Even if the Elysian Realm is destroyed, Snake's mouth will remain / Great, it's Kevin! We're saved!

Although not much force was used, the embarrassing position still made Xia Ling, who was already an old married couple, blush.

"Although I know it wasn't Xia Ling's intention, the fact that she can still laugh so happily under these circumstances means that Little Xia Ling does indeed need a little punishment."

Elysia, whose eyes were shrouded in shadow, made a sound that seemed to be broken.

"Croak! Little E, save me!"

"Save...?"

Little E tilted her head in confusion. "But I clearly feel that Xia Ling's current physical condition is indicating..."

"Shut up! Little E, you'd better not say anything!"

Shame and indignation filled Xia Ling with embarrassment, and she immediately began to writhe and struggle, her face flushed red.

Meanwhile, the two, still reeling from the double blows inflicted on Griseo and Cosmo, discovered something else that chilled them to the bone.

"Buying time is the only thing we, as data analysts, can do in front of you."

"And they, these two children, have done their best."

As the Herrscher of Corruption destroyed the remaining scroll, a familiar voice rang out beside the three.

"So... it was you who brought that painting here, Hua?"

"No way... the Class President is next?"

Kiana felt her hands trembling slightly.

By now, she no longer had much confidence in Flame-Chasers's survival. After all, judging from the current trend, Erosion was pretending to be Elysia on the surface, but in reality, it was ruthless in dealing with Herrschers.

And Hua's appearance means... that she might be the next one to die?

Chapter 102 Even if Elysian Realm is destroyed, a Serpent's mouth will remain.

But to their surprise, even after such an unexpected turn of events, Erosion did not directly attack Hua. Instead, it summoned the Swarm of faded Honkai Beast to surround Hua.

She herself took advantage of Hua being entangled to leave in a hurry.

"It seems that Cosmo and Griseo's plan really wasted a lot of her time... She didn't even want to fight the Class President before leaving."

Finally, they encountered a group of normal enemies, and Mei and Kiana were able to have a normal battle—of course, judging from the tragic scene, the role of these Honkai Beast was more like venting their emotions.

After dealing with these obstacles, Hua immediately chased after the direction that Erosion had left in.

But this pursuit was full of ups and downs.

First, after catching up with the erosion, she was stopped again by the faded Honkai Beast. Then, after being surrounded, Hua planned to use Feather Dust to escape, but unexpectedly discovered that she actually had the ability to manipulate these erosion creations.

This somewhat abrupt change left the two of them with a lot of questions, since Feather Dust didn't have that much control over Honkai Beast, something Kiana had already witnessed back in Changkong City.

Hua also believed that this was not Feather Dust's ability, but this ability seemed to have just appeared.

However, all these questions were answered when Hua caught up with the Herrscher of Corruption once again.

At this moment, the Herrscher of Corruption was surrounded by a circle of fallen Faded Honkai Beast, and her expression was one of almost sorrowful desolation.

"Hua, you're here..."

The Herrscher of Corruption's voice was filled with confusion; this seemed to be the first time she had ever shown such an expression.

"What's wrong with them... they shouldn't be doing this..."

"Hua, if a group of people you deeply love were to hurt another group of people you deeply love, what would you do...?"

"What will Elysia do next...?"

"Regardless, she still ended up being your enemy... right?"

As the words of Corruption fell, Hua immediately felt a sense of danger, as if she were being pricked by thorns. This feeling lasted only a moment, and in the next instant, she had already fallen to the ground.

"The battle interface didn't even pop up..."

Kiana gasped. Judging from the previous battles, they had been overestimating the Herrscher of Corruption's combat strength as much as possible, but they hadn't expected that they had still underestimated her power.

"After all, she has already eroded the data of some of the strongest fighters in the Elysian Realm... But how many times has she broken through their defenses? It seems that she still has a lot of shortcomings in her thinking."

"Indeed, after seeing so much of the plot, I have no doubt that if Erosion had chosen to be honest with Elysia back then, things would not have turned out this way... However, it's probably unlikely that such a thing would happen."

"Is it difficult..." Mei recalled the beginning of the Ending 5. In the real world, she had indeed entered that space, but later she did not find anything unusual about herself.

So, could it be that, without my knowledge, Sister Xia Ling has already...

Putting aside her suspicions for the moment, Mei turned her attention back to the plot.

At this time, Erosion had also revealed the real culprit behind her struggle for the Faded Honkai Beast — Mobius, who possessed the Corrosion Virus.

The scene shifts, and the location within the node is now outside the Elysian Realm.

To be precise, this place cannot be considered outside of the Elysian Realm; rather, it is more like the intersection between the Elysian Realm and reality, an area managed by Klein.

"It's alright, you don't need to believe me, Klein..."

"You can leave Elysian Realm and tell others what happened here, or shut down Elysian Realm's system from the outside and physically block the Herrscher of Corruption."

"However, if you do that, the lab rats you care about will definitely die."

"You have to admit, we don't have many paths to choose from, and this... is almost the only one."

Mobius's words seemed to have successfully persuaded Klein, who lowered her head and began to work busily on the control panel.

"By the way, speaking of informing the outside world..."

Kiana suddenly asked in confusion, "Does Kevin... know what happened in the Elysian Realm?"

"Uh..." Mei was now uncertain. "I... probably don't know?"

"But even if Kevin knew, it probably wouldn't be of much use. After all, the World Serpent probably doesn't have a good way to counter the erosion... otherwise, the Gray Serpent wouldn't have needed to commit suicide."

"That's true... but Mobius's Corrosion Virus could probably be considered a countermeasure, right?"

Kiana couldn't help but show a hint of joy on her face.

"While I don't expect to defeat the Corruption immediately, these Corrosion Virus should provide the Herrschers with a foothold to fight back? Or, to be more optimistic, perhaps even reclaim a piece of the Elysian Realm..."

Unfortunately, Kiana's smile didn't last long.

"No way! They're not even sparing Klein?"

Just as Kiana had said, ominous purple patterns began to appear on Klein's body as he was replicating the virus on a large scale.

And the Serpent obviously noticed this as well.

"Klein?"

The Serpent, who had just been teasing Klein about his immortality, immediately went from relaxed to tense.

"Klein, get off that machine!"

But little Klein still didn't make a move.

"Stop right now, Klein! At least, I still have a way to save you..."

"I don't need you to copy those viruses anymore. Get out of here—destroy all of the Elysian Realm's infrastructure, and then get far, far away."

"No, it is my responsibility to protect the Elysian Realm."

Klein finally spoke, but what she said was not what Mobius wanted to hear. On the contrary, she very solemnly rejected Mobius's request.

The reason is—she believed in Mobius.

"As long as I can finish my work, no matter how difficult the problem is, Doctor... or rather, Mobius, she will always be able to solve it."

"I don't have an emotional module, so this must be a rational judgment, not an impulse caused by similar appearance."

"The probability of success... is at least seventy percent."

But this only excited Mobius more. However, due to Serpent classic stubbornness, her hurried words sounded somewhat exasperated.

"You know this is not a rational solution at all!"

"70%? Destroy Elysian Realm's equipment, that's the only way to guarantee success, why not do it that way!"

Mobius's classic arrogance and stubbornness added a bittersweet joy to the two of them during this sad moment.

For example, Kiana never knew what it felt like to both cry and laugh, but now... she does.

Chapter 103 Great! It's Kevin! We're saved!

"Because..."

Klein opened her mouth, wanting to explain her behavior, but then she suddenly felt that it didn't matter whether she explained or not.

"Perhaps... I'd like to take this as a return gift."

"A return gift? What, Klein, has your brain been corrupted and burned out?"

"Perhaps..."

Having grown accustomed to Mobius's stubbornness, Klein spoke of her greatest regret: shortly before the destruction of the Previous Civilization, Mobius, who was supposed to enter the hibernation pod, suddenly disappeared, leaving her with only one sentence.

But perhaps it was fate, or perhaps it was a deliberate omission by the screenwriter, just as Klein was about to reveal the real message Mobius had given her, her language center had already lost its response.

It seems that this is the only way... With his last bit of strength, Klein placed his hand on the key structure that kept the machine running.

Like the Gray Serpent, she also chose to destroy the carrier to cut off the possibility of the erosion spreading.

But... she couldn't bring herself to press down.

Because her body had already been taken over by the Serpent was controlling the data- Corrosion Virus.

"Aren't you being a little too presumptuous? I gave you life, you don't have the right to dispose of it at will."

"In this way, the last connection between the Elysian Realm and the outside world was severed."

"Yes... it's all your fault. Now, I'm really going to die."

"Don't take yourself too seriously. I... am just trying to complete my own 'infinity'."

Even at this moment, Serpent was still being stubborn.

But... this time she didn't get a response from Klein.

"Don't you even have the strength to say goodbye anymore...?"

"But that's fine too, snakes... don't want anyone to see their end."

With an inscrutable expression, she slowly approached Klein's side.

She no longer knows what her real self said, but that doesn't matter, because at this moment, she already understands.

"The future is the last kind of infinity I want to create for you..."

"Goodbye, my understanding one..."

"Sigh... Actually, when I first watched the Ending Two, I always felt that Mobius wasn't a good person..."

With the complete destruction of the Serpent, only four standees remain in the Elysian Realm.

Both Mei and Kiana looked somewhat... guilty.