the venue, so I can easily find him. I specifically paid attention to the surrounding surveillance cameras.
Alex seemed to be chatting with someone on his phone. It looked like he deliberately found a spot to avoid surveillance. That means he's contacting someone within Fire Moth?
That's not important. What's important is that there's no surveillance!
Then I don't even need to hint at Alex, because I… I can't hold back anymore.
This is a good opportunity that cannot be wasted. In my previous life, I didn't even get a chance to kiss Alex. Originally, that time I deliberately increased his sedative dosage just so we could exchange… That hateful Ji E Vil-V actually put surveillance in his bedroom!
Truly Ji E, just like her name!
If I could, I would want to kiss him forever, I would want to hug him forever…
Unfortunately, there's not enough time…
Ah, I seem to be addicted. After all, in my previous life, I never found an opportunity to kiss Alex, and I only hugged him a few times… I feel like I can tolerate not seeing him even less now.
I look forward to our next reunion, Alex. This time won't be too short, you must believe me~
While hugging Alex, I quietly slipped the sun earring into his pocket. After all, the sun and moon earrings were left to me by the person I called my grandfather.
This way, when I miss him, I can look at the moon earring. This way… I don't have to worry about it breaking.
Xi La's Profile:
Gender: Female
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Identity and Titles:
• Fallen Angel Squad Attacker
• Fallen Angel of Slaughter
• Demoness of the Evil Eye
• Satan's Sword
• Chimera Project Executor
Fusion Honkai Beast:
• Asura (Judgement Class)
• Durga (Judgement Class, Third Herrscher's Companion Honkai Beast)
• Yama (Judgement Class, Sixth Herrscher's Companion Honkai Beast)
Original Worldline Experience: A killer trained from a young age by an assassin organization. Due to killing being her daily routine, she lacked common sense. Her left eye had four pupils, allowing her to see a person's blood flow. After assassinating a high-ranking Fire Moth official and then attempting to assassinate Mei, she was besieged by Homu, failed to break through, and was finally slain by Sakura.
Current Worldline Experience: Due to Alex's interference, the assassination target became Alex. After being subdued and imprisoned Deep Within, and her original organization was eliminated by Alex, she was released under Alex's guarantee after the Seventh Herrscher Incident, becoming Alex's subordinate. Her first battle involved the extermination operation on Dusk Street, where she single-handedly killed almost all living people near the sanatorium, nearly killing Pardo. After the Ninth Herrscher Incident, she joined the Chimera Project to become Alex's "strongest weapon." In the Calamity of Binding, she perished with Gabriel, the Eleventh Herrscher's companion Honkai Beast.
Setting Source: Xi La, one of the Seven Fallen Angels, also known as Saliel, representing the moon and death.
Supplement ①: She is emotionless. The earliest setting for the Thirteen Fallen Angels was that they corresponded to the Thirteen Flame-Chasers, existing as their opposites. Xi La corresponds to Sakura; both are assassins, but Xi La has no emotions whatsoever, everything is just for the sake of killing.
Supplement ②: Likes Alex, has a good impression of Pardo, dislikes Qian Jie and Aponia.
Mobius Gaiden: The Plan to Ascend to Godhood
"So… you also want to participate in this immature plan?" She looked at the young man in front of her and said, "You should know, the Fusion Warrior Project was proposed by Mei. She herself cannot guarantee the success of this technology, let alone me?"
The young man was silent for a moment, then said, "But besides you, I can't think of any other way to become a Fusion Warrior."
She scrutinized this young man who came from the Europe Branch. She heard that he was originally a member of Elysia's squad, but for some unknown reason, he left the team and went to the Europe Branch.
"Let's be clear, I don't do meaningless things," she said. Coincidentally, the Fusion Warrior Project proposed by Mei, in her eyes, could potentially become the path for humanity's future evolution. It wouldn't be bad to practice with a test subject beforehand.
"I understand, it's just an equivalent exchange. If I die in this surgery, my remains can be at your disposal for research," the young man said expressionlessly. "At the same time, if this surgery is successful, whatever you need, as long as I can do it, I will bring it to you."
Heh, an interesting fellow.
She gently curved her lips: "Then it's settled. Klein, go prepare the relevant procedures."
The young man signed the agreement and looked up at her: "Dr. Mobius, I want to know the earliest date for the surgery?"
"Don't worry, you can undergo the surgery at the same time as Kevin," she said while flipping through the theories proposed by Mei. "However, little white mouse, you must think carefully. The theoretical success rate of this surgery is currently zero. You're basically going to your death."
"If I cannot successfully pass this surgery, then my existence in this world has no meaning," the young man said.
Her hand paused, and she looked at the young man with some surprise. The young man remained expressionless, but his gaze was exceptionally firm.
"Alright, suit yourself. However, I am quite curious, why are you in such a hurry to die?" she said with a hint of sarcasm.
The young man got up and left: "Just foolishly wanting to get closer to someone… If I cannot stand by her side, at least let me be worthy of fighting alongside her."
Her? Was he referring to Elysia? After all, in the information she found about the young man, his combat record was quite excellent, but compared to Kevin and Elysia, his record was simply not impressive enough.
She scoffed: "A boring reason."
After the young man left, his subordinate came to her laboratory.
"Who are you again?" She looked at the silver-haired woman. Why was it that recently people kept fearlessly running into her laboratory?
The woman smiled and introduced herself: "Hello, Dr. Mobius, I am Alex's subordinate, Lilith. Alex seems to be planning to participate in this Fusion Warrior Project, so I wanted to ask, is the current success rate of this project really zero?"
"He's planning to participate, and you, his subordinate, wouldn't know?" She continued to focus on her experiment. "The agreement has already been signed. If no miracle happens, you can pretty much prepare to take over his position."
Lilith's voice was full of worry: "So the rumors were true? Alex really is something, even for Elysia, he's too careless with his life."
{PS: At this time, Lilith was still thinking of killing the protagonist.}
It was indeed Elysia.
She thought so, but she wasn't particularly interested in other people's gossip. She simply said, "If there's nothing else, you can leave."
Although Lilith's voice was full of emotion, she could still detect the hidden malice and excitement within it. Where did that guy find such a subordinate? Wasn't he afraid of being backstabbed by Lilith one day?
The experiment arrived as scheduled. Compared to Kevin, whose vital signs dropped to zero during the surgery, the surgery process for this young man named "Alex" was relatively smooth, at least it appeared that way.
As soon as the surgery was completed, both of them immediately went to the Australia battlefield. One went to the location of the Seventh Herrscher, and the other went to the location of the Judgment-class Honkai Beast Suriya. They both individually killed their targets.
Compared to Suriya, the Seventh Herrscher, Himiko, caused a more severe blow to Fire Moth. Therefore, at the celebration banquet held afterward, Kevin, as the protagonist, received everyone's praise and blessings.
As for Alex, he was currently lying in her laboratory undergoing examination.
"Little white mouse, I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear?"
He said, "…Tell me both."
"The good news is that your Honkai energy resistance has greatly improved compared to before the surgery. As for the bad news… the reason you have a burning pain all over your body now is because the Super Transformation Factor is constantly stimulating your nervous system. Compared to Kevin's extremely low body temperature, your side effects are more severe," she stated her examination results.
Alex didn't speak, perhaps because the constant burning sensation left him no mood to comment on it.
"Do you regret it?" She looked at the young man mockingly and said, "This pain will accompany you for the rest of your life, until you die."
"To be honest, a little bit," Alex said. "After all, I'm not like Kevin. He's a heaven-sent hero, and I'm just a mere mortal…"
If you, who can pass an immature surgery, are considered a mortal, then others don't even deserve to be called mortals. She thought so.
She continued, "However, since you brought back Suriya's remains for me alone, I can try to develop a corresponding drug to suppress this pain."
"I understand. Consider it a contract. If you need any experimental materials or test subjects in the future, you can come to me."
"Oh? No hesitation at all? Getting involved with Mobius isn't exactly a good thing within Fire Moth, little white mouse."
"I never care about anyone's gaze. What they think, what they do, has nothing to do with me." Alex's voice was very cold.
She laughed. Suddenly, she felt that this young man was indeed very interesting. At least… the feeling of being with him wasn't bad.
Not long after developing the corresponding medicine for him, Alex once again proposed a possible plan to her: "The Chimera Project."
That plan that she later wished had never existed.
Based on Fusion Warriors, it involved integrating as many Honkai Beasts as possible into their bodies as materials for secondary or even multiple surgeries. The final stage of this plan was what she personally named the [Plan to Ascend to Godhood].
She watched the young man complete one surgery after another, and also watched his side effects gradually worsen. She once asked, "Is that woman Elysia really worth all this to you?"
Alex's answer was: "It's not just for her, but for more people I care about."
Tsk, she couldn't detect any falsehood in his words.
"Your answer is even more boring than before… Heh, considering you're a somewhat useful collaborator, I won't call you little white mouse anymore, Alex."
"My honor."
Speaking of which, she was probably the only one who witnessed Lilith's emotional changes towards Alex firsthand, from the initial pretense to the later unspoken understanding, and finally… her eyes filled with only him.
"Doctor, Lilith seems to have confessed to Alex," Klein said while organizing experimental data.
"Heh, what does that have to do with me?" she said, but her mood inexplicably became a little bad.
Lilith became a Fusion Warrior some time before the Eighth Herrscher Incident. After the Eighth Herrscher Incident, she actively applied to join the Chimera Project, becoming its second executor.
Alex was Zero, Kevin was One.
At that time, she said something similar to what Alex first told her: "I want to stand by his side, at least I must have that qualification."
Segments of Alex and Lilith kept appearing in her mind from time to time, making her even more irritable.
"I suppose Alex will agree to Lilith, after all, they've been together for so long," she said stiffly. "Klein, there's no need to pay attention to such small matters."
Klein: "…Okay, Doctor."
But, she had only heard it from others and just mentioned it casually, was that considered paying a lot of attention?
During the Tenth Herrscher Incident, Klein died as one of the Tenth Herrscher's entities. After that, Alex basically took over her daily care.
And the truth of Klein's death, Alex learned and then told her. She was once devastated by having killed Klein, even cursing him for why he left Fire Moth for Africa at that time. If he had been there, everything might have been different, but Alex stood there from beginning to end, letting her vent.
He said nothing.
The Eleventh Herrscher subjugation battle, also known as the Calamity of Binding, saw the Fallen Angel Squad almost completely wiped out. The once large Fusion Warrior unit was now reduced to only fourteen people. After killing the Eleventh Herrscher, Alex brought the puppet Klein back to her, then stayed alone with the Fallen Angels for one night.
"Don't you hate Elysia?"
"If she didn't do that, she wouldn't be Elysia."
He said this, lying in the container, with the bodies of the twelve Fallen Angels beside him. He was about to undergo the most insane surgery, using Vishnu's characteristics to devour all twelve Fallen Angels to achieve the ultimate "evolution."
After the surgery, his side effects became increasingly severe, and even the specialized medicine she developed couldn't suppress the pain. She could only watch him sleepless through the night, enduring such agony while others remained oblivious.
During the Twelfth Herrscher Incident, he was shot by soldiers with Honkai energy interference rounds for protecting the bell, causing the many Super Transformation Factors in his body to repel each other. He almost died at the hands of his own people whom he had always protected.
It wasn't until then, when she realized he might die from it, that she understood the depth of her feelings for him. Anger and regret made her reveal the pain he had always carried to all the Flame-Chasers present.
She rebuked their uselessness, their incompetence, and likewise, she rebuked herself.
In the final battle against the End, she saw the destination he reached, saw him ascend to the throne of gods in a human body, and saw the pinnacle of human evolution she had pursued.
And she also saw… the fall of the [Plan to Ascend to Godhood].
She pursued infinity, yet in the end, she couldn't save a single person—the one who had walked with her on the path to godhood, the one she finally understood she loved, her confidant.
Infinity… If it weren't for him, even if she reached her ideal future, it would be meaningless, wouldn't it?
Gaiden Short Play: Herrscher of Sentience's Personal Interview
Q: Excuse me, Madam Herrscher of Sentience, what are your thoughts on the Former Civilization's Herrscher of Time?
Shi Bao: Huh? Alex, oh, I know him! He's the man I fancy!
Elysia: ?