Chapter 527

Gray Serpent sighed. Jackal didn't know what Misterin had gone through, but the code name she gave contained such information. This coincidence made one think about the possibilities in the world. Perhaps in this world, anything can happen in the end.

Chapter 431

Feathered rabbit?

The woman frowned; clearly, she didn't like the title. In this organization called World Serpent, everyone had to use code names, like Gray Serpent, but as for her real name, she only wanted to continue using that one.

"I won't interfere with your system, but I will only use the name Misterin. And, the initial question... you haven't answered me yet."

This was the last thing she left for herself. Although she was no longer here, Misterin wanted to remember everything she left behind. This name would be something that would accompany her for the rest of her life. Misterin brought the topic back to her question, which he had not yet answered.

"The answer is... just like her wish, your birth was ultimately an accident. What exists here is a concept of an imaginary number that invades reality, rather than a true Stigmata life. When the Stigmata Plan is officially launched, as part of the verification experiment, you will be given a chance to transcribe yourself, completely perish, and then be reborn."

After revealing what would happen to Misterin, Shen Gonglin was completely taken aback. He looked at Hato beside him in surprise. Could it be that she... wasn't the Misterin he was seeing now?

"Unlike the planned operation on other objects... the result of transcribing herself... she will have the same form as you, and similar abilities, but ultimately, she will no longer be the same will. The current curse that entangles her will naturally cease to exist. She will know your past, but everything will be like a song in the wind to her, not bringing much emotion."

From now on, the existence of Misterin will cease to exist completely, and in her place will be a new existence that inherits similar abilities. This is what she has always pursued: extinction.

"Rebirth...?"

Muttering softly, Misterin thought of the dried-up specimen Alexandra had used when she named herself. Perhaps this ending was right for her, and for Alexandra as well.

"It seems the name Feathered Rabbit is more suitable for her. Of course, if she also likes Misterin, that would be wonderful. As for me now, knowing that I have one real chance to die is enough. So, what should I do before that?"

He quickly got into character. He fulfilled his deal by helping him find Alexandra, so he should do what he had promised and join the World Serpent.

"The World Serpent has no shortage of places to imprison people, and it is fully capable of dealing with the Honkai Beast you have created. In fact... you see, I am still the same 1904. After being in contact with you for a period of time, although it is difficult to spread, hasn't the World Serpent gradually gained the ability to avoid your influence?"

By spreading his hands, Gray Serpent was demonstrating to Feather Rabbit that he was still the same Gray Serpent he had met a year ago, and that her influence could be avoided.

"But the past is not truly over for me."

"Of course I understand. Since you're named after Saniyat, you won't erase your past sins just because you've found a way to correct them. Let's get back to the organization itself. In very rare cases, World Serpent will assign you fieldwork, but that's on your own voluntary basis."

"For example?"

Very decisive. Since they have already joined the World Serpent, it is only natural to complete the organization's mission.

"For example, the first job you're about to take."

Ha, so you're already assigning yourself tasks? You're really impatient.

"Because of the special nature of their work, World Serpent needs someone to go to the Yukon River estuary in Alaska to take advantage of a rare opportunity to investigate a similar entity."

This explains Yu Tu's next task: to investigate another being similar to herself. This task is indispensable to her.

"A similar existence? Similar to whom?"

"You. You've been active in Siberia, so you may know very little about the Honkai outside. But among the Herrscher, there is indeed an exceptionally stubborn one with characteristics similar to yours."

"I'm not interested."

I simply refused the task. Since he said everything was based on my own will, it's okay for me to refuse, right?

"It's not too late to refuse after you've heard the answer. In fact, it's precisely because of his outstanding performance that we immediately tried to recruit you after discovering you."

This team is a bit difficult to manage. Although it was said to be entirely voluntary, you can't just reject someone without even thinking about it. World Serpent went through a lot of trouble to recruit her, not to let her do nothing.

"Is he... also a ruthless killer, a monster hated by all?"

Misterin asked hesitantly, for like herself, this was the only thing she could think of.

"No, no. On the contrary, he is revered by countless people and has even become a kind of spiritual legacy."

The Gray Serpent's words made Misterin suddenly raise her head. Why? Had she heard correctly? Wasn't he supposed to be a being similar to herself? Then why could he do this, while she could only do this...? What was the reason?

"See, I told you, it's not too late to refuse after you've heard my advice. Why should I? Right?"

He was very satisfied with Misterin's reaction. Although it was supposed to be voluntary, he had a way of getting her to do it willingly.

"Stop talking nonsense. Who exactly are you referring to?"

Misterin developed a strong interest in that person and was eager to know why he was able to do that.

"He has a human name, just like you. But most of the time, people call him... the Anti-Entropy Leader, the Herrscher of Reason."

After saying that, everything came to an abrupt halt. For Shen Gonglin, who had been watching all this with great interest, this was an unexpected interruption. What happened? Shen Gonglin looked around. Yuto was still standing beside her. This seemed to be the same place where Yuto had previously opened up the mental space for her. Yuto was also somewhat surprised. She had seen this history countless times. Before that story truly ended, there were still some epilogues and interludes, but now...

"I'm sorry, it's probably because the interest space was broken from the inside, so I can't continue watching. It's because of the Herrscher of the Void... no, that's not right..."

Just like when a movie malfunctions and the projectionist comes out to explain, Yuto said this to Shen Gonglin. And at that moment, as if in response to her words, a dark red light suddenly flashed through the depths of the Herrscher Core, which had been forcibly fused using the power of the Stigmata Plan. This was...

Chapter 432 The New Feathered Rabbit

Bronya!

While Yuuto was still trying to pinpoint the source of the red light, Shen Gonglin, who possessed the Herrscher Authority the Void, had already sensed it. It was clearly Bronya's energy. Just as she was wondering how to find them, this girl appeared. She had so much to say to Bronya, like the person next to her. Although she was no longer Bronya, Shen Gonglin felt that Bronya could still call her "Auntie" at least a little.

"Bronya? I see... That's quite a bold attempt."

A Herrscher Core appeared in Yu Tu's hand. The fact that this thing was in her possession allowed Yu Tu to deduce what Bronya had done. She couldn't help but admire her. As expected of her, she had come up with such a way to break the deadlock. As expected of your daughter, Alexandra.

Yu Tu raised her head, and where her gaze fell, the cracks in the Imaginary Space gradually spread out. Then, as if glass were shattering, the space was suddenly blasted open, and a small figure fell from the sky. Shen Gonglin rushed over first and caught her, but this weight... something's not right.

"Thank you for wanting to catch Bronya... But you really meant to catch Bronya, right? You can let go of Heavy-duty Rabbit now, it won't break."

Bronya looked speechlessly at Shen Gonglin beside her. How could she get that wrong? Cold iron armor and a soft, fragrant girl's body, how could she not tell the difference?

"Welcome back, Bronya Zaychek. At least you yourself haven't disappointed me."

Yuuto played with the Herrscher Core in her hand. Bronya quickly adjusted her state. Had Shen Gonglin been with Yuuto all this time? That must have been dangerous. The girl protected Shen Gonglin behind her, her gaze fixed on the Herrscher of Reason Core floating beside Yuuto. It was just as she had guessed.

"As expected... the core is now completely yours... no, it belongs to the Stigmata Plan. And are you deliberately emphasizing the difference between me and the Herrscher of Reason?"

Bronya tried to awaken her Herrscher Authority, and the dormant reaction was exactly what she expected. It was indeed her choice, but after truly discovering it... well, the current development was within her expectations, and she just needed to face it calmly.

"That's right. My praise is for you personally, not for the Herrscher of Reason. Besides, you don't have to bear that identity anymore, do you?"

Yu Tu readily admitted it, which was a compliment to Bronya. To come up with such a way to escape, this girl truly had the courage to burn her bridges.

"Bronya's goal remains to reclaim the power of the Herrscher of Reason. However... if she continues to engage in a tug-of-war with you in that manner, Bronya cannot win. If we consider it as a game of chess, the most sensible approach is to destroy space itself, that is, to overturn the chessboard. And if that is not possible for the time being, she should immediately concede defeat and find another battlefield to avoid wasting time."

As expected of Bronya, who is known as the brains of the team, Bronya is more adept at strategy than tactics. She doesn't care about the gains or losses of individual battles or temporary defeats; what she pursues is overall victory.

"Therefore, through the bombardment, Bronya severed her connection with the core and temporarily relinquished the power of the Herrscher of Reason... As a result, she was able to break free from the constraints of that specialized space by virtue of her status as an ordinary person."

He explained what he had just done: the spatial constraints were designed for Herrscher, but since he had temporarily relinquished the power of the Herrscher of Reason, the constraints of that specialized space no longer applied to him. But if that's the case...

"So, Bronya, you voted? Wasn't the power of the Herrscher of Reason very important?"

Shen Gonglin whispered behind Bronya, "Bronya doesn't have the power of the Herrscher of Reason right now... Should we try to give her our Herrscher of Reason Core? Bronya has always been weak, and she's been getting thrashed ever since she got the Herrscher of Reason Core. Now that she doesn't even have the core, won't she be even weaker?"

"Shen Gonglin, don't make a fuss. Bronya has her own plans."

The girl did not turn back. For the strategic mastermind Bronya, the situation was still under control.

"But... you fought for so long, wasn't it all to prevent me from taking everything from the Herrscher of Reason?"

Bronya's actions were somewhat incomprehensible. Her ultimate goal was to protect the Herrscher of Reason's power from being taken away by him, but now, in order to stand before him, she had deliberately severed her connection with the Core. This girl...

"If you cheated by using the power of the Stigmata Plan, this is the only way to return to reality. Moreover... if a person cannot accept the situation of losing something, then he does not actually have the capacity to truly retain that thing."

Bronya had no other way to break the deadlock in that situation, and the power of the Herrscher of Reason was not something so simple. If she could not accept the possibility of losing the power of the Herrscher of Reason, then she would not be worthy of truly possessing the power of the Herrscher of Reason.

"... Hehe, that is indeed a mistake I used to make easily. Alright, you now know to some extent what kind of being I am. Creating others like myself, that's the necessity of the Stigmata Plan for me, simple and clear."

Shen Gonglin winked at Rin, Shen Gonglin understood her meaning; clearly, it was a lie. However, Bronya was currently unaware of the relationship between the girl, Yuto, and her biological mother, so she couldn't question it. Did the wink mean she didn't want Bronya to reveal it now?

Shen Gonglin was now in a dilemma. After watching Misterin's memories, she didn't know whether to believe the newly born Yuto. It was a difficult situation.

"I've always wanted to help you, and that comes from the bottom of my heart. But..."

"However, once we touch upon the crux of the problem and hinder the execution of the Stigmata Plan, you will never back down. But even so... Bronya still can't understand why you are so fixated on the Herrscher of Reason?"

Bronya understood Yuto's insistence, but she really couldn't understand why the other party treated the Herrscher of Reason so specially. Kiana and Mei didn't encounter this situation. What made her value the Herrscher of Reason so much?

Chapter 433 Adventure Game

Why is she so obsessed with the Herrscher of Reason? Shen Gonglin felt she could roughly understand this question. If what she saw at the end of the memory was true, then the first Herrscher of Reason should have been someone similar to Misterin, which was why she...

What if I said it was because of jealousy?

Yuto slowly uttered the answer that Shen Gonglin had expected, but Bronya couldn't understand it for the time being. Jealousy? What did that mean?

"The first Herrscher of Reason, Welt Joyce. He was a being similar to me, but he was revered by countless people and even became a kind of spiritual legacy. He was completely different from the me I once was. I hate the curse that has been placed on me since I was born. I want to know how my kind of people transcend this pain beyond death, repair their wings in hell, and take flight again."

Yuto slowly expressed her feelings towards the Herrscher of Reason. He possessed similar power to her, yet he had walked a completely different path. So, it wouldn't be wrong to say she was jealous.

"Now... do you know?"

I don't quite understand what Yuto is saying, since Bronya hasn't seen her memories, but according to what she said, does she already understand how Welt Joyce did it?

"Yes. I understand. That's why I'm disappointed. It may be offensive, but that's truly how I feel right now... The Herrscher of Reason is nothing more than that."

Yuuto uttered extremely rude words to Bronya. If anyone from Anti-Entropy heard these words, they would certainly react the same way. Welt Joyce —this name had become a kind of faith within Anti-Entropy, and his power, the power known as the Herrscher of Reason, held a similarly revered position in their hearts. As the Herrscher of Reason, Bronya was well aware of this, so hearing Yuuto say such things...

Bronya's fist hardened. She really needed to find a way to beat her up. She couldn't do it herself now, but she could ask Shen Gonglin for help.

"Don't misunderstand, I admire what he did. The time has come, the day to devour the tyrant of the heavens. He is worthy of the name of a hero, an outstanding human being. But precisely because of this... for me personally, his existence is nothing more than that."

Bronya's emotional changes were clearly visible; the girl's eyes were now as fierce as a cat with its fur standing on end. Yu Tu gave an incomprehensible explanation, saying that it was similar to his own situation, but there was actually a fundamental difference, because he received a gift, while he received a curse.

"He is not free from the suffering I have experienced. The only difference between him and me is that he was born a gift, not a curse."

While Bronya sighed, she disagreed with Yuto's words. The first Herrscher of Reason would not allow her to make such a comment. Even if it were Shen Gonglin, if he dared to slander the first Herrscher of Reason like that, Bronya would not speak to him for several minutes.

"... What really matters is the choices he made, not the appearance he came into the world with."

Bronya emphasized this point, but how could Yutu not know such a principle that could be recorded in books and engraved on stone tablets?

"Of course I understand the reasoning, but this is not the answer I want. In your opinion, how many of the choices I made were truly wrong? And what about the result...? Although it may sound too impulsive... in the sense you just mentioned, the Finality you know is the same kind of existence as me. It wholeheartedly wanted to embrace humanity, but in doing so, it became an irreversible end for the world."

With a soft sigh, Yuto looked at Shen Gonglin. He had just witnessed everything Misterin had gone through. Was her choice wrong? Yet, this was the result. On this issue, she was no different from the Finality.

"You witnessed the disaster I caused. Since my past self is already considered deeply sinful by the world... then the Stigmata Plan is the only correct answer to stop the Finality. I know that Schicksal and Anti-Entropy are not without plans to survive, but if I may be frank, they are only leading humanity down the wrong path of eternal war and Honkai. Tell me, how different is that from my past self?"

She posed this question to Shen Gonglin and Bronya. Well, Shen Gonglin suddenly felt that Yuto might get along quite well with Aponia. Both of them were a bit eccentric, but thankfully, she didn't need to argue with her now. In this kind of verbal battle, Shen Gonglin felt that everyone was better than her.

Of course, Shen Gonglin is good at another kind of verbal sparring.

"... Bronya understands. If they want to reverse the Stigmata Plan ...then before Kevin, they must first overcome you."

No need to say more, words can't convince you. Simply put, before facing the Finality, you have to face Kevin, and before facing Kevin, you have to face Yutu. It's like a level-based game, something Bronya is very good at.

"If you consider this a level-based game, then in terms of difficulty, it certainly is. However, if we're just talking about attitude, I'm afraid I'm no weaker than my lord. So... what are you planning to do next? Successfully returning to reality is certainly commendable... but at the same time, you've lost your only source of strength. Are you planning to rely on Shen Gonglin's power? Admittedly, I'm no match for him, but if I don't use that powerful bow and arrow, I don't think I'll lose too badly. And if I do use it, what kind of killing move do you have against your lord? That kind of attack must be very physically demanding, right?"

Yuto spread her hands, adopting the posture of a final boss. She really couldn't think of any way Bronya could defeat her now. What power did she have left now that she had become an ordinary person? If it were just like Shen Gonglin, after this final arrow, she would lose a very important means of victory when facing Kevin.

However, a hint of cunning flickered in the girl's eyes.

"Before considering that... Now that you have completely taken away the Herrscher's powers, can the remaining parts be returned to Bronya?"

Bronya pointed to the dimmed crystal floating beside Yutu and said this.

Chapter 434 The Practical Application of the Herrscher of Reason

As for the rest... Seeing the direction Bronya was pointing, after a moment's thought, Yuto understood what Bronya meant. Did she want this? She looked at the dim core floating between the two of them. The power of the Herrscher of Reason within it had been completely taken away by her. Now, this crystal was just a souvenir.

"Oh, you mean this crystal? No problem, take it... After all, it's a relic left by a great hero, and it should indeed be properly preserved."

Yuto nodded generously, while Shen Gonglin took back the dim crystal. After handing it to Bronya, the girl held it in her palm. This crystal held extraordinary significance for her. For a long time, it had defined Bronya, but now it had become an inanimate object. However, for Bronya, it was the key to her victory...

With her other hand, she grabbed Shen Gonglin's hand. This seemed like a desperate plea for help, but in reality, something was being transferred and circulated through their hands. Bronya had no intention of giving up the power of the Herrscher of Reason. Although she no longer possessed Herrscher Authority, she was like a battery that had run out of power. As long as there was a new "current" to activate it, she could be used again.

"Just like the meaning of the word 'relic,' it now only has commemorative significance. Even if I wanted to return the powers of the Herrscher of Reason to you, I would not be able to do so. As you can see, the 300,000 thoughts that constitute the Herrscher of Reason have been integrated into the Stigmata Plan and can only become Archetype Seed, and cannot be gathered back into this core."

As if oblivious to Shen Gonglin and Bronya's subtle actions, Yuto didn't care about Bronya's desire to reclaim the core item, which could only be considered a memento. Bronya, however, remained as calm as ever in the face of Yuto's words.

"Bronya understands, but... that's not important. Bronya just needs a symbol. In fact, it's not just you; Bronya is also curious about how the Herrscher of Reason exists. Although she obtained the inheritance, it doesn't mean that Bronya truly understands the concept. And on the other hand, more importantly... if she had shown from the beginning that the core was important to her, she wouldn't have been able to take it back so easily now, would she?"

A sly smile suddenly appeared on the girl's expressionless face. The Herrscher of Reason's Authority extracted from Shen Gonglin was enough to activate, just as Prometheus had said before— Simulated Feathering. She should be able to do that now. And all of this was based on her ability to reclaim the Herrscher Core.

Even if, as Yuto said, the current Herrscher Core is merely a hero's relic.

"Is it important? You..."

Suddenly, Yuto seemed to realize something. It was true that Bronya had managed to escape from those memories in an almost self-destructive way. Shen Gonglin was unaffected and couldn't be trapped for long, so he was here now. But... when she returned to reality, where did that ray of light that flew swiftly across the dried-up core come from?

"Bronya admits that, in terms of power, the Stigmata Plan clearly surpasses the Herrscher of Reason. The 300,000-point consciousness within the core has been seized by the Stigmata Plan, but please do not forget that Bronya ... is also one of the 300,000."