Chapter 192

"..."

Bai Yan's expression vanished completely.

He made a grasping motion with his right hand, Black Longsword reappeared.

"Old woman, I, Bai, want to eat snake soup today. Please cooperate."

"Tsk tsk, kid, you really think I'm a pushover?"

As he spoke, Mobius stood up with a "#" on his face, staring at Bai Yan as if he had locked onto his prey.

The people facing off all turned their gazes toward each other, their faces showing a strange sense of bewilderment.

What's going on with these two?

Why did they have to resort to violence after only a few words?

No, we haven't even started fighting yet! Don't you two have any sense of the atmosphere?!

Rita, standing behind Durandal, sighed, "Ms. Mobius has completely offended Xiaoyan..."

Before he finished speaking, a strange, dark green snake rose up from the ground.

Its massive body stood tall, making Bai Yan's body appear pitifully small in comparison.

However, the next moment, Bai Yan vanished from his spot.

When it appeared, it was already on top of the monstrous snake's head.

The Black Longsword aimed straight for the hardest part of the snake's skull, employing no fancy swordsmanship whatsoever.

Mobius sneered inwardly.

This kid is really angry with himself.

Even Mobius could see the difference between the two compared to his former master.

The serpent raised its scepter and caught the falling sword in Setsuna.

"How childish—what?!"

Just as he was about to say some trash talk and continue the psychological warfare, Mobius realized that things weren't so simple.

Bai Yan smiled coldly, while she clearly felt an immense weight on her head.

Boom!

The slender sword collided with the massive scepter, unleashing a terrifying tremor.

Under the strange gazes of the crowd, a deep pit suddenly appeared on the ground where the strange snake was coiled, and the entire snake was forced to sink several meters.

Mobius's collapsing body went numb instantly.

"What kind of power is this?!"

"Tsk, this snake is pretty tough—old woman, now I'll show you Heavenly Descent Sword Style!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Yan rode the wind and rose high into the sky.

He then held the sword with both hands, stood upside down with the sword tip perpendicular to the ground, and accelerated wildly toward the top of the snake's head.

At the same time, as the Black Longsword fell, its color deepened continuously, and more and more mass accumulated on it.

The completely liberated gravity, fully transformed into the Collapse Energy of mass, erupted with a deafening roar at this moment.

The piercing sound of something cutting through the air instantly spread across the entire Gobi Desert.

When Mobius tried to dodge, he found that his serpentine body offered no escape.

Because the sword was actually still enlarging, even deforming.

Bai Yan discovered that he could indeed compress even more mass into the design.

However, considering the purpose of this battle, Bai Yan decided not to use the sword to deliver the final blow.

So.

The Black Longsword suddenly grew fatter in mid-air, and then a jet-black gourd appeared.

The enormous gourd covered the snake's escape radius limit and crashed down with earth-shattering force.

Boom!!

The giant serpent monster was smashed flat.

Everyone stared at the bizarre scene before them, their feelings a complex mix of emotions.

The tense atmosphere that had just been building was completely dispelled by the scene of the Black Gourd smashing the snake monster.

A moment later, thanks to the Jackal's advanced reaction, Mobius recovered.

Snakey's age -1.

She was panting heavily, glaring at Bai Yan through gritted teeth, but couldn't say a word for a moment.

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However, Bai Yan did not intend to just watch.

After the Giant Gourd disappeared, he flashed forward, kicked the Jackal away, grabbed Mobius, and retreated repeatedly.

After retreating to his original standing position, Bai Yan forced Mobius to kneel on the ground.

He looked up at the crowd and said, "Don't look at me. Keep going. I'm just dealing with some personal grievances. Don't let me dampen everyone's spirits."

Ragna leaned close to Rita's ear. "I've noticed Xiao Yan is getting more and more sleazy. Do you have any clues?"

Rita remained expressionless. "Perhaps it's because I'm getting old."

Ragna exclaimed, "That's right! This kid's over eighteen too!"

Then he sighed, "So many years have passed without me even realizing it. That obedient and adorable child has become like this. Time is indeed merciless."

Durandal frowned, not entirely approving of the situation.

Taking hostages is not in her style.

But because it was Bai Yan, and because he might have resorted to this drastic measure for the sake of everyone, she quickly accepted it.

Immediately, everyone looked at Sakura again.

The latter remained indifferent. "I will not abandon the Stigmata Project just because Dr. Mobius was arrested. The two are not comparable."

"..."

Despite being a prisoner, Mobius remained defiant.

"Go ahead and do it, kid. You'd better be decisive, or I'll make sure you don't get away with this!"

"It's clearly a snake, but its bones are quite hard," Bai Yan smiled. "I'll go in and look for your Klein in a bit."

"You! You bastard! Shameless! Vulgar! Despicable!"

"Hey, hey, don't accuse people like that. How could I possibly be ruthless towards her? I just feel that she's suffered too much with you, so I want to erase all her Remembrance of you and then let her join Schicksal. Schicksal offers very good benefits; you don't have to work overtime to the point of exhaustion, and you don't have to suffer budget cuts with a stupid boss."

"..."

"What do you think? I've already told you I'm a good person. Go ask around in our Schicksal, who doesn't have a good word to say about me? Even Otto, if you dug him out of his grave, he'd still remember me as a model employee."

For some reason, Tesla, who was standing nearby, burst out laughing when he heard this.

At the same time, the way everyone looked at Bai Yan gradually became strange.

—This tastes strange. It's ruthless, but not too ruthless; I don't quite understand what he's doing.

Among the crowd were some astute individuals, especially those Herrscher of Reason; they probably realized that the young man was trying to Attacking the Heart.

It's obvious from the name that "Klein" must be the most important person to Mobius, and at the same time, Mobius probably doesn't treat her very well.

Otherwise, why would Mobius's face be almost as green as it was when he was in a state of collapse?

"What's the point of doing this if it won't stop Sakura from carrying out her plan?!"

"I can find happiness."

"..."

"Have you forgotten what I said before? I have no objection to Miss Sakura carrying out the Stigmata Project, so I didn't arrest you to hinder her."

Upon hearing Durandal could no longer contain herself.

"Bai Yan!"

Instead of considering other solutions, they oppose the only one.

"Gentlemen, are you all awake?"

"Especially you, Kiana, after listening to so much from Elysia, is this all the level of awareness you have?"

Kiana was taken aback when her name was suddenly called.

She didn't understand how knowing the truth about the Pre-Civilization Herrscher had anything to do with the Stigmata Project.

"Do you have a better plan? Why don't you tell me?" Raiden Mei, who was standing next to her, said somewhat unconvinced.

"The Finality invincible; this is the conclusion drawn after the destruction of all eras," Bai Yan said, pressing down on Mobius's head. "Since we cannot defeat it, there are only two paths left: surrender or... usurp the throne."

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look.

Usurpation?

What's the meaning?

Upon hearing this, Mobius inexplicably calmed down.

She asked, "How did you come up with this?"

"I think you should study history more, instead of focusing on Genes and thinking about ascension all day long."

"Tsk! You'll have plenty of time to criticize me later, so please make yourself clear now!"

"Alright," Bai Yan said, seeing the curiosity on everyone's faces. "I know that some of you here participated in the Second Honkai War."

"Could those seniors recall how Sirin transformed from the Herrscher of the Void into someone with multiple cores?"

Of those present, only Welt remembered this incident.

After a moment's recollection, he remembered that scene from back then.

"She... went to the moon..."

"Ha, so that's what you mean," Mobius scoffed. "But unfortunately, Prometheus cannot accomplish what you said—no, you mean?!"

Her expression changed quickly.

Because the crux of the matter that Bai Yan revealed was exactly what Mei had finally told her.

But how did he know?

Just because you've been to Parallel World?

Bai Yan seemed to have understood what she was thinking, so he smiled and said, "Parallel World, aren't they amazing?"

"Nonsense! You can discover details that even Su Du couldn't observe back then?"

"Haha, I thought you were a scientist, but I didn't expect you would still make such an unavoidable mistake."

"What do you mean?"

"On-site visits and personal involvement are far better than superficial sightseeing."

"..."

Although the two riddle solvers disliked each other, they had reached a consensus at this moment.

The onlookers were completely baffled.

How did you come up with that idea?

" In this Parallel World, Kevin is the executor of the Stigmata Project," Bai Yan said briefly.

To Mobius, this statement conveyed more information than anyone else's.

Let's assume that Mei in the Parallel World is at the same level as Mei here.

It's not hard to see that their ultimate goals are likely the same.